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Speaker 1: put her brother runs an out the operation out there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's a we have a medium sized medium are

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Speaker 1: a little less than medium sized farming operation, and he does.

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Speaker 1: He has like five thousand acres acars, so it's busy. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I love Gabriel talking about Isaiah coming down to train

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Speaker 1: with him in Central Florida. So Gabriel is a California native. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know where there is zero humidity, right, I mean

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Speaker 1: it's dry out there. Oh yeah, like you have eighty

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Speaker 1: degrees and it's fantastic. That's why so many millions of

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Speaker 1: people live out there because there's no humidity. Like you

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Speaker 1: don't you don't stand there and soak through your shirt

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Speaker 1: and be homeless in a T shirt and shorts. Right,

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Speaker 1: And you don't need a change of clothes every two hours,

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Speaker 1: don't need to change of clothes in Central Florida in July.

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Speaker 1: Like you sweat upon sight of the sun, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you are dripping after doing nothing. Yes, and you heard

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Speaker 1: him say it. Like you go to a workout, you

447
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Speaker 1: better have a change of clothes going home, otherwise you're

448
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Speaker 1: gonna stink up your car seat and sweat. You know,

449
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Speaker 1: you're sweat through your clothes. And if you're working out,

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Speaker 1: forget it, like it's rolling off you. Yes, you're right,

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Speaker 1: I yes, it's it's bad. But the thing I love

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Speaker 1: most about Gabriel Davis is he likes making things hard

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Speaker 1: on himself. He doesn't like making anything easy. Like you know,

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Speaker 1: he's got the financial wherewithal to go. He could train indoors.

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Speaker 1: It's some facility somewhere. Sure, he chooses to go outside

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Speaker 1: and the blazing sun with eighty percent humidity and sweat

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Speaker 1: through his clothes because that's harder to do. He'd rather

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Speaker 1: do that. I love that. Yeah, the stress you put

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Speaker 1: yourself under prepares you for stress that you can't control.

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Speaker 1: And a smart move by him, you know the key.

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Speaker 1: You know, all you gotta do, stay hydrated. I mean

462
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Speaker 1: they're you know, you'll be fine. But yeah, yeah, that's

463
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Speaker 1: it's Yeah, it's hard, man. Those get to go out there,

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Speaker 1: and he goes down there and he trains with his

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Speaker 1: you know his Bert Wigham, Yeah, Bert Wigham and that's

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Speaker 1: his trainer. Yeah, so they they're down there working hard.

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Speaker 1: At a plus, he I'm sure that he probably gets

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Speaker 1: together with a you know, teammates and former teammates and

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Speaker 1: guys around the league. A lot of guys get together

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Speaker 1: like that, Like we've seen the quarterbacks to the tight

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Speaker 1: end university do the pass rushers summit and all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: All these guys get together. I'm sure he does a

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Speaker 1: little bit of that with some guys he knows, if

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Speaker 1: not more than that. So it's just something the guys do.

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Speaker 1: And I we've had the conversation over the this lost

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Speaker 1: off season, and I was kind of part of the

477
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Speaker 1: generation who finally were even the young low round draft

478
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Speaker 1: picks like me were pro athletes. You had them. They

479
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Speaker 1: paid you enough that you didn't have to go do

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Speaker 1: anything else. So the level of expertise and the level

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Speaker 1: of offense and defense that the coaches were willing to

482
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Speaker 1: run because guys would know there was none of this

483
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Speaker 1: training around the country. You like I lived in here

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo when I got picked up in nineteen eighty six.

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Speaker 1: We lived here year round, and I would be right

486
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Speaker 1: here with this staff training, training, and so you could

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Speaker 1: take it to a higher level physically. And because of that,

488
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Speaker 1: and because of your presence here, everything had happened you

489
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Speaker 1: were here, and so the the exs and knows got

490
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Speaker 1: more complicated. Well, the odd field product was more entertaining,

491
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Speaker 1: the field product got better m And for guys like me,

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Speaker 1: I was really completely a pro athlete, and the guys

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Speaker 1: are and the older guys that I played with, they weren't.

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Speaker 1: They had had had, you know, they'd started their own

495
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Speaker 1: business or doing something. They had some busy work, some

496
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Speaker 1: stuff they had to do in the offseason because they

497
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Speaker 1: had a career away from the from the game, and

498
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Speaker 1: that just wasn't the case for guys like me. But

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Speaker 1: with Gabe stressing his body the way he does this

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Speaker 1: time of year, in that heat and humidity, he gets

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Speaker 1: to week two at Miami one pm kickoff, it'll be

502
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Speaker 1: a cake walk for him. Right, that's not gonna be

503
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Speaker 1: a big deal. It's usually a big deal for the

504
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Speaker 1: bigger guys. You know, they sweat more. I'll tell you

505
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Speaker 1: this though. Training camp gets you ready for that if

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Speaker 1: anything else. That's anywhere you go in the country, because

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Speaker 1: it's summertime and they're all doing this to warm where

508
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Speaker 1: it's warm everywhere. That's the easy part. The hard part,

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Speaker 1: you know, for for a lot of these guys, is

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Speaker 1: late in the season when it's you know, it's been

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Speaker 1: a while we used to go down late in the

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Speaker 1: season people, Or how do you play so well late

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Speaker 1: in the season when you go down there in the

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Speaker 1: heat him and it feels good. Yeah, you know, you

515
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Speaker 1: get off the pros like, oh, you're soaking it up.

516
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Speaker 1: You're like a dry sponge soaking the weather up. It's

517
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Speaker 1: easier to get warmed up. Yeah, and that's stay warm.

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Speaker 1: Teams like Green Bay, Chicago, Buffalo, Cleveland, New England, these

519
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Speaker 1: these Minneapolis, the town's up here. It's you do get

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Speaker 1: the benefit when those guys live down there and come

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Speaker 1: up here late in the year. You know Buffalo is

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Speaker 1: you know Buffalo in January, it's gonna be chilly. Yeah,

523
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Speaker 1: when you come up here and it makes you and

524
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Speaker 1: your body's not and you gotta heat it up to

525
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Speaker 1: get ready to no idea. When it's twenty degrees, it

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Speaker 1: is hard. It is a different kind of preparedness to

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Speaker 1: come out of that tunnel on the day and it's

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Speaker 1: two yeah, two degrees. You walk out of that tunnel, man,

529
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Speaker 1: it is it slaps you in the face and you

530
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Speaker 1: you really have to have an awareness of what you

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Speaker 1: got to do to get ready to play. And that's

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Speaker 1: that is the bigger advantage than the advantage that warm

533
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Speaker 1: weather teams have on you know NFL teams in the summer,

534
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Speaker 1: because when you get the January in Miami, that's where

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Speaker 1: they goes. It's great. You can walk around there and

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Speaker 1: it's nothing. Now now forget it. Everybody's inside down there. Yeah, well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's how it goes. And where the opposite in the winter,

538
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Speaker 1: everybody's inside during the day in the winter. What do

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Speaker 1: you think you should be a Twitter poll, do Buffalonians,

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Speaker 1: particularly in Buffalo Western because we get out in it

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Speaker 1: in the wintertime, right, I mean the summer Buffalo is

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Speaker 1: here's the overrun. Do Buffalo people spend more time outdoors

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Speaker 1: in the wintertime than Miami people spend outdoors in the summertime.

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Speaker 1: It's a good question. It's tough. It would probably be close.

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Speaker 1: But I think a lot of Miami people do go

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Speaker 1: to the beach and go to the beach, maybe go golf. Maybe. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but I'll tell you what there's if you don't go

548
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Speaker 1: to the beach and don't golf, where are you? You're inside?

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Speaker 1: You're inside because it's too damn hot. It's just too

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Speaker 1: damn inside. Yea question. Think about it though, because people

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Speaker 1: in Buffalo we kind of get out in it, try

552
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Speaker 1: to embrace it. Yeah. I mean it doesn't mean you're

553
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Speaker 1: out there every day snow machine in and stuff. But no,

554
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Speaker 1: you know, we don't. You're not trying to be a hero.

555
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Speaker 1: But it's almost kind of like that, you know what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. I would agree. Yeah, I think I think

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Speaker 1: it'd be pretty close. I think the percentage would be

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Speaker 1: pretty close. I think that it would be people thought.

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Speaker 1: I think it would be surprising how many people get

560
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Speaker 1: out in it here in Buffalo. Yeah, I would agree,

561
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Speaker 1: and we forget too because when you go down there,

562
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Speaker 1: you're like, Man, I'm going to the lobby. I'm not.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going out of it. You know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to the pool. You get ordering in, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: eat you know what, I'm gonna ordering it. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: need the bar. Thank you. Yeah. Instead of the po

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Speaker 1: before we get to break, we do want to set

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Speaker 1: the table for today's show. Gabriel Davis nice enough to

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Speaker 1: join us there. If you miss the interview be sure

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Speaker 1: to go to our YouTube Bills channel after the show

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Speaker 1: is over and you can catch it there, or you

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Speaker 1: can catch it on Buffalo bills dot com at the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the homepage, usually about a half hour after

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Speaker 1: we go off the air. Good conversation with him, But

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Speaker 1: we wanted to talk about today's Twitter topic, which deals

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Speaker 1: with the upcoming twenty twenty one season surprise surprise. But

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Speaker 1: we want to know what sits at the top of

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Speaker 1: your list as the reason for your optimism. We know

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Speaker 1: a lot of Bills fans are predicting somewhere between twelve

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Speaker 1: and fourteen wins in this seventeen game regular season. What

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Speaker 1: is number one on your list for that optimism. Why,

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Speaker 1: and then let us know if there's some you know,

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Speaker 1: back burner concern that you have about the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one season, what is that for the Bills. So it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like a high day. Give us your reason

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Speaker 1: for the optimism for the twenty twenty one season, and

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Speaker 1: then just that thing that's sitting in the back of

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Speaker 1: your mind that just has you a wee bit concerned

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Speaker 1: as to something that might upset the apple cart this

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Speaker 1: season eight oh three, five fifty one, eighty eight, five

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Speaker 1: fifty two, five fifty or you can hit us up

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet at one Bills Live. We'll get

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Speaker 1: to what Steve and I feel good about and what

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Speaker 1: we may harbor a few concerns about when we come back.

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Speaker 1: It's one Bills Live presented by collid to Health. This

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Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Steve and I'll be back in

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Speaker 1: just a second. Hey are back one Bills Live here

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Speaker 1: on a Tuesday. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and

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Speaker 1: we are talking about the upcoming twenty twenty one season

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Speaker 1: surprise surprise, and we want to know for you, what

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Speaker 1: is your biggest reason for optimism for the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one season. For your bills and maybe something in the

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Speaker 1: back of your mind that harbors a little bit of concern.

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Speaker 1: What might that be? So it's kind of your high

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Speaker 1: low today at eight oh three five fifty one, eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two, five fifty and I don't know you, like,

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Speaker 1: did something come to mind immediately for you? On the

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Speaker 1: optimism side, Like what what sprang to mind, Steve when

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Speaker 1: you saw offensively? I'm I'm I'm really optimistic they're gonna

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Speaker 1: be able to duplicate what they did last year, if not,

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Speaker 1: if not even better. Um. I think the competition and

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Speaker 1: the and the strength and depth they have on their

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Speaker 1: offensive lines going to make it better for the running backs.

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Speaker 1: I think Breedy's gonna bring something to the table. I

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Speaker 1: think they just kind of bolstered what they did well

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Speaker 1: last year. I think Manuel Sanders is going to take

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Speaker 1: over seamlessly for John Brown. While he doesn't do the

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Speaker 1: same thing, the production will be there. Um. So I'm

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Speaker 1: really optimistic that they're gonna be able to score points

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Speaker 1: on people and and U and with you know, with

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Speaker 1: Dave All being back. So the offensive side of the

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Speaker 1: ball gives me a great deal of optimism. They were

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Speaker 1: a juggernaut. Last year they were virtually unstoppable. Open line

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Speaker 1: for you at eight oh three oh five fifty one

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Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty the number

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Speaker 1: to get on board or hit us up on the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet at one bills Live. Biggest reason for optimism

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Speaker 1: and something that you might be a little concerned about

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Speaker 1: heading into the twenty twenty one season for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: But let's go to the phones and leading us off

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Speaker 1: today is t J on a sell TJ. What do

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Speaker 1: you have for us? You're on one bills Live, gentleman,

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Speaker 1: how's it going? It's going good? What you got for

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Speaker 1: us good? So there's so much reason to be optimistic.

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Speaker 1: First of all, getting my bucket back in old seats, man,

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Speaker 1: I miss I miss being the last year. I just

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Speaker 1: go the indie game. But that was just amazing. Um

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen is a stud, and it's just you know,

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Speaker 1: I think our season rise on his shoulder. That decision

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Speaker 1: making has grown, Um sugar, Hi, Josh Allen has has

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Speaker 1: gone away almost Also our young studs. We got all

642
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: these young guys up and us. We got um the

643
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: defensive Oliver, our two new rookies, hodgens If even a

644
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 1: couple of these guys break through. It's Awson knocks. I mean,

645
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: you're looking at just just an amazing season, our continuity, um,

646
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,920
Speaker 1: and also the team bonding. The one thing that concerns

647
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: me is we are now the hunted. You know, we

648
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: could the underdogs anymore. We're coming from behind, you know,

649
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: we're we're hunted. And also the strength of the AFC.

650
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 1: The FC is just so strong now. Um, it's gonna

651
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: be tough to come out. I can see us make

652
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: a run in the playoffs. Stutts, there's gonna be some

653
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: good teams. They have some playoffs. Yeah, no question about it.

654
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: Good call, TJ. Thank you for it. We appreciate it.

655
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: What do you make of that, Steve? About the whole

656
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: being the hunted argument been having a target on your back.

657
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: You're not sneaking up on anybody anymore. Yeah, think anything

658
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: to that. It's a subtle difference. But I don't think

659
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: it affects you because it's not. It's a it's a

660
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: big picture problem, not an everyday problem. Yeah. Um, these guys,

661
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 1: these guys live on short term goals and problems to solve,

662
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: and you know, preparation is a day by day thing.

663
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: It's not a guy showing this team's really coming after

664
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: us kind of thing. So yeah, and in the big picture,

665
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: there's there's something about that. I think what it does

666
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 1: mean is this in the picture of getting prepared. Here's

667
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: why it is a thing, and it's it shouldn't be ignored.

668
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,560
Speaker 1: I'm just and I don't want to belittle it. But

669
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: here's where it is. A team like I say, for instance,

670
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: the Bills last year hunting everybody. We're not. We're not.

671
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: We weren't the hunted last year. Yeah, there are teams

672
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: that you really zero in on. We're gonna have to

673
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: bring it. We got to really play well. The Pittsburgh Steelers,

674
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: we got to really play well well. The the Dallas

675
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 1: Cowboys on Thanksgiving, we really got to play well. We've

676
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 1: got to do We've got to really bring our a

677
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: game in order to beat this club. You're gonna get

678
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: that from other clubs every week. And the reason that

679
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: and the reason that's a problem isn't that you're not

680
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: ready for it, that you're not better for them. And

681
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if they bring your a game or not,

682
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 1: you're bringing yours. The reason that's the thing is because

683
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: you'll never get to see that team in the in

684
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: the weeks leading up to your game play as well

685
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: against anybody else as they play against you. Chiefs game

686
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship games a perfect example last year.

687
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: It was the first time where the Chiefs were totally

688
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 1: engaged with that game. They were sleepwalking through the regular

689
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: season last year, and they were. They were winning by three,

690
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 1: winning by six, winning by five, win in by seven,

691
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: one score games all over the place. None of these

692
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: none of those games really seemed in doubt. It looked

693
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 1: like the Chiefs are like, I'm waiting for a game

694
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,839
Speaker 1: that matters. They got to the AFC Championship game, they

695
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: turned it on and they hit on all cylinders. The

696
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: Chiefs played extremely well in that game. That's that is

697
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: what you're going to get from other teams. Now, you're

698
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: gonna get a better swing from most other teams than

699
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: you would have gotten otherwise not being the hunted. And

700
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: that's hard to prepare for because you've never seen him

701
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, the other concern that I thought he had,

702
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: which was very legitimate to me, was the caliber of

703
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: competition in the AFC. We've talked about it, and the

704
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: and the and the proliferation of quality young quarterbacks in

705
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: the AFC, and it's only been augmented. Trevor Lawrence is

706
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: now in the AFC. Okay, you've got Joe Burrow coming

707
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: back from an ACL. Now these are not contending AFC

708
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 1: teams per se, but they are the kind of players

709
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: that could put together a game that could catch you

710
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: off guard in a given week. I know they play

711
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,240
Speaker 1: jacksonvill they don't play Cincinnati, but or they do play Cincinnati.

712
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: What am I saying? So? Yeah, I mean I look

713
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: at I don't know, they don't play Sin. But the

714
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: point there is when you it may not be a

715
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: concern in the regular season per se for the Bills,

716
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: but when you get to the playoffs, you're probably gonna

717
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: see Justin Herbert there. You're probably gonna see Carson Wentz there,

718
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: assuming he bounces back this year, which I think you

719
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: and I are on the same page. We kind of

720
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 1: anticipate that with being under Frank's tutelage in Indy. And

721
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: then you have all the other really good quarterbacks that

722
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: are probably gonna be in the playoffs. Patrick mahomes Lamar Jackson.

723
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: You know you're gonna have a lot of good quarterbacks

724
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:46,240
Speaker 1: either very close near the caliber of Josh Allen, and

725
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,479
Speaker 1: that's when the Rubbers really going to meet the road

726
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: with respect to what your defense is going to be

727
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: able to do this year. So I think that is

728
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: a very legitimate concern from TJ once they get to

729
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: the playoffs and you're playing against those teams that have

730
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: those high caliber quarterba X, let's go back to the

731
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: phones at eight O three oh five fifty and we

732
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: go to Todd, who's driving on the highway? Todd, what

733
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one bills? Five guys?

734
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: How you doing that good? So my big concern right

735
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: now is just um with the playoffs and how it

736
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: seemed like the games are a lot tighter than it

737
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: seemed in the regular season. It seemed like they changed

738
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,479
Speaker 1: up the game plan and I maybe maybe in reading

739
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: this completely all wrong, but they but teams hang in

740
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: there and there's a lot of closer games and that

741
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 1: obviously the KSE game was a completely different story. But

742
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,280
Speaker 1: with Silly m not Philly I'm sorry, Indie and Baltimore

743
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: of the games were just a lot closer than they

744
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: should have been with the way to play in the

745
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: regular season, That's one of the friends I like with,

746
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: you know, a longer look at the team. Some of

747
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: these these other coaches are seeing in something that you

748
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: know everybody wasn't seeing it in the regular season. Well,

749
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: they're supposed to be closer games because you're playing against

750
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 1: better opponents. And when you get to the playoffs, also,

751
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 1: you're not only playing against teams that are that have

752
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: had really good regular seasons, they're also probably playing really

753
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: well at that moment, you know, So you're getting teams

754
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: at their best and those games are gonna be tight. Yeah,

755
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: Indianapolis is a good example of that from last year. Yeah,

756
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: Indianapolis was a perfect example. They they gave the Bills

757
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: as good a game in a Bill's win as any

758
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,880
Speaker 1: team did last year. And certainly, you know, the Tennessee

759
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,439
Speaker 1: Titans showed up big on Week five. The Chiefs showed

760
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: up big on a rainy night on Monday Night football

761
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: against the Bills. But you're gonna get good teams and

762
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna get I'll tell you this though, the Bills

763
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,319
Speaker 1: beat the Baltimore Ravens by the same amount that the

764
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 1: Chiefs beat the Bills by two touchdowns. Yeah. Once Darren

765
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 1: Johnson made his play, that game was essentially over. The

766
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: Baltimore and the Indianapolis Colts played extremely well and had

767
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: a first half lead against the Bills, and the Bills

768
00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: answered almost immediately with an impressive drive. So you say

769
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: what you want, Yeah, some team's got some shots in

770
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: against this team, and there's gonna be some teams to

771
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: get some shots in against us this year. But I'm

772
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: telling you what, the Bills have got the war horses

773
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: to answer it. They're gonna answer that, and that's what

774
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: the playoffs are all about. And maybe the biggest edge

775
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: that the Bills bring into this year is a lot

776
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: of the players on this roster experienced how tight and

777
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 1: hard fought playoff football is. They know they're not gonna

778
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 1: blow anybody out of the water. They know that they

779
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,720
Speaker 1: might have tough sledding on offense for three straight series

780
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: and they're just gonna have to stick in it and

781
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: stay in it as best they can. It does mean

782
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: something when you've got a ton of guys on your

783
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: roster whose expectations are to get to the playoffs and

784
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: get to the AFC Championship game. Again, that's an expectation,

785
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be ready for it in a way

786
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: that they weren't able to be ready when they hadn't

787
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: experienced it before. The Chiefs did it and have done

788
00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: it for the last three years, and that's a step

789
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: that the Bills needed to take. You know, they they

790
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: have retraced their steps almost every year since, you know,

791
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: since they went six and ten and got into the playoffs,

792
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: lost a playoff game, then they got into back in

793
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 1: the playoffs and they won two playoff games. Now they've

794
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 1: gotten to the AFC Championship game, have not been able

795
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: to win it. Now they've got to get back there

796
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 1: and they're gonna retrace their steps and get back there

797
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: and win this one. That's the plan. But knowing what

798
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: to expect every step along the way, even through the

799
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: playoffs is big for a roster, and I think particularly

800
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,280
Speaker 1: for the key guys at the top of the roster

801
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: like Josh and Tremaine and tradevious Milano, these guys, it's

802
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: huge for you know, hides hide employer. All these players

803
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: know and can speak with authority about what they're going

804
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: to go through this year when they get to that

805
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: point again. So retracing their steps, I think it's big

806
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: and having been through what they've been through is gonna

807
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: help them. There's no doubt about it in my In

808
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: my opinion, your biggest reason for optimism for the Bills

809
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one what sits at the top of

810
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: your list and maybe something you're a little concerned about

811
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 1: heading into the twenty twenty one season. We want your high,

812
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 1: we want your low at eight oh three oh five

813
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: fifty one eighty eight five fifty two, five fifty. I've

814
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: got something at the top of my list that I

815
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: haven't heard people mention a whole lot. I'll let you

816
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: know what that is when we return here on One

817
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Collot of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

818
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:38,319
Speaker 1: Welcome back One Bills Live. That's the show, and we're

819
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: here to bring it to you. Chris Brown, Steve task

820
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 1: her so nice out it is, Yes, do you know

821
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: it's kind of I don't want it Scary's too strong

822
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: of a word, but a little disconcerting. So I'm out

823
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 1: yesterday evening and I'm looking at the sun, and you

824
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: know I'm supposed to look in the sun. Well, right,

825
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: Usually you can't stare at it for very long. Yesterday

826
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 1: you could look at it as long as you wanted.

827
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: Do you want to know why? Because there was a

828
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 1: haze in the entire sky and I had heard um

829
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: some of the local meteorologists on TV explaining why what

830
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,280
Speaker 1: was it? It's all of the smoke from the wildfires

831
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 1: out west, really coming east in the jet stream where

832
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: was I and it is it was very hazy yesterday

833
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,760
Speaker 1: like it it completely filled the sky. It wasn't cloudcover anything.

834
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:32,240
Speaker 1: It was the smoke coming from the wildfires out in California.

835
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: It's crazy that that's see I was looking. That's like

836
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: two thousand miles. I was just on the I was

837
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,880
Speaker 1: just on the phone talking before the show because my

838
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: wife's back coming back into town, and she goes, what's

839
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 1: the weather? Like, I goes kind of and I tried

840
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: to explain what it looked like. That's the reason I

841
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 1: couldn't explain what it looked like. That it's not cloudy,

842
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: but the sun's not shines barely casting shadows, so kind

843
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: of a cloudy, misty day. I don't know. It's the smoke. Yeah,

844
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: and I know that was the case last summer here

845
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,479
Speaker 1: in August, but it was only like two or three

846
00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: days where like it was very noticeable so, and the

847
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: last two days it's been like that. I got to Apolot,

848
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: I don't even I wasn't even aware that it was

849
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: going on on it. I mean it always does. There's

850
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: always wildfires out there once in a while like them.

851
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: It was exceptionally bad last year. It looks like it's

852
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: going to be equally bad, if not worse this year

853
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: because the fire season I think out there started two

854
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:27,200
Speaker 1: weeks earlier then then it usually so dry. Because we're

855
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 1: getting it this year, does that mean the fires are

856
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: like like further up the coast or down there, like,

857
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: I don't think it bought No, I think it has

858
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 1: hit us. I think it has more to do with

859
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 1: where the jet stream is. Okay, So it's not who's

860
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: getting the residual smoke that's bad man. You know, Yeah,

861
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: it's not good. It's it's unfortunate. Um. Yeah, we're not

862
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: here to do a show on climate change, although it

863
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 1: is definitely you're gonna tell me why you're optimistic about this.

864
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 1: We talk about much lighter subjects. Um. So, yeah, we're

865
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: not going to the G seven summit or anything to

866
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: talk about climate change. We're gonna talk about the bills.

867
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,440
Speaker 1: So that's what we're gonna do. Yeah, for me, Steve,

868
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: and I don't know that a lot of people put

869
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 1: the weight on this because it's it's not necessarily the

870
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 1: direct on field product. But for me, being able to

871
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:20,240
Speaker 1: retain Brian Dable and Leslie Fraser for a fourth straight season,

872
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: that is gigantic for me because we've seen this before

873
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: in the league. Steve, I mean, you and I have

874
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: watched this league long enough to see the kinds of

875
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: changes that happen when there's a change at the coordinator position,

876
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: Because no two coordinators are going to call a game

877
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: the same way, even if they're using the same scheme,

878
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,720
Speaker 1: even if even if the successor to the coordinator position

879
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: for respective team keeps the same scheme in place for

880
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: continuity's sake, They're not going to call a game the

881
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: same way. They're not going to utilize the players on

882
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 1: the field the same way, gonna call the same formations

883
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: in the same fashions are gonna feel differently to them,

884
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: So they'll call a game. They're not even gonna adjust

885
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 1: the same way to something that a defense might throw

886
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: at them in the course of a game. Yeah, and

887
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 1: more often than not, I think there's a drop off yeah,

888
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: in that area, and the Titans might experience it that

889
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 1: this year with Todd Downing who's taken over from Arthur Smith.

890
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: And there are other examples across the league. The Chargers

891
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: have a new head coach, they've got a new OC.

892
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: You know, it's gonna be different, and I'm glad. I'm

893
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: glad it's not going to be different here in Buffalo

894
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: on both sides of the bets big, you know. And

895
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 1: I'm I'm bummed that I didn't say that first. But

896
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: that's why I'm optimistic, because you know, you say you

897
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: have faith in the offense. Well, one of the reasons

898
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: you do is because Dabe's still here calling everything right,

899
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,799
Speaker 1: and they've they've started to prepare, you know, with Ken

900
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: Dorsey being moved to passing game coordinator. Now he's been

901
00:45:58,560 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: moved up the ladder and they gave him a new

902
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 1: and by the way, I'm I don't know anything about anything,

903
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,319
Speaker 1: but I bet don't you get a wouldn't you like

904
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,080
Speaker 1: get a bumping salary for that too? You need a

905
00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 1: bumping pay. You would think, like, hey, Sean, a little something,

906
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: you know for the effort. I got an extra title, right,

907
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,959
Speaker 1: a little extra money It's what we thought too, because

908
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 1: we made the conjecture last year that if you you know,

909
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: you got a guy, you got your offensive coordinators in

910
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 1: the finals for the for the Jet job and for

911
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: the Charger job and for the uh Jacksonville job. All

912
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: year before he was up for the Cleveland right, and

913
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 1: you know, thanks for coming back. You know, here's a

914
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: little something something for you know, being worth it. And

915
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,799
Speaker 1: maybe I don't know, but simple fact of the matter

916
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,799
Speaker 1: is they're starting to make the transition from day ball

917
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 1: knowing the guys sooner or later it's gonna get gonna

918
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: get the call. And as we thought he was going

919
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,680
Speaker 1: to like last year or for decaive this year in particular,

920
00:46:56,960 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: with the strides Josh Allen made, I mean we have

921
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 1: you've seen it. I mean, come on, Brownie and this

922
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,359
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen gets drafted. People are laughing at him.

923
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,359
Speaker 1: They're just discounting that pick. Now they're on both sides.

924
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: There's there's it's it's very polarizing, no questions. Some people

925
00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:17,239
Speaker 1: are like, yeah, this is the guy's got the arms,

926
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,600
Speaker 1: got the length that these other people are laughing at it,

927
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:21,080
Speaker 1: going he got a guy can't hit the broadside of

928
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 1: the barn. He'll never be anything but a scramble. He's

929
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: gonna be he's gonna be a bust and all that stuff.

930
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:26,719
Speaker 1: And of course then the guy, now, the guy is

931
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:31,719
Speaker 1: a is a runner up to the MVP after having

932
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 1: a phenomenal season, and certainly he's done a nice job

933
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 1: and done his share of the work to get better.

934
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 1: But you got a GM and a head coach, and

935
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: particularly an offensive coordinator that deserve a lot of credit

936
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 1: for building something around him. And how many times have

937
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 1: we seen that happen and the coordinator is automatically a

938
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:58,399
Speaker 1: head coach. I mean it's like, yeah, it's like the sunrising.

939
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,880
Speaker 1: You get a year like that, Brian Dayball is on

940
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,799
Speaker 1: the sidelines calling timeouts as a head coach, right, I

941
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:08,600
Speaker 1: mean he's down there making those decisions. I'm not I'm

942
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: not gonna debate it for a second. Every single time

943
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 1: I was shocked that he did not get a head

944
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: coaching job. Like, if you ask me to lay odds

945
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: on Brian Dayball still being the offensive coordinator this year

946
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: for the Bills. Bet the mortgage. Yeah the mortgage checked

947
00:48:26,239 --> 00:48:28,880
Speaker 1: this month at least, Yeah, right, I mean that's and

948
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: I'm not even a betting man. But I was convinced

949
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:34,839
Speaker 1: there's just no way that that was happening with what's

950
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: going on in San Diego in LA with the Chargers.

951
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:38,920
Speaker 1: They got a bran new coach, they get a kid

952
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,080
Speaker 1: that's just like Josh in a lot of ways, Big

953
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,399
Speaker 1: strong arm got a great year and that they're gonna

954
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 1: change head and they got their heads caved in by

955
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: this guy. Yeah, get him. Yeah, don't you do that? Yeah?

956
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: I was, that's flabbergasted. They didn't hire him. That's why

957
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: San Diego is on that list of teams I told

958
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:02,880
Speaker 1: you about. Well here's again, the Chicagos and San Diegos

959
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: and the Cincinnati they're gonna they're the San Diego adults,

960
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,000
Speaker 1: uh doing? How do you miss? I'm not saying anything

961
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 1: against the guy they hired. Good guy. Yeah, I had

962
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:20,080
Speaker 1: a number one defense league at age thirty seven. Kid.

963
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: That's the thing though, like all too often these owners

964
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: um and not all of them, but a good number

965
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,440
Speaker 1: of them. Brandon Staley, Yeah, he's thirty seven years old.

966
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: They want they want the brand new, shiny thing, um,

967
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: and so they I'm only guessing here because I don't

968
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,400
Speaker 1: know the internet workings of how that decision came to

969
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: pass um. But yeah, it surprised me. I was surprised.

970
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:49,880
Speaker 1: Think about the resume day ball breeze and he left

971
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:53,040
Speaker 1: New England. He's got some rings for New England five

972
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: four Yeah, and he's got a national title with Alabama.

973
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 1: Then he goes to Alabama, works with like twenty year

974
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,680
Speaker 1: olds and wins it. And he's the guy that called

975
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: the plays for two when he came in at halftime

976
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 1: for Jalen Hurts. He's the guy that calls that bomb

977
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 1: down the left sideline touchdown, we win national championship. He's

978
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: the guy yep, and he and put that on his road.

979
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 1: Then comes to Buffalo, fumbles around with all these guys,

980
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: gets draft Josh and turns him into that guy, this juggernaut.

981
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: What kind of resume do you got to put together? Yeah,

982
00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. Because even though offensive coordinator that succeeded

983
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 1: him at Alabama, Mike Locksley, he's the head coach at

984
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 1: the University of Maryland now, so that's a weird. And

985
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,799
Speaker 1: then who followed him, Lane Kiffin, who's now the head

986
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: coach at Old Miss Old miss Or. He was ucf

987
00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,520
Speaker 1: then Old Miss No he but he came to he

988
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 1: came to Alabama to be the OC and then I

989
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:53,520
Speaker 1: think he went to Old Miss after I'll look it up,

990
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: but I think I think he went to UCF then

991
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:57,200
Speaker 1: Old Miss. Oh is that what happened? I think, but

992
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 1: I'm not sure. I'm not sure. But yeah, yeah, he

993
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: went down down he went from he went from Alabama

994
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: to UCF and then then to Old Miss I think. Okay,

995
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,799
Speaker 1: Now I don't know, it doesn't it's irrelevant anyway. The

996
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: resume the day Bowl can put up there is more

997
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 1: than competitive, more than competitive exactly with what else is

998
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: out there more than competitive? Um? So, yeah, I was shocked,

999
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:26,879
Speaker 1: but personally I'm very happy, right. I want the best

1000
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: for him. You know, he's he's earned it and whatever,

1001
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,840
Speaker 1: but he selfishly it's good for the Bills in twenty

1002
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: twenty one. And I'll tell you this too, not this

1003
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:37,360
Speaker 1: is just me talking. I haven't talk to anybody that

1004
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: would the corroborate dessert. But you got to think he

1005
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:44,359
Speaker 1: left New England because there was a ceiling there. Well, yeah,

1006
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: one he Josh McDaniels is ahead of him. Bill Belichick's there.

1007
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,320
Speaker 1: You know, I'm you know, you're not going anyway so

1008
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: if you want to, if you want to advance through

1009
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:58,320
Speaker 1: the ranks, you're gonna have to. Yeah. Go And he did, right, Yeah,

1010
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,799
Speaker 1: I get it. Yeah, And he did that and it

1011
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: did work out. He became a proven coordinator in this league.

1012
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,200
Speaker 1: I just worthy of head coaching consideration, which shout has

1013
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:08,959
Speaker 1: said the coordinator when I said, why, I'm up because

1014
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,400
Speaker 1: now you did and I can't. You can throw it

1015
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: on your list, but that was number one for me.

1016
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 1: You're right. The other things were like, you know, roster

1017
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:20,439
Speaker 1: strength and depth like you mentioned and Josh, I mean

1018
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: when when we had Jordan Palmer on our air, this

1019
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,399
Speaker 1: is gonna go down as like one of our top

1020
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: three interviews in this show's history. I don't care who

1021
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 1: we get between now and then. But when Jordan Palmer

1022
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,840
Speaker 1: basically said Josh Allen has no ceiling, you and I

1023
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 1: looked at each other like why, well, I said he

1024
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the guy that works with him. It's

1025
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,160
Speaker 1: I said that too. When if Josh Allen think picture

1026
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:44,839
Speaker 1: I can't. I've said it a couple of times. I

1027
00:52:44,880 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: can't picture Josh Allen take it a step commensurate with

1028
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 1: the step he took last year. If he takes that

1029
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: step this year. I don't know what it looks like

1030
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,560
Speaker 1: as a quarterback. That's never known because we've never seen it.

1031
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: We've never seen it. If he tax on nine per

1032
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: cent or ten percent complete, he's complete eight of ten,

1033
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: eight of ten for ninety touchdowns and like what six

1034
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:12,400
Speaker 1: interceptions or something like that. Oh my god, eight percent

1035
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:17,120
Speaker 1: for the year he took a step like he did

1036
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:20,799
Speaker 1: last year. This year, I don't know what we're looking at. Yeah,

1037
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,360
Speaker 1: it's not human. It's not human. All right, we have

1038
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: to take a break. We're way over. When we come back,

1039
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,520
Speaker 1: we will hit up your comments on the tweet sheets

1040
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: so we can find out from you what you feel

1041
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:33,800
Speaker 1: is at the top of your list for your reason

1042
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:36,720
Speaker 1: to be optimistic about the Bills twenty twenty one season,

1043
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,239
Speaker 1: and that little concern that's sitting in the back of

1044
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,160
Speaker 1: your brain about the twenty twenty one campaign for the Bills.

1045
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 1: We'll get to those when we return. Here on one

1046
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,480
Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills

1047
00:53:46,560 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 1: Radio at a Steve Tasker who has been all over

1048
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind of a

1049
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: dual role player for you state a little Steve a blimp.

1050
00:54:15,280 --> 00:54:18,439
Speaker 1: We're not even in the strated here of normalcy here.

1051
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:23,719
Speaker 1: Welcome back One Bills Live Hour number two here on

1052
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 1: a Tuesday, as we are discussing with you the thing

1053
00:54:27,680 --> 00:54:29,880
Speaker 1: at the top of your list as the reason for

1054
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 1: your optimism for your Bills here in twenty twenty one,

1055
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:33,799
Speaker 1: and maybe that little thing in the back of your

1056
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 1: head that just harbors a little bit of concern for

1057
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. Let's get to it at

1058
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:43,879
Speaker 1: eight oh three oh five fifty one eight eight five

1059
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty that's the number to get on board.

1060
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:47,880
Speaker 1: We are wide open for calls here in the one

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Speaker 1: o'clock hour and we're also taking your comments on the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet at one Bills Live, so fire off a

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Speaker 1: comment there if you can't give us a call. So

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Speaker 1: going to Josh who was leading us off today optimism.

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00:55:01,160 --> 00:55:04,320
Speaker 1: We made the AFC Championship Game last year and pretty

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00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 1: much have the whole team back concern running game and

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Speaker 1: run defense. So we know that the run game was

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Speaker 1: something that was on the to do list this offseason

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Speaker 1: for the Bills. They want to run it more effectively,

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Speaker 1: not necessarily more, but the proof will be in the pudding,

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Speaker 1: and that is probably why Josh harbors it as a

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00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 1: concern going into the twenty one season. What is it

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00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:31,920
Speaker 1: going to look like? Is it going to be demonstrably

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00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:35,560
Speaker 1: more effective in terms of keeping them on schedule, keeping

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Speaker 1: defenses honest, etc. Yeah, he's right, and there wasn't much

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00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 1: wrong with his offense last year. They would have run

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Speaker 1: it better had they run it more, because their offensive

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00:55:47,800 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 1: line would have gotten in a better rhythm, they would

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00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:51,880
Speaker 1: have blocked better, they would have had more reps in

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00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 1: the running game, more live reps and using games as

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00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: practice would have had their running game better later in

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00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 1: the season. But let's face it, they were going four

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00:56:01,239 --> 00:56:03,919
Speaker 1: wides because nobody was stopping Josh in the throwing game.

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00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,879
Speaker 1: They were scoring all kinds of points and they were

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Speaker 1: perfectly willing to do that. So they really didn't invest

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Speaker 1: much effort or snaps in the running game last year.

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Speaker 1: And because they were so successful, you know, why would

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00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 1: they change? And when they didn't when they came out

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00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:24,000
Speaker 1: this last offseason, there's a ton has been said about it.

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Speaker 1: They didn't want to run the ball more, but they

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Speaker 1: didn't want to run it better, that's all they said.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I you know, they didn't even they

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00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 1: didn't draft a running back. They didn't draft Naji Harris,

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Speaker 1: they didn't draft Travis at Night. None of that stuff

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Speaker 1: is happening. They got four or five new starting offensive

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00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,759
Speaker 1: less quality starting offensive linemen on the roster, guys who

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Speaker 1: have got some a lot of snaps in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's where this is going to happen is upfront.

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00:56:54,719 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 1: Their offensive line, I think has got a chance to

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Speaker 1: be very good this year, if not dominant. They got

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00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,520
Speaker 1: too many guys there who can really play, too many

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Speaker 1: combinations that are possible, too many guys with elite trades

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00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 1: up front not to feel like they're going to be

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Speaker 1: able to do whatever they want and dominate the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage, which is where it all starts. So this offense,

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Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, is going to be whatever

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Speaker 1: it needs to be. They're gonna have the ability to

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Speaker 1: run it or throw it. They got a quarterback that

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00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: can run it or throw it. They got a quarterback

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Speaker 1: that is, you know, in the it's gonna be in

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00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:28,920
Speaker 1: the MVP conversation at different points during the season, and

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Speaker 1: he's gonna play at that level at times during the

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00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 1: regular season. At least at times during the regular season.

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00:57:38,320 --> 00:57:42,680
Speaker 1: Their wide receiver corps is gonna be skilled and proven.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's just no reason to think they're not

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00:57:45,560 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 1: gonna be able to score with people and the running

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00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:50,720
Speaker 1: game and the problems that you can point out to

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00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 1: you know, offensively, they don't and to me, they don't

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Speaker 1: have any problems at least at this point. Now, maybe

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Speaker 1: they'll develop them during training camp, maybe they're not going

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Speaker 1: to be as good, or they get a rash of

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Speaker 1: injuries or that. I'd go on and on, but at

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Speaker 1: this current moment, there's nothing you could do to tweak

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Speaker 1: this offense before getting it on the field and looking

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00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:09,439
Speaker 1: to see with what you got defensively, the run game,

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit the same thing. They got work

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00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: to do. They've got a starting point that's going to

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Speaker 1: be in a different spot than it was a year ago.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have three preseason games to get some physicality

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Speaker 1: back in their game before they actually kick it off

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00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 1: for real. And mention not to mention Starlo Tulay, some

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00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: guys coming back, Vernon Butler who's never played with Star

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00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:31,560
Speaker 1: or haven't who used to play with Star down No

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00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:35,760
Speaker 1: and Carolina so you got some guys that you know

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00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: are going to be able to hold that side of

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00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:39,480
Speaker 1: the line of crimmage a little better than they were

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00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:45,520
Speaker 1: able to early on last season. So at this point

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00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,640
Speaker 1: they have addressed every single Now, there weren't too many

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00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 1: questions at the end of last season, but every question

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00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:57,360
Speaker 1: they did have, they've answered and made some serious attempts

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00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:01,680
Speaker 1: to fill that void or change that out come. Plus

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00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: the stuff they did do well, they've worked on trying

1143
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:09,120
Speaker 1: to get better. Isaiah Hodges being on the field, Emmanuel

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00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:11,800
Speaker 1: Sanders being in the fold, took what was a really

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00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,040
Speaker 1: great offensive you know, skill set last year, a wide

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00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:21,360
Speaker 1: receiver group, and got i mean, maybe even better and deeper. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm you know, I'm just looking at my watch, waiting

1148
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:24,720
Speaker 1: on you know, waiting on a hit training camp to

1149
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 1: see it's time to go. Veto on the tweet sheet

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00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: says optimism O line consistency concerned D line consistency. Well,

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00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,200
Speaker 1: here's an interesting dichotomy. And you know, I don't think

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00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:40,080
Speaker 1: he's totally off the mark. You gotta believe it when

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00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,439
Speaker 1: you see it. With respect to the defensive line, there

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00:59:43,520 --> 00:59:47,720
Speaker 1: is no secret that you know, run defense wise, they

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00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 1: were lacking in terms of consistency. It got better as

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00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: the season went on, certainly when Edmonds and Milana were

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00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:57,760
Speaker 1: fully healthy again and playing the kind of football we

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00:59:57,840 --> 01:00:00,560
Speaker 1: come to expect from them at this second level of

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Speaker 1: the defense. But they did miss Star, I mean, there's

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01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,520
Speaker 1: no question about that. And now he is back in

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Speaker 1: the fold, so you would hope that things are better,

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Speaker 1: as Steve just outlined. At the same time, I think

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Speaker 1: you're hoping that Harrison Phillips, as a role in player,

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01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:18,800
Speaker 1: now more than a year removed from his major knee injury,

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01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: will be back to the kind of player that he

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01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:24,240
Speaker 1: looked like he was turning into before that knee injury

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Speaker 1: struck in Week three of the twenty nineteen season. You

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Speaker 1: have to wonder, though, there has to be a balance, Steve,

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Speaker 1: with the rotation that they employ on that defensive front.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not debating for a second that coach Fraser

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01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 1: can't strike this balance, but there is a balance that

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Speaker 1: has to be struck there in terms of getting the

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Speaker 1: consistent play you want while also keeping players fresh. And

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Speaker 1: as you were pointing out on the show yesterday, you

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01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 1: don't want to just rotate for rotation's sake. You want

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01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:00,480
Speaker 1: to rotate in such a way where, yeah, you are

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Speaker 1: keeping legs fresh for the fourth quarter when you need

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01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 1: a big play, but at the same time, you also

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01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: have to have a measure of consistent play out there.

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Speaker 1: That's getting your defense off the field. Yeah, if there's

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01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 1: too big a drop off between certain players on your roster,

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01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:16,880
Speaker 1: those players who are the drop off player are not

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01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:19,479
Speaker 1: going to get on the field and your rotation will

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01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 1: be shortened quickly. So you know, certainly they want to

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Speaker 1: they'll rotate eight. You want to rotate eight guys through

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01:01:27,640 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 1: if you know, if eight, if you got eight guys

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01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:33,400
Speaker 1: who are Bruce Smith or Reggie White, you can rotate

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Speaker 1: those guys through free league as much as you want.

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Speaker 1: But if you got you know, a Bruce Smith and

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Speaker 1: a Pop Kettle, you know, you know, Pat didn't get

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Speaker 1: a play very much, right, So that's I'm exaggerating obviously

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Speaker 1: to make a point, but that's it. The rotation is

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Speaker 1: dictated by the production they get when that guy's out there,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of and sometimes it's it's not that

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Speaker 1: the guy's gonna dominate when he's out there, but if

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Speaker 1: he does what he's supposed to do, even if he's

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Speaker 1: getting you know, even if he doesn't win a one

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Speaker 1: on one matchup, if he's in the right spot, uses

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Speaker 1: the right technique, he's the guy you're on your roster.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna put him out there. If you can trust him,

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01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:11,760
Speaker 1: You're gonna put him out there, even if he's not

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01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 1: gonna win on a one on one matchup, because not

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01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:17,560
Speaker 1: everybody does, right, I mean, depending on you know, if

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01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:20,000
Speaker 1: you get on. If he's in there against Germanti Dawson

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01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,240
Speaker 1: of the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Hall of Famer, yeah, okay,

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01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:24,240
Speaker 1: he's not gonna win that, but at least he's using

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Speaker 1: the right technique and he's in the right spot, he

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Speaker 1: gets to take his reps. But there are other guys

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Speaker 1: who can't live up to that. They make him as say,

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Speaker 1: they're trying to win and they're doing all this off

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Speaker 1: the wall stuff to try and get through to the passer,

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Speaker 1: or they're they're taking angles that are bad as a linebacker,

1213
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:42,480
Speaker 1: or they're they're they're gambling too much as a corner,

1214
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:45,440
Speaker 1: trying to make something happen because they don't feel physically

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Speaker 1: like they're gonna be able to keep up with the guy.

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01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:49,720
Speaker 1: All these guys start rolling the dice with because their

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Speaker 1: abilities don't match up. They don't get rotated in. You

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01:02:54,360 --> 01:02:57,240
Speaker 1: gotta play the technique all the time, and if you

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Speaker 1: do that, you become Levi Wallace, your four year starter

1220
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:05,080
Speaker 1: who's hard to replace. Now he doesn't physically win a

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Speaker 1: lot of matchups, but the guys where he's supposed to be, Yeah,

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01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:11,680
Speaker 1: gets the job done. He's not gonna wow you with like, wow,

1223
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Speaker 1: what a one hand and all the stuff he outran

1224
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,560
Speaker 1: the guy or he's stuck with a double well, all

1225
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 1: that stuff, But he's doing what they're asking him to do.

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Speaker 1: That he gets to play. I call him a steady

1227
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Speaker 1: Eddie player. That's what he is. He's steady Eddie Rick

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Speaker 1: On the tweet sheet and incidentally, tweet sheet brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company

1230
01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:36,760
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills, Rick says. Rick says, biggest reason

1231
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:41,000
Speaker 1: for optimism has to be the resigning and return of

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Speaker 1: our twenty twenty guys. So I'm assuming he's talking about Mulano, Feliciano,

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01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 1: Darryl Williams. This year should be just a continuation of

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01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 1: last year, with no huge holes to fill. Only one

1235
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,840
Speaker 1: major concern, How will Josh Allen adapt to full stadium

1236
01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 1: crowd noise on the road after a season of silence. Now,

1237
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 1: if you and I have talked about this, because there

1238
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:04,720
Speaker 1: are people out there that wonder does sugar rush Josh

1239
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:09,520
Speaker 1: Allen return when the energy of the crowd is back

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Speaker 1: in stadiums on a weekly basis, whether it's here at

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Speaker 1: home and they're supporting him, because there's no question he

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01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: gets juiced when he's got a crowd behind him. And

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01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:22,880
Speaker 1: sometimes we've seen him get juiced when everybody's against him

1244
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:24,640
Speaker 1: on the road and he's like, I'll show you kind

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01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 1: of thing. Right, Do you think he's past that? Are

1246
01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:32,280
Speaker 1: any of us totally passed that? I mean, you know,

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01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:35,560
Speaker 1: I mean I'm everybody gets carried away and I do

1248
01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:38,000
Speaker 1: that once somewhere right in front of the grandkids now,

1249
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 1: but still put that down. What do you do it?

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01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:45,600
Speaker 1: You want to watch grandpa? Yeah, he's not totally passed it,

1251
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:50,040
Speaker 1: but I do think this, don't underestimate how much he learned.

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01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:53,280
Speaker 1: Last year we saw what he had learned, but he

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01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:57,360
Speaker 1: did too. And it is time after time after time

1254
01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:59,480
Speaker 1: of coming up through the ranks of you know, over

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01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:01,360
Speaker 1: the last three years, we've seen him say, he goes,

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01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:02,920
Speaker 1: I gotta be better. I gotta do this. I got

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01:05:03,040 --> 01:05:04,640
Speaker 1: you know, I try to do too much. I gotta

1258
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,240
Speaker 1: get rid of the hero. Well, he said it himself,

1259
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,760
Speaker 1: and watching himself and the success they had last year

1260
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 1: just reinforces where he needs to be mentally. Certainly he

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01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: and in this regard, he probably got a break because

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01:05:17,120 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: he didn't have to deal with a crowd noise. Okay,

1263
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:22,360
Speaker 1: if that's if that's the reason he was successful because

1264
01:05:22,360 --> 01:05:25,880
Speaker 1: there was nobody in the stadium. I think that's a

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01:05:25,920 --> 01:05:28,560
Speaker 1: hard sell for me. Yeah, because it doesn't change what's

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Speaker 1: happening on the field, right, that's a hard sell for me.

1267
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:33,920
Speaker 1: So certainly he might there might have been an instance

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01:05:34,040 --> 01:05:35,880
Speaker 1: or two, a handful of instances where it might have

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Speaker 1: helped him. But you know, the lessons he learned from that,

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Speaker 1: I don't think go away. The only thing I do

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Speaker 1: remember him saying, you know, in hindsight and wrapping up

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Speaker 1: the season. I think he did a press conference in

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01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:52,680
Speaker 1: late January. He did say that it was an adjustment

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01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:54,480
Speaker 1: going to Kansas City and having to deal with the

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01:05:54,480 --> 01:05:57,080
Speaker 1: crowd noise, But I think that was more because they

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01:05:57,120 --> 01:06:00,200
Speaker 1: did not have to deal with it. The entire your

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01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,680
Speaker 1: season and then suddenly here it is and it's like, dang,

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01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:05,439
Speaker 1: it's loud in here. This is an adjustment, whether you're

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01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:08,320
Speaker 1: making checks or try you know, you gotta you know,

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01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:10,120
Speaker 1: you're trying to make a change at the line of scrimmage,

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01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,600
Speaker 1: the play clocks running down. The noise is inhibiting your communication.

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01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:16,840
Speaker 1: You know, he said it was an adjustment. If you're

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01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:19,920
Speaker 1: doing that every week, you're going to be accustomed to

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01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:22,760
Speaker 1: it from the word go yes. And we saw the

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01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:25,640
Speaker 1: coaching staff pumping noise into practice every single day too,

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01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:28,160
Speaker 1: So they'll be ready for it, knowing that it's coming,

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01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,760
Speaker 1: they'll have they'll have tools in place to help them

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01:06:30,760 --> 01:06:33,760
Speaker 1: cope with it, you know, silent count they'll have hand signals,

1289
01:06:33,800 --> 01:06:38,640
Speaker 1: have gestures, they'll have you know, a signaling system and

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01:06:38,760 --> 01:06:42,840
Speaker 1: plus and this is this should not go unnoticed. They'll

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01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:48,760
Speaker 1: have a full year with Steph Digs and more than

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01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:51,880
Speaker 1: that with Cole Beasley, more than that with you know,

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01:06:52,520 --> 01:06:55,760
Speaker 1: the offensive line or whatever. They've got to hand a

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01:06:55,800 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 1: lot of experience of being of communicating in different situation.

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01:07:00,560 --> 01:07:02,520
Speaker 1: So a lot of it is you don't even have

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01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:04,560
Speaker 1: a set signal. You just look at the look at

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01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:06,439
Speaker 1: the eyeber. You know, you look at the guy's eyes,

1298
01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:08,760
Speaker 1: you make some eye contact, and he gives you a

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01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:11,000
Speaker 1: kind of a little head bop and it's like, you

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01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:12,840
Speaker 1: know exactly what he's talking about because you just had

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01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:15,440
Speaker 1: the conversation on the sidelines, right say, this is what

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01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 1: I was talking about. Go, you know, and you snap

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01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,120
Speaker 1: a route off and it's a play. All of that stuff.

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01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:26,200
Speaker 1: The continuity is when this really gets it really gets

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01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,919
Speaker 1: helpful in situations where you can't hear, you can't think,

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01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:32,040
Speaker 1: you can't talk to each other because the crowd's going crazy.

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01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,959
Speaker 1: The continuity that you've been through the thousands of reps

1308
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:37,240
Speaker 1: in the exact same offense with the exact same guys,

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01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:41,560
Speaker 1: that's when it pays dividends. Alan on the tweet sheet says,

1310
01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:44,440
Speaker 1: optimism for me is a playoff team on the rise.

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01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:48,400
Speaker 1: The concern is the running back play. However, with the

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01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,040
Speaker 1: depth this team has, I'd be satisfied with a three

1313
01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:54,560
Speaker 1: headed monster attack like the two thousand and three Philadelphia Eagles.

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01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:59,480
Speaker 1: Head Man, you're going back in the vault for that. Yeah,

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01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:04,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the running back situation is one

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01:08:04,760 --> 01:08:08,360
Speaker 1: where people are really curious to see how it will

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01:08:08,520 --> 01:08:12,080
Speaker 1: morph and change and be more effective. The reason I

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01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:14,400
Speaker 1: don't think it should be of any great concern is

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01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:19,080
Speaker 1: because it's not what their identity is at all. Yeah.

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01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 1: I mean, they call sixty plays, sixty five plays in

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01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:26,120
Speaker 1: a game. Fifty five of them could be passes, Yeah,

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01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:29,960
Speaker 1: fifty could be fifties almost a lock or forty five

1323
01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:33,080
Speaker 1: to fifty. Between forty and fifty, we're gonna be throws

1324
01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:36,479
Speaker 1: at least. So Yeah, the only reason like it to

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01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:39,000
Speaker 1: be better. The only reason that would change is if

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01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:40,960
Speaker 1: they start running up and down the field and then

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01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:43,240
Speaker 1: it's like, okay, then there's nothing wrong with your run game.

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01:08:44,479 --> 01:08:47,800
Speaker 1: I'm with you poking holes in this office. And what

1329
01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:53,599
Speaker 1: they did last year is a pointless exercise. They chose

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01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:56,080
Speaker 1: not to run the ball last year. I don't believe

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01:08:56,120 --> 01:08:58,320
Speaker 1: they were forced out of running the football by the

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01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:01,240
Speaker 1: ineffectiveness of their running back, so the ineffectiveness of their

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01:09:01,280 --> 01:09:04,040
Speaker 1: offensive line. Certainly they were bad plays out there, no question,

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01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,360
Speaker 1: but they just just it was too easy for them

1335
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:10,479
Speaker 1: and they were getting They were too good at throwing

1336
01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:13,599
Speaker 1: it in every situation. And one of the things that

1337
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:15,960
Speaker 1: day ball hasn't gotten enough credit for you you talk

1338
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:17,720
Speaker 1: about it, the success of the team and Josh and

1339
01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:23,160
Speaker 1: the development and the play calling all that. His creativity

1340
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:27,880
Speaker 1: really helps this offense. And to say we're really good

1341
01:09:27,880 --> 01:09:32,639
Speaker 1: at throwing, we're gonna throw on first down in the league.

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01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 1: They as much as people say, well, they couldn't run it,

1343
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:37,599
Speaker 1: so they had to throw it all him. I think

1344
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:39,799
Speaker 1: it was almost the exact opposite. It was the opposite.

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01:09:39,840 --> 01:09:42,120
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll said it in Week nine. They just didn't

1346
01:09:42,160 --> 01:09:44,599
Speaker 1: think they were gonna stop running. They just not even

1347
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:46,800
Speaker 1: try to run the ball. That's what he said. He

1348
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:49,080
Speaker 1: was stunned because we were surprised they didn't even try

1349
01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:51,599
Speaker 1: to run the ball. Hey, we'll take that in our

1350
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:53,800
Speaker 1: forty four points. You can be on your way, thank you.

1351
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:59,839
Speaker 1: So yeah, running game one is a productive but who cares.

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01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:02,559
Speaker 1: Nobody cares. They didn't even try. They were like, you

1353
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:06,280
Speaker 1: know what, Okay, alright, alright, alright, here here's a drop

1354
01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:08,639
Speaker 1: play I will find. Now we're gonna throw it again. Now.

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01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,719
Speaker 1: I will say this, as we mentioned on the show yesterday,

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01:10:12,160 --> 01:10:15,160
Speaker 1: all off season, what's going on. You've got defensive coordinators

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01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:17,880
Speaker 1: around the league, with the Bills on their schedule, devising

1358
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:20,760
Speaker 1: ways to try to slow this down or neutralize it

1359
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:23,519
Speaker 1: in some way, shape or fashion. So it would probably

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01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,599
Speaker 1: behoove the Bills to work on the run game, so

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01:10:26,640 --> 01:10:30,599
Speaker 1: it is something they can turn to in certain games

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01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:33,839
Speaker 1: where maybe the passing game isn't clicking because some defensive

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01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:37,799
Speaker 1: coordinator on the other sideline has found something to slow

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01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:40,400
Speaker 1: it down a little bit, where it's not the juggernaut

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01:10:40,400 --> 01:10:43,879
Speaker 1: that we saw over the last ten weeks of the season. Okay, yeah,

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01:10:43,880 --> 01:10:46,600
Speaker 1: maybe you should have that sitting in your back pocket

1367
01:10:46,640 --> 01:10:49,120
Speaker 1: where it is more effective and you can rely on

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01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:51,400
Speaker 1: that to get you through a football game where maybe

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01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:56,320
Speaker 1: everything isn't you know, getting blown off the page basically

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01:10:56,439 --> 01:10:58,320
Speaker 1: in the passing game, basically an offense. You know, when

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01:10:58,320 --> 01:10:59,920
Speaker 1: you go into this seat, you want all the tool

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01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,519
Speaker 1: in your toolbox to work. You know, the short passing game,

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01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:04,920
Speaker 1: the screen game, the draws, the lead draws, the power

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01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:09,080
Speaker 1: run game, the zone blocking game, the vertical passing game. Um,

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01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:11,599
Speaker 1: you know all of it. You want all of those

1376
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:16,760
Speaker 1: tools at your disposal and you want to be working well.

1377
01:11:17,760 --> 01:11:19,880
Speaker 1: But there are going to be a lot of games

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01:11:20,120 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 1: this year where the Bills are never gonna be or

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01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 1: never really want to or get into position where they

1380
01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:26,920
Speaker 1: want to use their power run game or their zone

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01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:29,760
Speaker 1: blocking game. They're gonna be throwing the football. They're gonna

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01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:32,000
Speaker 1: do it with screen passes and bubble screens and end

1383
01:11:32,040 --> 01:11:35,240
Speaker 1: a rounds and whip screens and the vertical passing game.

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01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:37,680
Speaker 1: They won't. So you know, what are you gonna do.

1385
01:11:37,720 --> 01:11:40,679
Speaker 1: You're gonna be mad that they won the game without

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01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:43,000
Speaker 1: running the ball like they did against Seattle last year.

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01:11:43,439 --> 01:11:47,200
Speaker 1: Not really, you know, I get it. You know, once

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01:11:47,240 --> 01:11:48,840
Speaker 1: in a while, you have a bad running play because

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01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:51,400
Speaker 1: the offensive line says, oh, what's the first time in

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01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:54,040
Speaker 1: the last ninety minutes we've had to run block, you know,

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01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:58,760
Speaker 1: So it's you run into that and Ruben We've had

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01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:00,519
Speaker 1: Ruben Brown on here before where we had you know,

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01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:03,599
Speaker 1: I've talked to John Feliciano the same thing. Offensive line

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01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:04,960
Speaker 1: will say, listen, if you want to run the ball

1395
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:07,240
Speaker 1: where you gotta run it all the time, we'll run

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01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:10,880
Speaker 1: it really well then. And there's a reason nobody really

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01:12:10,920 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 1: does that anymore, because everybody's throwing. The game's legislated to

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01:12:14,920 --> 01:12:17,559
Speaker 1: be a passing league. They call the rules that way.

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01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:20,680
Speaker 1: The rules in the secondary. You can't touch these guys

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01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:23,320
Speaker 1: when they're running around in the secondary, and you got

1401
01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:28,680
Speaker 1: a quarterback with an absolute fifty caliber sniper rifle as

1402
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:31,800
Speaker 1: an arm and you can't hit them either, not the

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01:12:31,800 --> 01:12:38,479
Speaker 1: way you used to anyway. Yeah. So yeah, poking holes

1404
01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:40,160
Speaker 1: in the way the Bills ran their offense last year

1405
01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:42,040
Speaker 1: by telling them they didn't have a running game is like,

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01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:47,880
Speaker 1: let me think of an analogy. It's like, well, it's

1407
01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:49,640
Speaker 1: like getting mad at somebody who didn't jump out of

1408
01:12:49,680 --> 01:12:54,120
Speaker 1: the airplane because they didn't have a parachute. Right, you

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01:12:54,200 --> 01:12:59,400
Speaker 1: just don't do that. Why you know, I enjoy your analogies.

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01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:02,280
Speaker 1: It was a reach there, and she got my point.

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01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:07,519
Speaker 1: I just don't do stuff that's not necessary. Yeah, why

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01:13:07,520 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 1: would you? I mean, hunt, it's not broken. It was said,

1413
01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:14,200
Speaker 1: go back and watch that Seattle game. And after the game,

1414
01:13:14,200 --> 01:13:16,639
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll in the post game he got he roasted.

1415
01:13:16,640 --> 01:13:18,160
Speaker 1: He got roasted for it a little. He had just

1416
01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:20,479
Speaker 1: signed just send Exton, so he felt like I can

1417
01:13:20,520 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 1: say whatever I want. He goes. We thought they'd at

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01:13:22,439 --> 01:13:25,679
Speaker 1: least try to run it. Yeah, he's like, the running

1419
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:27,280
Speaker 1: game's coming, it's got They're gonna go to it here

1420
01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:29,599
Speaker 1: in a second. Oh not on that series. Okay, it's

1421
01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:31,840
Speaker 1: another seven for them, and well they're gonna run it here,

1422
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:33,360
Speaker 1: They're gonna run a little roof and I were doing

1423
01:13:33,360 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: the game on radio, and it was like they had

1424
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:39,360
Speaker 1: three runs in the first half. Two of them were

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01:13:39,439 --> 01:13:43,120
Speaker 1: runs by Josh Allen, yeah, and scrambles, And then it

1426
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:45,760
Speaker 1: got to a point in the game where Seattle was

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01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:49,400
Speaker 1: blitzing on almost every play, so they were finally convinced, well, hell,

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01:13:49,439 --> 01:13:51,240
Speaker 1: they're not gonna run it. Let's just blitz Josh Allen

1429
01:13:51,280 --> 01:13:52,880
Speaker 1: every time and see if that works. And that didn't

1430
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 1: work either. No, they had a little success with it,

1431
01:13:55,520 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 1: but not a lot that It was absolutely the Bills

1432
01:14:00,400 --> 01:14:02,360
Speaker 1: just absolutely ran. It was an air show. It they

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01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:07,080
Speaker 1: ran off and then Seattle Russ Wilson and Seattle try said, Wilson,

1434
01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:09,320
Speaker 1: we gotta match let's go, we gotta match it, and Russ,

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01:14:09,439 --> 01:14:12,479
Speaker 1: you know, rushed through four interceptions and three interceptions and

1436
01:14:12,600 --> 01:14:16,840
Speaker 1: fumbled one. So it was you know, that was when

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01:14:16,920 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 1: you knew it was you know it was on. Well,

1438
01:14:19,439 --> 01:14:22,080
Speaker 1: that's when you knew the passing game had staying power. Yeah,

1439
01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:23,800
Speaker 1: you know, people saw it in the first month and

1440
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 1: like a teams will adjust to that, they'll be able

1441
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:28,080
Speaker 1: to stop that eventually. Blah blah, blah. They're just off

1442
01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:29,920
Speaker 1: to a fast start. And then you're sitting here in

1443
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:32,639
Speaker 1: week nine and they put up forty four on the Seahawks,

1444
01:14:32,680 --> 01:14:35,240
Speaker 1: and it's like whoa, okay. And that was big too

1445
01:14:35,280 --> 01:14:37,720
Speaker 1: because Russ Wilson, the Seahawks came in. Russ Wilson was

1446
01:14:37,760 --> 01:14:40,040
Speaker 1: in the conversation for the MVP. Josh was in the

1447
01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:43,120
Speaker 1: conversation for the MVP. Russ turned it over three times

1448
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: or four times, and Josh hung forty four points on

1449
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:50,960
Speaker 1: him and Russ was never in the conversation. Now he wasn't.

1450
01:14:50,960 --> 01:14:53,640
Speaker 1: That was it for him after that? All right, we

1451
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:55,880
Speaker 1: have to take a break here. When we come back,

1452
01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:58,800
Speaker 1: more of your phone calls and comments on the tweet sheet.

1453
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:00,719
Speaker 1: We may even have a little time for some what's

1454
01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:05,040
Speaker 1: for lunch when we return. Coming up and the third

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01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:09,040
Speaker 1: hour of the show, we've got Steelers beat reporter Mark

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01:15:09,080 --> 01:15:11,880
Speaker 1: Caballi from The Athletic. We got to talk to him

1457
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:14,639
Speaker 1: because the Steelers, who are the Bills week one opponent,

1458
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:19,200
Speaker 1: made an interesting acquisition in terms of their pass rush.

1459
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:20,960
Speaker 1: So we'll be talking to him in about a half

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01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,160
Speaker 1: an hour. Stay tuned. Plenty more to come here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live. Presented by Colloid to help. It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio Welcome back. Second half of the show now

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Speaker 1: under way here on a Tuesday one, Bills Live. Chris

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01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:46,320
Speaker 1: Brown Steve Tasker with you and discussing with you today

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01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:50,240
Speaker 1: what sits at the top of your list as your

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01:15:50,320 --> 01:15:52,639
Speaker 1: reason for optimism for the Bills twenty twenty one season.

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01:15:52,720 --> 01:15:54,920
Speaker 1: We know there's a myriad of reasons to be optimistic,

1468
01:15:55,520 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 1: but what sits at the top of your list and

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01:15:57,600 --> 01:16:00,120
Speaker 1: what might be a concern you still harbored despite all

1470
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:05,439
Speaker 1: of your positive vibes for the Bills this fall. You

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01:16:05,439 --> 01:16:07,080
Speaker 1: can hit us up on the phones at eighth three

1472
01:16:07,320 --> 01:16:12,000
Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty open line for you there,

1473
01:16:13,040 --> 01:16:14,600
Speaker 1: or you can go to the tweet sheet, which is

1474
01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:19,599
Speaker 1: where we are going right now. As Eli tells us,

1475
01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:23,439
Speaker 1: my biggest reason for optimism is they brought back most

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01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:27,160
Speaker 1: of the starters plus the draft class. I feel confident

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Speaker 1: about the team and the additions being in. McDermott and

1478
01:16:30,120 --> 01:16:32,920
Speaker 1: the whole staff have proven they can add talent. My

1479
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:37,680
Speaker 1: biggest reason for concern is the seventeen game schedule. Injuries

1480
01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: will happen. This is going to be an adjustment. Steve

1481
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:46,920
Speaker 1: for coaches and for players, because some might say, wow,

1482
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,519
Speaker 1: you still only have twenty games total. You're just hacked

1483
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:51,200
Speaker 1: one off of the preseason and stuck it in the

1484
01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:54,000
Speaker 1: regular season. But anybody that's played this game will tell

1485
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,200
Speaker 1: you that regular season football is much different from preseason football.

1486
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:03,559
Speaker 1: How do you anticipate coaches and door players dealing with

1487
01:17:03,600 --> 01:17:06,960
Speaker 1: the practice schedule knowing there is an added game there.

1488
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:11,000
Speaker 1: I don't know that it'll change much of anything. I'd

1489
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:13,559
Speaker 1: have to ask, I'd have to you know, they will.

1490
01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:18,360
Speaker 1: They'll look at data or whatever. They'll look at sports science.

1491
01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:20,759
Speaker 1: The sports science department will get in and they say, listeners,

1492
01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:22,800
Speaker 1: we get deeper into the season. You got these guys,

1493
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:25,639
Speaker 1: every guy. They'll treat every guy differently because they're all

1494
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:28,280
Speaker 1: in different spot. A twenty two year old rookie, twenty

1495
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:33,240
Speaker 1: one year old rookie is different than a thirty three

1496
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:36,320
Speaker 1: year old vet who plays on the other side of

1497
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:39,360
Speaker 1: the football. They treat these guys with the same with

1498
01:17:39,479 --> 01:17:44,760
Speaker 1: a different mindset. Some guys will start getting there day off,

1499
01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:48,960
Speaker 1: their veteran day off earlier in the season. Maybe that

1500
01:17:49,280 --> 01:17:53,120
Speaker 1: day off veteran day off trickles down a little further

1501
01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:56,360
Speaker 1: into the roster. Yeah, instead of it's just guys like

1502
01:17:56,439 --> 01:17:59,760
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes and you know Star Low two Lalay and

1503
01:18:00,160 --> 01:18:03,360
Speaker 1: guys who are in their thirties getting Wednesdays off that

1504
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:05,920
Speaker 1: make it Wednesdays or a Thursday off. Then now they're

1505
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:09,320
Speaker 1: going to be starting they'll start giving you know, offensive

1506
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:12,360
Speaker 1: lineman days off, and you know, and you know running backs.

1507
01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:14,920
Speaker 1: Everybody starts taking a day off here and there to

1508
01:18:14,960 --> 01:18:16,720
Speaker 1: give them a little chance. And depending on what their

1509
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:19,400
Speaker 1: workload is and what the GPS tells them about their workload.

1510
01:18:19,479 --> 01:18:22,400
Speaker 1: And with a practice squad that's going to probably number fourteen,

1511
01:18:24,120 --> 01:18:26,400
Speaker 1: you can probably afford to do that a little bit

1512
01:18:26,439 --> 01:18:29,919
Speaker 1: more because you got the bodies to get through practice

1513
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:34,439
Speaker 1: and I keep it competitive. And then also what McDermot

1514
01:18:34,479 --> 01:18:37,360
Speaker 1: and his coaching staff will probably do as well, they'll formulate,

1515
01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:40,599
Speaker 1: am you know, extrapolate a plan so that listen will

1516
01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:43,439
Speaker 1: if we're going to start giving these guys days off,

1517
01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,400
Speaker 1: let's give this combination of guys a day off so

1518
01:18:46,439 --> 01:18:48,519
Speaker 1: we can look at this combination of guys that start

1519
01:18:48,600 --> 01:18:51,920
Speaker 1: developing them. So if they're going to get a day

1520
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:54,240
Speaker 1: a week, let's get this guy and this guy and

1521
01:18:54,280 --> 01:18:57,160
Speaker 1: this guy their reps in practice on the same day

1522
01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:59,599
Speaker 1: so that they can get some development in yeah, or

1523
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:02,920
Speaker 1: let's let them practice against each other, or let's offset

1524
01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:04,680
Speaker 1: it so they don't have you know what I mean,

1525
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:06,920
Speaker 1: whatever they want to work it and it'll be all

1526
01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:09,320
Speaker 1: about player developments. When those practice squad guys do have

1527
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:11,200
Speaker 1: to step in for a VET who's getting a rest day,

1528
01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:13,280
Speaker 1: they're getting something out of it, and the coaches can

1529
01:19:13,280 --> 01:19:14,960
Speaker 1: look at them and say, all right, here's we're gonna

1530
01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:18,040
Speaker 1: put We're gonna run today. And I say, if Jerry

1531
01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:20,479
Speaker 1: Hughes was here today, we're gonna run this play to

1532
01:19:20,520 --> 01:19:23,000
Speaker 1: day because we want to see you run it. You know,

1533
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:25,400
Speaker 1: this is this is for your skill set, go that

1534
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:27,840
Speaker 1: kind of thing, so they never miss a trick and

1535
01:19:28,640 --> 01:19:32,040
Speaker 1: the chance to develop young players behind the vets. When

1536
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:34,320
Speaker 1: those vets are taking rest days during the regular season,

1537
01:19:34,680 --> 01:19:38,439
Speaker 1: I just know that coaches are the equivalent of schedule nerds.

1538
01:19:38,439 --> 01:19:40,880
Speaker 1: I mean, they schedule everything they got to. So with

1539
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:44,559
Speaker 1: this extra regular season game, I have to imagine that

1540
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: the plan has already been built in in many respects

1541
01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:51,800
Speaker 1: as to how they're going to make sure load management

1542
01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:55,719
Speaker 1: is accounted for. Knowing there are going to be probably

1543
01:19:55,720 --> 01:19:59,479
Speaker 1: an extra seventy to seventy five regular season reps out there,

1544
01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:04,720
Speaker 1: their starters to a great degree, not everybody, but most right,

1545
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:06,719
Speaker 1: and those are Yeah, that's one hundred and ten percent

1546
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:11,599
Speaker 1: of effort on all of those full speed, full speed,

1547
01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:13,800
Speaker 1: full context. So there's going to be a certain I

1548
01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:17,639
Speaker 1: don't know that they'll certain every week in the NFL,

1549
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:20,759
Speaker 1: for all thirty two or thirty two team sixteen games,

1550
01:20:21,640 --> 01:20:25,679
Speaker 1: there's probably a certain percentage of probability that certain number

1551
01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:28,639
Speaker 1: of guys are gonna get hurt all across the spectrum

1552
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:31,640
Speaker 1: from season ending all the way to hangnail, you know.

1553
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:37,040
Speaker 1: All you know whether that starts to go up exponentially

1554
01:20:37,080 --> 01:20:40,960
Speaker 1: as the season lengthens, so that I got a one

1555
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:46,360
Speaker 1: point five percent injury rate goes up to a four

1556
01:20:46,439 --> 01:20:49,160
Speaker 1: point five percent injury rate in week seventeen as opposed

1557
01:20:49,200 --> 01:20:51,840
Speaker 1: to Week one, and it's incrementally up through the season. Um,

1558
01:20:52,120 --> 01:20:54,280
Speaker 1: they'll be they'll have their finger on that, the pulse

1559
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:56,439
Speaker 1: of that as well. But you got to be ready

1560
01:20:56,439 --> 01:21:01,320
Speaker 1: for that. And because it's completely unpredictable, because you might

1561
01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:04,439
Speaker 1: get a spike one week and get Scott free the next.

1562
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:09,160
Speaker 1: Daniel on the tweet sheet says optimism, Josh, and the

1563
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,519
Speaker 1: offense gets even better. My concern is that the d

1564
01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:17,080
Speaker 1: has to get way better covering tight ends and getting

1565
01:21:17,080 --> 01:21:23,320
Speaker 1: a pass Russian sacks. He says, please, d What does

1566
01:21:23,320 --> 01:21:27,080
Speaker 1: that mean? I'm not sure what. Please, defense take the

1567
01:21:27,160 --> 01:21:30,040
Speaker 1: next step like the offense did, then we could be

1568
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:32,360
Speaker 1: very scary go bills. He was missing an ell in

1569
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:35,080
Speaker 1: the word please. That's why I had trouble with that one.

1570
01:21:35,760 --> 01:21:40,639
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's all legitimate from Daniel. I think covering

1571
01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:45,880
Speaker 1: tight ends, Steve, it has been a problem, you know,

1572
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:50,080
Speaker 1: more often than not through the years for this defense.

1573
01:21:50,800 --> 01:21:53,679
Speaker 1: And granted, when you're playing the best of the best

1574
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 1: at tight end, they're doing that to just about everybody,

1575
01:21:56,960 --> 01:21:59,960
Speaker 1: you know, in all fairness, absolutely, you know Travis Kels

1576
01:22:00,160 --> 01:22:03,759
Speaker 1: being a primary example of that. But getting a pass

1577
01:22:03,840 --> 01:22:06,760
Speaker 1: rush and getting sacks I think is on the to

1578
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:09,919
Speaker 1: do list. I think one thing that kind of quietly

1579
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:13,639
Speaker 1: goes by the board Steve is red zone defense. They

1580
01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:16,760
Speaker 1: finished eighteenth in the league in red zone defense in

1581
01:22:16,840 --> 01:22:20,559
Speaker 1: terms of touchdown efficiency by their opponents on the road.

1582
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:25,599
Speaker 1: Steve the red zone touchdown efficiency of their opponents in

1583
01:22:25,720 --> 01:22:29,559
Speaker 1: road games seventy percent. Now, I know some of that's

1584
01:22:29,560 --> 01:22:32,679
Speaker 1: inflated because the Bills were ahead of teams latent games

1585
01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:36,080
Speaker 1: and they were giving up yards and points in exchange

1586
01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:37,960
Speaker 1: for time on the clock. The game was already in

1587
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:41,559
Speaker 1: hand kind of thing. But that's a fat number that's

1588
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:43,080
Speaker 1: got to come down. It was one of the things

1589
01:22:43,160 --> 01:22:46,280
Speaker 1: they came back the last year to training Camper, We're

1590
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:47,880
Speaker 1: going to come back last year to training camp, and

1591
01:22:47,920 --> 01:22:50,600
Speaker 1: in the off seasons they talked about it was in

1592
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:53,960
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen when they were so good defensively, the one

1593
01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,080
Speaker 1: thing they struggled with was their red zone defense, and

1594
01:22:57,120 --> 01:23:03,400
Speaker 1: it continued, as you say, continued into season as well. That's,

1595
01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:05,040
Speaker 1: you know, it's something you gotta work on. And I

1596
01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:07,160
Speaker 1: don't I don't really know the answers to it. I'll

1597
01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:10,320
Speaker 1: say this the Bills conversely, the Bill's red zone offense

1598
01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:12,400
Speaker 1: is really good. In my opinion, I think they're really good.

1599
01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:15,160
Speaker 1: It's creative, and there's a couple of things that happened.

1600
01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:17,240
Speaker 1: It's a headache for a poem. It is a headache,

1601
01:23:17,439 --> 01:23:19,280
Speaker 1: and it always is when you've got a quarterback that

1602
01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:24,120
Speaker 1: can run. It's it's a huge layer of difficulty that

1603
01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:27,160
Speaker 1: presents a defense problems that they have. It's really hard

1604
01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:29,920
Speaker 1: to answer, particularly in the shortened space of the red zone.

1605
01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:32,040
Speaker 1: And the Bills are always as long as Josh is

1606
01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:34,479
Speaker 1: their quarterback and he can run like he does, they're

1607
01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:38,960
Speaker 1: going to be really tough to stop down there. But conversely,

1608
01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:41,200
Speaker 1: the Bills, you know, when you play Pat Mahomes, when

1609
01:23:41,240 --> 01:23:46,320
Speaker 1: you play Lamar Jackson and those guys, you know, even

1610
01:23:46,400 --> 01:23:50,240
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, you know who's a former wide receiver. These

1611
01:23:50,360 --> 01:23:53,519
Speaker 1: you get these athletic quarterbacks, it's a problem because they

1612
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:56,519
Speaker 1: can run down close and the Bills have struggled with

1613
01:23:56,560 --> 01:23:58,920
Speaker 1: their red zone defense. So yeah, that while that is

1614
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:03,759
Speaker 1: a problem, I know this two years ago, the Bills didn't.

1615
01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:05,800
Speaker 1: You had a hard time getting down there because you

1616
01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,600
Speaker 1: had people had a hard time moving the ball on

1617
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 1: this defense as that was with Starr in the lineup.

1618
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:12,960
Speaker 1: In all fairness, JT has an interesting approach here with

1619
01:24:13,080 --> 01:24:16,760
Speaker 1: his comment on the tweet sheet, no concerns or optimism.

1620
01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:20,160
Speaker 1: The Bills control their own destiny and McDermot and the

1621
01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:22,680
Speaker 1: bean Master will have the team ready and firing on

1622
01:24:22,720 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 1: all cylinders opening day with Bill's Mafia roaring at full capacity,

1623
01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:29,719
Speaker 1: I say we put up fifty points opening day against

1624
01:24:29,720 --> 01:24:35,240
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and mister TikTok Juju go bills somebody that didn't

1625
01:24:35,240 --> 01:24:39,760
Speaker 1: appreciate Juju Smith Schuster's TikTok videos since an attitude from

1626
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:43,280
Speaker 1: JT there. Yeah, we had. Another caller mentioned that though

1627
01:24:43,320 --> 01:24:48,160
Speaker 1: Steve two just being back in the stadium has given

1628
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:50,760
Speaker 1: fans reason for optimism because I think they know they

1629
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:52,960
Speaker 1: can make a difference at home games. Yeah, it'll be

1630
01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 1: it'll be quite the scene. It'll be quite the scene.

1631
01:24:57,000 --> 01:25:00,559
Speaker 1: But I don't know that. And certain it's gonna make

1632
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:04,280
Speaker 1: them a tough out at home they but they already are. Yeah,

1633
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:06,840
Speaker 1: I think it'll help their defense when the offense has

1634
01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:10,880
Speaker 1: to yell out over those fans. Um. Buffalo fans, like

1635
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:14,439
Speaker 1: a lot of fan bases, are pretty knowledgeable. They know

1636
01:25:14,479 --> 01:25:17,439
Speaker 1: when and win not to yell and when they when

1637
01:25:17,439 --> 01:25:20,960
Speaker 1: they start in, Yeah, you can't stop them. It's gonna

1638
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:23,880
Speaker 1: be a problem. I'm with you. I'm with you, though,

1639
01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:26,360
Speaker 1: I'm I'm really excited to see these the fans come

1640
01:25:26,439 --> 01:25:28,720
Speaker 1: back in and be a part of the scene there

1641
01:25:28,720 --> 01:25:33,320
Speaker 1: in Orchard part it was such a well, even those

1642
01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:36,320
Speaker 1: slayoff games, just with a smattering of fans made a

1643
01:25:36,360 --> 01:25:38,760
Speaker 1: different Gosh, what a huge difference. They what was it

1644
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:41,360
Speaker 1: al Michaels that said sixty eight hundred sounds like sixty

1645
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:43,519
Speaker 1: eight thousand. Isn't that what he said during the Ravens games?

1646
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:48,480
Speaker 1: And yeah, sixty eight hundred sounds like sixty eight thousand.

1647
01:25:50,120 --> 01:25:52,519
Speaker 1: Baltimore wasn't ready for it. They were, they were in it,

1648
01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 1: they weren't. They weren't ready for it. They had They

1649
01:25:56,040 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 1: took a penalty because they couldn't get a snap off.

1650
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:00,720
Speaker 1: Because that about who were three of them in a

1651
01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:03,080
Speaker 1: row right down in the in the scoreboard end where

1652
01:26:03,080 --> 01:26:05,680
Speaker 1: they took a penalty, and then Lamar got hurt and

1653
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:10,960
Speaker 1: Lamar Lamar, you know, couldn't get the snap off. So

1654
01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:15,240
Speaker 1: now there you go. It made a difference, no question

1655
01:26:15,280 --> 01:26:19,840
Speaker 1: about it. And seventy one plus strong. It'll it'll make

1656
01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:23,000
Speaker 1: a difference this year for sure. We have to step

1657
01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:25,639
Speaker 1: aside here when we come back more of your comments

1658
01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:28,040
Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet. Also have a bit of NFL

1659
01:26:28,120 --> 01:26:32,680
Speaker 1: news to pass along, not of the fortunate variety concerning

1660
01:26:32,720 --> 01:26:35,320
Speaker 1: the la Rams. We will get to that when we

1661
01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:37,800
Speaker 1: return here On One Bill's Live, presented by Collat of Health,

1662
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:53,519
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome Back, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1663
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:56,400
Speaker 1: with you, and some other news and notes. We didn't

1664
01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:58,200
Speaker 1: get a chance to pass along because we had Gabriel

1665
01:26:58,280 --> 01:27:00,519
Speaker 1: Davis on with us. In the first hour of the show,

1666
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:07,400
Speaker 1: Cam acres unfortunate injury for him tears his achilles training

1667
01:27:07,400 --> 01:27:09,880
Speaker 1: away from the team facility. They don't report to training

1668
01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:13,760
Speaker 1: camp until next week. And we already have seen this

1669
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:18,680
Speaker 1: before where a catastrophic injury. Rob's a player who is

1670
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:22,840
Speaker 1: training away from his team facility. You can't go on

1671
01:27:22,920 --> 01:27:27,240
Speaker 1: injury reserve, you can't go on the pup list. You

1672
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:30,840
Speaker 1: are under non football injury designation. Even if you were

1673
01:27:30,840 --> 01:27:33,840
Speaker 1: doing a football related activity, if it's away from the facility,

1674
01:27:33,880 --> 01:27:38,880
Speaker 1: it does not qualify. And so the RAMS, if they choose,

1675
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:41,800
Speaker 1: do not have to pay him his base salary of

1676
01:27:41,800 --> 01:27:44,240
Speaker 1: eight hundred ninety thousand dollars. He's a second year running

1677
01:27:44,240 --> 01:27:49,000
Speaker 1: back out of Florida State. It also means he does

1678
01:27:49,040 --> 01:27:53,360
Speaker 1: not get credit for an accrude season this year in

1679
01:27:53,479 --> 01:27:56,639
Speaker 1: terms of reaching free agency after his fourth season. So

1680
01:27:56,720 --> 01:27:58,960
Speaker 1: now push that back another year, and for a running

1681
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:02,679
Speaker 1: back that's as short as their careers are, an achilles

1682
01:28:02,720 --> 01:28:06,320
Speaker 1: for running back is really devastating. Um and you know

1683
01:28:06,360 --> 01:28:10,720
Speaker 1: one the rams. I mean that's one point four just

1684
01:28:11,240 --> 01:28:14,280
Speaker 1: as his total cap hit eight hundred thousand dollars his

1685
01:28:14,360 --> 01:28:17,320
Speaker 1: base salary. I mean, that's not even a long weekend

1686
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:22,040
Speaker 1: in Vegas for Sean McVeigh let alone, Stan Cronk. I mean,

1687
01:28:22,040 --> 01:28:24,200
Speaker 1: it's not the money, it's you're missing a guy that

1688
01:28:24,240 --> 01:28:26,120
Speaker 1: they were really counting on in a year where they

1689
01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:29,160
Speaker 1: were going to take a step forward with Matt stafford Um,

1690
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:35,000
Speaker 1: he was, Yeah, he was the guy and now he's not.

1691
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:37,280
Speaker 1: Now he's now he's injured, and I feel bad for

1692
01:28:37,320 --> 01:28:40,320
Speaker 1: the guy. I mean, oh my gosh, to happen right now.

1693
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:44,120
Speaker 1: And Achilles terrible. That just a one year injury. Oh

1694
01:28:44,160 --> 01:28:46,799
Speaker 1: my gosh, it leaves. It's a it's a long injury

1695
01:28:46,840 --> 01:28:48,479
Speaker 1: to come back from. And there was there was other

1696
01:28:48,520 --> 01:28:51,599
Speaker 1: news as well, Yeah, there was as well. Robert Salaz.

1697
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:53,439
Speaker 1: There was an article came out of New York about

1698
01:28:53,439 --> 01:28:55,599
Speaker 1: the Jets, and Robert Salaz was kind of looking forward

1699
01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:57,920
Speaker 1: to the adversity he was going to face as a

1700
01:28:57,960 --> 01:28:59,479
Speaker 1: first year head coach in New York. I mean he was,

1701
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:02,200
Speaker 1: you know, he's up for the challenge and you know,

1702
01:29:02,240 --> 01:29:04,920
Speaker 1: as as happens, he better watch what you ask for

1703
01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:09,639
Speaker 1: over the yesterday or the over. Um, yeah, I guess

1704
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:12,599
Speaker 1: it was yesterday evening or the day before. Um. The

1705
01:29:12,640 --> 01:29:16,439
Speaker 1: passing game specialist. A really well known coach around the league,

1706
01:29:16,439 --> 01:29:19,920
Speaker 1: Greg Knapp, who has been offensive coordinator and worked for

1707
01:29:19,960 --> 01:29:23,599
Speaker 1: seven different teams. It's got World championships. He was the

1708
01:29:23,680 --> 01:29:26,760
Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator on the on the Broncos

1709
01:29:26,760 --> 01:29:29,240
Speaker 1: team with Peyton Manning when they wanted. In twenty fifteen,

1710
01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:31,559
Speaker 1: Greg Napp, thirty year coach in the National Football League,

1711
01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:34,759
Speaker 1: was riding his bike in California and was hit by traffic.

1712
01:29:36,040 --> 01:29:40,320
Speaker 1: He's hit, he's in he's in critical condition out in California. Um,

1713
01:29:42,120 --> 01:29:45,080
Speaker 1: you know, it's just it's just awful. And I was

1714
01:29:45,120 --> 01:29:47,280
Speaker 1: telling you this when I heard about I know, I

1715
01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:49,920
Speaker 1: have friends who ride bikes, and I and my wife's

1716
01:29:49,960 --> 01:29:53,040
Speaker 1: family are all runners, and yeah, they run on the roads.

1717
01:29:53,280 --> 01:29:56,880
Speaker 1: And I know more than a couple of people who've

1718
01:29:56,920 --> 01:30:01,200
Speaker 1: been hit hard by hars while they're riding on their bike.

1719
01:30:01,360 --> 01:30:04,280
Speaker 1: And it's an accidental obviously and all that, but it's, um,

1720
01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:07,839
Speaker 1: it's tragic. And Greg Nap of the Jets the latest

1721
01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:11,559
Speaker 1: person and he's uh and there, he's in there he's

1722
01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:13,920
Speaker 1: been stated as being in critical condition. So it is bad,

1723
01:30:13,960 --> 01:30:18,160
Speaker 1: and so hopefully his situation improves. Forget about football right now,

1724
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:19,760
Speaker 1: you know, just for the sake of his family, I

1725
01:30:19,760 --> 01:30:23,720
Speaker 1: hope he is able to recover and uh, you know,

1726
01:30:24,680 --> 01:30:28,080
Speaker 1: carry on as the father of a couple of kids

1727
01:30:28,120 --> 01:30:31,960
Speaker 1: and obviously the husband to his wife. So thoughts and

1728
01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:35,000
Speaker 1: prayers with the Nap family on that. In an effort

1729
01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,800
Speaker 1: to turn a negative into a positive, there was this

1730
01:30:37,880 --> 01:30:42,320
Speaker 1: interesting story out of Chicago which initially sounds bad but

1731
01:30:42,400 --> 01:30:45,840
Speaker 1: turns out to be good. A Bears fan by the

1732
01:30:46,000 --> 01:30:49,280
Speaker 1: name of Scott Morrow was walking down the street in Chicago,

1733
01:30:49,800 --> 01:30:52,640
Speaker 1: felt a sharp pain in his back and collapsed to

1734
01:30:52,680 --> 01:30:55,679
Speaker 1: the ground. He was the victim of an errand bullet

1735
01:30:56,080 --> 01:30:58,960
Speaker 1: in a in a drive by shooting. Got taken to

1736
01:30:59,000 --> 01:31:01,760
Speaker 1: a hospital, and on the way to the hospital, this

1737
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:04,240
Speaker 1: forty one year old Bears fan is saying to himself,

1738
01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:07,280
Speaker 1: I got to pull through this thing. I cannot die

1739
01:31:07,320 --> 01:31:10,439
Speaker 1: without seeing justin fields play. We may finally have a

1740
01:31:10,439 --> 01:31:14,000
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback in Chicago, something that they you know, most

1741
01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:15,800
Speaker 1: Bears fans would tell you they have never had in

1742
01:31:15,840 --> 01:31:21,439
Speaker 1: their lifetime. So wind of this, Fortunately he does survive.

1743
01:31:22,520 --> 01:31:26,080
Speaker 1: He said, I can't die before seeing Justin Fields take

1744
01:31:26,120 --> 01:31:30,519
Speaker 1: the field. So obviously he's in good humor saying it.

1745
01:31:30,640 --> 01:31:32,680
Speaker 1: But well, yeah, this was after the fact, but the

1746
01:31:32,760 --> 01:31:37,160
Speaker 1: Bears got wind of this, and so Justin Fields paid

1747
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:42,519
Speaker 1: Scott Morrow a visit and brought a jersey along as well.

1748
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:46,400
Speaker 1: And you know, he said, I just met the Bears

1749
01:31:46,439 --> 01:31:50,000
Speaker 1: rookie QB and future Hall of Famer as well as

1750
01:31:50,040 --> 01:31:52,240
Speaker 1: his lovely parents. I can't believe they came out to

1751
01:31:52,320 --> 01:31:57,080
Speaker 1: visit a little old gunshot victim. That's what Morrow put

1752
01:31:57,560 --> 01:32:02,000
Speaker 1: on his Instagram page. So a good ending to this story.

1753
01:32:02,439 --> 01:32:05,479
Speaker 1: So uh, good on Justin Fields for doing right by

1754
01:32:05,520 --> 01:32:08,280
Speaker 1: a fan who literally clung to life with him as

1755
01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:11,960
Speaker 1: his inspiration. So that's pretty amazing. There you go. You

1756
01:32:12,040 --> 01:32:17,840
Speaker 1: know it, obviously the NFL is I don't know. Maybe

1757
01:32:18,040 --> 01:32:21,760
Speaker 1: um maybe maybe we have a hard time keeping it

1758
01:32:21,840 --> 01:32:24,760
Speaker 1: in perspective once in a while, especially you and me

1759
01:32:25,240 --> 01:32:29,680
Speaker 1: in particular. But you know, if you can, if that

1760
01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:31,800
Speaker 1: lack of perspective works in your favor and it can

1761
01:32:31,840 --> 01:32:33,600
Speaker 1: help people, let's you know, I'm all for it, and

1762
01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:37,840
Speaker 1: I'm all for it. Uh wow, that's you know. Greg

1763
01:32:37,880 --> 01:32:45,240
Speaker 1: Knapp and the Running back from LA Yeah, and then yeah,

1764
01:32:45,280 --> 01:32:48,320
Speaker 1: and then there's the latest from the Ryan Fitzpatrick files.

1765
01:32:48,320 --> 01:32:54,040
Speaker 1: Steve so apparently he did an interview recently um on

1766
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:58,920
Speaker 1: the ESPN Daily podcast and basically revealed some interesting things

1767
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:02,200
Speaker 1: about his final season in Miami. As we know, he's

1768
01:33:02,240 --> 01:33:05,360
Speaker 1: now with the Washington football team. He said that he

1769
01:33:05,479 --> 01:33:10,320
Speaker 1: basically didn't throw in practice after he was replaced in

1770
01:33:10,320 --> 01:33:15,000
Speaker 1: the starting lineup by Tua in Week eight. Didn't throw

1771
01:33:15,040 --> 01:33:18,439
Speaker 1: in practice, so he said, I wanted to prove to

1772
01:33:18,479 --> 01:33:21,080
Speaker 1: myself that I could come off not just the bench,

1773
01:33:21,240 --> 01:33:23,360
Speaker 1: but out of the stands in five years and come

1774
01:33:23,400 --> 01:33:25,880
Speaker 1: play in an NFL game and be ready. And so

1775
01:33:25,960 --> 01:33:28,439
Speaker 1: I didn't really throw away after TWA went in. I

1776
01:33:28,520 --> 01:33:30,720
Speaker 1: stayed mentally sharp and ready and was still running. But

1777
01:33:30,760 --> 01:33:33,040
Speaker 1: I did not really throw a football during practice, especially

1778
01:33:33,120 --> 01:33:36,960
Speaker 1: during a practice setting against the defense. Now part of

1779
01:33:36,960 --> 01:33:39,200
Speaker 1: that was tongue in cheek, but he said the reason

1780
01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:41,639
Speaker 1: he did that was less about what he was joking

1781
01:33:41,680 --> 01:33:44,719
Speaker 1: about and more about giving their third string quarterback read

1782
01:33:44,800 --> 01:33:48,280
Speaker 1: sent it reps. He said, Hey, look, I was a

1783
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:52,280
Speaker 1: seventh round pick. I was that third string guy just

1784
01:33:52,520 --> 01:33:55,200
Speaker 1: watching practice every day, not getting any reps, feeling like

1785
01:33:55,240 --> 01:33:58,240
Speaker 1: I wasn't getting any better, and I wanted to give

1786
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:02,360
Speaker 1: Read the opportunity to get some ups in practice, scout, team, reps, whatever.

1787
01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:04,960
Speaker 1: It was one of the things that's crucial, and we

1788
01:34:05,040 --> 01:34:08,439
Speaker 1: talked about it Elder in the show. For Fitz, rest

1789
01:34:08,560 --> 01:34:10,800
Speaker 1: was probably in order well when he because when he

1790
01:34:10,840 --> 01:34:14,519
Speaker 1: did come in, he did have the throw and you

1791
01:34:14,560 --> 01:34:16,240
Speaker 1: want your you want to be fresh, and he's in

1792
01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:17,920
Speaker 1: shape and all that. It's not like he doesn't warm

1793
01:34:18,040 --> 01:34:23,040
Speaker 1: up by saying not throw, but yeah, coming in and

1794
01:34:23,080 --> 01:34:24,720
Speaker 1: being fresh off the bench, because you knew if two

1795
01:34:24,720 --> 01:34:27,559
Speaker 1: of us struggle, and because Brian Flores did it, Yeah,

1796
01:34:28,640 --> 01:34:30,439
Speaker 1: I mean that that was just probably a smart play

1797
01:34:30,479 --> 01:34:32,760
Speaker 1: by Fitz. Forget about what he says about this guy Read.

1798
01:34:33,920 --> 01:34:37,240
Speaker 1: Fitz was playing as smart. Yeah. And the last nugget

1799
01:34:37,320 --> 01:34:40,400
Speaker 1: from fits the play that he made against the Raiders

1800
01:34:40,400 --> 01:34:42,080
Speaker 1: in the comeback game when he almost got his helmet

1801
01:34:42,160 --> 01:34:44,800
Speaker 1: ripped off. He revealed that he drew that up in

1802
01:34:44,840 --> 01:34:48,599
Speaker 1: the dirt. In the huddle, he said he was expecting

1803
01:34:48,640 --> 01:34:53,160
Speaker 1: Tampa two defense from Gruden's defense. He got it and

1804
01:34:53,439 --> 01:34:55,640
Speaker 1: sent the tight end up the side. He stared Gasiki

1805
01:34:55,960 --> 01:34:57,720
Speaker 1: down the middle of the field. He stared him down

1806
01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,479
Speaker 1: to pull the safety over, and as soon as he did,

1807
01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:01,519
Speaker 1: he chucked it out to mc collins down the left

1808
01:35:01,520 --> 01:35:04,640
Speaker 1: sideline and got the yard as they needed for the

1809
01:35:04,680 --> 01:35:08,400
Speaker 1: winning field goal. There's some fits is one of them.

1810
01:35:08,479 --> 01:35:11,680
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of smart guys out there. And

1811
01:35:11,800 --> 01:35:13,559
Speaker 1: you get a guy like that who can say, hey,

1812
01:35:13,560 --> 01:35:15,320
Speaker 1: listen on, then do this, do this, do this, you know,

1813
01:35:15,400 --> 01:35:19,120
Speaker 1: and the guys are like, yeah, okay, that him making

1814
01:35:19,160 --> 01:35:22,760
Speaker 1: that throw when actually he's looking the guy's got his

1815
01:35:22,840 --> 01:35:27,479
Speaker 1: face mask, his head is I mean looking over behind

1816
01:35:27,600 --> 01:35:30,400
Speaker 1: his left shoulder when he's throwing it with his right

1817
01:35:30,479 --> 01:35:33,679
Speaker 1: arm right, I mean he's like totally twisted and slings

1818
01:35:33,680 --> 01:35:36,200
Speaker 1: it up into the air like a rainbow and just

1819
01:35:36,439 --> 01:35:42,040
Speaker 1: puts thee just puts the dagger in the Raiders. Gruden

1820
01:35:42,240 --> 01:35:46,280
Speaker 1: was sick. Remember they made a poor decision. Yeah, they

1821
01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:48,600
Speaker 1: didn't score the touchdown, so he kicked the field So

1822
01:35:48,640 --> 01:35:50,680
Speaker 1: he kicked the field goal thinking the time was more

1823
01:35:50,720 --> 01:35:54,640
Speaker 1: important than the points. Yeah, went up by two and

1824
01:35:54,680 --> 01:35:59,400
Speaker 1: then lost. Delicious. We have to take a break here

1825
01:35:59,479 --> 01:36:06,720
Speaker 1: because we're analytics. An analytics analytics stabs you in the back. Oh,

1826
01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:09,800
Speaker 1: it's delicious, right in the back between the between the

1827
01:36:09,840 --> 01:36:13,719
Speaker 1: top routs two downward. Yeah, and then they turn a knife.

1828
01:36:13,840 --> 01:36:16,040
Speaker 1: That's right, that that hurts. It's too soon for me,

1829
01:36:16,680 --> 01:36:20,040
Speaker 1: Too soon for me too. When we come back, we've

1830
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:23,679
Speaker 1: got Steelers beat writer for the Athletic, Mark Cabali joining

1831
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:25,840
Speaker 1: us because we need to talk to him about the

1832
01:36:25,880 --> 01:36:29,479
Speaker 1: Steelers edition of pass Rusher Melvin Ingram to the roster.

1833
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:32,479
Speaker 1: They're the Bills Week one opponent. We'll check in with

1834
01:36:32,520 --> 01:36:34,679
Speaker 1: Mark when we return here on one Bill's Live presented

1835
01:36:34,720 --> 01:36:55,200
Speaker 1: by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. At a Steve

1836
01:36:55,479 --> 01:36:58,759
Speaker 1: Tesker who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique.

1837
01:36:58,760 --> 01:37:04,759
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role, Steve a blimp.

1838
01:37:05,560 --> 01:37:11,479
Speaker 1: We're not even in the strategyere of normalcy. Our number

1839
01:37:11,520 --> 01:37:14,040
Speaker 1: three here on a Tuesday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with

1840
01:37:14,120 --> 01:37:18,320
Speaker 1: you as we are set to be joined now by

1841
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,960
Speaker 1: a man who's covered the Steelers since two thousand and two.

1842
01:37:21,000 --> 01:37:24,480
Speaker 1: He has senior writer for the Athletic covering the Steelers, Marcaballi,

1843
01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:27,400
Speaker 1: joining us on the line because the Steelers have done

1844
01:37:27,400 --> 01:37:30,400
Speaker 1: a little bit of free agency business here late in

1845
01:37:30,439 --> 01:37:34,479
Speaker 1: the game. Certainly we knew Mark that the Steelers didn't

1846
01:37:34,520 --> 01:37:36,479
Speaker 1: have an awful lot of money to throw around and

1847
01:37:36,560 --> 01:37:40,960
Speaker 1: light to their cap situation. But Melvin Ingram is a

1848
01:37:41,040 --> 01:37:44,800
Speaker 1: new Pittsburgh Steeler. How is that being received down there

1849
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:48,800
Speaker 1: in the Iron City? Well, the Steelers love it. Actually,

1850
01:37:48,840 --> 01:37:51,240
Speaker 1: they had a little bit more cap space than you

1851
01:37:51,320 --> 01:37:56,600
Speaker 1: might imagine because of the Castro release the couple of

1852
01:37:56,640 --> 01:37:59,200
Speaker 1: weeks ago. That says freeds up some money that they

1853
01:37:59,200 --> 01:38:02,760
Speaker 1: weren't expect to have, so that allowed them to go

1854
01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:06,040
Speaker 1: out there and address this a tremendous need. I mean,

1855
01:38:06,160 --> 01:38:09,519
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram is thirty. The Steelers used thirty two. He's

1856
01:38:09,600 --> 01:38:14,240
Speaker 1: usually they usually stay away from free agents in their

1857
01:38:14,320 --> 01:38:17,000
Speaker 1: thirty I think he only can go back to maybe

1858
01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:20,479
Speaker 1: the mid nineties and Willie Williams where they do rent

1859
01:38:20,479 --> 01:38:23,160
Speaker 1: of players in thirty year old range. On the defensive

1860
01:38:23,160 --> 01:38:25,720
Speaker 1: side of the ball, they stay away from that. But

1861
01:38:25,920 --> 01:38:29,080
Speaker 1: with t. J. Watt and Alex Highsmith being the only

1862
01:38:29,160 --> 01:38:32,880
Speaker 1: outside linebackers on the roster of note and high Smith

1863
01:38:32,920 --> 01:38:35,600
Speaker 1: as a guy that was a rookie last year, that

1864
01:38:35,720 --> 01:38:38,840
Speaker 1: saw some time. When Dupree went down, they needed somebody,

1865
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:41,920
Speaker 1: they needed a veteran, They had some cash. It was

1866
01:38:41,960 --> 01:38:45,599
Speaker 1: just a matter of who when, And you know that's

1867
01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:48,280
Speaker 1: basically who and when you knew it was going to

1868
01:38:48,360 --> 01:38:51,719
Speaker 1: be before the season started. A lot of people thought

1869
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:54,960
Speaker 1: it would be maybe when the cut down day was

1870
01:38:54,960 --> 01:38:58,040
Speaker 1: a d in the August. But Melvin Ingram fits in perfectly.

1871
01:38:58,080 --> 01:38:59,720
Speaker 1: They're not going to ask him to do it too much.

1872
01:39:00,280 --> 01:39:02,120
Speaker 1: I mean, if they can get twenty snaps out of

1873
01:39:02,200 --> 01:39:05,960
Speaker 1: him per game, be a swing type outside linebacker where

1874
01:39:05,960 --> 01:39:09,360
Speaker 1: he can play both sides, he can rush from the inside,

1875
01:39:09,840 --> 01:39:13,599
Speaker 1: and he could be a guy that if they're high

1876
01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:16,080
Speaker 1: Smith or walk goes down, you have a veteran to

1877
01:39:16,200 --> 01:39:18,559
Speaker 1: go in there. That's what they needed because all they

1878
01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:22,400
Speaker 1: had was Cassie's marsh was a journeyman. It's been to

1879
01:39:22,560 --> 01:39:26,599
Speaker 1: like seven teams or four years and a six round

1880
01:39:26,640 --> 01:39:29,320
Speaker 1: third day pick quit the rochet who has some talent.

1881
01:39:29,880 --> 01:39:32,000
Speaker 1: But you can't go into a season with a guy

1882
01:39:32,040 --> 01:39:35,200
Speaker 1: who's a third day pick as a potential guy that's

1883
01:39:35,200 --> 01:39:38,720
Speaker 1: going to get snaps. So it's pretty significant pick up

1884
01:39:38,720 --> 01:39:44,599
Speaker 1: for the Steelers. Have they done enough? If you can

1885
01:39:44,640 --> 01:39:47,160
Speaker 1: only get about three more offensive lineman, I would say

1886
01:39:47,520 --> 01:39:50,679
Speaker 1: they did enough. I mean the offensive line is really

1887
01:39:50,680 --> 01:39:54,680
Speaker 1: in shamblant shambles. It's just a total new I mean

1888
01:39:54,880 --> 01:39:57,720
Speaker 1: I've never heard of this before in my twenty years

1889
01:39:57,840 --> 01:40:01,760
Speaker 1: of an entire unit being that turned over from one

1890
01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:04,000
Speaker 1: season to the next. There's not one guy playing in

1891
01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:07,720
Speaker 1: the same position from last year to this year. Four

1892
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:10,880
Speaker 1: of them are gone. The offensive line coaches now, the

1893
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:15,960
Speaker 1: assistant offensive line coaches knew people believe that there's that's

1894
01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:18,559
Speaker 1: going to be the you know, the downfall this team

1895
01:40:18,600 --> 01:40:21,840
Speaker 1: this year, how well they play. The depth issue with

1896
01:40:21,920 --> 01:40:23,920
Speaker 1: this team is I mean, it's it's a lot of

1897
01:40:23,920 --> 01:40:26,519
Speaker 1: teams with the free agency depth there's always an issue.

1898
01:40:26,840 --> 01:40:29,800
Speaker 1: But the Steelers are twenty five or thirty million over

1899
01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:33,280
Speaker 1: the cap before the season started. Just to be able

1900
01:40:33,280 --> 01:40:35,800
Speaker 1: to get cap compliant then be able to get some

1901
01:40:35,840 --> 01:40:39,800
Speaker 1: of their players in, something has to give. And you're

1902
01:40:39,800 --> 01:40:43,320
Speaker 1: looking some issues at safety and cornerback depths wise and

1903
01:40:43,560 --> 01:40:46,760
Speaker 1: offensive line. But you just have to hope and pray that,

1904
01:40:47,479 --> 01:40:50,439
Speaker 1: you know, those guys don't get injured. If they stay

1905
01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:55,479
Speaker 1: of course right now and stay relatively injury free. It's

1906
01:40:55,520 --> 01:40:57,519
Speaker 1: just going to come down to how well that offensive

1907
01:40:57,520 --> 01:41:01,760
Speaker 1: line plays. And it's just I mean, you're looking at

1908
01:41:02,720 --> 01:41:06,879
Speaker 1: two career starts, yeah, of those five for the Steelers,

1909
01:41:07,320 --> 01:41:09,360
Speaker 1: I mean, who played for the Steelers and say, Tray

1910
01:41:09,400 --> 01:41:11,920
Speaker 1: Turner came in and played right garden now, but he's

1911
01:41:11,920 --> 01:41:14,200
Speaker 1: never played here, so that's a little bit of an issue.

1912
01:41:14,360 --> 01:41:16,519
Speaker 1: I mean, Turner at least as a proven player. I

1913
01:41:16,560 --> 01:41:18,360
Speaker 1: think Acora four A is a guy that's been there.

1914
01:41:18,400 --> 01:41:22,040
Speaker 1: He's the holdover. The thing that shocked me Mark and

1915
01:41:22,040 --> 01:41:24,200
Speaker 1: I know they just signed Chaz Green, who's been somewhat

1916
01:41:24,200 --> 01:41:27,920
Speaker 1: of a journeyman, also to a one year deal. The

1917
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:30,920
Speaker 1: thing that shocked me was their approach in the draft.

1918
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:33,120
Speaker 1: I mean, Naji Harris is a talent. I'm not going

1919
01:41:33,160 --> 01:41:35,880
Speaker 1: to debate that for a second. But Steve and I

1920
01:41:35,960 --> 01:41:38,719
Speaker 1: are here doing the draft, and you know, the Steelers

1921
01:41:38,760 --> 01:41:42,360
Speaker 1: come up on the clock in round one and we're thinking, okay,

1922
01:41:42,400 --> 01:41:45,840
Speaker 1: here we are twenty fourth overall. Here comes the offensive

1923
01:41:45,880 --> 01:41:48,360
Speaker 1: tackle or the best guard in the draft, because that's

1924
01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:51,000
Speaker 1: what the Steelers do. And then they draft a running

1925
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:52,559
Speaker 1: back in the first round. I mean, you could have

1926
01:41:52,640 --> 01:41:54,720
Speaker 1: knocked me over with a feather, how and then in

1927
01:41:54,760 --> 01:41:57,080
Speaker 1: the second round they doubled down to take a tight

1928
01:41:57,200 --> 01:41:59,880
Speaker 1: end and Friar I couldn't believe it, like you could.

1929
01:42:00,080 --> 01:42:02,360
Speaker 1: You could have knocked me over with a feather That

1930
01:42:02,479 --> 01:42:05,759
Speaker 1: just seemed to run so counter to what the Steelers

1931
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:08,920
Speaker 1: have done for so many years, And I'm just very

1932
01:42:08,920 --> 01:42:12,360
Speaker 1: curious how was that received down there in Pittsburgh. Those

1933
01:42:12,360 --> 01:42:16,080
Speaker 1: two picks at the top of the draft, Well, the

1934
01:42:16,240 --> 01:42:19,439
Speaker 1: Nange Harris one, you were either on one side of

1935
01:42:19,520 --> 01:42:21,479
Speaker 1: the quarter or the other on this we either loved

1936
01:42:21,479 --> 01:42:23,600
Speaker 1: it or hated it. It's not to do with the

1937
01:42:23,720 --> 01:42:27,040
Speaker 1: guy in this talent. It was the twenty fourth overall

1938
01:42:27,120 --> 01:42:29,840
Speaker 1: pick on a guy that's probably going to be on

1939
01:42:29,880 --> 01:42:32,479
Speaker 1: your team for five years before he starts to decline.

1940
01:42:32,520 --> 01:42:34,280
Speaker 1: If you're going to bring him on or not. You

1941
01:42:34,320 --> 01:42:37,160
Speaker 1: want to first round pick, twenty fourth overall, but be

1942
01:42:37,240 --> 01:42:39,559
Speaker 1: on your team more than four or five years before

1943
01:42:39,560 --> 01:42:42,120
Speaker 1: he starts to decline. So people thought it that way.

1944
01:42:42,120 --> 01:42:47,640
Speaker 1: But since he went into rookie minicamp, OTA's minicamp, you've

1945
01:42:47,640 --> 01:42:50,200
Speaker 1: got a real good view of this guy as being

1946
01:42:50,640 --> 01:42:54,320
Speaker 1: a difference maker. The Steelers had no other choice to

1947
01:42:54,479 --> 01:42:56,639
Speaker 1: make right there. That's who were they had taken. No

1948
01:42:56,640 --> 01:42:59,120
Speaker 1: matter what guard, no matter what center, no matter what

1949
01:42:59,240 --> 01:43:02,120
Speaker 1: tackle was on the board. If Najay Harris was in

1950
01:43:02,160 --> 01:43:04,720
Speaker 1: there at twenty four, they were going to take him.

1951
01:43:04,720 --> 01:43:07,320
Speaker 1: That's how much they think of him. I think the

1952
01:43:07,400 --> 01:43:09,960
Speaker 1: more of the curious one was the friar music in

1953
01:43:09,960 --> 01:43:13,959
Speaker 1: the second round. Yeah, they need tight end because Hebron's

1954
01:43:14,000 --> 01:43:17,519
Speaker 1: in his last year of his contract. And but you're

1955
01:43:17,520 --> 01:43:21,880
Speaker 1: looking at a guy that I don't know, you probably

1956
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:25,760
Speaker 1: could have got a center or a guard in that

1957
01:43:25,800 --> 01:43:29,320
Speaker 1: position right there. They end up getting Kendrick Greene, who

1958
01:43:30,280 --> 01:43:32,679
Speaker 1: in the third round, who they're moving to center their hope,

1959
01:43:32,720 --> 01:43:35,680
Speaker 1: and he could be the opening day starter. I think

1960
01:43:35,720 --> 01:43:39,800
Speaker 1: they liked what they did in the draft and they

1961
01:43:39,840 --> 01:43:42,439
Speaker 1: fell in love with Najay Harris. And believe me, what

1962
01:43:42,600 --> 01:43:45,880
Speaker 1: I've seen of him, and this is even including an

1963
01:43:45,880 --> 01:43:50,880
Speaker 1: offensive line, is extremely suspect. Wouldn't be shocked that he

1964
01:43:50,960 --> 01:43:54,960
Speaker 1: has one of those rookie running back years. There you're

1965
01:43:55,000 --> 01:43:57,840
Speaker 1: saying right off the back, this guy is just a

1966
01:43:57,960 --> 01:43:59,960
Speaker 1: star because you just see him. I mean, you don't

1967
01:44:00,080 --> 01:44:04,200
Speaker 1: see running backs or any rookies come in and have

1968
01:44:04,280 --> 01:44:07,639
Speaker 1: this sort of a presence, this type of a feel.

1969
01:44:08,160 --> 01:44:10,479
Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to put into words other than

1970
01:44:10,520 --> 01:44:13,000
Speaker 1: you see him, you see him move, You're like, Okay,

1971
01:44:13,040 --> 01:44:16,280
Speaker 1: this guy's a little different than what I'm normally used

1972
01:44:16,320 --> 01:44:19,479
Speaker 1: to seeing. So I think they're they're hoping Naja Harris

1973
01:44:19,680 --> 01:44:23,200
Speaker 1: and the combination of new offensive coordinator Matt Canada to

1974
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:26,439
Speaker 1: maybe making up for some of that issues along the

1975
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:29,240
Speaker 1: offensive line. And that was going to be my next question.

1976
01:44:29,240 --> 01:44:31,840
Speaker 1: Matt Canada and his new offense along with Naja Harris,

1977
01:44:31,920 --> 01:44:35,280
Speaker 1: is all that kind of nod towards this Steeler team

1978
01:44:35,280 --> 01:44:37,960
Speaker 1: maybe asking a little less of Ben or something different

1979
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:41,320
Speaker 1: of Ben. Well, it's going to have to be less.

1980
01:44:41,520 --> 01:44:43,960
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the thing. If you're looking at I mean,

1981
01:44:44,080 --> 01:44:48,560
Speaker 1: we're looking at the guy that averaged forty three attempts

1982
01:44:48,600 --> 01:44:52,120
Speaker 1: per game last year. That's kind of out of control

1983
01:44:52,160 --> 01:44:54,960
Speaker 1: for a thirty eight year old coming off of major

1984
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:59,160
Speaker 1: elbow surgery. And he basically had two half of his career.

1985
01:44:59,600 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 1: The first US half under the direction of Ken Whiston,

1986
01:45:03,080 --> 01:45:05,880
Speaker 1: Bruce arians hit throw the ball about twenty seven times

1987
01:45:05,880 --> 01:45:08,360
Speaker 1: per game. They won a lot, they won a couple

1988
01:45:08,360 --> 01:45:12,000
Speaker 1: of Super Bowls, you know, made it to another Super Bowl.

1989
01:45:12,000 --> 01:45:14,880
Speaker 1: Then you had the second part of Todd Hailey slash

1990
01:45:14,960 --> 01:45:17,320
Speaker 1: Randy Fickner, where they threw the ball in average of

1991
01:45:17,400 --> 01:45:21,400
Speaker 1: forty two forty three times a game. Roethlisberger is very

1992
01:45:21,439 --> 01:45:26,360
Speaker 1: effective if he keep him within that thirty five forty range.

1993
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:30,240
Speaker 1: You can't ask him to throw fifty fifty five sixty

1994
01:45:30,280 --> 01:45:33,360
Speaker 1: times in a game at thirty nine year old to

1995
01:45:33,400 --> 01:45:35,439
Speaker 1: that extent. I mean, first, he's going to get him

1996
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,400
Speaker 1: killed with that offensive line, and second of all, I

1997
01:45:38,439 --> 01:45:40,840
Speaker 1: don't know how much he can stand up. If you

1998
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:43,759
Speaker 1: look the last couple of years where he's been around,

1999
01:45:43,760 --> 01:45:46,480
Speaker 1: they've really petered at the end of the season offensively,

2000
01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:50,320
Speaker 1: they could have been him wearing down. So I think

2001
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:52,680
Speaker 1: it's going to be if you keep him in the

2002
01:45:52,760 --> 01:45:55,960
Speaker 1: realm of where he can be comfortable and be able

2003
01:45:55,960 --> 01:45:57,680
Speaker 1: to I mean more than a game ener. I'm not

2004
01:45:57,680 --> 01:45:59,200
Speaker 1: gonna saying the game manage because he's going to go

2005
01:45:59,240 --> 01:46:01,840
Speaker 1: out there and be able to just games. It's just

2006
01:46:01,960 --> 01:46:04,720
Speaker 1: you don't want to over expose him at thirty nine.

2007
01:46:05,080 --> 01:46:07,320
Speaker 1: You want him to be good in December as he

2008
01:46:07,439 --> 01:46:09,680
Speaker 1: is and in September. And I think that's going to

2009
01:46:09,760 --> 01:46:12,320
Speaker 1: be a lot to do with the running game, and

2010
01:46:12,360 --> 01:46:14,719
Speaker 1: they're going to have their recommitment to that. All they're

2011
01:46:14,760 --> 01:46:18,760
Speaker 1: talking about it physicality, this new offensive line they brought in,

2012
01:46:19,320 --> 01:46:21,800
Speaker 1: or they have people that are very very similar to

2013
01:46:21,840 --> 01:46:25,120
Speaker 1: each other, and all they do they're mean guys. They

2014
01:46:25,160 --> 01:46:27,240
Speaker 1: want to knock you over and they want to gore you.

2015
01:46:27,560 --> 01:46:30,200
Speaker 1: And that's how Adrian claimed the new offensive line coach

2016
01:46:30,280 --> 01:46:33,160
Speaker 1: is teaching things. It's more of an aggressive style of

2017
01:46:33,200 --> 01:46:35,960
Speaker 1: run blocking than the passive style that they have had

2018
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:39,479
Speaker 1: in the past. With Levy on Bell and Roethlisberg throwing

2019
01:46:39,520 --> 01:46:42,439
Speaker 1: the ball, you know, fifty times per game. So there's

2020
01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:45,840
Speaker 1: one positive you're moving forward is the Steelers have a

2021
01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:50,040
Speaker 1: much a young, mean offensive line to fit their scheme

2022
01:46:50,520 --> 01:46:53,639
Speaker 1: to be able to prevent Roethlisberger to throw the ball.

2023
01:46:53,680 --> 01:46:56,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he played well last year other

2024
01:46:56,240 --> 01:46:59,440
Speaker 1: than the Buffalo game, but you know, his wife receivers

2025
01:46:59,479 --> 01:47:02,040
Speaker 1: didn't help much in that game. There's a stretch of

2026
01:47:02,040 --> 01:47:05,200
Speaker 1: like ten quarters last year he was off and people

2027
01:47:05,760 --> 01:47:08,839
Speaker 1: look back now and think that he had seventeen horrible games.

2028
01:47:09,120 --> 01:47:12,440
Speaker 1: Not really, he had about ten or eleven terrible quarters

2029
01:47:12,560 --> 01:47:14,559
Speaker 1: and it just happened to be there. We're all together

2030
01:47:14,600 --> 01:47:17,000
Speaker 1: and all near the end of the season, so I

2031
01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:18,599
Speaker 1: think they're going to try to run the ball. And

2032
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:21,519
Speaker 1: Matt Canada is a guy that has some crazy offenses.

2033
01:47:21,560 --> 01:47:22,920
Speaker 1: I don't know how crazy it can be with a

2034
01:47:22,960 --> 01:47:25,720
Speaker 1: thirty nine year old quarterback, but it's going to be

2035
01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:29,200
Speaker 1: a little bit different. So Mark, what should we anticipate?

2036
01:47:29,240 --> 01:47:31,840
Speaker 1: What is it realistic for Ben in that kind of

2037
01:47:31,840 --> 01:47:34,479
Speaker 1: a role. I mean, we hear he's going nuts about

2038
01:47:34,520 --> 01:47:36,680
Speaker 1: his diet. He's trying to trim down, so he's got

2039
01:47:36,680 --> 01:47:39,880
Speaker 1: a little bit more more mobility than he demonstrated last year.

2040
01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:42,240
Speaker 1: I mean he's a big guy to begin with. I

2041
01:47:42,240 --> 01:47:43,920
Speaker 1: don't know if we're throwing a deck chair off the

2042
01:47:43,920 --> 01:47:45,960
Speaker 1: Titanic here, if we're talking about a diet, or if

2043
01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:49,800
Speaker 1: he's actually lost some noticeable weight. Was he moving around

2044
01:47:49,800 --> 01:47:52,439
Speaker 1: any differently in minicamp? I mean, what are we to

2045
01:47:52,479 --> 01:47:55,720
Speaker 1: expect from Ben this year? Now two years removed from

2046
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:59,800
Speaker 1: the elbow surgery, He's been in the league eighteen years.

2047
01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:03,160
Speaker 1: I mean, his body is what his body is. He's

2048
01:48:03,200 --> 01:48:05,840
Speaker 1: not eating any avocad of ice cream. Let me tell

2049
01:48:05,840 --> 01:48:08,960
Speaker 1: you that, whatever the report says, I saw over four

2050
01:48:09,040 --> 01:48:12,040
Speaker 1: straight weeks, unless he went on some kind of crazy

2051
01:48:12,120 --> 01:48:16,040
Speaker 1: keto diet, he's in the last four or five weeks.

2052
01:48:16,280 --> 01:48:18,880
Speaker 1: I don't expect to see anything much different in a

2053
01:48:18,920 --> 01:48:23,000
Speaker 1: way he looks come Thursday when the Steelers open camp.

2054
01:48:23,080 --> 01:48:27,120
Speaker 1: So I'm not expecting that whatsoever. But he just needs

2055
01:48:27,120 --> 01:48:30,960
Speaker 1: to I mean I think he's a guy that is

2056
01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:33,519
Speaker 1: still a leader of this team. They need him. He's

2057
01:48:33,560 --> 01:48:36,639
Speaker 1: by far their best quarterback, even though they brought Dwayne

2058
01:48:36,640 --> 01:48:41,280
Speaker 1: Haskins in and Mason Rudolph. But he's a guy that

2059
01:48:41,479 --> 01:48:47,240
Speaker 1: is really determined. He's really really enjoying, I mean relatively quietly,

2060
01:48:47,280 --> 01:48:51,000
Speaker 1: but enjoying the fact that he is just getting torched

2061
01:48:51,080 --> 01:48:55,519
Speaker 1: nationally about how he's terrible, how he's going to be terrible,

2062
01:48:55,800 --> 01:48:59,800
Speaker 1: how he's surely retired, how he's you know, robbing the

2063
01:48:59,800 --> 01:49:03,120
Speaker 1: team of fourteen million dollars. We're talking about a thirty

2064
01:49:03,200 --> 01:49:05,640
Speaker 1: nine year old Hall of Fame quarterback here. There's not

2065
01:49:05,800 --> 01:49:09,640
Speaker 1: too many guys if you look in the history of

2066
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:13,800
Speaker 1: the league to play at quarterback at thirty nine, let

2067
01:49:13,840 --> 01:49:19,080
Speaker 1: alone have thirty three touchdowns, four thousand yards, you know,

2068
01:49:19,280 --> 01:49:21,720
Speaker 1: go eleven and oh to start the season last year.

2069
01:49:21,760 --> 01:49:25,760
Speaker 1: He's still very capable of being a very good quarterback.

2070
01:49:25,840 --> 01:49:28,559
Speaker 1: It's just he's just going to have to learn the

2071
01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:31,760
Speaker 1: new system. For the majority of his career, it's been

2072
01:49:31,800 --> 01:49:34,679
Speaker 1: the same. He would come to the line of scrimmage,

2073
01:49:34,720 --> 01:49:36,680
Speaker 1: you know exactly what to do because he did it.

2074
01:49:36,960 --> 01:49:38,680
Speaker 1: You know what the calls are. He would know how

2075
01:49:38,680 --> 01:49:41,800
Speaker 1: to get the offensive line in place to you know,

2076
01:49:42,240 --> 01:49:45,160
Speaker 1: the block. This is all different now. I mean that's

2077
01:49:45,160 --> 01:49:47,320
Speaker 1: there's something to that too. I mean we're talking about

2078
01:49:47,360 --> 01:49:51,160
Speaker 1: a guy that's done just about everything, is willing to

2079
01:49:51,160 --> 01:49:54,200
Speaker 1: come back for less money and just to learn an

2080
01:49:54,240 --> 01:49:57,400
Speaker 1: all new scheme and then to have the rains pulled

2081
01:49:57,400 --> 01:50:00,240
Speaker 1: back on him and tell everybody else to help him win.

2082
01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:03,320
Speaker 1: I mean, that's it tells you in my mind, the

2083
01:50:03,360 --> 01:50:06,200
Speaker 1: guy really really wants to win another Super Bowl. So

2084
01:50:06,840 --> 01:50:10,280
Speaker 1: if he can stay healthy, you can get some protection.

2085
01:50:10,439 --> 01:50:13,120
Speaker 1: I think he'll have another good quarterback. I mean you look,

2086
01:50:13,200 --> 01:50:15,519
Speaker 1: you just go back and look at the Hall of

2087
01:50:15,560 --> 01:50:19,120
Speaker 1: Fame quarterbacks at age thirty nine. If it wasn't for

2088
01:50:19,200 --> 01:50:24,439
Speaker 1: the last two or three years with Manning Breeze Brady,

2089
01:50:25,040 --> 01:50:28,519
Speaker 1: there's not many that have been did anything over the

2090
01:50:28,600 --> 01:50:32,599
Speaker 1: history of the league. I mean you're looking maybe Brett

2091
01:50:32,640 --> 01:50:35,880
Speaker 1: Farven twenty eight. Other than that, you're looking back into

2092
01:50:35,920 --> 01:50:39,439
Speaker 1: the seventies where there was a totally different game right then.

2093
01:50:39,520 --> 01:50:42,440
Speaker 1: So he's at a different level than the most quarterbacks.

2094
01:50:42,800 --> 01:50:45,600
Speaker 1: And I think he's actually been taking a lot of

2095
01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:49,080
Speaker 1: unnecessary national heat for his ability because I still think

2096
01:50:49,400 --> 01:50:52,240
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of revisionist history of how well

2097
01:50:52,400 --> 01:50:55,160
Speaker 1: or not well he played last year. Well, what happens

2098
01:50:55,720 --> 01:51:01,000
Speaker 1: after Ben Roethlisberger. That's a good question. The question that

2099
01:51:01,040 --> 01:51:04,200
Speaker 1: I think the big thing is is after Ben Roethlisberger

2100
01:51:04,280 --> 01:51:06,960
Speaker 1: this year or next year. I mean, he has that

2101
01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:09,960
Speaker 1: one year deal. But if they're close to winning this

2102
01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:13,639
Speaker 1: year and he has a heck of a season, I

2103
01:51:13,640 --> 01:51:16,240
Speaker 1: don't see him leaving. I can see him coming back

2104
01:51:16,240 --> 01:51:20,479
Speaker 1: for another season. Now, if they you know, Peter out

2105
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Speaker 1: they'll make the playoffs. He looks bad and of course

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01:51:23,320 --> 01:51:26,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna go. Then oh my goodness. I mean they're

2107
01:51:26,360 --> 01:51:30,439
Speaker 1: bringing Mason Rudolph back for another year. But Mason Rudolph

2108
01:51:30,479 --> 01:51:33,960
Speaker 1: really hasn't had much of an opportunity since he was

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01:51:34,040 --> 01:51:37,200
Speaker 1: drafted with four years ago. I mean, he didn't have

2110
01:51:37,280 --> 01:51:41,120
Speaker 1: a He's had three different two different offensive coordinators, three

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01:51:41,160 --> 01:51:44,479
Speaker 1: different quarterback coaches. First two years, he didn't have a

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01:51:44,560 --> 01:51:47,920
Speaker 1: quarterback coach, never dressed his rookie year. Then he's thrown

2113
01:51:47,960 --> 01:51:52,280
Speaker 1: into the game Seattle game when Roethlisberger hurt his elbow.

2114
01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:54,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he was set up for failure. They think

2115
01:51:54,920 --> 01:51:57,519
Speaker 1: he could be a decent quarterback, but he has I'm

2116
01:51:57,560 --> 01:52:01,960
Speaker 1: proven it. They brought in Dwayne Haskins, absolutely great talent

2117
01:52:02,080 --> 01:52:06,000
Speaker 1: in college, but you know it's no risk right there.

2118
01:52:06,040 --> 01:52:08,760
Speaker 1: They paid him a minium. He's a future still guy

2119
01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:12,120
Speaker 1: that you know, if he works out, oh great. If not,

2120
01:52:12,360 --> 01:52:14,360
Speaker 1: so be it. I'm not too sure if he's going

2121
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:17,640
Speaker 1: to even be around that long to be able to

2122
01:52:17,960 --> 01:52:20,599
Speaker 1: prove anything other than that they're gonna have a ton

2123
01:52:20,600 --> 01:52:23,680
Speaker 1: of money come next year. In the year after. I

2124
01:52:23,720 --> 01:52:26,960
Speaker 1: think it's against their philosophy to go out and try

2125
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:29,760
Speaker 1: to get a quarterback on the free agency market. I

2126
01:52:29,800 --> 01:52:33,000
Speaker 1: think they're just going to go if everything days how

2127
01:52:33,040 --> 01:52:35,560
Speaker 1: it is right now, and say Roethlisberger does call a

2128
01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:38,639
Speaker 1: career after this, They'll go with Mason Rudolph after next

2129
01:52:38,720 --> 01:52:40,960
Speaker 1: year and see if he is the guy that's not

2130
01:52:41,840 --> 01:52:44,120
Speaker 1: maybe hit hit the free agency market, because I think

2131
01:52:44,160 --> 01:52:46,960
Speaker 1: in two years, I think some decent names will come

2132
01:52:47,000 --> 01:52:50,320
Speaker 1: free or it's gonna be hard man. Unless you have

2133
01:52:50,439 --> 01:52:54,000
Speaker 1: that four and twelve season, that three and fourteen season. Now,

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01:52:54,040 --> 01:52:57,000
Speaker 1: I guess you're not going to get a good quarterback

2135
01:52:57,000 --> 01:52:59,719
Speaker 1: in the first round. I mean it's hit and miss.

2136
01:53:00,040 --> 01:53:02,880
Speaker 1: What if they just got lucky in two thousand and three,

2137
01:53:02,920 --> 01:53:05,720
Speaker 1: they went six and ten and was able to get

2138
01:53:05,760 --> 01:53:10,240
Speaker 1: a Roethlis version with the eleventh overall pick. What if

2139
01:53:10,320 --> 01:53:15,599
Speaker 1: Matt Cannada's offensive scheme gets them deep into the playoffs,

2140
01:53:15,600 --> 01:53:19,080
Speaker 1: gets them onto the doorstep once again, and that during

2141
01:53:19,120 --> 01:53:22,120
Speaker 1: the regular season they never have to ask Ben to

2142
01:53:22,160 --> 01:53:24,720
Speaker 1: be great. It's a play action passed. It's throwing the

2143
01:53:24,760 --> 01:53:27,720
Speaker 1: ball thirty times thirty five times a game instead of

2144
01:53:27,760 --> 01:53:30,559
Speaker 1: forty three times a game, where it doesn't look that

2145
01:53:30,680 --> 01:53:33,839
Speaker 1: tough to play quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steels. Then what happens.

2146
01:53:35,080 --> 01:53:37,920
Speaker 1: I think he comes back. I think he's signed another

2147
01:53:37,960 --> 01:53:40,559
Speaker 1: one year. Dear him come back at forty. I mean,

2148
01:53:40,560 --> 01:53:42,240
Speaker 1: you have tom just say he is a guy that

2149
01:53:42,439 --> 01:53:47,880
Speaker 1: is extremely motivated by being winning another Super Bowl because

2150
01:53:47,920 --> 01:53:51,720
Speaker 1: that would put him in a category with very few quarterbacks.

2151
01:53:51,720 --> 01:53:55,599
Speaker 1: How many people, many quarterbacks have ever won three Super Bowls?

2152
01:53:55,640 --> 01:54:00,400
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Brady, you're looking Bradshaw, You're looking Monk Tanna,

2153
01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:02,599
Speaker 1: you're looking at Akman. I think I don't know if

2154
01:54:02,600 --> 01:54:05,960
Speaker 1: there's anymore. I mean, it's a very exclusive club. And

2155
01:54:06,080 --> 01:54:08,680
Speaker 1: he knows that he's that close. I mean he's had

2156
01:54:08,760 --> 01:54:12,360
Speaker 1: ten years, more than ten years now from his last

2157
01:54:12,360 --> 01:54:15,640
Speaker 1: super Bowl title. Two thousand and eight to grab that

2158
01:54:15,760 --> 01:54:17,880
Speaker 1: third title and it means a lot to him. So

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01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:20,479
Speaker 1: if he thinks that they can get to that point,

2160
01:54:20,800 --> 01:54:23,200
Speaker 1: I mean, if he has he feels good enough and

2161
01:54:23,280 --> 01:54:26,479
Speaker 1: thinks he can play, I can see him coming back,

2162
01:54:26,479 --> 01:54:28,599
Speaker 1: and I think I could see that he was welcoming

2163
01:54:29,240 --> 01:54:31,519
Speaker 1: and back. So it's going to be a wait and

2164
01:54:31,680 --> 01:54:36,160
Speaker 1: see how this season goes to make that decision. But

2165
01:54:36,360 --> 01:54:39,080
Speaker 1: you know they're five and ten, five and eleven. I

2166
01:54:39,160 --> 01:54:41,720
Speaker 1: keep forgetting it the seventeen game season. If they're five

2167
01:54:41,760 --> 01:54:44,320
Speaker 1: and eleven out of it by mid of the season

2168
01:54:44,360 --> 01:54:47,600
Speaker 1: to blow five hundred records, they're not going to want

2169
01:54:47,640 --> 01:54:50,640
Speaker 1: it back. Last one for you, Mark, I know you

2170
01:54:50,680 --> 01:54:53,640
Speaker 1: still have training camp to kind of make your assumptions

2171
01:54:53,680 --> 01:54:56,280
Speaker 1: and predictions as you head into the regular season. But

2172
01:54:56,880 --> 01:54:59,480
Speaker 1: with all it has to be changed on that offensive

2173
01:54:59,520 --> 01:55:03,720
Speaker 1: line and fit together along with a new scheme and

2174
01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:08,240
Speaker 1: a new coordinator, what do you think is realistic for

2175
01:55:08,360 --> 01:55:10,720
Speaker 1: that offense in Week one when they have to come

2176
01:55:10,800 --> 01:55:16,360
Speaker 1: up here and play the Bills. That's gonna be tough because,

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01:55:17,440 --> 01:55:19,960
Speaker 1: as you know, it's gonna be hard to get that

2178
01:55:20,120 --> 01:55:24,760
Speaker 1: cohesion between the offensive line over well, at least the

2179
01:55:24,760 --> 01:55:28,080
Speaker 1: Seals up four preseason games with the Hall of Fame game,

2180
01:55:29,000 --> 01:55:31,440
Speaker 1: it's going to be hard to get five new starters

2181
01:55:31,440 --> 01:55:35,040
Speaker 1: on the same page, a new offensive coordinator having his

2182
01:55:35,200 --> 01:55:38,160
Speaker 1: system in So if the Bills are going to grab

2183
01:55:38,200 --> 01:55:41,880
Speaker 1: the Steelers at the ultimate time, it's probably going to

2184
01:55:41,960 --> 01:55:44,600
Speaker 1: be a Week one when this offense is probably not

2185
01:55:44,640 --> 01:55:47,920
Speaker 1: going to be clicking and all cylinders. Their defense or

2186
01:55:47,960 --> 01:55:52,200
Speaker 1: their defense is solid across the board. But I think

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01:55:52,200 --> 01:55:54,440
Speaker 1: it's going to take some time for this offense to

2188
01:55:54,600 --> 01:55:57,600
Speaker 1: finally know what it wants, knew will know how it

2189
01:55:57,680 --> 01:56:02,280
Speaker 1: can play, because you know, it's just so much turnover.

2190
01:56:02,400 --> 01:56:05,680
Speaker 1: Like I said, the five offensive lineman, the running back,

2191
01:56:05,760 --> 01:56:11,440
Speaker 1: the quarterback coach, the tight end coach, the offensive line

2192
01:56:11,480 --> 01:56:17,520
Speaker 1: assist an offensive everything's different on this offense, including Roethlisberger

2193
01:56:17,640 --> 01:56:21,000
Speaker 1: gonna be under snap a little. So I think it's

2194
01:56:21,040 --> 01:56:23,160
Speaker 1: going to take a little bit of getting used to

2195
01:56:23,280 --> 01:56:25,480
Speaker 1: before they're able to click. I mean, in the in

2196
01:56:26,000 --> 01:56:29,520
Speaker 1: years past, if things weren't working for Roethlisberger here would

2197
01:56:29,520 --> 01:56:31,360
Speaker 1: just go to the line of scrimmage and pull off

2198
01:56:31,400 --> 01:56:34,080
Speaker 1: his old as he likes to say, you know, drop

2199
01:56:34,160 --> 01:56:36,280
Speaker 1: some plays from the dirt and say you run this

2200
01:56:36,400 --> 01:56:39,040
Speaker 1: to you run this some hurry up type of stuff.

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01:56:39,040 --> 01:56:42,000
Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna go to that week one,

2202
01:56:42,280 --> 01:56:46,080
Speaker 1: so it's not going to be an easy game week

2203
01:56:46,120 --> 01:56:49,560
Speaker 1: one to get this offense going in my opinion. All Right, Mark, listen,

2204
01:56:49,600 --> 01:56:52,080
Speaker 1: thanks for the time. Enjoy training camp. We'll catch up

2205
01:56:52,080 --> 01:56:53,720
Speaker 1: with you down the line here as we get closer

2206
01:56:53,760 --> 01:56:57,080
Speaker 1: to week one. Thanks for the time. All right, we'll

2207
01:56:57,080 --> 01:57:00,200
Speaker 1: see you guys. All right. That's Markabali, Steelers beat writer

2208
01:57:00,280 --> 01:57:04,840
Speaker 1: for the Athletic, And that's that's why I think it's

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01:57:04,840 --> 01:57:07,240
Speaker 1: an uphill battle for the Steelers week one. There is

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01:57:07,320 --> 01:57:13,120
Speaker 1: so much for them to fit together, coaching wise, scheme wise,

2211
01:57:13,360 --> 01:57:17,320
Speaker 1: player personnel wise. I mean, we saw how long it

2212
01:57:17,480 --> 01:57:20,640
Speaker 1: think about the Bills in twenty nineteen four new starters

2213
01:57:20,680 --> 01:57:23,480
Speaker 1: on the offensive line, it was just Deon Dawkins as

2214
01:57:23,520 --> 01:57:28,040
Speaker 1: the only holdover. They have a similar situation. Chucora for

2215
01:57:28,280 --> 01:57:31,160
Speaker 1: is the only holdover on their offensive line that has

2216
01:57:31,160 --> 01:57:33,920
Speaker 1: played in games for them on their offensive frond, different spot.

2217
01:57:34,040 --> 01:57:35,880
Speaker 1: And yeah, I think he played the right tackle that

2218
01:57:35,960 --> 01:57:39,520
Speaker 1: they're targeting him to play left tackle for them. And

2219
01:57:40,320 --> 01:57:44,360
Speaker 1: the Bills offensive line really did not gain traction where

2220
01:57:44,400 --> 01:57:46,120
Speaker 1: you felt like they were in a groove until aout

2221
01:57:46,120 --> 01:57:50,760
Speaker 1: Week seven or eight. I can't see how that group

2222
01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:53,560
Speaker 1: is ready in Week one. For the Bills up here,

2223
01:57:54,640 --> 01:57:57,080
Speaker 1: they do have the benefit of an extra preseason game

2224
01:57:57,480 --> 01:57:59,360
Speaker 1: because they're playing in the Hall of Fame game against

2225
01:57:59,400 --> 01:58:01,720
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, so they'll get a fourth preseason game maybe

2226
01:58:01,720 --> 01:58:04,640
Speaker 1: to tune things up more. But usually aren't playing your

2227
01:58:04,640 --> 01:58:08,440
Speaker 1: starters in the last preseason game anyway, I don't know.

2228
01:58:08,680 --> 01:58:13,800
Speaker 1: That's a lot to put together. It's uncommon. It is uncommon.

2229
01:58:13,920 --> 01:58:17,360
Speaker 1: Lack of continuity for a Steelers organization. The likes of

2230
01:58:17,440 --> 01:58:20,680
Speaker 1: that I've never seen before. That amount of turnover on

2231
01:58:20,680 --> 01:58:22,960
Speaker 1: that offense. I mean, that's unheard of. That's why I

2232
01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:26,480
Speaker 1: am still stunned they didn't draft an offensive lineman in

2233
01:58:26,480 --> 01:58:30,320
Speaker 1: the first two picks. Stunned you and me both because

2234
01:58:30,800 --> 01:58:34,200
Speaker 1: and I guess it's philosophical differences. People have different opinions

2235
01:58:34,240 --> 01:58:36,360
Speaker 1: about how to do this thing and how to build it.

2236
01:58:36,400 --> 01:58:40,560
Speaker 1: I don't care how good Naji Harris is, and it's

2237
01:58:40,600 --> 01:58:42,880
Speaker 1: like Mark said, you only get have him for five

2238
01:58:42,960 --> 01:58:45,400
Speaker 1: years tops, and then he might be declining by then.

2239
01:58:45,520 --> 01:58:47,840
Speaker 1: Do you in the first round on Barkley? How hard

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01:58:47,840 --> 01:58:49,760
Speaker 1: it is to carry a team as a running back. Yeah,

2241
01:58:49,840 --> 01:58:52,120
Speaker 1: he didn't even play last year. Is he an ACL?

2242
01:58:54,480 --> 01:58:57,280
Speaker 1: I mean, I've seen some really good gifted running backs

2243
01:58:57,280 --> 01:58:59,000
Speaker 1: to come into the league. Derrick Henry took him three

2244
01:58:59,080 --> 01:59:00,800
Speaker 1: years to even get on the field for the Titans.

2245
01:59:00,840 --> 01:59:05,000
Speaker 1: Now he's a dominant player. You know, I just don't

2246
01:59:05,000 --> 01:59:07,080
Speaker 1: know why. Lyndardy Fournette, when he came out as a rookie,

2247
01:59:07,120 --> 01:59:09,600
Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars used him and rode him all the

2248
01:59:09,600 --> 01:59:12,400
Speaker 1: way to the AFC title game in Pittsburgh, or in

2249
01:59:12,440 --> 01:59:16,120
Speaker 1: not in Pittsburgh, in Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, but they wrote

2250
01:59:16,160 --> 01:59:17,680
Speaker 1: him all the way to the title game in Denver.

2251
01:59:18,760 --> 01:59:20,160
Speaker 1: I believe that was the year. And then he got

2252
01:59:20,280 --> 01:59:23,120
Speaker 1: nicked up injuries the next year or so. Now he's

2253
01:59:23,120 --> 01:59:27,879
Speaker 1: in Tampa and he's a role player, asked Zeke Elliott,

2254
01:59:27,920 --> 01:59:30,520
Speaker 1: who came out as a rookie, had a phenomenal rookie

2255
01:59:30,520 --> 01:59:34,480
Speaker 1: season behind maybe the most dominant offensive line we've seen

2256
01:59:34,520 --> 01:59:37,160
Speaker 1: in a while. And then when those guys get All

2257
01:59:37,160 --> 01:59:38,960
Speaker 1: Pro all you got like three All pros on that

2258
01:59:39,000 --> 01:59:42,960
Speaker 1: offensive line, they're all gone. He hasn't been the same since.

2259
01:59:43,440 --> 01:59:45,920
Speaker 1: I mean, that's where it starts, and I get it.

2260
01:59:45,920 --> 01:59:48,040
Speaker 1: It's hard to find five really good players when you

2261
01:59:48,040 --> 01:59:50,560
Speaker 1: can just find one good running back. I mean, drafting

2262
01:59:50,640 --> 01:59:52,880
Speaker 1: three guys instead of just one. I get it. It

2263
01:59:52,880 --> 01:59:56,480
Speaker 1: seems easier. That's not how it works. Well, we've seen

2264
01:59:56,560 --> 01:59:59,520
Speaker 1: one good running back not do very well behind five

2265
01:59:59,560 --> 02:00:05,400
Speaker 1: average offensive lineman. We've seen that. Yeah, name your spot

2266
02:00:05,440 --> 02:00:07,680
Speaker 1: in the league. You can find it pretty easily. You know,

2267
02:00:07,760 --> 02:00:10,440
Speaker 1: you got an offensive line that's average. Doesn't matter how

2268
02:00:10,480 --> 02:00:12,160
Speaker 1: good the running back is, he's not going to have

2269
02:00:12,200 --> 02:00:14,400
Speaker 1: the same measure of success that he would with a

2270
02:00:14,440 --> 02:00:17,280
Speaker 1: better offensive line in front of him. Levian Bell's career

2271
02:00:17,320 --> 02:00:19,200
Speaker 1: went in the toilet when he went from a good

2272
02:00:19,240 --> 02:00:22,880
Speaker 1: offensive line to a poor one from Pittsburgh offensive line

2273
02:00:22,920 --> 02:00:25,960
Speaker 1: five years ago to where he's at in Well, I

2274
02:00:26,000 --> 02:00:28,560
Speaker 1: don't he was in. He's not an out a team

2275
02:00:28,640 --> 02:00:33,800
Speaker 1: right now. He went to the Jets and was horrible, horrible.

2276
02:00:34,760 --> 02:00:38,120
Speaker 1: That it starts up front. Yeah, it all starts up front.

2277
02:00:38,160 --> 02:00:41,600
Speaker 1: You're passing game and you're running game. That's why. And

2278
02:00:41,680 --> 02:00:43,760
Speaker 1: I don't know why. And that's not hard to I

2279
02:00:43,760 --> 02:00:46,000
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know how you see it another way,

2280
02:00:46,080 --> 02:00:49,080
Speaker 1: because I can't. That's why I was expecting the Steelers

2281
02:00:49,120 --> 02:00:51,960
Speaker 1: to do the Steelers thing and draft an offensive lineman

2282
02:00:51,960 --> 02:00:53,440
Speaker 1: in round one, you still have the best center on

2283
02:00:53,480 --> 02:00:57,520
Speaker 1: the board. When they were on the clock in Humphrey,

2284
02:00:58,760 --> 02:01:01,640
Speaker 1: the kid from Oklahoma, best center on the board, and

2285
02:01:02,560 --> 02:01:05,400
Speaker 1: didn't take him. And then the second round they took

2286
02:01:05,400 --> 02:01:08,720
Speaker 1: a tight end. I mean, that's the stuff the Bills

2287
02:01:08,800 --> 02:01:12,960
Speaker 1: used to do, right. I couldn't believe the Steelers we're

2288
02:01:13,000 --> 02:01:16,800
Speaker 1: doing that. I knocked me over with a feather. I

2289
02:01:16,880 --> 02:01:20,080
Speaker 1: disagree with that philosophy. Yeah, I hope it works for him.

2290
02:01:20,120 --> 02:01:22,200
Speaker 1: That's fine, good for them. Ain't gonna work week one,

2291
02:01:22,400 --> 02:01:26,800
Speaker 1: but you know, well hopefully, which is easy to say that,

2292
02:01:28,320 --> 02:01:34,520
Speaker 1: but yeah, yeah, I just I've just from from my

2293
02:01:34,560 --> 02:01:37,160
Speaker 1: life experience and my playing experience and stuff. Guys I've

2294
02:01:37,200 --> 02:01:39,040
Speaker 1: talked to, you just got to start up front, and

2295
02:01:39,080 --> 02:01:40,760
Speaker 1: this makes too much. So you get eleven guys on

2296
02:01:40,800 --> 02:01:43,320
Speaker 1: the field, you need to make sure five of them

2297
02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:46,840
Speaker 1: on the offensive line are playing really well. Everybody else's

2298
02:01:46,920 --> 02:01:49,320
Speaker 1: job gets that much easier. And all indications are that

2299
02:01:49,360 --> 02:01:52,320
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph is gonna be fine is the number two

2300
02:01:52,360 --> 02:01:54,919
Speaker 1: because he is not getting any threats from Dwayne Haskins.

2301
02:01:54,920 --> 02:01:57,760
Speaker 1: By all indications from the spring workouts in the mini camp.

2302
02:01:58,280 --> 02:02:02,800
Speaker 1: Haskins is struggling, to put it mildly, not that they

2303
02:02:02,800 --> 02:02:05,760
Speaker 1: invested a lot in him anyway, but you know he's

2304
02:02:05,760 --> 02:02:08,600
Speaker 1: got talent, but harnessing that talent within the scope of

2305
02:02:08,640 --> 02:02:10,400
Speaker 1: their scheme doesn't seem to be happening. We'll see if

2306
02:02:10,400 --> 02:02:14,080
Speaker 1: it changes as training camp gets underway for them. We

2307
02:02:14,120 --> 02:02:16,200
Speaker 1: will take a break here, but when we come back,

2308
02:02:16,560 --> 02:02:18,720
Speaker 1: we'll finish up your thoughts on the tweet. Gee takes

2309
02:02:18,760 --> 02:02:22,640
Speaker 1: some phone calls as we are looking for your number

2310
02:02:22,640 --> 02:02:24,920
Speaker 1: one reason for optimism for the Bills in twenty twenty

2311
02:02:24,920 --> 02:02:27,200
Speaker 1: one and something that might be concerned about. We also

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Speaker 1: might get to a little NFL true false when we

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Speaker 1: return here on One Bills Live, presented by a Lot

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Speaker 1: of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live final half hour of the show. Chris Brown,

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02:02:47,400 --> 02:02:50,040
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you as always, or at least most

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Speaker 1: of the time time this week. Yeah, all the time

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Speaker 1: this week. So we been talking about optimism and what

2319
02:02:59,160 --> 02:03:01,480
Speaker 1: sits at the top of your list for that optimism

2320
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Speaker 1: for the bills here in twenty twenty one concerns. We're

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Speaker 1: taking those as well. Among the more popular answers Josh Allen,

2322
02:03:08,880 --> 02:03:12,760
Speaker 1: the retention of Dable and Frasier as coordinators. Roster strength

2323
02:03:12,880 --> 02:03:17,120
Speaker 1: and or depth fans coming back in the stands was

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02:03:17,160 --> 02:03:21,320
Speaker 1: something that was mentioned as well. Among the concerns is

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Speaker 1: the pass rush fixed? Is the run game fixed? Is

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Speaker 1: the run defense fixed? Will Star make a difference AFC

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02:03:29,680 --> 02:03:33,560
Speaker 1: level of competition? And there was one other, Oh yes,

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Speaker 1: will crowd noise disrupt? Josh Allen? That was another one

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Speaker 1: which I kind of see is poppycock, but whatever, We'll

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Speaker 1: take any and all. We go back to the phones

2331
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Speaker 1: now though, at eight o three, five fifty, and we

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Speaker 1: talked to Walt in Rochester. Walt, what do you have

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Speaker 1: for us? You're on one Bills Live. Hey, thanks for

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Speaker 1: taking might call. I had a couple of points. They

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Speaker 1: just wanted to get your opinion on. The first thing

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Speaker 1: is well the bill. How will the Bills play this

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02:03:59,200 --> 02:04:02,720
Speaker 1: preseason with it being only three games? Well, game two

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02:04:02,760 --> 02:04:06,760
Speaker 1: of the preseason be basically the dress rehearsal game like

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02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:10,880
Speaker 1: Game three of last year. Yeah, I think it could be,

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02:04:11,600 --> 02:04:15,080
Speaker 1: but it may wait until preseason game three only because

2341
02:04:15,120 --> 02:04:19,280
Speaker 1: of this, there is an extended break now between preseason

2342
02:04:19,360 --> 02:04:22,400
Speaker 1: Game three and regular season game one. It is. It's

2343
02:04:22,480 --> 02:04:24,640
Speaker 1: even longer than the ten day window that it used

2344
02:04:24,640 --> 02:04:29,200
Speaker 1: to be. It's two weeks now for all intents and purposes.

2345
02:04:29,640 --> 02:04:32,880
Speaker 1: And so I think some coaches in the league are

2346
02:04:32,880 --> 02:04:35,080
Speaker 1: going to say, we're just gonna do the preseason like

2347
02:04:35,120 --> 02:04:39,000
Speaker 1: we always do, third preseason game. We've got two weeks

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02:04:39,040 --> 02:04:41,960
Speaker 1: between games. Let's do that as the dress rehearsal and

2349
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Speaker 1: leave it the way it's always been. Other teams may

2350
02:04:44,280 --> 02:04:47,760
Speaker 1: do what you suggested, Walt, which is dress rehearsal preseason

2351
02:04:47,800 --> 02:04:50,200
Speaker 1: game two, and then get a look at all those

2352
02:04:50,400 --> 02:04:53,160
Speaker 1: fringe guys for our roster in preseason game three. I

2353
02:04:53,200 --> 02:04:54,920
Speaker 1: don't know if you see it differently, Steve, but well,

2354
02:04:54,920 --> 02:04:56,800
Speaker 1: I don't know how. I don't know the philosophy that

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02:04:56,840 --> 02:04:58,000
Speaker 1: it used to be that they did it in the

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02:04:58,000 --> 02:05:00,480
Speaker 1: third game, because then they'd have two to get a

2357
02:05:00,480 --> 02:05:03,440
Speaker 1: guy who twisted his ankle healthy or somebody to get

2358
02:05:03,440 --> 02:05:05,520
Speaker 1: a minor injury. He'd come back in two weeks, is

2359
02:05:05,600 --> 02:05:07,120
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a long time they'd get him

2360
02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:09,520
Speaker 1: healthy against he could be ready on game for the

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Speaker 1: first game of the regular season. If that's the case,

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Speaker 1: then they'll play him, like Brownie said, and the third

2363
02:05:13,800 --> 02:05:16,760
Speaker 1: game will just be normal. They'll play the starters into

2364
02:05:16,760 --> 02:05:19,680
Speaker 1: the third quarter and then set them down. I could

2365
02:05:19,720 --> 02:05:22,840
Speaker 1: see teams, after what happened last year, what they learned

2366
02:05:22,840 --> 02:05:26,240
Speaker 1: about how invaluable the preseason is. I could see teams

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02:05:26,320 --> 02:05:31,480
Speaker 1: playing their starters more overall than they have in the

2368
02:05:31,520 --> 02:05:34,400
Speaker 1: past to kind of get them acclimated a little bit

2369
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Speaker 1: to a higher degree than they were able to last

2370
02:05:36,280 --> 02:05:38,880
Speaker 1: year with no preseason games at all, Maybe they maybe

2371
02:05:38,880 --> 02:05:43,040
Speaker 1: had accentuated how important the physicality of the preseason can be. Obviously,

2372
02:05:43,040 --> 02:05:45,920
Speaker 1: there's a risk with injuries as that in that as well,

2373
02:05:45,960 --> 02:05:48,080
Speaker 1: But like I said, if you're gonna play these games,

2374
02:05:48,080 --> 02:05:51,880
Speaker 1: you gotta play him. I don't know that it will

2375
02:05:51,960 --> 02:05:57,160
Speaker 1: change drastically what we see in the preseason strategy. There's

2376
02:05:57,200 --> 02:06:02,160
Speaker 1: still gonna be some horrible football out there. But I'm

2377
02:06:02,240 --> 02:06:04,560
Speaker 1: kind of with you. We've we've had this conversation briefly

2378
02:06:04,560 --> 02:06:07,360
Speaker 1: and although not too extensively. I think that third preseason

2379
02:06:07,360 --> 02:06:08,920
Speaker 1: game is gonna be what it is. It's gonna be

2380
02:06:08,960 --> 02:06:10,880
Speaker 1: the one where you throw the guys out there, let

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02:06:10,920 --> 02:06:13,640
Speaker 1: them play, let him get a halftime in, make some adjustments,

2382
02:06:13,640 --> 02:06:16,440
Speaker 1: come back out, get a series in. After halftime then

2383
02:06:16,480 --> 02:06:20,680
Speaker 1: sit them down. On the other hand, that leaves you

2384
02:06:20,720 --> 02:06:23,120
Speaker 1: a long time, a full week after that, with no

2385
02:06:23,240 --> 02:06:26,160
Speaker 1: game to look at the young guys on the roster

2386
02:06:26,320 --> 02:06:29,160
Speaker 1: and say, Okay, you know that's it. So the one

2387
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Speaker 1: and two preseason games one and two are the only

2388
02:06:33,560 --> 02:06:34,920
Speaker 1: chance you're gonna get to see to see some of

2389
02:06:34,960 --> 02:06:38,200
Speaker 1: these guys play, right, because that's not much. Yeah, And

2390
02:06:38,240 --> 02:06:41,480
Speaker 1: I was just gonna say that the shortened preseason hurts

2391
02:06:41,520 --> 02:06:43,920
Speaker 1: the fringe guys on the roster more than anybody else

2392
02:06:45,240 --> 02:06:47,720
Speaker 1: because it's one less opportunity for them to take the

2393
02:06:47,720 --> 02:06:50,080
Speaker 1: field and put good tape out there, not just for

2394
02:06:50,120 --> 02:06:52,360
Speaker 1: the team that's evaluating them, but for the other thirty

2395
02:06:52,360 --> 02:06:54,480
Speaker 1: one teams in the league that might be looking for

2396
02:06:54,520 --> 02:06:57,160
Speaker 1: some help. Yeah, but here's the thing. And I get

2397
02:06:57,200 --> 02:07:00,840
Speaker 1: that you'd like, like, this guy need a couple more

2398
02:07:00,840 --> 02:07:04,720
Speaker 1: reps to But here's the thing. Those that's like, that's

2399
02:07:04,800 --> 02:07:08,720
Speaker 1: the roster spots between forty eight and fifty three. That's

2400
02:07:08,760 --> 02:07:13,200
Speaker 1: the last five six guys on the roster tops. And

2401
02:07:13,360 --> 02:07:16,240
Speaker 1: if those last five or six guys on the roster

2402
02:07:17,160 --> 02:07:20,800
Speaker 1: can't unseat someone who's only claimed to the roster spot

2403
02:07:20,800 --> 02:07:24,879
Speaker 1: as being a backup it's not a make or break decision.

2404
02:07:25,640 --> 02:07:27,400
Speaker 1: It's a make or break decision for those guys. For

2405
02:07:27,400 --> 02:07:29,280
Speaker 1: the players, yeah, you know we can all say that,

2406
02:07:29,680 --> 02:07:33,560
Speaker 1: but for the coaching staff. Can the guy cover kicks

2407
02:07:33,560 --> 02:07:35,840
Speaker 1: and punts? All right, he's better than that guy, then

2408
02:07:35,880 --> 02:07:38,720
Speaker 1: he's in. I mean, that's basically the extent of the decision.

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02:07:39,000 --> 02:07:43,480
Speaker 1: You're not talking about changing out, you know, Devin Singletary

2410
02:07:43,600 --> 02:07:48,160
Speaker 1: for Billy Bag of Donuts. You know, you're talking about

2411
02:07:48,160 --> 02:07:50,760
Speaker 1: a guy who may or may not be de active

2412
02:07:50,840 --> 02:07:53,560
Speaker 1: on week one through Week seven and then be active

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02:07:53,600 --> 02:07:55,480
Speaker 1: for Week eight and then deactive for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the season. I mean, that's what you're talking about. So

2415
02:07:59,040 --> 02:08:00,520
Speaker 1: you know, they just want to get it right if

2416
02:08:00,560 --> 02:08:02,360
Speaker 1: they can get it right. But this guy, those guys

2417
02:08:02,400 --> 02:08:04,800
Speaker 1: that on these last first two or last two preseason games,

2418
02:08:04,840 --> 02:08:06,600
Speaker 1: you pick, take your pick. Those guys are not going

2419
02:08:06,640 --> 02:08:11,000
Speaker 1: to be difference makers for the most part. But you

2420
02:08:11,040 --> 02:08:14,480
Speaker 1: do still want to get it right. But that's not

2421
02:08:14,480 --> 02:08:16,080
Speaker 1: going to make them a better player than they are.

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02:08:18,280 --> 02:08:21,640
Speaker 1: As far as Nate goes on the tweet sheet, you're

2423
02:08:21,640 --> 02:08:25,640
Speaker 1: gonna take one more look there. Optimism concerns for twenty

2424
02:08:25,680 --> 02:08:28,040
Speaker 1: twenty one, He says, every season is different. He sounds

2425
02:08:28,040 --> 02:08:30,760
Speaker 1: like coach McDermot, it doesn't matter if you made the

2426
02:08:30,760 --> 02:08:33,360
Speaker 1: Super Bowl last year. Buffalo is brought back every player

2427
02:08:33,400 --> 02:08:35,680
Speaker 1: from last year, which is a great reason to be optimistic.

2428
02:08:35,680 --> 02:08:37,920
Speaker 1: But we'll Buffalo have a run game with the same guys.

2429
02:08:38,400 --> 02:08:42,200
Speaker 1: We'll find out first week against the Steelers. Yeah, and

2430
02:08:42,240 --> 02:08:44,800
Speaker 1: we just talked to Markavalli from The Athletic who covers

2431
02:08:44,840 --> 02:08:47,440
Speaker 1: the Steelers down there in Pittsburgh, and he was saying,

2432
02:08:47,480 --> 02:08:49,200
Speaker 1: if there's one thing that's going to be ready to

2433
02:08:49,240 --> 02:08:51,480
Speaker 1: go a week one, it's going to be the Steelers defense,

2434
02:08:52,360 --> 02:08:55,600
Speaker 1: which has just been enhanced by the now signing of

2435
02:08:55,720 --> 02:08:58,000
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram, who looks like he's going to be a

2436
02:08:58,000 --> 02:09:02,360
Speaker 1: pass rush specialist for them more than anything else. But

2437
02:09:02,480 --> 02:09:05,960
Speaker 1: that that run defense, that front seven is still pretty solid.

2438
02:09:06,000 --> 02:09:07,800
Speaker 1: They have some questions in the secondary that I think

2439
02:09:07,840 --> 02:09:11,480
Speaker 1: they have to answer. You know, Stephen Nelson's not there anymore.

2440
02:09:11,600 --> 02:09:16,440
Speaker 1: They still have Manka Fitzpatrick. There's little lighted corn. The

2441
02:09:16,520 --> 02:09:19,680
Speaker 1: weakness in the Steelers from you know, us five hundred

2442
02:09:19,720 --> 02:09:25,520
Speaker 1: miles away is they have a depth problem. Right, They

2443
02:09:25,600 --> 02:09:27,800
Speaker 1: got some older guys and you know, they nicked up

2444
02:09:27,800 --> 02:09:29,760
Speaker 1: and they might not have guys to replace them. That's

2445
02:09:29,760 --> 02:09:31,800
Speaker 1: not gonna be a problem on new Week one. Hairy

2446
02:09:31,880 --> 02:09:33,440
Speaker 1: is gonna be ready to go on week one. Yea.

2447
02:09:33,640 --> 02:09:38,240
Speaker 1: The depth comes into week twelve or fourteen, sixteen, seventeen,

2448
02:09:38,320 --> 02:09:40,520
Speaker 1: week eighteen, that's when the bottom fell out. That's when

2449
02:09:40,560 --> 02:09:42,920
Speaker 1: the bottom fell out formed last year. So you're talking

2450
02:09:42,920 --> 02:09:44,760
Speaker 1: about beating the Steelers team. They're gonna be hitting on

2451
02:09:44,760 --> 02:09:46,920
Speaker 1: all cylinders. They're gonna play very hard and very physical

2452
02:09:46,920 --> 02:09:49,200
Speaker 1: in Week one, and they're gonna have a new offense

2453
02:09:49,240 --> 02:09:54,800
Speaker 1: that they're gonna not lose faith in too quickly. So yeah,

2454
02:09:54,840 --> 02:09:57,640
Speaker 1: from here. The thing that the Steelers don't have that

2455
02:09:57,720 --> 02:10:01,240
Speaker 1: the Bills do is depth, But theoretically in a a week

2456
02:10:01,240 --> 02:10:03,480
Speaker 1: one that's not the issue. The other thing they don't

2457
02:10:03,480 --> 02:10:06,280
Speaker 1: have is continuity with respect to their offensive line. That's right,

2458
02:10:06,920 --> 02:10:10,320
Speaker 1: skill positions. They're in good shape, got all the receivers back,

2459
02:10:10,480 --> 02:10:12,760
Speaker 1: still have Ricky Brown a tight end. Now you have

2460
02:10:12,840 --> 02:10:15,200
Speaker 1: Naji Harris at running back. In your quarterbacks the same,

2461
02:10:15,440 --> 02:10:18,400
Speaker 1: but the scheme's different, the coordinators different, the quarterbacks coach

2462
02:10:18,440 --> 02:10:21,680
Speaker 1: is different, and almost the entire offensive line is different.

2463
02:10:21,840 --> 02:10:24,680
Speaker 1: And it's not exactly chock full of proven players. That's

2464
02:10:24,720 --> 02:10:27,000
Speaker 1: a problem. That's a problem as we have seen here

2465
02:10:27,040 --> 02:10:28,920
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Wouldn't it be nice first those could take

2466
02:10:28,960 --> 02:10:31,040
Speaker 1: advantage of it because their pass rush is all fixed

2467
02:10:31,040 --> 02:10:33,400
Speaker 1: and they got guys going after Ben Roethlisberger spends the

2468
02:10:33,560 --> 02:10:36,560
Speaker 1: entire day laying on his back in the pocket. I'll

2469
02:10:36,600 --> 02:10:39,000
Speaker 1: sign up for that. We'll see last one on the

2470
02:10:39,000 --> 02:10:41,880
Speaker 1: tweet sheet from Jay Whistler. Optimism. They've shown they can

2471
02:10:41,920 --> 02:10:44,600
Speaker 1: do it. Concern consistency last year was a problem. A

2472
02:10:44,640 --> 02:10:47,680
Speaker 1: couple of early losses could derail the vibe. I will

2473
02:10:47,720 --> 02:10:52,000
Speaker 1: say this about his concern. Coach McDermott is one of

2474
02:10:52,040 --> 02:10:56,680
Speaker 1: the best Bills coaches I've seen in reversing a slide.

2475
02:10:58,400 --> 02:10:59,880
Speaker 1: This is a team that lost three games in a

2476
02:11:00,080 --> 02:11:03,000
Speaker 1: row in twenty seventeen and they still made the playoffs.

2477
02:11:03,840 --> 02:11:08,080
Speaker 1: I mean some horrific performances, the New Orleans game, the

2478
02:11:08,160 --> 02:11:12,160
Speaker 1: Chargers game with five interceptions. I mean, they came back

2479
02:11:12,200 --> 02:11:15,160
Speaker 1: from that and finished nine and seven with half the

2480
02:11:15,240 --> 02:11:20,240
Speaker 1: roster they have now. So I'm not gonna be torn

2481
02:11:20,320 --> 02:11:22,320
Speaker 1: up if they have back to back losses in a

2482
02:11:22,360 --> 02:11:24,920
Speaker 1: seventeen game regular season, because I see him getting it

2483
02:11:24,960 --> 02:11:27,360
Speaker 1: back on the rail. Mike Tomlins a really good coach,

2484
02:11:27,760 --> 02:11:31,840
Speaker 1: a really good coach. So yeah, they'll, they'll if they

2485
02:11:31,960 --> 02:11:33,880
Speaker 1: if they drop even an ugly loss to the Bills

2486
02:11:34,120 --> 02:11:37,800
Speaker 1: in week one, yeah it won't last. All right, break

2487
02:11:37,800 --> 02:11:40,480
Speaker 1: time for us Here, Steve and Ida wrap it up

2488
02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:42,760
Speaker 1: with what have we learned when we return here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live, presented by Kallid of Health, It's Buffalo

2490
02:11:44,840 --> 02:12:03,040
Speaker 1: Bills Radio. What have we learned from today's show, brought

2491
02:12:03,040 --> 02:12:07,440
Speaker 1: to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company

2492
02:12:07,440 --> 02:12:10,680
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Well, we learned that the Steelers

2493
02:12:10,680 --> 02:12:13,120
Speaker 1: probably aren't going to be humming on all cylinders in

2494
02:12:13,200 --> 02:12:14,960
Speaker 1: week one when they face the Bills, based on the

2495
02:12:15,040 --> 02:12:17,920
Speaker 1: characterization given to us by Markavali from The Athletic who

2496
02:12:17,960 --> 02:12:21,240
Speaker 1: covers the Steelers. That's good news for the Bills. We

2497
02:12:21,280 --> 02:12:23,200
Speaker 1: also know that there's a whole lot more optimism than

2498
02:12:23,240 --> 02:12:26,600
Speaker 1: concerns on the part of Bills fans. And we also

2499
02:12:26,720 --> 02:12:30,480
Speaker 1: learned today rookies report, but they are not the only

2500
02:12:30,560 --> 02:12:37,520
Speaker 1: people in the building. One fa Obada is already hard

2501
02:12:37,560 --> 02:12:40,720
Speaker 1: at work in the weight room doing pull ups and

2502
02:12:40,920 --> 02:12:45,000
Speaker 1: up and overs like it's nothing. Steve, He's like six

2503
02:12:45,160 --> 02:12:49,760
Speaker 1: five thirty six inch arms. He's got a weighted vest

2504
02:12:49,800 --> 02:12:52,640
Speaker 1: in a big old chain around his neck for our

2505
02:12:53,160 --> 02:12:57,680
Speaker 1: radio listeners, and he is pumping out pull ups arms

2506
02:12:57,880 --> 02:13:01,000
Speaker 1: thirty six inches. That's a long up, Bruce Lee, Yeah,

2507
02:13:01,000 --> 02:13:02,920
Speaker 1: it is. It's harder for guys with longer ars. It's

2508
02:13:02,960 --> 02:13:05,080
Speaker 1: also harder for them to bench press. He's doing up

2509
02:13:05,080 --> 02:13:07,800
Speaker 1: and overs with a chain on his neck, one of

2510
02:13:07,800 --> 02:13:10,400
Speaker 1: those way to chains like Derrick Henry. You tell this all,

2511
02:13:10,440 --> 02:13:13,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you. I can't describe how hard up

2512
02:13:13,240 --> 02:13:15,200
Speaker 1: and overs are. I used to be able to do those.

2513
02:13:15,320 --> 02:13:17,240
Speaker 1: Let me tell you something. I just say that. I

2514
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:20,080
Speaker 1: tell this to my other teammates, my old teammates. Though

2515
02:13:20,280 --> 02:13:23,120
Speaker 1: if I was built like that, I point out, I'd

2516
02:13:23,120 --> 02:13:29,680
Speaker 1: just doill be playing this is instead, I'm trapped in

2517
02:13:29,720 --> 02:13:32,960
Speaker 1: this Impressive it is. And I'll tell you what too.

2518
02:13:33,640 --> 02:13:36,200
Speaker 1: He's an impressive kid, young I got call him a kid.

2519
02:13:36,240 --> 02:13:39,200
Speaker 1: He's a NFL veteran. Now the guy is he is?

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's put together. I'm telling you that. I've

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Speaker 1: said it, and I'll say keep saying it until I

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Speaker 1: see him in person on the practice field of training

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Speaker 1: camp and when they get off the But when this

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Speaker 1: team gets off the bus on game day. The first

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Speaker 1: bus is gonna see heave a sigh of relief because

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Speaker 1: they're they weigh a lot. These are some big round

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Speaker 1: They look Greg russo it looked like a circus act

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Speaker 1: so big. Oh my gosh. Yeah, another show for you tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I will be here. Why don't you join

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Speaker 1: us noon to three. We'll be here with you. We'll

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Speaker 1: have Stef Walder from ESPN dot com, among others. Don't

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Speaker 1: you dare miss it.