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Speaker 1: It is John Murphy here in my home. Steve casters

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Speaker 1: in is in him his home? Who and welcome to

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, Steve, Welcome to one Bills Live. Thank

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Speaker 1: you Murphy. It's nice to be here. Yeah, it's good

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Speaker 1: to very nice, nice sunny day here in Orchard Park.

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Speaker 1: I actually walked nine holes of golf this morning with

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Speaker 1: Good dude. I know you did a news conference with

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo media about an hour or so ago, and

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Speaker 1: I want to start out by you said that next Monday,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna make a special announcement of a game, a

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Speaker 1: kind of a contest rather for Bills fans to engage

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Speaker 1: in and help with the coronavirus relief. What can you

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Speaker 1: tell us about that? Yeah? So I'm gonna donate, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, a sizeable fund and I'm also gonna have

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Speaker 1: I don't want to lay it out there yet, but

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Speaker 1: some things related to the draft, some opportunities for any

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Speaker 1: fans that would would contribute to this United Way fund

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Speaker 1: to help all of our people in need right now

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Speaker 1: in the Buffalo community. And it's going to a great cause.

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Speaker 1: And the more I understood about it, the more fired

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Speaker 1: up I was to do something like this trying to

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Speaker 1: offer some experiences that would never be offered. You know

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Speaker 1: right now, you know whether it's yeah, I'm not going

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Speaker 1: to give it, I'm about to give away and I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to do that because I'm gonna save for Monday. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: Derek Boyco and our community relations people, you know, Michelle

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Speaker 1: Roberts and Gretchen and that whole crew have done a

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Speaker 1: great job of working behind the scenes so that I

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Speaker 1: could keep my eyes on the draft stuff. They've been

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Speaker 1: doing a lot of legwork with the United Way to

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Speaker 1: get this set up so that it's easy for our

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Speaker 1: fans to to do this. So I think sometime Monday morning,

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Speaker 1: it'll be out there and and I really hope that

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Speaker 1: we'll be able to raise a lot of money to

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Speaker 1: help a lot of these people in need. Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: look forward to that. Steve, what do you got? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was going to ask you. I wanted to ask

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Speaker 1: you more about, you know, some of the stuff you've

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Speaker 1: already talked about to the media this morning. But the

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Speaker 1: first question was people want to know about how the

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Speaker 1: Digs came about. The Stefan Diggs trade came about. Um,

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Speaker 1: you said something interesting to me, and I think I

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Speaker 1: heard it right. Did you inquire about Diggs during the

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Speaker 1: regular season and if you didn't, you know, how did

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Speaker 1: it finally come about? Yeah? I inquired about several receivers

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Speaker 1: during the regular season, and some of them got traded

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Speaker 1: and two other teams, and some of them didn't. And

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Speaker 1: it was one of those where either the price was

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Speaker 1: too high or you know, sometimes people wanted to trade

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Speaker 1: them to a different conference, and so sometimes you sometimes

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Speaker 1: you win, sometimes you don't. But none of them worked

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Speaker 1: out for us. We finished the season with with kind

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Speaker 1: of the crew we started with, but some of that

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Speaker 1: recon that we did on Diggs per se. At that time,

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Speaker 1: Minnesota was just adamant that, and I don't blame them.

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Speaker 1: They had a good roster and that wasn't a player

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Speaker 1: they were willing to remove. But you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: know all the reasons why they were willing to do it.

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Speaker 1: You know, I know they needed some cap space, and

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Speaker 1: he has some you know, a sizeable contract, and they're

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Speaker 1: trying to make some moves for their roster, and and

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Speaker 1: you know, I know things had not always been perfect

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Speaker 1: with with him there, and so UM, we just decided,

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Speaker 1: you know, at that time, based on the opportunities of

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Speaker 1: what we could add in free agency, first, the opportunity

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Speaker 1: of the draft, that this was the best player. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's a young player in his prime, and just felt

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Speaker 1: like it was the right fit. I wonder one more,

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Speaker 1: one more question, well maybe more than one question on

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Speaker 1: the Digs trade printing, But I think you said this

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Speaker 1: that the price you paid in terms of draft picks,

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Speaker 1: first round, fifth round, sixth round this year, fourth round

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Speaker 1: next year, that's kind of what it would have cost

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Speaker 1: to move up in the draft to get through where

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Speaker 1: you could get more of a sure thing at wide

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Speaker 1: receiver this year in the draft. Is that right? Is

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Speaker 1: that it was a competent No, What I was saying

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Speaker 1: was I would have had to give more compensation to

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Speaker 1: get to get hired, to get um the player or

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Speaker 1: players that I fault, you know, without me giving away

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Speaker 1: who those would be in the draft. Yeah, I felt

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Speaker 1: like I was going to have to get higher than

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Speaker 1: than picks eighteen or nineteen to do that. And so

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Speaker 1: and then you have to have a find you have

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Speaker 1: to find a trade partner that's also willing to do it.

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Speaker 1: There are teams ahead of us that are in need

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Speaker 1: of receiver, and still we know the transition. You know,

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Speaker 1: I mentioned this on the media call. Receiver probably has

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Speaker 1: one of the highest fail factors of guys that do

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Speaker 1: really great in college, but um, some of them don't

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Speaker 1: always translate in a lot of it is not physical

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Speaker 1: skill set, it's it's it's mental and the preparation that

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Speaker 1: you have to do. So this was a proven commodity,

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Speaker 1: a guy that's in his prime, and I just felt

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Speaker 1: in my mind, this is us moving up from twenty

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Speaker 1: two to eighteen or nineteen in the draft, and this

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Speaker 1: is who we're selecting. I have one more Stephan Digg's question,

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Speaker 1: and you were asked this, I think by Vic Carucci

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Speaker 1: about uh Digg's twenty nineteen campaign. He um, for some

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Speaker 1: reason just wasn't with Minnesota and complained a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys did intensive research into what the

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Speaker 1: nature of his problem was and his character. Right, He's

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Speaker 1: not going to be a problem when he's with the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, right, Yeah. I mean you don't expect that, Listen.

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Speaker 1: I don't have a crystal ball or anything. And sometimes

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Speaker 1: I've been around players before and not everything was perfect.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was arounding a guy named Steve Smith

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Speaker 1: for a long time, and Steve Smith is, you know,

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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame player, and and you know, some

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Speaker 1: of the things that make them good on the field,

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Speaker 1: sometimes they maybe say things in the heat of the moment.

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Speaker 1: Just I know Steve's been around guys like that in

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Speaker 1: his day and there's a fine line. But the one

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Speaker 1: thing I wanted to emphasize on there, I think it's

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Speaker 1: a little bit of a misnomer out there, John, is

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Speaker 1: that Sean and I are looking for choir boys, and

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Speaker 1: that's that's not the case. We're looking for competitive guys,

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Speaker 1: professionals that want to be great at their craft. And

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Speaker 1: I think you've even seen some things. The thing that

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Speaker 1: we found out about Stefan is this guy's a hard worker.

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Speaker 1: He's passionate to do well. Maybe there's been some times

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Speaker 1: where his passion has gone outside the lines or you know,

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Speaker 1: or something like that. And we all grow, we all mature.

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Speaker 1: There's things I did in my twenties that, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: I wasn't perfect either. Maybe I said some things I

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Speaker 1: shouldn't have said. And so I believe where he's at

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Speaker 1: that this situation, in talking to his agent through the process,

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Speaker 1: that this will be a great fit for him. No,

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Speaker 1: just let me go on record as saying I never

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Speaker 1: did anything I regret in Mike, So I gotta, I gotta.

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Speaker 1: I got a lump three guys together for you. Kind

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Speaker 1: of give me a rundown on three of Vernon Butler,

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Speaker 1: Quentin Jefferson, Mario Addison. You lost Shack lost, and you

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Speaker 1: lost Jordan Phillips. You kind of all thought you might

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Speaker 1: do that. But these three guys you brought in. When

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Speaker 1: I went over and looked at what they had done

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Speaker 1: in years past, you almost, statistically, if everything was the same,

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Speaker 1: you almost got better with these three guys after you

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Speaker 1: lost two really good players in Shack and Jordan. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, time will tell you know. Mario

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Speaker 1: is definitely a proven commodity. And I was explaining on

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Speaker 1: there that this is a guy have a great affinity

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Speaker 1: for a guy who is a self made man. I

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Speaker 1: mean he was, you know, undrafted and bounced around and

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Speaker 1: out of Troy, smaller college, and he made himself. I

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Speaker 1: honestly signed this guy off the Redskins practice squad because

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Speaker 1: watching him at his size run down on kickoffs, I'm like,

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Speaker 1: this guy could be develop into a fourth defensive end

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Speaker 1: and be you know, a great player on special teams.

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Speaker 1: And that's what he started out as and then he

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Speaker 1: learned how to be a rusher. And Eric Washington and

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Speaker 1: we talked about really helped develop this young man and

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Speaker 1: he is a pro's pro. I know, you know. One

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Speaker 1: of the comparisons, which is funny, you know, he brings

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Speaker 1: a smile when you guys will see him. He brings

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Speaker 1: a smile in a passion. I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: remember Joe Webb when we had him a couple of

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Speaker 1: years ago. And it's funny they're both from the same hometown.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know if what's got what's in the

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Speaker 1: water there, But um, anyway, um, he's just uh again,

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Speaker 1: he's not flashy, he's not a big name, but when

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Speaker 1: you turn on the tape, Steve Um, this guy is

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Speaker 1: producing sacks, pressures, hits, the things that we want out

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Speaker 1: of our defensive ends. With Brendan Mean, the Bill's general manager,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get the draft questions at the moment, but

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Speaker 1: we're kind of recapping free agency here. Brendan and you

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Speaker 1: had interesting things to say about Vernon Butler, former first

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Speaker 1: round pick when you were at Carolina. Um that it

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Speaker 1: seemed like that factored into it, and also his relationship

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Speaker 1: with Eric Washington. Maybe Washington got the best out of

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Speaker 1: him in recent years at Carolina. Yeah, I think you know, Uh,

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Speaker 1: in fairness to Vernon, you know, we did draft him

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Speaker 1: the first round, and um, like anybody, sometimes guys don't

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Speaker 1: don't translate as well. He played at Louisiana Tech, a

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Speaker 1: smaller college, and when guys play at small college, you

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Speaker 1: want to see him dominate at that level. And you

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Speaker 1: did see him dominate, and that's why we made that move.

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Speaker 1: It was the it was the year after we were

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Speaker 1: coming off the Super Bowl. We draft after him, I

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Speaker 1: think thirty first. So he was playing behind Star and

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Speaker 1: Kawan Short, you know who, two very good players themselves,

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Speaker 1: and so he was playing in that rotation, not starting,

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Speaker 1: and he never really solidified himself as a starter even

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Speaker 1: after Star left. But this year watching the film, it

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Speaker 1: looked like after about the third or fourth game, it

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Speaker 1: looked like the light came on for him and things

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Speaker 1: started to translate. The physical skill set is there. You

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Speaker 1: watch this guy goes through bags or you know, the

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Speaker 1: drills when we're a training camp. He watched this guy

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Speaker 1: he's got all can flip his hips, he can play

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Speaker 1: the three tech the one tech. Not a lot of

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Speaker 1: guys can do both. And he does have that skill set.

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Speaker 1: It's just you know, I think maturity, learning the game,

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Speaker 1: learning his strengths, and then you know, again, sometimes the

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Speaker 1: light comes on later. I kind of compared it to

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Speaker 1: I hope what you know, Jordan Phillips. He was a

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Speaker 1: second round pick. The light didn't come on and right away,

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Speaker 1: maybe you know, maybe everything wasn't perfect for him in Miami.

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Speaker 1: He came here and really hauned in on what he

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Speaker 1: needed to do, and I thought, you know, really set

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Speaker 1: himself up to get a nice pay day. And again,

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Speaker 1: we would have loved to have kept Jordan, but we

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Speaker 1: also he had earned that right and excited for him.

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Speaker 1: You know, I called him after you know, he got

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Speaker 1: that that contract with Arizon and wish him nothing but

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Speaker 1: the best. Yeah, I agree with you. He earned the

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Speaker 1: right and you guys were good enough to let him

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Speaker 1: do it. And I think that will speak well to

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Speaker 1: other players who want to come here and have on

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Speaker 1: those prove it deals. If you're you're not gonna like

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Speaker 1: tie him up or be in their face. If they

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Speaker 1: earned something, you're gonna make sure they get it. Thought,

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Speaker 1: it was a really great gesture on your guys part

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Speaker 1: to leave, to have a guy like Jordan Phillips and

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Speaker 1: Shack Lawson leave on great terms. I mean they had

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Speaker 1: they enjoyed it here and they got everything they were

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Speaker 1: hoping for, even though it was with another team. I

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Speaker 1: gotta ask you one thing about Quentin Jefferson. It's something

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Speaker 1: that Bill's fans probably are not familiar with a guy

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Speaker 1: who plays on the West Coast dnciality the other conference.

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Speaker 1: But Quentin, what does Quintin Jefferson bring and how did

643
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: he catch your eye? Yeah? He brings versatility. Um, And

644
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 1: again I talked about familiarity. Um, you know, I can

645
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: see what's on film, but I don't know the player

646
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 1: what's inside. And Dan Morgan really did a great job

647
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: of explaining who Quintin Jefferson is and was on the

648
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: field off the field, and just talked about how passionate

649
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 1: he is and what a competitor and again a pro

650
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 1: not somebody that's gonna need guide us. This guy knows

651
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: what it looks like. He is versatile as well. Um,

652
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: you know, Quinton I think could even come out, he

653
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 1: could go outside and play some base end, left left

654
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: defensive end in our system. Also with the versatility to

655
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: play the three tech spot. So, um, you know how

656
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: we love position versatility, whether it's the old line, the

657
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: D line, And I think that's what we got in

658
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,959
Speaker 1: in adding Vernon and Quentin, two different versatil. Quentin can

659
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: go from three tech to outside, Vernon can go from

660
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 1: three tech to the one tech and so position flex

661
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: versatility and guys who maybe had not for whatever reason

662
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: put together a year that would get them to payday

663
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: that Jordan and some of these other guys got at

664
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: the de tackle position. But that come in here and

665
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 1: we're gonna let you have a chance to prove it.

666
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 1: We rotate eight nine guys up front. Some teams don't

667
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: rotate as much as we do. We just that's the philosophy.

668
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: We go with, and so I think that's the selling

669
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 1: point that you're going to get your rush chances here

670
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: if you're doing what you're supposed to be doing in

671
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: practice and in games. Relying with Brandon being the Bills

672
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: general manager, Hey Brandon one, I guess trend that Steve

673
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: and I made note of the last couple of weeks,

674
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 1: and it's mostly the Bills, but other teams as well.

675
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: It seems like free agents are signing shorter deals and

676
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: maybe you guys lead the league in bringing in guys

677
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 1: on one year contracts now free agents. What's going on

678
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: there is is that infected trend around the lead you think,

679
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: I think it can be teamed to team. Also, it

680
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: can be where you're at in your cap or how

681
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: you how you want them manage your cap. You know,

682
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: not everybody manages the way we do and vice versa.

683
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: You know, with us, you know this year we did

684
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: have some some one a lot of times. If it's

685
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: if it's a player who thinks that they are worth

686
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: more than what the market is bearing. If I'm if

687
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: I'm dealing with a player and let's say this player

688
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: in his agent feel like he belongs in the eight

689
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: million dollar range, but teams are really offering in the

690
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: four to five million dollar range and he can't get

691
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: a team to commit to where he sees him. The

692
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: agent may say, hey, let's do a one year deal

693
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: at you know five and let's go prove it and

694
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: then let him go back to the market. So sometimes

695
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 1: it's player agent driven. They're not getting the market. And

696
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: sometimes it's it's our opportunity to say, hey, listen, we

697
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: can't sign you to a long term but we have

698
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: a great system that will showcase your talent for one

699
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 1: or two years and get you back to the market

700
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: and it's a win win. We're not tying up long

701
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: term dollars cap wise, and they're able to re establish

702
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 1: their value. Maybe they've had an injury, maybe they've played

703
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: in a system that didn't showcase their talent. Maybe they've

704
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: were drafted under a different regime and new coach came

705
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,760
Speaker 1: in and didn't fit well. So there's a lot of reasons.

706
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: But I think sometimes it can be team driven, John,

707
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: and sometimes it can be player and agent driven. I

708
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: gotta ask you, Brandon, you're on the CUSP. Now, we

709
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: haven't seen you. You haven't had to do this yet.

710
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: As the general manager of the Bills. You've got guys

711
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: you've drafted that have played extremely well, and now you've

712
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: got to start resign him. You didn't resign Quentin Spain.

713
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 1: Jordan Porry was one of the first free agents that

714
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott brought in. You resigned him. But now you've

715
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: got Tredavious in line, You've got Josh Is coming up,

716
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: You've got Tremaine on the horizon. All these guys on

717
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 1: the horizon, and you got to line them up. You

718
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 1: started by resigning Quentin Spain and Jordan port It tell

719
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: us about the philosophy and how you're lining these guys

720
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 1: up so that the guys that are near and dear

721
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: to you you are going to stay here. Yeah, you know,

722
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: we want to reward our own. We do. And and

723
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: as I said this on the media called Steve in

724
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: a perfect world, you'd love to every guy that does

725
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: it the way you want. You'd love to keep them all.

726
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,479
Speaker 1: Economics doesn't allow you to do that, because my job

727
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 1: is to keep one eye on today and one on tomorrow.

728
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: What does it look like for some of these guys

729
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: you mentioned, you know, Josh Tremaine and guys that were

730
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: not allowed by league rules to extend yet. But then

731
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: Jordan Poor, you know, Jordan was signed you know, by

732
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 1: Sean right before I got here, and you know, he

733
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: played three good years for us, and so we wanted

734
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: to come up again. There are other guys that we've

735
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: wanted to extend that it didn't happen because it's got

736
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: to be a win win, it's got to be uh.

737
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 1: We put a value on the agent does his job

738
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: to put a value based on what he thinks the

739
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: comps are and if we can come to a consensus

740
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: on what that value is, that's the best deals. And

741
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: so sometimes it's a matter of opinion and it's not

742
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 1: that they're wrong or we're wrong, it's just it's not

743
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: the right fit for the right time. And sometimes that

744
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 1: happens and guys go to free agency or they and

745
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 1: we sign them back, like Quentin Spain, or they go

746
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 1: to free agency like Shack, Jordan and Kevin and they

747
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: find a better opportunity. So again, the names you mentioned,

748
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: you know, and on the media call, you know, Matt Milano,

749
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins, some of those guys are able and we

750
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: will look at those at the right time. But again

751
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: it takes two to tango and get a deal done.

752
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: And you know, I want our fans and media to know,

753
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: just because we don't sign a guy back doesn't mean

754
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: that we didn't want them. It just maybe meant that

755
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: they wanted to explore free agency or we couldn't get

756
00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: on the same page at what their value was. But Brandon, mean,

757
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: as we have a few minutes left here, Brandon, Normally,

758
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: in a normal year, this time of year would be

759
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: extremely busy for you and your player personnel staff, right

760
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: with thirty visits by college prospects, with pro days, all

761
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: kinds of us. It's how are you filling in those

762
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,359
Speaker 1: gaps now that you can't do that this year? Yeah,

763
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,839
Speaker 1: we're just doing it different. Uh, they're they're very busy.

764
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 1: We're doing a lot of zoom calls with with our

765
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 1: scouts and coaches and trying to connect with these college

766
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 1: players through the various means of you know, FaceTime zooms, whatever,

767
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: you know, video conference app you you got, and trying

768
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: to fill in as many holes and medically, you know,

769
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: my training staff, Nate Brewski and his crew are trying

770
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 1: to research some of the guys that didn't go to

771
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: the Combine or maybe that would have been coming to

772
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: the medical rechecks where they at can trying to maybe

773
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: get some imaging of you know, if a guy has

774
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: a foot or something shoulder, so that we have the

775
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: best data that we can. Uh. Is it perfect? No, John,

776
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: But you know, nobody's dealing in a perfect world right now,

777
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 1: whether it's football or not. With all we're dealing with,

778
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: but a lot still going. We're just having to restructure

779
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: our draft meetings. Like right now, every day I'm meeting

780
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: with my college scouts on these type of zoom calls,

781
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 1: not as much group film as we would do in

782
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: our draft room. We're kind of having to divvy up

783
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: and separate and then get back on and collaborate through

784
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: these conference calls. What do you not know about how

785
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: it's going to work on drafted? Do you know anything

786
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 1: about what you're going to be allowed to do, who's

787
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: going to be in the room where you can meet it?

788
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,760
Speaker 1: What do you not know that you that you normally

789
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: take for granted? Yeah, you know right now the league

790
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 1: is still volleying ideas. Uh, you know, last week there

791
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,240
Speaker 1: was some talk that we need to find a remote

792
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: site do to state laws about not being able to

793
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: go to the facility because essential non essential workers. So

794
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 1: you know, we have an, you know, an option if

795
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 1: we're not allowed to use the facility. Now what we're

796
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: waiting on, Steve is it was floated the other day

797
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: through some calls in the league that maybe you would

798
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: be able to have up to ten people everybody's space

799
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 1: six feet apart. But I'm not even sure that's going

800
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,320
Speaker 1: to happen right now to me, And now it sounds

801
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: like it's going to be less than ten people at

802
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: a remote site or a certain number of people at

803
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 1: our facility like normal. But we got a great staff.

804
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:21,839
Speaker 1: Dan Evans in our IT department is unbelievable and he's

805
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: already got us set up for both options. Still finalizing

806
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: some things once we know, but we're gonna be ready again, Steve,

807
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,479
Speaker 1: you look at what all the crisis around the world,

808
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: with what doctors and everybody's dealing with, like this is

809
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: this is nothing. I kind of roll my eyes when

810
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: I read some of these comments of people stressed about

811
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 1: how am I gonna be ready for the draft or

812
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: this and that when what's going on in the medical

813
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: and the people on the front lines. Last question for me, Brandon,

814
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: how much contact are you allowed to have and what

815
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: do you know about how it's going this offseason for

816
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. We all saw him take a big step

817
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: forward in his development year one to year two, and

818
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: we all kind of hope and pray and kind of

819
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: expect him to take another big step in his development.

820
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: How much contact as is the team allowed to have

821
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,319
Speaker 1: with him demonitoring what he's doing the offseason and how

822
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: much feedback have you got from him about what he

823
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: is doing? Yeah, you know, Um, we're not really at

824
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: this point allowed to get into football with him. Um,

825
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,359
Speaker 1: but Josh is great. Josh will just randomly call, he'll

826
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: face He'll usually FaceTime me, and he'll be somewhere. Sometimes

827
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: he's in a car with his girlfriend Brittany or um,

828
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: he's somewhere else. It's usually he usually does it in

829
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: the most inopportunity time for me. But it's great, and

830
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 1: so he's just he's in a great spot. Despite this,

831
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: I think, like everybody, he would love to be out

832
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 1: there training with as many people he can. That's not

833
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 1: an option where he's at. I don't know specifically daily

834
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: what he's doing, but I have no doubt he's he

835
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: was training m I know that with Jordan Palmer and

836
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,720
Speaker 1: his guys, and I know they were going through the routine.

837
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,840
Speaker 1: I don't know today what he's doing or what the

838
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: rules are in California, but I've just encouraged him and

839
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: all our guys to stay safe, stay healthy. That's first

840
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: and foremost, you know, above you know, getting ready for

841
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 1: the season. One more thing, Brandon, Steve and I have

842
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: talked a lot, even the last couple of days. There's

843
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: no shortage of theories about what the NFL should look

844
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,879
Speaker 1: like and what the season should look like, where games

845
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: should be played, should fans be allowed, etc. And we

846
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,320
Speaker 1: kind of, Steve and I came to the realization, I

847
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 1: think yesterday it's still and fortunately for the NFL, it's

848
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: still too early to worry about that, right. There are

849
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: a bigger issue to be resolved first, and there's still

850
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: time for the NFL to figure out how to have

851
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: a season if in fact they can't have a season.

852
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 1: You agree, Yeah, yeah, John, I just think there's so

853
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: many unknowns. I mean, you know, even I try not

854
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 1: to do the news too much because you know it

855
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 1: can just be so so tough to watch and so

856
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: negative at times. But I think there's so many unknowns,

857
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: and the part the things that you read out there,

858
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,439
Speaker 1: they're learning every day about this and trying to find

859
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 1: you know, chures and vaccines and things like that. UM,

860
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: I don't have any idea what July first is going

861
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:12,399
Speaker 1: to look like, you know, much less much less September first.

862
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: So I'm just going about it and encouraged. And Sean

863
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: has done a great job too of encouraging our staff.

864
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 1: Let's just let's focus on the now. Obviously, we have

865
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: the draft in front of us. Let's let's let's put

866
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: all our um uh, you know, our stuff focused on that,

867
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,439
Speaker 1: and then when we get to May, you know, we'll

868
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: see where things are. We'll see what the league is

869
00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: put out there. You know. I think at some point

870
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 1: we'll probably be able to uh maybe have some type

871
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 1: of virtual offseason with the guys, maybe send them some

872
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: workouts or something. I don't I think that's being discussed,

873
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: but that'll be next next, and then we'll see what

874
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 1: the summer looks like. UM. Hopefully, you know, pray for

875
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: the Good Lord that this thing will start going in

876
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 1: the right direction and that we can all get back

877
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 1: to somewhat of a normal normal life again. John Ye

878
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: brand and thanks for coming on. It's great talking to you.

879
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,840
Speaker 1: It's great seeing you too. We're doing this on Skype

880
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: and it's it's good to see. I hope you're all

881
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 1: well and your family stay safe and healthy. Nah, same

882
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: to you you guys all too, Steve, And to all

883
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: the listeners out there, and I know they love that

884
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: you guys are still finding a way to do your

885
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 1: show again. I know my dad listens back home, Carol,

886
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 1: so I know you got at least one listener there.

887
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 1: But uh, to all the Bills fans out there, I

888
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: just want to tell everybody to follow the guidelines that

889
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: are that are out there and stay safe and we

890
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: look forward to getting past it. Thanks Brandon. Brandon being

891
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: the general manager of the Buffalo Bills on the line

892
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 1: with us. It's One Doll's Live presented by Kalida Health,

893
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 1: John Murphy's Team Tanker coming to you from our homes.

894
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: Radio only today. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back

895
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: one flock down mur If you see Casker coming to

896
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: you alive today. It's radio only again today. That the

897
00:43:57,600 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: best we can do. We apologize for that and doing

898
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 1: from our homes. I'm in the kitchen Steves in his

899
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: den our producer Jay Harris doing it from the floor

900
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: of his living room. This is over someday, Steve. We

901
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 1: got to chip in for a new chair for Jay

902
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:12,359
Speaker 1: Harrison is in his home, don't you agree? And yes,

903
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 1: I mean what is' let's picture this. We're on Skype

904
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: right and you and I you know, we're sitting in

905
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: front of our computers. Of Jay has got the control

906
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: kind of thing right there in his living room, but

907
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 1: it's on the floor. So he's flopping around on the

908
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,720
Speaker 1: carpet in his living room trying to get comfortable without

909
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 1: a chair, and he's doing it for five hours too.

910
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: He does the high joke from the same spot. Ye,

911
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, my back is all messed up. Well, of

912
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: course I'm pretending. I'm I'm pretending I'm Domnicashik down here

913
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:45,880
Speaker 1: rolling around. You know what Brandon me was good and

914
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: he said something that kind of resonated with me, and

915
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: not about football either. See, he said, you know, long term,

916
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen, We don't know. And he said, I'm

917
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: trying to limit my news media consumption. And I thought

918
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 1: I've done that, so I'm sort of involuntary The lad

919
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 1: a couple of I guess a week or so, and

920
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: I need to do more of it, because man, you

921
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: can get caught up in it. I mean I try to.

922
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: I read like New York Times in the morning and

923
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 1: again before I go to sleep at night. I watch

924
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,840
Speaker 1: NBC News at six thirty, and I always come away depressed.

925
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a legitimate funk you get into. Look,

926
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: I know what's going on. I feel awful about it.

927
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: I feel so badly for the health workers in New

928
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 1: York City working crazy hours and putting their own lives

929
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 1: and their families lives at risk. But I can't dwell

930
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: on it all day, you know, and I can't function

931
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: if if all I do is consume every bit of

932
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: media that's out there. Now, it's crazy. Yeah, we do

933
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: the same thing. We check in in the morning with

934
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:40,400
Speaker 1: a live either with like you said, like with Cromo

935
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,439
Speaker 1: or whoever else is on, or even if if there's

936
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: something local, and we'll check in with that as well.

937
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 1: We'll check in a little bit in the in the evening,

938
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:55,399
Speaker 1: we'll check in again with a national commentator, and we'll

939
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,759
Speaker 1: usually surf through the different because you know, you know,

940
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:01,719
Speaker 1: it's so polarized kind of get both sides of the coin, right,

941
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:05,239
Speaker 1: So we'll do that, and that's it. We try and

942
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:07,480
Speaker 1: we try and keep the TV off. Other than that,

943
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: you know, there's and and that's I'm with you, though

944
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 1: you cannot watch it and not be upset by it

945
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: or put into a funk by it, or however whatever

946
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,840
Speaker 1: emotion it evokes in you. It just it is just constant.

947
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 1: So I'm with you. I kind of limited. I stay

948
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: abreast of everything if I can, and then I move on.

949
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: And you know, so I'm with you. So I think

950
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: I'm in the same boat. And as far as football

951
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: is concerned, the NFL, Brandon being I guess agreed with

952
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,320
Speaker 1: me when I said, you know, there's so many ideas

953
00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: out there about what the league's season should look like,

954
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: what the schedules should look like. There's no you're rushing it.

955
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: You know, the season doesn't start for five more months.

956
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: Who knows where we're going to be in a month

957
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: from now, let alone a week from now. And yeah,

958
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: there's no shortage of opinions and ideas about let's do this,

959
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: let's play it this way, let's play this many games.

960
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:03,760
Speaker 1: It's foolish now to get hung up on that stuff.

961
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: Who knows how it's gonna wind up. Oh yeah, And

962
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: I you know, the league took a little bit of

963
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,200
Speaker 1: heat for saying they're gonna go on with their scheduled.

964
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 1: You know, there's games in the fall, with fans everything.

965
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 1: They just planning on it. They took a little heat

966
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: from it. But so what are they gonna do. I mean,

967
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: it's six months down the line, and they're just keeping

968
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 1: on until they don't, keeping on until they don't, and

969
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:24,719
Speaker 1: then they'll just come out and say, you know what,

970
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: we're not going to do that. So for now they're

971
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:33,520
Speaker 1: they're just doing business as usual and making the appropriate adjustments.

972
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: But that's the same with all of us. Let's just

973
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: get through today and we'll worry about tomorrow until it

974
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: gets to point where we can worry about tomorrow, and

975
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: then the day after, and then the week after, and

976
00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 1: then maybe at some point we'll be able to think

977
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: a month down the road. But for right now, it's like,

978
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 1: let's just get me to dinner time. And I believe

979
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: that's probably not the first time you've ever said that too.

980
00:47:55,880 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: That's right. South Palenttonio from ESPN is going to join

981
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 1: us and we come back one o'clock hour. Stick around

982
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 1: for that and at one thirty today we got a

983
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 1: special guest as well. JC Tretter, the new president of

984
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: the NFL Players Association, will join this season act for

985
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:14,879
Speaker 1: New York native stick around. We got a ways ago.

986
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: It's One Bill's Live, presented by Kalata Health. We're not

987
00:48:17,719 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: the Seneca Studio today, We're at our homes again. This

988
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio Hills Radio Network Sports Update. The

989
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: update from One Bill's Live. The Dallas Cowboys are going

990
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: to give Alden Smith a chance to resurrect his playing career.

991
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 1: They signed the talented but troubled defensive end to a

992
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: one year deal worth up to four million dollars. Smith

993
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 1: is thirty years old. He has not played in a

994
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,600
Speaker 1: game since he was suspended in twenty fifteen because of

995
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,880
Speaker 1: legal and substance abuse issues. He's in the process of

996
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: seeking reinstatement of the NFL, according to multiple sources. Baltimore

997
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson working out with Marquise Hollywood. Brown

998
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: working out with Antonio Brown as well. The free agent

999
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Brown cut a fifty yard pass from the

1000
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,840
Speaker 1: reigning in NFL MVP on a dead sprint and a

1001
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:09,400
Speaker 1: video posted on Jackson's Instagram mccount yesterday social media connection

1002
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: which will cause many to speculate that Antonio Brown is

1003
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 1: going to join the Baltimore Ravens, but the Ravens have

1004
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,200
Speaker 1: not gotten involved in the free agent market for wide

1005
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: receivers yet. Patriots down to just two quarterbacks on their roster.

1006
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,879
Speaker 1: They've officially announced the release of quarterback Cody Kessler, leaving

1007
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: just Brian Hoyer and Jared Stidham in their quarterback room.

1008
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: Kessler was signed and then brought back during the season

1009
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:33,239
Speaker 1: last year by New England. Tom Brady is going to

1010
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: move into Garrett Jeter's mansion in Tampa, moving his family

1011
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: into a thirty thousand square foot home built by the

1012
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 1: former Yankees George Stop. Jeter has had little use for

1013
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:44,880
Speaker 1: the house recently. He's forty five years old, going to

1014
00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:46,720
Speaker 1: be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame the summer.

1015
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 1: He is currently the CEO and part owner of the

1016
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 1: Miami Marlins. The New England Patriots team plant is being

1017
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:56,360
Speaker 1: used to transport one point two million masks from China

1018
00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:59,280
Speaker 1: to the United States. The transfer the result of multiple

1019
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,880
Speaker 1: global negotiations and the Massachusetts governor was involved in them

1020
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: as well. Savers captain Jack Eichel has purchased five thousand

1021
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:09,640
Speaker 1: personal protective equipment Master to be distributed to local hospitals

1022
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:13,239
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo. Bottom from Bauer Hockey and Baseball. Former

1023
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: Astro's manager A. J. Hinchen, former Astro GM Jeff now

1024
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: a Luna will fulfill their one year suspension of the

1025
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,800
Speaker 1: team's signed stealing scandal even if no baseball is played

1026
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:27,000
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. That's according to ESPN. And there you go.

1027
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:29,600
Speaker 1: That's the update on One Bill's Live. We're getting set

1028
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:32,719
Speaker 1: for our number two. John Murphy, Steve Tasker at our

1029
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:35,200
Speaker 1: homes doing the show Today Radio Only Today and joining

1030
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: us on the line, ESPN reporter and the host of

1031
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:40,640
Speaker 1: one of our favorite shows here NFL Matchup on ESPN.

1032
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: Happy to have South Paltonio on the line with us. Hello,

1033
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,320
Speaker 1: sound John Murphy and Steve Tasker up there in Buffalo.

1034
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: How you doing, Hey Murphy, Steve, how are you guys

1035
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,640
Speaker 1: doing up there? Good for Hey? Hey? Hey, I mean

1036
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 1: it when I said NFL Matchup. We have great co

1037
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,160
Speaker 1: sell on all the time. We get Matt Bowen all

1038
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,439
Speaker 1: the time. For my money which isn't much for my money,

1039
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,839
Speaker 1: though it's the weekly preview shown in the NFL season.

1040
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:06,320
Speaker 1: I love NFL Matchup. Well, thank you. You know, we

1041
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 1: have a great core fan base and we have people

1042
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,320
Speaker 1: who support the show like like you guys. You know,

1043
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:17,000
Speaker 1: it's the longest running NFL studio show in the history

1044
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,640
Speaker 1: of American television. We've been on longer than any other

1045
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: show in the biz. So and greg orsel has been

1046
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,080
Speaker 1: there right from the start. Now that he's on TV

1047
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:32,359
Speaker 1: producing and as one of the analysts, it's it's great

1048
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,800
Speaker 1: having along with me. Yeah, we're gonna ask you about

1049
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff going on around the league. I

1050
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:39,440
Speaker 1: wanted to start by thinking, what did you think of

1051
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: the new expansion of the playoffs. I don't know how

1052
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,080
Speaker 1: much it's going to change, but it seems to me

1053
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 1: the wild card weekend with three games on Saturday, all

1054
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 1: standalone games, three games on Sunday. I remember thinking this

1055
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,280
Speaker 1: this last season when I heard this on the horizon.

1056
00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:00,799
Speaker 1: That's going to give football fans a big, big chunk

1057
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 1: of football right at the weekend where they're needing it most.

1058
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,400
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna go over really well, what do

1059
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:09,440
Speaker 1: you think, Sal yeah, I'm really excited about it. I

1060
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:12,439
Speaker 1: love the idea of expanding the playoffs and three games

1061
00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: on Saturday and three games on Sunday. I'll tell you what,

1062
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,200
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to stock up the fridge for six

1063
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,479
Speaker 1: football games that all are you know, one and done.

1064
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:25,880
Speaker 1: I mean they all mean something. It's it's gonna be

1065
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 1: sudden death for six straight games on a weekend. They

1066
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 1: have created something that you know, is unprecedented in the

1067
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: history of American sports, where you have six games that

1068
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:41,360
Speaker 1: are sudden death, one and done. I think it's fascinating.

1069
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,840
Speaker 1: I think it's great. I actually thought they should have

1070
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:47,520
Speaker 1: gone one step further, and they had an opportunity to

1071
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:50,279
Speaker 1: do that. They should have had a play in game.

1072
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:53,800
Speaker 1: I think that would have been a good idea. I

1073
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:58,840
Speaker 1: think I'm a little concerned that the way things stand,

1074
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 1: it will make Week seventeen that much more meaningless. And

1075
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,319
Speaker 1: they should have a playing game in week seventeen. How

1076
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 1: would that work, Salan, how would it be a meaningless

1077
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:13,439
Speaker 1: Week seventeen? What do you see? Well, I just see

1078
00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 1: that so many of these these U playoff spots. More

1079
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,479
Speaker 1: and more, these playoff spots are determined before the final

1080
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,399
Speaker 1: week of the season, and I see it happening more

1081
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 1: and more because there's such a separation between halves and

1082
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: half knots in the NFL these days. So I think,

1083
00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 1: you know, there's some There was some positioning in the

1084
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: playoffs that occurred that were critical in games in week

1085
00:53:40,920 --> 00:53:43,719
Speaker 1: sixteen and seventeen, but there wasn't a definitive, Hey, these

1086
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:45,799
Speaker 1: guys are in it, these guys are out kind of thing,

1087
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 1: and I would have liked them seen them do it,

1088
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: and I think they should do that in the NBA

1089
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:53,320
Speaker 1: too going forward. They should have a play in tournament

1090
00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 1: in the NBA to really make the end of the

1091
00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 1: NBA season more meaningful, so that all those teams that

1092
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 1: are out on the outside looking in play a round

1093
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 1: robin tournament in the last week of the season to

1094
00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:11,320
Speaker 1: determine the final two playoff spots. I would submit this

1095
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,640
Speaker 1: to you Sal and Murph and I've been talking about

1096
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:18,440
Speaker 1: this expanded playoff. With only one bye week available, the

1097
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,520
Speaker 1: top seed in the conference is really going to be

1098
00:54:20,560 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: in a premium And you think last year with the

1099
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens of Kansas City Chiefs, what would have happened

1100
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: had both those teams been in the running, and you

1101
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:32,479
Speaker 1: might come back to the fact that where the two

1102
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 1: or the three, four and five seed, or maybe even

1103
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: the sixth seed in the playoffs will not be able

1104
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 1: to improve or detract from their playoff position. But the

1105
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: one seed may still be up for grabs by two

1106
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the conference, and they may

1107
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,040
Speaker 1: be forced to play hard in Week seventeen, where the three,

1108
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: four and five seed may be say, hey, listen, it

1109
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:56,759
Speaker 1: doesn't matter to us. We're in and we can't help.

1110
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 1: But the one and two seed may be neck neck

1111
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:02,320
Speaker 1: down the road where you might have them the MVP

1112
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: candidates going hard right to the wire to try and

1113
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: get that bike, get that bye week, and it may

1114
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: be that it becomes more interesting at the top rather

1115
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 1: than in the middle of the playoff bracket. Yeah, I

1116
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: agree with you one hundred percent. And from the Buffalo

1117
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,360
Speaker 1: Bill's perspective, you know, with Tom Brady out of the division,

1118
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:24,560
Speaker 1: and I see, I saw what your general managers had

1119
00:55:24,600 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 1: said to our colleague Vic Carucci recently. I guess it

1120
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:32,319
Speaker 1: was yesterday that you know, the AFC East still goes

1121
00:55:32,360 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 1: through New England. You know, Um, I understand why, um

1122
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 1: the GM would say that but I think that I

1123
00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,960
Speaker 1: think the division goes through Buffalo this time around. I

1124
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:46,160
Speaker 1: think I think this is the passing of the church.

1125
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,520
Speaker 1: I think the Bills have an absolute great opportunity to

1126
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: win the division this year. I'm looking at your twenty

1127
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:56,759
Speaker 1: twenty opponents. I mean, the home schedules a little on

1128
00:55:56,880 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 1: the rough side. You host ken't listen. I'll tell you

1129
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 1: right now, I'm going to be spending a lot of

1130
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 1: time at New Era of Field. I can tell you that.

1131
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: Right now. You've got Kansas City coming in, the Steelers

1132
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: coming in, the Patriots, of course, the Jets are always interesting,

1133
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: Seahawks coming in, Rams coming in. You've got some great

1134
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:22,959
Speaker 1: home games. Your home schedule, uh, you know, is incredible.

1135
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: It really is. And you're away schedule other than going

1136
00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,959
Speaker 1: to play the Niners in the past, is not that tough.

1137
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:34,719
Speaker 1: They're all winnable games. I think they're all winnable. South

1138
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:37,399
Speaker 1: PENELTONI or our guests out and maybe I've just been

1139
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,080
Speaker 1: around some struggling those teams too long. But when you

1140
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: say that the torch has been passed, I start thinking

1141
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: you have to win a game or two before you

1142
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: can officially pass the tords. Yeah, don't you. It just

1143
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:51,319
Speaker 1: seems prematured, isn't it. Yeah, well that's why the general

1144
00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: manager said what he said. But I'm just a what

1145
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:57,439
Speaker 1: do I know? Well, you know a lot. I could

1146
00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:00,480
Speaker 1: say whatever I want, I could say whatever or I want,

1147
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:03,200
Speaker 1: but I just do believe that. You know, Brady has

1148
00:57:03,280 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 1: been that. You know, he's been the boogeyman in the division.

1149
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:11,160
Speaker 1: You know, he and he bailed out a lot of

1150
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:16,040
Speaker 1: bad uh Patriot teams. You know, Belichick's gotten a lot

1151
00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:19,920
Speaker 1: of the credit. But I'm really interested to see what

1152
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 1: that Patriots team does this year without Brady. How do

1153
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: you think the preseason is going to be affected by

1154
00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: this the pandemic that we're in, and how compressed is

1155
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:32,840
Speaker 1: it going to be? What you're gut feeling about what

1156
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 1: it's going to look like and how different it will be.

1157
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:39,520
Speaker 1: I think it will be really really different. I think, Um,

1158
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: you know, it's pretty clear that the offseason programs are dead.

1159
00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:48,960
Speaker 1: All indications are that, you know, that'll be extremely truncated.

1160
00:57:49,120 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 1: It'll be difficult to even get players together before the

1161
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: month of June. Maybe you have some meetings, you know,

1162
00:57:56,640 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: the NFL has got to open up these facilities. But

1163
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:02,040
Speaker 1: listen to online as in the society right now, we've

1164
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:03,840
Speaker 1: got to be able to crawl before we can walk

1165
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 1: and run. We've got to be able to get to

1166
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,520
Speaker 1: the grocery store without worried about our safety and health

1167
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:12,680
Speaker 1: and then get back to work. And then you know,

1168
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 1: they'll give clearance for you know, the Department of Toys

1169
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:20,720
Speaker 1: and Games to go back. So I think it'll take

1170
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:25,400
Speaker 1: some time for the for teams to get back to

1171
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:31,160
Speaker 1: the facilities. I don't see I see training camp being shortened.

1172
00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:35,880
Speaker 1: I wonder the first game on the schedule is the

1173
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame game the first weekend in August, and

1174
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:43,240
Speaker 1: I just wonder how they're going to play that game

1175
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 1: in front of fans, so that game maybe have to

1176
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 1: be delayed. You'll have a shortened I believe preseason. I

1177
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,840
Speaker 1: think it will be shortened with the idea that you

1178
00:58:56,000 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 1: will start the season somehow, some way on time. It

1179
00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:04,920
Speaker 1: may look different at MetLife Stadium than it does a

1180
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 1: new or a feel because MetLife Stadium is right in

1181
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 1: the middle of ground zero for the pandemic. So it

1182
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 1: may look different in Kansas City done it does in

1183
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:22,360
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. And that is something that the NFL is

1184
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:24,000
Speaker 1: going to have to figure out they're going to have

1185
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:26,960
Speaker 1: to have contingency plans for some of these areas that

1186
00:59:27,240 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 1: are more of the hot spots. One idea that they

1187
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 1: I think they should think about. I have no idea

1188
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 1: whether they're thinking about it is is this, as things progress,

1189
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:46,680
Speaker 1: they have to look at delaying the season to make

1190
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 1: the competitiveness equal from city to city. Now, the third

1191
00:59:53,120 --> 00:59:55,320
Speaker 1: week of the year, I think where the second week

1192
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:58,080
Speaker 1: of the year is the hundredth anniversary the start of

1193
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: the NFL. That's when it was suppos to be celebrated.

1194
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:07,200
Speaker 1: Maybe you start the season that week they start the

1195
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:11,280
Speaker 1: NFL season, and then the NFL season goes into the

1196
01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:14,360
Speaker 1: month of February or the beginning of March, and you

1197
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 1: hold the Super Bowl a month later, which, of course,

1198
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,360
Speaker 1: if you had to do it would not be a

1199
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 1: bad idea as long as you had Raymond James Stadium

1200
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,440
Speaker 1: available on all those hotels down in Tampa, which you

1201
01:00:25,560 --> 01:00:29,560
Speaker 1: never know. But the bottom line is everybody has to

1202
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:33,880
Speaker 1: be flexible. One thing I thought that would be a

1203
01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:37,120
Speaker 1: really really good idea what the draft coming up, is

1204
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 1: have one round a day, make the draft a seven

1205
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:46,480
Speaker 1: day event. I think that would also help some of

1206
01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 1: these general managers, front office people on scouts if you

1207
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:54,480
Speaker 1: separated it over seven days to give him an opportunity

1208
01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: to do a better job of getting themselves ready on

1209
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: a day to day basis, round by round, so everything

1210
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:06,000
Speaker 1: wouldn't be so compressed. And I think it would also

1211
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:10,560
Speaker 1: help if you're looking to give people a distraction and

1212
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,360
Speaker 1: live television and some sports that have some meaning other

1213
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: than reruns of games, if you had to draft out

1214
01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:21,000
Speaker 1: over a seven day period, it would also get great

1215
01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:24,680
Speaker 1: viewership and following, and it would help the teams as well,

1216
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:28,680
Speaker 1: because right now everybody's scrambling to try to do this

1217
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:33,040
Speaker 1: spread out all over the place in the same way

1218
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 1: that you've always done it with South Palenttonio from ESPN

1219
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: reporter for ESPN, been there since nineteen eighty five. Hey, sou,

1220
01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 1: when or if the season begins, how much of an

1221
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:49,000
Speaker 1: impact will Stefan Digg's head in, particularly with Josh Allen?

1222
01:01:49,040 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 1: What do you see for the Bills? Oh? Well, that

1223
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,560
Speaker 1: was a really big, big, big acquisition. You know. That's

1224
01:01:55,600 --> 01:01:57,480
Speaker 1: why you know, I'm just going out. I'm going out

1225
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:00,200
Speaker 1: on a limb and I'm saying, you know, I think

1226
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:03,360
Speaker 1: the division goes through the gills. You know, you you

1227
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 1: were second in the league and scoring defense. When you're

1228
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:09,760
Speaker 1: when you're second in the league and scoring defense, that

1229
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:14,840
Speaker 1: that's pretty darned good. You know, they obviously just missed

1230
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: out in getting their first playoff win in a long

1231
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:22,600
Speaker 1: long time against Houston, But you know, Sean McDermott and

1232
01:02:23,040 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 1: uh Leslie Fraser, the way they run that defense is very,

1233
01:02:28,360 --> 01:02:32,800
Speaker 1: very good. And all you gotta do is a not

1234
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,560
Speaker 1: turn the ball over as much as you have and

1235
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:39,560
Speaker 1: be you got to score some more points per game

1236
01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:43,360
Speaker 1: than you did last season. I think the one thing

1237
01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 1: that really separates Josh Allen from a lot of these

1238
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:52,720
Speaker 1: quarterbacks is he cannot He's a good passer and he's

1239
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:56,800
Speaker 1: getting better, but he also has that mobility. And if

1240
01:02:56,840 --> 01:03:00,120
Speaker 1: you remember, I was there doing the radio sideline when

1241
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:03,880
Speaker 1: he got his ankle hurt, remember that, and he got it.

1242
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:05,560
Speaker 1: He had to get it. Yeah, he had to get

1243
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:07,960
Speaker 1: a taped on the sideline. He was a different quarterback

1244
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,160
Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks after he got his ankle

1245
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:13,520
Speaker 1: rolled up. I believe that was the Ravens game, right,

1246
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:21,240
Speaker 1: I say, might I can't recall now, I'm pretty sure

1247
01:03:21,280 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 1: it was the Ravens game. So I mean, I think,

1248
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:28,880
Speaker 1: I think this is this is a great acquisition. You know,

1249
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:32,800
Speaker 1: to me, if I were if I were Buffalo, they

1250
01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 1: picked twenty second in the first round, right, So I

1251
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:40,760
Speaker 1: mean to me, if I were Buffalo, because there will

1252
01:03:40,800 --> 01:03:43,640
Speaker 1: be all those top wide receivers probably be gone by

1253
01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 1: twenty second, if they could, I would move down and

1254
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:53,000
Speaker 1: collect another pick, and I would go try to find

1255
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,120
Speaker 1: the top tight end and a top running back, a

1256
01:03:56,240 --> 01:04:00,480
Speaker 1: pass catching running back in this particular draft. I think

1257
01:04:00,560 --> 01:04:04,520
Speaker 1: now that you have with Brown and Diggs, you've got that,

1258
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:07,680
Speaker 1: You've got that home run threat. Now you've got to

1259
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:11,880
Speaker 1: give Alan an opportunity to quickly get rid of the

1260
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,960
Speaker 1: football when teams blitz him, so that he doesn't have

1261
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 1: to rely so much on his legs to get out

1262
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 1: of trouble, especially on third down. He needs a chain mover,

1263
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:27,080
Speaker 1: a big target, a guy who can catch the football.

1264
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:31,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Knox was good, but he had

1265
01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:35,680
Speaker 1: a lot of drops. So they need they need a

1266
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:41,480
Speaker 1: big body, big radius guy who when Alan a Gronkowski.

1267
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,360
Speaker 1: They need a Gronkowski so that when Alan throws it

1268
01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:47,440
Speaker 1: up there somebody with big mits and long arms and

1269
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 1: strong catches it, comes down with it and moves the chains.

1270
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:55,320
Speaker 1: And do you think that the acquisition of Steph Diggs

1271
01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:58,480
Speaker 1: and the offensive line being bettered, you think that raises

1272
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: the expectations for Josh Challenge to where he may not

1273
01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:06,040
Speaker 1: be able to live up to him. They're so high. No,

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Speaker 1: definitely not absolutely, not, no way, why not. I think

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Speaker 1: he's super tough. I think he's very coachable. I think

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Speaker 1: he has got all the tools. All right, Um, let's

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Speaker 1: let's just say he's the best quarterback in the division.

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Speaker 1: He wakes up, he wakes up on opening day, and

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Speaker 1: he's the best quarterback in the division. Tell me why

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Speaker 1: I'm wrong? Yeah, Well, I get you, I get you.

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Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta ask you though, Now that the division,

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Speaker 1: now that you think he's the well, he may be

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Speaker 1: uh speaking to the quarterbacks in the division and one

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Speaker 1: that's not there as the elephant whole, and that's Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: How do you think I mean, obviously that changes the

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Speaker 1: landscape in the AFC at the top of the conference

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Speaker 1: as well as the AFC East. What do you think

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Speaker 1: it does to the NFC South Now that he's a buccaneer,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna play against Drew Breeze twice. He's gonna play

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Speaker 1: against Matt Ryan twice, and then of course Carolina, who

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Speaker 1: knows who's going to play against down there. But how

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Speaker 1: do you think that changes the landscape in the NFC South,

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Speaker 1: let alone the AFC East. Well, you know, I think, Steve,

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Speaker 1: the number one thing that you have to have in

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Speaker 1: a quarterback is you don't want him to turn the

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Speaker 1: football over. And that was the thing that crushed the

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Speaker 1: Bucks last year, and it has crushed the Bills in

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Speaker 1: recent history too. Let's let's call it what it is.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if Alan stops turning the ball over, and

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Speaker 1: we've seen him when he's doesn't, your defense is good

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Speaker 1: enough to win a lot of football games. So if

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Speaker 1: you stop turning the ball over at the quarterback position

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Speaker 1: and you have a defense like they do under Todd

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01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:57,160
Speaker 1: Bowles in Tampa, you can win a lot of football games.

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Speaker 1: So let's take let's take a team by team in

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Speaker 1: the NFC South, Carolina isn't transition, new quarterback, new head coach,

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Speaker 1: Love Matt Rule, Philly guy, love him, Gonna be great,

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01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:18,520
Speaker 1: Gonna take time. Drew Brees is getting old and unlike Brady,

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01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:25,480
Speaker 1: playing older, playing like he's getting old, so it's pretty

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01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:29,760
Speaker 1: clear Breeze has probably got maybe one more season in him.

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Speaker 1: And as far as the Falcons are concerned, I mean,

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Speaker 1: Brady can roll out of bed spot in twenty eight

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Speaker 1: points and beat him. Hey, Ralph, thanks for this. Sound

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Speaker 1: good to talk to you. The same touch I was wondering,

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01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 1: would not like the satellite delay on that last That

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01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:52,320
Speaker 1: was a pretty good I got it, I got you.

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Speaker 1: I know exactly where that was coming from. That's a

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Speaker 1: good one, and you're right and things have changed and

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Speaker 1: we'll see how it turns out. Thanks for coming on

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Speaker 1: sound Hey, thanks for having me, and stay safe, stay healthy,

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01:08:03,040 --> 01:08:05,439
Speaker 1: through the right thing and we'll get through this. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so. ESPN's South Palatoni has been with ESPN since

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety five. Host of NFL Matchup on ESPN with

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Speaker 1: Greg co Sell and Matt Bowen, talking about a variety

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Speaker 1: of league issues about the Bills and had some interesting

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Speaker 1: thoughts about the Here's the thing, Steve, with extending the

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Speaker 1: draft out to seven days, who's gonna watch round six?

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Speaker 1: Round seven? I mean people barely pay attention to that anyway,

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Speaker 1: if you look at the way the networks present it.

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Speaker 1: By the time late Saturday afternoon, teams are in their

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Speaker 1: sixth and seventh round draft picks. ESPN's normally recapping what

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Speaker 1: went on a day or two earlier. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if that would work. I wouldn't. I'm totally against a

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Speaker 1: seven day draft, five day draft. I'm kind of against

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Speaker 1: a three day draft, Are you kidding? I'll stay up

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Speaker 1: wait that night. They because it's impossible for the networks

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Speaker 1: to get film and a scouting report on the two

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty seventh or two hundred and twenty sixth

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01:09:03,160 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 1: player that's drafted in the National Football League, and so

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Speaker 1: it becomes like, here's a name that somebody just took,

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01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:14,720
Speaker 1: but here's who they took four picks ago again for

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01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:17,719
Speaker 1: the fifteenth time, you know. So it just gets really,

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01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:21,559
Speaker 1: really repetitive, and it really really difficult to stay entertaining,

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01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:25,680
Speaker 1: and so making it longer is just more of that,

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01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:27,760
Speaker 1: and I don't think I could stand it. Yeah, I

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01:09:27,880 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 1: think these networks in the CNFL and ESPN, they'll come

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01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:32,240
Speaker 1: up with a plan to cover the draft that I

1348
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:36,120
Speaker 1: was reading somebody speculating and it's probably good speculation about

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01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: how they'll set up, you know, cameras and do skype,

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01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:41,839
Speaker 1: just like we do with some of the top prospects.

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01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:44,840
Speaker 1: Maybe all of the potential first rounders will appear by

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01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:48,519
Speaker 1: a video by a teleconference somehow on this show. So

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01:09:48,720 --> 01:09:50,840
Speaker 1: that's where it'll go. And I think they'll have war

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01:09:50,960 --> 01:09:53,639
Speaker 1: room cameras. They have those already, they'll probably use those more.

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01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:55,800
Speaker 1: And they have a lot of opinion making from some

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01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:58,200
Speaker 1: of their top opinion people. I think the draft will

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01:09:58,240 --> 01:10:00,960
Speaker 1: be fine first couple of rounds anyway, don't you. Yeah.

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01:10:01,040 --> 01:10:03,720
Speaker 1: I mean, this is the way it was done. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and even even with Brandon Bean and all these young

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01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:08,320
Speaker 1: gms that are in the league now, they came into

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01:10:08,360 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: the league, it wasn't like it is now. You know,

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01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,599
Speaker 1: it has evolved very quickly over the past what maybe

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Speaker 1: a decade where it's gotten to these space aged kind

1364
01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:21,360
Speaker 1: of Houston control of an Apollo mission looking room, you know.

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Speaker 1: I mean they've got all these these monitors and specialized

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01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:30,000
Speaker 1: monitors and dedicated monitors for you know, different functions throughout

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01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:33,360
Speaker 1: the room. It used to be phones and you know,

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Speaker 1: you pick it up and you call and you're just

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01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,439
Speaker 1: talking back and forth. So most of these guys, at

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01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:40,400
Speaker 1: least in their in their young days in the NFL.

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01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:42,559
Speaker 1: Knew what it was like to do this the old

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Speaker 1: fashioned way, you know, with two tin cans and a

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01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:49,000
Speaker 1: string basically, and they'll be able to revert to that

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01:10:49,040 --> 01:10:51,080
Speaker 1: pretty quickly. I would think, Hey, I want to remind

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Speaker 1: you if you miss a portion of our show, so

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01:10:52,920 --> 01:10:54,479
Speaker 1: you want to go back and listen to the highlights

1377
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:58,120
Speaker 1: of the South Palestonio interview. Um, you can do it

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Speaker 1: on our podcast and shows of bailable on Buffalo Bills

1379
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Speaker 1: dot Com, the Bills app, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and

1380
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Speaker 1: we always stream the show live on the Buffalo Bills App.

1381
01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:10,240
Speaker 1: So no excuses, even if you're not here in noakescuses.

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Speaker 1: The miss great stuff like South Peltonio a couple of

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Speaker 1: moments ago. When we come back, we're going to talk

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Speaker 1: to Western New York native JC Tredder, the brand new,

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Speaker 1: newly elected president of the NFL Players Association. He's a

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Speaker 1: Corenell grad. He's a friend of the Tasker family. J C. Tredder.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, it's One Bills Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Collatda Health from the from our holmes, I'm Homesteam's home.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back. One Goes Live.

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Speaker 1: Presented by Collatta Health. I'm John Murphy. C. Tasker is

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Speaker 1: on the line with this co hosting the show today

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Speaker 1: working from home radio coverage only. On the line with us,

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Speaker 1: also the new president of the NFL Players Association and

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Speaker 1: act for New York native also happens to be the

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Speaker 1: starting center from the Cleveland Browns j C. Treddor on

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Speaker 1: the line with us, j C. John Murphy and your

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01:11:56,280 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 1: old buddy Steve Tasker. You're good friends of his family,

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Speaker 1: right absolutely. Jac I gotta tell you you're you're my

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Speaker 1: hero because you know, I like you know, you went

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Speaker 1: to Cornell and so many of us and like John

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Speaker 1: and I both have kids that went through and through

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01:12:12,080 --> 01:12:15,280
Speaker 1: college and sometimes it's hard to pick the right major

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01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:18,160
Speaker 1: to to, you know, actually go through and graduate with

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01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:21,880
Speaker 1: a degree. You're you're actually using the exact degree you

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01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:23,760
Speaker 1: went to school for. Are you not? What was your

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01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:29,679
Speaker 1: major in at Cornell? Industrial labor Relations? So yeah, very rarely.

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01:12:30,160 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 1: Well you're playing do you get to kind of put

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01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:35,160
Speaker 1: your degree to work? And luckily I'm able to do that. Now,

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01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:38,639
Speaker 1: did you use that as a campaign promise and when

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01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:41,599
Speaker 1: you were asking to get elected for the for the job,

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01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:43,800
Speaker 1: did that become known to these guys. I mean, that's

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01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:46,880
Speaker 1: that seems like a really smart move. Yeah, it was

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01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,200
Speaker 1: something I made sure everybody heard about. I think it

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01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:51,679
Speaker 1: was definitely definitely of interest, and everybody kind of wanted

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01:12:51,680 --> 01:12:55,160
Speaker 1: to explain sort of what exactly back consisted of, and uh,

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01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:59,680
Speaker 1: what exactly industrial labor relations meant. But no, I think

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01:13:00,520 --> 01:13:02,120
Speaker 1: it's just an honor to be able to, you know,

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Speaker 1: both represent the players you know, future past and president,

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01:13:06,520 --> 01:13:08,760
Speaker 1: as well as kind of do something that I was

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Speaker 1: interested in doing before football really became an option at

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Speaker 1: Cornell at the next level. JC. I wonder in your

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Speaker 1: career at Cornell and your college degree, did you ever

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Speaker 1: in studying unions or labor relations. The NFLPA is kind

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01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 1: of a different union, right, It probably never came up

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01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:29,920
Speaker 1: that type of union representing professional players in many sport. Actually,

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Speaker 1: the interesting thing is I took a class, I think

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Speaker 1: it was my junior year econ of Collective Bargaining in Sports.

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01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:43,000
Speaker 1: We read through the four big sports league cbas and

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01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:45,439
Speaker 1: had to kind of take a dive into the pros

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01:13:45,479 --> 01:13:48,960
Speaker 1: and cons and kind of what each clause meant for

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01:13:49,439 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: both sides of it. So weirdly enough, you know, we

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01:13:52,479 --> 01:13:54,679
Speaker 1: did to kind of dive into the old twenty eleven

1433
01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:59,400
Speaker 1: NFL CBA. Well, I was at Cornell. Well, we just

1434
01:13:59,520 --> 01:14:02,960
Speaker 1: went through the election process and the ratification of the CBA.

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01:14:03,600 --> 01:14:06,479
Speaker 1: Is this, uh is their merit to the lawsuit that

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01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,760
Speaker 1: was brought about the language that was subtly different uh

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01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:14,280
Speaker 1: by by the gentleman who brought the suit over the

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01:14:14,479 --> 01:14:16,439
Speaker 1: change language. Is that going to be a bump the road?

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01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:22,360
Speaker 1: Is that something you guys are seriously considering redoing or

1440
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,479
Speaker 1: how's that going to work out? What can you talk

1441
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:27,720
Speaker 1: about that? Well, I think our kind of our letter,

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01:14:27,800 --> 01:14:30,599
Speaker 1: we made sure to all of our voting members, all

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Speaker 1: the members that voted on the CPA kind of what

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01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:37,600
Speaker 1: transpired and what happened, and for transparency sake, laid it

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01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:40,160
Speaker 1: all out so all our members were informed on what

1446
01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:43,639
Speaker 1: went on. And I think really the focus is being

1447
01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:47,479
Speaker 1: on all the calls and hearing the information. The big

1448
01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:50,439
Speaker 1: thing was how many people were impacted by this, and

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01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:54,120
Speaker 1: it ends up being about four hundred players, And that

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01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:57,439
Speaker 1: was the conversation throughout the entire process, throughout the voting.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was one of the main drawbacks of

1452
01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:05,040
Speaker 1: this CBA was the offset in social security for our

1453
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:09,560
Speaker 1: former disabled players. So it was a heated topic and

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01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:11,960
Speaker 1: it was a well talked about topic, and that had

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01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:15,160
Speaker 1: stayed consistent the amount of players that we knew were

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01:15:15,160 --> 01:15:18,200
Speaker 1: going to be impacted about that. So, um, kind of

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01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:21,160
Speaker 1: our statement is out there, and UM, I'll probably let

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01:15:21,240 --> 01:15:24,200
Speaker 1: the lawyers stick to all that stuff. But but that's

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01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:27,360
Speaker 1: kind of in my outlook going through the process is

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01:15:27,400 --> 01:15:30,200
Speaker 1: just you know, the consistency of you know, we knew

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Speaker 1: going into that vote that four hundred players were going

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01:15:32,479 --> 01:15:35,080
Speaker 1: to be impacted by by this part of the clause.

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01:15:35,720 --> 01:15:37,840
Speaker 1: Did you know when you when you got to the

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01:15:38,479 --> 01:15:41,799
Speaker 1: to this part of the of your being an officer

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01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:44,040
Speaker 1: and a player rep and all that, did they tell

1466
01:15:44,080 --> 01:15:47,000
Speaker 1: you this in college that really your job is how

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01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:50,599
Speaker 1: difficult it is to inform thousands of members of your

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01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:53,240
Speaker 1: union is exactly what's going on? That seems to me

1469
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Speaker 1: the biggest obstacle for the leadership. Yeah, it's a communication thing,

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01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:01,400
Speaker 1: and it's the tough thing about our businesses, the kind

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01:16:01,479 --> 01:16:03,920
Speaker 1: of movement of players in and out, and there's a

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Speaker 1: huge crop of new players and we're closing at that

1473
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:08,600
Speaker 1: time now with the rookies come in, and that's a

1474
01:16:08,640 --> 01:16:10,600
Speaker 1: whole new group that you need to re educate and

1475
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:13,519
Speaker 1: teach about all the new clauses. And you have players

1476
01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:16,280
Speaker 1: constantly leaving, and then you have people constantly changing teams.

1477
01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:18,680
Speaker 1: So even when you take it a step farther and

1478
01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:20,639
Speaker 1: look at how many you know you got the reps

1479
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:22,439
Speaker 1: on each team who are in charge of getting the

1480
01:16:22,479 --> 01:16:26,040
Speaker 1: information to their players, those guys are constantly changing teams

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01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:28,360
Speaker 1: as well, So you constantly are then re educating new

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01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:30,880
Speaker 1: reps who then have to re educate their players. And

1483
01:16:31,160 --> 01:16:33,720
Speaker 1: it's a constant battle. And that's something that is, like

1484
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:37,400
Speaker 1: you said, so important because making sure everybody understands what's

1485
01:16:37,400 --> 01:16:41,479
Speaker 1: going on how it impacts them is the main fight.

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01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:46,479
Speaker 1: We are live on the line with JC treenter Acker,

1487
01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:49,520
Speaker 1: new York native, the new president of the NFL Players Association.

1488
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 1: A sixty vote margin of approval, a sixty vote margin

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01:16:53,120 --> 01:16:55,720
Speaker 1: when the CBA was approved a couple of weeks ago, Jac,

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01:16:56,120 --> 01:16:58,560
Speaker 1: which I guess kind of compelled you to write a

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01:16:58,640 --> 01:17:02,519
Speaker 1: letter stressing unity, right, you want to keep people together. Now, Yeah,

1492
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:04,519
Speaker 1: we knew it was going to be just being at

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01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:07,320
Speaker 1: the REP meeting leading up to that vote, we were

1494
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:08,720
Speaker 1: pretty sure it was going to be close. Probably a

1495
01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:10,599
Speaker 1: little close to them than we thought, but we knew

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01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:11,760
Speaker 1: it was going to be a close vote, and there

1497
01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:14,880
Speaker 1: was you know, heated passionate debates on both sides. And

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01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:17,960
Speaker 1: the thing about unity is it's it's not saying, you know,

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01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:21,080
Speaker 1: you're what you were passionate about, throw it away and

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01:17:21,120 --> 01:17:23,920
Speaker 1: stop worrying about it because the other side one and

1501
01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:27,040
Speaker 1: you guys lost. That. That's not what unity is. Unity

1502
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:30,479
Speaker 1: is understanding that that same passion and that same energy

1503
01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:33,760
Speaker 1: and those same issues you'd cared you cared about, don't

1504
01:17:33,840 --> 01:17:36,479
Speaker 1: stop caring about those things, and we're going to continue

1505
01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:39,640
Speaker 1: to push for those things. You know, your your concerns

1506
01:17:39,680 --> 01:17:42,599
Speaker 1: and your issues didn't fall on deaf years and they're

1507
01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:44,880
Speaker 1: going to be continue to be pushed for. So just

1508
01:17:45,040 --> 01:17:47,879
Speaker 1: keep that same energy and continue to bring that passion

1509
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 1: to the union and help us continue to fight for

1510
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:53,519
Speaker 1: those things. Jac One of the things that became apparent

1511
01:17:53,800 --> 01:17:55,400
Speaker 1: during the vote and the time of the vote was

1512
01:17:56,479 --> 01:17:59,240
Speaker 1: not necessarily divided. But you've got a union made up

1513
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,000
Speaker 1: of people with differ an interest. You know, some of

1514
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:04,280
Speaker 1: the established stars in the league, we're saying this new

1515
01:18:04,360 --> 01:18:07,200
Speaker 1: CBA is not good. Some of the and maybe the

1516
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:10,360
Speaker 1: bulk of your membership, first second year players, perhaps maybe

1517
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:13,040
Speaker 1: some third year players got a great deal out of

1518
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:15,439
Speaker 1: the new CBA. You've got a union that covers a

1519
01:18:15,560 --> 01:18:20,000
Speaker 1: wide variety of competing interests, almost, don't you. Yeah, And

1520
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:22,320
Speaker 1: that's that's always the thing about kind of a majority

1521
01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:25,360
Speaker 1: rules democracy is there there are people with different interests

1522
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:28,760
Speaker 1: and different things that are their number one priorities, and

1523
01:18:28,880 --> 01:18:31,479
Speaker 1: then it comes to the vote and whatever whatever one

1524
01:18:31,520 --> 01:18:33,360
Speaker 1: has the most on that side is going to be

1525
01:18:33,439 --> 01:18:35,840
Speaker 1: the ruling side. And it's one of those things we

1526
01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:37,600
Speaker 1: set out from the get go to make sure we

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01:18:37,720 --> 01:18:40,200
Speaker 1: took care of what we call our core players, and

1528
01:18:40,240 --> 01:18:42,840
Speaker 1: those are the minimum guys who we felt kind of

1529
01:18:42,920 --> 01:18:45,400
Speaker 1: fell behind where they should be in the previous deal,

1530
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,320
Speaker 1: and making sure they got big bumps in their salary

1531
01:18:48,479 --> 01:18:51,040
Speaker 1: was the main priority of ours. And that makes up

1532
01:18:51,400 --> 01:18:53,760
Speaker 1: sixty to sixty five percent of our players in the

1533
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:56,760
Speaker 1: NFL are minimum salary players. So getting that kind of

1534
01:18:56,840 --> 01:18:59,439
Speaker 1: around one hundred thousand dollars boost to those players is

1535
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,120
Speaker 1: a huge win. And you can kind of see that

1536
01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:04,000
Speaker 1: as you know, obviously, like you said, you saw a

1537
01:19:04,040 --> 01:19:08,720
Speaker 1: lot of big name players who weren't so in favor

1538
01:19:08,760 --> 01:19:10,360
Speaker 1: of the deal, because then they can look at other

1539
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 1: priorities of theirs, but the you know, the minimum players

1540
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:17,000
Speaker 1: are looking for that part first and foremost is kind

1541
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:19,960
Speaker 1: of getting a bump in their salts. You've played your

1542
01:19:20,120 --> 01:19:22,280
Speaker 1: entire career thus far under the deal that was struck

1543
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:25,120
Speaker 1: in two thousand and eleven, and by all accounts, this

1544
01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:29,479
Speaker 1: deal is much better, much more beneficial to the players

1545
01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:31,760
Speaker 1: union than the deal in two thousand and eleven. And

1546
01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:35,400
Speaker 1: the only question really remains is is the deal too long?

1547
01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:37,920
Speaker 1: Or could it have been better? But I don't know

1548
01:19:38,040 --> 01:19:41,080
Speaker 1: that you'll ever answer those questions because those are asked

1549
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:46,160
Speaker 1: after every collective bargaining agreement. But there's no doubt most

1550
01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:48,760
Speaker 1: of the experts say this is a much better deal

1551
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,320
Speaker 1: for the players and the one they signed in two

1552
01:19:50,320 --> 01:19:55,280
Speaker 1: thousand eleven. Yeah, obviously, I think we've we've gained an

1553
01:19:55,439 --> 01:19:57,519
Speaker 1: extra percent to a percent and a half of a

1554
01:19:57,600 --> 01:20:00,599
Speaker 1: growing pie. With the additional game of football, that pie

1555
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:02,519
Speaker 1: is only going to increase. The amount of revenue bringing

1556
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:04,280
Speaker 1: is only going to increase, and we get a bigger

1557
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:06,880
Speaker 1: share of that, which is a huge one. That that

1558
01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:11,000
Speaker 1: spreads across players, that spreads across benefits. So I think

1559
01:20:11,040 --> 01:20:12,680
Speaker 1: it is it is a good deal for us, and

1560
01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:15,400
Speaker 1: then you look at it through the lens of the

1561
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:18,880
Speaker 1: time as we're in as the country and as as

1562
01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:22,600
Speaker 1: a world of this pandemic and the uncertainty that that

1563
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:25,960
Speaker 1: comes with it, and you know, being locked into a

1564
01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:28,920
Speaker 1: secure deal, you know, maybe the best option at this

1565
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:31,800
Speaker 1: point looking back with hindsights. So there are a lot

1566
01:20:31,840 --> 01:20:33,200
Speaker 1: of things that go into it, and I think the

1567
01:20:33,800 --> 01:20:36,800
Speaker 1: pandemic that we're currently dealing with is another aspect that

1568
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:38,720
Speaker 1: you can kind of look back and judge through that

1569
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,880
Speaker 1: lens as well. Let's get in a little football in

1570
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:44,120
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes. It remain JC Treader, president of

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01:20:44,160 --> 01:20:47,800
Speaker 1: the NFLPA and the starting center for the Cleveland Browns,

1572
01:20:47,840 --> 01:20:50,400
Speaker 1: your second NFL team. You're going into your eighth year

1573
01:20:50,479 --> 01:20:52,800
Speaker 1: in the league. Jc, It's turned out pretty well. Your

1574
01:20:52,840 --> 01:20:55,360
Speaker 1: career started with Green Bay, now moved down to Cleveland.

1575
01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:58,920
Speaker 1: You've had some success as a fourth round pick, Kevin Yet, Yeah,

1576
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:01,240
Speaker 1: it's been a it's been a true lessing. It's obviously

1577
01:21:01,479 --> 01:21:03,280
Speaker 1: you want to play is as long as you can,

1578
01:21:03,400 --> 01:21:06,320
Speaker 1: and this is a passion and a love and you

1579
01:21:06,439 --> 01:21:09,320
Speaker 1: grew up playing it, and uh, it's been a it's

1580
01:21:09,320 --> 01:21:11,800
Speaker 1: been a pleasure and it's been great and you never

1581
01:21:11,920 --> 01:21:14,880
Speaker 1: know what's you know, nothing's guaranteed time wise playing in

1582
01:21:14,920 --> 01:21:16,840
Speaker 1: this league, and you just really try to soak up

1583
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:18,880
Speaker 1: as much as much as you can get and enjoy

1584
01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:20,679
Speaker 1: every moment of it and kind of enjoyed a ride

1585
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:25,200
Speaker 1: you have. You've got a new offensive coordinator and Alex

1586
01:21:25,320 --> 01:21:27,759
Speaker 1: van Pell. He's a former teammate of mind, former Buffalo

1587
01:21:27,840 --> 01:21:30,240
Speaker 1: Bill Bounser, and he's been he was in Green Bay

1588
01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:32,720
Speaker 1: as well as the offense as the quarterbacks coach. You

1589
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:35,640
Speaker 1: have had some experience with him, have you not, your

1590
01:21:35,680 --> 01:21:39,120
Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator, Alex Vanpell. Yeah, I was really excited

1591
01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:42,280
Speaker 1: to see that news. Uh A. VP was was awesome

1592
01:21:42,320 --> 01:21:44,439
Speaker 1: when he was in Green Bay with us, and you know,

1593
01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:46,720
Speaker 1: a leader of men, and I was excited to see

1594
01:21:46,760 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: that news. And I was able to kind of run

1595
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:51,519
Speaker 1: into him when I stopped in the facility before everything

1596
01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:53,760
Speaker 1: got shut down, and just to catch up and and

1597
01:21:54,200 --> 01:21:56,080
Speaker 1: see him again was great and I'm just excited to

1598
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:58,680
Speaker 1: get back to work with him. How much, Jay C.

1599
01:21:59,240 --> 01:22:01,920
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a a whole new setup again in Cleveland,

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01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:05,479
Speaker 1: a whole new coaching staff. I know you've had limited

1601
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:07,479
Speaker 1: time to be with a new coaching staff, But is

1602
01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:09,479
Speaker 1: there a better field than there was maybe twelve months

1603
01:22:09,479 --> 01:22:13,160
Speaker 1: ago about the direction the Browns are taking this year. Well,

1604
01:22:13,160 --> 01:22:16,599
Speaker 1: I think I ran into I first met Kevin, our

1605
01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:20,400
Speaker 1: new head coach, last or before the previous year, So

1606
01:22:20,479 --> 01:22:24,160
Speaker 1: he came into interview for the job last year, before

1607
01:22:24,200 --> 01:22:26,880
Speaker 1: this previous season. And something that always stood out to

1608
01:22:26,960 --> 01:22:28,559
Speaker 1: me just in that in that meeting when I ran

1609
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:31,040
Speaker 1: into him, he was taken to the facility was kind

1610
01:22:31,040 --> 01:22:34,040
Speaker 1: of just his demeanor and just kind of the way

1611
01:22:34,080 --> 01:22:37,160
Speaker 1: he handled himself. And I think, you know, what we're

1612
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:39,479
Speaker 1: getting is a guy who's going to always be prepared

1613
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 1: and always have a plan. And I think that's so

1614
01:22:42,640 --> 01:22:44,760
Speaker 1: so important, especially for a new coach coming in, is

1615
01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:47,840
Speaker 1: just having that buying factor by the guys and just

1616
01:22:47,960 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 1: having someone that you know immediately you look at and saying, okay,

1617
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:53,160
Speaker 1: like I'm going to get behind this guy. And then

1618
01:22:53,200 --> 01:22:56,360
Speaker 1: I've had experience with Andrew Barry Urgm. He was here

1619
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:59,320
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, went to Philly last year and now I

1620
01:22:59,400 --> 01:23:01,880
Speaker 1: was back in Cleveland, and again another very bright guy

1621
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:05,080
Speaker 1: who always seems to have a plan, and it just,

1622
01:23:05,320 --> 01:23:07,759
Speaker 1: you know, instills a lot of faith in the players

1623
01:23:07,840 --> 01:23:11,719
Speaker 1: that we're moving in the right direction. You also, Cleveland

1624
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:14,000
Speaker 1: Browns did something to help you right up front. They

1625
01:23:14,080 --> 01:23:17,879
Speaker 1: got a left tackle off the free agent market, Jack Conklin.

1626
01:23:18,280 --> 01:23:20,840
Speaker 1: Give us a little brief thumbnail of your offensive line

1627
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:23,280
Speaker 1: and how excited you are to start a new season

1628
01:23:23,479 --> 01:23:27,280
Speaker 1: with your new head coach. Yeah, I'm excited. I've been

1629
01:23:27,280 --> 01:23:29,760
Speaker 1: able to speak to Jack a few times. Just a

1630
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:32,960
Speaker 1: great guy. He'll bring you some experience and some leadership

1631
01:23:33,000 --> 01:23:36,360
Speaker 1: into the room. And he's coming from another kind of

1632
01:23:36,439 --> 01:23:39,120
Speaker 1: outside zone scheme that will be a strong suite of ours,

1633
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:41,679
Speaker 1: and that's probably would be what we end up running

1634
01:23:41,840 --> 01:23:44,400
Speaker 1: a lot of And having guys who have experienced in

1635
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:48,240
Speaker 1: that offense is important. And we've got other pieces. We've

1636
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:50,960
Speaker 1: got some young players. Wyatt Teller, who was up in

1637
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:53,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo with you guys and last year came down in

1638
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:57,200
Speaker 1: a trade to Cleveland. Another guy who played time for

1639
01:23:57,320 --> 01:23:59,120
Speaker 1: us at right guards. So we've got a lot of pieces.

1640
01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:02,920
Speaker 1: Joel but Tonio pro bowler and All Pro at left guard.

1641
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:04,920
Speaker 1: So we've got the makings of what should be a

1642
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:06,880
Speaker 1: solid line. You know, we're looking forward to kind of

1643
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:10,920
Speaker 1: getting to work and getting all meshed together. May see.

1644
01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:13,080
Speaker 1: Thanks for this. Good luck. Congratulations that will be an

1645
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:15,880
Speaker 1: elected president of the NFLPA. Good luck to you and

1646
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:19,599
Speaker 1: the Browns and to the association, the Player Association. Thanks Jays,

1647
01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:23,360
Speaker 1: appreciate it. One thing I want to give Steve some kudos.

1648
01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:26,519
Speaker 1: I got the behind the scene shot of his studio

1649
01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:31,360
Speaker 1: and home and io. I know who I'm calling to

1650
01:24:31,439 --> 01:24:33,920
Speaker 1: build it for me at my house. There you go. Yeah,

1651
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,160
Speaker 1: all you need is some kid gates and some blankets.

1652
01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:39,960
Speaker 1: It's perfect. Those kid gates might be put to use

1653
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:42,320
Speaker 1: in a very short time, right Steve. That's right. And

1654
01:24:42,560 --> 01:24:44,040
Speaker 1: and j C. I know Luke would want me to

1655
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:46,519
Speaker 1: give you his best and h and congratulate you on

1656
01:24:46,600 --> 01:24:50,560
Speaker 1: your marriage just a month or two ago. Congratulations, absolutely,

1657
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:53,960
Speaker 1: thank you very much. Thanks j C. Treder, President of

1658
01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:57,240
Speaker 1: the NFLPA, Starting Center for the Cleveland Browns, Acron, New

1659
01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:00,920
Speaker 1: York native Cornell University graduate room. Did he room with

1660
01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:03,960
Speaker 1: your son Luke at Cornell? Steve all four years, all

1661
01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 1: four years freshman's in the dorm and then they got

1662
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:08,559
Speaker 1: an apartment off campus together and they were there all

1663
01:25:08,640 --> 01:25:11,040
Speaker 1: four years together. They still talk and Luke was in

1664
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:12,960
Speaker 1: his wedding just a month or so ago too, a

1665
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:15,160
Speaker 1: month and a half ago. Yeah, I didn't ask him.

1666
01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:18,280
Speaker 1: Where's jac living these days? He's stays in Cleveland. I

1667
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,360
Speaker 1: think he's stays in Cleveland. Yeah, okay, really good guy.

1668
01:25:21,560 --> 01:25:24,559
Speaker 1: I met him at the Senior Bowl twenty thirteen, first

1669
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:26,800
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. I went to local kid. He was down there.

1670
01:25:27,200 --> 01:25:29,680
Speaker 1: Really good kid. I really great, great family too. They

1671
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:31,599
Speaker 1: had a great experience at Cornell, and like I said,

1672
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:34,160
Speaker 1: he's one of the few kids getting that. He's exactly

1673
01:25:34,360 --> 01:25:39,040
Speaker 1: using his degree from college. He's now a labor relations

1674
01:25:39,120 --> 01:25:41,320
Speaker 1: guy and that's what he studied in college. Interesting, it's

1675
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:44,920
Speaker 1: good stuff. We're gonna take a break. Steve Tasker along

1676
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:47,519
Speaker 1: with Murph John Murphy here and One Bill's Live. We're

1677
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:50,400
Speaker 1: gonna come back at the top of the hour. We've

1678
01:25:50,439 --> 01:25:52,639
Speaker 1: got Chris Brown, our guy coming in. We haven't seen

1679
01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:54,360
Speaker 1: him for a week or so or five days. He's

1680
01:25:54,400 --> 01:25:56,240
Speaker 1: gonna come back and join us. We'll be back. This

1681
01:25:56,439 --> 01:25:59,120
Speaker 1: is One Bill's Live from our homes radio only. Thanks

1682
01:25:59,120 --> 01:26:10,040
Speaker 1: for joining us. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. We are back.

1683
01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:12,160
Speaker 1: I am back, John Murphy, Steve camp here. We got

1684
01:26:12,240 --> 01:26:14,960
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Bills insider from Buffalo bills dot Com coming up.

1685
01:26:15,160 --> 01:26:17,000
Speaker 1: Haven't done much with our Twitter poll, and I think

1686
01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:19,040
Speaker 1: it's significant. We got four hundred and fifty votes in

1687
01:26:19,160 --> 01:26:22,800
Speaker 1: on the Twitter poll. What's Brandon Bean's biggest accomplishment as

1688
01:26:22,840 --> 01:26:25,360
Speaker 1: the Bills General manager? After the draft this year, he

1689
01:26:25,439 --> 01:26:28,559
Speaker 1: will have completed three years and done three drafts as

1690
01:26:28,560 --> 01:26:30,920
Speaker 1: the Bills GM. What's the best thing he's done? Forty

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01:26:31,640 --> 01:26:33,280
Speaker 1: six percent of you say the best thing he's done

1692
01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:36,479
Speaker 1: is getting the salary cap under control. Thirty six percent

1693
01:26:36,520 --> 01:26:39,280
Speaker 1: of you say acquiring talent in free agency and trades.

1694
01:26:39,720 --> 01:26:42,479
Speaker 1: Only thirteen percent say maneuvering in the draft to Phil

1695
01:26:42,600 --> 01:26:45,040
Speaker 1: Needs and five percent of something else. In mind, the

1696
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 1: phone line's open for a few minutes here eight oh

1697
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:49,760
Speaker 1: three five fifty to three one eight eight eight five

1698
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:53,320
Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty Again, I would vote maneuvering in

1699
01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:56,200
Speaker 1: the draft to Phil Needs. Steve. That's look, they got

1700
01:26:56,280 --> 01:27:00,240
Speaker 1: a potential and a really strong potential franchise quarterback in

1701
01:27:00,360 --> 01:27:02,360
Speaker 1: the draft and they had to maneuver around to get him.

1702
01:27:02,439 --> 01:27:04,200
Speaker 1: Isn't it the most important thing he's done? I think

1703
01:27:04,240 --> 01:27:07,840
Speaker 1: so well for the here and now. Yeah, But I

1704
01:27:07,960 --> 01:27:12,680
Speaker 1: think also, but I think this team was in a

1705
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:15,760
Speaker 1: little bit of a quandary when he got here and

1706
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:18,680
Speaker 1: getting the salary cap. I think the thing that's the

1707
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 1: most impressive to me, Murph, is how it feels like

1708
01:27:22,520 --> 01:27:26,000
Speaker 1: this is sustainable, and that to me starts with the

1709
01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:29,120
Speaker 1: salary cap and getting it under control. Certainly, they took

1710
01:27:29,160 --> 01:27:32,160
Speaker 1: their lumps, but think about this too. Not only did

1711
01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:35,200
Speaker 1: they get the salary cap under control and start getting

1712
01:27:35,479 --> 01:27:38,439
Speaker 1: getting their financial house in order and start signing guys

1713
01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:40,000
Speaker 1: these one year deals and all that stuff that we've

1714
01:27:40,040 --> 01:27:42,439
Speaker 1: been talking about, but they've done it. Two of the

1715
01:27:42,520 --> 01:27:44,000
Speaker 1: last two of the last three years, the bill has

1716
01:27:44,040 --> 01:27:47,200
Speaker 1: been top five in cap room, and they've gone to

1717
01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:50,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs two out of the last three years. That's

1718
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:52,760
Speaker 1: pretty good. Yeah, that's been a nice stretch of three

1719
01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:54,800
Speaker 1: years now. Certainly there was a stinker in the middle

1720
01:27:54,800 --> 01:27:56,800
Speaker 1: of those two when he had a rookie quarterback and

1721
01:27:56,880 --> 01:28:00,280
Speaker 1: they had like nineteen quarterbacks get injured. I'm exaggerating, but

1722
01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:03,240
Speaker 1: they had four quarterbacks play and it just you know,

1723
01:28:03,320 --> 01:28:06,920
Speaker 1: they it was a rough season. But in between two

1724
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:11,560
Speaker 1: seasons where they played better than expected, I think for

1725
01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:14,800
Speaker 1: a lot of people, and doing all that stuff while

1726
01:28:14,840 --> 01:28:17,599
Speaker 1: getting your financial house in rank, keeping your financial house

1727
01:28:17,680 --> 01:28:21,040
Speaker 1: in order, is really huge to me because now it

1728
01:28:21,160 --> 01:28:23,320
Speaker 1: feels like to me, like I said at the beginning

1729
01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:27,479
Speaker 1: of this will sentence, it's sustainable, and that to me

1730
01:28:27,640 --> 01:28:30,439
Speaker 1: is really is a good feeling I think for Bills fans,

1731
01:28:30,760 --> 01:28:33,519
Speaker 1: and that's because of the caps in line. You think, yeah,

1732
01:28:33,600 --> 01:28:35,880
Speaker 1: I think they got money to spend every off season,

1733
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:38,560
Speaker 1: and that means you got room to get better. So

1734
01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:40,760
Speaker 1: you would say that's number one. You would say that, yeah,

1735
01:28:40,800 --> 01:28:44,000
Speaker 1: I think so. The financial handling the cap has been

1736
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:46,479
Speaker 1: the best thing he's done because they've got room to

1737
01:28:46,640 --> 01:28:51,120
Speaker 1: get better every off season, and I think that's for GM. Certainly,

1738
01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:55,120
Speaker 1: picking players is important, no question, but giving yourself the

1739
01:28:55,240 --> 01:28:58,479
Speaker 1: freedom to pick good players is where it all starts.

1740
01:28:58,680 --> 01:29:01,800
Speaker 1: Let me say this though, at some point, probably two

1741
01:29:01,880 --> 01:29:04,719
Speaker 1: maybe three years away, they're gonna have to pay the quarterback.

1742
01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:07,639
Speaker 1: At that point, the CAP's gonna be trickier. That's why

1743
01:29:07,640 --> 01:29:09,559
Speaker 1: I don't know if that would be my number one selection.

1744
01:29:09,600 --> 01:29:11,960
Speaker 1: It's important the way he's managed to cap, the way

1745
01:29:12,000 --> 01:29:14,360
Speaker 1: he got there, they got him out of cap jail.

1746
01:29:14,439 --> 01:29:16,439
Speaker 1: But he might not always be able to do that.

1747
01:29:16,520 --> 01:29:19,000
Speaker 1: That's why I'm reluctant to pay number one. And here

1748
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:20,800
Speaker 1: the thing is too. Though, if we're going to this

1749
01:29:20,880 --> 01:29:22,719
Speaker 1: next season with as much money as we had this season,

1750
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:24,320
Speaker 1: the quarterback's not going to be an issue. They'll have

1751
01:29:24,360 --> 01:29:26,280
Speaker 1: plenty of money to do it, and they'll have a

1752
01:29:26,320 --> 01:29:28,960
Speaker 1: plenty of money to, you know, to maintain the guy,

1753
01:29:29,040 --> 01:29:30,880
Speaker 1: to keep the guys they want to keep. Now he

1754
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:33,400
Speaker 1: already said too, he goes, there's gonna be some guy.

1755
01:29:33,439 --> 01:29:35,720
Speaker 1: And this is the interesting part about maybe the whole day.

1756
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:38,000
Speaker 1: We were on the presser with him today at eleven,

1757
01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:39,799
Speaker 1: and then he came on the show at twelve twenty.

1758
01:29:40,439 --> 01:29:43,000
Speaker 1: Maybe one of the most telling things he said was

1759
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:44,720
Speaker 1: there are gonna be some guys that are near and

1760
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:49,160
Speaker 1: dear to our heart that we can't keep. He started

1761
01:29:49,200 --> 01:29:51,640
Speaker 1: talking about Jordan Phillips, Shack Lawson, but you get the

1762
01:29:51,720 --> 01:29:54,640
Speaker 1: feeling he's talking about guys that are even higher up

1763
01:29:54,680 --> 01:29:59,880
Speaker 1: the cast of importance. He sees that coming down the road.

1764
01:30:00,560 --> 01:30:02,439
Speaker 1: But I also think that they've got this thing lined up.

1765
01:30:02,479 --> 01:30:04,599
Speaker 1: They're gonna have enough money in the offseason to keep

1766
01:30:04,720 --> 01:30:07,720
Speaker 1: the key players that they want and go from there.

1767
01:30:07,760 --> 01:30:11,200
Speaker 1: So I'm I'm thinking it's you know, that's the way,

1768
01:30:11,240 --> 01:30:13,760
Speaker 1: it's that's that is You're right, it's gonna be tough

1769
01:30:13,800 --> 01:30:16,160
Speaker 1: to keep going, But for right now, I think that's

1770
01:30:16,200 --> 01:30:17,800
Speaker 1: been the best thing he's done. Let's go to the

1771
01:30:17,800 --> 01:30:20,439
Speaker 1: tweet sheep out here by Cargan Moving Systems. The official

1772
01:30:20,479 --> 01:30:23,719
Speaker 1: movers are the Buffalo Bills. Tiffany says Brandon Bean's ability

1773
01:30:23,760 --> 01:30:27,639
Speaker 1: to work the draft is like watching Picasso paint. He's

1774
01:30:27,680 --> 01:30:30,840
Speaker 1: a mester of identifying talent and going after that player

1775
01:30:30,960 --> 01:30:34,080
Speaker 1: from their on field performance to their football smarts and personality.

1776
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:37,280
Speaker 1: They've drafted stunt players throughout all seven rounds of the draft.

1777
01:30:37,360 --> 01:30:40,240
Speaker 1: Well maybe not all seven rounds, but I think they've

1778
01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:43,080
Speaker 1: drafted really well, and they've maneuvered, as our question goes,

1779
01:30:43,160 --> 01:30:45,600
Speaker 1: they have maneuvered around the draft really well got to

1780
01:30:45,640 --> 01:30:47,640
Speaker 1: where they need to go. I think that. Yeah. To me,

1781
01:30:47,760 --> 01:30:49,600
Speaker 1: that's number one. And I'll tell you what. I'm not

1782
01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:52,599
Speaker 1: for nothing. But it's been fun because the Bills haven't

1783
01:30:52,680 --> 01:30:54,400
Speaker 1: just sat there and waited for the draft. You know,

1784
01:30:54,439 --> 01:30:58,320
Speaker 1: They've been moving around, trading guy players, picks away, players,

1785
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:02,160
Speaker 1: picks in. It's been fun. And and here's what and

1786
01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:04,599
Speaker 1: here's from John on the tweet sheet who also he's

1787
01:31:04,680 --> 01:31:07,519
Speaker 1: kind of saying what I said and kind of jumping

1788
01:31:07,560 --> 01:31:11,080
Speaker 1: on board with it. Getting this cap under control, which

1789
01:31:11,200 --> 01:31:14,760
Speaker 1: was an absolute mess when he got here, allowed us

1790
01:31:14,840 --> 01:31:18,280
Speaker 1: to acquire talent via free agency, allowing more clarity for

1791
01:31:18,360 --> 01:31:20,920
Speaker 1: what they needed to draft. But it all started with

1792
01:31:21,080 --> 01:31:22,800
Speaker 1: the cap, and I think that's where I'm at now.

1793
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:24,880
Speaker 1: I think that was job one and he's done that

1794
01:31:24,960 --> 01:31:26,920
Speaker 1: to perfection. I don't know if he's gonna be able

1795
01:31:26,960 --> 01:31:29,280
Speaker 1: to keep it up, but man to this point, I

1796
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:31,960
Speaker 1: think that's been what he has done so well. Back

1797
01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:36,640
Speaker 1: to maneuvering around the draft, which is Tiffany pointed out,

1798
01:31:36,720 --> 01:31:40,320
Speaker 1: I'm the first on the first response there, Brandon Bean

1799
01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:42,720
Speaker 1: said something today, I'm looking at my notes where that was.

1800
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:45,320
Speaker 1: It said something about where they're at their fifty four

1801
01:31:45,479 --> 01:31:47,560
Speaker 1: and we'll ask Chris Brown about this coming up. But

1802
01:31:47,680 --> 01:31:50,280
Speaker 1: he talked about how he almost dropped a hint like

1803
01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:53,360
Speaker 1: we might move up, you know what I mean again,

1804
01:31:53,400 --> 01:31:55,760
Speaker 1: remember he talked about Cody Ford. Hey, we moved up

1805
01:31:55,800 --> 01:31:57,800
Speaker 1: and got Cody Ford. Oh here, how they're going to

1806
01:31:57,840 --> 01:32:00,720
Speaker 1: reset the board and this everybody does it after round one.

1807
01:32:00,840 --> 01:32:03,559
Speaker 1: Chris Brown asked this question, we will reset the board.

1808
01:32:04,120 --> 01:32:06,560
Speaker 1: What's left? Any of the Bill's first rounders still on

1809
01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:08,880
Speaker 1: the board. Guys that day and ranked first rounders who

1810
01:32:08,920 --> 01:32:11,439
Speaker 1: may still be there going into the second round. On Friday,

1811
01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:13,920
Speaker 1: Draft weekend, he says, we're gonna have to decide how

1812
01:32:13,960 --> 01:32:16,120
Speaker 1: long do we wait until we make a move. So

1813
01:32:16,240 --> 01:32:18,439
Speaker 1: it's out there, Steve, he may make another move even

1814
01:32:18,520 --> 01:32:20,800
Speaker 1: though he only has the fifty fourth overall pick. He

1815
01:32:20,880 --> 01:32:22,880
Speaker 1: may move up a little bit in the second round. Yeah,

1816
01:32:22,920 --> 01:32:25,439
Speaker 1: he said, they're gonna dissect what happens in Day one,

1817
01:32:26,360 --> 01:32:28,880
Speaker 1: and then they're gonna they're gonna if there's guys that

1818
01:32:29,080 --> 01:32:32,160
Speaker 1: are quality that drop to Day two that they have

1819
01:32:32,400 --> 01:32:35,639
Speaker 1: enough capital to get up and get that could help him. Yeah,

1820
01:32:35,920 --> 01:32:38,799
Speaker 1: I'm listen, we know he won't. He's not gonna hesitate.

1821
01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:41,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna jump if he wants. I mean, and let's

1822
01:32:41,439 --> 01:32:43,240
Speaker 1: face it too, Murph. We've been talking about it the

1823
01:32:43,240 --> 01:32:47,840
Speaker 1: all offseason. It's not like they they need fifteen picks

1824
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:51,040
Speaker 1: in this draft, right, Like maybe what three? Right, and

1825
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:54,360
Speaker 1: they've got one already with Stefan Diggs counted as your

1826
01:32:54,439 --> 01:32:57,080
Speaker 1: number one pick. They may need only three guys out

1827
01:32:57,120 --> 01:33:00,280
Speaker 1: of this draft to be contributors. Because this isn't last

1828
01:33:00,320 --> 01:33:03,200
Speaker 1: year where they got eleven or nine new starters out

1829
01:33:03,200 --> 01:33:05,760
Speaker 1: of eleven on offense some day one. They don't need

1830
01:33:05,880 --> 01:33:08,360
Speaker 1: that kind of turnover. All they need is some key

1831
01:33:08,520 --> 01:33:12,120
Speaker 1: spots so they can throw away three draft picks to

1832
01:33:12,200 --> 01:33:14,559
Speaker 1: get one guy who's gonna be one of those three guys.

1833
01:33:14,640 --> 01:33:16,880
Speaker 1: In my opinion, I'm not saying they're gonna do it,

1834
01:33:17,000 --> 01:33:19,800
Speaker 1: but that's the that's the you know, the philosophy, right,

1835
01:33:20,280 --> 01:33:22,800
Speaker 1: So this is this isn't a draft where they need

1836
01:33:22,880 --> 01:33:25,639
Speaker 1: to find six guys that can contribute. They need only

1837
01:33:25,760 --> 01:33:28,599
Speaker 1: they may not only need two or three. They've already

1838
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:31,519
Speaker 1: got one. We're gonna talk more Bills draft strategy. It's

1839
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:33,880
Speaker 1: three weeks away. It is three weeks from today Round one.

1840
01:33:33,920 --> 01:33:36,920
Speaker 1: We'll talk with Chris Brown, Bills insider from Buffalo Bills

1841
01:33:36,920 --> 01:33:38,680
Speaker 1: dot Com when we return for our number three of

1842
01:33:38,720 --> 01:33:41,519
Speaker 1: the show. A break here for coming back with that

1843
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:44,160
Speaker 1: coming here from home today One Bill's Live presented by

1844
01:33:44,240 --> 01:33:52,960
Speaker 1: Kalid to Health and this is Buffalo Bills Radio. The

1845
01:33:53,120 --> 01:33:56,599
Speaker 1: update from One Bills Live. The Buffalo Bills getting set

1846
01:33:56,720 --> 01:33:59,040
Speaker 1: to h They had a news conference today for a

1847
01:33:59,120 --> 01:34:01,880
Speaker 1: general manager, Brandon Bean. We're gonna talk with Chris Brown,

1848
01:34:01,960 --> 01:34:04,120
Speaker 1: Bills Inside at Buffalo Bills dot com about what the

1849
01:34:04,200 --> 01:34:06,519
Speaker 1: mister Bean had to say at the news conference today

1850
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:09,040
Speaker 1: that's coming up next around the league. The Dallas Cowboys

1851
01:34:09,040 --> 01:34:11,599
Speaker 1: are giving Alvin Smith a chance to resurrect his career.

1852
01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:14,320
Speaker 1: They signed the talented but troubled defensive end to a

1853
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:16,880
Speaker 1: one year deal worth up to four million dollars. Smith

1854
01:34:17,000 --> 01:34:18,920
Speaker 1: is thirty years old. He's not played any game since

1855
01:34:18,920 --> 01:34:21,720
Speaker 1: he was suspended in twenty fifteen because of legal and

1856
01:34:21,880 --> 01:34:27,320
Speaker 1: substance abuse issues. It's Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson catching

1857
01:34:27,400 --> 01:34:30,400
Speaker 1: some plaque for working out with Antonio Brown, cree agent

1858
01:34:30,439 --> 01:34:34,719
Speaker 1: wide receiver. There's video posted on Jackson's Instagram account, also

1859
01:34:34,800 --> 01:34:37,320
Speaker 1: a photo on Twitter showing Jackson with his arms draped

1860
01:34:37,320 --> 01:34:41,080
Speaker 1: around Antonio on Marcus Brown. The workout took place in

1861
01:34:41,240 --> 01:34:43,920
Speaker 1: South Florida. Antonio Brown has not played in an NFL

1862
01:34:44,040 --> 01:34:46,360
Speaker 1: game since the Patriots released him after a week to

1863
01:34:46,479 --> 01:34:49,240
Speaker 1: win in Miami. The Patriots down to just two quarterbacks

1864
01:34:49,240 --> 01:34:52,240
Speaker 1: on their roster now. They officially late yesterday announced the

1865
01:34:52,320 --> 01:34:54,920
Speaker 1: release from quarterback Cody Kessler. That leaves him with just

1866
01:34:55,040 --> 01:34:58,080
Speaker 1: Jared Stidham and Brian Hoyer in the quarterback room. Former

1867
01:34:58,160 --> 01:35:01,920
Speaker 1: Patriots quarterback Tom Brady now with Tampa Bay settling into

1868
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:04,360
Speaker 1: his new home. He has chosen to settle his family

1869
01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:07,880
Speaker 1: in the mansion of Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter,

1870
01:35:08,240 --> 01:35:10,479
Speaker 1: a thirty thousand square foot home built by the former

1871
01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:14,759
Speaker 1: Yankees shortstop on Davis Island, seven miles from Raymond James Stadium,

1872
01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:18,080
Speaker 1: where the Tampa Bay Bucks play. Meantime, the Patriots team

1873
01:35:18,160 --> 01:35:21,000
Speaker 1: plane is used to transport one point two million and

1874
01:35:21,200 --> 01:35:24,320
Speaker 1: ninety five masks from China to the United States to

1875
01:35:24,400 --> 01:35:28,759
Speaker 1: transfer the result of multiple global negotiations and the Massachusetts governor,

1876
01:35:29,040 --> 01:35:31,840
Speaker 1: Patriots plane had to be upgraded for international travel to

1877
01:35:32,000 --> 01:35:35,000
Speaker 1: make that happen. Elsewhere around the world of sports baseball,

1878
01:35:35,080 --> 01:35:38,639
Speaker 1: the suspensions for a. J. Hinch, former Houston Astros manager,

1879
01:35:38,720 --> 01:35:43,280
Speaker 1: and Jeff Lunell, the former Astros general manager. They will

1880
01:35:43,439 --> 01:35:47,360
Speaker 1: fulfill them those one season suspensions even if no baseball

1881
01:35:47,520 --> 01:35:50,440
Speaker 1: is played in twenty twenty to one year. Bands reportedly

1882
01:35:50,560 --> 01:35:53,559
Speaker 1: came from a signed stealing system used during the regular

1883
01:35:53,600 --> 01:35:56,479
Speaker 1: season and playoffs for the Houston Astros. There you go,

1884
01:35:56,600 --> 01:35:59,000
Speaker 1: that's the update from one of those lin John Murphy,

1885
01:35:59,240 --> 01:36:01,519
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker on the line with us right now. We've

1886
01:36:01,600 --> 01:36:05,080
Speaker 1: got Bills Insider from Buffalo bills dot com. Chris Brown, Hello, Chris,

1887
01:36:05,160 --> 01:36:07,640
Speaker 1: how are you. I'm doing well. So, you know, I

1888
01:36:07,760 --> 01:36:10,599
Speaker 1: really feel for Tom Brady because there's only two three

1889
01:36:10,680 --> 01:36:13,960
Speaker 1: car garages in that mansion. I don't know how he's

1890
01:36:13,960 --> 01:36:16,160
Speaker 1: gonna do it. How do you get by with thirty

1891
01:36:16,200 --> 01:36:18,320
Speaker 1: thousand square feet? Steve tell us? What do you got?

1892
01:36:18,400 --> 01:36:24,880
Speaker 1: Thirty something? Right? Oh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, no. Happy Chris

1893
01:36:25,000 --> 01:36:27,360
Speaker 1: Brown Bills inside from Buffalo bills dot Com. Good to

1894
01:36:27,360 --> 01:36:29,360
Speaker 1: see you, Chris said, We've got Chris on Skype and

1895
01:36:29,439 --> 01:36:30,920
Speaker 1: we've got him on the air, and if you have

1896
01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:33,840
Speaker 1: a comment question for Chris, the phone line's open eighth three,

1897
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:37,120
Speaker 1: five fifty and toll free outside Buffalo one eight eight

1898
01:36:37,280 --> 01:36:40,439
Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty. After a flurry of

1899
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Speaker 1: activity in the first week or so a free agency,

1900
01:36:43,439 --> 01:36:46,760
Speaker 1: it got really quiet this last week, did na, Chris? Yeah,

1901
01:36:46,880 --> 01:36:48,840
Speaker 1: And I think that was to be expected to a

1902
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:51,000
Speaker 1: certain extent. You know, you see the big deals come

1903
01:36:51,120 --> 01:36:54,200
Speaker 1: that first week of free agency, and then the second wave.

1904
01:36:54,760 --> 01:36:56,599
Speaker 1: You know, you're seeing more of those one and two

1905
01:36:56,720 --> 01:36:59,160
Speaker 1: year deals, you know, guys that are like, all right,

1906
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:02,240
Speaker 1: well just take this job here, try to really have

1907
01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:05,960
Speaker 1: a big season, and then cash in next year. And

1908
01:37:06,080 --> 01:37:08,479
Speaker 1: I think there's also some that are saying, well, let

1909
01:37:08,520 --> 01:37:10,400
Speaker 1: me take a one year deal. Now, let's see what

1910
01:37:10,520 --> 01:37:13,200
Speaker 1: the lay of the land looks like after the league

1911
01:37:13,240 --> 01:37:16,880
Speaker 1: puts through some media deals, and maybe everybody's got more

1912
01:37:16,960 --> 01:37:19,280
Speaker 1: money in the pot, and maybe I can get a

1913
01:37:19,360 --> 01:37:22,639
Speaker 1: bigger free agent deal next year. So I think there's

1914
01:37:22,640 --> 01:37:25,559
Speaker 1: a lot of different moving parts to free agency this year,

1915
01:37:25,640 --> 01:37:29,360
Speaker 1: and including COVID nineteen, by the way, you know, that

1916
01:37:29,560 --> 01:37:32,360
Speaker 1: is impacting how the free agent market has unfolded here

1917
01:37:32,439 --> 01:37:35,160
Speaker 1: after that initial wave. Do you think there's anything to

1918
01:37:35,240 --> 01:37:39,519
Speaker 1: the rumor or thought that maybe some teams are shining

1919
01:37:39,560 --> 01:37:42,880
Speaker 1: away from big duck committing big dollars to players that

1920
01:37:43,400 --> 01:37:47,519
Speaker 1: there when there may not be a season. Yeah, I mean,

1921
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:55,160
Speaker 1: I think anytime, you know, very astute businessmen have some

1922
01:37:55,640 --> 01:37:58,439
Speaker 1: kind of concern about the lay of the land and

1923
01:37:58,520 --> 01:38:01,599
Speaker 1: where it might be in the future, that can tend

1924
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:03,840
Speaker 1: to tighten purse strings. I'm not going to deny that

1925
01:38:03,960 --> 01:38:06,920
Speaker 1: for a second. But with Chris Brown Bills inside of

1926
01:38:06,960 --> 01:38:08,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo bills dot com, if you have a comment or

1927
01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:11,360
Speaker 1: a question, phone lines wide open right now eight three

1928
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Speaker 1: five fifty outside Buffalo one eight eight five fifty two

1929
01:38:15,000 --> 01:38:18,679
Speaker 1: five fifty, Chris, We did to get involved in Brandon

1930
01:38:18,760 --> 01:38:21,400
Speaker 1: Bean's news conference earlier today for the media, and then

1931
01:38:21,400 --> 01:38:23,400
Speaker 1: we had Brandon on the show with us a little

1932
01:38:23,479 --> 01:38:25,760
Speaker 1: bit afternoon today. A lot of focus in the media

1933
01:38:25,800 --> 01:38:29,400
Speaker 1: news conference about the Stefan Digg's trade three weeks after

1934
01:38:29,479 --> 01:38:31,920
Speaker 1: it's completed, and that makes sense Brandon's first real comments

1935
01:38:31,920 --> 01:38:35,320
Speaker 1: about it. And you found a particular interest how Brandon

1936
01:38:35,400 --> 01:38:37,840
Speaker 1: talked about how the current predicament the US is in

1937
01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:41,240
Speaker 1: the pandemic played a factor in the trade for Stefan

1938
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:44,320
Speaker 1: dig So, yeah, I don't think it was the chief

1939
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:47,840
Speaker 1: reason why why it happened, but I think it I

1940
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:51,120
Speaker 1: think it only convinced the Bills and maybe emboldened them

1941
01:38:51,600 --> 01:38:53,519
Speaker 1: to take the swing that they did all the more,

1942
01:38:53,640 --> 01:38:55,920
Speaker 1: and what I mean by that is based on what

1943
01:38:56,040 --> 01:38:59,160
Speaker 1: we were hearing from from Brandon on the conference call today,

1944
01:39:00,160 --> 01:39:04,519
Speaker 1: I think there was a concern on his part that

1945
01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:11,200
Speaker 1: a shortened offseason could compromise the readiness of a rookie

1946
01:39:11,280 --> 01:39:14,760
Speaker 1: receiver in Buffalo's offense more than it would if he

1947
01:39:14,840 --> 01:39:19,040
Speaker 1: had an experienced receiver coming to Buffalo's offense. So I

1948
01:39:19,160 --> 01:39:23,120
Speaker 1: think that spot on quite frankly But the main crux

1949
01:39:23,800 --> 01:39:26,080
Speaker 1: and the nuts and bolts of why this trade came

1950
01:39:26,160 --> 01:39:31,120
Speaker 1: to be was twofold number one. I think Brandon felt

1951
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:35,240
Speaker 1: he needed a receiver added to this offense with talent

1952
01:39:36,120 --> 01:39:40,559
Speaker 1: and intelligence to come in and be an impact player

1953
01:39:40,840 --> 01:39:43,960
Speaker 1: right away. And I think he saw that there were

1954
01:39:44,120 --> 01:39:47,600
Speaker 1: prospects in this year's draft class who could accomplish that,

1955
01:39:48,280 --> 01:39:51,680
Speaker 1: but he felt, in his opinion, they were up at

1956
01:39:51,720 --> 01:39:54,240
Speaker 1: the top, at the very top of the draft board.

1957
01:39:54,720 --> 01:39:57,400
Speaker 1: And so I think what he and his college scouting

1958
01:39:57,439 --> 01:40:00,840
Speaker 1: staff did was they said, okay, what were to take

1959
01:40:01,360 --> 01:40:04,960
Speaker 1: for us to get from twenty two? And I'm guessing here,

1960
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:07,240
Speaker 1: but just from the price he felt he was going

1961
01:40:07,320 --> 01:40:09,560
Speaker 1: to have to pay, I think he thought he was

1962
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:12,200
Speaker 1: gonna have to get into the top ten and get

1963
01:40:12,240 --> 01:40:15,200
Speaker 1: either the first or second receiver off the board to

1964
01:40:15,360 --> 01:40:17,879
Speaker 1: get that kind of an impact player for this offense.

1965
01:40:18,439 --> 01:40:21,000
Speaker 1: And so he looked at that, and then he looked

1966
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:24,519
Speaker 1: at what the cost would be to maybe pry a

1967
01:40:24,640 --> 01:40:28,120
Speaker 1: player like a Stefan Digs away from Minnesota and said,

1968
01:40:28,760 --> 01:40:30,920
Speaker 1: you know, at the end of the day, even though

1969
01:40:30,960 --> 01:40:34,800
Speaker 1: I gave up a one, a four next year, along

1970
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:37,240
Speaker 1: with a five and a six, it was still less

1971
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:39,920
Speaker 1: than the price I'd probably have to pay to get

1972
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,920
Speaker 1: up to the top ten of Round one this year.

1973
01:40:44,479 --> 01:40:48,280
Speaker 1: And so I think that, combined with the fact that

1974
01:40:48,439 --> 01:40:52,200
Speaker 1: you're probably looking at an offseason that's not going to

1975
01:40:52,320 --> 01:40:58,400
Speaker 1: have OTA practices in May, probably not mini camp in June,

1976
01:40:58,880 --> 01:41:02,240
Speaker 1: and for all we know, a truncated training camp come

1977
01:41:02,360 --> 01:41:05,720
Speaker 1: late July, I think he said it's better to get

1978
01:41:06,280 --> 01:41:09,800
Speaker 1: the shore fire product. Who Oh, by the way, we've

1979
01:41:09,840 --> 01:41:13,240
Speaker 1: got four years of FilmOn playing in the NFL and

1980
01:41:13,439 --> 01:41:17,759
Speaker 1: taking that than a rookie coming in who probably hasn't

1981
01:41:17,800 --> 01:41:20,920
Speaker 1: been in a huddle all that much on offense, because

1982
01:41:20,920 --> 01:41:23,959
Speaker 1: a lot of these college teams gave plays from the sideline.

1983
01:41:23,960 --> 01:41:25,960
Speaker 1: They don't even huddle up and have to listen to

1984
01:41:26,120 --> 01:41:28,920
Speaker 1: what twenty eight word play and understand on the left

1985
01:41:28,960 --> 01:41:30,640
Speaker 1: side or the right side of the formation? Do I

1986
01:41:30,720 --> 01:41:33,240
Speaker 1: have a sight adjust on this play? All of that stuff.

1987
01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:35,200
Speaker 1: So I think it all played a role in why

1988
01:41:35,280 --> 01:41:37,840
Speaker 1: they went with Diggs. I don't think the same question either.

1989
01:41:38,320 --> 01:41:41,400
Speaker 1: Talk to me about this, Brownie. This deal for me,

1990
01:41:41,800 --> 01:41:44,679
Speaker 1: from Buffalo's point of view, is an absolute no brainer

1991
01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:46,200
Speaker 1: for a couple of reasons. Yeah, they gave up a

1992
01:41:46,280 --> 01:41:50,400
Speaker 1: one of four, five, and six for Diggs. They gave

1993
01:41:50,479 --> 01:41:52,479
Speaker 1: up four, five and six, and the five and six

1994
01:41:52,600 --> 01:41:54,840
Speaker 1: came in this year's draft, next year's draft. The one

1995
01:41:54,880 --> 01:41:58,120
Speaker 1: and four was this year's correct Now four is next year, one,

1996
01:41:58,280 --> 01:42:00,360
Speaker 1: five and six is this year. Okay, they're in a

1997
01:42:00,439 --> 01:42:02,960
Speaker 1: draft where they got these draft picks. And I told

1998
01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:05,760
Speaker 1: this Murf to Murf just in the last segment, it's

1999
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:08,479
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to find guys with all those draft

2000
01:42:08,520 --> 01:42:10,479
Speaker 1: picks in the later rounds this year for the Buffalo

2001
01:42:10,560 --> 01:42:12,360
Speaker 1: Bills that are going to be able to contribute to

2002
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:15,680
Speaker 1: this team. With the talent they have on the roster. Now,

2003
01:42:15,720 --> 01:42:18,120
Speaker 1: I don't think there's gonna be very many fifth, sixth

2004
01:42:18,240 --> 01:42:21,400
Speaker 1: round guys that can make this squad this year. So

2005
01:42:21,560 --> 01:42:24,800
Speaker 1: why not trade away those picks to get a guy

2006
01:42:24,880 --> 01:42:27,800
Speaker 1: like Diggs who can absolutely is a plug in and play. Plus,

2007
01:42:28,240 --> 01:42:31,640
Speaker 1: and also this eleven million bucks a year sounds like

2008
01:42:31,720 --> 01:42:34,200
Speaker 1: a ton of money, but for a number one wide

2009
01:42:34,240 --> 01:42:38,000
Speaker 1: receiver the quality of Digs, it's not. And plus they

2010
01:42:38,080 --> 01:42:40,880
Speaker 1: got it for four more years. That to me is

2011
01:42:41,400 --> 01:42:43,320
Speaker 1: an icing on the cake that makes this deal for

2012
01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:46,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo an absolute no brainer and almost to steal. Right.

2013
01:42:46,880 --> 01:42:50,240
Speaker 1: And I think the only question surrounding the Diggs trade

2014
01:42:50,600 --> 01:42:55,719
Speaker 1: was the criticism that Brandon Bean got from some national

2015
01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:58,720
Speaker 1: analysts who said they thought that the Bills paid too much.

2016
01:42:59,160 --> 01:43:01,559
Speaker 1: I thought it was very interesting the way Brandon Being

2017
01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:04,439
Speaker 1: broke things down on the conference call today when he

2018
01:43:04,600 --> 01:43:09,400
Speaker 1: essentially stated, for all intents and purposes, we assessed what

2019
01:43:09,640 --> 01:43:12,360
Speaker 1: the cost would be to move up in the draft

2020
01:43:12,479 --> 01:43:14,720
Speaker 1: to get the kind of receiver talent we felt we

2021
01:43:14,800 --> 01:43:17,280
Speaker 1: would have to acquire, and where we'd have to go

2022
01:43:17,439 --> 01:43:20,120
Speaker 1: on the board to get that. And again I'm just

2023
01:43:20,280 --> 01:43:22,920
Speaker 1: guessing here, but he made it sound like they were

2024
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:25,559
Speaker 1: gonna have to go from twenty two up to somewhere

2025
01:43:25,600 --> 01:43:29,040
Speaker 1: in the top ten, and knowing all of the teams

2026
01:43:29,160 --> 01:43:32,240
Speaker 1: in the top ten that are staying there and maybe

2027
01:43:32,360 --> 01:43:34,720
Speaker 1: even looking to move up from where they currently sit

2028
01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:37,800
Speaker 1: just to get a quarterback. I mean, we've seen mock drafts,

2029
01:43:37,840 --> 01:43:39,280
Speaker 1: and I know we can't put a whole lot of stock,

2030
01:43:39,360 --> 01:43:42,080
Speaker 1: but we're talking about three four quarterbacks coming off the board.

2031
01:43:42,400 --> 01:43:45,840
Speaker 1: With three or four quarterback hungry teams in the top ten,

2032
01:43:46,320 --> 01:43:49,640
Speaker 1: the price to get up there becomes even greater. And

2033
01:43:49,800 --> 01:43:53,439
Speaker 1: so when he essentially put it out there today, you know,

2034
01:43:53,640 --> 01:43:57,360
Speaker 1: in vague and non specific terms, granted, but I felt

2035
01:43:57,400 --> 01:43:59,040
Speaker 1: he kind of put it out there that the price

2036
01:43:59,120 --> 01:44:02,640
Speaker 1: to move up there to get a rookie receiver was

2037
01:44:02,720 --> 01:44:04,920
Speaker 1: going to be greater than what they ultimately gave up

2038
01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:07,360
Speaker 1: for Stefan Diggs. I mean, it makes it, It makes

2039
01:44:07,400 --> 01:44:11,280
Speaker 1: it all the more exciting that they got Diggs for

2040
01:44:11,360 --> 01:44:14,160
Speaker 1: what they did. Brownie, I'd love to know which receivers.

2041
01:44:14,200 --> 01:44:16,559
Speaker 1: I guess two of them he would be pointing towards.

2042
01:44:16,560 --> 01:44:18,519
Speaker 1: I guess Ceedee Lamb and Jerry Judy would be the

2043
01:44:18,960 --> 01:44:22,280
Speaker 1: likeliest suspects, maybe top ten targets for the bills. That

2044
01:44:22,320 --> 01:44:24,559
Speaker 1: will never know for the bills anyway, Yeah, yeah, we'll

2045
01:44:24,600 --> 01:44:27,280
Speaker 1: never know. But I would I would probably have Cede

2046
01:44:27,439 --> 01:44:30,080
Speaker 1: Lambs as one of those two for sure. There seems

2047
01:44:30,120 --> 01:44:33,280
Speaker 1: to be a little bit more of a mixed review

2048
01:44:33,520 --> 01:44:37,840
Speaker 1: on Jerry Judy, as surprising as that might sound. Cede Lamb,

2049
01:44:37,920 --> 01:44:40,439
Speaker 1: I would certainly think, would probably be one of the

2050
01:44:40,560 --> 01:44:42,640
Speaker 1: two or three that they had as the cream of

2051
01:44:42,680 --> 01:44:45,920
Speaker 1: the crop. One more thing about the Stefan Diggs trade,

2052
01:44:45,960 --> 01:44:49,439
Speaker 1: and Steve pointed out, and he actually asked Brandon Bean

2053
01:44:49,479 --> 01:44:53,639
Speaker 1: about it. Brandon Mean admitted they inquired about Stefan Diggs

2054
01:44:53,800 --> 01:44:56,040
Speaker 1: last season in the middle of the season. And that's

2055
01:44:56,040 --> 01:44:58,320
Speaker 1: how aggressive the Bills have been in getting this guy.

2056
01:44:58,400 --> 01:45:01,240
Speaker 1: And maybe I'm sure there's more, you know, receivers, you know,

2057
01:45:01,479 --> 01:45:04,400
Speaker 1: maybe Emmanuel Sanders, who knows, but they've been on the lookout.

2058
01:45:04,439 --> 01:45:06,320
Speaker 1: It's not like this just came up at five thirty

2059
01:45:06,320 --> 01:45:09,200
Speaker 1: in the afternoon, was reported about a week or so ago,

2060
01:45:09,520 --> 01:45:13,080
Speaker 1: right right. And the other thing too, Murph, because what

2061
01:45:13,720 --> 01:45:16,080
Speaker 1: did I talk to you guys about right after this

2062
01:45:16,200 --> 01:45:17,880
Speaker 1: trade was made when I came on the show with you.

2063
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:21,840
Speaker 1: The number one thing that Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott

2064
01:45:21,920 --> 01:45:24,920
Speaker 1: said at their season ending press conference about what had

2065
01:45:24,960 --> 01:45:27,600
Speaker 1: to change on offense was they felt they needed to

2066
01:45:27,680 --> 01:45:30,559
Speaker 1: score more points. I think they recognize that at mid

2067
01:45:30,640 --> 01:45:36,679
Speaker 1: season last year, and we're ardently looking for a true

2068
01:45:37,040 --> 01:45:40,400
Speaker 1: point producer to add to this offense as early as

2069
01:45:40,520 --> 01:45:44,280
Speaker 1: last October, and they just couldn't find the right fit.

2070
01:45:44,600 --> 01:45:47,920
Speaker 1: And I think we can all agree that on the whole,

2071
01:45:48,840 --> 01:45:52,000
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean, when he sees something that he is convinced

2072
01:45:52,120 --> 01:45:55,439
Speaker 1: is going to help this football team, he strikes I mean,

2073
01:45:55,520 --> 01:46:00,400
Speaker 1: he doesn't wait. So I can't imagine how frustrating it

2074
01:46:00,600 --> 01:46:05,320
Speaker 1: was for him last October to not be able to

2075
01:46:05,680 --> 01:46:09,760
Speaker 1: pull something off that made sense, and then, you know,

2076
01:46:09,840 --> 01:46:12,120
Speaker 1: to see the team come up short in the very

2077
01:46:12,240 --> 01:46:16,400
Speaker 1: area that he had targeted to try to improve. I

2078
01:46:16,479 --> 01:46:18,719
Speaker 1: got to ask you a question, for both you Murph

2079
01:46:18,800 --> 01:46:21,880
Speaker 1: and you Brownie. Did it surprise you the importance or

2080
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:25,439
Speaker 1: the prominence that Brandon being placed on the resigning of

2081
01:46:25,560 --> 01:46:27,880
Speaker 1: Taiwan Jones, who was with Houston last year and also

2082
01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:31,120
Speaker 1: Tyler Metekevic and what he said about where their special

2083
01:46:31,200 --> 01:46:32,720
Speaker 1: teams were and where they would like him to be.

2084
01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:34,600
Speaker 1: Did it surprise you the emphasis they put on that

2085
01:46:34,720 --> 01:46:37,840
Speaker 1: in free agency? No, because that's another thing that he

2086
01:46:38,000 --> 01:46:42,000
Speaker 1: said in the season ending press conference. There's a lot

2087
01:46:42,040 --> 01:46:45,799
Speaker 1: of times where just to try to get a handle

2088
01:46:46,680 --> 01:46:50,360
Speaker 1: on where things currently sent, very often I'll go back

2089
01:46:50,439 --> 01:46:54,880
Speaker 1: to transcripts from coach McDermott or from Brandon Bean and

2090
01:46:55,040 --> 01:46:58,760
Speaker 1: just kind of combed through him. Again. It's amazing what

2091
01:46:58,960 --> 01:47:02,879
Speaker 1: you can pull from the that you read completely differently

2092
01:47:03,240 --> 01:47:06,000
Speaker 1: just a month or two later from when the you know,

2093
01:47:06,120 --> 01:47:09,240
Speaker 1: the conference call or the press conference actually happened. And

2094
01:47:09,680 --> 01:47:12,760
Speaker 1: one of the things that Brandon Bean said, specifically in

2095
01:47:12,960 --> 01:47:16,479
Speaker 1: reviewing offense, defense and special teams. With respect to special teams,

2096
01:47:16,520 --> 01:47:21,000
Speaker 1: he said, we did improve on special teams in year

2097
01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:23,160
Speaker 1: one under Heath Farewell, you know who was a new

2098
01:47:23,240 --> 01:47:25,400
Speaker 1: coordinator coming in the door last season. He said, we

2099
01:47:25,479 --> 01:47:28,160
Speaker 1: did improve, but we still have to get better there.

2100
01:47:28,520 --> 01:47:32,280
Speaker 1: And so I wasn't surprised at all to see the

2101
01:47:32,439 --> 01:47:35,960
Speaker 1: moves they made to try to enhance that unit, especially

2102
01:47:36,120 --> 01:47:38,400
Speaker 1: when you add in the fact guys that you have

2103
01:47:38,600 --> 01:47:41,600
Speaker 1: some core special teamers who were coming up to be

2104
01:47:41,760 --> 01:47:45,919
Speaker 1: free agents, whether you're talking about Lorenzo Alexander retiring, Julian

2105
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:48,320
Speaker 1: Stanford being a free agent, I mean there was there

2106
01:47:48,439 --> 01:47:52,280
Speaker 1: was a list of players sonoras Perry, who was another

2107
01:47:52,360 --> 01:47:55,080
Speaker 1: guy who was, you know, a special teams contributor. So

2108
01:47:55,400 --> 01:47:57,880
Speaker 1: to see the moves that they made to try to

2109
01:47:57,920 --> 01:48:00,439
Speaker 1: make this unit even better one I don't think surprised

2110
01:48:00,520 --> 01:48:04,080
Speaker 1: me at all. Yeah, well, I think this I think

2111
01:48:04,720 --> 01:48:09,680
Speaker 1: the kind of pickup on what Brownie he said. They

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Speaker 1: weren't just looking to replace guys who left uns freedencye.

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Speaker 1: They're looking to get better. And I think, especially with

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Speaker 1: Tyler Manekeevic, I think if you make a list even

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to the all time special teamer here, but

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Speaker 1: you make a list in current NFL top ten special

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Speaker 1: teams players in the league. I think Tyler Mandeckevic is

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Speaker 1: on that list. And he's a Buffalo Bill. Now I

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Speaker 1: think that's a big pickup. Yeah, and Tyler might not

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Speaker 1: be might be there as well. Yeah. And on top

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Speaker 1: of that, guys, I mean just look at the history

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Speaker 1: of some of these players. I mean I wrote it.

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Speaker 1: You know, we were doing the roster recap on Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bills dot com and we were breaking it down by

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Speaker 1: unit offense, defense, Special teams may not special teams. Over

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Speaker 1: the last four seasons, nobody has more special teams tackle

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Speaker 1: in the in the entire league than Tyler Manneckevitch, who

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Speaker 1: has thirty nine, which doesn't sound like a lot, but

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Speaker 1: Steve can tell you as good as anyone over four years,

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Speaker 1: thirty nine tackles. That's pretty damn good. And then on

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Speaker 1: top of that, you look at aj Klein. Yes, over

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Speaker 1: the last two or three seasons, he's become a proven

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Speaker 1: defensive starter, but he but he hasn't completely abandoned special

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Speaker 1: teams and as early as the twenty fifteen season, he

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Speaker 1: led h He led the Carolina Panthers in special teams

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Speaker 1: tackles uh and then you and then Taiwan Jones, as

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Speaker 1: Steve mentioned, So I think you've got three very accomplished

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Speaker 1: special teams players that have now been added to this

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Speaker 1: roster Brownie, after the free agency, after all the signings,

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Speaker 1: and we're poised to have the draft on schedule, all

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Speaker 1: things considered, How do the Bills sit with their roster,

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Speaker 1: their free agency signings and the contracts they've agreed to

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Speaker 1: now as they head into this draft? This almost this

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Speaker 1: draft almost seems now without a one, a little bit

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01:49:52,920 --> 01:49:55,080
Speaker 1: anti climatic. But where do you sit? Where do you

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01:49:55,120 --> 01:49:58,560
Speaker 1: see them sitting with their roster right now? Well? I

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01:49:58,640 --> 01:50:02,280
Speaker 1: mean I think they can truly adopt and put into

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Speaker 1: practice their draft philosophy of best player available. There really

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Speaker 1: isn't some glaring hole where you say, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: if they don't use their first pick in round two

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Speaker 1: on this position, they're scruted. I don't think you could

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Speaker 1: say that at all. So I really think the best

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01:50:20,479 --> 01:50:24,160
Speaker 1: player available philosophy can be put into practice here by

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Speaker 1: Brandon being in his college scouting department. And you say, well,

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Speaker 1: what does that mean? That means that you know there

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01:50:33,240 --> 01:50:36,000
Speaker 1: might be a position need that they deem a little

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01:50:36,040 --> 01:50:41,439
Speaker 1: bit more in need of some depth than another, and

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Speaker 1: so if the value is the same, maybe they lean

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Speaker 1: to one of those more than the other. You know,

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Speaker 1: running back comes to mind. Maybe some depth at the

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Speaker 1: defensive end position. Someone you want some young kids you

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01:50:54,680 --> 01:50:57,400
Speaker 1: want to get in the pipeline, knowing your starters at

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01:50:57,439 --> 01:51:00,360
Speaker 1: that position are a little long in the tooth, so

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01:51:00,600 --> 01:51:02,760
Speaker 1: maybe you lean that way more than one of the

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Speaker 1: other positions. But I think it can be a very

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Speaker 1: exciting draft because you don't know which way it's gonna

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Speaker 1: turn based on who falls to them when they're on

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Speaker 1: the clock at fifty four, Like people are saying, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: they're all set at receiver. Now what happens if there's

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Speaker 1: like some sized receiver that falls to fifty four that

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Speaker 1: they are absolutely in love with, Well they can take

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Speaker 1: that guy because there isn't some pressing need. And another

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Speaker 1: position that they have to address right away with their

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Speaker 1: first pick is their running back. He thinks worthy of

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Speaker 1: fifty four that you can buy some people. I think

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Speaker 1: for sure, Yeah, I mean there's somebody out, But is

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Speaker 1: there anybody that's is a second round draft pick in

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Speaker 1: today's NFL? Those are I mean, there's maybe, but somebody

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Speaker 1: has to fall right, well, I think there are, and

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Speaker 1: I think one of the main reasons why is because

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Speaker 1: many of the draft projections only have as many as

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Speaker 1: two backs coming off the board in round one, you know.

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Speaker 1: I I think there's only probably going to be two

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Speaker 1: backs coming off the board in round one. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about JK. Dobbins. And for some reason, one

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Speaker 1: of the best backs in the draft is slipping my

2187
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Speaker 1: mind right now, DeAndre Swift. I think DeAndre Swift and JK.

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Speaker 1: Dobbins are probably the two running backs that have a

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Speaker 1: chance to go in round one. I think Swift is

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Speaker 1: more likely than Dobbins. So you say, well, what does

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Speaker 1: that mean. That means there's gonna be some pretty damn

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Speaker 1: good value come round two at the running back position.

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Speaker 1: And so yeah, I don't think you can dismiss a

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Speaker 1: running back going there at all. And when you get

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Speaker 1: to round two, I think it's it's what you're looking

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Speaker 1: for that's going to What you're looking for at the

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Speaker 1: running back positions is going to impact whether the Bills

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Speaker 1: are interested in taking a swing there and what do

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Speaker 1: they want? Do they want the home run, breakaway threat,

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Speaker 1: knowing Devin Singletary really isn't that because he runs in

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Speaker 1: the four sixes? Is it a pile pusher? You know?

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Speaker 1: Because Devin Singletary, while he can score and get you

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01:53:00,600 --> 01:53:02,840
Speaker 1: a yard when you need it, is not a guy

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01:53:02,960 --> 01:53:06,160
Speaker 1: that's gonna mash heads with people and push the pile

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Speaker 1: even when he's got a guy wrapped around his waist.

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Speaker 1: So it becomes what flavor of running back do you

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Speaker 1: want too? And when is it appropriate to go for

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Speaker 1: that in the draft? Hey, Chris, can you stick one

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Speaker 1: more segment with us? Because I got a lot more

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Speaker 1: questions for you and issues to discuss. You're good with that? Sure? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll sit here on the witness stand for another second.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown builds inside It from Buffalo bills dot com.

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Speaker 1: If you have questions for Chris or something to discuss,

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Speaker 1: we got phone lines open eight o three five fifty

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Speaker 1: toll free outside Buffalo one eight eight eight five fifty

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Speaker 1: two five fifty. John Murphy and Steve Tasker coming back

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Speaker 1: with Chris Brown. One Goes Live presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome Back. If One Goes

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Speaker 1: Live brought you by Kalida Health John Murphy's team Tasker

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Speaker 1: coming to you on the radio only today. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Bills insider from Buffalo Bills dot Com, joins us, Hey, Chris, um,

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Speaker 1: I want to just get back. We got a couple

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Speaker 1: of minutes left with you here. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: if you have listeners, if we have a commoner question

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Speaker 1: for Chris lines, you're open at eight O three five

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Speaker 1: fifty and outside Buffalo one eight five fifty two five fifty.

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Speaker 1: We don't have to deal with the free agents totally individually, Chris,

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Speaker 1: but there's a bunch of them from the Carolina Panthers,

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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams, Josh Norman, History There, Vernon Butler, Mario Addison,

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Speaker 1: ej aj Klein, and I thought it was interesting, and

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Speaker 1: I thought, I thought Brandon being put on display today

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Speaker 1: his kind of deep knowledge of these guys and what

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Speaker 1: they've gone through in their careers in the NFL so far,

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Speaker 1: which has to make them a little bit more comfortable

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Speaker 1: when it comes of the free agent signings. No. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think he made it clear that almost every player

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Speaker 1: acquisition they've had on their roster in building it over

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Speaker 1: the last three years is rooted to a great degree

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Speaker 1: in familiarity, whether it's any of the free agents you

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Speaker 1: mentioned having a connection to the him down in Carolina,

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Speaker 1: or whether it's doing recon you know, even for a

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01:55:05,400 --> 01:55:07,839
Speaker 1: last season. I mean, he was talking about Darryl Williams,

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Speaker 1: the offensive lineman they signed from Carolina, and how he

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01:55:10,960 --> 01:55:13,440
Speaker 1: was playing out a position at left tackle, and how

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Speaker 1: they don't think he's a fit on that side of

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Speaker 1: the line, how he's a right guard or a right tackle.

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01:55:19,120 --> 01:55:21,160
Speaker 1: It's just because they have intimate knowledge of the kind

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Speaker 1: of player he was, because he was on the staff

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Speaker 1: down there when he was drafted. But it goes further

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Speaker 1: than that. I mean, even the Stefon Diggs trade. Guys,

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Speaker 1: you say, well, what's the connection. How do they know Diggs? Well,

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01:55:30,880 --> 01:55:33,640
Speaker 1: they have players, they have people on their college or

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Speaker 1: pro scouting staff that have a connection to him from

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Speaker 1: his college days at Maryland and could speak to him

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Speaker 1: on that and give him intel on how he was

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Speaker 1: as a college player. And then Terence Gray, you know,

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Speaker 1: who's one of their higher ups on the college scouting side,

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01:55:51,000 --> 01:55:53,120
Speaker 1: spent time with him because he was with the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: organization before he came to Buffalo and saw him as

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Speaker 1: a pro in the Pro setting on a daily basis.

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Speaker 1: So these are the kinds of background based knowledge that

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Speaker 1: goes into the decision making in why they acquire these

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01:56:07,560 --> 01:56:10,720
Speaker 1: players and feel comfortable in doing so. There's one other

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01:56:10,840 --> 01:56:12,960
Speaker 1: thing too, that kind of flow under the radar until

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Speaker 1: we started talking about it. The Bills not for nothing

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01:56:17,080 --> 01:56:19,120
Speaker 1: and probably for the same reason they signed part of

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Speaker 1: the same reason as the familiarity that Sean McDermott had

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Speaker 1: with Ron Rivera. These two teams practiced against each other

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Speaker 1: for a week in Carolina, and so you the coaching

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Speaker 1: staff scouting staff got a chance to stand right next

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Speaker 1: to the Carolina players just like they do with the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills players for an entire week of practice. Forget

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Speaker 1: about watching them on game tap, but they got to

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Speaker 1: see him in practice, got to see him interact with

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Speaker 1: each other, with their assistant coaches. There's a lot goes

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Speaker 1: into that, and I think they saw him in a

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Speaker 1: setting where it was crucial for those guys to practice

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01:56:51,520 --> 01:56:53,960
Speaker 1: well because they're trying to make the team, and then

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01:56:54,080 --> 01:56:55,760
Speaker 1: got to see how they handle all of that in

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01:56:57,040 --> 01:56:58,960
Speaker 1: an environment like that. So I think that's a plus

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01:56:59,080 --> 01:57:01,520
Speaker 1: also for these guys they just got this year, but

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01:57:01,640 --> 01:57:03,600
Speaker 1: they saw him in training camp last year, and that

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01:57:04,520 --> 01:57:07,400
Speaker 1: goes another step further into their familiarity not only with

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Speaker 1: where they came from, but how they practiced. That's a

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Speaker 1: good point, Steve. I mean I hadn't even considered that,

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01:57:11,960 --> 01:57:14,280
Speaker 1: but yeah, for the coaching staff especially to see that.

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01:57:14,320 --> 01:57:16,360
Speaker 1: I mean, that's practice tape that you can pull up

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Speaker 1: at a moment's notice in your home office right to

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01:57:19,360 --> 01:57:21,440
Speaker 1: look at Darryl Williams if you wanted to for four,

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Speaker 1: three or four days against your guys to joint practices

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Speaker 1: last year. And when you think about it, guys, I

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01:57:27,200 --> 01:57:31,240
Speaker 1: mean GM's in the NFL, they're kind of like insurance adjusters.

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01:57:31,280 --> 01:57:34,680
Speaker 1: Everything is about risk assessment, you know, and any way

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Speaker 1: that these guys can reduce the risk, either through familiarity,

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01:57:40,240 --> 01:57:44,040
Speaker 1: knowledge based intel on what makes a player tick and

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01:57:44,240 --> 01:57:47,280
Speaker 1: what they're going to give you, whether it's ninety five

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Speaker 1: degrees on the field in August in a joint practice

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Speaker 1: in Spartanburg, South Carolina, or what they can give you

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Speaker 1: in week fourteen when maybe the season didn't go as

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Speaker 1: you anticipated, you know, and you're five and seven. It

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01:58:02,920 --> 01:58:05,880
Speaker 1: makes a difference on your football team. And that's why

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Speaker 1: they go to the lengths that they do to get

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Speaker 1: the intel. They need to reduce the risk and get

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Speaker 1: the right people on the bus. Hey a dream about

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Speaker 1: in Spartanburg the other day. I really did. I just

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Speaker 1: thought i'd show that. Wow, that was so hot. Hey,

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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams. I think Brandon mean kind of gave us

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Speaker 1: a clue is how the Bills view him and what

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Speaker 1: they might do with him when they get to camp,

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Speaker 1: don't you think, Chris Yeah, I mean it was interesting

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Speaker 1: that he said they see him as a right guard

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Speaker 1: slash right tackle, and I would tend to agree with that.

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01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:41,000
Speaker 1: I personally think that he's probably best at guard. He's

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01:58:41,080 --> 01:58:44,920
Speaker 1: not known as a fleet footed lineman, and those guys

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01:58:44,960 --> 01:58:47,520
Speaker 1: are generally the ones that kind of move inside to guard,

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Speaker 1: especially in the Bills system, because what we've seen in

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01:58:51,280 --> 01:58:55,080
Speaker 1: the construction of this offensive line is they've put their

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Speaker 1: most athletic people at the tackle positions, which we understand

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01:58:59,160 --> 01:59:01,680
Speaker 1: is fravio reasons. You're dealing with a lot of speed

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Speaker 1: players off the edge, but also center is where they

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Speaker 1: want to be mobile as well for pulling plays and

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Speaker 1: things like that. I think the guards, while yes, you're

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01:59:11,760 --> 01:59:13,600
Speaker 1: going to pull a guard every now and again I

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01:59:13,720 --> 01:59:17,480
Speaker 1: think in this system they want big, massive players at

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Speaker 1: the guard positions to really open up holes in between

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Speaker 1: the tackles for the run game and to hold those

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01:59:24,960 --> 01:59:27,440
Speaker 1: bigger defensive tackles at bay in terms of pushing the

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01:59:27,520 --> 01:59:30,720
Speaker 1: pocket and collapsing it on Josh Allen. And so the

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01:59:30,840 --> 01:59:32,800
Speaker 1: most athletic guys tend to be at the tackle and

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01:59:32,840 --> 01:59:37,440
Speaker 1: center position. The big, heavier, drive blocking kind of guys

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01:59:37,440 --> 01:59:39,880
Speaker 1: are at guard, and to me, that's what Darryl Williams is.

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01:59:39,960 --> 01:59:43,560
Speaker 1: So wouldn't shock me if Cody Ford stays out there

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01:59:43,560 --> 01:59:47,400
Speaker 1: at tackle with Tie and Secki and Williams's competition for

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Speaker 1: John Feliciano. Do you think they're worried about Insecki's availability.

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01:59:55,040 --> 01:59:58,400
Speaker 1: I think it's reasonable to have that concern based on

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01:59:58,520 --> 02:00:01,600
Speaker 1: how things unfolded last se season. Although Brandon being on

2337
02:00:01,640 --> 02:00:05,600
Speaker 1: the call just today said he is healthy again. Obviously

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02:00:06,680 --> 02:00:09,480
Speaker 1: the plan now is to keep him that way. And

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Speaker 1: I think it's good insurance to have a player like

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Speaker 1: Daryl Williams who has starts under his belt, you know,

2341
02:00:15,720 --> 02:00:18,680
Speaker 1: regular season starts in this league at the right tackle position,

2342
02:00:18,720 --> 02:00:21,440
Speaker 1: because that's where he played most of his football before

2343
02:00:21,480 --> 02:00:24,720
Speaker 1: he suffered the knee injury, and as Brandon being even mentioned,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this guy was a second team All Pro

2345
02:00:27,160 --> 02:00:29,800
Speaker 1: as a right tackle in this league. So yeah, he

2346
02:00:29,880 --> 02:00:34,320
Speaker 1: could absolutely go out there and play, especially if Feliciano

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02:00:34,400 --> 02:00:36,320
Speaker 1: is able to hold on to the right guard. The

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Speaker 1: amount of depth they I mean, everybody I know is

2349
02:00:39,960 --> 02:00:43,720
Speaker 1: excited about the starting five being back and completely intact

2350
02:00:43,800 --> 02:00:45,720
Speaker 1: from last year, and believe me, and what is probably

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02:00:45,760 --> 02:00:48,960
Speaker 1: going to be a truncated offseason, that's a great thing

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02:00:49,080 --> 02:00:52,720
Speaker 1: to have in your back pocket. But I think what's

2353
02:00:52,760 --> 02:00:58,160
Speaker 1: been underestimated is the depth that this personnel department has

2354
02:00:58,200 --> 02:01:00,800
Speaker 1: been able to build into this offense line as well.

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Speaker 1: Whether you're talking about Spencer Long, who can play either

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02:01:03,600 --> 02:01:08,480
Speaker 1: guard position or center, whether you're talking about Darryl Williams

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Speaker 1: who can play tackle or guard. You know, you've just

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02:01:12,240 --> 02:01:15,280
Speaker 1: built so much depth into the position, which is even

2359
02:01:15,360 --> 02:01:18,200
Speaker 1: more important this year with the expanded game day roster,

2360
02:01:18,520 --> 02:01:22,280
Speaker 1: knowing that one of those added positions to dress forty

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Speaker 1: seven on game day or forty eight on game day

2362
02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:28,400
Speaker 1: has to be an offensive lineman. So you have a

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02:01:28,560 --> 02:01:33,080
Speaker 1: total I think is invaluable and one more free agent

2364
02:01:33,240 --> 02:01:35,640
Speaker 1: and he's not. It's hard to say that he's under

2365
02:01:35,640 --> 02:01:38,480
Speaker 1: the radar. He's probably the biggest name the Bills signed

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02:01:38,520 --> 02:01:42,080
Speaker 1: and free agency. But Josh Norman, I really liked what

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Speaker 1: Brandon Meane had to say about him today. You know, yes,

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02:01:44,360 --> 02:01:46,320
Speaker 1: he didn't fit the Washington system, we got that. But

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02:01:47,160 --> 02:01:50,640
Speaker 1: Brandon mean acknowledged that he thinks Norman will bring an

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02:01:50,720 --> 02:01:53,600
Speaker 1: edge to our defense and he says he's got something

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Speaker 1: to prove. I like hearing that. I like now I'm

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Speaker 1: really eager to see what Josh Norman, how he practices,

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02:01:58,240 --> 02:02:00,960
Speaker 1: let alone plays. What do you think, well, an edge

2374
02:02:01,040 --> 02:02:04,160
Speaker 1: is accurate because Brandon was talking about how he still

2375
02:02:04,160 --> 02:02:06,360
Speaker 1: remembers a fight that he got into in training camp

2376
02:02:06,440 --> 02:02:09,200
Speaker 1: with one of his own players. Yeah. And I know

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02:02:09,320 --> 02:02:12,720
Speaker 1: that this coaching staff is always big on raising the

2378
02:02:12,840 --> 02:02:15,360
Speaker 1: level of competition because they feel it brings out the

2379
02:02:15,440 --> 02:02:18,520
Speaker 1: best in anybody in everybody. And I know that Sean

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02:02:18,600 --> 02:02:23,240
Speaker 1: McDermott appreciates energy at practice. I think that's what made

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Speaker 1: him such a fan of Shack Lawson, because Shack brought

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Speaker 1: energy to practice. I mean, you know, it's a rainy day,

2383
02:02:30,040 --> 02:02:32,600
Speaker 1: maybe it's forty degrees and guys are like, oh, I

2384
02:02:32,680 --> 02:02:35,120
Speaker 1: really want to practice, and you got somebody with energy,

2385
02:02:35,200 --> 02:02:38,320
Speaker 1: whether it's the upbeat kind of personality that Shack was

2386
02:02:38,880 --> 02:02:41,800
Speaker 1: or Josh Norman, who's going out there saying, nobody's beating

2387
02:02:41,840 --> 02:02:43,920
Speaker 1: me today, not you, not you, not you, or not

2388
02:02:44,080 --> 02:02:46,320
Speaker 1: you as he points to every guy in the receiving corps.

2389
02:02:46,640 --> 02:02:49,360
Speaker 1: That's gonna get people fired up. They're gonna practice harder,

2390
02:02:49,600 --> 02:02:52,760
Speaker 1: execute better in practice, and that means you're probably gonna

2391
02:02:52,800 --> 02:02:55,280
Speaker 1: play better on Sunday. All right, So we got this

2392
02:02:55,400 --> 02:02:58,960
Speaker 1: offseason where the Bills don't really have any glaring needs

2393
02:02:59,000 --> 02:03:02,040
Speaker 1: in the draft that had a great exchange for their

2394
02:03:02,120 --> 02:03:04,760
Speaker 1: number one pick. They've got a truncated offseason, or what

2395
02:03:04,880 --> 02:03:06,720
Speaker 1: looks like to be compressed off season, a year when

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02:03:06,720 --> 02:03:08,160
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of continuity and a lot of

2397
02:03:08,200 --> 02:03:10,880
Speaker 1: guys coming back. They've added a missing piece on their

2398
02:03:10,960 --> 02:03:13,120
Speaker 1: offense that everybody said that they needed. They added an

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02:03:13,200 --> 02:03:16,480
Speaker 1: elite player to a young quarterback in his development. The

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02:03:16,640 --> 02:03:20,200
Speaker 1: expectations are off the hook for the Buffalo Bills. But

2401
02:03:21,360 --> 02:03:25,480
Speaker 1: are they too high maybe for Josh Josh Allen or

2402
02:03:25,640 --> 02:03:27,880
Speaker 1: is there no place to go for him except up?

2403
02:03:28,200 --> 02:03:32,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it looks as though the Buffalo Bills franchise

2404
02:03:32,240 --> 02:03:35,320
Speaker 1: the way it's currently constructed, there's no excuses. I mean,

2405
02:03:35,440 --> 02:03:38,160
Speaker 1: the expectations are going to be through the roof for

2406
02:03:38,240 --> 02:03:41,240
Speaker 1: this franchise after winning ten games last year and seemingly

2407
02:03:41,320 --> 02:03:45,320
Speaker 1: getting better in the off season. How are they going

2408
02:03:45,360 --> 02:03:48,960
Speaker 1: to handle that? Well? I mean, ultimately, this is a

2409
02:03:49,080 --> 02:03:52,360
Speaker 1: Josh Allen question, right, So I think what you have

2410
02:03:52,640 --> 02:03:56,440
Speaker 1: here is a quarterback who obviously has to take another step.

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02:03:56,880 --> 02:03:58,920
Speaker 1: You know, last year when we were going into the

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02:03:59,040 --> 02:04:02,080
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen Sea and I said where Josh had to

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02:04:02,520 --> 02:04:06,240
Speaker 1: move his completion percentage up to was between fifty eight

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02:04:06,320 --> 02:04:08,280
Speaker 1: and sixty percent, and I thought if he could get

2415
02:04:08,360 --> 02:04:11,440
Speaker 1: there up from fifty two point four percent the year before,

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02:04:12,160 --> 02:04:13,960
Speaker 1: that would be a good jump. Well, he finished at

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Speaker 1: fifty eight point eight, so he was right in that window.

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Speaker 1: I think now he's got to try to get between

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02:04:19,120 --> 02:04:22,040
Speaker 1: sixty and sixty two percent. He's got to be somewhere

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02:04:22,120 --> 02:04:25,240
Speaker 1: in there in terms of completion percentage. And some people

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02:04:25,280 --> 02:04:26,760
Speaker 1: out there might be like, how are you gonna win

2422
02:04:26,800 --> 02:04:29,760
Speaker 1: with that? And I think the reason a lot of

2423
02:04:29,840 --> 02:04:32,720
Speaker 1: people have that feeling is because they look at the

2424
02:04:32,800 --> 02:04:36,000
Speaker 1: most precise quarterbacks in the league, and yes, they do

2425
02:04:36,240 --> 02:04:38,640
Speaker 1: enjoy a great deal of success, whether you're talking about

2426
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who's usually somewhere between sixty seven and seventy,

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees who's usually somewhere between sixty eight and seventy,

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02:04:46,440 --> 02:04:50,320
Speaker 1: and then Tom Brady who's usually in the upper sixties

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02:04:50,360 --> 02:04:53,240
Speaker 1: as well. And that's all well and good, but that's

2430
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Speaker 1: not Josh. Josh Allen will never be, in my estimation,

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Speaker 1: a sixty eight to seventy percent completion guy. He's just

2432
02:05:00,600 --> 02:05:03,560
Speaker 1: an off the page quarterback who's not going to play

2433
02:05:03,680 --> 02:05:06,640
Speaker 1: that way. He's going to make those unbelievable plays that

2434
02:05:06,720 --> 02:05:08,280
Speaker 1: make you get out of your seat and say, how

2435
02:05:08,360 --> 02:05:11,080
Speaker 1: the hell did he do that. He's not going to

2436
02:05:11,160 --> 02:05:13,640
Speaker 1: be a sixty eight to seventy percent completion guy. But

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02:05:13,720 --> 02:05:16,360
Speaker 1: if he can be somewhere around sixty two percent and

2438
02:05:16,480 --> 02:05:19,040
Speaker 1: then make some of those off the page plays that

2439
02:05:19,240 --> 02:05:23,280
Speaker 1: make up maybe for the lack of completion elite completion percentage,

2440
02:05:23,600 --> 02:05:25,960
Speaker 1: you can win with that. And so that's the next

2441
02:05:26,040 --> 02:05:27,880
Speaker 1: step that he has to make. He's got I think

2442
02:05:27,920 --> 02:05:31,200
Speaker 1: he last year he upped his completion percentage through the

2443
02:05:31,280 --> 02:05:35,120
Speaker 1: course of the season. He reduced his mistakes and his turnovers.

2444
02:05:35,760 --> 02:05:38,720
Speaker 1: Now he's got to push the completion percentage another step

2445
02:05:39,400 --> 02:05:42,280
Speaker 1: and then add that deep passing game back to his arsenal,

2446
02:05:42,680 --> 02:05:45,080
Speaker 1: which was more present in year one than in year two,

2447
02:05:45,760 --> 02:05:48,720
Speaker 1: and you really got something. And Chris Bills GM, Brandon

2448
02:05:48,760 --> 02:05:51,320
Speaker 1: mean got a ton of questions, as expected today about

2449
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Speaker 1: how are your draft preparations affected by the coronavirus, and

2450
02:05:55,920 --> 02:05:58,360
Speaker 1: how might the season be impacted? And what about the

2451
02:05:58,400 --> 02:06:01,280
Speaker 1: off season and workouts. I thought he handled them really well.

2452
02:06:01,320 --> 02:06:03,280
Speaker 1: He said, Look, if I got a draft from the

2453
02:06:03,360 --> 02:06:05,280
Speaker 1: front seat of my car, I'll do that. And he

2454
02:06:05,440 --> 02:06:08,960
Speaker 1: also said, of all the issues taking place in American

2455
02:06:09,080 --> 02:06:12,560
Speaker 1: society today, the trials and tribulations of the NFL Draft

2456
02:06:12,640 --> 02:06:15,280
Speaker 1: or the NFL season right now are pretty trivial, aren't

2457
02:06:15,280 --> 02:06:17,200
Speaker 1: I think that's the right tech to take for Brandon

2458
02:06:17,280 --> 02:06:20,200
Speaker 1: be Yeah. And I thought it was interesting that his

2459
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Speaker 1: take on it was in stark contrast to some of

2460
02:06:23,160 --> 02:06:26,440
Speaker 1: the reports we saw circulating out there about GM's complaining

2461
02:06:26,520 --> 02:06:28,840
Speaker 1: to the league about, you know, how are we going

2462
02:06:28,880 --> 02:06:31,920
Speaker 1: to still conduct this draft under all these restrictions? And

2463
02:06:32,040 --> 02:06:35,760
Speaker 1: I thought Brandon had a very refreshing stance on it,

2464
02:06:35,880 --> 02:06:39,440
Speaker 1: which was, look, it may not be ideal, but all

2465
02:06:39,520 --> 02:06:41,880
Speaker 1: thirty two teams are dealing with it. And he said

2466
02:06:41,920 --> 02:06:45,840
Speaker 1: the way Sean McDermot and I think is how do

2467
02:06:45,960 --> 02:06:48,520
Speaker 1: we get around it? How do we create a competitive

2468
02:06:48,560 --> 02:06:52,880
Speaker 1: advantage in this situation under these guidelines or restrictions or

2469
02:06:52,920 --> 02:06:56,160
Speaker 1: in this scenario. And I think that's why Brandon Being

2470
02:06:56,200 --> 02:06:58,440
Speaker 1: and Sean McDermott had been as successful as they have

2471
02:06:58,600 --> 02:07:01,240
Speaker 1: been in building this foster into what it is now.

2472
02:07:01,760 --> 02:07:05,120
Speaker 1: They don't complain about the hand that's being dealt to them.

2473
02:07:05,400 --> 02:07:07,680
Speaker 1: They figure out a way to stick an ace up

2474
02:07:07,720 --> 02:07:10,920
Speaker 1: their sleeve and come out ahead of everybody else. So

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02:07:11,880 --> 02:07:15,680
Speaker 1: how they do that, I think is still TBD, because

2476
02:07:15,880 --> 02:07:19,440
Speaker 1: they still don't even have the guidelines as to exactly

2477
02:07:20,040 --> 02:07:22,120
Speaker 1: what it's going to look like. But I think it's

2478
02:07:22,240 --> 02:07:25,360
Speaker 1: encouraging to know, and Brandon Being outlined this that they're

2479
02:07:25,440 --> 02:07:30,600
Speaker 1: already putting contingency plans in place with their sports science department,

2480
02:07:30,840 --> 02:07:33,680
Speaker 1: with their strength and conditioning department. Hey, look, if we

2481
02:07:33,760 --> 02:07:37,800
Speaker 1: don't have OTAs, what can we virtually give our players

2482
02:07:38,280 --> 02:07:42,600
Speaker 1: to duplicate that as best as possible under these current restrictions.

2483
02:07:42,880 --> 02:07:45,320
Speaker 1: The fact that they're mapping all of that out right

2484
02:07:45,400 --> 02:07:49,080
Speaker 1: now with their various departments, I think as an encouraging side. Yeah,

2485
02:07:49,160 --> 02:07:51,560
Speaker 1: there's no question they see it as an opportunity, and

2486
02:07:52,120 --> 02:07:56,080
Speaker 1: that's the flip side of you know, instead of calling

2487
02:07:56,120 --> 02:07:59,240
Speaker 1: and complaining to the league, they're turn it over and

2488
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:02,040
Speaker 1: trying to say, Okay, we're gonna use this better than

2489
02:08:02,080 --> 02:08:05,360
Speaker 1: anybody else can do it. And it's the right way

2490
02:08:05,400 --> 02:08:07,400
Speaker 1: to be and it sends the right message to your players,

2491
02:08:07,760 --> 02:08:09,680
Speaker 1: and certainly it's what fans want to hear from their

2492
02:08:09,720 --> 02:08:12,240
Speaker 1: general manager head coach as well. Hey Chris, what's coming

2493
02:08:12,320 --> 02:08:14,200
Speaker 1: up on the website Buffalo Bills dot com. What are

2494
02:08:14,200 --> 02:08:16,520
Speaker 1: you working on? What's going to YEA. So we'll kind

2495
02:08:16,520 --> 02:08:18,560
Speaker 1: of take a lot of what we discussed here. We'll

2496
02:08:18,600 --> 02:08:22,600
Speaker 1: take the five biggest takeaways from Brandon Bean's conference call,

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Speaker 1: which I mean, to his credit, you know, the media

2498
02:08:25,240 --> 02:08:27,000
Speaker 1: was tipping their hat to him, and I was as well,

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02:08:27,080 --> 02:08:29,000
Speaker 1: and deservedly so. I mean, he spent more than an

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Speaker 1: hour with the Western New York media, which I think

2501
02:08:32,600 --> 02:08:38,839
Speaker 1: again was another sign of how much the Bills GM

2502
02:08:39,880 --> 02:08:42,760
Speaker 1: has his ear to the ground on not only how

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02:08:42,880 --> 02:08:44,920
Speaker 1: he's got to deal with what's coming up, but what

2504
02:08:45,120 --> 02:08:47,480
Speaker 1: the media and people that have a job to do

2505
02:08:47,640 --> 02:08:49,720
Speaker 1: have to do on the other side of the fence.

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02:08:49,880 --> 02:08:51,880
Speaker 1: That being the media, and you know how they still

2507
02:08:51,960 --> 02:08:55,480
Speaker 1: have to try to keep themselves relevant in covering this

2508
02:08:55,600 --> 02:08:59,000
Speaker 1: football team. But we'll have the five biggest takeaways up

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Speaker 1: on the website. Here's shortly in terms of what he

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02:09:02,400 --> 02:09:05,040
Speaker 1: dispensed to all of us in the hour that he

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Speaker 1: spent with us. And then we'll also kind of take

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Speaker 1: a closer look in a separate story on how the

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Speaker 1: COVID nineteen pandemic played a role in the trade for

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Speaker 1: Stefan Dix. All right, Chris, thanks, take care of yourself.

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Speaker 1: Thanks here your family, stay healthy. You two guys, take

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Speaker 1: care all right, Brownie Chris Brown Bills Insider Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: dot com. You can check him out at Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: dot com. All those great story ideas he just outlined

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Speaker 1: for us. We're back in a moment one Bill's Line

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Speaker 1: of the Bills, Brandon being on with us for a

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Speaker 1: long time. Back in the first hour, he talked about

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Speaker 1: how he would have needed to give up more assets

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Speaker 1: than he did for Diggs to get a top flight

2529
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Speaker 1: receiver that he liked in the draft. I felt like

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Speaker 1: I was going to have to get higher than than

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Speaker 1: picks eighteen or nineteen to do that, and so and

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Speaker 1: then you have to have a find You have to

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Speaker 1: find a trade partner that's also willing to do it.

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Speaker 1: There are teams ahead of us that are in need

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Speaker 1: of receiver, and still we know the transition. You know,

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Speaker 1: I mentioned this on the media call. Receiver probably has

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Speaker 1: one of the highest fail factors of guys that do

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Speaker 1: really great in college, but some of them don't always

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Speaker 1: translate in a lot of it is not physical skill set,

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Speaker 1: it's it's it's mental and the preparation that you have

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Speaker 1: to do. So this was a proven commodity, a guy

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Speaker 1: that's in his prime, and I just felt in my mind,

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Speaker 1: this is us moving up from twenty two to eighteen

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Speaker 1: or nineteen in the draft, and this is who we're selecting.

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Speaker 1: That's Brandon b We had sound Palatonio of ESPN on

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Speaker 1: the show earlier. On today, he thinks the Bills are

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Speaker 1: going to win the division this year. Here's what he said.

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Speaker 1: I think the division goes through Buffalo this time around.

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Speaker 1: I think I think this is the passing of the church.

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02:11:08,720 --> 02:11:11,280
Speaker 1: I think the Bills have an absolute great opportunity to

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Speaker 1: win the division this year. I'm looking at your twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty opponents. I mean, the home schedule is a little

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Speaker 1: on the rough side. You host can't listen, I tell

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Speaker 1: you right now, I'm going to be spending a lot

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Speaker 1: of time at New Year of Field. I can tell

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Speaker 1: you that right now. You got Kansas City coming in,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers coming in, the Patriots, of course, the Jets

2558
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Speaker 1: are always interesting, Seahawks coming in, Rams coming in. You

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Speaker 1: got some great home games. Your home schedule, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: is incredible, it really is. And you're away schedule other

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Speaker 1: than going to play the Niners in the past, is

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Speaker 1: not that tough South Palatonio of ESPN. The division goes

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Speaker 1: through Buffalo steep, Well, yeah, I don't know if I'm

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Speaker 1: going with that. Let me just pump the brakes slightly. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't you know, I mean we Yeah, I hear what

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Speaker 1: he's saying, and certainly at this point that's fine. But

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Speaker 1: it is April third, right, Yeah, let's just's just earlier

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Speaker 1: than that. Hey, we got a great tweet here from

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Speaker 1: Thomas brown mirror. He says, great show. I'd be I'd

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Speaker 1: be listening as almost ever every evening from Sweden. Keep

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Speaker 1: your health go bills as tag go bills. Thomas Browner,

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Speaker 1: he's listening in Sweden. Steve. That's great to hear, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: We're bigger than the game itself. No wonder the throat

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Speaker 1: to the AMC East goes through Buffalo because of our show.

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Speaker 1: There you go Tomorrow. Show should be good. Great co

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Speaker 1: Salas committed he'll be on with us again. We'll get

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Speaker 1: a pre draft evaluation from him. John Crick, who covers

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Speaker 1: the NFL for Toronto, for Canadian, I want to say

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Speaker 1: Toronto's son. He'll be joining us tomorrow as well. He's

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Speaker 1: got some interesting thoughts. He talked with Dean Glendino about

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Speaker 1: some of the rules proposals. That'll be fun Steve tomorrow

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Speaker 1: with Johnny Braid. Okay, that's that's nice. I want to

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Speaker 1: get his perspective on what's going on. Maybe he thinks

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Speaker 1: the division's going through Buffalo as wowed. Production assistant George

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Speaker 1: Blast Steff Colt mc thomas, Honander, Kelly Rude, JJ Trito,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Krgis, James Robell, our producer Jay Harris. We're back

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Speaker 1: tomorrow at twelve noon with One Bills Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalidah Health. We're not the Senex Studio will be on

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Speaker 1: the radio, though this is Buffalo Bills Radio