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Speaker 1: Oh a good time. I'll watch Steve clasp Us down Down,

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Speaker 1: Down Time. Welcome afternoon, to Welcome to one Bill's Live

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Speaker 1: from Orchard Park, Snowy Orchard Park. I'm John Murphy next

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Speaker 1: to Steve Tasker. We're here until three o'clock today to

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Speaker 1: talk football NFL XFL Buffalo Bill's Football from now until three.

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Speaker 1: If you're watching on the MSG feed, you gotta look

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Speaker 1: at the inside of New Arafield from the scoreboard end

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Speaker 1: zone towards the tunnel end zone covered in snow. But

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Speaker 1: it's really no new snow overnight here. It's somebody's been

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Speaker 1: making sure that heat's on, make sure the water water

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Speaker 1: pipe hasn't broken. That's what's going on with the whether.

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Speaker 1: We like to open our shows talking about the weather,

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Speaker 1: but there's not nothing about the weather to talk about.

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Speaker 1: Steve nice weather this weekend. It was gonna like, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I like the snow. I do. I like it. It

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Speaker 1: Sonny though. That was that makes all the difference. I did.

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Speaker 1: I did uh, I missed Friday. That seemed to go well.

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Speaker 1: I listened to parts of it, but we had a yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about it. Friday didn't want to talk about

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Speaker 1: a Thursday. When you left, you had Bill to be

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Speaker 1: a new Yeah, new tasker arrived. Yeah, little baby boy

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Speaker 1: so nine nine pounder, named after my dad. And one

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Speaker 1: of our sons, Gordon Gabriel. Excellent. So Gordy, his name

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Speaker 1: She doesn't, you know, but you know how it is

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Speaker 1: after his great grandfather and his uncle. Perfect two names.

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Speaker 1: So everybody's doing great. Seem he got home. They brought

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Speaker 1: it's really good. So that's why you were on Friday.

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Speaker 1: That's why I took frind and if Yeah, I was

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Speaker 1: conversation you know Kevin Harlan, Yeah, yeah, CBS. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: This past year Kevin was in. It was run around

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Speaker 1: and he said to me, and he's absolutely right, He said,

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Speaker 1: your grandfather five times now? Oh yeah I am. There's

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Speaker 1: Nobody cares. Yeah, yeah, you are totally totally out of

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Speaker 1: the commentar. You wonder why grandpa's are over sitting in

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Speaker 1: It's not my fault, I don't. I'm not blaming you.

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Speaker 1: of them, and I think, and you throw Brady in there,

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Speaker 1: that is the biggest storyline of the NFL off season.

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Speaker 1: But I'm a twenty eight percent there. What do you think?

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Speaker 1: What do you got for that? I think it is.

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Speaker 1: I think there's still some quarterbacks out there, even young.

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Speaker 1: It was like Teddy Bridgewater, who's relatively young. Guys like

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. He may move with the Cincinnati Bengals go

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Speaker 1: on and move on from him. It may be, you know,

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Speaker 1: they may trade him away or just let him go.

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, I think it's still got some gas in

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Speaker 1: his tank. Are looking for a team just for a

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Speaker 1: stop gap. You signed Philip Rivers and you draft one

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Speaker 1: Tigavaloa or Justin Herbert, you know Cincinnati could do it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know why. Cincinnati might just hang

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Speaker 1: on to Andy Dalton and let Herbert watch him for

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Speaker 1: a minute and then get rid of him next year.

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Speaker 1: But if he's a free agent, they're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: jump up to get him. So I don't know how

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Speaker 1: that's gonna work out. It's really fascinating because you know,

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Speaker 1: we all know a quarterback can change the complexion of

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Speaker 1: an entire team in an organization. So maybe you know

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Speaker 1: there's a number of good storylines in the NFL this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Why not hear from you? What do you think the

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Speaker 1: lines wide open right now. Some of you have already

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Speaker 1: send in tweets for the tweet sheet. Let's get to those.

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Speaker 1: The tweet sheet brought you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

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Speaker 1: official movers of the Buffalo Bills. From Jack Anders, he

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Speaker 1: says it's Brady's destination. If he decides to move on,

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Speaker 1: that team will gain a bullseye, It'll cause the quarterback

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Speaker 1: dominos to fall. And what will the Hoodie and the

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Speaker 1: Patriots do next to mess with us? If he goes

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Speaker 1: back to New England. Well, that's just really boring, and

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Speaker 1: I guess the CBA will take the forefront of the discussion.

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Speaker 1: You can make that argument that Brady is the number

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Speaker 1: one you know now, I'm gonna be the best quarterback

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Speaker 1: of this generation and maybe of all time. His future

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Speaker 1: destination might be the biggest storyline of the NFL offseason.

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Speaker 1: I'd listen to that argument. I know I'd listened to

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Speaker 1: it too, But here's my belief. I don't think he's leaving.

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Speaker 1: I think he either goes back there for thirty plus million.

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Speaker 1: It's been reported by Ian Rappaport last week that the

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Speaker 1: Patriots are willing to go above thirty million to get him.

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Speaker 1: That would change things for him. I mean he'll stay

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Speaker 1: there for that. He's been taking less money for a

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Speaker 1: long time. If it gets a thirty plus million dollar

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Speaker 1: offer from them, even if it's for a one year thing,

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Speaker 1: you know it's completely guaranteed. Given the climate in New England,

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Speaker 1: He's not going anywhere, so he may come back, and

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Speaker 1: I think that's what will happen. If he doesn't, he'll

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Speaker 1: listen to offers from around the league. Say what you

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Speaker 1: see what people say, and I think when push comes

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Speaker 1: to show, I don't think he'll go okay. I think

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Speaker 1: he'll hang it up. But did you save the article?

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Speaker 1: Where did that article come from? Somebody wrote about what's

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Speaker 1: going on in New England and sort of agreed with you.

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Speaker 1: Let me see if I can find it. It's Is

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Speaker 1: it the one Timothy Rapp who said, yeah, Brady wants

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Speaker 1: to stay Kraft wants Brady to stay. Craft has also

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Speaker 1: said he's not going to force Belichick to sign him.

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Speaker 1: Tom Current NBC Sports as very little as going on

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Speaker 1: with Brady negotiations. Financial negoc chatons have yet to start,

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Speaker 1: and Brady is willing to return under the right circumstances.

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Speaker 1: Belichick is open to Brady staying with the team, Tom

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Speaker 1: Current reports. Team owner Bob Kraft reportedly will let Belichick

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Speaker 1: handled the decision. You believe in that. You believe that, Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I do, really, yeah, I think because I think, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think both those guys Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Robert Kraft,

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Speaker 1: they all know each other personally, they all like each other,

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Speaker 1: but they also know that they got to win football games.

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Speaker 1: They also know the story with the offense last year.

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Speaker 1: The question is do they think if Tom Brady would

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Speaker 1: have had better weapons, if they would have had these

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Speaker 1: guys And I'm not talking about elite guys, I'm talking

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Speaker 1: about just quality NFL players, Is there going to be

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Speaker 1: enough offensive help for him next year for them to

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Speaker 1: play better offensively? They won twelve games this last year.

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Speaker 1: That does and I would have a hard time seeing

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Speaker 1: this team fall off a cliff with or without Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: With or without offensive weapons, They'll be able to put

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Speaker 1: a defense back on the field that's gonna be really formidable.

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Speaker 1: Their offensive scheme and their ability to adjust on game day,

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Speaker 1: their flexibility and their game plans, both offense and defense,

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Speaker 1: keeps them competitive year in year out. No matter how

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Speaker 1: bad they get offensively, their defense picks up the slack

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Speaker 1: and vice versa. So there's no reason for them anybody

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Speaker 1: to think that this is a make or breakoff season

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Speaker 1: for the New England Patriots. They won twelve games. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna be fine no matter who they have in there.

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Speaker 1: They won, all right. Let me just in devil's advocate here.

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Speaker 1: They won twelve games playing a very similar schedule to Buffalo's,

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Speaker 1: you know cakewalk schedule, some would tell you. And they

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Speaker 1: were ousted from the playoffs in their first playoff game,

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Speaker 1: doesn't they tell you something? Yeah, they got ousted by

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Speaker 1: a team that was there was a tough physical matchup

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Speaker 1: for them and everybody. I mean, you know, they played

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Speaker 1: in a lot of close games. They always do, they're

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Speaker 1: used to, and that you know, it could happen to

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Speaker 1: anybody in a year. That's the way. How close were

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Speaker 1: the Bills from not being bounced in the first round.

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Speaker 1: They were an overtime against it for that team, you know,

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Speaker 1: so that you know, this was a good year in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs for a lot of people. But let's face it,

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Speaker 1: you're right. Some one thing you can generalization you can

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Speaker 1: make is that the AFC East had a really easy

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Speaker 1: schedule throughout the regular season and it showed in the

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Speaker 1: first round of the playoffs that Patriots and the Bills

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Speaker 1: both got bumped, and the Bills got bumped by AFC

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Speaker 1: South teams, which historically haven't been that competitive, you know, right,

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Speaker 1: So at least in this in the recent history. More

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Speaker 1: on brady status with the Patriots from Tom Kern's report here,

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Speaker 1: This is I'm current writing this. Craff wants Brady to stay.

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Speaker 1: He's on record saying that, but he removed the team's

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Speaker 1: ability to forward Brady to stay when he agreed to

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Speaker 1: wipe away the franchise tag in twenty twenty because he

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Speaker 1: didn't want Brady to stay against his will. And Tom

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Speaker 1: Curran goes on to say, while my understanding as the

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Speaker 1: Patriots are willing to extend themselves financially to keep him,

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Speaker 1: Belichick will receive no edict from the owner on what

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Speaker 1: to do. I don't know if I'm buying that. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: I just think when push comes to show, Bob Kraft

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Speaker 1: What do you think? I don't know. I think he'll

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Speaker 1: defer to Bill, but I think he'll make He'll make

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Speaker 1: sure they'll say what are we looking at? And Bill

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Speaker 1: Belichick will give him the terms of the contract they're

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Speaker 1: willing to offer Tom and and Kraft will probably say

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Speaker 1: something like, yeah, okay, but let's add you know, let's

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Speaker 1: add a couple of a couple of million dollars to

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Speaker 1: that to make sure we get him if we need

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Speaker 1: to that kind of thing. He said, we'll willing to go.

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Speaker 1: I'm willing to go further than that if you think

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Speaker 1: we can still get him. I think it'll be a

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Speaker 1: I think it'll be a collective decision with Bob Krafft

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Speaker 1: and Bill Belichick, and he'll be up to Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: say yes. I don't think it's a question. He'll say yes.

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Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't see him going to the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: I don't see him going to Denver. I don't see

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Speaker 1: him going to Tampa Bay. You know, any of those

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Speaker 1: teams in Chicago. I don't seem to go into any

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Speaker 1: of those teams that are kind of feeling like they're

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Speaker 1: I just don't see that happening. All right, Well, what

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Speaker 1: do you think what's the biggest storyline in the NFL

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Speaker 1: this offseason? Is it Brady's future? Is it the overall

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Speaker 1: quarterback landscape? Is it a new CBA in a seventeen

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Speaker 1: game schedule for twenty twenty one? Are we missing something?

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Speaker 1: Is it something else? Give us a call and let's discuss.

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Speaker 1: right now. Chris man Hurts. Hello, John Murphy and Steve

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Speaker 1: Tasker up here in Orchard Park. Thanks coming on, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for happening with guys. Hey, what tell me about this

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Speaker 1: past season with Carolina. Let's start that and we'll kind

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Speaker 1: of move backwards a little bit. What was it like

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Speaker 1: for you down there? What kind of year did you

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Speaker 1: guys have and what kind of year did you have personally?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I would say overall collectively, the year was disappointing.

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Speaker 1: I think for most guys, our standard is making the postseason,

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Speaker 1: and when you don't do that and you fall short

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's kind of lack of failure or disappointment

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Speaker 1: in a way. And you coupled that with withsing a

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Speaker 1: definitely something that was a was a test from Meat

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Speaker 1: personally because you know, I never went through that type

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Speaker 1: of thing in my career so far. So UM, nonetheless,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't it wasn't experienced. Yeah, injuries were a huge

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Speaker 1: part of it. You guys had went through a number

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Speaker 1: of quarterbacks. Cam Newton with a foot injury early on

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Speaker 1: in the season and and he never really could find

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Speaker 1: your rhythm. What kind of effect did that have on

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Speaker 1: the psych in the locker room? Even though you knew,

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Speaker 1: and harder to have faith. Did that manifest itself in

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Speaker 1: obviously no one was was expecting it to happen, UM

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Speaker 1: one of the hardest people I've ever been around. UM,

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Speaker 1: And it was it was definitely a gut punch to him,

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Speaker 1: with Chris Manherts Carolina Panthers tight end to play college

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Speaker 1: basketball at Kenesius College. Hey, Chris, you mentioned preseason the Bills,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I were there spent a week at Spartanburg

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Speaker 1: nineteen season. What do you and the Panthers remember about

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Speaker 1: that week and what was that like to have an

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Speaker 1: NFL team in there at training camp with you for

637
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Speaker 1: a couple of days. Oh, it was great. I'm I'm

638
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: a fan of it, especially during those long, hot, um

639
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: you know, training camp days. It's it's good to go

640
00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: against somebody other than you know, your teammates, and obviously

641
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: raises a level of competition as well. So during practices,

642
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: I always been a fan of yep. And then halfway

643
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: through the season, you know, it's never expected. You know,

644
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: a guy, especially a respected coach like Ron Rivera, who

645
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: gets let go. How did you find out about it.

646
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: What did the players in the locker room say, aln

647
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: with there's a lot of respect for him still down there, right. Um,

648
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: we found out just like everybody else that I was

649
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: watching the news and I got the feet on my

650
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: phone and on my Twitter, and UM, that was definitely

651
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: something that nobody saw coming, especially in the middle of

652
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: the season. Um, it was. It was a very um,

653
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: it was a very weird, weird feeling in that building.

654
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: Um throughout the whole process. Just just a quick adjustment

655
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: midway through the season. But you know, guys and coach

656
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: coaches did their best to try to rally and make

657
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Speaker 1: the best of the situation. Hey, Chris, if you had

658
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Speaker 1: a chance to meet the new head coach, Matt Rule

659
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: Yet I met Mattuh a week ago. Last week I

660
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: met him, got the out, just sit down and talk

661
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: with them for a little bit. Great guy, great mind,

662
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 1: great football mind, and obviously had a lot of success

663
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 1: on a collegiate level. So I'm excited to see what

664
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: you could bring to the table. As far as I'm

665
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: leaving this team. What are your thoughts about Did you

666
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: get any sense of how things are going to change?

667
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: Obviously a new head coach. A lot of things may change.

668
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: I know some of them may stay the same. Any

669
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: ideas at this early stage, what's the first thing you're

670
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: gonna noticed. No, it's kind of early right now. I'll

671
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: probably have a better idea once he really starts coaching

672
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 1: us in OTAs and things like that, and we just

673
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: get a sense for the type of culture that he

674
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 1: wants as far as the football team is concerned. But nonetheless,

675
00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: I'm excited and I can't wait to get things things started.

676
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: I've on the line with Chris man Hurts, Carolina Panthers

677
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: tight end started in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills

678
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 1: during the twenty fifteen offseason. I want to take you

679
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: back to that for a second, Chris. I wonder while

680
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: you're playing basketball, the Kinnisians who were like the formative

681
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: figures you had. I know Coach Barron was there then,

682
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: and I recall after the Bills signed you, he spent

683
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: a lot of time just kind of keeping an eye

684
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: on you here with the Buffalo Bills. How much of

685
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: your NFL success is can you trace back to coach

686
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: Jim Barron? Oh? I think I think it starts with

687
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: Coach Barron and the Buffalo community and the Conniesius community

688
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: as well. UM. I always took my head and give

689
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 1: credit to where creditors do as far as people in

690
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 1: the groundwork for me to to propel myself and be

691
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: where I'm at today. UM, I think everybody has played

692
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: a huge, huge, huge role in it. UM as far

693
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: as my coaches, my agent, UM, the people that has

694
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: been with me every step of the way, John Shabetta, UM,

695
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: Jim McNally, Scott Peters, a lot of guys just has

696
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: been with me every step of the way throughout this process.

697
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: When these guys started talking to you about playing tight

698
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: end in the NFL, did you think they were crazy?

699
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: Like you didn't have a big football background, either in

700
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: high school in the Bronx, New York or at Canisius

701
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: at all? Right, Right, Actually, I thought it was was

702
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: was a joke, and once the opportunity really presented itself,

703
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 1: I figured why not. You know, the worst that could

704
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: happen is, you know, it doesn't work out and I

705
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: resume my basketball career. But it's safe to say that

706
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: things worked out for the better, and I'm glad things happened.

707
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: So you spent some time with Buffalo and then he

708
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: moved down, you spent a little bit of time with

709
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints, and then you got a chance

710
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: to to, you know, go to Carolina, your third team.

711
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: What if anything, you know what clicked for you? And

712
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 1: at what point did you say, all right, now I

713
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: got this kind of thing. Was there ever a moment

714
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: where you said, you know what, now I know what

715
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: I'm doing or did you you know, was there a

716
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,799
Speaker 1: guy or a person or an event that changed things

717
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: for you? I think especially coming to Carolina for a

718
00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 1: few years, having a coaching staff that that was patient

719
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,640
Speaker 1: enough to to deal with the ebbs and flows of

720
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: the growth of a player not playing the sport before.

721
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: I think that certainly helped. Also having guys like Greg

722
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: Olsen right by my side and taking me on his

723
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: wing throughout this whole process. It's it's definitely been a blessing.

724
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Speaker 1: A couple of guys we want to ask you about.

725
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 1: Let's start with Greg Olson, who was here for a

726
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 1: visit last week. If if he does sign with Buffalo,

727
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: no matter where he goes, what kind of a guy

728
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: would that team? Beginning at age thirty four, when you

729
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,439
Speaker 1: talk about Greg Olson, greg u is a great locker,

730
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: room guy. Obviously, his resume speaks for itself, but his

731
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:29,959
Speaker 1: attention to detail is is something that, um, I've seen

732
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: from a select few people, and I think that's a

733
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: credit to you know where he is and what he's

734
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:39,600
Speaker 1: been able to do. Um, And again it's it's it's

735
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: good to see that being a young player coming in

736
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: to to kind of just take some things and parts

737
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: out of his game and implement it into mind. So, um,

738
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: that's the type of player that I've been around the

739
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 1: past couple of years and Carolina and I don't see

740
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 1: that changing. And the other guy I want to ask

741
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 1: you about the the guy that you caught your only

742
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 1: NFL touchdown passed from Christian McCaffrey, who it seems to

743
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: be at the center of almost everything that the Panthers

744
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: do offensively, Like, what kind of a guy is he?

745
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 1: What kind of a player is McCaffrey. Oh, he's another

746
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 1: guy kind of synonymous with the traits that I just

747
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 1: told you about Gregg, and he does an incredible job

748
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: taking care of his body. I think that's one of

749
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: the few things that a lot of people don't see

750
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: as far as why he's able to come in night

751
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: and night out and produce at a high level of

752
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 1: the way he's been Uh, he takes care of his

753
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: body extremely well. His attention to detail is great and um,

754
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 1: you know, he's a great team player and having guys

755
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: like that around you could only help propel your game

756
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: and help motivate you to do better for yourself as well.

757
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: With all the injuries that that you guys suffered at

758
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: your quarterback spot and all the you know, the different

759
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: guys you had taken snaps Christian. Christian McCaffrey was uh,

760
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,800
Speaker 1: you know, kind of the engine that ran your offense

761
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: and you had for a basketball player, you had to

762
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,360
Speaker 1: learn how to you know, kind of get grubby and

763
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,800
Speaker 1: put your hands on a defender and start pushing him around.

764
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: How how has that transition gone for you? And learning

765
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: how to be a run blocker in an offense where

766
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: by you know, by the sheer circumstance, I had to

767
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: kind of focus on the run game this year. How

768
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: how did that transition go for you? I think the

769
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 1: transition went well. Blocking is definitely my bread and butter,

770
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: and having a guy like Christian in the backfield could

771
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: only make things complimentary for each of us. Um and

772
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 1: in coming to Carolina and finding my niche and trying

773
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 1: to figure out a way to stay on the field.

774
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: I figured that that would be my best option, um,

775
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: and my best outlet to be productive and be a

776
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: contributor to this team. So it's definitely a good feeling. Chris.

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00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to see Kinisian's basketball play

778
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: it all this year? They got a big game Wednesday night.

779
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, that Niagara. You planning on

780
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: going to any games? I plan on going on at

781
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: least one every year. I'm gonna try to see one,

782
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: whether it be in Buffalo or New York and Iona

783
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: this offseason, so hopefully I can go get to see

784
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: my guys play. But I'm always following them. Yeah, that's good, Chris,

785
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: thanks for this good good luck here. We appreciate you

786
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 1: spending a few minutes with us here today. Thanks very much.

787
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: Oh thank you guys for having me. I appreciate it.

788
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,359
Speaker 1: Thank you, Chris, Thanks and good luck. Stay healthy all right,

789
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: take care, Chris man hurts. Carolina Panther's tight end signed

790
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,479
Speaker 1: a two year contract going into last year, so who's

791
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: got another year on that? Um, it's a good story.

792
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy never played football high school or college,

793
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: and there are enough people and he mentioned him, Jim Barron,

794
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: several others who saw enough in him. Jim McNally saw

795
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: enough in him as a as a pretty physical player

796
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 1: at Kennisia's to sign him to an NFL contract, the

797
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 1: Bills spending offseason developing him. The Saints did the same.

798
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: Carolina obviously has done the bulk of that work. It's

799
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: a good story. Yeah, and I can I can't tell

800
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: you how hard that is. Yeah, you know, to the

801
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: nuances of the sport and the and the way your

802
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: mind is now. Certainly there's some some attributes that you

803
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 1: can play basketball, or play hockey, or play lacrosse, soccer

804
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: or whatever whatever game you want, and there's some crossover

805
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: awareness about what's going on around you that help you

806
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,359
Speaker 1: in any sport. But man, oh man, where you're talking

807
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: about going from one of those other sports to football,

808
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,360
Speaker 1: where you've got instead of you got ten guys on

809
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: the court all the time, you got twenty two guys

810
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: all the time, And it's a lot more going on,

811
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,879
Speaker 1: and it's a lot more choreographed, and it's a it's

812
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 1: a burst sport rather than a constant effort sport like

813
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: basketball where the ball is always in play and you're

814
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: going back and forth end to end football, you know,

815
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 1: it's a burst and he stopped and you talk things

816
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: over a little bit, right, and then to have the

817
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: nuances of you know, you're not really worried about what

818
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: the wide receiver on the other side is doing. You

819
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: just do your thing with the two guys in front

820
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: of you and the quarterback. It's a huge depth of knowledge.

821
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: He's guys have nothing no clue about particularly, I mean,

822
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: he's played youth football and to be able to make

823
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: that transitions is a testament to one his work ethic

824
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: and two his athletic ability. So when you're gifted and

825
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,720
Speaker 1: you work really hard, you can do just about anything,

826
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: including what Chris Manhertz has done in his NFL We're

827
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: going to the fifth year, yeah, as a player, as

828
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: a vested, real life NFL football player, where he thought

829
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: it was a joke when they called it's what he said,

830
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 1: that's amazing, good friends, amazing. He played fifteen games last year,

831
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: six starts last year for Carolina. Probably they've got them

832
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: lined up even coach the new coach Matt Rules as

833
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 1: a candidate for the blocking tight end spot again Chris

834
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: Man hurts Canisius college basketball product. All right, we're gonna

835
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Speaker 1: take a break. We'd love to get your conversation in

836
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Speaker 1: on this. What's the biggest storyline of the NFL offseason?

837
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,320
Speaker 1: We suggest maybe it's Tom Brady, Maybe it's quarterbacks in general.

838
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: Maybe it's approval and pending approval of a new CBA.

839
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Speaker 1: What do you think it is biggest storyline of the

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Speaker 1: the meantime, we have time to talk with you. Our

849
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 1: Twitter Bowl today is a pretty good one. It's a

850
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: general offseason question regarding the NFL. What do you think

851
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: what is the biggest storyline of the NFL this offseason?

852
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: Is it Tom Brady's future in New England. Maybe that's

853
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 1: what you think, and we'll tell you that most people

854
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: think that's it. Looking up the numbers right here, Tom

855
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: Brady's future in New England. Forty four percent of respondents

856
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: say that's it. Is it overall quarterback moving around the NFL? Brady? Yes,

857
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: But Cam Newton, Philip Rivers, Ryan Tannehill, all of the

858
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: free agents who are quarterbacks. There's a ton of them

859
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 1: this year. Drew Brees, right up, Rivers, Jamis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater,

860
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, you're right, Marcus Mariota. Is that the biggest

861
00:41:58,239 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: story in the NFL? Twenty eight percent of you say

862
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: that's what it is? Is that approval possible approval of

863
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: a new CBA, which would mean a seventeen game regular

864
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: season starting in twenty twenty one? Is it something else?

865
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: Five percent say something else? Give us a call eight

866
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 1: three five fifty toll free one eight eight eight five

867
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty vote in a twitter pot. We

868
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 1: got four hundred fifty votes in so far and sending

869
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: a tweet. Let me read you some of the tweets

870
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,760
Speaker 1: from the tweet sheet bring back shack tweets in the story,

871
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 1: is that football is a whole new game. We've just

872
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: about turned the page on Alabama and New England international games,

873
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 1: who are looking to become a new norm. Then we

874
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: have the shiny new thing called the XFL. What off season?

875
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: Huh it's good point, interesting, I guess. I don't know

876
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 1: if what is he saying? Alabama and New England they're done.

877
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody would. I know, think Alabama's done

878
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: for sure, and I don't believe New England is out

879
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: of the picture anymore. International games looking to become a

880
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: new norm. Perhaps, Yeah, that's probably true the XFL. I

881
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: don't know if the XFL will have no I don't

882
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: agree with any of this. Bring back check. I agree

883
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: with to a limited extent. I agree with it. But yeah, okay,

884
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 1: it was your opinion, a little bit of an unusual

885
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 1: season because Alabama was nowhere near you know, wasn't in

886
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:13,320
Speaker 1: the in the College football Championship game. The new the

887
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 1: only thing that's happened to the un international games. They

888
00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 1: kind of are a normal thing. They happen every year

889
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 1: now anyway. But XFL, I'll let's wait and see, certainly.

890
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: And that's one of the things too. We've got some

891
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: people chiming in say, hey, the NFL better adapt because

892
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 1: they actually, you know what, the NFL doesn't have to

893
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: They'll pick and choose what they want to take from that. Well,

894
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: let me read the next tweet from guy named Jello. Honestly,

895
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: he says, I think the XFL could be a big

896
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: offseason story. How the XFL presents the game and how

897
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 1: the game seems faster and more exciting could be a

898
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: problem for the NFL this coming season. The NFL is

899
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,959
Speaker 1: a slow moving giant and it needs to take stock

900
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: of what fans want. Overstating the case to be sure

901
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 1: is h is the XFL more faster and more exciting?

902
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: I can't really say now. The play clock, the play

903
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: clock makes it move a little faster there. The way

904
00:43:57,640 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: their clock management works is a little different than the NFL.

905
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: The clock runs throughout the game until the last two

906
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: minutes of each half, and then you know they it

907
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: starts again. It's twenty five second play clock. They've got

908
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: to get their plays called and get them up to

909
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage a little faster than they do

910
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And the transparency with the conversations that

911
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 1: we had, we talked about earlier in the show. Certainly

912
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: a lot of that stuff is kind of fun and unique.

913
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 1: Is it fun and unique because it's fun and unique,

914
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,919
Speaker 1: or is it fun and unique because it's better We'll see.

915
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 1: Certainly the NFL has been and we've said this a lot,

916
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:32,399
Speaker 1: the NFL is a slow moving giant once in a while.

917
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,359
Speaker 1: But for me, I've always said this, I think they

918
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: get just about every single issue that faces the NFL.

919
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: They get right. The problem for most of us is

920
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: they move a little too slow to do it. But

921
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: eventually they do get it right. In this case, maybe

922
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: the XFL spurs them into a little bit quicker action

923
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: or a little bit quicker move towards a faster moving

924
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: game or the pace of the game, that kind of thing.

925
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:59,120
Speaker 1: But I think that remains to be seen the NFL.

926
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:02,040
Speaker 1: But I know this, the NFL is not going to

927
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 1: get out thunk. You know. Um, They're gonna be ready

928
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: for this. That the league has always been willing to adapt,

929
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 1: it's been willing to change their game, and there'll be

930
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: no different now. Yeah different Now, I think there's a

931
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 1: little bit of maybe. Look, I admit I didn't watch

932
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:20,160
Speaker 1: a full XFL game this weekend, but I think there's

933
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: a little bit of XFL hype going on here. Brian

934
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 1: Ross Wignell tweets this and well, this isn't let me

935
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: give it an Andrew Hubert tweets this and he voted

936
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: other in the Twitter poll. How many XFL players will

937
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: get a second chance or first in the NFL after

938
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: showcasing their talent. I mean they're gonna there's some guys

939
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 1: whill come from the XFL and play in the NFL.

940
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 1: I think what you've found based on Week one is

941
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,120
Speaker 1: guys who couldn't make it, couldn't hack it in the NFL,

942
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 1: and believe me, the whole level of competition is lower

943
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,480
Speaker 1: than the NFL. Um I'm not writing off the XFL

944
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 1: as a potential showcase for players, but I don't know.

945
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: If there are one or two players from the XFL

946
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: who have a job in the NFL next season, I

947
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 1: think that'd probably be about bad to say. It's not

948
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: like the aaf either or the AFL or whatever the football,

949
00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 1: because if you're under contract with the XFL, you stay there.

950
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,879
Speaker 1: You can't get out of it. You can't go play

951
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: for the NFL. So that's one thing. So if if

952
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: you have a long term deal or two year deal

953
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: or whatever. You whether you kill it in the XFL

954
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 1: or not, you're an XFL person. Um. So there's that um.

955
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: And also I get it that uh, there is a

956
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: kind of this newness about the XFL, that that that is,

957
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 1: you know, striking and fun and similar. And there are

958
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: some pretty good players there. But it's like you said, Murphy,

959
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 1: there there's probably more than just one or two XFL players.

960
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: There's probably a bunch of XFL players that NFL teams

961
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,560
Speaker 1: would say, you know what, Uh, he might be a

962
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 1: little better than this other guy we've got or at

963
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:53,520
Speaker 1: this level of our univer but let's say that there's

964
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: maybe a starter in there yet. I don't know. I

965
00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:01,360
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know, because it's a multi billion

966
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:08,279
Speaker 1: dollar industry that a large portion of which is dedicated

967
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: to evaluating talent. If you're out. Has been my contention

968
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:15,320
Speaker 1: for a long time, and I tell young kids this,

969
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter where you go to college. Just go

970
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: to the college you need to go, you want to

971
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: go to. But if you're good enough, they will find you.

972
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 1: We got in two weeks, we're gonna go to the combine.

973
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,320
Speaker 1: And that's what it's all about. They root around and

974
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 1: find these athletes from wherever. Chris Manherts from the Carolina

975
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 1: Panthers was a canacious basketball player. They're gonna find you

976
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 1: exactly the track to the NFL. Yeah, but that's where

977
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: they look. They look everywhere. There is no stone unturned.

978
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: Somebody's gonna see you. Word's gonna get out. So that's

979
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: what you've got. You got. The XFL's full of guys

980
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: who have brushed up against it, like Austin Prole first,

981
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,799
Speaker 1: the guy who scored the first XFL touchdown. We've seen him. Yeah,

982
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 1: he wasn't good enough. He was not good enough to

983
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:58,920
Speaker 1: make the Buffalo Bills in a six and ten season.

984
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: Cardal Jones started quarterback ass away way that's right, as

985
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 1: it was a six and two. Yeah, it was two

986
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: years eighteen. Yeah, Cardel Jones wasn't good enough to make

987
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,479
Speaker 1: the Bills NFL where I was during the Bills needed

988
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: quarterbacks fourth round pick. I mean that somebody looked at

989
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,879
Speaker 1: him in Ohio State and said, let's try this guy.

990
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,279
Speaker 1: And he wasn't good enough. Yeah. Now he he won

991
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: DC's first game in the XFL, but I I don't

992
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,399
Speaker 1: know what that counts. And I'm not here to bash

993
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 1: him either. No, there's some guy they got some athletic ability. Yeah,

994
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: I hope they do it. But it takes some knowledge

995
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: as well as physical ability to play in the NFL.

996
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 1: It takes some commitment, and it takes a certain professionalism

997
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: for lack of a better all encompassing term than that,

998
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,239
Speaker 1: it takes a little bit of that to get your

999
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: foothold in the NFL. Man Hurts as a perfect example.

1000
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 1: He's carved out a pretty good career um and made

1001
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: some pretty good money. But you know, he's a guy

1002
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: that's you know, you gotta think for guys. They're people

1003
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: in Carolina are probably going, we don't need you know

1004
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 1: that guy. He's okay to work hard. He's okay, but

1005
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, new coaching staff, he's gonna

1006
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:58,759
Speaker 1: have to work hard to keep it. Nobody, nobody's got

1007
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,839
Speaker 1: anything invested in him in this new coaching staff there,

1008
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to prove it again and that's why,

1009
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: and that he's on a team. So it's a it's

1010
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,320
Speaker 1: a long road to hoe for these guys to you know,

1011
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: jump ship from XFL the NFL or from off the

1012
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: street in the XFL. Or vice versa. So it's you know,

1013
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 1: it's there's a reason. The reason for a new league

1014
00:49:19,640 --> 00:49:21,840
Speaker 1: isn't the talent that's out there, it's the appetite that

1015
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,640
Speaker 1: people have to watch it. Right, Yes, you went there

1016
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:29,279
Speaker 1: and I said a fair assessment. It's not that there's

1017
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 1: always great football players out there and compared to me

1018
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:34,600
Speaker 1: and you, Yeah, there are a great football players. They're

1019
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 1: better than me and you, but for and for the

1020
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: general public anyway. Yeah, So, but the simple fact that matters.

1021
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: There are people out there, there's gamblers, there's sports junkies,

1022
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: there's people in these cities. They just want to watch

1023
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:50,759
Speaker 1: some pretty good football and that the numbers prove it

1024
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: on the and the ratings. But I don't know that

1025
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: there's that many good football players out there to watch.

1026
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: So they're they're filling a need. But I don't know

1027
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: that there's a this abundance of talent out there for

1028
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: us to watch and former league so well, I don't know.

1029
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see. Hey, we're gonna talk more about

1030
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 1: the XFL with our next guests. Frank Schwab, reporter for

1031
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,720
Speaker 1: Yahoo Sports dot com, will join us. We'll talk about

1032
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 1: the XFL. We'll ask him about the talent level there.

1033
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,239
Speaker 1: We'll talk about the NFL as well. We'll talk about

1034
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:19,200
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl a week old Frank Schwab from Yahoo Sports.

1035
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: When we return. One Bill's Live presented by Kalata Health

1036
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:26,000
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1037
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1038
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: update update from One Bill's Drive. Breaking news from Los

1039
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 1: Angeles said the Los Angeles Chargers and quarterback Philip Rivers

1040
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: have mutually agreed that Rivers will go into free agency

1041
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 1: will not return to the Chargers for the twenty twenty season.

1042
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: Philip can still compete at the top starter level, the

1043
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: Chargers say, According to generalmanjer Tom Talasco, and in a

1044
00:50:56,719 --> 00:50:59,520
Speaker 1: perfect world, number seventeen years your quarterback forever. But we

1045
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,720
Speaker 1: live in an imperfect world where the only constant is change.

1046
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, who owns more than thirty franchise record he's

1047
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:08,400
Speaker 1: in top ten of the NFL's all time list of

1048
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:12,040
Speaker 1: numerous categories, is going to leave the Los Angeles Chargers

1049
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 1: and enter free agency that just out minutes ago. Greg

1050
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 1: Olson will wrap up his free agent visits this week.

1051
00:51:18,040 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: The veteran tight end series of visits, which included to

1052
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:23,239
Speaker 1: stop in the Fox broadcast booths over the weekend to

1053
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: call an XFL game, continues today with a visit to

1054
00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:29,000
Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins. Then they'll fly cross country to see

1055
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: Houtle to meet with the Seahawks. He already met with

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Speaker 1: a Buffalo Bills last week. Late last week. Olson's time

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Speaker 1: with the Panthers came to an end in late January

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00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: with a mutual parting of ways. There. San Francisco forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers tight end Garrick Sellik announced his retirement on

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Speaker 1: social media over the weekend, posted a message on Instagram

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Speaker 1: to thank the Niners for giving him the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: pursue his dreams. Baltimore Ravens have signed safety Chuck Clark

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Speaker 1: to a three year contract extension. Financial terms not disclose.

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Speaker 1: The extension worth fifteen million dollars at now times. Clark,

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Speaker 1: who had been scheduled to enter the final season of

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Speaker 1: his rookie contract, to the Ravens for the next four

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Speaker 1: years at sixteen million dollars per year. The Washington Redskins

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Speaker 1: are working to make Jennifer King the first African American

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00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: female full time assistant coach in the NFL met with

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Speaker 1: her late last month. King would join the staff as

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Speaker 1: an offensive assistant. She coached help coach Ron Rivera with

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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers as a coaching intern last year. And

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Sabers played the Detroit Red Wings tomorrow and

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Speaker 1: I and A Keybank Center based off at seven o'clock. Yesterday,

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Speaker 1: The Sabers lost to Anaheim three to two. Joe and

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00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,839
Speaker 1: Larson and Rasmus Balin scored for the Sabers. Ryan Miller

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Speaker 1: mead thirty five saved for Anaheim what might be his

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Speaker 1: final game in Buffalo. There you go, that's the update

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Speaker 1: from One Thos Live. John Murphy's team. Tasker on the

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Speaker 1: line with us right now. Guess that we've had on before.

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Speaker 1: Is an NFL writer that covers the league for the forum.

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Speaker 1: What dom I want to say? Yeahoo sports dot com.

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00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: That's why I want to say. Frank Schwab is on

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Speaker 1: the line with us. Frank, welcome to the show, John

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00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,320
Speaker 1: Murphy and Steve Tasker here in Buffalo. We appreachate you

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00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,759
Speaker 1: coming on here. What's going on? Well, here's what's going on,

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00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: and you probably know this already, but Philip Rivers and

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00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: the Chargers mutually agreed to part ways. What do you

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00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:09,759
Speaker 1: make of that? What do you think the up chat

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00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: of that will be? You know, it's it's shocking at

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00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:18,959
Speaker 1: this moment, right Like, it's just it's you know, Philip

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00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 1: Rivers is the Chargers. He's been their starters since two

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00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,239
Speaker 1: thousand and six, so you know, I mean the last

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Speaker 1: the last guy to start for the Chargers other than

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00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers was Drew Brees. I mean I can barely

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00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 1: picture Drew Brees in the Chargers uniform anymore. So just

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00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 1: one of those that uh yeah, it's just kind of shocking,

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00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:41,880
Speaker 1: and it's just, uh, you know, it's a certainly a

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Speaker 1: huge domino in the Senate. Phil off season. Well, that's

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Speaker 1: one of the things we want to talk to you about,

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00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 1: is this domino thing that's going to happen Philip Rivers, Uh,

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00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 1: you know, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Andy Dalton, Marcus Marioto,

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00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:58,000
Speaker 1: Jamis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater. The list goes on. How do

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00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,239
Speaker 1: you think this is gonna play because in the last

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00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 1: couple of years we've had quarter I think Joe Flacco

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00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:06,359
Speaker 1: maybe out of Denver as well, if they decide Drew

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00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:11,719
Speaker 1: Locke as their guy. So what kind of era is

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00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,920
Speaker 1: the NFL in where it seems like every year you're

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00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:17,160
Speaker 1: gonna have a list of maybe a half a dozen

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00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: or so quarterbacks that have had some success in the league. Yeah,

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00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 1: it's you know, it's just a change. It's just a shift.

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Speaker 1: For sure. We're gonna have to get used to some

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00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: of this stuff that you know, these guys switch teams.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I do think the NFL is in

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00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:37,160
Speaker 1: pretty good shape as far as quarterbacks go. It's just

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00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 1: we don't see, you know, movement like this very often.

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00:54:40,040 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 1: And we're gonna see, you know, I mean, guys like

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00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:47,800
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston just haven't changed teams that often. Guys like

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00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 1: you know, Tom Brady and you know, I mean he

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00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: might find a different team, who knows. So it's just

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00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 1: gonna be. Look, we've never under an off season like

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Speaker 1: this potentially anyway, where you could have as many as

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Speaker 1: ten twelve teams switch quarterbacks. I mean, we're we're going

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00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:08,200
Speaker 1: to start and it's gonna get kind of crazy. Phone's

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Speaker 1: cutting out. Frank Schwab will try to stay with it

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Speaker 1: for a minute or two. Maybe we'll reconnect in a minute.

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00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 1: Franks Ron from Yahoo sports dot Com. We're talking with

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Speaker 1: him on the Chargers. Tyrod Taylor remains on the roster

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Speaker 1: as a backup quarterback. But what do you think the

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Speaker 1: Chargers do for a quarterback? Now, Frank, what's their plan?

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00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 1: I assume what they has something to do with that

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00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:29,920
Speaker 1: six pick, and that doesn't ensure them of getting one

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Speaker 1: of the top guys. I mean, I think that everybody

1134
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:34,359
Speaker 1: kind of agrees ours three top guys in this draft.

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00:55:34,400 --> 00:55:38,960
Speaker 1: We're talking to h Herbert and Burrow. If Burro goes first,

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00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,800
Speaker 1: you know, and then uh, somebody trains up to three

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00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,239
Speaker 1: to grab Herbert, and then somebody draft twa. You know,

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00:55:45,400 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: maybe the Dolphins move up. You know, the Chargers could

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00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:51,000
Speaker 1: be left holding the bag. There's no guarantee they're getting

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00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:53,759
Speaker 1: one of their guys at six. So it's really hard

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Speaker 1: to Uh, it's really hard to chart what they're gonna

1142
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,360
Speaker 1: do because we don't know what the six pick is

1143
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:00,799
Speaker 1: going to be. We don't know who's gonna be hitting

1144
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 1: free agency. You know, maybe it's Brady for a year,

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00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:07,960
Speaker 1: maybe it's hirodro year ahead of a rookie. They have

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00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:09,719
Speaker 1: to have some plan that they're just willing to move

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00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:12,560
Speaker 1: on from Rivers but I think that it's it's gonna

1148
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 1: be fascinating to watch them. They're moving into a new stadium.

1149
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:19,280
Speaker 1: They need, they need something they can't just recycle somebody

1150
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: bad and and I hope to generate any buzz going

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00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,960
Speaker 1: into that new palace in La So it's gonna be there.

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00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,399
Speaker 1: They're now they become one of the most interesting teams

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00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,120
Speaker 1: of the offseason, just to see what their plan as

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00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 1: a quarterback they had that saw them to move on

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00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:35,719
Speaker 1: from Philip Like this, How where do you think Philip goes?

1156
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,919
Speaker 1: Aged thirty eight? And how much does he have left

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00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: to give? My partner here, Hey, go ahead, I don't

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00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 1: think too much, to be honest. I he really looked

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00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,120
Speaker 1: like a different quarterback last year. And he's about at

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00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:51,920
Speaker 1: that age when most non Brady, non Breeze quarterbacks are

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00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 1: starting to kind of lose something. Maybe he has a

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00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:57,760
Speaker 1: good year or two left at him. He's a competitor.

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00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,279
Speaker 1: I've always liked him as a quarterback, but they were

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00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: just warning signs last year, and I think that's one

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00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:06,279
Speaker 1: reason that the Chargers are all came moving on. And

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00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 1: but you know, can he helps somebody maybe to bridge

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00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,399
Speaker 1: to a rookie or a new era. I mean, let's say,

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Speaker 1: let's say Tom Brady moves to the Chargers, why wouldn't

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers moved to the Patriots? Say yeah, I mean

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00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 1: that could happen anyway. I'm just throwing a hypotheticals. Or

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Speaker 1: maybe the Buccketeers, like we are not paying Jameis Winston

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Speaker 1: what he wants, we need somebody to start on opening

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Speaker 1: day at twenty twenty. Maybe he's a fit. I just

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00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: think it's hard to tell you where Philip Rivers is

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Speaker 1: gonna go without some of these other dominoes falling, because

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Speaker 1: it's just like, you know, everybody's kind of standing with

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Speaker 1: to get each other, waiting for somebody to make the

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Speaker 1: first move. And I think when that we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: one major move that kind of sets everything in motion.

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Speaker 1: We might we might have a lot of guys flicking

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00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: teams right nothing this offseason, and if it's anything like

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Speaker 1: the last couple of years, there's gonna be some guys available,

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00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:51,880
Speaker 1: not just this year, but maybe next year as well.

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Speaker 1: Maybe this is kind of a new trend in the

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Speaker 1: NFL where middle of the road quarterbacks, if you're one

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00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: piece away, you're gonna have a chance to do it

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00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:01,520
Speaker 1: even back when Case Keenam Cousins and all those guys

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00:58:01,560 --> 00:58:05,000
Speaker 1: switched team, Joe Flacco switched teams two years ago, and

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Speaker 1: this last year, and then coming into this year, maybe

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Speaker 1: it's not going to be so hard to get a

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Speaker 1: guy who can run an NFL offense as it has

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Speaker 1: been in the past. And if that's the case, what

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Speaker 1: do you think that in this year's class of these guys,

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Speaker 1: which one of these guys is going to be the

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Speaker 1: seismic shift? If if you take Brady out of the

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Speaker 1: out of the equation and say he's not going to

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Speaker 1: play anywhere other than New England, if even indeed does

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Speaker 1: get to free agency, what's the seismic shift gonna look like?

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Speaker 1: Or is there gonna be wonders? There's just gonna be

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Speaker 1: another year where somebody's gonna try and fit into a

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Speaker 1: new place, right And I think that, you know, my

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Speaker 1: cynicism takes over there and says NFL teams have done

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Speaker 1: it this way since free agency started in ninety three.

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Speaker 1: I believe it was where they just settle at quarterback.

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00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:51,640
Speaker 1: The middle of the road of quarterback is the worst

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Speaker 1: place in the world to be because you're paying expensive,

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Speaker 1: expensive prices for quarterbacks from they're not that good, but

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Speaker 1: you fear the unknown, and Kirk Corsins was honestly a

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00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: unicorn go back throughout about history. You're not going to

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Speaker 1: find any other Fresian quarterbacks who hit free agency in

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Speaker 1: their prime without an injury who are somewhat good as

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Speaker 1: going to Kirk Cousins. It just doesn't happen. It's one

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Speaker 1: of those things where it's at Culpepper's coming off injury.

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00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 1: Drew Brees was coming off injury with a clear backup

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Speaker 1: plan in place a big man and coming off surgery.

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Speaker 1: So will this change? I don't know. Jerk Goff just

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Speaker 1: got paid like he's a franchise guy when he's not,

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Speaker 1: so I think the default is always going to be

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Speaker 1: to just play it safe at quarterback. But I think

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Speaker 1: the main team here is Jamis Winston because all these

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Speaker 1: other guys are kind of old stop gap type of players,

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00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:41,920
Speaker 1: or you know, guys with questions, like a Teddy Bridgewater

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Speaker 1: I'm not very very high on. But the one guy

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Speaker 1: who you know, he just Thurmber five thousand yards. We

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00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,080
Speaker 1: all know it wasn't a pretty five thousand yards, but

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Speaker 1: he's twenty six years old. Former number one picked and

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Speaker 1: he's coming on a five thousand yards season. Jamis would

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Speaker 1: be a really really interesting case for free agency. And

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Speaker 1: then you know who's going to take that plunge And

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Speaker 1: I think, however, don't take that plunge, then others other

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Speaker 1: things start to flow from there because he's going to

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Speaker 1: be the one guy that kind of does all look

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Speaker 1: like the others in this free agency class. Run line

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Speaker 1: with Frank Schwab. He's an NFL writer covers the NFL

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Speaker 1: for Yahoo sports dot com. Hey, Frank, you wrote about

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Speaker 1: the XFL and they're opening weekend that just wrapped up yesterday.

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Speaker 1: I guess, as you right, you would learn to expect

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01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:27,200
Speaker 1: a good opening weekend for a second pro football league.

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Speaker 1: And now the test will be how they do the

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Speaker 1: next several weeks. Right, Yeah, absolutely, I mean it means

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01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:38,160
Speaker 1: almost nothing anymore, for you know, for the startup leaks

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Speaker 1: to do well in the first week. It's just who

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Speaker 1: cares like we see it over and over it happen

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Speaker 1: with USFL, happening with the XFL, happm the A. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: where they in three, four or five weeks? And I

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01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: think the one the one thing the ESL I was

1247
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:51,920
Speaker 1: going forward is they have great TV contracts. I mean

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Speaker 1: that that's gold. And they're on major networks. This is ABC,

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01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:59,560
Speaker 1: this is Fox, this is ESQ, there's FS one. Well

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01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:04,120
Speaker 1: they're getting, you know, the eyeballs, the windows that you want.

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01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:07,120
Speaker 1: If you're a league, the TV is the most important

1252
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 1: thing there is now. Second on that list is quality football.

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01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:13,240
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what kills all these leagues is that

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01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 1: you know, we tune in, we watch and say, oh,

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01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:17,880
Speaker 1: there's curiosity and there's football in my TV. Never realize

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Speaker 1: it's bad football. It didn't seem like the xfls opening

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Speaker 1: weekend at great football. I don't think anybody would admit that.

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01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:25,919
Speaker 1: But there in the first week, we'll see where that goes.

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Speaker 1: If anybody has a shot, it's Vince McMahon and that

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Speaker 1: kind of power he wields and the name recognition he has.

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Speaker 1: But we'll see. I mean, it's like I kind of

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Speaker 1: wrote in a post today about the XFL, like they

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Speaker 1: last more than three years. They're doing better than anybody

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Speaker 1: since the AFL more than fifty years ago. So you know,

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Speaker 1: the bar is very low because it's a very very

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Speaker 1: hard market to get into. What do you think, how

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Speaker 1: does the new climate given the last two years, the

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01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:55,280
Speaker 1: climate of gambling change. All this does it give does

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01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: it make it better, does it make it worse or

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Speaker 1: is it non inconsequential. I kind of mat gonna make

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Speaker 1: it worse. I mean, when you give people reason to

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Speaker 1: watch a game they wouldn't otherwise watch. If I'm betting

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Speaker 1: on you know, the DC Defenders minus three, I mean,

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Speaker 1: and they're okay, I might tune in when I'm not

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Speaker 1: necessarily andres in the game otherwise, so I can't imagine

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01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: it hurts. And they've they've embraced fantasy. They've I believe

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Speaker 1: they're pretty well embracing gambling over the XFL realizing, you know,

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01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:25,960
Speaker 1: fans like this. The NFL is going to survive, whether

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Speaker 1: they make missteps with gambling or not. Like whether and

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Speaker 1: they're even coming around, but it didn't matter because the

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01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,240
Speaker 1: NFL is just teflon there. They're going to be popular

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Speaker 1: for a long long time. I think's the XFL needs

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01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 1: to step outside of itself to embrace, you know, what

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Speaker 1: fans like, and maybe the NFL doesn't like talking about it,

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01:02:45,240 --> 01:02:47,720
Speaker 1: and you open they you know, we like gambling, we

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01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: like fantasy, we like reasons to watch a game. Other

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01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:53,360
Speaker 1: than just oh hey, two teams are on my TV.

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01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:55,680
Speaker 1: So I think they've done a good job with that.

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01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:58,440
Speaker 1: Their their access has been very good. So they're really

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01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:00,760
Speaker 1: trying to open it up and give fans a different

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01:03:00,840 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: look at the game than the NFL does. I think

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01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:04,880
Speaker 1: that there's things in our favor, but at the end

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01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:06,760
Speaker 1: of the day, they're gonna have to play good football.

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01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:08,680
Speaker 1: I think that's next the next step for them and

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01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,840
Speaker 1: seeing whether they product approves. How nimble will the NFL

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01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:14,000
Speaker 1: have to be? I mean, there's been so much buzz

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Speaker 1: and you mentioned it's just in passing that. You know,

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Speaker 1: they opened up the microphones of the coaches, They opened

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01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:20,600
Speaker 1: up the microphones of the referees. They hear the conversations

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01:03:20,680 --> 01:03:23,959
Speaker 1: that go on on replays, the play clock is short,

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01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:27,200
Speaker 1: there's some nuances that are different. And do you look

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01:03:27,240 --> 01:03:29,800
Speaker 1: for the NFL to be more nimble because of the XFL,

1303
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:32,840
Speaker 1: maybe make some of these changes, some that are straightforward

1304
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:36,880
Speaker 1: and and pretty attractive to the viewers or the fans,

1305
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:38,880
Speaker 1: or do you expect the NFL to just kind of

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01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:43,520
Speaker 1: sit back and wait. Yeah, I'm very skeptical the mindset

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01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 1: of the NFL is ever going to change. I mean,

1308
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:47,920
Speaker 1: I've covered it twenty years and it's a paranoid lead.

1309
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:52,400
Speaker 1: It viewses some people anyway. Some teams especially view it

1310
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:55,400
Speaker 1: almost as another branch of the military. It's not, but

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01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 1: they don't view themselves as an entertainment. They view themselves

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01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:01,840
Speaker 1: as war and it's ridiculous, but that's the mindset of

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01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:05,760
Speaker 1: many many NFL teams and coaches and even players. And look,

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01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:07,840
Speaker 1: I go back to last year. We have this big

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01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,440
Speaker 1: dust up about Sam Darnold being miked up and then

1316
01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:13,160
Speaker 1: using the clip that he said, oh I'm seeing ghosts

1317
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:16,200
Speaker 1: and now will They got big controversy, but it's really

1318
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,320
Speaker 1: that you take a step back. It's it's an utterly

1319
01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:21,920
Speaker 1: meaningless thing. But that's how the NFL operates it. If

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01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:26,160
Speaker 1: anything is even one percent controversial or rubs me a

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01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 1: long way, they're going to run away from it because

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01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,640
Speaker 1: they don't few themselves as an entertainment business. So I

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01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:32,200
Speaker 1: find it hard to believe they're just gonna do this

1324
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:34,320
Speaker 1: one eighty and say, oh wow, the XFL this is

1325
01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 1: really interesting and fans like this because there's just so

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01:04:37,080 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 1: much paranoia at the league that I can't imagine that

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01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,720
Speaker 1: ever changing. But hopefully something Rubs off because you know,

1328
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:45,919
Speaker 1: at some point the NFL is going to run into

1329
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:49,080
Speaker 1: this challenge of how do we keep ourselves relevant in

1330
01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:52,440
Speaker 1: a changing marketplace with a lot of younger people who

1331
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:56,240
Speaker 1: like different things, and maybe this whole like we're going

1332
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:58,920
Speaker 1: to war, we can't give away any of our secrets

1333
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:00,840
Speaker 1: and all this kind of stuff. Maybe that has to

1334
01:05:00,920 --> 01:05:02,800
Speaker 1: go by the wayside at some point for the NFL

1335
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: to keep up this popularity. Right. I got one more

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01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,120
Speaker 1: XFL question for you, and that's and you mentioned a

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01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,640
Speaker 1: couple of times about the quality of play, How good

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01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:12,480
Speaker 1: it was the play in its opening weekend. There's a

1339
01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:16,080
Speaker 1: number of former Buffalo Bills, Cardal Jones, Austin Prole who

1340
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:18,400
Speaker 1: made their mark in the XFL, and people are kind

1341
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:20,080
Speaker 1: of getting excited here. What do you think? How good

1342
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:22,880
Speaker 1: was the game? Yeah? That's all I think there was.

1343
01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:25,280
Speaker 1: There's something to build on there. You gotta we gotta

1344
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:27,919
Speaker 1: remember these guys. You know, there was no preseason, there's

1345
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:31,120
Speaker 1: limited practice, there's finally thrown together. I mean we talked

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01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:33,600
Speaker 1: about NFL teams a struggle early in the year. That's

1347
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:36,280
Speaker 1: after four preseason games and probably eighty percent of their

1348
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:40,120
Speaker 1: loster coming back it's not. This is although this is

1349
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:43,160
Speaker 1: a new teammates, new coaches, new schemes, new knew everything.

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01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:46,840
Speaker 1: So I give them a pass and say, if there

1351
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:49,400
Speaker 1: were any you know, up and downs, Well, this was

1352
01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:51,320
Speaker 1: the first time, this is the first time they're doing this,

1353
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:54,880
Speaker 1: a lot of different challenges. So I thought, given given

1354
01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:58,040
Speaker 1: that landscape, they were fine. But it's got to approve.

1355
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,800
Speaker 1: But there's room of approves. So I think that that

1356
01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:05,040
Speaker 1: it's feasible to say the product wasn't fantastic in week one,

1357
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:07,680
Speaker 1: but it was good enough offen by week five six,

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01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 1: when we're all kind of getting used to this, it

1359
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:12,560
Speaker 1: will be better and we'll see some some growth that way.

1360
01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:16,600
Speaker 1: What's the best possible scenario going forward for the XFL,

1361
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:18,600
Speaker 1: I mean, give us a timeline as to maybe some

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01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:21,360
Speaker 1: markers we can look for that will say, wow, okay,

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01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: look at that for this XFL development or um, you

1364
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:28,680
Speaker 1: know progress, What's what's the best Give us some markers

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01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:32,160
Speaker 1: for their success that we can look for down the road, right,

1366
01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:34,440
Speaker 1: And I think it's going to be measured kind of,

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01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,840
Speaker 1: you know, in very small steps to be honest. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if if they may get to the end of the

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Speaker 1: first season, they've done better than the American you know,

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Speaker 1: the Alliance of American Football, And if you can make

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01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:46,640
Speaker 1: it to the year two, you've done better in the

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Speaker 1: first edition in the XFL, and nobody has beaten at

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01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:52,520
Speaker 1: nobody is being that for for thirty years since the

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01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:56,120
Speaker 1: USFL folded up shops. So at thirty five years, it's

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01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,800
Speaker 1: it's very much, Uh, you need to take your win

1376
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 1: in very small doses, like if you if you make

1377
01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:04,640
Speaker 1: it their championship game, that's a pretty big deal. It

1378
01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:07,960
Speaker 1: really is, like, so, you know, I think bigger than

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01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:11,520
Speaker 1: that though. Will we see TV ratings be viable by

1380
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: the end of the year again, will it come back

1381
01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:15,960
Speaker 1: for a second year. These are all things that that

1382
01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:19,600
Speaker 1: are really kind of markers that that seem very minor

1383
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:22,920
Speaker 1: and small, but no other leagues have gotten as far.

1384
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:26,080
Speaker 1: So I think we're gonna We're gonna have to. The

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01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:28,720
Speaker 1: XFL has to be kind of patient and takes its

1386
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:30,959
Speaker 1: wins where they can get them. Just the way they've

1387
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:33,720
Speaker 1: come out, I can't see them being some developmental league

1388
01:07:33,760 --> 01:07:35,720
Speaker 1: for the NFL. They don't seem to have that mindset

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01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:38,640
Speaker 1: that they want to join forces like the after. They

1390
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:40,720
Speaker 1: want to be something different they want to be kind

1391
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:43,280
Speaker 1: of an arm's length from the NFL. But I don't

1392
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:47,200
Speaker 1: see a league really being successful long term unless it

1393
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:50,000
Speaker 1: embraces the NFL, unless you can kind of get that,

1394
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:53,600
Speaker 1: you know, a bump from being the NFL of minor league,

1395
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:55,520
Speaker 1: so to speak. We'll see how that goes. If the

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01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: XFL can kind of stand on its own, It's it's

1397
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,240
Speaker 1: been a huge challenge, but you know, at least they

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01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:01,760
Speaker 1: have a shot at it. Let me ask you this,

1399
01:08:01,840 --> 01:08:05,360
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put my tinfoil hat on and I'm gonna

1400
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:08,240
Speaker 1: see if I can see spots conspiracies. Could Vince McMahon

1401
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:10,439
Speaker 1: be one of those guys say, for instance, he puts

1402
01:08:10,520 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 1: this league together and say, best case scenario, they do

1403
01:08:12,920 --> 01:08:15,640
Speaker 1: make it through year two, year three, like the old

1404
01:08:15,720 --> 01:08:18,800
Speaker 1: AFL did. Could Vince McMahon posture himself then as being

1405
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:21,920
Speaker 1: the guy who gets a second merger with the NFL

1406
01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: and has his team or teams be the team in

1407
01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:27,160
Speaker 1: London or the team in Paris or the team in

1408
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:30,879
Speaker 1: Mexico City. Could that be down the road for the XFL.

1409
01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:33,120
Speaker 1: Is that how the NFL comes to grips with it.

1410
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:35,000
Speaker 1: They just say, hey, if you can't beat them, join

1411
01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:36,680
Speaker 1: them and if you want to, if you want to

1412
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:40,640
Speaker 1: beat the competition, become the competition. You know, does that

1413
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: is that a possibility down the road? Do you see

1414
01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:45,760
Speaker 1: Vince McMahon taking that track. I don't know. Maybe that's

1415
01:08:45,760 --> 01:08:47,760
Speaker 1: in the back of his mind, but that's a that's

1416
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:50,600
Speaker 1: a long road. I mean, you have to be so

1417
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:53,040
Speaker 1: successful that they have no choice because the NFL can

1418
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:56,960
Speaker 1: expand tomorrow. Who cares that they can? They really wanted

1419
01:08:57,040 --> 01:08:58,719
Speaker 1: two more teams they can put on Sat Louis Thorn

1420
01:08:58,800 --> 01:09:01,880
Speaker 1: in Portland and and they're just fine. I think there's

1421
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:04,479
Speaker 1: a reason they haven't gone that way. The XFL would

1422
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,439
Speaker 1: have to be so successful that you basically have no

1423
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:10,280
Speaker 1: choice but to merge. And I don't know that they

1424
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:13,800
Speaker 1: necessarily want, you know, thirty four thirty sixteens. I don't.

1425
01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:16,599
Speaker 1: I think that they're very comfortable with where they're at

1426
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:19,320
Speaker 1: right now. And to add it to you know, thirty

1427
01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:22,200
Speaker 1: eight forty, I just don't see that that happening. So

1428
01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: it's again, I think the best case scenario for the

1429
01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:28,839
Speaker 1: XFL is just were were the feeder system for the NFL.

1430
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:31,800
Speaker 1: But I haven't seen any the AAF wanted to do that.

1431
01:09:32,200 --> 01:09:34,439
Speaker 1: I haven't seen any signs the XFL wants to do that.

1432
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,360
Speaker 1: I think you want their independence basically, and that makes

1433
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:39,640
Speaker 1: it tough because then you are trying to, you know,

1434
01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:41,640
Speaker 1: what's your end game really, you think you're going to

1435
01:09:42,000 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: stand on your own and and be you know, head

1436
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:46,760
Speaker 1: to head with the NFL. That's really tough. It's not

1437
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:50,439
Speaker 1: an appen early excepted for the AFL, So it's it's

1438
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:53,120
Speaker 1: an elviators like I have no idea of themand's endgame

1439
01:09:53,200 --> 01:09:55,240
Speaker 1: here other than hey, let's see if this thing works.

1440
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:56,840
Speaker 1: You know, you're one here too, and we can make

1441
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,000
Speaker 1: it at least are not. We're not swimming in a

1442
01:09:59,160 --> 01:10:00,920
Speaker 1: red ink at yet of it. Yeah, I agree. The

1443
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:04,439
Speaker 1: only rate way would happen is if the XFL became

1444
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:08,439
Speaker 1: successful enough that the NFL wanted to say, Okay, we'll

1445
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:10,679
Speaker 1: give you a franchise if you make the whole league

1446
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:13,960
Speaker 1: go away, well right, and that would be it. I

1447
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:17,000
Speaker 1: mean that's you know, I mean, that's what that's basically

1448
01:10:17,080 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 1: the Donald Trump model, right, Like that's why what he wanted.

1449
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,439
Speaker 1: He wanted to basically the NFL to have to force

1450
01:10:22,800 --> 01:10:24,920
Speaker 1: a merger there and they'll go one in court, but

1451
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:27,560
Speaker 1: one the three dollars or whatever it was. So I

1452
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:31,839
Speaker 1: think that it's uh, you know, it's just it's it's interesting.

1453
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:34,600
Speaker 1: It's it's hard to tell. I mean, Vince is just

1454
01:10:34,680 --> 01:10:38,080
Speaker 1: a different guy. He's got the uh, he's got any

1455
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:40,719
Speaker 1: go there. There's just no question about that. So would

1456
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:43,720
Speaker 1: he be willing to just, hey, yeah, I've made my money,

1457
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:45,560
Speaker 1: I'm going to get out, or would he continue to

1458
01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:47,920
Speaker 1: kind of, you know it, kind of hammer at the

1459
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,720
Speaker 1: NFL and try to ship away that. It's it's even

1460
01:10:50,760 --> 01:10:53,479
Speaker 1: impossible that could happen. But you know, who knows. It's

1461
01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:56,639
Speaker 1: it's an evolving landscape. Sports in twenty twenty with Frank

1462
01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:58,920
Speaker 1: Swam from Yeah Who Sports? I got an NFL question

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01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:01,479
Speaker 1: for you. Frank, you wrote a poelast Thursday about the

1464
01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:04,679
Speaker 1: NFL looking for a new vice president of Sports Betting

1465
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,960
Speaker 1: to oversee the league's betting initiatives. What an initiative do

1466
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:11,560
Speaker 1: you think NFL has in mind regarding betting. I don't know.

1467
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,040
Speaker 1: I mean, basically, it's how can we make money off

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01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:17,800
Speaker 1: of it? Yeah, that's usually the driver, very blunt. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's it like it's and you know, I'm encouraged to look.

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Speaker 1: I've covered I've been a yah who covered the whole

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Speaker 1: NFL for seven seasons. I was be my afe coming up,

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Speaker 1: and the shift in their embrace, I guess of gambling.

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01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 1: It used to be, no, we're not even I still

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01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:37,960
Speaker 1: remember writing about Tony Romo having to cancel a fantasy

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01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,720
Speaker 1: football because it was in the convention center that was

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01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:43,400
Speaker 1: connected to the Venetian and Palazzo in Vegas. Like it

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01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:46,799
Speaker 1: wasn't even there, It wasn't even anything to do with gambling.

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01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:50,200
Speaker 1: It just happened to be connected at a convention center

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01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 1: to a casino and they made him cancel it. And

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01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:55,160
Speaker 1: I don't hear we as five six years later whenever

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01:11:55,240 --> 01:11:58,439
Speaker 1: that was, and they're hiring a VP of gambling again.

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01:11:58,520 --> 01:12:01,360
Speaker 1: This just blows my mind. And anyways, the draft is

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01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:03,600
Speaker 1: going to be in Las Vegas, the Ray. It's just

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01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:07,000
Speaker 1: happened kind of quickly but quietly. They just you know,

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01:12:07,160 --> 01:12:09,240
Speaker 1: there's this is here and there, Well, we gotta we

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01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:11,680
Speaker 1: have a casino partnership. Oh where we're putting a hum

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01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:14,120
Speaker 1: in Vegas. We're im are draft in Vegas. We have

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Speaker 1: a VP of sports gambling. It's the changes is very

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01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:20,960
Speaker 1: incredible when you think before they were a few years ago,

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01:12:21,439 --> 01:12:24,000
Speaker 1: but they almost hat to they they couldn't ignore this

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01:12:24,120 --> 01:12:27,360
Speaker 1: any longer. The NBA adopted it, the NHL did a

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01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:29,519
Speaker 1: good job with it, and I think the NFL just

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01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:32,880
Speaker 1: looked it said we'd be dumb to pass up this

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01:12:33,200 --> 01:12:35,800
Speaker 1: this much, this much money. Basically, there's a lot of

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01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:37,720
Speaker 1: money to gain. There a lot of popularity for the

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01:12:37,800 --> 01:12:40,000
Speaker 1: league to gain. I think there does nothing but help

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01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:43,960
Speaker 1: the NFL. There's no scenario where the widespread use of

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01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:47,320
Speaker 1: gambling puts the NFL in any single way, even if

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01:12:47,320 --> 01:12:50,400
Speaker 1: they're not getting a cut like they want. The popularity

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01:12:50,400 --> 01:12:52,000
Speaker 1: of the sports that have continued to grow and grow

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01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:54,280
Speaker 1: and growth. So I think the NFL had to face

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01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,800
Speaker 1: this and be prudent about it and smart about it.

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01:12:56,840 --> 01:13:00,400
Speaker 1: And I think hiring a guy who's literally art this

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01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:03,439
Speaker 1: is their smartest move. Hey, Frank, thanks for this good

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01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,479
Speaker 1: talking with it. We really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

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01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:10,120
Speaker 1: Frank Schwab, NFL writer at Yahoo's Sports. He's been with

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01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:13,559
Speaker 1: Yahoo since twenty and twelve. Former Denver Broncos beat writer

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01:13:13,720 --> 01:13:18,080
Speaker 1: talking about XFL about Philip Rivers, about gambling in the NFL.

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01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:20,240
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, the news just came out. It's gonna go

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01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:22,799
Speaker 1: into free agency. A mutual agreement with the Los Angeles

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01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:25,519
Speaker 1: Chargers for Philip Rivers to test the market and free

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01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:28,280
Speaker 1: agency is done with the Chargers. We'll talk more about

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01:13:28,320 --> 01:13:30,400
Speaker 1: that when we come back. We'll talk about our topic

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01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:32,719
Speaker 1: of the day. What's the biggest storyline in the NFL

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01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:35,519
Speaker 1: off season? Philip Rivers is part of it now, right,

1516
01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:37,880
Speaker 1: the quarterback moving around the league. We'll get to your

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Speaker 1: calls and give us a call. Eight three fifty toll

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Speaker 1: free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health from the Seneca

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Speaker 1: Studios in Orchard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back.

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Speaker 1: It's one Bill's Live. John Murphy and see Tasker from

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Speaker 1: our one Buffalo set up here the Senate A studio

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Speaker 1: on Archard Park. Happy to have you with us being

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Speaker 1: NFL News today. As it turns out, just happened about

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01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:07,800
Speaker 1: forty minutes ago. Philip Rivers will enter free agency this year,

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01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:11,160
Speaker 1: ending his sixteen year run with the Chargers. The Chargers

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01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:14,759
Speaker 1: and Rivers jointly announced the venteran quarterback's decision. General manager

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01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:17,439
Speaker 1: Tom Talasco is saying the timing of the announcement will

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01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:20,320
Speaker 1: allow everyone to put themselves in the best position for success.

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01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:24,679
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty, Rivers thirty eight years old, most prolific passer,

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01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:26,720
Speaker 1: but signaled at his time with the franchise. He likely

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01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:29,040
Speaker 1: was over last month when he moved his family from

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01:14:29,080 --> 01:14:32,040
Speaker 1: San Diego to Florida. Eight time pro bowler Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: I got the release from the Chargers in front of me.

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01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:37,679
Speaker 1: Philip is quoted, I'm not sure what the future holds,

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01:14:37,720 --> 01:14:39,439
Speaker 1: but my family and I look forward to seeing what

1537
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:42,559
Speaker 1: God has planned for us next. Then he he has

1538
01:14:42,600 --> 01:14:45,400
Speaker 1: a Latin phrase, nunc coeppi, I think is how he

1539
01:14:45,439 --> 01:14:49,000
Speaker 1: pronounced it. In Latin. It means I begin again, I

1540
01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,160
Speaker 1: start again he wants to play It sounds like right,

1541
01:14:51,439 --> 01:14:55,320
Speaker 1: you don't start throwing around Latin phrases like nunc queppi.

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01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,040
Speaker 1: I hope I'm saying that great correctly. LA. So the

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01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:01,479
Speaker 1: Chargers are gonna we begin again. The Chargers are going

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01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:06,040
Speaker 1: to be that team that kicked Drew Brees out the

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01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: door and Philip Rivers out the door. Yeah, when they

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01:15:09,080 --> 01:15:11,560
Speaker 1: could both still Drew Brees, they kicked him out the

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01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:14,040
Speaker 1: door after and he became the guy who the only

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01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:16,640
Speaker 1: guy who's thrown from multiple five thousand yards seasons won

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01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:20,559
Speaker 1: a World championship for the Saints. They opted to stay

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01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:22,720
Speaker 1: with Philip Rivers. I don't know if I have a

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01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 1: hard time with that decision, Steve. Now, they kicked Philip

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01:15:25,439 --> 01:15:28,719
Speaker 1: Rivers to the curb too at age thirty eight. I'll

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01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:31,720
Speaker 1: be interested if he goes to a franchise, like like

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01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:37,760
Speaker 1: I said, like the Colts. Uh, you know, I that's

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01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:40,519
Speaker 1: just interesting to me. That's really well, tell me about you.

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01:15:41,240 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: I think it's Colts or are a likely landing spot

1557
01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:46,880
Speaker 1: because I know the high regard that Frank Reich has

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01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:51,080
Speaker 1: for Philip Rivers. He was there for two years, I think,

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01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:53,680
Speaker 1: as the quarterbacks coach, and he was there with Ken

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01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:58,599
Speaker 1: wizzen Hunt as the offensive coordinator, and he liked Philip

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01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:00,439
Speaker 1: a lot. And I think Philip gained a rapport with

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01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:03,000
Speaker 1: Frank as well. We've got a clip in our in

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Speaker 1: our things that we see on MSG of the time

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01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:11,760
Speaker 1: when the Colts played the Chargers out in La Or

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01:16:11,880 --> 01:16:13,640
Speaker 1: maybe Yeah, I think they played him out in La

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01:16:13,680 --> 01:16:17,599
Speaker 1: at the at the soccer stadium, and you know, they

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01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:21,439
Speaker 1: they're very friendly. Um, the Colts. They just gave a

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01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:24,479
Speaker 1: contract to Jacoby Brissette. I don't know that it's guaranteed.

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01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: He got thirty million bucks this year. We'll see how

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01:16:26,760 --> 01:16:28,639
Speaker 1: whether they'll take a hit on that. But getting Philip

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01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:30,679
Speaker 1: Rivers in free agency, the Colts have got some money

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01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:34,519
Speaker 1: to spend. I believe it wouldn't surprise me. So you'd

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01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:37,479
Speaker 1: think Frank writes prior relationship with Philip Rivers would might

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01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:39,719
Speaker 1: make him interested in bringing Philip Rivers to the Colts,

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01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:41,840
Speaker 1: and it also might make Philip Rivers interested in signing

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01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:45,080
Speaker 1: with the Colts. Yes, yes, that's it's a mutual kind

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01:16:45,120 --> 01:16:48,959
Speaker 1: of let's see what we got here talk a conversation

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01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:50,640
Speaker 1: that they had. Now it may not go anywhere, but

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01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:54,880
Speaker 1: I know this, those two entities, Philip Rivers Representation and

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01:16:55,120 --> 01:16:57,640
Speaker 1: the Colts are gonna talk and let's I'll bet I

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01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:00,360
Speaker 1: would I bet my mortgage check on it. That makes

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01:17:00,360 --> 01:17:03,479
Speaker 1: sense to me. But let's say this um that would

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01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:07,320
Speaker 1: instantly make the Colts serious playoff contenders. Right, Philip Rivers

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01:17:07,400 --> 01:17:09,800
Speaker 1: added to a pretty good, not grape but pretty good

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01:17:09,840 --> 01:17:13,599
Speaker 1: Colts roster that was kind of rattled by the August

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01:17:13,720 --> 01:17:18,000
Speaker 1: retirement of Andrew Luck Right. Yeah, and there now the

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01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:21,599
Speaker 1: MSG years are seeing that. The clip with Frank Rych

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01:17:21,640 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 1: and Philip Rivers, you can tell the two of them, Yeah,

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01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:24,840
Speaker 1: they didn't want to say goodbye. They had both go

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01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:26,599
Speaker 1: to their separate locker rooms. They were both sitting their

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01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:31,280
Speaker 1: chit chatting. So now that's just if the Colts will

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01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 1: be in the conversation. I bet Tampa Bay is going

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01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:36,120
Speaker 1: to be in the conversation. Denver might be in the conversation.

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01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:40,280
Speaker 1: They've seen Philip Rivers for sixteen years, right, John Elway

1595
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:43,280
Speaker 1: knows what he's looking at. And I've said this long.

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01:17:43,400 --> 01:17:46,479
Speaker 1: John Elway gets crushed for how he's handled quarterbacks in Denver,

1597
01:17:46,600 --> 01:17:49,120
Speaker 1: but I'll tell you this, he doesn't. He didn't wait

1598
01:17:49,160 --> 01:17:51,080
Speaker 1: around on to see him. He knows what he's looking at.

1599
01:17:51,080 --> 01:17:54,000
Speaker 1: And if that guy, if he's not the guy, he's out. Now.

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01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,479
Speaker 1: They just got Drew Locke, and I think that they

1601
01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:58,640
Speaker 1: may feel like Drew Locke is a solid starter. They

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01:17:58,680 --> 01:18:00,400
Speaker 1: may not want to go down the Philip River his path.

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01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:03,120
Speaker 1: But you know, those those are the type of teams

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01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:05,680
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Chicago Bears. You want to get a

1605
01:18:05,680 --> 01:18:08,439
Speaker 1: stop gap, get a chance to maybe get a shot

1606
01:18:08,479 --> 01:18:11,720
Speaker 1: at the brass ring, get one good quarterback year out

1607
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:13,960
Speaker 1: of Philip Rivers. He's got left with that defense that

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01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:17,400
Speaker 1: they've got in place, and Mattnege is head coach, maybe

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01:18:17,439 --> 01:18:19,479
Speaker 1: they do make that move, you know, bring him into Chicago.

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01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:22,760
Speaker 1: Brady's playing to what age forty four? Drew Brees is

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01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:25,120
Speaker 1: playing into his forties. Is Philip Rivers that guy? He's

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01:18:25,360 --> 01:18:29,280
Speaker 1: only thirty eight, right, right, he's old and I know

1613
01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:31,840
Speaker 1: and we had three quarterback he came in with Eli

1614
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:35,200
Speaker 1: Manning just announced his retirement. He the guy he replaced

1615
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:37,280
Speaker 1: who was older than him. Drew Brees is thinking about

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01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:39,479
Speaker 1: coming back. That's what I mean as Philip Rivers a

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01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:41,400
Speaker 1: breeze or a Brady that can play into his forties.

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01:18:41,560 --> 01:18:47,040
Speaker 1: He's never been a runner. Um, he's a thrower. It'll

1619
01:18:47,080 --> 01:18:49,559
Speaker 1: be interesting because we had Frank schwab on. Frank said, listen,

1620
01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:51,640
Speaker 1: last year, it looked like he was headed downhill. So

1621
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:54,439
Speaker 1: if there's that's the case, well, you know there's gonna

1622
01:18:54,439 --> 01:18:58,160
Speaker 1: be some some organizations and coaching staffs, offensive coaching staff

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01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:01,120
Speaker 1: watching a lot of Charger film about what Philip Rivers

1624
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:03,400
Speaker 1: was doing, because you know, he's got a depth of knowledge.

1625
01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:05,920
Speaker 1: You know, he's got the ability to set the protections

1626
01:19:05,960 --> 01:19:07,760
Speaker 1: and get all that said and run the offense. Can

1627
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:09,560
Speaker 1: he make throws? And that's what they're going to be

1628
01:19:09,640 --> 01:19:12,479
Speaker 1: looking at. We're gonna talk with Matt money Smith at

1629
01:19:12,520 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 1: two o'clock. He is the play by play voice of

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01:19:14,520 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers. He's a good guy. I'd ever

1631
01:19:16,479 --> 01:19:18,479
Speaker 1: to deal with him. No, oh yeah, Money, I need

1632
01:19:18,520 --> 01:19:22,040
Speaker 1: an he's the voice of the Chargers, Matt money Smith.

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01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:26,320
Speaker 1: I need a nickname like that, John Cash, Money Murphy,

1634
01:19:27,479 --> 01:19:30,400
Speaker 1: John Dollars Murphy, Matt. No, he's a good guy, he's

1635
01:19:30,439 --> 01:19:32,840
Speaker 1: not phony. The name is interesting. But we'll talk with

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01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:35,479
Speaker 1: Matt money Smith at two o'clock. What are you laughing at?

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01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:37,800
Speaker 1: You don't think I'd take a nickname like that? Sorry, No,

1638
01:19:38,080 --> 01:19:40,720
Speaker 1: not you. We'll come up with one. I'm sure. I

1639
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:42,240
Speaker 1: don't know we'll be able to say it on the air, though.

1640
01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 1: Matt money Smith going to join us to tu to

1641
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:46,360
Speaker 1: talk this out. Let's say her from you eight o

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Speaker 1: three five fifty toll free one eight eight eight five

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Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty. And in a way, this plays

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01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:55,280
Speaker 1: right into our Twitter pool. Steve, what's the biggest storyline

1645
01:19:55,320 --> 01:19:58,639
Speaker 1: of the NFL offseason? I chose the overall quarterback movement

1646
01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:01,759
Speaker 1: well boomed hour after we put it up. There's movement.

1647
01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:04,559
Speaker 1: Twenty nine percent of you say that was the biggest

1648
01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:07,760
Speaker 1: storyline in the NFL offseason. Forty three percent say Tom

1649
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:10,240
Speaker 1: Brady's future is story number one. I can't dispute that,

1650
01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:13,559
Speaker 1: although I would kind of fold Brady into a quarterback movement,

1651
01:20:13,640 --> 01:20:16,760
Speaker 1: it's the big story. Twenty three percent say approval of

1652
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:19,519
Speaker 1: a new CBA, which is on the horizon, is the

1653
01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:22,040
Speaker 1: biggest story of the NFL off season. Six percent have

1654
01:20:22,160 --> 01:20:23,599
Speaker 1: something else in mind. Let's hear it from you eight

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Speaker 1: h three oh five fifty toll free one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty and again the Philip Rivers.

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01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,759
Speaker 1: It's kind of the first domino to fall, right, Philip

1658
01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:35,000
Speaker 1: Rivers not going back to the Chargers. Yeah, And if

1659
01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:36,800
Speaker 1: you talk about the Twitter poll, I mean, obviously this

1660
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:39,120
Speaker 1: are the people who listen to you and me and

1661
01:20:39,240 --> 01:20:43,000
Speaker 1: our team in the AFCs, Tom Brady and the knew

1662
01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:44,840
Speaker 1: what happens in New England kind of get us all,

1663
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:48,479
Speaker 1: you know in an uproar over here. And so whether

1664
01:20:48,640 --> 01:20:50,280
Speaker 1: you know there's a ton of Bills fans out there

1665
01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:53,840
Speaker 1: that hope Tom Brady chokes and dies. But I'm being

1666
01:20:54,160 --> 01:20:56,439
Speaker 1: I'm teasing, but yeah, I'm overstating it. But you know,

1667
01:20:56,600 --> 01:20:59,559
Speaker 1: they hope the guy doesn't play. They want to see

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01:20:59,560 --> 01:21:01,840
Speaker 1: the guy go away. Certainly there's and there's some of

1669
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:03,680
Speaker 1: the same fans who say, you know what, I do

1670
01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:05,160
Speaker 1: want him to play, and I want to beat him.

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01:21:05,479 --> 01:21:07,200
Speaker 1: I want to send him away with a loss because

1672
01:21:07,240 --> 01:21:09,160
Speaker 1: it's been so few and far between while we've been

1673
01:21:09,240 --> 01:21:11,320
Speaker 1: while he's been playing for the Patriots. It was both

1674
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:13,599
Speaker 1: sides of that story, but no question about it, from

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01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:15,720
Speaker 1: the looks of our poll, forty three percent had to

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01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:18,280
Speaker 1: do with Tom Brady. He's got the attention of people

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01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,200
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo and what happens with New England, and

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01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:22,040
Speaker 1: they want to see how that ends. They want to

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01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:23,640
Speaker 1: see it end, and they want to know how it's

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01:21:23,680 --> 01:21:25,360
Speaker 1: gonna end. And I think it's really interesting to a

1681
01:21:25,400 --> 01:21:26,800
Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans. They want to see it end,

1682
01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:29,960
Speaker 1: and they want to end. They wanted acrimonious, they wanted

1683
01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:31,880
Speaker 1: to go to they wanted to go to another team

1684
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:35,360
Speaker 1: and come back and be Because the Bills and the

1685
01:21:35,400 --> 01:21:39,760
Speaker 1: AFC East plays the NFC West, He'd love to see

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01:21:39,840 --> 01:21:44,160
Speaker 1: Tom Brady go to San Diego Los Angeles and Los

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01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:46,760
Speaker 1: Angeles to the Chargers, right, well, they're gonna look get

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01:21:46,800 --> 01:21:48,920
Speaker 1: a shot at it. They're looking at Tyrod Taylor now

1689
01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:51,559
Speaker 1: Is and another guy who name escapes me as their quarterbacks.

1690
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,400
Speaker 1: They got to find somebody right to plug in and

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01:21:53,479 --> 01:21:55,800
Speaker 1: there are they're gonna be guys, right Brady is one

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01:21:55,840 --> 01:21:59,639
Speaker 1: of them. Um, Jameis Winston could be out there right in. Tannehill,

1693
01:21:59,640 --> 01:22:03,320
Speaker 1: could Bridge, Patty Bridge. He's a player that played really

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01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:06,040
Speaker 1: well for the Saints this year when Drew Brees went down. Now,

1695
01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:09,360
Speaker 1: certainly the Saints are a good squad, but Teddy Bridgewater

1696
01:22:09,439 --> 01:22:11,479
Speaker 1: and even when he was in Minnesota, guys loved him.

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01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:15,400
Speaker 1: You know, he had that catastro nearly catastrophic knee injury

1698
01:22:16,200 --> 01:22:20,479
Speaker 1: and it was so unusual and he was out of

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01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:22,640
Speaker 1: football for two and a half three years. Man, what

1700
01:22:22,800 --> 01:22:25,080
Speaker 1: a what a story he is. If he can come

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01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,000
Speaker 1: back and start for an NFL team, I think he's

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01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:30,560
Speaker 1: an automatic rubber Stamp Comeback Player of the Year. So

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01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:33,839
Speaker 1: what a guy. Philip Rivers is out of Los Angeles

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01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,320
Speaker 1: no longer with the Chargers partying ways, ending a sixteen

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01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:38,479
Speaker 1: year run. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about quarterback

1706
01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:40,040
Speaker 1: moving in general, and what do you think the big

1707
01:22:40,160 --> 01:22:43,280
Speaker 1: stories are in the NFL offseason? The biggest storyline, give

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01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:45,320
Speaker 1: us a call. Full nine is wide open. We'll take

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01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:47,679
Speaker 1: some calls when we return eight h three five fifty

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Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty.

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01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:53,080
Speaker 1: We'll read your tweets on the tweet sheet. You can

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01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:55,400
Speaker 1: vote on the Twitter poll. That's what we're talking about today.

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Speaker 1: Let's hear from you. It's one Bill's Live, presented by

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01:22:58,160 --> 01:23:01,040
Speaker 1: Kalida Health, coming here from the Senate studio in Archard Park.

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01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:12,320
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Got this money Smith coming

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01:23:12,400 --> 01:23:13,800
Speaker 1: up at two o'clock just a few minutes. The way

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01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:15,960
Speaker 1: you're gonna talk about today's news in the NFL. Philip

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01:23:16,080 --> 01:23:18,840
Speaker 1: Rivers gonna enter free agency. His sixteen year run is

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01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:22,080
Speaker 1: over with the Chargers, the Los Angeles Chargers, Matt money Smith.

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01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:24,840
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah knows a lot about the Chargers. He worked

1721
01:23:24,840 --> 01:23:27,439
Speaker 1: with Matt Smith on the broadcast. He had a tweet

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01:23:27,720 --> 01:23:29,799
Speaker 1: and we talked about it. What they got left at quarterback?

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01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:33,200
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah says, what will the Chargers do a quarterback?

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01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:35,120
Speaker 1: Look at the last two they brought in free agent

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01:23:35,200 --> 01:23:38,599
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. We know him in fifth round pick Easton Stick.

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01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,920
Speaker 1: It's a great name. Both guys are very athletic and

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01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:44,040
Speaker 1: they can extend plays. Moving the launch point can really

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01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:46,400
Speaker 1: help the offensive line. I can't believe the Chargers are

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01:23:46,439 --> 01:23:50,599
Speaker 1: ready to start a season with Easton Stick and Tyrod Taylor?

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01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:52,680
Speaker 1: Can you, Steve? I mean, they have they seen enough

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01:23:52,680 --> 01:23:54,640
Speaker 1: from Tyrod? I think they would he would be the guy.

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01:23:54,680 --> 01:23:57,080
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think they're looking to find somebody.

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01:23:57,120 --> 01:24:00,280
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not gonna let Philip Rivers go and

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01:24:00,360 --> 01:24:04,320
Speaker 1: replace him with Easton Stick right right? And maybe they

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01:24:04,439 --> 01:24:07,559
Speaker 1: maybe they liked Tyrod Taylor and we liked him here

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01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:13,040
Speaker 1: a lot of people still do. But he's you know,

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01:24:13,080 --> 01:24:15,599
Speaker 1: he's gonna be in his what be in his ninth

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01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:18,360
Speaker 1: or tenth season. Yeah, you can't go with Tyrod Taylor.

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01:24:18,800 --> 01:24:21,000
Speaker 1: I would look, listen, it's the Charger. They can do

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01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:23,400
Speaker 1: whatever they want. You have so little regard for the Chargers.

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01:24:23,439 --> 01:24:27,400
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, I think Tom Talsco does a great

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01:24:27,479 --> 01:24:30,200
Speaker 1: job out there. I wouldn't be surprised if he's got

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01:24:30,320 --> 01:24:33,000
Speaker 1: his next move in his back pocket, whether it's signing

1744
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:36,800
Speaker 1: Brady or Cam Newton or somebody else. He makes this

1745
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:39,360
Speaker 1: move now knowing that he's got another move all lined

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01:24:39,439 --> 01:24:41,880
Speaker 1: up ready to go. That's I old him in high regard.

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01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:44,240
Speaker 1: I think Talsco is a really good general. According to

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01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:48,839
Speaker 1: the over the cap people, Andy Dalton's gonna make seventeen

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01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:51,720
Speaker 1: point five this year for the Bengals, but that's not guaranteed.

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01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:56,559
Speaker 1: So if they cut him, they make seventeen point seven

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01:24:56,640 --> 01:25:01,360
Speaker 1: on their cap. So what I think, Ganny Dalton's going

1752
01:25:01,439 --> 01:25:02,960
Speaker 1: to be a name out there that people can grab.

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01:25:03,040 --> 01:25:05,080
Speaker 1: They don't want any Dolting. They want better than Andy Dalton.

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01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:07,559
Speaker 1: They would you rather have any Dalton or Tyrod Taylor

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01:25:07,800 --> 01:25:10,519
Speaker 1: or Easton Stick. I want to be better than all

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01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:12,680
Speaker 1: three of them. And I don't let Philip Rivers go

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01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:15,040
Speaker 1: unless I think I can get better. That's what I'm saying.

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01:25:15,040 --> 01:25:17,280
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers to put themselves in the forefront

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01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:20,000
Speaker 1: of what's gonna be a crazy six week period here

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01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:23,040
Speaker 1: in the NFL of quarterback movement. I think the Chargers

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01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: played the first card and they're gonna be ready to go. Right.

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01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:30,400
Speaker 1: You got Cam Newton, Teddy Bridgewater, Ryan Tannehill, who's the

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01:25:30,520 --> 01:25:32,840
Speaker 1: flavor of the month here in the last playoffs. That's

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01:25:32,840 --> 01:25:35,040
Speaker 1: not my favor. Even if you take Tom Brady off

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01:25:35,080 --> 01:25:37,879
Speaker 1: the board, you got Philip Rivers, which is not available

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01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:42,639
Speaker 1: at the Chargers. Jamis Winston, Marcus Mariota, Dak Prescott's probably

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01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:45,040
Speaker 1: not going to get out of Dallas. Case Keenum is

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01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:50,160
Speaker 1: also out there. I mean it's case Keenum. Yeah, no,

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01:25:50,439 --> 01:25:53,400
Speaker 1: you're not gonna trade Philip Rivers for case Keenum. Right,

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01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:55,519
Speaker 1: they got a big move in mine. I believe that's

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01:25:55,520 --> 01:25:58,160
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I think that's when they draft number

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01:25:58,240 --> 01:26:00,840
Speaker 1: five overall this season. I can look that up, so

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01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:05,599
Speaker 1: you know, I we'll see. You're right. They're not going

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01:26:05,640 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: to start the season with the guys that are on

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01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:09,160
Speaker 1: their roster right now. It's one of the starters, and

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01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:13,040
Speaker 1: they're not gonna announce that Philip Rivers is gone without

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01:26:13,120 --> 01:26:16,400
Speaker 1: having their next quarterback move in mind. Whether or not

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01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:19,639
Speaker 1: they can execute is another thing. I'm sure that Telesco

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01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:23,280
Speaker 1: has at least one quarterback move in mind, right, right?

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01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:25,960
Speaker 1: Didn't it makes sense? Yeah? It does, it does, and

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01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:30,000
Speaker 1: I think they probably will. So here's a tweet from

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01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:33,360
Speaker 1: Albert Breer. As for Philip rivers next team, there is

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01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:35,479
Speaker 1: not one that's gonna make a ton of geographic sense

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01:26:35,560 --> 01:26:37,920
Speaker 1: family wise. He just moved his wife and kids to

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01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:40,920
Speaker 1: the Florida Panhandle, with the closest teams New Orleans and

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01:26:41,000 --> 01:26:43,840
Speaker 1: Jacksonville about four hours away. It goes on to say

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01:26:43,920 --> 01:26:46,800
Speaker 1: the Colts. Albert Pier says, the Colts are one team

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01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:49,240
Speaker 1: that does make football sense. You've pointed that out already.

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01:26:49,840 --> 01:26:52,560
Speaker 1: That does make a lot of sense. Yeah, it was

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01:26:52,760 --> 01:26:56,680
Speaker 1: seven kids. He's living in the Florida Panhandle. Nine kids, oh,

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01:26:56,760 --> 01:27:00,560
Speaker 1: fitzest seven O. Good for them, and he's living in

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01:27:00,560 --> 01:27:03,519
Speaker 1: the Florida panhandles. So sixth overall, the Chargers are six,

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01:27:03,720 --> 01:27:12,679
Speaker 1: right behind h right behind the Dolphins, the Giants, the Lions, Skins, Bengals.

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01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:17,080
Speaker 1: So who's getting quarterbacks here? The Bengals for sure? Um,

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01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:21,559
Speaker 1: they all Haskins is the is? I think they're good

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01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:25,240
Speaker 1: with Haskins. Yeah, Detroit Lions. Maybe they take somebody before

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01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:28,120
Speaker 1: or maybe they're ready to trade sideways or down to

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01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:30,720
Speaker 1: give somebody else a chance to hop in. Maybe that's who.

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01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:33,679
Speaker 1: Giants do not need a quarterback. Giants don't need a quarterback,

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01:27:33,880 --> 01:27:38,240
Speaker 1: but they're you know, they need players. The Dolphins they

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01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:40,479
Speaker 1: need a quarterback, a quarterback they're in that thing and

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01:27:40,600 --> 01:27:47,520
Speaker 1: the Chargers. So the top six, the Chargers, the Dolphins,

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01:27:47,720 --> 01:27:51,360
Speaker 1: and the Bengals all need quarterbacks. Bengals aren't going to

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01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:53,599
Speaker 1: give up their top overall pick unless they know who

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01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:55,000
Speaker 1: the other team is going to take and they want

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01:27:55,040 --> 01:27:59,719
Speaker 1: somebody else. The Giants, the Detroit I think the Giants,

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01:27:59,760 --> 01:28:02,400
Speaker 1: the Troit Lions, and the Washington Redskins, the two three

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01:28:02,439 --> 01:28:05,280
Speaker 1: and four teams. Those teams are all ripe to be

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01:28:05,400 --> 01:28:08,320
Speaker 1: traded out of that spot, their spot if they can

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01:28:08,360 --> 01:28:10,080
Speaker 1: get the right picks and the right package for it.

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01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:12,559
Speaker 1: I think all three of those because for the short

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01:28:12,640 --> 01:28:14,680
Speaker 1: the New York Giants, they feel like they've got to

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01:28:14,720 --> 01:28:16,880
Speaker 1: feel like they can get better if they have more

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01:28:17,000 --> 01:28:20,840
Speaker 1: draft picks. Yeah. I don't know if the Chargers go

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01:28:20,960 --> 01:28:23,479
Speaker 1: to the draft for their quarterback though, like I said,

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01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:25,519
Speaker 1: with all those free agents out there, maybe they look

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01:28:25,560 --> 01:28:27,880
Speaker 1: at a free agent. We'll see. We're gonna talk with

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01:28:28,040 --> 01:28:30,799
Speaker 1: Matt Smith, played by play voice of the Los Angeles

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01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:32,680
Speaker 1: Chargers and we come back get his take on it,

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01:28:32,720 --> 01:28:35,320
Speaker 1: where they're going at quarterback and why the departure from

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01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,960
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers at age thirty eight. Okay, he's not playing well,

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01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:40,360
Speaker 1: but that's a major move by the Los Angeles Chargers.

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01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:42,639
Speaker 1: We'll talk with Matt Smith about that. We come back

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01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:44,800
Speaker 1: after the top of the hour break. It's One Bills

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01:28:45,280 --> 01:28:48,040
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalata Health from the Seneca Studio. This

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01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:58,040
Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio, Loalo Bills Radio Networks Stories Update

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01:28:58,720 --> 01:29:01,280
Speaker 1: One Bills Drive. Philip Rivers will go into free agency

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01:29:01,439 --> 01:29:03,920
Speaker 1: this year. The quarterback officially ended his sixteen year run

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01:29:03,960 --> 01:29:08,120
Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Chargers. Today, Chargers and Rivers jointly

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01:29:08,160 --> 01:29:11,439
Speaker 1: announcing the decision. General manager of Tom Talesco says it

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01:29:11,520 --> 01:29:13,839
Speaker 1: will allow everyone to put themselves in the best position

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01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:17,599
Speaker 1: for its success in twenty twenty, when's thirty eight years old.

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01:29:17,600 --> 01:29:20,920
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers the most prolific passer and Chargers history. He

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01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:24,280
Speaker 1: did move his family from San Diego to Florida in

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01:29:24,400 --> 01:29:27,280
Speaker 1: the offseason, signaling that his time with the Chargers may

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01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:30,360
Speaker 1: be over. But Philip Rivers is decided to move on.

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01:29:30,560 --> 01:29:32,400
Speaker 1: He's going to be a free agent and not play

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01:29:32,680 --> 01:29:35,559
Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Chargers this year. Greg Olson free

1839
01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:38,000
Speaker 1: agent tour wrapping up its final leg. Is time with

1840
01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:40,839
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers came to an end in late January.

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01:29:40,920 --> 01:29:43,080
Speaker 1: A mutual party in the way he's there. Since then,

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01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:45,720
Speaker 1: he has visited the Buffalo Bills late last week. Now

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01:29:45,800 --> 01:29:48,800
Speaker 1: today he is visiting the Washington Redskins, and then he's

1844
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:51,360
Speaker 1: got a cross country flight to Seattle to meet with

1845
01:29:51,439 --> 01:29:53,880
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. By the end of this week, Olson expects

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01:29:53,920 --> 01:29:57,080
Speaker 1: to have arrived at the decision San Francisco forty Niners

1847
01:29:57,120 --> 01:30:00,320
Speaker 1: ten and Garrick Sellik announced his retirement vials social media. Today.

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01:30:00,520 --> 01:30:03,160
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens signed safety Chuck Clark to a three year

1849
01:30:03,200 --> 01:30:06,640
Speaker 1: contract extension. Financial terms not disclosed. Sixth round pick of

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01:30:06,680 --> 01:30:10,080
Speaker 1: the Ravens in twenty seventeen, Clark his twenty four years

1851
01:30:10,120 --> 01:30:13,280
Speaker 1: of age and the Buffalo Sabers at home tomorrow night

1852
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:15,400
Speaker 1: against the the Trent Red Wings. Red Wings at Key

1853
01:30:15,439 --> 01:30:18,360
Speaker 1: Bank Center face off seven o'clock. Yesterday, the Sabers fell

1854
01:30:18,360 --> 01:30:20,960
Speaker 1: into Anaheim three to two. Go Ahnd Larson and Rest

1855
01:30:21,000 --> 01:30:23,920
Speaker 1: Mussdaleine scored for the Sabers while for Anaheim and Ryan

1856
01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:26,160
Speaker 1: Miller made thirty five saves and what might have been

1857
01:30:26,240 --> 01:30:28,800
Speaker 1: his final game ever in Buffalo. And that's the update

1858
01:30:28,840 --> 01:30:31,519
Speaker 1: from One Bill's Life. John Murphy Steve Tasker in our

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01:30:31,800 --> 01:30:34,040
Speaker 1: Seneca studio in Archer Park. Joined on the line right

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01:30:34,080 --> 01:30:36,439
Speaker 1: now by the play by play voice of the Los

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01:30:36,479 --> 01:30:39,000
Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers. Happy to have Matt money Smith on the

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01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:41,360
Speaker 1: line with us. Man, Hello, it's John Murphy and Steve

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01:30:41,439 --> 01:30:45,200
Speaker 1: Tasker in Buffalo. Appreciate coming on with us. Happy to

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01:30:45,240 --> 01:30:46,960
Speaker 1: do it. Thanks for having me John, Steve, how are you?

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01:30:47,160 --> 01:30:49,320
Speaker 1: We're good? Did you see this coming? Man? Is this

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01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:52,920
Speaker 1: expected for the Chargers to have Philip Rivers part ways today?

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01:30:54,360 --> 01:30:56,439
Speaker 1: I think so, yeah. I mean as soon as you know.

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01:30:56,479 --> 01:30:58,080
Speaker 1: I mean, he's in San Diego, he's been in that

1869
01:30:58,200 --> 01:31:00,840
Speaker 1: house for you know, fifteen years, and to decide to

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01:31:00,920 --> 01:31:03,880
Speaker 1: pack up and move, I think there was no reason.

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01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:05,720
Speaker 1: He Look, he's not going to commute. He's he's not

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01:31:05,800 --> 01:31:08,160
Speaker 1: going to leave his family behind and go play somewhere

1873
01:31:08,320 --> 01:31:10,240
Speaker 1: and then go see them in the offseason. He's going

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01:31:10,280 --> 01:31:12,439
Speaker 1: to live at home and he wants to be around

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01:31:12,439 --> 01:31:15,080
Speaker 1: the kids. So I think that signaled that, yes, the

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01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:18,000
Speaker 1: end was here, and and I kind of got a sense,

1877
01:31:18,400 --> 01:31:20,479
Speaker 1: you know, toward the end of the season that he

1878
01:31:20,640 --> 01:31:22,519
Speaker 1: wanted to, you know, the careers come and do a

1879
01:31:22,680 --> 01:31:24,960
Speaker 1: to a close. It's winding down, and he never was

1880
01:31:25,000 --> 01:31:26,560
Speaker 1: shy about what he wanted to do after he was

1881
01:31:26,600 --> 01:31:29,280
Speaker 1: done playing football, and let's moved back to Athens, Alabama

1882
01:31:29,320 --> 01:31:32,080
Speaker 1: and coaches kids playing high school football. What's this meaning

1883
01:31:32,120 --> 01:31:33,160
Speaker 1: for the charge? So what are they going to do

1884
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:35,599
Speaker 1: a quarterback? Moving forward? What do you think the tea

1885
01:31:35,680 --> 01:31:39,560
Speaker 1: leaves say? While Steve, I think they're gonna take some

1886
01:31:39,640 --> 01:31:42,800
Speaker 1: big swings. I think they a will probably stick and

1887
01:31:42,880 --> 01:31:45,800
Speaker 1: pick at six if their quarterback is there. I don't

1888
01:31:45,840 --> 01:31:47,760
Speaker 1: know who that quarterback is, if it's too uh, if

1889
01:31:47,800 --> 01:31:50,439
Speaker 1: it's Jordan Love, if it's Herbert, if they try to

1890
01:31:50,439 --> 01:31:52,800
Speaker 1: get aggressive and trade up for Joe Burrow. But I

1891
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:55,160
Speaker 1: think that's certainly in play. I think there's enough talent

1892
01:31:55,200 --> 01:31:56,559
Speaker 1: at the top of the draft if one of those

1893
01:31:56,600 --> 01:31:58,320
Speaker 1: guys is there, that they would do that. And then

1894
01:31:58,800 --> 01:32:01,519
Speaker 1: I think they'll take a swing with Tom Brady and

1895
01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:03,519
Speaker 1: see if they can try to figure out what it

1896
01:32:03,560 --> 01:32:06,479
Speaker 1: would take to get him to open that stadium with

1897
01:32:06,680 --> 01:32:09,280
Speaker 1: all those skill weapons, you know, with all those skilled positions,

1898
01:32:09,400 --> 01:32:11,960
Speaker 1: you know, being pretty darn impressive. Keenan Allen, Mike Williams,

1899
01:32:12,080 --> 01:32:15,240
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry and Melvin Gordon, Austin Eckler. They certainly would

1900
01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:17,040
Speaker 1: have to upgrade the offensive line but it seems like

1901
01:32:17,080 --> 01:32:19,320
Speaker 1: there's some pieces available in free agency and if they

1902
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:20,640
Speaker 1: can get that to work, I think that would be

1903
01:32:20,760 --> 01:32:23,400
Speaker 1: best case. Hey, back to Philip Rivers for a second match.

1904
01:32:23,640 --> 01:32:25,760
Speaker 1: It seems to me, and just from the outside looking in,

1905
01:32:25,880 --> 01:32:28,600
Speaker 1: he never really adopted the move to LA. What was

1906
01:32:28,640 --> 01:32:31,479
Speaker 1: that three years ago? Now? He never what felt comfortable, right,

1907
01:32:31,560 --> 01:32:34,160
Speaker 1: long limousine rides to practice every day. He never really

1908
01:32:34,720 --> 01:32:38,080
Speaker 1: bought in do the move to LA Is that right? Yeah?

1909
01:32:38,120 --> 01:32:40,160
Speaker 1: I think that's fair. I don't know if bought in

1910
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:42,760
Speaker 1: is necessarily what I would describe it as, so much

1911
01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:46,639
Speaker 1: as I would say he just wasn't ready to uproot

1912
01:32:46,760 --> 01:32:49,840
Speaker 1: his family from where he lived. To figure, you know

1913
01:32:49,920 --> 01:32:52,360
Speaker 1: where a lot of those players were, Irvine, Newport Beach,

1914
01:32:52,479 --> 01:32:56,200
Speaker 1: great communities with great schools. He's, you know, a devout Catholic.

1915
01:32:56,360 --> 01:32:58,760
Speaker 1: Some really popular, you know. I just full disclosure. My

1916
01:32:58,880 --> 01:33:00,720
Speaker 1: kids go to Modern Day. It's one of the best

1917
01:33:00,760 --> 01:33:03,120
Speaker 1: athletic schools in the nation, and it's a Catholic school.

1918
01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:05,400
Speaker 1: But I think that's kind of what the first signal

1919
01:33:05,560 --> 01:33:07,800
Speaker 1: was for me that maybe when this contract ran out,

1920
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:09,720
Speaker 1: he was going to be done that he decided not

1921
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:12,280
Speaker 1: to make that move, knowing Hey, I've probably got another

1922
01:33:12,360 --> 01:33:15,240
Speaker 1: five years left to play, and certainly all the pieces

1923
01:33:15,320 --> 01:33:17,080
Speaker 1: lined up for him to do that. And when he didn't,

1924
01:33:17,160 --> 01:33:20,800
Speaker 1: I think that signaled that he was probably thinking about

1925
01:33:20,880 --> 01:33:24,160
Speaker 1: about somewhere else after this contract was up. You observed

1926
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:27,320
Speaker 1: them closely, you've watched him play. How are his skills

1927
01:33:27,400 --> 01:33:29,360
Speaker 1: once he got left in the tank? We've heard some

1928
01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:31,280
Speaker 1: rumblings that, yeah, it was a down year for him.

1929
01:33:31,320 --> 01:33:34,280
Speaker 1: Maybe it shit started showing signs of slowing down as

1930
01:33:34,280 --> 01:33:38,240
Speaker 1: a quarterback. What do you see. I think it's still there.

1931
01:33:38,600 --> 01:33:40,240
Speaker 1: I think if you put him on a team, you know,

1932
01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:42,360
Speaker 1: a lot of the speculation around the Colts maybe with

1933
01:33:42,479 --> 01:33:44,760
Speaker 1: a really good offensive line. Look, he is as good

1934
01:33:44,800 --> 01:33:48,479
Speaker 1: at diagnosing defense and cutting it up given a chance

1935
01:33:48,760 --> 01:33:50,720
Speaker 1: as there is And we saw that two years ago

1936
01:33:50,880 --> 01:33:53,040
Speaker 1: when I think he overcame some of the issues on

1937
01:33:53,120 --> 01:33:55,040
Speaker 1: the offensive line and it was good enough, you know,

1938
01:33:55,120 --> 01:33:58,080
Speaker 1: with Russell, with Russell o'coon had had left and Sam

1939
01:33:58,160 --> 01:34:01,439
Speaker 1: Tavy seeming to settle in it right tackle, it was

1940
01:34:01,479 --> 01:34:03,160
Speaker 1: good enough for him, and I think you could see

1941
01:34:03,160 --> 01:34:05,880
Speaker 1: a similar season to that now. I'll say, you know,

1942
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:08,040
Speaker 1: one of the things that did creep up this past year,

1943
01:34:08,080 --> 01:34:10,439
Speaker 1: if you want to look at all the interceptions. Some

1944
01:34:10,560 --> 01:34:13,080
Speaker 1: of them are pretty bad. Some of them the pockets

1945
01:34:13,200 --> 01:34:15,559
Speaker 1: you know, not breaking down, you know, to the point

1946
01:34:15,600 --> 01:34:17,160
Speaker 1: where he's got to get rid of that ball and

1947
01:34:17,360 --> 01:34:19,680
Speaker 1: he's throwing into double coverage, or he's not seeing an

1948
01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:21,719
Speaker 1: underneath man if he had a linebacker or a safety

1949
01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:24,439
Speaker 1: that was there to pick some off. And unfortunately, I

1950
01:34:24,479 --> 01:34:28,639
Speaker 1: think too often it was in critical situations, right, it's

1951
01:34:28,680 --> 01:34:30,599
Speaker 1: the red zone, it's at the end of the half.

1952
01:34:30,680 --> 01:34:32,840
Speaker 1: It's all of those things that crepped up. And I

1953
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:35,960
Speaker 1: think that really put him at odds to some degree

1954
01:34:36,040 --> 01:34:38,479
Speaker 1: with the with the coaching staff, and Anthony Lynn is

1955
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:41,120
Speaker 1: a a no nonsense, don't turn the ball over guy,

1956
01:34:41,280 --> 01:34:43,240
Speaker 1: so I think that that may have led to a

1957
01:34:43,280 --> 01:34:45,200
Speaker 1: bit of an issue relationship wise with he and the

1958
01:34:45,240 --> 01:34:48,000
Speaker 1: coaching staff. Well as you see him move on, do

1959
01:34:48,000 --> 01:34:49,880
Speaker 1: you have any idea of throwing darts from the West

1960
01:34:49,920 --> 01:34:52,000
Speaker 1: coast like you guys are, Are there any teams that

1961
01:34:52,080 --> 01:34:56,320
Speaker 1: you think are on his radar? Yeah? I think, as

1962
01:34:56,360 --> 01:34:58,160
Speaker 1: I said, the Colts seemed to be a good match.

1963
01:34:58,200 --> 01:35:00,320
Speaker 1: You know, Frank Reich was his offensive board Nate of

1964
01:35:00,360 --> 01:35:03,080
Speaker 1: those two guys seem to get along really well. Um,

1965
01:35:03,880 --> 01:35:06,760
Speaker 1: I think that, you know, just proximity wise, you know,

1966
01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:11,719
Speaker 1: I think the Box, the Panthers, the Titan. Look, the Titans.

1967
01:35:11,760 --> 01:35:13,800
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get this camera right, Sorry, guys, not

1968
01:35:13,880 --> 01:35:18,400
Speaker 1: a good director at all. The Titans, I think were

1969
01:35:18,640 --> 01:35:22,000
Speaker 1: when when they benched Mariota. I think that one started

1970
01:35:22,040 --> 01:35:25,559
Speaker 1: to come to because look, that's an hour away from Athens, Alabama, UM,

1971
01:35:25,640 --> 01:35:27,639
Speaker 1: where he wants to live. And I think you look

1972
01:35:27,680 --> 01:35:30,680
Speaker 1: at that offensive line, there's some really good weapons there.

1973
01:35:30,720 --> 01:35:32,760
Speaker 1: If they decide that Ryan Tannehill isn't going to be

1974
01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:34,800
Speaker 1: the guy that that one makes a lot of sense.

1975
01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:36,960
Speaker 1: But I would say, you know, if teams looking at

1976
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:39,479
Speaker 1: a quarterback, you know, look what Bruce arians did right

1977
01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:42,439
Speaker 1: with with an older Carson Palmer, and there are some

1978
01:35:42,560 --> 01:35:45,360
Speaker 1: darn good weapons down there as well. No way that

1979
01:35:45,560 --> 01:35:49,439
Speaker 1: the uh that the Los Angeles Chargers go with Tyrod Taylor, right,

1980
01:35:49,479 --> 01:35:51,040
Speaker 1: I mean, they're gonna have to add somebody, and I

1981
01:35:51,080 --> 01:35:53,120
Speaker 1: would think, like you said, a high profile name could

1982
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:57,120
Speaker 1: be to be in that quarterback room at least, right Matt, Yeah,

1983
01:35:57,479 --> 01:36:00,759
Speaker 1: I think I can't imagine them opening a seventy thousand

1984
01:36:00,840 --> 01:36:04,000
Speaker 1: seed state of the art venue with him. The only

1985
01:36:04,080 --> 01:36:06,120
Speaker 1: way I can see that happening. John is if they

1986
01:36:06,200 --> 01:36:09,400
Speaker 1: somehow draft to him, because that that's gonna give you sizzle,

1987
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:11,439
Speaker 1: that's gonna get people in this town excited. I think

1988
01:36:11,479 --> 01:36:13,920
Speaker 1: one of the great Maybe I don't want I don't

1989
01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:15,160
Speaker 1: know if I want to call it a secret, but

1990
01:36:15,479 --> 01:36:17,760
Speaker 1: you know, one of the underreported communities here in southern

1991
01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:21,080
Speaker 1: California is the Simon community, that Toned and community, the

1992
01:36:21,080 --> 01:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Polynesian community. It is vast and it is wildly supportive.

1993
01:36:24,600 --> 01:36:28,200
Speaker 1: So I think that could help you maybe have Tyrod

1994
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:30,400
Speaker 1: be that bridge to two way if you think it's

1995
01:36:30,479 --> 01:36:32,200
Speaker 1: not a red shirt ear and he might be able

1996
01:36:32,240 --> 01:36:34,200
Speaker 1: to come back. But that would be the only way

1997
01:36:34,240 --> 01:36:37,599
Speaker 1: I think that combination is around. Otherwise, I think it's

1998
01:36:37,600 --> 01:36:39,160
Speaker 1: a big swing at one of those vets. Be it

1999
01:36:39,240 --> 01:36:42,040
Speaker 1: a trade for Cam or hoping that somehow Tom Brady

2000
01:36:42,720 --> 01:36:45,200
Speaker 1: thinks it's a good idea to leave teams. Will they

2001
01:36:45,240 --> 01:36:47,439
Speaker 1: do both? Will they draft a quarterback high and then

2002
01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,280
Speaker 1: still take a big swing at one of those guys,

2003
01:36:50,560 --> 01:36:52,640
Speaker 1: you know, Steve, it's interesting if it's Tom or if

2004
01:36:52,680 --> 01:36:54,840
Speaker 1: it's Tom Brady, I think you have to look at

2005
01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:58,639
Speaker 1: tackle at that number six spot, or even maybe Isaiah Simmons.

2006
01:36:58,760 --> 01:37:02,280
Speaker 1: Just the idea of pairing Simmons and Derwin chains together

2007
01:37:02,800 --> 01:37:05,519
Speaker 1: on a defense is I've got to believe it enticing

2008
01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:08,000
Speaker 1: for Gus Bradley if he'd have his way and again

2009
01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:10,759
Speaker 1: with the tackles, be at Jedrick Wills or McCay Beckton

2010
01:37:10,880 --> 01:37:13,599
Speaker 1: and just trying to get one of these those two spots.

2011
01:37:13,640 --> 01:37:16,559
Speaker 1: If o'coon can come back, and then you compare him,

2012
01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:18,680
Speaker 1: because you saw the difference in this Charger team when

2013
01:37:18,720 --> 01:37:22,000
Speaker 1: o'coon was the left tackle versus when he wasn't, and

2014
01:37:22,080 --> 01:37:24,000
Speaker 1: it was night and day. I mean, it was such

2015
01:37:24,080 --> 01:37:27,360
Speaker 1: a vast improvement. So I think if it is Brady,

2016
01:37:27,479 --> 01:37:30,400
Speaker 1: you very well could end up see them maybe going

2017
01:37:31,080 --> 01:37:34,439
Speaker 1: to the to the offensive tackle position, just to try

2018
01:37:34,479 --> 01:37:36,559
Speaker 1: to solidify that to keep them here for a few years.

2019
01:37:36,600 --> 01:37:37,920
Speaker 1: And met the last thing I have for you, and

2020
01:37:37,960 --> 01:37:39,679
Speaker 1: you've said it a couple of times. I get the sense,

2021
01:37:39,880 --> 01:37:42,200
Speaker 1: and I guess it makes sense that the Chargers are

2022
01:37:42,240 --> 01:37:44,599
Speaker 1: looking to make a splash, and not just a quarterback,

2023
01:37:44,680 --> 01:37:47,760
Speaker 1: but they need to almost reboot the entire franchise moving

2024
01:37:47,800 --> 01:37:51,080
Speaker 1: into this new stadium in LA this year. Huh. Yeah,

2025
01:37:51,120 --> 01:37:53,760
Speaker 1: you know. The thing is, they've got splash players, right.

2026
01:37:53,880 --> 01:37:56,960
Speaker 1: I mean, Eckler is as electric after the catches is

2027
01:37:57,000 --> 01:37:59,080
Speaker 1: any back you're going to see in football. Right now,

2028
01:37:59,200 --> 01:38:01,639
Speaker 1: You've got Mikellams for those big plays in the red zone,

2029
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:03,840
Speaker 1: Penans always coming up with two or three big plays,

2030
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:06,720
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry, you know, and Granham. Maybe I'm biased because

2031
01:38:06,720 --> 01:38:09,440
Speaker 1: I'm getting into the name salad here, but my goodness, defensively,

2032
01:38:09,520 --> 01:38:12,120
Speaker 1: you got Joey Bosa and Irwin James. I mean, you've

2033
01:38:12,160 --> 01:38:15,040
Speaker 1: got sizzle there, and I think if somehow you can

2034
01:38:15,280 --> 01:38:18,000
Speaker 1: can can get that quarterback right. It was just a

2035
01:38:18,080 --> 01:38:20,720
Speaker 1: team that was besset by injuries from day one and

2036
01:38:21,120 --> 01:38:24,160
Speaker 1: untimely turnovers that led to what was just a miserable

2037
01:38:24,240 --> 01:38:27,200
Speaker 1: season that that. You know, you entered with some high expectations.

2038
01:38:27,600 --> 01:38:29,559
Speaker 1: What's what's the what are the projections for how well

2039
01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:32,320
Speaker 1: they're going to be received? There? You said some things

2040
01:38:32,360 --> 01:38:34,880
Speaker 1: about the simone population. If two attack of a tag

2041
01:38:34,920 --> 01:38:37,400
Speaker 1: of Vlis is part of it, or Marcus Mariota's part

2042
01:38:37,439 --> 01:38:41,280
Speaker 1: of it, Um, what's the reception gonna be? Like? How

2043
01:38:41,320 --> 01:38:43,360
Speaker 1: are the teason tickets going? I mean all that stuff?

2044
01:38:43,400 --> 01:38:46,479
Speaker 1: How is that going to look? Like? Yeah, I'll tell you, John,

2045
01:38:46,479 --> 01:38:48,519
Speaker 1: I don't know I really don't. It was so hard

2046
01:38:48,600 --> 01:38:51,320
Speaker 1: to tell what that last stadium and just how it went.

2047
01:38:51,479 --> 01:38:53,280
Speaker 1: And I think for people that don't know, you know

2048
01:38:53,400 --> 01:38:56,280
Speaker 1: that just saw the eighty twenty splits or the seventy

2049
01:38:56,560 --> 01:38:59,479
Speaker 1: twenty five splits with road fans, um it was a

2050
01:38:59,560 --> 01:39:02,439
Speaker 1: premium price. You know, your get ins were about a

2051
01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:05,599
Speaker 1: buck fifty because of how many visiting fans were willing

2052
01:39:05,680 --> 01:39:07,240
Speaker 1: to pay it to go see a team in southern

2053
01:39:07,320 --> 01:39:10,040
Speaker 1: California in a twenty three thousand seat venue. So it

2054
01:39:10,160 --> 01:39:13,080
Speaker 1: really priced a lot of the I think casual fans

2055
01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:15,280
Speaker 1: or the ones that wanted maybe a look see out

2056
01:39:15,320 --> 01:39:18,720
Speaker 1: of the market. We saw about I'd say, if I

2057
01:39:18,760 --> 01:39:21,800
Speaker 1: could put a rough estimate, thirty thousand Charger fans show

2058
01:39:21,880 --> 01:39:23,560
Speaker 1: up at the Coliseum when they played the Rams a

2059
01:39:23,560 --> 01:39:26,680
Speaker 1: couple of years ago. And we've seen you know, international

2060
01:39:26,760 --> 01:39:29,160
Speaker 1: games with a lot of attendance. We regularly see you know,

2061
01:39:29,160 --> 01:39:30,880
Speaker 1: a couple thousand on the road, so it seems like

2062
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:34,240
Speaker 1: they're there. We'll figure out in a hurry whether or

2063
01:39:34,280 --> 01:39:36,559
Speaker 1: not they're willing to come in, because they'll have fifty

2064
01:39:36,560 --> 01:39:38,240
Speaker 1: dollars tickets now and a bunch of them in those

2065
01:39:38,320 --> 01:39:41,960
Speaker 1: upper levels for this new stadium, So it's really hard

2066
01:39:42,040 --> 01:39:43,720
Speaker 1: for me to project what it's going to look like there,

2067
01:39:43,760 --> 01:39:46,200
Speaker 1: but certainly I think they look. You put Tom Brady

2068
01:39:46,280 --> 01:39:48,080
Speaker 1: or Cam Newton on a roster, you're gonna feel a

2069
01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:50,840
Speaker 1: lot better about selling Ticket's no question. Hey Man, thanks

2070
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:52,960
Speaker 1: for spending minutes with us today. We appreciate it, and

2071
01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:54,640
Speaker 1: good luck. I know you got a busy day. It's

2072
01:39:54,680 --> 01:39:56,200
Speaker 1: an end of an era for the Chargers, and we

2073
01:39:56,520 --> 01:39:58,800
Speaker 1: thank you for coming on to share your insight with us.

2074
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:01,640
Speaker 1: You got it, John, Thanks for having me appreciate it.

2075
01:40:01,680 --> 01:40:04,519
Speaker 1: Thanks Matt. Matt money Smith's played by play voice of

2076
01:40:04,600 --> 01:40:06,840
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers, gave us a lot to think about.

2077
01:40:07,120 --> 01:40:12,639
Speaker 1: He prominently mentioned Tom Brady. I would think he would look,

2078
01:40:12,720 --> 01:40:15,680
Speaker 1: they don't make this move now if they don't have

2079
01:40:15,800 --> 01:40:19,439
Speaker 1: their next move at least within sight, and whether it's

2080
01:40:19,479 --> 01:40:21,599
Speaker 1: Brady or not, maybe it's a trade for Cam Newton,

2081
01:40:21,920 --> 01:40:24,400
Speaker 1: but I think I'm a big fan of Tom to

2082
01:40:24,520 --> 01:40:26,479
Speaker 1: let's go. I'm sure he's got his next move in

2083
01:40:26,520 --> 01:40:28,200
Speaker 1: his pocket ready to go. It does seem like a

2084
01:40:28,280 --> 01:40:30,560
Speaker 1: flare that they're sending up saying, listen, here we go,

2085
01:40:30,720 --> 01:40:32,479
Speaker 1: look check it out over here. We got something going on.

2086
01:40:32,520 --> 01:40:34,920
Speaker 1: We've cleared the decks for a franchise quarterback and we're

2087
01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:38,240
Speaker 1: gonna get one, and the question is who's it gonna be.

2088
01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:40,760
Speaker 1: Cam Newton's a great I think Cam Newton would be

2089
01:40:41,200 --> 01:40:43,519
Speaker 1: a great direction for them to go to because I

2090
01:40:43,800 --> 01:40:46,640
Speaker 1: was Cam Newton with his athletic ability and now that

2091
01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:51,400
Speaker 1: his experience, that guy's the Adam Bomb, you know. I

2092
01:40:51,439 --> 01:40:53,880
Speaker 1: mean he's he's the ultimate weapon. He can run, he

2093
01:40:53,920 --> 01:40:55,640
Speaker 1: can throw, he can do all this stuff. He's had

2094
01:40:55,680 --> 01:40:57,720
Speaker 1: a year to freshen up and get, you know, get

2095
01:40:57,760 --> 01:41:01,040
Speaker 1: an appetite for it. And if you've ever seen Cam

2096
01:41:01,160 --> 01:41:05,400
Speaker 1: Newton in one of his postgame press conferences, that guy

2097
01:41:05,520 --> 01:41:08,439
Speaker 1: was made for LA, right, I mean that guy, that

2098
01:41:08,560 --> 01:41:12,960
Speaker 1: guy loves the spotlight, and that's that would create some

2099
01:41:13,120 --> 01:41:15,280
Speaker 1: real buzz. I think in La. Now, of course, Tom

2100
01:41:15,320 --> 01:41:17,600
Speaker 1: Brady wherever he goes. I think you and I and

2101
01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:19,599
Speaker 1: I don't know whether we know him any better than

2102
01:41:20,400 --> 01:41:22,240
Speaker 1: you know. Mike money Smith out on the west coast

2103
01:41:22,240 --> 01:41:24,519
Speaker 1: of the Chargers knows him. But we've seen the guy

2104
01:41:24,560 --> 01:41:26,000
Speaker 1: play a lot against our team, and I have a

2105
01:41:26,080 --> 01:41:29,559
Speaker 1: hard time envisioning him calling it quits. And the franchise

2106
01:41:29,640 --> 01:41:31,840
Speaker 1: that drafted him you know, in the sixth round and

2107
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:33,800
Speaker 1: gave him all. They won all those Super Bowls with

2108
01:41:33,920 --> 01:41:35,439
Speaker 1: and went to all those Super Bowls with and had

2109
01:41:35,520 --> 01:41:37,599
Speaker 1: so much success with. I have a hard time seeing

2110
01:41:37,760 --> 01:41:41,200
Speaker 1: him saying thanks, I'm gone, particularly when he's got old

2111
01:41:41,240 --> 01:41:43,680
Speaker 1: guys like Joe Montana, San do not do it. I

2112
01:41:43,840 --> 01:41:46,759
Speaker 1: did it and he regrets it. How about that talent

2113
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:49,120
Speaker 1: base in Los Angeles with the Chargers and a new

2114
01:41:49,200 --> 01:41:51,479
Speaker 1: stadium in his home state not far at the other

2115
01:41:51,600 --> 01:41:53,320
Speaker 1: end of the state. But I think there are a

2116
01:41:53,360 --> 01:41:55,680
Speaker 1: couple of things that might get Tom Brady's attention when

2117
01:41:55,680 --> 01:41:58,679
Speaker 1: it comes to the Chargers. There's there's talent there. Matt

2118
01:41:58,720 --> 01:42:01,760
Speaker 1: Smith went through some of the offensive playmakers they have.

2119
01:42:01,880 --> 01:42:04,280
Speaker 1: There's some talent there. What gets my attention if I'm

2120
01:42:04,320 --> 01:42:08,120
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, is San Diego had all that talent out

2121
01:42:08,160 --> 01:42:10,320
Speaker 1: there and they won how many games? They're the sixth

2122
01:42:10,400 --> 01:42:13,000
Speaker 1: pick of the draft. We had zero talent offensive Leane

2123
01:42:13,040 --> 01:42:16,040
Speaker 1: won twelve games. That says a lot to me. They

2124
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:18,920
Speaker 1: won what five games this year? Chargers? They won twelve

2125
01:42:19,000 --> 01:42:21,200
Speaker 1: last year, won a playoff games. They're not and they

2126
01:42:21,280 --> 01:42:24,720
Speaker 1: had a rash of injuries again, Steep again, you are

2127
01:42:24,800 --> 01:42:27,360
Speaker 1: discounting the Chargers. I'm not saying there's great. I got

2128
01:42:27,439 --> 01:42:30,120
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for Tom Tollesco. But I think

2129
01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:33,720
Speaker 1: I think you're discounting. Yeah, I mean they get just

2130
01:42:33,920 --> 01:42:35,719
Speaker 1: like the Bill. We give the Bills credit for staying

2131
01:42:35,800 --> 01:42:38,360
Speaker 1: healthy the Chargers, I mean the Bills invest in that.

2132
01:42:38,600 --> 01:42:42,360
Speaker 1: The Bills invest in recovery and health and their players

2133
01:42:42,479 --> 01:42:45,679
Speaker 1: and their culture and how those guys are treated Monday

2134
01:42:45,760 --> 01:42:48,760
Speaker 1: through Friday, not just on game day. They invest in

2135
01:42:48,840 --> 01:42:51,160
Speaker 1: their well being. They get them on the practice field,

2136
01:42:51,160 --> 01:42:54,400
Speaker 1: they keep them healthy, they practice them, they're prepared. And

2137
01:42:54,520 --> 01:42:57,040
Speaker 1: there are teams that don't invest in that, and they

2138
01:42:57,080 --> 01:42:59,280
Speaker 1: did the year before the Chargers when they won twelve games.

2139
01:43:01,080 --> 01:43:05,920
Speaker 1: Injuries are unpredictable, yes they are, but there is but

2140
01:43:06,680 --> 01:43:12,160
Speaker 1: where there's smoke, there's fire, and I just riding that

2141
01:43:12,280 --> 01:43:14,560
Speaker 1: roller coade and the Chargers are a lot like some

2142
01:43:14,680 --> 01:43:16,280
Speaker 1: of the other teams yet around you'll see. I mean,

2143
01:43:16,320 --> 01:43:20,600
Speaker 1: these teams that are that are sustainable stay there. And

2144
01:43:20,880 --> 01:43:23,200
Speaker 1: certainly some years are more injury prone than others, but

2145
01:43:23,320 --> 01:43:26,000
Speaker 1: certain teams stay healthier, and certainly the Bills, you got

2146
01:43:26,080 --> 01:43:28,679
Speaker 1: to say, over the past three years with this regime,

2147
01:43:28,960 --> 01:43:32,880
Speaker 1: have been able to stay very healthy and there's something

2148
01:43:32,960 --> 01:43:38,719
Speaker 1: to it, but that that being aside. If I'm Tom Brady,

2149
01:43:38,800 --> 01:43:41,800
Speaker 1: it's about wins losses. Now it's about me going to

2150
01:43:41,880 --> 01:43:43,760
Speaker 1: a place and if if he says I want to

2151
01:43:43,840 --> 01:43:45,800
Speaker 1: and there's some of these reported out there too, Tom

2152
01:43:45,880 --> 01:43:47,880
Speaker 1: Brady says, I want to win where I don't have to.

2153
01:43:48,080 --> 01:43:50,640
Speaker 1: You know, nobody gives their credit to Bill Belichick and

2154
01:43:50,840 --> 01:43:53,320
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick saying I want to win where nobody's saying, well,

2155
01:43:53,360 --> 01:43:55,280
Speaker 1: if you've got the greatest quarterback of all time, you

2156
01:43:55,320 --> 01:43:57,760
Speaker 1: should win. You know, both those guys have a little

2157
01:43:57,760 --> 01:43:59,519
Speaker 1: bit of ego invested in this. I think that's a

2158
01:43:59,520 --> 01:44:02,639
Speaker 1: little are blown. But if you're gonna go down that road,

2159
01:44:02,720 --> 01:44:04,840
Speaker 1: tom Brady, you're right. A team like San Diego and

2160
01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:06,840
Speaker 1: the good weather and that with all that talent, maybe

2161
01:44:06,880 --> 01:44:08,880
Speaker 1: that is the place he wants to land. We'll find out.

2162
01:44:09,040 --> 01:44:11,840
Speaker 1: It look sounds like the Chargers are prepping a bid

2163
01:44:11,920 --> 01:44:15,360
Speaker 1: for Tom Brady. Anyway. There's this too, Ian Rappaport NFL

2164
01:44:15,720 --> 01:44:18,960
Speaker 1: Network reports this Philip Rivers, he says, was never the

2165
01:44:19,040 --> 01:44:22,519
Speaker 1: kind of quarterback the Chargers coach Anthony Lynn envisioned. Now

2166
01:44:22,640 --> 01:44:25,160
Speaker 1: Los Angeles can go find his successor and Rivers can

2167
01:44:25,240 --> 01:44:29,160
Speaker 1: take one more shot at it with a new team. Interesting,

2168
01:44:29,479 --> 01:44:31,040
Speaker 1: what do you think? Um, I don't. I don't know

2169
01:44:31,080 --> 01:44:33,680
Speaker 1: what he means. He's a he's not a mobile guy.

2170
01:44:33,800 --> 01:44:37,680
Speaker 1: He's kind of an old fashioned pocket quarterback. Maybe that's

2171
01:44:37,720 --> 01:44:39,960
Speaker 1: not what Anthony Lynn thinks. That's exactly what it means.

2172
01:44:40,080 --> 01:44:42,000
Speaker 1: It's gotta be if that's the case. He didn't want

2173
01:44:42,000 --> 01:44:46,800
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, well, yeah, he wants Cam Newton or Teddy

2174
01:44:46,840 --> 01:44:50,400
Speaker 1: Bridgewater or one of those other guys. You know. He

2175
01:44:50,479 --> 01:44:54,320
Speaker 1: wants somebody who can do the Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen,

2176
01:44:54,600 --> 01:44:56,840
Speaker 1: Steve Young kind of quarterback and where they take off

2177
01:44:56,920 --> 01:44:59,439
Speaker 1: running right, put pressure on a defense that way. Cam Newton,

2178
01:44:59,479 --> 01:45:02,880
Speaker 1: that guy ANYM not like he was, right, I mean,

2179
01:45:02,920 --> 01:45:05,679
Speaker 1: he smartened up, you know he was. He got older.

2180
01:45:05,960 --> 01:45:09,040
Speaker 1: He wore a huge target on him, I know, right, Yeah,

2181
01:45:09,120 --> 01:45:10,839
Speaker 1: and he brought a little bit of it on himself

2182
01:45:11,000 --> 01:45:12,760
Speaker 1: because he you know, he did that stuff a lot.

2183
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:17,080
Speaker 1: But when he was playing, he's like Josh Allen, Josh

2184
01:45:17,160 --> 01:45:19,040
Speaker 1: Allen and Cam Newton that they're at their best are

2185
01:45:19,120 --> 01:45:22,519
Speaker 1: the greatest short yardage running backs in the league because

2186
01:45:22,560 --> 01:45:25,000
Speaker 1: they got the ball in their hand every play. And

2187
01:45:25,160 --> 01:45:28,200
Speaker 1: they can jump. You know, they're they're nine feet tall

2188
01:45:28,240 --> 01:45:30,519
Speaker 1: and he's reach over and get the first down. That's

2189
01:45:30,560 --> 01:45:33,920
Speaker 1: why you know, they're so much more efficient in certain

2190
01:45:33,960 --> 01:45:36,120
Speaker 1: aspects of the game than than other teams are. You

2191
01:45:36,160 --> 01:45:38,599
Speaker 1: can go for it on fourth down knowing with less

2192
01:45:38,600 --> 01:45:40,439
Speaker 1: than a yard you got a two hundred and fifty pound,

2193
01:45:40,760 --> 01:45:44,519
Speaker 1: six foot six inch quarterback with an athlete. And look,

2194
01:45:44,640 --> 01:45:47,920
Speaker 1: think back to that stupid play in Dallas on Thanksgiving

2195
01:45:47,960 --> 01:45:52,519
Speaker 1: when Josh drops the ball gets it anyway. Yeah, that's

2196
01:45:52,600 --> 01:45:56,479
Speaker 1: huge that that stuff changes games. And when you can

2197
01:45:56,520 --> 01:46:01,680
Speaker 1: do it all the time. You know, Carolina, Carolina's case,

2198
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:04,880
Speaker 1: they're going to the Super Bowl. A couple of things.

2199
01:46:05,120 --> 01:46:08,320
Speaker 1: Anthony Lynne just signed a three year contract extension last week.

2200
01:46:09,760 --> 01:46:11,719
Speaker 1: All this stuff you would think was in the works.

2201
01:46:11,960 --> 01:46:13,760
Speaker 1: I think, Look, I don't. I'm not a Chargers fan.

2202
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:15,920
Speaker 1: I'd probably sound like one maybe the last week or

2203
01:46:15,960 --> 01:46:18,360
Speaker 1: so here. I do think the Chargers, with this move

2204
01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:21,200
Speaker 1: and especially this move, have made themselves one of the

2205
01:46:21,280 --> 01:46:23,479
Speaker 1: more interesting teams in the next month or so. I

2206
01:46:23,600 --> 01:46:26,280
Speaker 1: really do. What do they do? They have a talented roster,

2207
01:46:26,840 --> 01:46:29,400
Speaker 1: they need a quarterback to place in that talented roster.

2208
01:46:29,960 --> 01:46:32,479
Speaker 1: And as I said to Matt Smith a minute ago.

2209
01:46:32,760 --> 01:46:34,560
Speaker 1: They have this brand new stadium where they're trying to

2210
01:46:34,600 --> 01:46:36,960
Speaker 1: sell seats and trying to get the attention of the

2211
01:46:37,040 --> 01:46:39,679
Speaker 1: second largest, maybe the largest television market in the country.

2212
01:46:39,920 --> 01:46:41,880
Speaker 1: I think they're a very interesting team to follow the

2213
01:46:42,000 --> 01:46:44,559
Speaker 1: next month. It's certainly smacks of them having a plan

2214
01:46:44,640 --> 01:46:50,000
Speaker 1: and making some pretty specific taking some specific steps to

2215
01:46:50,160 --> 01:46:53,880
Speaker 1: make their plan come to fruition. I get taking a

2216
01:46:53,920 --> 01:46:58,160
Speaker 1: big swing at Tom Brady to sell tickets. That smells

2217
01:46:58,200 --> 01:47:00,960
Speaker 1: like an ownership decision. But the football end of it,

2218
01:47:01,040 --> 01:47:03,160
Speaker 1: going after a guy like Cam Newton or even a

2219
01:47:03,240 --> 01:47:06,839
Speaker 1: guy like you name it, one of these other Jamis Winston.

2220
01:47:08,880 --> 01:47:12,519
Speaker 1: You know that? To me, that makes that makes a

2221
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:14,439
Speaker 1: lot of sense about a team who you know, you're

2222
01:47:14,479 --> 01:47:16,160
Speaker 1: trying to get some sizzle in a new stadium, but

2223
01:47:16,240 --> 01:47:18,840
Speaker 1: you're also trying to acquiesce to a head coach you

2224
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:20,880
Speaker 1: just signed a three year extension, says listen, here's the

2225
01:47:20,960 --> 01:47:23,320
Speaker 1: kind of team I'm thinking about. Here's the guys I

2226
01:47:23,400 --> 01:47:24,960
Speaker 1: have my eye on. Let's go see if we can

2227
01:47:25,040 --> 01:47:26,960
Speaker 1: make it happen. And then they think, well, one of

2228
01:47:27,000 --> 01:47:28,360
Speaker 1: the things we need to do is clear the decks.

2229
01:47:28,400 --> 01:47:30,160
Speaker 1: So if we go out there in free agency. Philip

2230
01:47:30,280 --> 01:47:32,040
Speaker 1: Rivers isn't already sitting on our roster, and they got

2231
01:47:32,120 --> 01:47:33,360
Speaker 1: to come in and beat out a guy who's a

2232
01:47:33,400 --> 01:47:36,040
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer for the franchise. So all that kind

2233
01:47:36,080 --> 01:47:38,679
Speaker 1: of lines up with a big move by the Chargers.

2234
01:47:39,680 --> 01:47:41,800
Speaker 1: We'll see. But you think about it. Three teams moving

2235
01:47:41,840 --> 01:47:45,360
Speaker 1: into new stadiums this year, the Raiders, the Chargers, and

2236
01:47:45,439 --> 01:47:50,320
Speaker 1: the Rams. That's unprecedented. Yeah, right, all of them facing

2237
01:47:50,479 --> 01:47:53,920
Speaker 1: pressure to sell seats and to do well. One more thing,

2238
01:47:54,040 --> 01:47:56,479
Speaker 1: and this is more about Philip Rivers. And and Mett

2239
01:47:56,560 --> 01:47:58,080
Speaker 1: Smith said it while he was on the air with

2240
01:47:58,120 --> 01:48:00,920
Speaker 1: this about and you've mentioned it. I think you're comfortable

2241
01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,200
Speaker 1: talking about this. Your buddy. Frank Wright, head coach in

2242
01:48:03,280 --> 01:48:07,360
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, had Philip Rivers for several years offensive coordinator

2243
01:48:07,640 --> 01:48:11,479
Speaker 1: in San Diego twenty thirteen through twenty fifteen. And didn't

2244
01:48:11,560 --> 01:48:14,679
Speaker 1: I think I got this right, didn't. Frank Wright tells

2245
01:48:14,760 --> 01:48:17,880
Speaker 1: you something about Philip Rivers knows more about offensive line

2246
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:20,200
Speaker 1: play than anybody's ever coach. Knows how to set up

2247
01:48:20,280 --> 01:48:25,599
Speaker 1: protections and get his offensive Frank told me. And Frank

2248
01:48:25,760 --> 01:48:27,720
Speaker 1: is a sharp guy. Yeah, you know that too. He was.

2249
01:48:27,880 --> 01:48:30,920
Speaker 1: He's a really really intelligent guy, a real thinker, he said.

2250
01:48:31,160 --> 01:48:34,160
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is almost a savant. Yeah, when it comes

2251
01:48:34,200 --> 01:48:37,800
Speaker 1: to quarterback protection schemes, he knows what he's looking at

2252
01:48:37,880 --> 01:48:40,639
Speaker 1: with a defensive front. He can tell who's coming, who's

2253
01:48:40,680 --> 01:48:43,040
Speaker 1: not coming, He sets his line play. He is he

2254
01:48:43,240 --> 01:48:45,720
Speaker 1: can get the most out of an offensive line and

2255
01:48:45,840 --> 01:48:49,320
Speaker 1: the protection scheme that are the schemes that are available

2256
01:48:49,320 --> 01:48:52,639
Speaker 1: to him than any quarterback Frank's ever been around. Really

2257
01:48:52,760 --> 01:48:56,320
Speaker 1: intelligent and sharp in that respect. So whatever offensive line

2258
01:48:56,320 --> 01:48:58,880
Speaker 1: you can put in front of Philip Rivers, he'll maximize it,

2259
01:48:59,280 --> 01:49:01,920
Speaker 1: which will tell you how bad things have been in

2260
01:49:02,080 --> 01:49:04,560
Speaker 1: San Diego at time, and certainly injuries have had a

2261
01:49:04,640 --> 01:49:06,800
Speaker 1: part to play and the guys protecting him. But if

2262
01:49:06,800 --> 01:49:09,599
Speaker 1: you put an offensive line around Philip Rivers, he can

2263
01:49:09,680 --> 01:49:12,000
Speaker 1: still sling it and he's going to make sure that

2264
01:49:12,080 --> 01:49:14,000
Speaker 1: they're got a hat on a hat. And that was

2265
01:49:14,080 --> 01:49:18,639
Speaker 1: the thing that was amazing to Frank at times, because

2266
01:49:18,840 --> 01:49:23,120
Speaker 1: he told me Philip in practice would be talking to

2267
01:49:23,240 --> 01:49:25,360
Speaker 1: guys while they're up at the line of scrimas, which

2268
01:49:25,400 --> 01:49:27,320
Speaker 1: is commonplace, but the ball would be in the air

2269
01:49:27,360 --> 01:49:31,160
Speaker 1: and in a shotgun snap and Philip talking, calling the

2270
01:49:31,320 --> 01:49:33,559
Speaker 1: running back by his first name, telling him to get

2271
01:49:33,560 --> 01:49:36,000
Speaker 1: to the other side while the balls and while he's

2272
01:49:36,040 --> 01:49:38,519
Speaker 1: taken a snap, flit second, Yeah, get to the get

2273
01:49:38,600 --> 01:49:40,400
Speaker 1: get over here. I need you. That kind of stuff.

2274
01:49:40,479 --> 01:49:44,680
Speaker 1: And that's pretty impressive. Yeah, and that's why you know,

2275
01:49:44,840 --> 01:49:47,080
Speaker 1: guy plays for sixteen years and throws for a gazillion

2276
01:49:47,160 --> 01:49:49,200
Speaker 1: yards and all those touchdowns. He's in the top ten

2277
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:52,560
Speaker 1: of every major quarterback in category. And he's done it

2278
01:49:52,600 --> 01:49:55,160
Speaker 1: for a team that has been to what two championship games,

2279
01:49:55,960 --> 01:49:59,599
Speaker 1: two conference championship games in his career, no Super Bowls.

2280
01:50:00,400 --> 01:50:04,519
Speaker 1: And to the point of understanding protections, Greg Rosenthal just

2281
01:50:04,640 --> 01:50:07,960
Speaker 1: tweeted this out. The Chargers have finished below average and

2282
01:50:08,000 --> 01:50:11,599
Speaker 1: past protection for twelve straight seasons, so the PF numbers

2283
01:50:11,640 --> 01:50:14,160
Speaker 1: show that this. According to PF, they were thirtieth and

2284
01:50:14,240 --> 01:50:17,360
Speaker 1: thirty first the last two years past protection. The PF

2285
01:50:17,680 --> 01:50:21,320
Speaker 1: grades put them at near the bottom of the league

2286
01:50:21,360 --> 01:50:24,400
Speaker 1: in past protection. Philip Rivers has not missed a start

2287
01:50:24,479 --> 01:50:27,320
Speaker 1: in the last two years, so he does get him

2288
01:50:27,320 --> 01:50:28,880
Speaker 1: set up right. He doesn't. He's not dealing with a

2289
01:50:28,920 --> 01:50:30,519
Speaker 1: bunch of great players, but he got him set up

2290
01:50:30,560 --> 01:50:33,000
Speaker 1: right right, and you go to Indianapolis, where they've got

2291
01:50:33,120 --> 01:50:34,519
Speaker 1: you know, they got one of the best guards that

2292
01:50:34,560 --> 01:50:36,400
Speaker 1: they just drafted two years ago. They got it. They

2293
01:50:36,479 --> 01:50:39,160
Speaker 1: put it together there, Tony Costanza at the left tackle spot.

2294
01:50:39,200 --> 01:50:44,120
Speaker 1: They got some god center. Yeah, so they're and you know,

2295
01:50:45,160 --> 01:50:47,200
Speaker 1: all this of course will be in the part of

2296
01:50:47,240 --> 01:50:49,840
Speaker 1: the conversation with free agency. If Philip Rivers going to

2297
01:50:49,880 --> 01:50:52,160
Speaker 1: go out there, it's gonna be really interesting to see.

2298
01:50:52,479 --> 01:50:55,080
Speaker 1: But kind of structure his deal has and wherever he

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Speaker 1: wants to go. And I think the really intriguing thing

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Speaker 1: about this is this, unlike Rubrees who said he's gonna

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Speaker 1: retire as a Saints. So if he's gonna if he's

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Speaker 1: not gonna play for the Saints this year, he's not

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Speaker 1: going out on the market. He's done. Tom Brady, if

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Speaker 1: if he hits the free agent market, I'll be shocked.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he will, maybe he won't, but I'm thinking he's

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Speaker 1: not going anywhere. But this is a Philip guy, like

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers who says, yeah, I want to play, Yeah,

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01:51:20,840 --> 01:51:22,840
Speaker 1: I've got something to offer, Yeah I want to win,

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Speaker 1: let's go. That's different than those two other guys. Tom Brady,

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Speaker 1: we don't know what he's thinking. He says, yeah, I'm

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01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:31,840
Speaker 1: gonna play and I'm gonna hit. You know, the stuff

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Speaker 1: in New England is always you know, hidden from all

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Speaker 1: of us out here. We don't know what's going to happen.

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01:51:37,240 --> 01:51:38,640
Speaker 1: I mean two years I was telling you this. Two

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01:51:38,720 --> 01:51:42,920
Speaker 1: years ago, there were articles coming about how dysfunctional Gronkowski

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01:51:43,000 --> 01:51:46,719
Speaker 1: and Brady and Belichick were because you know, Grady's trainer

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01:51:46,760 --> 01:51:48,840
Speaker 1: got kicked out of the facility. They all hate each other.

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01:51:49,120 --> 01:51:51,160
Speaker 1: There's really some animossi there. You know what happened to

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01:51:51,240 --> 01:51:53,400
Speaker 1: that I can say, oh, yeah, they won the World championship.

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Speaker 1: So this is all overblown. This stuff about him leaving

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Speaker 1: this free agency. Yeah, he sold his house stuff and

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01:52:00,320 --> 01:52:01,720
Speaker 1: he didn't want to live in Boston for the rest

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01:52:01,760 --> 01:52:04,760
Speaker 1: of his life. Go figure, don't you think things change

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01:52:04,800 --> 01:52:06,760
Speaker 1: a little bit today one o'clock today with this news

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Speaker 1: Philip rivers La, Didn't it change Tom Brady's thinking a

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Speaker 1: little bit? Like, hmm, that could be an option for me.

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01:52:13,400 --> 01:52:15,280
Speaker 1: Call my agent see what he thinks about the Chargers.

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01:52:15,360 --> 01:52:17,519
Speaker 1: To be totally dispassionate about it and like to say

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01:52:17,560 --> 01:52:21,559
Speaker 1: okay and take all the emotion out of it. Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady says, I'm gonna go on the free agent market.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go wherever I want. Yeah, I've been playing

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01:52:27,320 --> 01:52:30,400
Speaker 1: for submarket value already for ten years. I'm willing to

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Speaker 1: do it again if I want to. If I want

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01:52:32,240 --> 01:52:33,800
Speaker 1: to get out of here, I'll do that too. So

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Speaker 1: I don't care where Philip Rivers goes. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: where Philip Rivers goes if I want to. It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: But here's an opening just opened up one o'clock this

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Speaker 1: afternoon of a pretty talented roster in his home state.

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Speaker 1: I'm right back to where we started this segment. I

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01:52:49,200 --> 01:52:51,759
Speaker 1: think there are some things about the LA Chargers situation

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01:52:51,880 --> 01:52:54,120
Speaker 1: that might be attractive to Tom Brady as he looks

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01:52:54,120 --> 01:52:58,760
Speaker 1: at his option. Sure, and it may, it may, but yeah,

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01:52:58,800 --> 01:53:01,960
Speaker 1: if it's personal to Tom Brady, will never know. I mean,

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01:53:02,040 --> 01:53:03,920
Speaker 1: he'll he may come out after the fact, but he

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01:53:04,040 --> 01:53:07,160
Speaker 1: may want to go back up Jimmy Garoppolo for all

2346
01:53:07,240 --> 01:53:09,559
Speaker 1: we know. He's want to do because Jimmy's his buddy.

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01:53:10,560 --> 01:53:12,800
Speaker 1: He says, I grew up in San Francisco. They if

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01:53:12,800 --> 01:53:14,560
Speaker 1: they were my team, I wanted them to draft me.

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01:53:14,720 --> 01:53:16,120
Speaker 1: He wanted to go and back some of the up.

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01:53:16,200 --> 01:53:18,479
Speaker 1: Come on, you don't believe that Brady wants to be

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01:53:18,520 --> 01:53:20,960
Speaker 1: a backup. Now, all I'm saying this is his choice.

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01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:24,080
Speaker 1: Sure he go, he could go play, he'd go to Denver,

2353
01:53:24,439 --> 01:53:26,880
Speaker 1: play for John Elway. Sure you know his choice has

2354
01:53:26,920 --> 01:53:29,200
Speaker 1: got a little bit open wider today with the news

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01:53:29,240 --> 01:53:31,599
Speaker 1: about Philip Rivers. And I'll tell you this too. Don't

2356
01:53:31,640 --> 01:53:33,840
Speaker 1: think that you know this tampering thing that's coming. Don't

2357
01:53:33,880 --> 01:53:36,680
Speaker 1: think the Chargers don't know exactly what Tom Brady or

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01:53:36,720 --> 01:53:39,000
Speaker 1: what at least what his agent's message, his agents putting

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01:53:39,000 --> 01:53:42,160
Speaker 1: out there. There's no question they've they've had conversations with

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01:53:42,240 --> 01:53:45,120
Speaker 1: those guys, I'll bet you, and they're and if they're,

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01:53:45,160 --> 01:53:46,840
Speaker 1: and they're making it public. They just told him they're

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01:53:46,840 --> 01:53:48,800
Speaker 1: gonna take a big swing for Tom Brady. It's becoming

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01:53:48,800 --> 01:53:51,280
Speaker 1: an almost public knowledge. And I haven't seen a real report.

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01:53:51,479 --> 01:53:53,960
Speaker 1: But Mike money Smith just came on and said, Matt,

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01:53:54,000 --> 01:53:55,880
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Matt money Smith just came on the voice

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01:53:55,880 --> 01:53:57,680
Speaker 1: of the Chargers and said, either they're gonna make a

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01:53:57,760 --> 01:54:00,360
Speaker 1: big swing for Tom Brady. They're trying to put it

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01:54:00,400 --> 01:54:02,640
Speaker 1: out there. I don't know if that was official, but

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01:54:02,720 --> 01:54:04,800
Speaker 1: I hear you. I know what he said. Yeah, Okay,

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01:54:05,280 --> 01:54:07,840
Speaker 1: there's gotta be some scuttle but going on right, It's

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01:54:07,880 --> 01:54:09,840
Speaker 1: got very interesting just about an hour and a half ago.

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Speaker 1: Now the news that Philip Rivers is going to head

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Speaker 1: into free agency. Let's talk about it. We got phone

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Speaker 1: lines open eight o three oh five fifty outside Buffalo

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Speaker 1: toll free at one eight eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty and weighing in our Twitter pole. Our Twitter

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01:54:22,520 --> 01:54:25,160
Speaker 1: pole plays into this. What is the biggest storyline of

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01:54:25,320 --> 01:54:28,040
Speaker 1: the NFL offseason? It changed a little bit today with

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01:54:28,160 --> 01:54:30,200
Speaker 1: the news that Philip Rivers is going to free agency.

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01:54:30,400 --> 01:54:31,880
Speaker 1: What do you think it is? We got five hundred

2381
01:54:31,920 --> 01:54:33,960
Speaker 1: eighty votes in so far the biggest storyline around the

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01:54:34,040 --> 01:54:36,440
Speaker 1: league so far. Forty three percent of you say it's

2383
01:54:36,520 --> 01:54:39,280
Speaker 1: Tom Brady's future that plays into this a little bit.

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01:54:39,400 --> 01:54:43,040
Speaker 1: Thirty percent say it's overall quarterback movement that we just

2385
01:54:43,160 --> 01:54:46,160
Speaker 1: had movement today, big movement. Twenty two percent say it's

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Speaker 1: new approval of the approval of a new collective bargaining agreement.

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Speaker 1: Six percent five percent say is something else let's hear

2388
01:54:53,400 --> 01:54:55,040
Speaker 1: from you, give us a call, let's talk on the phone.

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Speaker 1: Eight h three oh five fifty outside Buffalo toll free

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two fifty. Send it

2391
01:55:01,120 --> 01:55:02,720
Speaker 1: a tweet. We'll read him on the tweet sheet. We'll

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Speaker 1: take a break, we'll come back with more. One Does Live,

2393
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Speaker 1: presented by Kalada Health from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome Back. One goes Live,

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01:55:19,280 --> 01:55:22,120
Speaker 1: John Murphy, Steve Cancer. It's an interesting day. You should

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Speaker 1: join us. Eighth three five fifty toll free one eight

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Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. Got about a

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Speaker 1: half hour left in the show. Gonna get to uh

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Speaker 1: NFL two or falls at a moment. But Philip Rivers

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Speaker 1: is done with the Chargers. He is a free agent,

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01:55:35,720 --> 01:55:37,960
Speaker 1: he's thirty eight years old. The probably he's going to

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01:55:38,000 --> 01:55:39,600
Speaker 1: play at least in one more year. Where's he go?

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01:55:39,960 --> 01:55:42,040
Speaker 1: What does that do to the quarterback movement in the NFL?

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01:55:42,160 --> 01:55:45,880
Speaker 1: And there's Tom Brady talk. Much as Steve thinks he's

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01:55:45,880 --> 01:55:47,640
Speaker 1: not leaving, I don't know. I'm not convincing that, Steve.

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01:55:47,680 --> 01:55:50,400
Speaker 1: We'll find out, right. You think that's the domino of

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01:55:50,520 --> 01:55:53,480
Speaker 1: the La Chargers, of the domino that's gonna pulled Tom

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01:55:53,560 --> 01:55:56,440
Speaker 1: Brady out of I don't know about that. But the

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01:55:57,000 --> 01:56:00,120
Speaker 1: dominoes are falling now with the Rivers move right. You

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01:56:00,160 --> 01:56:04,120
Speaker 1: can agree with that. We kind of saw it coming,

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01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,360
Speaker 1: But the fact that they made it clear and real

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01:56:07,600 --> 01:56:13,480
Speaker 1: is different, I guess. But thirty here's the thing too,

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01:56:13,680 --> 01:56:16,040
Speaker 1: What are these guys got to laugh? Tom Brady even

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01:56:16,120 --> 01:56:21,120
Speaker 1: so Philip Rivers? Yeah? What Ryan Tannehill? How faith How

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01:56:21,280 --> 01:56:25,280
Speaker 1: confident are you that he's got a stretch in him

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01:56:25,320 --> 01:56:29,440
Speaker 1: that will last a long time? Given his fact, given this,

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01:56:29,880 --> 01:56:31,720
Speaker 1: given the fact that this last stretch he was on

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01:56:31,760 --> 01:56:33,720
Speaker 1: with the Tennessee Titans was the first stretch we've seen

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01:56:33,840 --> 01:56:39,040
Speaker 1: like that from him in his career. Who else is

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01:56:39,080 --> 01:56:41,400
Speaker 1: in the Teddy Bridgewater is intriguing to me. I think

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01:56:41,440 --> 01:56:43,360
Speaker 1: he's a guy that a lot of teams should show

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01:56:43,440 --> 01:56:46,880
Speaker 1: great interest in. Jamis Winston and Marcus Mariota, the one

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01:56:46,920 --> 01:56:49,120
Speaker 1: and two players picked in that draft four years ago.

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01:56:49,760 --> 01:56:51,680
Speaker 1: Those guys are coming our five years ago. Those guys

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01:56:51,720 --> 01:56:53,200
Speaker 1: are coming out. Those are on the market and mark

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01:56:53,280 --> 01:56:57,600
Speaker 1: Jameis Winston through for five thousand yards this year. And

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Speaker 1: I know this. There's one thing that NFL coaches do,

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01:57:01,080 --> 01:57:03,200
Speaker 1: and they're all alike, is they believe they can push

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01:57:03,240 --> 01:57:04,840
Speaker 1: the buttons on a guy to make him better than

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01:57:04,920 --> 01:57:07,760
Speaker 1: he was with anybody else. I Look, I have no

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01:57:07,920 --> 01:57:10,920
Speaker 1: regard for Jameis Winson. He throve for five thousand yards,

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01:57:10,960 --> 01:57:12,480
Speaker 1: you can throw it for ten thousand yards. He's so

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01:57:12,640 --> 01:57:16,200
Speaker 1: erratic and so loose with the ball that whoever's getting

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01:57:16,280 --> 01:57:18,880
Speaker 1: him is making a big mistake. I believe, I'll say that, right, Yeah,

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01:57:18,880 --> 01:57:21,200
Speaker 1: I mean it may be. He also got that guy

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01:57:21,280 --> 01:57:23,400
Speaker 1: case Keenum, remember him, He put that He put that

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01:57:23,640 --> 01:57:28,600
Speaker 1: real huge season together for the Minnesota Vikings, and it

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01:57:28,680 --> 01:57:33,520
Speaker 1: was one that got derailed by the Miracle in Minnesota. Right, yeah,

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01:57:33,920 --> 01:57:36,320
Speaker 1: well that was a plus for them, the miracle in Minnesota,

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01:57:36,360 --> 01:57:37,920
Speaker 1: and then they went and got beat the next week,

2441
01:57:38,080 --> 01:57:43,800
Speaker 1: right did the Vikings? Yes, So he was all these guys.

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01:57:43,840 --> 01:57:46,240
Speaker 1: Then he got Joe Flacco's out there, Dak Prescott's not

2443
01:57:46,280 --> 01:57:48,120
Speaker 1: going anywhere. Dallas is not going to let him walk.

2444
01:57:48,520 --> 01:57:50,320
Speaker 1: You got a nice long list of quarterback names and

2445
01:57:50,680 --> 01:57:52,680
Speaker 1: is part of our Twitter poll today. But look, when

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01:57:52,720 --> 01:57:56,560
Speaker 1: you're talking about Philip Rivers and Tom Brady, you're talking

2447
01:57:56,560 --> 01:57:58,840
Speaker 1: about two of the best quarterbacks in the league over

2448
01:57:58,880 --> 01:58:01,840
Speaker 1: the last fifteen to twenty years. Where the and they're

2449
01:58:01,880 --> 01:58:04,560
Speaker 1: short term solutions for wherever they go. Short term, a

2450
01:58:04,680 --> 01:58:08,280
Speaker 1: year or two at best. But those are big names,

2451
01:58:08,560 --> 01:58:12,160
Speaker 1: much bigger names than Joe Flacco or Jameis Winston, you

2452
01:58:12,200 --> 01:58:14,560
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Those two, those two could change

2453
01:58:14,600 --> 01:58:17,160
Speaker 1: the equation for a team that is close to Super

2454
01:58:17,200 --> 01:58:19,880
Speaker 1: Bowl contention. I think, and I know this too. Tom

2455
01:58:20,080 --> 01:58:23,600
Speaker 1: Brady wants to play. We don't hear much from him

2456
01:58:24,440 --> 01:58:26,760
Speaker 1: unless it's in a Super Bowl ad, and Twitter goes

2457
01:58:26,880 --> 01:58:29,440
Speaker 1: nuts over that. But you don't hear much from him.

2458
01:58:30,080 --> 01:58:32,320
Speaker 1: We don't hear much about the inner workings of what's

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01:58:32,360 --> 01:58:35,640
Speaker 1: going on in New England, about what he feels like.

2460
01:58:35,760 --> 01:58:38,520
Speaker 1: Certainly that New England Patriots and Robert Kraft said the

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01:58:38,640 --> 01:58:41,000
Speaker 1: right things. We'd love to have Tom Brady finish his

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01:58:41,120 --> 01:58:46,280
Speaker 1: career as a as a New England Patriot. Him having

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01:58:46,360 --> 01:58:49,280
Speaker 1: to say that also says that they believe there's probably

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Speaker 1: maybe a scenario where he doesn't. I think Tom's probably

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01:58:53,400 --> 01:58:56,480
Speaker 1: made that clear that there's a possibility, and whether it's posturing,

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01:58:56,560 --> 01:58:59,320
Speaker 1: whether it's real, or whether it's just him posturing, saying, Okay,

2467
01:59:00,040 --> 01:59:02,280
Speaker 1: been playing for less than everybody else, does what I

2468
01:59:02,400 --> 01:59:05,400
Speaker 1: do Now, it's time winning more than everybody else while

2469
01:59:05,480 --> 01:59:07,320
Speaker 1: doing it better than anybody else. It's time for you

2470
01:59:07,400 --> 01:59:10,520
Speaker 1: to pony up. You left me hanging high and dry

2471
01:59:10,720 --> 01:59:15,400
Speaker 1: with you know, with three scarecrows and a hood ornament

2472
01:59:15,480 --> 01:59:18,520
Speaker 1: as my receiving corps last year. Give me some guys

2473
01:59:19,120 --> 01:59:22,880
Speaker 1: or I'm out, you know, or pay me to make

2474
01:59:22,920 --> 01:59:25,280
Speaker 1: those guys look good and win twelve games with those guys.

2475
01:59:25,920 --> 01:59:28,920
Speaker 1: That kind of thing. I don't know how real that is.

2476
01:59:30,040 --> 01:59:33,000
Speaker 1: Certainly he's making it clear though he's he sold his house,

2477
01:59:33,080 --> 01:59:35,320
Speaker 1: did all that, ever does and never done all that.

2478
01:59:35,600 --> 01:59:38,840
Speaker 1: So we'll see. But I you know, will he go

2479
01:59:38,920 --> 01:59:41,240
Speaker 1: a long way towards posturing? I think probably for that

2480
01:59:41,320 --> 01:59:43,280
Speaker 1: kind of money. Sure, you're talking about ten million bucks

2481
01:59:43,320 --> 01:59:45,560
Speaker 1: of difference between twenty two million and thirty two million,

2482
01:59:45,920 --> 01:59:47,800
Speaker 1: twenty two millions what his cap hit was this last

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01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:51,440
Speaker 1: year or somewhere around there. It's a lot of money. Sureles, Yeah,

2484
01:59:51,480 --> 01:59:53,840
Speaker 1: I'll sell a house for that. Hey, what do you

2485
01:59:53,960 --> 01:59:57,480
Speaker 1: think of the offseason? Quarterback moving in the off season?

2486
01:59:57,560 --> 01:59:59,480
Speaker 1: What do you think of today's developments? Philip Rivers not

2487
01:59:59,520 --> 02:00:01,880
Speaker 1: going back to the Chargers. Let's take a couple of

2488
02:00:01,960 --> 02:00:05,320
Speaker 1: phone calls Mark and buffalo him Mark around the air. Hi, guys,

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02:00:05,400 --> 02:00:06,800
Speaker 1: how are you nice to talk to you good to

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02:00:06,840 --> 02:00:10,720
Speaker 1: talk for you. Hey, I'm sitting here and with this

2491
02:00:10,920 --> 02:00:14,960
Speaker 1: talk about quarterbacks moving, and I've been listening to mainly

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02:00:15,040 --> 02:00:18,120
Speaker 1: the talking heads in the national media when they discussed Brady.

2493
02:00:18,160 --> 02:00:21,960
Speaker 1: I find this hysterical. And this is why for years

2494
02:00:22,040 --> 02:00:25,360
Speaker 1: we've listened to Brady and Belichick can turn anybody into

2495
02:00:25,400 --> 02:00:27,560
Speaker 1: all pros. They can take high school players and make

2496
02:00:27,600 --> 02:00:30,200
Speaker 1: them all pros. They make everybody around them, not better,

2497
02:00:30,440 --> 02:00:34,280
Speaker 1: they make them great. Okay, And now we're sitting here

2498
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Speaker 1: listening to well, Brady's got to go to another If

2499
02:00:37,560 --> 02:00:38,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna go to another team, he's got to go

2500
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Speaker 1: to another team that has talent that's going to help

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Speaker 1: him out. And secondly, why would you ever want to

2502
02:00:44,560 --> 02:00:47,720
Speaker 1: break up that tandem? If they're so great Belichick and Brady,

2503
02:00:47,760 --> 02:00:51,200
Speaker 1: why would he even consider leaving that. I find it's hysterical.

2504
02:00:51,280 --> 02:00:54,440
Speaker 1: I find it critical. Well, the one thing, Mark, and

2505
02:00:54,480 --> 02:00:57,040
Speaker 1: I do want your response to this, but Brady's older now,

2506
02:00:57,040 --> 02:00:58,880
Speaker 1: A right, he does. He's not the same player he

2507
02:00:59,000 --> 02:01:01,240
Speaker 1: was even three years ago, and so he may not

2508
02:01:01,400 --> 02:01:03,600
Speaker 1: have the ability to transform a team the way he

2509
02:01:03,640 --> 02:01:06,240
Speaker 1: did three, four, ten years ago. Right, doesn't that factor

2510
02:01:06,320 --> 02:01:07,880
Speaker 1: into this at all? And that's why they would break

2511
02:01:07,920 --> 02:01:11,360
Speaker 1: up that tandem. No, it definitely factors into it. My

2512
02:01:11,440 --> 02:01:15,360
Speaker 1: point is not reality of the situation. I recognize he's older.

2513
02:01:15,440 --> 02:01:18,480
Speaker 1: I recognize that his talent. My point is about the

2514
02:01:18,600 --> 02:01:22,000
Speaker 1: national media and how this team constantly gets built up.

2515
02:01:22,440 --> 02:01:25,200
Speaker 1: They have not recognized that until it was so obvious

2516
02:01:25,560 --> 02:01:30,400
Speaker 1: this past season that Brady's talent has has dwindled, and

2517
02:01:30,640 --> 02:01:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, he's getting older. All we've ever listened to

2518
02:01:34,400 --> 02:01:39,880
Speaker 1: it gets profusely disgusting listening to watching them every week

2519
02:01:40,000 --> 02:01:43,440
Speaker 1: and then listening how they are portrayed in the national media.

2520
02:01:43,840 --> 02:01:45,960
Speaker 1: That's my point. I got something I want you to

2521
02:01:46,160 --> 02:01:49,120
Speaker 1: talk about. Mark. What about the fact that while as

2522
02:01:49,200 --> 02:01:51,640
Speaker 1: bad as Tom Brady played, in the lack of weapons

2523
02:01:51,720 --> 02:01:54,360
Speaker 1: they had and how bad things were gotten, how and

2524
02:01:54,440 --> 02:01:56,560
Speaker 1: they were out of the playoffs? How about the fact

2525
02:01:56,560 --> 02:02:01,680
Speaker 1: that they won twelve games. I would not take away

2526
02:02:01,760 --> 02:02:06,520
Speaker 1: from them what they've done. I always put an asterix

2527
02:02:07,480 --> 02:02:10,800
Speaker 1: because I think where there's smoke, there's fire. And for

2528
02:02:11,000 --> 02:02:14,640
Speaker 1: all the things we've recognized that they've been doing, let's

2529
02:02:14,680 --> 02:02:21,080
Speaker 1: say underhandedly, what don't we know an organization who does

2530
02:02:21,160 --> 02:02:23,440
Speaker 1: the kind of things and has got caught doing the

2531
02:02:23,560 --> 02:02:25,640
Speaker 1: kind of things that they've been doing over the years.

2532
02:02:26,160 --> 02:02:27,920
Speaker 1: You're not going to convince me those are the only

2533
02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:30,120
Speaker 1: things they've ever done. And I understand this is a

2534
02:02:30,200 --> 02:02:32,160
Speaker 1: lot of hearsay. It has a lot to do with

2535
02:02:32,320 --> 02:02:35,080
Speaker 1: my feelings about that team, and I'm not giving them

2536
02:02:35,120 --> 02:02:37,800
Speaker 1: the benefit of the doubt, but I also think they

2537
02:02:37,880 --> 02:02:40,520
Speaker 1: have not earned the benefit of the doubt. You're right, Mark,

2538
02:02:40,560 --> 02:02:42,480
Speaker 1: you sound like a Patriots fan. No, I'm just kidding,

2539
02:02:42,640 --> 02:02:45,880
Speaker 1: But Mark, do me a favor. Project Tom Brady as

2540
02:02:46,000 --> 02:02:49,800
Speaker 1: he played last year under the Charger's roster, with that talent,

2541
02:02:49,880 --> 02:02:52,840
Speaker 1: that offensive talent they have in defensive talent too, he

2542
02:02:53,520 --> 02:02:56,400
Speaker 1: could fit in there. No, he could fit in there.

2543
02:02:56,480 --> 02:02:59,080
Speaker 1: But the thing that we would not know until he

2544
02:02:59,240 --> 02:03:02,960
Speaker 1: got there was behind the scenes stuff. How is he

2545
02:03:03,120 --> 02:03:05,960
Speaker 1: fitting in? How does he fit into their scheme? Is

2546
02:03:06,040 --> 02:03:09,520
Speaker 1: he budding heads with their management and with their coach

2547
02:03:09,640 --> 02:03:12,400
Speaker 1: because he's used to doing things one way and his

2548
02:03:12,600 --> 02:03:16,080
Speaker 1: way especially, and how open at this age would he

2549
02:03:16,200 --> 02:03:21,000
Speaker 1: be open to doing things being coached? Basically being coached

2550
02:03:21,360 --> 02:03:24,640
Speaker 1: his way is a pretty good way. He's demonstrated that well,

2551
02:03:24,720 --> 02:03:26,400
Speaker 1: no doubt, But that doesn't mean it's going to fit

2552
02:03:26,480 --> 02:03:29,440
Speaker 1: the Charger way, right, I hear you. They have talent,

2553
02:03:29,760 --> 02:03:32,280
Speaker 1: you know, but we always we know this is the

2554
02:03:33,240 --> 02:03:36,080
Speaker 1: hardest team sport to win in and everybody's got to

2555
02:03:36,120 --> 02:03:38,600
Speaker 1: be on the same page. And if Brady's not open

2556
02:03:38,680 --> 02:03:41,720
Speaker 1: to doing things other ways and listening to new coaches,

2557
02:03:42,080 --> 02:03:45,320
Speaker 1: it's not going to work. Okay, good points, all right, Mark,

2558
02:03:45,360 --> 02:03:47,760
Speaker 1: Thanks Mark. Let's go to Andy and Buffalo. Hello. Andy,

2559
02:03:47,760 --> 02:03:50,760
Speaker 1: you're on the air with this. Hey, guys, nice talking

2560
02:03:50,840 --> 02:03:54,400
Speaker 1: with you. Yeah. I was just gonna say that Buffalo

2561
02:03:54,440 --> 02:03:57,160
Speaker 1: Bills could be interested in Rivers or Brady because if

2562
02:03:57,200 --> 02:03:59,600
Speaker 1: he looks for the past years, the Bills have shown

2563
02:03:59,680 --> 02:04:03,280
Speaker 1: that they're pretty poor with quarterback managing. I mean, you

2564
02:04:03,360 --> 02:04:07,520
Speaker 1: go back to EJ. Manuel. His mentors were Jeff Toole.

2565
02:04:07,680 --> 02:04:09,200
Speaker 1: You know, we had to bring in Kyle Lorton. He

2566
02:04:09,360 --> 02:04:12,200
Speaker 1: just never developed. And then you see what Josh Allen.

2567
02:04:12,520 --> 02:04:16,080
Speaker 1: You know he had Nathan Peterman, AJ mccaron, Derek Anderson.

2568
02:04:16,240 --> 02:04:19,160
Speaker 1: You know, we haven't had a legitimate quarterback from the

2569
02:04:19,280 --> 02:04:22,600
Speaker 1: learn from going to get Goo from day one. You've

2570
02:04:22,640 --> 02:04:25,040
Speaker 1: give one another way back a couple of coaching staffs.

2571
02:04:25,040 --> 02:04:27,440
Speaker 1: When you bring up EJ. Manuel. That's why I don't

2572
02:04:27,480 --> 02:04:28,920
Speaker 1: know if I agree with your point, I gotta ask you,

2573
02:04:29,160 --> 02:04:32,880
Speaker 1: you who would be your quarterbacks to bring in for

2574
02:04:32,960 --> 02:04:36,400
Speaker 1: that for the Bills? Yeah, I mean, what are you

2575
02:04:36,560 --> 02:04:40,400
Speaker 1: You're you're suggesting Tom Brady on a Bills Philip Rivers

2576
02:04:40,520 --> 02:04:44,000
Speaker 1: is a Bills guy, or Philip or Drew Brees as

2577
02:04:44,000 --> 02:04:45,800
Speaker 1: well for as a Bills guy to back up or

2578
02:04:45,880 --> 02:04:50,400
Speaker 1: and mentor Josh uh Well, personally, I would do the EJ.

2579
02:04:50,560 --> 02:04:52,800
Speaker 1: Manuel round. You know, we brought him Kyle Orton that

2580
02:04:52,960 --> 02:04:56,160
Speaker 1: one year just to basically take Manuel spots. So Josh

2581
02:04:56,240 --> 02:04:59,160
Speaker 1: Ellen hasn't two years left on his contract. So if

2582
02:04:59,200 --> 02:05:02,080
Speaker 1: you bring Brady, Breeze or Rivers in, you know, Allen

2583
02:05:02,160 --> 02:05:04,280
Speaker 1: gets to learn. And if you look at the playoffs,

2584
02:05:04,680 --> 02:05:07,000
Speaker 1: if you put the Bills with any other quarterbacks in

2585
02:05:07,040 --> 02:05:09,440
Speaker 1: the playoffs, I don't see us not making the super

2586
02:05:09,480 --> 02:05:12,360
Speaker 1: Bowl in that situation. You're you're you're saying you're going

2587
02:05:12,400 --> 02:05:15,720
Speaker 1: to bring in these guys in bench Josh Allen and

2588
02:05:16,080 --> 02:05:19,600
Speaker 1: put Drew Brees or Tom Brady on the field for

2589
02:05:19,640 --> 02:05:22,680
Speaker 1: the Bills for a one year contract. I don't know

2590
02:05:22,720 --> 02:05:24,920
Speaker 1: how it would hurt. I mean, you give him one

2591
02:05:24,920 --> 02:05:27,320
Speaker 1: of the greatest quarterbacks of all times to learn from,

2592
02:05:27,960 --> 02:05:29,720
Speaker 1: and I mean you could get a ring out of

2593
02:05:29,720 --> 02:05:32,640
Speaker 1: it or a deep playoff hunt. But um, you give

2594
02:05:32,680 --> 02:05:35,520
Speaker 1: the Bills a bigger spark because our schedule was the

2595
02:05:35,600 --> 02:05:38,600
Speaker 1: third easiest this year and now it goes to one

2596
02:05:38,640 --> 02:05:42,360
Speaker 1: of the most difficult facing the NFC West. And I mean,

2597
02:05:42,440 --> 02:05:45,240
Speaker 1: we'll see how Josh Allen does, but it'll be this

2598
02:05:45,480 --> 02:05:46,920
Speaker 1: is kind of a make it or break a year

2599
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:49,240
Speaker 1: for him. Yeah, so why do you stop that? Why

2600
02:05:49,280 --> 02:05:54,040
Speaker 1: do you stop that development? He's showing that. I mean,

2601
02:05:54,120 --> 02:05:56,840
Speaker 1: he had a nice deep ball for the his rookie year.

2602
02:05:56,880 --> 02:05:59,680
Speaker 1: Then he regrets this year. But the is this, we

2603
02:05:59,760 --> 02:06:02,760
Speaker 1: have much cap space. So I love Josh Allen and

2604
02:06:02,800 --> 02:06:05,800
Speaker 1: I hope he develops. But if we waste the year,

2605
02:06:05,880 --> 02:06:08,720
Speaker 1: you know, we waste a top three defense. He's not

2606
02:06:08,840 --> 02:06:11,560
Speaker 1: gonna develop sitting down the bench behind Brady or Breeze

2607
02:06:11,720 --> 02:06:15,080
Speaker 1: or Rivers. Thanks, Henley, Let's go to phill in Rochester. Hello, Phil,

2608
02:06:15,080 --> 02:06:17,800
Speaker 1: you're on the air. Hey, thanks for taking I call

2609
02:06:17,800 --> 02:06:22,120
Speaker 1: those guys. Sure, I'm thinking that he's gonna go to

2610
02:06:22,200 --> 02:06:25,120
Speaker 1: San Diego because doesn't he live out in California? Are

2611
02:06:25,160 --> 02:06:29,200
Speaker 1: we talking about Brady? Yeah? Um, I don't know if

2612
02:06:29,240 --> 02:06:31,800
Speaker 1: he does. He have a home out west I don't

2613
02:06:31,800 --> 02:06:33,560
Speaker 1: know that's a home out there or not. He's got

2614
02:06:33,800 --> 02:06:37,720
Speaker 1: he's selling they in New England. He grew up out there,

2615
02:06:37,960 --> 02:06:40,400
Speaker 1: so I don't know if he's got a place out

2616
02:06:40,440 --> 02:06:41,880
Speaker 1: there or not. And he may have a place in

2617
02:06:42,000 --> 02:06:44,880
Speaker 1: Europe for all I know. His wife, European is a

2618
02:06:45,800 --> 02:06:47,520
Speaker 1: is a bit of a not a Hollywood celebrity, but

2619
02:06:47,600 --> 02:06:50,200
Speaker 1: she's a supermodel. She'd probably be comfortable in Los Angeles.

2620
02:06:50,240 --> 02:06:52,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're looking at off the field

2621
02:06:53,000 --> 02:06:54,840
Speaker 1: reasons for Brady to go to the Chargers, and I'm

2622
02:06:54,880 --> 02:06:57,840
Speaker 1: not advocating that either, but I don't think it's his Yeah,

2623
02:06:57,880 --> 02:06:59,440
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think it's out of whack like

2624
02:06:59,560 --> 02:07:02,080
Speaker 1: some people. I think if you're looking for reasons off

2625
02:07:02,160 --> 02:07:04,200
Speaker 1: the field, I think he should look for reasons why

2626
02:07:04,280 --> 02:07:06,640
Speaker 1: he would not do something rather than reasons he could,

2627
02:07:06,720 --> 02:07:10,200
Speaker 1: because he's got the financial wherewithal to make anything he

2628
02:07:10,280 --> 02:07:15,800
Speaker 1: wants happen, Right, Phil, You're good? Yeah, thanks for taking

2629
02:07:15,840 --> 02:07:18,880
Speaker 1: my call. Sorry, I feel like we shut him down

2630
02:07:18,920 --> 02:07:21,440
Speaker 1: a mean to do that. We welcome all of your calls.

2631
02:07:21,680 --> 02:07:24,160
Speaker 1: A couple more tweets from the tweet sheet on and

2632
02:07:24,280 --> 02:07:26,080
Speaker 1: we didn't start out the show obviously, we didn't know

2633
02:07:26,120 --> 02:07:28,360
Speaker 1: about it. We didn't start out the show talking about

2634
02:07:29,480 --> 02:07:33,480
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers and his departure from the Los Angeles Chargers.

2635
02:07:33,560 --> 02:07:36,920
Speaker 1: That happened, and it made the U the quarterback movement

2636
02:07:37,760 --> 02:07:40,200
Speaker 1: answer in our twitter poll. I think even more significant.

2637
02:07:40,720 --> 02:07:43,960
Speaker 1: Um Michael Wild tweets this in on the tweet sheet,

2638
02:07:44,160 --> 02:07:46,240
Speaker 1: we'll all the talk of Brady with Charger. Yes, I

2639
02:07:46,360 --> 02:07:50,160
Speaker 1: see it, but not for but for not don't sleep.

2640
02:07:50,200 --> 02:07:52,480
Speaker 1: I think he's trying to say on the Raiders taking him,

2641
02:07:52,520 --> 02:07:56,320
Speaker 1: Gruden loves older quarterbacks. They've been quietly shopping Derek. Just

2642
02:07:56,440 --> 02:07:58,960
Speaker 1: a thought. Okay, it makes some sense. I guess if

2643
02:07:59,040 --> 02:08:02,520
Speaker 1: Michael Wild heard about the Raiders shopping Derek Carr, they're

2644
02:08:02,560 --> 02:08:06,520
Speaker 1: not doing it quietly. Burt Bills fan tweets the same.

2645
02:08:07,160 --> 02:08:09,320
Speaker 1: Burt Bills fan says, I do agree that Brady and

2646
02:08:09,400 --> 02:08:11,960
Speaker 1: quarterback movement is a big storyline, but that's just the quarterbacks.

2647
02:08:12,320 --> 02:08:15,680
Speaker 1: CBA effects all players, previous, current, future. I voted the CBA.

2648
02:08:15,960 --> 02:08:18,400
Speaker 1: How could there be any storyline bigger go Bills? Well,

2649
02:08:19,120 --> 02:08:22,520
Speaker 1: I think this year this is an offseason storyline, quarterback movement,

2650
02:08:22,600 --> 02:08:26,920
Speaker 1: Brady's eventual landing spot. I think it's a big story.

2651
02:08:27,400 --> 02:08:30,960
Speaker 1: And finally on the tweet sheet from Seawan Munley eighty two,

2652
02:08:31,240 --> 02:08:34,520
Speaker 1: the Chargers should be looking hard at Justin Herbert number

2653
02:08:34,520 --> 02:08:36,760
Speaker 1: five overall? Are they five or six or six? He

2654
02:08:36,840 --> 02:08:39,120
Speaker 1: has a lot of Alan like skills and tendencies. Anthony

2655
02:08:39,200 --> 02:08:40,440
Speaker 1: Lynn would be able to do a lot with the

2656
02:08:40,480 --> 02:08:45,040
Speaker 1: skill set. Okay, what would Justin Herbert or almost any

2657
02:08:45,080 --> 02:08:48,320
Speaker 1: other rookie quarterback do for propping up that franchise in

2658
02:08:48,400 --> 02:08:50,480
Speaker 1: a brand new stadium where they need help. I don't

2659
02:08:50,520 --> 02:08:55,480
Speaker 1: see how Justin Herbert helps Jagabiola. Okay, he would sell tickets.

2660
02:08:55,520 --> 02:08:57,960
Speaker 1: He would be interesting that Matt Muney Smith mentioned the

2661
02:08:58,160 --> 02:09:02,600
Speaker 1: large contin engine of overseas fans there that would make

2662
02:09:02,600 --> 02:09:05,680
Speaker 1: a difference that simone population. Yeah, and I get it.

2663
02:09:05,960 --> 02:09:11,240
Speaker 1: But um so, if if you believe, and at this

2664
02:09:11,360 --> 02:09:13,920
Speaker 1: early stage of the off season or whatever maybe they do,

2665
02:09:14,120 --> 02:09:17,040
Speaker 1: but that one of these quarterbacks like two a tag

2666
02:09:17,080 --> 02:09:20,520
Speaker 1: of a lower Marcus Mariota are better than Justin Herbert,

2667
02:09:21,400 --> 02:09:25,640
Speaker 1: the kid out of Oregon. You're gonna take the one

2668
02:09:25,640 --> 02:09:29,040
Speaker 1: that sells tickets, are gonna take the better quarterback you think?

2669
02:09:29,200 --> 02:09:33,560
Speaker 1: If you think Herbert's better than any of them, that's

2670
02:09:33,600 --> 02:09:36,440
Speaker 1: where it becomes dicey, and plus who's gonna be available

2671
02:09:36,480 --> 02:09:38,880
Speaker 1: at six? You've got a lot. There's five teams ahead

2672
02:09:38,880 --> 02:09:41,240
Speaker 1: of you that are picking. Two of them need quarterbacks,

2673
02:09:41,960 --> 02:09:46,160
Speaker 1: and the Bengals and them. I believe it's the Dolphins.

2674
02:09:47,800 --> 02:09:52,960
Speaker 1: But who's the draft is? Man's the roll of the dice.

2675
02:09:54,040 --> 02:09:56,120
Speaker 1: The Redskins aren't going to take a quarterback. The Detroit

2676
02:09:56,240 --> 02:09:58,920
Speaker 1: Lions may take a quarterback to be the heir apparent

2677
02:09:59,000 --> 02:10:03,640
Speaker 1: to Matt Stafford. The Giants probably will not, The Dolphins will.

2678
02:10:03,800 --> 02:10:06,160
Speaker 1: If there's a one available for them, they'll take him.

2679
02:10:08,000 --> 02:10:10,800
Speaker 1: The Dolphins may be taken to uh in my opinion

2680
02:10:10,840 --> 02:10:13,720
Speaker 1: as well, if they sit pat unless the Chargers jump

2681
02:10:13,800 --> 02:10:19,360
Speaker 1: up ahead of them. That's that's a real question. I

2682
02:10:19,400 --> 02:10:22,760
Speaker 1: don't know. That's the draft is. You don't know what

2683
02:10:22,880 --> 02:10:25,880
Speaker 1: you're getting, quite frankly, and at this point of the offseason,

2684
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:28,000
Speaker 1: if you really want to know what you're getting, get

2685
02:10:28,040 --> 02:10:30,120
Speaker 1: the guy you've watched play for sixteen years, don't get

2686
02:10:30,240 --> 02:10:32,600
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Let's take one more call here, Patrick Gain,

2687
02:10:32,760 --> 02:10:36,200
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Hello, Patrick, you're on the air. How's it going, guys? Good?

2688
02:10:36,320 --> 02:10:39,839
Speaker 1: Thank you? Hey. I just wanted to really let everybody

2689
02:10:39,880 --> 02:10:42,760
Speaker 1: know that the stats back up that Bill Belichick is

2690
02:10:42,760 --> 02:10:45,680
Speaker 1: the genius behind Tom Brady, and that Tom Brady is

2691
02:10:45,720 --> 02:10:49,360
Speaker 1: a dinkin dunk quarterback and he's a system quarterback. If

2692
02:10:49,400 --> 02:10:52,080
Speaker 1: you look at his yards per attempt, it's like Blake

2693
02:10:52,160 --> 02:10:55,560
Speaker 1: Borders Blake Bordle's level, and it's like he's getting these

2694
02:10:55,600 --> 02:10:59,240
Speaker 1: guys open because of Bill Belichick and his systems. If

2695
02:10:59,280 --> 02:11:02,280
Speaker 1: you look at the reason why they win, it's like

2696
02:11:02,400 --> 02:11:06,360
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs have allowed they allowed like more

2697
02:11:06,480 --> 02:11:10,080
Speaker 1: first half points in like three, you know, a quarner

2698
02:11:10,200 --> 02:11:14,320
Speaker 1: two playoff games than Tom Brady's six Super Bowl wins.

2699
02:11:15,400 --> 02:11:18,440
Speaker 1: They've allowed three first half points during the course of that.

2700
02:11:18,640 --> 02:11:21,200
Speaker 1: And you know, I'll hang up and listen unless you

2701
02:11:21,200 --> 02:11:23,280
Speaker 1: guys have any questions. What's I mean from are you

2702
02:11:23,360 --> 02:11:26,520
Speaker 1: taking this just this year's stats are no, no, no, no,

2703
02:11:26,640 --> 02:11:29,600
Speaker 1: he's okay. Super Bowl wins, it's like, okay, defense has

2704
02:11:29,680 --> 02:11:32,200
Speaker 1: carried them. It's like, and we're really I don't think

2705
02:11:32,240 --> 02:11:34,400
Speaker 1: we give enough respect to Bill Belichick that he is

2706
02:11:34,520 --> 02:11:36,880
Speaker 1: probably keep evil and I don't like him because I

2707
02:11:36,920 --> 02:11:39,840
Speaker 1: love the Bills, but he's the best. And it's like

2708
02:11:40,360 --> 02:11:43,120
Speaker 1: it's like if you could put like how Garoppolo performs

2709
02:11:43,640 --> 02:11:46,280
Speaker 1: on the Patriots. He was dominant in its starts. All right,

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Speaker 1: thanks back. I'll tell you this, Patrick, I agree with

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Speaker 1: a lot of what you said. I do think Bill

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Speaker 1: Belichick deserves a lot of credit. I think he is

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Speaker 1: the guy that put that whole thing together. I don't

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Speaker 1: but I'm not gonna say. I'm not gonna be a

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Speaker 1: little what Tom Brady's done either. I think it's a

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Speaker 1: confluence of events. Great quarterback with a with a phenomenal

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Speaker 1: coach who does things differently than everybody else, and I

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Speaker 1: think they're rewarded for that given their you know, long

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Speaker 1: stretch of success. So I'd agree with a lot of it.

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick deserves a lot of credit. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's part of why this is so intriguing, because we

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Speaker 1: may get a chance to see him separate. Got a breakcare,

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Speaker 1: We're back. It's One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health

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Speaker 1: from the Senate Catudio. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. What

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Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. We had

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Speaker 1: Chris Manherds on the show earlier, talked about his former

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Speaker 1: teammate now Greg Olson, who made a free agent visit

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo last week. Right us a great locker oom guy. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: his resume speech for itself. But his attention to detail

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Speaker 1: is something that I've seen from a select few people,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's the credit to you know, where

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Speaker 1: he is and what he's been able to do. Um

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Speaker 1: and again it's it's it's good to see that being

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Speaker 1: a young player coming in to to kind of just

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Speaker 1: take some things and parts out of his game and

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Speaker 1: implemented into mind. So Um, that's the type of player

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Speaker 1: that I've been around the past couple of years and

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Speaker 1: Carolina and I don't see that change. Chris Mann heard Steve.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the offseason started today. Yeah. Really, Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers kicked out, kicked to the curb by the Chargers.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting to see. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: about this for a long time. I have a lot

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Speaker 1: to talk about it. More moves to come. Our production

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