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Speaker 1: I'm you don't even listening. It'll be cold and indian

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Speaker 1: It is a joke. The league is a joke. Here

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Speaker 1: two five fifty sending a tweet. We can read him

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet that's coming up in a moment.

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Speaker 1: But let's start with a call or two. Let's start

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Speaker 1: with Kevin in his car. Hello, Kevin, you're on the air. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: how you doing? Guy says we're taking my call? Sure, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I David give a second round off for

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Speaker 1: him and maybe a year contract if possible, just to

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Speaker 1: cepe jaws with the team and see what kind of

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Speaker 1: character he's got for Digji mean, that's it's all about. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for Digs. You're talking about Diggs, right, and that's not

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Speaker 1: gonna work, Kevin. And let me make clear before Steve

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Speaker 1: gets we're not just talking about Stefan Diggs, all right,

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Speaker 1: you know that, right? And why do you think it's

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Speaker 1: not gonna work, Steve? That's not enough. Well, he's in

439
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Speaker 1: the two second year of a five year deal and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna trade him to you. You got to take

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Speaker 1: that deal thirteen and a half million, thirteen and a

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Speaker 1: half million dollars for this year and a couple more

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Speaker 1: after that, and and you trade away a first or

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Speaker 1: a first and a second or a second and a third,

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Speaker 1: whatever you trade away for him. You take on that contract,

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Speaker 1: you don't get to bail on him. You've got him,

447
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Speaker 1: and now you can cut him and you'll get but

448
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Speaker 1: you'll take a cap hit for whatever's left on his

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Speaker 1: pro rated bonus. So I don't know what that is,

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Speaker 1: but you don't get to say, okay, we'll try you

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Speaker 1: for a year. You're hooked on that for whatever money's

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Speaker 1: on the table. Yeah. That's well, that's not good then,

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Speaker 1: and that's that's a nogal for me. Well, I mean,

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Speaker 1: we got the money to do it. And if the

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Speaker 1: guy came in here and had fourteen hundred yards fifteen touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: you know, and and seventeen point two yards per catch

457
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Speaker 1: for eighty catches, yeah, you know that kind of thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I can live with that, but he's probably

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Speaker 1: not gonna do that. No, No, I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. Well, the guys starts from taking

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Speaker 1: my coffee. Yeah, thank you. Let's sit a call here

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Speaker 1: from Gary on his uh car phone on a settle anyway. Hello, Gary,

463
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Speaker 1: you around the air. Hey guys, are you all doing great?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? This is one of the tougher poll questions

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Speaker 1: I think you guys had in a while. Oh thanks

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Speaker 1: I'll pass that on to our producer, Jay Harris. This

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Speaker 1: is his baby, his baby. Oh it's good because it's

468
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Speaker 1: a horrible one to answer, be honest, because you want

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Speaker 1: the players, you know you do, yep. I love to

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Speaker 1: have dicks. Come on, but we's gonna take his foot

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Speaker 1: off that gass. And you know, you know a lot

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Speaker 1: of times they do. But you guys produced in Minnesota, yep.

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Speaker 1: And you know a lot of receivers just complaining because

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Speaker 1: they don't get the ball. You know, That's that's all

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Speaker 1: I see out of him. You know, once you started

476
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Speaker 1: getting the ball, Creasey, haven't notice they started winning. So

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Speaker 1: I think I can live with it. That's how attitude

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Speaker 1: as long as he's producing, you know. And then when

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Speaker 1: he's producing, he's not causing a problem like Antonio Brown.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's a type player, doesn't matter. He's great problems.

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Speaker 1: I can live with a little bit of mouth if

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Speaker 1: he wants the ball to help us win, is what

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Speaker 1: I'm saying. Well, here's the thing too. You can say

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Speaker 1: he's having problems this year and all of that he was,

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Speaker 1: you know, for all the things we just said. He

486
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Speaker 1: had sixty three receptions this year for eleven hundred and

487
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Speaker 1: thirty yards seventeen almost eighteen yards per reception, along with

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Speaker 1: sixty six and six touchdowns. He produced even in a

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Speaker 1: year when when we're thinking, you know, he wasn't all

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Speaker 1: that happy. So and he was on this contract, you

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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. He was on this big contract

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Speaker 1: and he pulled in sixty three balls for eleven hundred yards.

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Speaker 1: That's you know, Hey, he kept his foot on the

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Speaker 1: gas this year. Yeah. And one thing, back to the

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Speaker 1: money for a second. I just check spot track schedule

496
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Speaker 1: to make fourteen point five million dollars this year. It's

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Speaker 1: a ton of money. That's a contract you just Sammy

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Speaker 1: Watkins deal. Yeah, um, hey, thanks for your call. Gary.

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Speaker 1: The one thing and it look, he's not a bad

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Speaker 1: guy either, and I think Dig's is clearly not a

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Speaker 1: bad guy. He's had some moments in Minnesota. Um, if

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Speaker 1: you're looking for an example of a guy who made

503
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Speaker 1: big money outside for his position, played on the Buffalo

504
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Speaker 1: Bills and did pretty well on the Buffalo Bills, Shady

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Speaker 1: McCoy never created problems here. Really. For as much money

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Speaker 1: as he was paid, as much of a high profile

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Speaker 1: he had, he wasn't really a problem called now he

508
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Speaker 1: had problems off the field, clearly he didn't quite fit

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Speaker 1: into their culture. But um, when he was around here,

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Speaker 1: he was pretty good teammate. I think his teammates would

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Speaker 1: tell you, and his coaches will tell you too. He's

512
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Speaker 1: a pretty good guy to have here. So just an

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Speaker 1: example of a guy different, it's not apples to apples here,

514
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Speaker 1: a little bit older, but an example of a guy

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Speaker 1: who did manage to fit in and didn't create problems,

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Speaker 1: and he had some really good years making a good buck. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's not. He was not a free agent or a

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Speaker 1: trade bust for the Bills. He traded for him. He

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Speaker 1: came in, played and played extremely well for him, put

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Speaker 1: us put together some good years. U. I don't think

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Speaker 1: anybody could look at Shady McCoy in his time here

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Speaker 1: is saying I don't know. He played well. He was

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Speaker 1: the first couple of years they led the league in rushing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he was. He put out for him. Steph

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Speaker 1: Diggs is six foot, one hundred and ninety four pounds.

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Speaker 1: He's not the big tall guy, right. Uh so, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's a fifth round and probably got fifth round physical talent,

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Speaker 1: you know, but he produces he's produced. And then again,

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Speaker 1: we're not just talking about Stefan Diggs and the and

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Speaker 1: the focus of our Twitter pool is not just Stefan Diggs.

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Speaker 1: It's he brings up the question how much are you

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Speaker 1: willing to give up to acquire offensive talent for the Bills,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Stefan Diggs or somebody else to call here

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Speaker 1: from John and Buffalo. Hi, John, go ahead, you're on

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Speaker 1: the air. Hey guys, good afternoon. I'm on the boat

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Speaker 1: of you know, I'm nervous to give up big money

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Speaker 1: or or assets to acquire some skill positions on offense.

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Speaker 1: And it's just guys in the skill positions they make

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Speaker 1: me nervous for being like Premadonnas or problems in the

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Speaker 1: locker room, things like that. I mean, think how close

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Speaker 1: we were to Antonio Brown and look what happened with him.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's just one example. You gave the example

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Speaker 1: of McCoy. I thought even he in the beginning, right

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Speaker 1: when that trade was announced, wasn't he a little skeptical

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Speaker 1: about it? There's something. Yeah, they had to redo his

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Speaker 1: contract before he would settle down, and he was happy.

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Speaker 1: Yet Yeah, this is just the year. I just want

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Speaker 1: to go the route of the draft for that big

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Speaker 1: receiver and just hope that Brown, Beasley and player blank

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Speaker 1: whoever you know they hopefully can get will be enough

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Speaker 1: to take that step forward. And I don't know, if

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Speaker 1: you know, I looked and I saw, you know, I

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Speaker 1: saw AJ Green's on the market, a couple other bigger

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Speaker 1: receivers around the market too, that are injury prone. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, to give up a lot for a

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Speaker 1: skill position player on this offense, that player would have

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Speaker 1: to definitely, for me clear all of McDermott and Brandon Bean's,

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Speaker 1: you know, protocol for being part of this organization, part

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Speaker 1: of this team. Let me ask you this, John, I

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00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: got a question for you, and this is for all

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Speaker 1: the listeners out there. So you got this guy, you

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Speaker 1: got this twenty second pick, and this draft is we're

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Speaker 1: neck deep and wide receivers. And like say, for instance,

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Speaker 1: if they've got to say eight or nine guys that

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Speaker 1: are difference makers in the NFL in this draft, what

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Speaker 1: if six or seven of them are gone by the

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Speaker 1: time they get to twenty two. It's just a big

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Speaker 1: run on it. But and the eighth, seventh, eighth, the

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Speaker 1: ninth receivers in this draft are really more classified like

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Speaker 1: a middle second rounder. So you take this twenty second pick,

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Speaker 1: how basically are you willing to take a twenty second

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Speaker 1: pick of the NFL draft on a guy that was

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Speaker 1: really projected to be a ninety sixth pick of the

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Speaker 1: NFL draft or a sixty third pick of the NFL draft.

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Speaker 1: So you can make sure you get a guy at

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Speaker 1: twenty two, you should be able to get a pretty

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Speaker 1: good guy, I guess, right, But what if you how far?

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Speaker 1: I guess? My question is how far are you willing

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Speaker 1: to stretch with that first pick to get somebody? You're

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Speaker 1: asking me? Yeah, not that far, right, I don't want to,

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Speaker 1: but there in the first round, right, But there's a

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Speaker 1: line there, right, And that's what you really think about

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Speaker 1: when you get this draft. You get this twenty two

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Speaker 1: and you're thinking, I don't know, we just we So

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Speaker 1: do you pick somebody else? Yeah? And then when you

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Speaker 1: get to fifty four, which is the Bill's next pick,

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Speaker 1: do you take a guy who you know? Do you

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Speaker 1: make another stretch as this guy was drafted you know,

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Speaker 1: in the second round? Okay, so well, really this guy's

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Speaker 1: really actually a third, late third, early fourth round, or

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Speaker 1: do you take him at fifty. You know. Now see

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Speaker 1: now you're like, I don't know. Look, they're not desperate

593
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: for good guys. That's desperate for good receivers, for talented receivers.

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Speaker 1: A little bit desperate, not totally desperate. And certainly you're

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Speaker 1: gonna try if you get a guy here and you're

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Speaker 1: getting either, try and move up. You try and move

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Speaker 1: to the spot where you're gonna get the guy at

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Speaker 1: the right spot. Yeah. Right, You're trying to move around,

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Speaker 1: trying to trade up, trade down, trade sideways, gets some picks,

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Speaker 1: and trade sideways, you know, flip the twenty second pick

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Speaker 1: for their for their twenty third pick and their forty

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Speaker 1: sixth pick. Right, So you know, you're trying to trade

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Speaker 1: sideways and still get a guy. And I get all

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Speaker 1: of that, But at some point there's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: question as to whether the guy you get, Like Ed Oliver.

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Speaker 1: Last year, everybody's like, wow, he could have gone fourth

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Speaker 1: or fifth overall, And there was some talk in the

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Speaker 1: years in the months leading up to it, there were

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Speaker 1: times when people had him picked going really high, like

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Speaker 1: in the top five. He follows the bills, you think,

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Speaker 1: and when you pick at Oliver at the bills at

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Speaker 1: number nine. It's like, oh, yeah, we gotta were. Oh

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Speaker 1: that's a value pick almost right, even if it's top ten,

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Speaker 1: he's top ten talent. Well, now the opposite. How far

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Speaker 1: you wanted to drop the obit. He's like, well he's

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Speaker 1: he got him at twenty two. But he actually was

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Speaker 1: really more of like a second day pick. Yeah, you

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Speaker 1: know it's time. I'm exaggerated too much, but yeah, you

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Speaker 1: hit the point. Yeah, so I guess I was. I

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Speaker 1: put a five minute question. Johnny had to go. But

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Speaker 1: you know that's where you're sitting. That's where you're sitting here, right,

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Speaker 1: that's right, and that's all kinds. That's why this He's right,

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Speaker 1: this is a really good Twitter question because you got

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Speaker 1: to make the call. You're the GM and there's only

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Speaker 1: so much you and you're and the gms are limited

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Speaker 1: by other gms. They're not willing to make that deal.

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Speaker 1: You know, you call up with this. Listen, I'll give

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Speaker 1: you a third and a fourth for Steph Diggs and

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Speaker 1: I'll take the contract if I can say no, I'm

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Speaker 1: not doing it. What about a second and a fourth? No,

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing that either, right, what about a second

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Speaker 1: and the third and you know, it keeps going and

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Speaker 1: going until you finally get to a place where he's like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll do that, and said, well, I'm not doing it,

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Speaker 1: you know, right, So that's you know, I'm just scanning

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Speaker 1: through Twitter and we're gonna get to the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: in a moment. Some people are willing to point to

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Speaker 1: the the flirtation with Antonio Brown right around this time

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Speaker 1: last year, maybe eleven months ago, is evidence at the

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Speaker 1: Bills will sacrifice culture for talent. We'll talk about that

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Speaker 1: we come back. We got a couple more calls to take,

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Speaker 1: got more to from the tweetcheat and we have a

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Speaker 1: highly decorated Twitter poll today. How much would you give

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Speaker 1: up to acquire an offensive playmaker? Trade a first round

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Speaker 1: player or first round pick for a player, trade up

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Speaker 1: in the first round in the draft, spend whatever it

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Speaker 1: takes in free agency? What do you think? Eight three

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Speaker 1: Good show today. Ben Volan is gonna update us on

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. He's the senior NFL writer at

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Speaker 1: the Boston Globe. He's coming up at one o'clock and

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Speaker 1: at two o'clock, Greg Rosenthal NFL dot COM's Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL editor. It's going to talk about franchise tag day

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Speaker 1: that's coming up. Is it this week? Was it the

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Speaker 1: other day? I don't know, it's coming up soon. Talking

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Speaker 1: about guys who might be just cut overall in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: in salary cap issues, all of that coming up on

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Speaker 1: the show. We're just getting started in One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. I'll go back one goes

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Speaker 1: live time or if Steve Tasier here until three. A

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Speaker 1: couple of big guests coming up. We got Ben vild

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Speaker 1: In to talk about the Patriots said one, and Greg

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Speaker 1: Rosen ive'll talk about the league in general. The two

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Speaker 1: He Steve greg Olson finally made up his mind last

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Speaker 1: night and he's going to Seattle to play with the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: The veteran tight end signed a one year deal to

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Speaker 1: play with Seattle, which should give you an idea of

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Speaker 1: what his value was. Do they have a number associated

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Speaker 1: with this one year deal worth seven million dollars five

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Speaker 1: and a half guaranteed money? That's that's pretty that's money.

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Speaker 1: That's okay, and I you know what, I know, we

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Speaker 1: always we kind of have thin skin here in Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: and guys don't choose to play in Buffalo. You kind

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Speaker 1: of start looking sideways at him, like, yeah, I get

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Speaker 1: you know, it's because of the weather whatever. But you

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Speaker 1: can look at the Seahawks and the Bills, and you

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Speaker 1: can see what Greg Ols he wants to go and

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Speaker 1: playing with Russell Wilson established cult, you know, and not

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Speaker 1: saying the Bills aren't established, but with a Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: winning quarterback on an offense that wants him make that

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Speaker 1: kind of money. And I'm not saying the Bills did

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Speaker 1: not for more. Maybe they did. But I don't have

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Speaker 1: a problem with Olson, and certainly I think he would

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Speaker 1: have helped this team. He would have helped most teams

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Speaker 1: he went to. But I don't have to I see

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Speaker 1: what he sees with Seattle, right, I mean, there they

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Speaker 1: got a quarterback that throws it and throws it really well,

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Speaker 1: and they win that way and they're kind of set up.

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Speaker 1: Then they went to step Did they score a step

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Speaker 1: further than the Bills this year? So you know there's

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Speaker 1: that too, And so I don't, you know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna hold that against Greg Olson. I get it. It's

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Speaker 1: a it's a business, and five and a half millions,

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Speaker 1: five and a half million, and he's gonna play with

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson on a playoff team. Yeah, one year, one

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Speaker 1: year due. And it's also in the in the in

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Speaker 1: the most difficult division in football. Right now, Yeah, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about Aaron Brown because a couple of people on

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Speaker 1: Twitter and we'll get to more collins and tweets in

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Speaker 1: a minute, have cited that as an example of how

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Speaker 1: the Bills are willing to sacrifice he said, Zach Brown. Oh, oh,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Brown. It's Antonio Antonio Brown, And now I'm totally off.

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Speaker 1: A couple of people have cited about have cited the

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown moved by the Bills last year, which was

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Speaker 1: never consummated, as an example of how the Bills are

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Speaker 1: willing to sacrifice culture for a good player. I get that,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think the Bills were deep into that,

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Speaker 1: And by that I mean I don't think they're talking

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Speaker 1: about a big trade there. I have a sense now

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Speaker 1: almost a year later, they were looking at that as

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Speaker 1: whole Holy cow, we might get this player Antonio Brown

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Speaker 1: for peanuts, right, I think it was something like on

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Speaker 1: the level of the fourth round pick. The Raiders send

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Speaker 1: a third rounder last year and a fifth rounder last

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Speaker 1: year to get him. I don't think the Bills wanted

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Speaker 1: to give up two draft picks again Antonio Brown. They were,

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Speaker 1: they're interested in Antonio Brown, dealt with how little they

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Speaker 1: might be able to sacrifice to bring him there, and

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Speaker 1: that adds perspective to their interest in Antonio Brown. I

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Speaker 1: believe right Raiders got him for a third and a

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Speaker 1: fifth Bills reportedly. I mean we believe. I believe we're

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Speaker 1: talking about like the level of a fourth round player.

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Speaker 1: So maybe that's and it didn't happen because the Raiders

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Speaker 1: gave him two picks, Yeah, of course. I yeah. Earlier

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Speaker 1: on I said that Antonio Brown never said. He did

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Speaker 1: show up for a couple we were watching practice of

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Speaker 1: him as a Raider last year. He didn't show up

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Speaker 1: for It wasn't very much though. He was only there

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Speaker 1: for a handful of days. I think it was really

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Speaker 1: weird how little he showed up over there, and you know,

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Speaker 1: they gave him like this multimillion dollars signing bonus. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was a bad deal. That's a bad year for

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. He's still suffering from the results of it.

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Speaker 1: And he was arguably the best receiver in the league

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Speaker 1: going into last year, or at least coming out of

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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Now where is he not even playing? And

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have a hard time getting back in the league.

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Speaker 1: He totally short circuited, blew up his own career. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: but he said but going into it, he said he

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Speaker 1: didn't need football anymore. And that was a tip off

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Speaker 1: to a lot of people about okay, right, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then it went down hill from there. He had

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Speaker 1: already made a pile of money from the Pittsburgh Steelers,

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Speaker 1: signed a big deal, and had a couple of productive

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Speaker 1: years during that time, and then it just it got

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Speaker 1: untenable and Hittsburgh with his attitude and the stunts he

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Speaker 1: was pulling on and off the field, and and that

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Speaker 1: was it. Yeah, that was it. So how much would

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Speaker 1: you be willing to give up to acquire an offensive playmaker?

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Speaker 1: That's on the Twitter Paul, You can vote in that.

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Speaker 1: You can vote on our tweet sheet and give us

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Speaker 1: a call. We got lines open eight three fifty toll

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Speaker 1: free one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems,

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Speaker 1: the official movers of the Buffalo Bills. I just see

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Speaker 1: this one. I don't know if it's on your tweet sheet,

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Speaker 1: but Paul Hill tweets in your presumption that quote we're

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Speaker 1: desperate for a wide receiver is based on what has

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Speaker 1: mister Bean or coach McDermott told you or is that

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Speaker 1: just our rapid I think he means rabid fan base. No,

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Speaker 1: they haven't told us that. We made an independent calculation

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Speaker 1: on what they need and what they might be looking for.

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Speaker 1: They have both said they haven't told us this. They've

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Speaker 1: told everybody they need to score more points next year

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Speaker 1: and they need an offensive playmaker. So are they desperate

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Speaker 1: for a wide receiver. No, probably not. You're right, I

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Speaker 1: don't know that they're desperate for anything. I think they

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Speaker 1: liked the crew they had this year, and I think

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Speaker 1: that they have to feel like a lot of teams was,

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Speaker 1: particularly in this playoff game against the Houston Texans. You know,

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Speaker 1: they feel like, you know, they need the guys. They

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Speaker 1: have to make one more play somewhere and win the

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Speaker 1: game and move further into the playoffs. Certainly, better players

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Speaker 1: make you better, and that's what they're in the business

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Speaker 1: of doing. They're getting they're in the business of winning games.

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Speaker 1: Better players help you do that. They would like somebody

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Speaker 1: because it was a little bit of a revolving or

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Speaker 1: one of the things. I'm not saying they're desperate either,

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Speaker 1: but one of the things that people noticed was they

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Speaker 1: rotated at the third wide spot Cole Beasley, John Brown

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Speaker 1: and you know Andre Roberts and Isaiah McKenzie and Robert

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Speaker 1: Foster and Duke Williams. So you tell me which position

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Speaker 1: was the most uncertain form and it's pretty self evident.

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Speaker 1: So that's why we're saying it's a wide receiver. And

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Speaker 1: while we're talking about it, and it's not just us,

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Speaker 1: you look out in the national media. Yeah, everybody looks

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Speaker 1: at this team says that's one of the things they need.

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Speaker 1: So they got a young quarterback on his rookie deal.

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Speaker 1: They're trying to support him and give him all the

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Speaker 1: weapons he needs. And another thing we think they need

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Speaker 1: is an upgraded offensive line. They were much better last year,

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Speaker 1: but you've got you want to be dominant, and he

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Speaker 1: takes dominating players to do that. They're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: get some guys who can dominate as many as they

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Speaker 1: can get. And that's so I don't know why you're

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Speaker 1: I don't know why this he tweets that is that

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Speaker 1: how do you know they're dead? Well, then we've been watching. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's that simple. More tweets on the tweet sheet from Daniel.

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Speaker 1: How much would you spend choir offensive talent? Daniel says,

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Speaker 1: I want to pay a free agent or trade for

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Speaker 1: a playmaker, but I also want one in the first

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Speaker 1: or second round of the draft. Can you imagine adding

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Speaker 1: Tee Higgins and Stefan Diggs or Amari Cooper and Chennault

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Speaker 1: or something along those lines. I could imagine it. It

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Speaker 1: could happen, But there's a cost. I mean there's a cost,

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned yesterday, and the guys you're passing in

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Speaker 1: the draft to get those playmakers, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: that they need to. Well, they're gonna they can use too,

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Speaker 1: I guess, but I don't know if they're in desperate

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Speaker 1: need for two. And the cost of salary and trade

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Speaker 1: capital that you know, draft capital that you would need

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Speaker 1: to trade up to get those guys. So yeah, if

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Speaker 1: you do that and then all of a sudden Jordan

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Speaker 1: Phillips leads in free agency, Jack Lawson doesn't resign, and

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Speaker 1: Quentin Spain is gone along with Kevin Johnson. You got,

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Speaker 1: so you got two shiny new wide receivers, and every

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Speaker 1: place else you're starting to deteriorate. I mean, it's a

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Speaker 1: you got to keep all the fifty three balls in

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Speaker 1: the air. You gotta. It's the whole roster. It's not

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Speaker 1: just that one spot. And certainly they could go out

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Speaker 1: and sign a big time free agent. They got the

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Speaker 1: money for it. They could trade up in the draft

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Speaker 1: and get one of those big time guys, and then

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Speaker 1: you okay, then you decide, okay, they're gonna sit John

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Speaker 1: Brown on the bench because somebody's got to come off

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Speaker 1: the field, or they'll sit down running back, or they'll

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Speaker 1: sit down tight end. Dawson Knox has to come off

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Speaker 1: the field and that go four wide or Cole Beasley

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Speaker 1: comes off the field. There's only eleven spots. So you

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Speaker 1: bring two guys in and two of the five wide,

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Speaker 1: two of the five eligible guys have got to come

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Speaker 1: off the field, and you got to decide who that's

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Speaker 1: gonna be. And then you got guys sitting on the

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Speaker 1: bench who don't play special teams and aren't on the

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Speaker 1: field to help you on offense, and so you're you know,

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Speaker 1: you're going down a rabbit hole that's never ending. You

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Speaker 1: want to get there. They're gonna sign a bunch of guys.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna probably come into the training camp with between

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Speaker 1: ten and thirteen wide receivers on the roster, and the

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Speaker 1: top three are gonna be you know, Bob Foster, Cole Beasley,

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Speaker 1: John Brown, and Duke Williams and the rest of them.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's who's gonna be. It's gonna be Isa

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Speaker 1: and Isam McKenzie may or may not be here. He's

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Speaker 1: a restricted free agent. So you know, you can go

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Speaker 1: out and get all these guys, but you want don't

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Speaker 1: want to spend all your assets and all your capital

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Speaker 1: on just that one position. I guess that's the point.

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Speaker 1: And the other thing is and this goes to our

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Speaker 1: Twitter poll from two days ago. We asked a question

851
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Speaker 1: in the Amcy East who's got the biggest to do list?

852
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Speaker 1: And this is exactly what we're talking about. What the

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Speaker 1: Bills have to do in terms of volume and then

854
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: the work they have to do. It doesn't it doesn't

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Speaker 1: compare with what the Dolphins need to do, what they

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Speaker 1: need to add, or what the Jets may need to add.

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Speaker 1: But in terms of important decisions, I think it's as

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Speaker 1: much as anybody. Look, they have to balance the kind

859
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Speaker 1: of consideration Steve talked about. It be great they have

860
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Speaker 1: Amari Cooper and a premium draft pick T Higgins or

861
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 1: two other good wide receivers, but they have to they

862
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: have to balance these things, as Steve said, keep balls

863
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Speaker 1: in the air. They don't want to abandon their defensive

864
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Speaker 1: line and the need for a pass rusher. They don't

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Speaker 1: they might have to replace a tackle up front on

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Speaker 1: the offensive side. It's a tough job for the personnel

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Speaker 1: department this offseason. I think it's tougher than many people think,

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Speaker 1: don't you. Yeah, I think so. It's And it's much

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00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: different than we've talked about this at length last this

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Speaker 1: last week and the week before, where it's a lot

871
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: different atmosphere when you're in this team, you know, in

872
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Speaker 1: this meeting room with an evaluation room with the Bills

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Speaker 1: head coaches and the coaching staff and the scouting staff.

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Speaker 1: This year, it's a much different atmosphere because they gotta

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Speaker 1: they're looking for as good as players as they can get,

876
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Speaker 1: but they don't have a lot of gaping holes. They're

877
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Speaker 1: trying to get better with depth. They're trying to get

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00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: better at certain spots, and it's you know they've they're

879
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: gonna for the first time. Well I say this, you

880
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 1: know it's gonna be a hard roster to make. And

881
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Speaker 1: I'm telling you this, of the nine picks, the last

882
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,960
Speaker 1: three of them are really going to struggle to make

883
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: this team. The last three or four picks of this

884
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: draft for the Buffalo Bills are going to be in

885
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Speaker 1: the second pick of the fifth and the three picks

886
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Speaker 1: in the sixth. They're gonna have a hard time making

887
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,879
Speaker 1: this roster. Hopefully. All Right, we're taking a break. We're

888
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Speaker 1: coming back with more. One Bill's Live, Steve Tansker, John Murphy.

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00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: We're presented by Kalata Health from the Seneca Studio in

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00:42:46,440 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio One Goals Sive

891
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 1: John Murphy and see tasker here to three today. How

892
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: much would you spend? Look, you know that you figure

893
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: the Bills want to get offensive talent, right playmakers. What

894
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: are you willing to give up? That's our question of

895
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 1: the day. A couple of more tweets on this Jack

896
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: tweets and other I would trade a second and a fifth,

897
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 1: maybe a fourth for a guy like Stefan Diggs, but

898
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 1: I would not trade my number twenty two overall, not

899
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 1: like it to happen then Jack, and he goes on

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00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: to say, if we can't make that work, I'd stay

901
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Speaker 1: at twenty two and draft to Chanal, Leviska Chanal from

902
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Speaker 1: Colorado or the best pass rusher, and lose my second

903
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: and use my second and third rounders to get offensive

904
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Speaker 1: weapons in a deep deep class. Here's what I like

905
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: about Jack's tweet, Steve, and I think he articulates what

906
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:41,919
Speaker 1: the Bills are gonna do. They're gonna be flexible. They're

907
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 1: gonna be They're gonna be flexible, and if a pass

908
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Speaker 1: rusher isn't there, or if a court of a wide

909
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Speaker 1: receiver or a pass rusher isn't there at twenty two,

910
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: they'll be flexible. I think Jack's out of it, and

911
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: he talked about some of that flexibility. Stay at twenty two,

912
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,319
Speaker 1: draft Leviska Chanal or the best pass rusher, Okay, use

913
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Speaker 1: my second and third rounders to get offense weapons. I

914
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 1: think that's probably the approach they'll take as they go

915
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Speaker 1: this deep in the draft this year, and yeah, here's

916
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Speaker 1: where you're at. I mean, they're gonna they gotta be flexible,

917
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Speaker 1: and we've got free agency to go through. And here's

918
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Speaker 1: what you hope for as a Bills fan as well.

919
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 1: You hope there's a team out there, like you know,

920
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 1: like the ones that deep, that were deep in the playoffs,

921
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:26,800
Speaker 1: the ones that are behind you and that from twenty

922
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:28,879
Speaker 1: two up to thirty two in the draft, you hope

923
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: one of them is desperate for somebody they can get

924
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,879
Speaker 1: at twenty two. That's what you hope for. You hope

925
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: somebody behind you, somebody has fallen down and you don't

926
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Speaker 1: care about him, and he's fall this player has fallen

927
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: down to the twenty second pick, and you think there's

928
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: somebody behind you, but it's like twenty five or twenty

929
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: thirty two that needs that guy, and they'll jump up.

930
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,160
Speaker 1: They'll flip picks with you and throw you a second

931
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Speaker 1: rounder as well to get that guy. That's what you

932
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: kind of hope for. You hope somebody see something in

933
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 1: somebody that you know is not there. Then you can

934
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Speaker 1: get some value for that pick and pick a guy

935
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Speaker 1: that you like, just flip it back. You're dropped back.

936
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Speaker 1: You've dropped back three picks. Maybe I don't even know

937
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Speaker 1: who twenty five isness draft is irrelevant. What I'm saying

938
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Speaker 1: is you drop back a little bit, still get the

939
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Speaker 1: guy you want and add a pick. So you hope

940
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Speaker 1: you can get in free agency to a spot where

941
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Speaker 1: you're not desperate for anything. And we have yet to

942
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 1: see I mean, we did it last year, but we

943
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 1: got to see him do it right the draft, and

944
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Speaker 1: we'll go to the combine next week. Probably won't get

945
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: many clues, but free agency is now what three and

946
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:37,880
Speaker 1: a half weeks away from opening up March sixteenth. March eighteenth, today, right,

947
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 1: three four weeks from today is the first day you

948
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,839
Speaker 1: can actually sign people. And I think once we get

949
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: through that first week or so a free agency, we'll

950
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: have this whole discussion again. We'll have a better idea

951
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 1: of what the Bills need and what they might use

952
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 1: some of their capital and draft and it might be

953
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: that we think, whoa, you know, they might get a

954
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: starting tackle or a starting guard or a couple of them,

955
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: you know, and say wow, this you know, and they

956
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: may pay them, you know eight digits right. So if

957
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 1: like they did Mitch Morris and we think, hey, well sweet,

958
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 1: you know we're all set now, we can go out

959
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 1: and we can we can focus on these other things.

960
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 1: We can get an edge or maybe they'll get an

961
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,640
Speaker 1: edge rush or whatever. But what we can focus on

962
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: this or that instead of having all this the edge

963
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: rusher or the offensive line, the defensive line, the wide

964
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: receiver in a corner, all those things on our plate,

965
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: we can move it down to just three things we

966
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: need instead of five things. What are the Patriots need?

967
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: What are the Patriots gonna do? We're you gonna talk

968
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,759
Speaker 1: about it with Ben Volin when we come back. He

969
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: covers the Patriots with the Boston Globe dis cover the

970
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 1: NFL for thirteen seasons. He will join us on the

971
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Speaker 1: line when we return. It's One Bill's Live presented by

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00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: Kalada Health Live from the Seneca Studio in Archerd Park,

973
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close Bills Radio Network Stories.

974
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: Update update comes from One Bill's Drive, which is not

975
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: the destination that greg olsen Choe was in his free

976
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: agent search. The former Carolina Panthers tight end agreed to

977
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,000
Speaker 1: terms on the deal with the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks

978
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: and out yesterday. Terms not released. Sources say it's a

979
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: one year deal worth seven million, five and a half guarantee.

980
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:15,839
Speaker 1: Olsen visited with a bill Seattle and Washington felt most

981
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,480
Speaker 1: comfortable with the Seahawks. Tight End was an area of

982
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 1: need for the Seahawks because Olson was released by Carolina.

983
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: His addition will not cost them a compensatory pick. Another

984
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,240
Speaker 1: tight end, Jason Winton, wants to play another NFL season,

985
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: but acknowledges it might have to be with a franchise

986
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,239
Speaker 1: other than the Dallas Cowboys. I think I have to

987
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: be when asked if he's open to play and elsewhere,

988
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 1: I'd like to finish it out there, but he says

989
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: it's not in his control. He met with new Cowboys

990
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 1: head coach Mike McCarthy not long after McCarthy was named

991
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 1: the head coach, and he's had conversation with Cowboys owner

992
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: and GM Jerry Jones as well. Drew Brey's not done yet.

993
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,359
Speaker 1: The Saints quarterback in the NFL's career passing yardage leader,

994
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: will return for a twentieth season. He posted on Instagram

995
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,879
Speaker 1: yesterday He'll make another run of it. Breese turned forty

996
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,839
Speaker 1: one years old in January. Were scheduled to be an

997
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 1: unrestricted free agent March eighteenth. He's made it clear for

998
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: the last several years he has no intention of testing

999
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:06,839
Speaker 1: the open market, so he chose to stay with New Orleans.

1000
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: Minnesota Viking trying to figure out a way to deal

1001
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: away talented wide receivers Stefan Diggs. He had career best

1002
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: numbers for receiving yards and yards per catch last year,

1003
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: but Jiggis is not happy with his role in the

1004
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings offense. According to reports, the relationship took a

1005
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: bad turn after a Week four loss to the Cowboys.

1006
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: Now Joe Brandham headed for free agency. The former Bills

1007
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: linebacker player for the Philadelphia Eagles, decided he's ready to

1008
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,720
Speaker 1: move on. The Eagles declined his option for twenty twenty,

1009
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: making him a free agent. Sabers lost to Ottawa seven

1010
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:38,560
Speaker 1: to four on the road last nine. Brandon Montor had

1011
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 1: two goals in an assist, but the Senators scored four

1012
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: goals in a three and a half minute period at

1013
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: the end of the first period. Sabers next game Saturday

1014
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: afternoon in Pittsburgh. It's a one o'clock face off, and

1015
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: in the NBA, John Beeline leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers as

1016
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 1: head coach after a brief and somewhat tumultuous tenure. There

1017
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: that's the update from One Bill's Life. John Murphy and

1018
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:01,680
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker company from our Seneca studio in Archard Park,

1019
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,560
Speaker 1: and ready to talk. We did the Dolphins, we did

1020
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Speaker 1: the Jets, and now it's time to do the Patriots.

1021
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Speaker 1: Checking in on the Bill's AFC East opponents and dealing

1022
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Speaker 1: right now with the New England Patriots on the line

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00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,320
Speaker 1: with us. Boston Globe senior NFL writer Ben voland Patriots

1024
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,359
Speaker 1: beat reporter. He's covered the NFL for thirteen seasons. He's

1025
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: on the line with us right now. Ben, how are you?

1026
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: John Murphy and Steve task Rupper in Buffalo, Thanks for

1027
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 1: coming on, Yeah, thanks for having me. Just trying to

1028
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,359
Speaker 1: figure out where Tom Brady's gonna play football New Well.

1029
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 1: I was gonna say you started it. Let the record

1030
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: show Ben that you brought it up. We don't want

1031
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,279
Speaker 1: to talk only about Brady, but we have to start there,

1032
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 1: right It is the central question, not just for the Patriots,

1033
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: but for the AFC East, maybe for the entire league

1034
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,440
Speaker 1: where Brady winds up this year, right, Yeah, no question.

1035
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: The Patriots, I think it's a you know, a big

1036
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:50,319
Speaker 1: lynch band between them growing up for other potential Super

1037
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Speaker 1: Bowl run and um, you know, potential building with a

1038
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: new cornerback. And I think for the Buffalo Bills it

1039
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Speaker 1: makes the he's wide open if Brady doesn't come back,

1040
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,920
Speaker 1: but I think the Patriots would obviously be the favorites

1041
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Speaker 1: if he does it. So yeah, it's a huge question,

1042
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Speaker 1: and I think frankly, he's the lynchpan of the entire

1043
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Speaker 1: quarterback marketing free agency from what I've heard, like all

1044
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: the teams that need a quarterback, they're checking up on

1045
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, but first they want to see what's Tom

1046
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: Brady's gonna do. And I think several teams will be

1047
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 1: interested in him. The Chargers, the Raiders are the teams

1048
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 1: that everyone's talking about the fucking years supposedly are going

1049
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:32,879
Speaker 1: to be into Tom Brady. And then there are wild

1050
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: card teams like the Cowboys and Giants and Titans that

1051
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll be making a move. But you know,

1052
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Speaker 1: we've never gone through a free agency like this before.

1053
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:44,200
Speaker 1: I'm not sure in the NFL. I mean, Kirk Cousins

1054
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: had a pretty well on one two years ago. But

1055
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Speaker 1: I think if Brady makes it the free agency and

1056
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Speaker 1: he doesn't return to the Patriots, it's gonna be a

1057
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: pretty crazy few weeks while he designs which team he's

1058
00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 1: going to join. Well, I've I've kind of said all along.

1059
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 1: I think he's probably gonna suit up for the Patriots

1060
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: again this season. Is there any And I don't know

1061
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: what vibe anybody has or anybody knows what his thoughts are,

1062
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 1: But you know, I know he's you know, all the

1063
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 1: stuff about him selling his house and his personal life

1064
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,120
Speaker 1: is starting to point toward being ready to move or

1065
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 1: go somewhere else. Could all that be posturing from Tom Brady?

1066
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: How What are the chances that he's just kind of

1067
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: putting the screws to the management at New England at

1068
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:24,320
Speaker 1: one at Patriot Place and saying, listen, I'm ready to

1069
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,279
Speaker 1: do this. You better step up now. I agree with

1070
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:31,120
Speaker 1: you that Mike Good tells you that Brady returns that, yes,

1071
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 1: that a lot of this is posturing. You know, I'm

1072
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:37,239
Speaker 1: gonna go to free agency. I'm gonna go, you know,

1073
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 1: have teams come visit me and if you guys, don't,

1074
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,880
Speaker 1: you know, come to the table here. Uh. And the

1075
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:47,680
Speaker 1: soft deadline is March seventeen. That's the day at four

1076
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 1: o'clock Brady's contract will void and it becomes a pretty

1077
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 1: nice salary cap penalty for the Patriots if that contract boyd. So,

1078
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,359
Speaker 1: I think they've got to figure out what they're gonna

1079
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 1: do before free agency. Now. I don't think he's putting

1080
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: his house up for sale, you know, biposter, and I

1081
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: think that's for real. And I think his wife and

1082
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 1: his family probably want to be closer to New York

1083
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: or not necessarily live in Massachusetts anymore. I probably want

1084
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:16,320
Speaker 1: to live in a more international city and you know,

1085
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: New York Miami, a more world class kind of place.

1086
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:24,279
Speaker 1: But you know, I still do think at the end

1087
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,600
Speaker 1: that Brady will realize that. I think, if you if

1088
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,359
Speaker 1: winning is a priority, winning the Super Bowl, I still

1089
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,759
Speaker 1: think the Patriots, you know, with Bill Belichick and a

1090
00:52:32,840 --> 00:52:35,600
Speaker 1: good defense and he's got Julian Edelman and Josh McDaniels,

1091
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: the Patriots are still the best place to do it.

1092
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: And I think Robert Kraft will step up at the

1093
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:43,520
Speaker 1: last minute and come with a real offer and figure

1094
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: out Whady to keep Tom Brady because it would just

1095
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:49,520
Speaker 1: be too weird and too unpopular for the Patriots to

1096
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,920
Speaker 1: let Brady go finish his career somewhere else. And then

1097
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:54,720
Speaker 1: how much you talk, we'd talk about everybody talks about

1098
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 1: the Patriots stepping up. We talk about making you know,

1099
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:00,880
Speaker 1: money available to Brady or stepping up in terms of

1100
00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,040
Speaker 1: building the roster around him. Which is more important to

1101
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 1: Tom Brady at this point, well, definitely the roster. And

1102
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 1: and I'd say money is even third. Just you know

1103
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,680
Speaker 1: my hunch at this point, not I was telling you this,

1104
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 1: but I think money is the third priority. I think

1105
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:19,360
Speaker 1: getting teammates around him is a top priority. And I

1106
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:21,319
Speaker 1: think a commitment is a priority. I think he wants

1107
00:53:21,360 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 1: more than one year. And you know, he said over

1108
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,480
Speaker 1: and over he wants to play until his forty five.

1109
00:53:25,560 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 1: That's two or three more seasons. Um and the and

1110
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:30,840
Speaker 1: the and the Patriots have I think, you know, rightly

1111
00:53:30,960 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 1: been going year to year with Brady, especially because he

1112
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,160
Speaker 1: hasn't shown that, you know, utmost commitment to the last

1113
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: couple years. He's been the only quarterback in the NFL

1114
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 1: to skip boats as Yeah, so you know, I think

1115
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots have been you know, correct to go year

1116
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: to year with Brady at his age and to take

1117
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: things one year at a time. And I think what

1118
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: Brady's looking for any of these teams is at least

1119
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:54,480
Speaker 1: two years. And we'll see if the Patriots step up

1120
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,160
Speaker 1: to the plate. I think other teams, I think the Raiders,

1121
00:53:57,280 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: the Chargers would probably be willing to do that, or

1122
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,319
Speaker 1: maybe the Buccaneers as well, and then we'll see if

1123
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,360
Speaker 1: does Brady is out where Brady goes and you know,

1124
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,239
Speaker 1: does Brady just want to each challenge too? Like after

1125
00:54:07,360 --> 00:54:09,279
Speaker 1: twenty years with Belichick, does you just want to try

1126
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: something else? And I don't know if anyone could blame

1127
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: him for that. I think it's unfortunate that after they

1128
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 1: got rid of Garoppolo, though, that you know, when they

1129
00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,479
Speaker 1: kind of mortage the future for Brady, that we've reached

1130
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: this point that it should be harmonious between the team

1131
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,560
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady and it's clearly not. And that I

1132
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 1: think is what's upsetting is that this, you know, they

1133
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 1: it shouldn't be let Brady right off into the sunset,

1134
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: and you shouldn't be having to do this with your

1135
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,439
Speaker 1: forty two year old franchise quarterbacks. You mentioned the March

1136
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: seventeenth deadline. Give us this, Give us the specifics of

1137
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:42,920
Speaker 1: what happens March seventeenth and what happens to the Patriots

1138
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:46,000
Speaker 1: if that contract is voided, all of the stuff. What

1139
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,240
Speaker 1: is at the end of this contract on March seventeenth,

1140
00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:51,200
Speaker 1: and what happens or does it mean? Sure, so Brady

1141
00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 1: and August signed a three year deal, but it was

1142
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,720
Speaker 1: really a one year deal and the last two years

1143
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:01,279
Speaker 1: automatically void. And that void date is March seventeens at

1144
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:04,040
Speaker 1: four pm, like the last day of the league year,

1145
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:07,800
Speaker 1: and that's when that starts. So you know, with this

1146
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 1: contract last year, they keep pushing the money down the road,

1147
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:12,959
Speaker 1: and I think it is smart because the tax keeps

1148
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:15,680
Speaker 1: increasing every year, so they keep pushing the money down

1149
00:55:15,719 --> 00:55:19,440
Speaker 1: the road. And so Brady already, even if he's he

1150
00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: starts with a six point seven five million dollars dead

1151
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 1: money hit and if that contract voids, another six point

1152
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: seven five hits. So if that contract void the four PM,

1153
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots have to take a thirteen and a half

1154
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:34,080
Speaker 1: a million dollars dead money hit on Tom Brady on

1155
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:36,600
Speaker 1: their salary account, which makes it much more difficult to

1156
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:38,320
Speaker 1: bring him back because you have the factor that is

1157
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 1: that any contracts get assigned and add that thirteen and

1158
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: a half million. Now, if they can agree to a

1159
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,799
Speaker 1: two year deal before that March seventeen, they can still

1160
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 1: spread that thirteen and a half over multiple years. So

1161
00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: they account for six point seven five this year and

1162
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,279
Speaker 1: six point seven five next year. They can't spread it

1163
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:57,480
Speaker 1: out in any skinner than that, but you know they're

1164
00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: looking at almost it's almost seven million dollars. Sure that

1165
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:03,440
Speaker 1: would hit the cap as just as dead money, and

1166
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: then you wouldn't have a quarterback, and then you have

1167
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:06,840
Speaker 1: to figure out if you're going to be trading for

1168
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:09,440
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton or just drafting a guy or what have you.

1169
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:13,240
Speaker 1: So for the Patriots, it makes it, you know, almost

1170
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 1: not impossible, but much much more difficult if that contract

1171
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,440
Speaker 1: does boy the March seventeenth. But they can agree to

1172
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,360
Speaker 1: a new deal before any time before that time, and

1173
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 1: if they make it over two years, they could spread

1174
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: that money out a little bit and send it out.

1175
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: With Ben Villen, Boston Globe Senior NFL writer, I promised Ben,

1176
00:56:30,239 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: we're not going to focus only on Brady here, but

1177
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:35,920
Speaker 1: I do have at least one more question, Bob Kraft,

1178
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 1: how much of a factor is he and how our

1179
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: Craft and Belichick on the same page when it comes

1180
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: to Tom Brady and the future? What do you think

1181
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:46,359
Speaker 1: you know we'll see. I think Belichick, if you told

1182
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:47,800
Speaker 1: him he had to move on, I think he'd be

1183
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,319
Speaker 1: okay with it. I think Burke Belichick is also okay

1184
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,399
Speaker 1: with bringing Brady back. I think he realizes they don't

1185
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: really have a succession plan. Yeah, they could trade for

1186
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 1: an Andy Dalton or Marcus Mariotta. You know, they can

1187
00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,279
Speaker 1: make it work. But I think if they want to

1188
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 1: win next year and their schedule is very difficult with

1189
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 1: all these West Coast road trips and a lot of

1190
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:09,399
Speaker 1: plane flight that you know, Brady is clearly their best

1191
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,320
Speaker 1: bet to win next year, so you know Craft is

1192
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:13,800
Speaker 1: kind of a wild card. You're hearing a lot of

1193
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: reports right now about how this is strictly a Belichick decision,

1194
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,200
Speaker 1: and I can't help but think that's the Patriots finding

1195
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:23,600
Speaker 1: the perception that Craft mettled with the Jimmy Garoppolo to

1196
00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:27,000
Speaker 1: see in and there was that lengthy estan the magazine

1197
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:30,080
Speaker 1: article from Seth Wickersham and Don Van Nado where they

1198
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:34,160
Speaker 1: detailed how Craft basically ordered the trade of Garopplo and

1199
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:37,760
Speaker 1: outstanding explicitly. But you know, forth Belichick hand and forced

1200
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: him to get rid of Garoppolo, and I think the

1201
00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:42,000
Speaker 1: Patriots are very sensitive to that notion. So you know,

1202
00:57:42,040 --> 00:57:44,800
Speaker 1: you're gonna hear a lot about how Belichick he's making

1203
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: the decision. But I think, of course Kraft is going

1204
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:48,800
Speaker 1: to be involved in the owner and this is the

1205
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:52,000
Speaker 1: most important decision with the most important player, with Tom Brady.

1206
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,840
Speaker 1: And you know, after off the Belichick, I think they

1207
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:59,040
Speaker 1: probably would have moved on two years ago. But Brady

1208
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:00,960
Speaker 1: has meant a lot to this and this and to

1209
00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 1: this ownership and to the coach as well, and and uh,

1210
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:07,520
Speaker 1: you know, I think everyone's been happy so far to

1211
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 1: let Brady you know, kind of play out as long

1212
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:13,000
Speaker 1: as he wants. And so that's why it's it's sad

1213
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: to me. The strange is that now at this point,

1214
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 1: just two years after training Ry Garoppolo, here here we

1215
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: are where they're kind of you know, negotiating and battling

1216
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:22,640
Speaker 1: a little bit here of the contract that should be

1217
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:26,160
Speaker 1: a lot more harmonious than it has been. But you know,

1218
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:27,840
Speaker 1: at the end of the day. I still think Kraft

1219
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: and Crofts and Belichick together will probably step up at

1220
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,600
Speaker 1: the last minute if the Craft will be involved, and

1221
00:58:33,520 --> 00:58:35,360
Speaker 1: you know, he can try to distance himself from this,

1222
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: but if Brady leaves, Kraft's gonna get a lot of

1223
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 1: the blame, and I think he realizes that. So uh

1224
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:43,920
Speaker 1: he I think is definitely going to be very involved

1225
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,680
Speaker 1: in the One of the things I also want to

1226
00:58:45,720 --> 00:58:47,520
Speaker 1: ask you about it, particularly in the year like this

1227
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:51,160
Speaker 1: where you've got Philip Rivers out there, Andy Dalton is

1228
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:54,720
Speaker 1: on out there. Um, Teddy Bridgewater looks like he may

1229
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:57,080
Speaker 1: be available if he wants to leave and find someplace

1230
00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 1: to play. This may be the year where in New

1231
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,160
Speaker 1: England really doesn't have to panic to find a guy

1232
00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:06,080
Speaker 1: to replace Tom Brady that at least has some experience,

1233
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:09,920
Speaker 1: and not only experience, but playoff experience. So uh, Bill

1234
00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: Belichick can't be sitting there on pins and needles thinking

1235
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 1: there's no way he can ever replace a forty two

1236
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 1: year old guy. Um, you know it is particularly a

1237
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:20,960
Speaker 1: guy who he's seen play as much as he has

1238
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:23,360
Speaker 1: some of the names I mentioned, So they've got to

1239
00:59:23,400 --> 00:59:26,000
Speaker 1: be in a better spot now than they would have been,

1240
00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:29,360
Speaker 1: say five years ago. Yeah, that's probably true. This is

1241
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: a good year to need like a Bridge quarterback science

1242
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:35,960
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridge Water for twenty million dollars or Tree for

1243
00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, which would be interesting today. How did a

1244
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:44,400
Speaker 1: guy like Andy Dalton do when you take him from

1245
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: a bad organization like the Bengals and put him in

1246
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,280
Speaker 1: a good one like the Patriots and put him with

1247
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:51,680
Speaker 1: some good coaching. So that would be fascinating to see

1248
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. You know, again, there's like Marcus Mariota, can

1249
00:59:55,360 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 1: Dooton could be available. Um, so absolutely there are options.

1250
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: But I mean none of those guys are Tom Brady,

1251
01:00:01,960 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 1: and I don't I think you're just kind of biding

1252
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:06,680
Speaker 1: time with those guys until you figure out Italy what

1253
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:09,200
Speaker 1: you really want to do. And they don't have the

1254
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:11,920
Speaker 1: best draft capital this year. They trade away their second

1255
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 1: round pick for Mohammed Sanu last year. So the Patriots

1256
01:00:15,560 --> 01:00:18,800
Speaker 1: have just two of the top ninety six raft picks

1257
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,760
Speaker 1: so far. So it's not like they can you know,

1258
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 1: package picks together and go get it going. You know,

1259
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: maybe someone falls to them, maybe they're able to trade

1260
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:29,440
Speaker 1: up enough to get someone they I don't think this

1261
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,360
Speaker 1: is the year to go get a quarterback, especially when

1262
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:36,120
Speaker 1: they're scheduled. They're at Kansas, at Seattle proved such to

1263
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: La at Houston, they got the Ravens in the forty

1264
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 1: nine ers at home. It's a very difficult kids who

1265
01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:44,840
Speaker 1: arguably the toughest in the NFL, and if they want

1266
01:00:44,880 --> 01:00:47,919
Speaker 1: to win a seven super Bowl, none of those guys

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Speaker 1: are as good as Tom Brady. And even though Brady

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Speaker 1: had it down season, I think he put better weapons

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Speaker 1: around him and he's still a Championship Caliper quarterback. So

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Speaker 1: I think I think the team realizes that, and I

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Speaker 1: think they want Tom Brady back, but they're not going

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Speaker 1: to do anything crazy either, and they're not gonna pay

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Speaker 1: him thirty five million dollars or what have you. So

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Speaker 1: I just think, you know, they're kind of ditting to

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Speaker 1: wait and see approach, seeing what Tom Brady can come

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01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,480
Speaker 1: back from the combine with and what the market's going

1277
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:15,720
Speaker 1: to be, and don't act accordingly. But you're right, they

1278
01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 1: can go get Teddy Bridgewater to keep the seat warm

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Speaker 1: for a couple of years and maybe he does develop

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Speaker 1: into live with Ben Volin Buston Globe Senior NFL writer,

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Speaker 1: You're not going to get much sympathy here about schedule, Ben.

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01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 1: The Bills have a tough one coming up too, with

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Speaker 1: trips to San Francisco and Tennessee and their home against

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Speaker 1: Kansas City and Seattle and Pittsburgh. But aside from that,

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Speaker 1: we're not going to talk about Brady anymore. Ben. Let

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Speaker 1: me ask you this. Three linebackers on a very good

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Speaker 1: Patriots defense last year scheduled to hit free agency, right

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Speaker 1: with Jamie Collins, Kyle Vannoy and the land and Roberts.

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Speaker 1: Are they all three in the plans? They all three

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Speaker 1: coming back? You think? I think it'd probably be difficult

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Speaker 1: to retain all three. The guy that will probably be

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Speaker 1: the toughest will be Kyle van Noy. He's younger, this

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01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 1: is his first real fight a free agency. He signed

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01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,920
Speaker 1: a contract attension with the Patriots last time. I think

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01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:07,800
Speaker 1: he's looking forward to seeing what's out there on the market.

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Speaker 1: The guy was his versatility, you know, a true three

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Speaker 1: down player who can rush the passer and playing coverage

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Speaker 1: as well. I think I think Van Nois might get

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Speaker 1: some good offers out there, and I think the Patriots

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01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 1: might say thank you for the service, but we're not

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Speaker 1: going to match Collins Is over thirty, he's already had

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01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:27,080
Speaker 1: that good free agency bite, so I would think they

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01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:30,040
Speaker 1: could probably bring him back for a year or two

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01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:34,280
Speaker 1: at fairly reasonable numbers. And Alanton Roberts also is really

1305
01:02:34,560 --> 01:02:37,240
Speaker 1: a backed up special team you know, twenty snapped the

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01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:39,040
Speaker 1: game kind of guy. I don't think he'll be getting

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01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 1: huge offers, so I expect them to be able to

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01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:43,920
Speaker 1: keep at least two of them. You know, maybe the

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01:02:44,040 --> 01:02:48,000
Speaker 1: market around Van Noois doesn't materialize like I'm expecting you well,

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Speaker 1: but I think they probably take good bye to him.

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01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: But I think they should bring back Jamie Collins because

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Speaker 1: otherwise they're gonna be looking at making, you know, having

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01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 1: to make several major additions to a defense that was

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Speaker 1: one of the best in the league last year. And

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Speaker 1: what about the offensive side of the ball. They're they're

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01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:06,160
Speaker 1: like Buffalo looking for playmakers, right, and they don't. As

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01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 1: you said, the draft capital is really not there. They

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01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,000
Speaker 1: thought they were getting somebody in Mohamed Sanu, but they

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01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:13,560
Speaker 1: need big time playmakers just like the Bills do, don't

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Speaker 1: they They do. Almost all of their needs are on offense,

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Speaker 1: and I mean it starts at quarterback because we don't

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Speaker 1: know what they're doing there. Really, the only position that

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Speaker 1: I think is pretty sound right now is running back.

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01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:28,480
Speaker 1: You know, Sonny Michelle, James White, Rex Burke, had Damian Harris.

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01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:31,920
Speaker 1: I expect those guys to all return um wide receiver

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01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:34,480
Speaker 1: that they really only need one guy. You know, you're

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Speaker 1: bringing back Edelman, nikkil Harry last year, last year's first

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01:03:38,160 --> 01:03:40,640
Speaker 1: round pick. Now he's got a season under his bell.

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01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:42,960
Speaker 1: Now he'll have a full off season, hopefully doesn't get

1330
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Speaker 1: injury again. I still think that they like his future,

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01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:49,720
Speaker 1: and Mohammed Sanu will have an off season thin thing

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Speaker 1: for him. I think, hopefully a more uncomfortable. They just

1333
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Speaker 1: need that one more receiver. And you know, I was

1334
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,720
Speaker 1: talking about Trey Frodel packam a Go, signed h J Gread,

1335
01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:00,760
Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson from the Jets, and end up comes up.

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Speaker 1: Those are all fine option. The guy I want, though,

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01:04:03,920 --> 01:04:07,920
Speaker 1: is Emanuel Sanders. The Patriots have liked him for several

1338
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:09,920
Speaker 1: years now, and I think at his age thirty three

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01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,120
Speaker 1: years old, he will command a huge contract. But I

1340
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:14,160
Speaker 1: think he saw some good football in him, and so

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01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:17,640
Speaker 1: if you bring Brady back, I think Emmanuel Sanders would

1342
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: fill out the receiving core nicely. I think they need

1343
01:04:21,720 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 1: offensive line help as always. They might lose their left

1344
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:26,320
Speaker 1: guard Joe Two, need to a big tree agent contract.

1345
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,640
Speaker 1: And then tight end. They did nothing last year to

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01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 1: replace Rob Gronkowski. I think they need to double up

1347
01:04:31,800 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 1: on tight end in the draft. You know, they should

1348
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:37,680
Speaker 1: make the play for Austin Hooper or Hunter Henry, the

1349
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:41,080
Speaker 1: two big free agents that are there. Maybe Jimmy Graham

1350
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:44,000
Speaker 1: becomes a salary cap casualty. Maybe he's the guy that

1351
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:46,920
Speaker 1: they could bring in and give Tom Brady another weapon

1352
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:48,720
Speaker 1: in the red zone. So they just need a lot

1353
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:53,000
Speaker 1: of pieces on offense across the board, and pretty much

1354
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Speaker 1: the only position I think that stage is running back.

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Speaker 1: Give us an idea of where do you think they'll

1356
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:00,360
Speaker 1: do in the draft? You tell us save trade away

1357
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:04,760
Speaker 1: their pick for Mohammed Sanu. What does everybody have? What

1358
01:05:04,840 --> 01:05:08,400
Speaker 1: do the mock drafts have the Patriots doing. I haven't

1359
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:10,400
Speaker 1: looked too deeply at the mock drafts yet. I mean

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01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:12,400
Speaker 1: we're not even at the combine the Patriots, But we

1361
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 1: have a twenty third pick, which they had last year

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01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:18,320
Speaker 1: as well. They easing on a two years ago. They're

1363
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:22,080
Speaker 1: using on Isaiah wind the left tackle and guard for them.

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01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 1: You know, I think we need this is kind of

1365
01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: a cop altum. We need to see how free agents

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01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:30,920
Speaker 1: to shake out to see what their biggest needs they're

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01:05:30,920 --> 01:05:33,440
Speaker 1: gonna be. But you know, obviously quarterback, they're gonna be

1368
01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:35,960
Speaker 1: in the market for all these guys. Even if Brady

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01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:38,520
Speaker 1: does come back, they probably need to draft someone. If

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Speaker 1: not this year, then definitely next year. And they've got

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Speaker 1: to figure out the future at that position. You know,

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Speaker 1: will it be a receiver. I like the idea of

1373
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,600
Speaker 1: them doubling up at tight end, especially in the third round.

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Speaker 1: Pick is number eighty seven. That was the rock number.

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01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:54,280
Speaker 1: I just feel that feels right with you. It just

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Speaker 1: seven fifty to use it on a tight end. And

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Speaker 1: then they do have like they're gonna have four or

1378
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:01,880
Speaker 1: five picks picked round two or three into seven. They're

1379
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,080
Speaker 1: gonna have a bunch at in the late round. So

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01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 1: they need these picks to hit this year. The Patriots

1381
01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:09,600
Speaker 1: have not drafted that well in recent years. Some of

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01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,000
Speaker 1: that because they're more veteran late team and they want

1383
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 1: guys who can perform now and they're not as much

1384
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:17,760
Speaker 1: into drafting and developing. But you know, they're one of

1385
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 1: the oldest rosters in the league and it's not getting

1386
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,160
Speaker 1: any younger, and they just it's time to start hitting on.

1387
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: They do have like twelve little rold draft picks. There's

1388
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:27,920
Speaker 1: not many in the top of the draft right now,

1389
01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,320
Speaker 1: but they need to start finding more guys to you know,

1390
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:33,160
Speaker 1: replenish the roster a little bit because it's getting old

1391
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 1: and it's getting a little stale. Man, I got one

1392
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:39,040
Speaker 1: more for you, and it's, um, it's about personnel decision making.

1393
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:42,120
Speaker 1: Nick Assario got a contract extension. He's been around there

1394
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,400
Speaker 1: for twenty years now. They have let guys go in

1395
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:46,680
Speaker 1: the pass Pioli and others. They let them go. But

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01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:49,720
Speaker 1: why is it that Nick Cassarrio is viewed as an

1397
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:54,080
Speaker 1: essential part of their personnel decision making. Yeah, he's just

1398
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:58,240
Speaker 1: he's fully intertwined in what they do between um, you know,

1399
01:06:58,360 --> 01:07:01,800
Speaker 1: scouting and taking a lot of the negotiating the contract

1400
01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:05,440
Speaker 1: Sextra Serio's name not Belichick, you know, on a lot

1401
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:09,520
Speaker 1: of the contracts his signature, so you know he's running

1402
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:12,880
Speaker 1: the both the college and the pro scouting department. And

1403
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 1: then he's a coach on the field. He was a

1404
01:07:15,040 --> 01:07:18,280
Speaker 1: wide receivers coach. At one point, he was a college quarterback,

1405
01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:21,720
Speaker 1: or they used his arm and practice or drills. They

1406
01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 1: used him during games in the press box, he's got

1407
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:27,120
Speaker 1: his binoculars on. He's helping, you know, the offensive staff

1408
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:30,480
Speaker 1: spot the ball thirty five yard line left cash second

1409
01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:33,600
Speaker 1: and eight. You know they're bringing in an extra nickel

1410
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:36,560
Speaker 1: defender Like Nick is just so intertwined with everything they do.

1411
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:39,360
Speaker 1: And they've lost a lot of guys the last few years.

1412
01:07:39,440 --> 01:07:43,680
Speaker 1: Just a lot of coaches have left. Brian Flores, Matt Patricia,

1413
01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: they brought some guys with them. They lost Jackie Easter

1414
01:07:46,840 --> 01:07:50,120
Speaker 1: be a key front office guy to the Houston Texans.

1415
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: They've lost the scout. You can't have. You can't lose

1416
01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 1: too many guys. And even though they've led a lot

1417
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,200
Speaker 1: of guys out the door, they've retained the key guys.

1418
01:07:57,280 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: They've brought back Josh mcchaniel and Casio. They haven't left

1419
01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:04,240
Speaker 1: either of those guys lead. So I just think he's

1420
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: too valuable and they recognize that. And I don't think

1421
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:09,480
Speaker 1: this is too much of a long term thing, probably

1422
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 1: just a few years and then Nick Cassario will again

1423
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 1: reevaluate where he did in his career and whether they

1424
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 1: want to keep going with the Patriots or you know,

1425
01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:19,680
Speaker 1: find something elsewhere. But I think he likes continuity, and

1426
01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:22,080
Speaker 1: I think the craft stepped up to the play was

1427
01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:26,120
Speaker 1: a good offer and they recognize talent and Casaria the

1428
01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:27,559
Speaker 1: guy who don't want to let him walk out the door.

1429
01:08:28,439 --> 01:08:29,680
Speaker 1: One last thing, I got to talk to you and

1430
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:31,880
Speaker 1: go back to the quarterbacks. Philip Rivers was released from

1431
01:08:31,920 --> 01:08:34,200
Speaker 1: the Chargers. It looks like he wants to play another year,

1432
01:08:34,280 --> 01:08:36,840
Speaker 1: wants to land somewhere on his feet. But even if

1433
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:39,400
Speaker 1: his career did in today, what are your thoughts about

1434
01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:41,320
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers and his place in the Hall of Fame.

1435
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:44,360
Speaker 1: That's a great question. I just write about that in

1436
01:08:44,439 --> 01:08:48,400
Speaker 1: my Sunday column the other day. Like my initial cut says, No,

1437
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:50,679
Speaker 1: I don't think Philip Rivers is a Hall of Famer,

1438
01:08:50,720 --> 01:08:53,000
Speaker 1: and I just have a high standard for a Hall

1439
01:08:53,040 --> 01:08:54,840
Speaker 1: of Famer. I really think it should be the best

1440
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:57,280
Speaker 1: of the best, and Rivers has been very good for

1441
01:08:57,479 --> 01:09:00,200
Speaker 1: a long time, but has never been named at all row,

1442
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:02,960
Speaker 1: which is the top two quarterbacks in a given year,

1443
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 1: and then obviously only went to one AFC Championship game,

1444
01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:08,160
Speaker 1: never made it to a super Bowl, so it just

1445
01:09:08,280 --> 01:09:10,840
Speaker 1: doesn't have the accolade, but I think if you look

1446
01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:14,559
Speaker 1: at precedent, he does deserve it, and his perfect com

1447
01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:17,920
Speaker 1: is Dan Fouts, another San Diego Charger about who put

1448
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:19,920
Speaker 1: up a ton of yards, had great stats, was a

1449
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:22,640
Speaker 1: great leader for the Chargers, but only played in two

1450
01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:26,200
Speaker 1: AFSC Championship games, never won a Super Bowl, and never

1451
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:29,320
Speaker 1: you know, really had the team success. So it's like,

1452
01:09:29,439 --> 01:09:31,240
Speaker 1: if he's in and he was a first ballot Hall

1453
01:09:31,240 --> 01:09:34,080
Speaker 1: of Famer, then I think Rivers probably deserves it too.

1454
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:36,400
Speaker 1: And Warren Moon's another guy. He never made it to

1455
01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:38,000
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. He's in the Hall of Fame, So

1456
01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:40,719
Speaker 1: I think if you base it off precedent, Philip Rivers

1457
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:44,000
Speaker 1: probably belongs. Ben, how did it feel answering questions about

1458
01:09:44,040 --> 01:09:47,640
Speaker 1: anything other but Tom Brady? It's fine. I like it.

1459
01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 1: I mean what everyone wants to talk about, and I

1460
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: definitely enjoy that you guys want to talk about. Thanks, Ben,

1461
01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:56,599
Speaker 1: really appreciate you coming on. Thanks Ben, all right, Thanks

1462
01:09:56,720 --> 01:09:59,040
Speaker 1: thanks a lot, guys. Ben Violin, the senior NFL writer

1463
01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:01,800
Speaker 1: for the Boston Globe Patriots Beat reporters, covered the league

1464
01:10:01,840 --> 01:10:04,400
Speaker 1: for thirteen seasons. A lot of good stuff there. It's

1465
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:08,080
Speaker 1: look primarily about Brady. I understand that the Patriots offseason,

1466
01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:10,120
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of stuff going on there, and

1467
01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:12,400
Speaker 1: it struck me a couple of times during that interview

1468
01:10:12,479 --> 01:10:16,200
Speaker 1: with Ben Bolin Steve how the Patriots have many similar

1469
01:10:16,240 --> 01:10:19,320
Speaker 1: issues the Bills have lack of offensive playmakers. They draft

1470
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:22,439
Speaker 1: twenty three, the Bills draft twenty two. Then talk about

1471
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:25,919
Speaker 1: their tough schedule. The Bills play almost identical, almost identical

1472
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,439
Speaker 1: schedules and not in They won twelve last year, the

1473
01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: Bills won ten. They are one and two in the

1474
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:32,800
Speaker 1: AFC East, and I think that's gonna be even the

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Speaker 1: same regardless of whether Brady is there. I still think

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01:10:36,120 --> 01:10:37,680
Speaker 1: Patriots and Bills are going to be one and two

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Speaker 1: in the division. In some way, maybe the Bills are

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01:10:40,280 --> 01:10:42,840
Speaker 1: on top, Patriots are number two. Yeah, I would, Yeah,

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01:10:43,320 --> 01:10:47,080
Speaker 1: you gotta. That's certainly the way it looks today in February.

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01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:49,599
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of things can change. I'd love

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01:10:49,640 --> 01:10:51,600
Speaker 1: to see what these teams are going to do in

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01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:54,519
Speaker 1: free agency. But the Patriots are for all of us here.

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01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:57,600
Speaker 1: We watched those guys since since Bill Belichick has been

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01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:02,479
Speaker 1: running the show over there, you get this feeling it's

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01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:04,760
Speaker 1: such a doom and gloom attitude when we talk about

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01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:06,400
Speaker 1: them from here in western New York, because you think

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01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,560
Speaker 1: they could line up a bunch of donut makers and

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01:11:10,120 --> 01:11:13,160
Speaker 1: win ten games, right, And you know there's a lot

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01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:15,000
Speaker 1: of guys over there you never heard of before they

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01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:17,040
Speaker 1: landed on the Patriots roster and then they end up,

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01:11:17,080 --> 01:11:20,519
Speaker 1: you know, having great careers for the Patriots and never

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01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:22,719
Speaker 1: going anyplace else. You never hear a thing about them. Again,

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01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:26,439
Speaker 1: It's um, it's the strangest thing when you see their

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01:11:26,560 --> 01:11:28,559
Speaker 1: rosters compared to everybody else and how they do their

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01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 1: personnel stuffs, because it really does seem like it doesn't

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01:11:32,160 --> 01:11:34,280
Speaker 1: matter who's gonna line up over That's why that quarterback

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Speaker 1: quarterback thing with Brady, Yeah, it's interesting because it's Tom

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01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:38,960
Speaker 1: Brady and we've seen him for twenty two decades. But

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Speaker 1: when teddy Bridge Teddy Bridgewater lands over there, or or

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Speaker 1: Andy Dalton lands over there, or Marcus Mariota lands over there,

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01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 1: they're gonna be tough to beat, you just know it.

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01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:52,599
Speaker 1: Not as tough, though not as tough. He's a difference maker.

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01:11:53,439 --> 01:11:57,479
Speaker 1: Is the greatest quarterback. Yeah, you know what, they'll they'll

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01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:59,679
Speaker 1: be top one or two in the division. Their quarter

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01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:02,280
Speaker 1: will do what the quarterback is. But no Brady makes

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01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:05,599
Speaker 1: a difference. Come out their cornerback different. Their quarterback won't

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01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:07,240
Speaker 1: be as tough, but their team will be just as

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01:12:07,320 --> 01:12:09,120
Speaker 1: tough to beat. You know, they'll find a way to win.

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01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:11,400
Speaker 1: They always do. That's what they do, and it's that's

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01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:14,439
Speaker 1: so there's no whole horark. That's the hallmark of Bill Belichick.

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01:12:14,520 --> 01:12:16,080
Speaker 1: No hope for us. We had a really good team

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01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:17,880
Speaker 1: this year. They beat us twice. No hope for us.

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01:12:18,479 --> 01:12:21,639
Speaker 1: There's always hope. You don't You sound like that you're

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01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:24,479
Speaker 1: making a case if there's no hope Bills lose twice

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01:12:24,479 --> 01:12:26,160
Speaker 1: to the Patriots. Well, I'll tell you that. You know

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01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:28,280
Speaker 1: I feel about this. I think Belichick's the key to

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01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:30,400
Speaker 1: the whole show over there, not Tom Brady. Now, we've

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01:12:30,439 --> 01:12:32,800
Speaker 1: talked about that, never got a real resolution on that.

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01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:34,800
Speaker 1: We might find out this year if Brady leaves what

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01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:38,400
Speaker 1: it looks like. So if Brady leaves, Marcus Mariota or

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01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:41,920
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, or if either of those two lead the

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01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:44,880
Speaker 1: Patriots to a division title, I'd listen to that argument.

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01:12:44,920 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 1: I'd listen to it. I don't know if I'd flip immediately,

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01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:51,240
Speaker 1: but that would be impressive Marcus Mario. I agree, if

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01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:53,280
Speaker 1: he can lead them to a division title, beating the

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01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:57,720
Speaker 1: Bills a couple of times, Jamis Winston again, if he

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01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:01,400
Speaker 1: can lead the Batos division title. He'll throw thirty interceptions,

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01:13:01,479 --> 01:13:05,280
Speaker 1: so that'll be good. What's another name that would You'd

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01:13:05,320 --> 01:13:07,720
Speaker 1: be unbelievable? You know what to think about it? What

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01:13:07,880 --> 01:13:11,000
Speaker 1: game is? It's unbelievable to think about the guys he's

1531
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:13,040
Speaker 1: won games with him. He went eleven and five with

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01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:15,680
Speaker 1: Matt Castle. Yep, all right to break here. We got

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01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:18,200
Speaker 1: more to come, including your response to our question how

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01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:22,559
Speaker 1: much would you spend draft picks, free agency both? How

1535
01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: much would you spend to acquire offensive talent for the

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01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills? Let us know what you think. Eight oh

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Speaker 1: random midway point of the show. It is an hour

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01:13:52,560 --> 01:13:53,680
Speaker 1: and a half, an hour and a half to go,

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01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:56,280
Speaker 1: John Murphy, Seve Tasker. Not that we're counting, but it

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01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,320
Speaker 1: makes a difference, right, don't you feel like we're over

1545
01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:01,360
Speaker 1: the crest and now it's all downhill from here. Guess

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01:14:01,439 --> 01:14:07,960
Speaker 1: what day it is? Yeah, so yeah, get that point

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01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:11,479
Speaker 1: where the afternoon kicks in. Yeah, kind of feeling it

1548
01:14:11,600 --> 01:14:15,960
Speaker 1: right now. We got a good Twitter poll's let's take

1549
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:17,599
Speaker 1: a look at that and check on how it's going.

1550
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:21,519
Speaker 1: The Twitter poll is so yeah and all. Look and

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01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:24,080
Speaker 1: it's not about Stefan Diggs, but it was generated by

1552
01:14:24,120 --> 01:14:27,400
Speaker 1: the speculation about Stefan Diggs. And here's our question for you.

1553
01:14:28,479 --> 01:14:31,519
Speaker 1: What do you think about Stefan? What do you think

1554
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:34,680
Speaker 1: about adding offensive talent to the Bills roster and how

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01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:36,400
Speaker 1: do you go about doing it? How much would you

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01:14:36,479 --> 01:14:39,880
Speaker 1: spend to get offensive talent to get an offensive playmaker

1557
01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:43,320
Speaker 1: on the Buffalo roster this offseason? On Twitter pole right now,

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01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:47,160
Speaker 1: we've got twenty eight percent say spend whatever it takes

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01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:49,599
Speaker 1: in free agency to bring offensive talent in here. It's

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01:14:49,680 --> 01:14:52,080
Speaker 1: very close. Twenty six percent say I'd trade a first

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01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:55,679
Speaker 1: round pick to get a player. Okay, twenty three percent

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01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,000
Speaker 1: say I'd trade up in the first round in the

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01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:00,880
Speaker 1: draft to get an offensive playmaker. Twenty three percent of

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01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:03,400
Speaker 1: something else in mine. This may be the all time

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01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:07,720
Speaker 1: best Twitter poll. Yeah, yeah, for all four even other

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01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 1: yeah yeah, other. We usually throw in as a joke,

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01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:13,519
Speaker 1: but look at it's getting twenty three. It shows that

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01:15:13,600 --> 01:15:16,400
Speaker 1: there's a wide variety. I think this shows and let

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01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:18,639
Speaker 1: me interpret here for a second. It shows that people

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01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:21,719
Speaker 1: are thinking about this and there's a wide variety of answers.

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01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,240
Speaker 1: What would you do to get better playmakers on offense?

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01:15:24,240 --> 01:15:26,040
Speaker 1: I have a short list of rules we have for

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:29,240
Speaker 1: or pointers or remembering, you know, little a little hot

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01:15:29,280 --> 01:15:31,479
Speaker 1: points about our Twitter poll and when as simple as

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01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:37,920
Speaker 1: better two is people love to be the GM. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:39,960
Speaker 1: I mean this is It's a fun part about being

1577
01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:42,400
Speaker 1: a fan is that you want to go out and

1578
01:15:42,439 --> 01:15:43,960
Speaker 1: you want the ability to like, I think this guy

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01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:46,000
Speaker 1: would really help us. Let's go get him, or this

1580
01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:47,559
Speaker 1: guy would really help us, you know, and I think

1581
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:50,519
Speaker 1: they should do this strategy and this strategy it's so

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01:15:50,640 --> 01:15:53,200
Speaker 1: much fun. That's why fantasy football has kind of been

1583
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:55,760
Speaker 1: people like playing general manager of their own team. Yeah,

1584
01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,680
Speaker 1: and it's you know, he's like, it feels like you're

1585
01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,720
Speaker 1: out smarting everybody. Yeah. And this Twitter pole, I think

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01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:03,519
Speaker 1: is kind of a nod to that. Yeah, and your

1587
01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:06,519
Speaker 1: first rule about the Twitter polls in this all inside

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01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:09,680
Speaker 1: show stuff. But you're absolutely right, keep it simple, right,

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01:16:09,800 --> 01:16:12,679
Speaker 1: I mean, and this one was pretty simple. And obviously

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01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:14,559
Speaker 1: there's you could combine all of these to come up

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01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:16,719
Speaker 1: with some kind of strategy, but sure, keeping it simple,

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01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:19,600
Speaker 1: I think has led to the close results here, and

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01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:22,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a really close result. How much talent would

1594
01:16:22,120 --> 01:16:24,519
Speaker 1: you spend? How much would you spend to acquire offensive

1595
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:26,760
Speaker 1: talent for the Bills? The tweet sheets brought to you

1596
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:30,320
Speaker 1: by Corgan Moving Systems, the official movers of the Buffalo Bills.

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01:16:30,400 --> 01:16:33,439
Speaker 1: From Alan, I voted trade up in the draft, get

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01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:37,120
Speaker 1: us the wide receiver playmaker who Alan can sync up with.

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01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:39,639
Speaker 1: So now there's no Now there's a Kelly to Read

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01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:42,400
Speaker 1: type connection for the next decade. That's you know, that's

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01:16:42,439 --> 01:16:45,280
Speaker 1: a compelling argument, Steve. And as much as I want to,

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01:16:46,400 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 1: I do want to state the course, and I do

1603
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:52,160
Speaker 1: want to be prudent with spending money and using draft picks.

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01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:58,080
Speaker 1: But man, the window is small. It's short. And look,

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01:16:59,200 --> 01:17:01,400
Speaker 1: I think the New Orleans Saints quite frankly, have missed

1606
01:17:01,400 --> 01:17:03,680
Speaker 1: their Super Bowl window, don't you. I mean, they got

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01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:06,760
Speaker 1: the bringing back a forty one year old quarterback, They

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01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:10,320
Speaker 1: may not be as competitive next year. When you're competitive

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01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,720
Speaker 1: for a super Bowl the win, you gotta act right then.

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01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 1: And I understand culture, and I understand a fit in

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01:17:16,360 --> 01:17:19,000
Speaker 1: your team, but you almost have to a little bit

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01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:21,080
Speaker 1: take a look elsewhere and saying, well, it's not a

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01:17:21,160 --> 01:17:23,519
Speaker 1: great culture fit, but man, this guy can play and

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01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:25,560
Speaker 1: he could be a great target for Josh Ellen. You

1615
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:27,479
Speaker 1: have to consider some of that. I get it when

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01:17:27,479 --> 01:17:29,600
Speaker 1: people say that trade up in the draft get the

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01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:32,400
Speaker 1: playmaker than Josh Allen can sink up with. I really

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01:17:32,479 --> 01:17:34,600
Speaker 1: understand why people would say that. Yeah, I get it,

1619
01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:38,680
Speaker 1: and it's it's enticing. You know, you think, man, if

1620
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:42,160
Speaker 1: we had that guy. The problem is particularly the position

1621
01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:45,439
Speaker 1: we're talking about, this wide receiver thing. Somebody's gotta throw

1622
01:17:45,479 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: that guy at the ball, and it's gonna be the

1623
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:49,960
Speaker 1: same guy who you know was thrown it this year.

1624
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:52,920
Speaker 1: Is that guy gonna I'll say it again, He's not

1625
01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:55,080
Speaker 1: gonna be a magic wand it's gonna fix everything that's

1626
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:57,400
Speaker 1: wrong with his offense. It's not gonna happen with a

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01:17:57,479 --> 01:18:00,479
Speaker 1: wide receiver. It just doesn't. I gonna fix everything, But

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01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,720
Speaker 1: he can fix some things. No, all he can do

1629
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:07,080
Speaker 1: is help. Yeah, maybe be a lot of help to

1630
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:10,160
Speaker 1: getting Look, the passing game was substandard last year all

1631
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:13,160
Speaker 1: last year, right, they struggle to score points. Why wouldn't

1632
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:16,679
Speaker 1: you address that again? And I know the value of culture,

1633
01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:20,439
Speaker 1: I know the value of stating the course, drafting good players,

1634
01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,040
Speaker 1: drafting good players to play defensive line and offensive line.

1635
01:18:23,439 --> 01:18:25,920
Speaker 1: But on some level you gotta think to yourself, we

1636
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:28,080
Speaker 1: gotta make a move here. We gotta get him weapons

1637
01:18:28,120 --> 01:18:31,040
Speaker 1: because Josh Allen won't be in this position much longer

1638
01:18:31,080 --> 01:18:32,559
Speaker 1: a couple of years. It's kind of like I said

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01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: in the beginning, though, I have really struggled with compromising,

1640
01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:38,599
Speaker 1: you know, because they've really they've taken such strides over

1641
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:41,800
Speaker 1: the last three years to get to this point. The financialists,

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01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:43,519
Speaker 1: I don't think you want to deviate from it now,

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01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,000
Speaker 1: certainly if you can. And here I'll just read this

1644
01:18:46,120 --> 01:18:48,479
Speaker 1: from Nick Off the tweetch sheet. If a players somebody

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01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:51,240
Speaker 1: like Digs, I absolutely flirt with the idea of giving

1646
01:18:51,320 --> 01:18:53,639
Speaker 1: up our first Otherwise I'm more inclined to hold onto

1647
01:18:53,680 --> 01:18:55,640
Speaker 1: that first rounder and use a second rounder instead. And

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01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:57,720
Speaker 1: here's and that's why the reason I read that from Nick,

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01:18:58,040 --> 01:19:00,479
Speaker 1: you gotta get a guy like Stefan d get the

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01:19:00,520 --> 01:19:02,439
Speaker 1: best price you can for him, if you can get

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01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:04,920
Speaker 1: value out of it. I mean, certainly, and I've said

1652
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:08,559
Speaker 1: it a million times. Good players make better. Players make

1653
01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:10,880
Speaker 1: you better. And if you can get him for the

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01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:14,679
Speaker 1: right price, meaning hit the money. You're doing him fourteen

1655
01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: and a half million bucks a year for the next

1656
01:19:16,520 --> 01:19:22,599
Speaker 1: three years, and do it for whatever a first round

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01:19:22,640 --> 01:19:25,000
Speaker 1: pick or a third round pick. And you know you

1658
01:19:25,080 --> 01:19:27,600
Speaker 1: talk about money. Here's what you're looking at. If you

1659
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:32,080
Speaker 1: get like a guy Riggs, that's the guy from from Clempson,

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01:19:32,160 --> 01:19:35,960
Speaker 1: the big time te Higgins. If you get T Higgins,

1661
01:19:36,439 --> 01:19:39,080
Speaker 1: would you rather have T Higgins for eight hundred grand

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01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:42,439
Speaker 1: a year or Stefan Diggs for fourteen and a half

1663
01:19:42,479 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 1: million dollars a year? That will give you, you know,

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01:19:45,479 --> 01:19:50,160
Speaker 1: thirteen million bucks to spend somewhere else and get better

1665
01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:52,200
Speaker 1: on offensive to a couple of offensive linemen that could

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01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:56,000
Speaker 1: start for you. There's what you're looking at. The draft

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Speaker 1: pick could be turned from a player who's better than

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01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 1: Diggs for less money into better players on other parts

1669
01:20:03,240 --> 01:20:07,640
Speaker 1: of your team. Or the draft is always a crapshoot.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he's not as good as Diggs. Here's here's a

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01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 1: good You're not paying him as much as Diggs either,

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01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,679
Speaker 1: A good tweet from Rick Rodriguez. I love this. Scared money,

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01:20:15,800 --> 01:20:18,720
Speaker 1: don't make money. Diggs is a proven talent. The draft

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Speaker 1: picks or a fifty fifty hit or misregardless. Yeah, he's right,

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01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:25,800
Speaker 1: it's the argument against it. He's right. It's a good question.

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01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 1: It's a really good it is, And it's really tough

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01:20:29,800 --> 01:20:33,240
Speaker 1: to get inside the mind and of these guys and

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01:20:33,360 --> 01:20:37,200
Speaker 1: what they're gonna think. And you know, we'll we'll. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Will the culture be a problem with Diggs from what

1680
01:20:40,680 --> 01:20:42,280
Speaker 1: we've talked about? And I don't know. I don't think so.

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01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:45,800
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy had a bad patch on week

1682
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:49,000
Speaker 1: two or something of a bad loss in Minnesota against somebody,

1683
01:20:49,080 --> 01:20:51,080
Speaker 1: had a bad run in, had a got fine and

1684
01:20:51,160 --> 01:20:54,000
Speaker 1: all that. But after that he was productive and he's

1685
01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:56,719
Speaker 1: straightened up and flied right, flew right. You know, they

1686
01:20:56,840 --> 01:21:01,040
Speaker 1: had no problems with him. Now now he's now he's

1687
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:05,479
Speaker 1: deleted all his Minnesota Vikings Instagram post. Second, what are

1688
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,040
Speaker 1: we doing here? You know? What is he shocking? Right?

1689
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:12,559
Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know what. Yeah, you want

1690
01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:15,639
Speaker 1: good players and I'll agree with this. He's proven Yeah,

1691
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:21,000
Speaker 1: Higgins isn't proven, Chano isn't proven. None of these guys

1692
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:23,840
Speaker 1: are proven. That guy is yeah callimore tweets on the

1693
01:21:23,840 --> 01:21:26,320
Speaker 1: tweet sheet from Paul there will be plenty of wide

1694
01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:30,120
Speaker 1: receivers available to twenty two. Just hold type, mister bean. Okay,

1695
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:33,000
Speaker 1: And from Praised, I would try and keep our first

1696
01:21:33,080 --> 01:21:35,160
Speaker 1: rounder this year and give up next year and some

1697
01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 1: other either picks or players we want to move on.

1698
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:41,000
Speaker 1: Two first round picks this year is our best bet

1699
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:45,280
Speaker 1: and the rest from free agency. Look, get a second

1700
01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: first round pick this year, I guess is what he's saying. Okay, Um, yeah,

1701
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:52,760
Speaker 1: I mean, as the tweets we read illustrate people are

1702
01:21:52,840 --> 01:21:54,200
Speaker 1: kind of all over the board on this, and it

1703
01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:57,479
Speaker 1: makes sense. There's there's a lot to recommend for each position.

1704
01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:01,840
Speaker 1: Anthony and Denver, Colorado on the line with us other way, Hey, hey,

1705
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:05,720
Speaker 1: guys doing great. Um. I was just curious, do you

1706
01:22:05,800 --> 01:22:08,200
Speaker 1: think the Bills have a chance of moving up in

1707
01:22:08,240 --> 01:22:10,280
Speaker 1: the draft and getting someone like Chase Young. I think

1708
01:22:11,479 --> 01:22:15,320
Speaker 1: our defense needs and a playmaker, someone that's gonna step

1709
01:22:15,439 --> 01:22:17,960
Speaker 1: up on those occasions where we need is stuff. I

1710
01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:22,439
Speaker 1: think our offense is good enough to um get us

1711
01:22:22,479 --> 01:22:25,400
Speaker 1: to where we need to be right now. Maybe at

1712
01:22:25,400 --> 01:22:27,080
Speaker 1: the receiver late in the draft, But do you think

1713
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:29,320
Speaker 1: we have the capital and the picts to move up

1714
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:34,760
Speaker 1: to get someone that's really gonna to number two? You're

1715
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:36,320
Speaker 1: willing to give up a couple of first rounders to

1716
01:22:36,360 --> 01:22:38,000
Speaker 1: move up to number two. I don't think you are

1717
01:22:38,240 --> 01:22:42,040
Speaker 1: are you me? Personally? I think I think we are right.

1718
01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:45,759
Speaker 1: I just don't think Murphy or Trump Murphy's doing anything.

1719
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:49,160
Speaker 1: I think you guys said yesterday to cut him to

1720
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:54,960
Speaker 1: save like nine million dollars, and with um uh, what's

1721
01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:58,840
Speaker 1: his name on the other side of the line, Jerry Hughes. Wow, yeah,

1722
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:00,760
Speaker 1: Hughes with him and the other set of line getting

1723
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:04,280
Speaker 1: up there in age two, I think we need to

1724
01:23:04,320 --> 01:23:08,519
Speaker 1: sign Shack Draft Laymaker on the lines the defensive line,

1725
01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:12,800
Speaker 1: and I hope Josh Allen will evolve with Singletary in

1726
01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:16,519
Speaker 1: the back because he's the versatile. So that's kind of wake.

1727
01:23:17,160 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 1: We'll tell you what it's bold. It would take more

1728
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:22,400
Speaker 1: than every pick the Bills have in this draft. All

1729
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:24,559
Speaker 1: nine picks don't add up to what it would take

1730
01:23:24,600 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 1: to get to number two in this draft. It wouldn't

1731
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:27,960
Speaker 1: even be close. So it would have to be this

1732
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:31,120
Speaker 1: year's number one and next year's number one to get

1733
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:34,439
Speaker 1: up to number two for this year's draft to take

1734
01:23:34,520 --> 01:23:39,840
Speaker 1: Chase Young. And that's hoping that who is number two?

1735
01:23:39,960 --> 01:23:42,720
Speaker 1: Is it? Who is number two? Picking number two? It's uh,

1736
01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:46,960
Speaker 1: I can't remember, is it Washington? Yeah? Washington? And that

1737
01:23:47,439 --> 01:23:50,400
Speaker 1: had to be hopefully that hopeful that Washington would make

1738
01:23:50,479 --> 01:23:54,200
Speaker 1: that deal and not you might. They may say, you

1739
01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:57,360
Speaker 1: want number two pick of the draft, You're gonna have

1740
01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:59,280
Speaker 1: to give us this year's one, next year's one, and

1741
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:03,439
Speaker 1: next year's two. That may be. It may be that

1742
01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:07,880
Speaker 1: kind of thing. So, yeah, Chase Young getting up to

1743
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:10,800
Speaker 1: the top five of the draft, you're talking a lot

1744
01:24:10,880 --> 01:24:14,880
Speaker 1: of capital give up. That means yeah, that in fact,

1745
01:24:15,080 --> 01:24:17,479
Speaker 1: by the charts that they use, you wouldn't have enough

1746
01:24:17,479 --> 01:24:19,439
Speaker 1: if you gave him all nine picks in this draft

1747
01:24:19,439 --> 01:24:21,320
Speaker 1: to get up to number two from number twenty two.

1748
01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:24,800
Speaker 1: Go to Paul and Hamburg. Go, Paul, you're on the air. Hey,

1749
01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:27,160
Speaker 1: how you doing that? Great? Something to throw at you? Guys,

1750
01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:29,920
Speaker 1: I'm sorry you what he's got something to throw at us?

1751
01:24:30,160 --> 01:24:33,920
Speaker 1: Throw away? I'm ready, I'll catch it. You're not gonna

1752
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:38,160
Speaker 1: like it. But Neil Antonio Brown. He's probably looking in

1753
01:24:38,400 --> 01:24:40,479
Speaker 1: any way to get in the NFL, and what better

1754
01:24:40,560 --> 01:24:42,360
Speaker 1: way to go back to a team that you didn't

1755
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:47,040
Speaker 1: want to go to just to play the game. Yeah.

1756
01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:51,559
Speaker 1: I don't want Antonio Brown on my team. I think

1757
01:24:51,600 --> 01:24:53,559
Speaker 1: he did enough in about a three and a half

1758
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:57,280
Speaker 1: four months span last year to indicate that to lead

1759
01:24:57,360 --> 01:25:00,320
Speaker 1: me to believe that he's nothing but trouble. I hope

1760
01:25:00,320 --> 01:25:02,040
Speaker 1: he comes back. I hope for his sake. He's a

1761
01:25:02,160 --> 01:25:05,759
Speaker 1: great rehab story. But no, no, sir, he's still getting

1762
01:25:05,760 --> 01:25:08,439
Speaker 1: in trouble. Yeah, and you're not gonna get him for

1763
01:25:08,479 --> 01:25:10,599
Speaker 1: sixteen games. You're probably gonna get him for the at

1764
01:25:10,720 --> 01:25:13,920
Speaker 1: most twelve games, depending on how the suspensions come out

1765
01:25:13,960 --> 01:25:17,080
Speaker 1: and how he is. His suspensions come from the from

1766
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:19,400
Speaker 1: the commissioner's office. You're not gonna get him for sixteen games.

1767
01:25:19,960 --> 01:25:23,400
Speaker 1: Uh So, Yeah, I get somebody will come out and say, yeah,

1768
01:25:23,439 --> 01:25:26,320
Speaker 1: we'll give you a one year prove it deal and

1769
01:25:26,439 --> 01:25:29,800
Speaker 1: we'll take the suspensions because they're not risking anything. I

1770
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:31,240
Speaker 1: don't think the Bills are the team to do it,

1771
01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:34,040
Speaker 1: although you know, maybe they will. Maybe they will. Maybe

1772
01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:37,719
Speaker 1: they would give him a you know, a veterans minimum

1773
01:25:38,120 --> 01:25:41,439
Speaker 1: and bring him in for twelve games or eight games,

1774
01:25:41,520 --> 01:25:44,200
Speaker 1: whatever suspension would be. What are you saying, Paul, Yeah,

1775
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,160
Speaker 1: he's a he's a he's a proven player. And if

1776
01:25:46,240 --> 01:25:50,560
Speaker 1: you you give him all sorts of conditions on his

1777
01:25:50,720 --> 01:25:53,840
Speaker 1: contract as being good and as soon as you flare up,

1778
01:25:53,880 --> 01:25:57,600
Speaker 1: you're gone. But bring him in like the minimum, you

1779
01:25:57,640 --> 01:25:59,479
Speaker 1: don't know what you're get. He's got a lot to prove,

1780
01:26:00,200 --> 01:26:01,880
Speaker 1: he does. Yeah, he's got a lot to prove, But

1781
01:26:02,080 --> 01:26:03,840
Speaker 1: you would have to if you can get him for

1782
01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:07,960
Speaker 1: investing nothing, then yeah, maybe, And that's what I mean.

1783
01:26:08,120 --> 01:26:11,680
Speaker 1: Maybe not yes, absolutely, but you'd have to talk to

1784
01:26:11,720 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 1: the guy and see what you thought about it. But

1785
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:17,040
Speaker 1: right now, I think he's just about untouchable, untouchable by

1786
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:19,639
Speaker 1: just about everybody. Take a break. Coming back One Bill's

1787
01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:22,360
Speaker 1: Live from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is

1788
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:38,840
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Okay, everybody, welcome back to One Goes Live.

1789
01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:43,080
Speaker 1: John Murphy, Steve Fasker, how are you doing today's Stevie? Good? Good? Good? Really? Yep?

1790
01:26:43,400 --> 01:26:45,720
Speaker 1: Got your knee looked at Today's feeling better? Not quite,

1791
01:26:45,960 --> 01:26:48,080
Speaker 1: it'll be It'll be all right. It's an old age man.

1792
01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:50,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna switch it out. You can switch it out.

1793
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:52,960
Speaker 1: Get the backup knee. Let me try that knee over there.

1794
01:26:53,640 --> 01:27:00,799
Speaker 1: I'll take make a pit stop that thing replaced heartbeat?

1795
01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:03,240
Speaker 1: How much would you give up to acquire offensive talent?

1796
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:05,160
Speaker 1: Let's take a few more phone calls. Let's go to

1797
01:27:05,479 --> 01:27:08,320
Speaker 1: Gary in check the waga. Hello, Gary, you are onund

1798
01:27:08,360 --> 01:27:13,360
Speaker 1: the air. A good afternoon, Hi, how about getting Cristal

1799
01:27:13,439 --> 01:27:18,400
Speaker 1: Larvae from Ohio State. He can catch touchdown passes, plus

1800
01:27:18,479 --> 01:27:21,360
Speaker 1: he can block punts. So he does have a little

1801
01:27:21,439 --> 01:27:24,400
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker in him if we need somebody better than that.

1802
01:27:25,240 --> 01:27:28,200
Speaker 1: What position is he? He's a wide receiver. Give me

1803
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:33,599
Speaker 1: the name again. His name is Crystal Lovey. I don't

1804
01:27:33,960 --> 01:27:35,960
Speaker 1: my list. Are you sure he's eligible for the draft?

1805
01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:41,000
Speaker 1: Wide receiver? You surely not a tight end? Hello, I'm

1806
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:44,280
Speaker 1: sure he's a wide receiver. Okay, I don't see him

1807
01:27:44,320 --> 01:27:47,000
Speaker 1: on my list. Well, all right, so it's a guy

1808
01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:48,559
Speaker 1: you like. Tell me why you like him again? Because

1809
01:27:48,560 --> 01:27:51,760
Speaker 1: he's versatile it sounds like right, yes, So he can

1810
01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:55,960
Speaker 1: catch touchdown passes and it can block punts. I've seen

1811
01:27:56,040 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 1: him do it against Indiano last year. Okay, how many

1812
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:03,679
Speaker 1: i's you I passages? He catch? You? Know I reach

1813
01:28:03,720 --> 01:28:07,000
Speaker 1: a lot. I'm all I'm saying. How do you spell

1814
01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,280
Speaker 1: his name? Now? You got me intrigued? Bless him is

1815
01:28:09,320 --> 01:28:12,439
Speaker 1: spelled O l a ze. I don't see him on

1816
01:28:12,520 --> 01:28:15,040
Speaker 1: my list. We'll look him up, we will. We see

1817
01:28:15,080 --> 01:28:17,080
Speaker 1: him at the combine? Is he combine eligible? Will you

1818
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:21,439
Speaker 1: be at the combine next week? Oh? No? Okay, all right, thanks.

1819
01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:24,280
Speaker 1: Let's go to dave and Fort Lauderdale. Hello, Davey around

1820
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:28,200
Speaker 1: the air. How you doing, guys? Great? All right, listen,

1821
01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:30,680
Speaker 1: you got eighty two million dollar cap right, yes, sir,

1822
01:28:30,880 --> 01:28:32,880
Speaker 1: that's what they say. All right, I spend a third

1823
01:28:32,920 --> 01:28:37,479
Speaker 1: of it. N I would spend one third of it.

1824
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,960
Speaker 1: It's twenty seven million. On who you see? On who?

1825
01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:48,599
Speaker 1: A receiver, a tight end, and a running back. Well,

1826
01:28:49,080 --> 01:28:51,720
Speaker 1: I'll go three different players, nine million apiece, twenty seven

1827
01:28:51,760 --> 01:28:54,240
Speaker 1: million dollars. Get three guys in for nine million bucks,

1828
01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:56,000
Speaker 1: kind of like what they did with the John Brown,

1829
01:28:56,120 --> 01:28:58,439
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, those kind of guys. You get a running

1830
01:28:58,439 --> 01:29:00,320
Speaker 1: back and you'll probably get a really good running back

1831
01:29:01,280 --> 01:29:05,200
Speaker 1: and a tight end and a wide out. So have

1832
01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:08,240
Speaker 1: anybody have anybody in mind to pay that money? No?

1833
01:29:08,439 --> 01:29:12,320
Speaker 1: I don't. That's up too that's up to upper level guys.

1834
01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:14,599
Speaker 1: You up for your your bosses. Who do you give

1835
01:29:14,680 --> 01:29:16,760
Speaker 1: the other? Who do you give the other sixty million

1836
01:29:16,920 --> 01:29:19,400
Speaker 1: or the other fifty five million? Two? I don't know

1837
01:29:19,400 --> 01:29:21,160
Speaker 1: how much you gotta pay for a number one pick

1838
01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:23,600
Speaker 1: or so on and so forth. Yeah, I got you.

1839
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:27,519
Speaker 1: Tell what I think they should spend tops on free

1840
01:29:27,520 --> 01:29:30,680
Speaker 1: agency for one player, two players, three players? Right? I

1841
01:29:30,760 --> 01:29:33,240
Speaker 1: got you, Okay, on an average about nine million a piece.

1842
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:34,760
Speaker 1: I get you. That's a pretty good it's a pretty

1843
01:29:34,760 --> 01:29:37,240
Speaker 1: good buck, no question about it. Um, well, that's good.

1844
01:29:37,320 --> 01:29:40,320
Speaker 1: I'm glad we've got somebody who's reasonable, who's not saying,

1845
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:43,559
Speaker 1: spend eighty two million dollars on one guy and we're

1846
01:29:43,600 --> 01:29:47,439
Speaker 1: gonna win the super Bowl. You know, they don't take

1847
01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:50,120
Speaker 1: it away if they don't spend it, do they? No? No, No,

1848
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:53,320
Speaker 1: all right, thanks Dave. Hey. I looked up Chris A. Lobby.

1849
01:29:53,360 --> 01:29:55,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if you eligible for the draft. He

1850
01:29:56,040 --> 01:29:59,040
Speaker 1: played two years at Ohio State. This past year caught

1851
01:29:59,080 --> 01:30:01,759
Speaker 1: forty nine passes well for a touchdown, so our caller

1852
01:30:01,880 --> 01:30:04,760
Speaker 1: was right about that. Blocked a punt in the win

1853
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:09,120
Speaker 1: over Michigan. So yeah, he's a player. I don't know

1854
01:30:09,120 --> 01:30:11,720
Speaker 1: if he's eligible. He just finished his second year at

1855
01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:14,839
Speaker 1: Ohio State, sophomore year. I don't know if he's eligible

1856
01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:16,760
Speaker 1: for this year's draft, but a name to follow. Yeah,

1857
01:30:16,800 --> 01:30:19,600
Speaker 1: he's not on the website. I'm looking at right now

1858
01:30:19,680 --> 01:30:21,560
Speaker 1: that right put his name in and he there's no

1859
01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:24,320
Speaker 1: player to that name, so he might not be eligible

1860
01:30:24,360 --> 01:30:26,479
Speaker 1: for the draft. All right, we're gonna take a break.

1861
01:30:26,479 --> 01:30:28,719
Speaker 1: We're coming back. We're gonna be live with a special

1862
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:31,240
Speaker 1: guest coming up after the top of the hour. He

1863
01:30:31,400 --> 01:30:34,320
Speaker 1: is a writer at NFL dot com, Greg Rosenthal. He's

1864
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:37,280
Speaker 1: written about franchise tags that come out next Tuesday. Got

1865
01:30:37,320 --> 01:30:39,439
Speaker 1: guys who might be cut by their teams. He's got

1866
01:30:40,080 --> 01:30:43,280
Speaker 1: one thing every AFC team can do to try to

1867
01:30:43,400 --> 01:30:46,439
Speaker 1: dethrone the Kansas City Chiefs. Greg Rosenthal and a join

1868
01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:49,040
Speaker 1: us him. We return. One Goes Live presented by Alatta

1869
01:30:49,080 --> 01:30:52,040
Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is

1870
01:30:52,080 --> 01:31:07,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio Bills Radio Network Sports got the update

1871
01:31:07,479 --> 01:31:10,760
Speaker 1: from One Bill's Drive today. Former Carolina Panthers tight end

1872
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:13,439
Speaker 1: Greg Olson said no to the Buffalo Bills, No to

1873
01:31:13,520 --> 01:31:16,280
Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins. Has signed with the Seattle Seahawks that

1874
01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:19,240
Speaker 1: came late yesterday. Olson visited with Buffalo a couple of

1875
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:20,960
Speaker 1: weeks ago, but agreed to a one year deal with

1876
01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:23,599
Speaker 1: the Seahawks worth seven million dollars five and a half

1877
01:31:23,640 --> 01:31:27,000
Speaker 1: million guaranteed tight end, an area of need for Seattle

1878
01:31:27,080 --> 01:31:30,080
Speaker 1: lost a number of tight ends to injuries last year.

1879
01:31:30,160 --> 01:31:33,000
Speaker 1: Olson was released by Carolina, so his addition will not

1880
01:31:33,120 --> 01:31:36,640
Speaker 1: cost the Seahawks a compensatory pick. Ex Panthers tight end

1881
01:31:36,680 --> 01:31:39,040
Speaker 1: Greg Olson joins the Seahawks on a one year deal.

1882
01:31:39,080 --> 01:31:41,960
Speaker 1: Another tight end, another veteran tight end, Jason Witton, does

1883
01:31:42,040 --> 01:31:44,599
Speaker 1: want to play another year in the NFL. Witton caught

1884
01:31:44,640 --> 01:31:47,919
Speaker 1: sixty three passes five hundred twenty nine yards four touchdowns

1885
01:31:48,000 --> 01:31:50,640
Speaker 1: this past season for Dallas, his return from a one

1886
01:31:50,680 --> 01:31:53,599
Speaker 1: year hiatus as he worked as an analyst for ESPN

1887
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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. Says he'd like to play with the Cowboys,

1888
01:31:56,479 --> 01:31:58,599
Speaker 1: but he's opened to play elsewhere. He says, I think

1889
01:31:58,640 --> 01:32:01,280
Speaker 1: I have to be open to possibly playing somewhere else

1890
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:03,760
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Drew Brees ready to make another run

1891
01:32:03,840 --> 01:32:06,880
Speaker 1: at it with the Saints. The Saints quarterback, the NFL's

1892
01:32:06,920 --> 01:32:09,960
Speaker 1: career passing leader, will return for a twentieth season. He

1893
01:32:10,080 --> 01:32:12,400
Speaker 1: posted on Instagram that he's ready to make another run

1894
01:32:12,439 --> 01:32:15,240
Speaker 1: at it. Minnesota Vikings may be ready to trade talented

1895
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:18,439
Speaker 1: wide receiver Stephan Diggs. Dig's head a very productive year

1896
01:32:18,520 --> 01:32:20,800
Speaker 1: last year, but it was pretty clears not happy with

1897
01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:23,479
Speaker 1: his role with Minnesota, and the Vikings may be ready

1898
01:32:23,520 --> 01:32:26,479
Speaker 1: to accommodate him and ship him out. Savers lost to

1899
01:32:26,479 --> 01:32:28,960
Speaker 1: Ottawa last night seven to four. The final Brandon Montor

1900
01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:31,640
Speaker 1: had two goals and assist. Ottawa got four goals in

1901
01:32:31,720 --> 01:32:33,720
Speaker 1: a three and a half minute span at the end

1902
01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:36,759
Speaker 1: of the first period, ultimately lifted them to victory. Savers

1903
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Speaker 1: next game Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh. That is a one

1904
01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:41,800
Speaker 1: o'clock face off. And from the NBA, Western New York

1905
01:32:41,880 --> 01:32:44,000
Speaker 1: native John bee Line reportedly out as coach at the

1906
01:32:44,040 --> 01:32:48,320
Speaker 1: Cleveland Cavaliers after a brief and tumultuous tenure. JB. Bickerstaff

1907
01:32:48,320 --> 01:32:50,360
Speaker 1: will become the full time head coach. He'll run his

1908
01:32:50,479 --> 01:32:53,240
Speaker 1: first practice tonight for Cleveland. Bee Line expected to say

1909
01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,760
Speaker 1: goodbye to staff and players late this afternoon when they

1910
01:32:55,840 --> 01:32:58,200
Speaker 1: returned from the All Star Board. And that's the update

1911
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Speaker 1: from One Bill's Drive. Murphy Steave Tasker ready to go

1912
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Speaker 1: without our number three. We are ready right now. We

1913
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Speaker 1: got a good guest on the line is the NFL

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Speaker 1: dot Com Around the NFL editor, host of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL podcast. Happy to have Greg Rosenball on the

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Speaker 1: line with us. Greg, good afternoon, Thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 1: Steep tasker John Murphy up here in Buffalo. Thanks coming on.

1918
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Speaker 1: Good to talk to you guys. What's going on? Hey,

1919
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Speaker 1: you wrote an interesting thing, well several everything you write

1920
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:23,160
Speaker 1: is great. Let me start with that. But one thing

1921
01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:26,360
Speaker 1: that got my attention, one thing every team in the

1922
01:33:26,439 --> 01:33:29,360
Speaker 1: conference can do to help to try to dethrone the

1923
01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:31,439
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Can you tell us what that is?

1924
01:33:31,479 --> 01:33:34,599
Speaker 1: For the Buffalo Bills? Geez I wrote that so long

1925
01:33:34,640 --> 01:33:38,360
Speaker 1: ago I barely remember, but I believe it was about,

1926
01:33:38,520 --> 01:33:45,200
Speaker 1: you know, and doing everything possible to make Josh Allen

1927
01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:47,880
Speaker 1: comfortable that, you know, you don't need to convince yourself

1928
01:33:47,960 --> 01:33:50,120
Speaker 1: that he's suddenly going to take over games by himself.

1929
01:33:50,160 --> 01:33:53,719
Speaker 1: But if they could add a free agent class even

1930
01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:55,880
Speaker 1: close to the one they did a year ago when

1931
01:33:55,920 --> 01:34:00,920
Speaker 1: they added Mitch Morse and colepeasily on Brown. Of course,

1932
01:34:00,960 --> 01:34:03,760
Speaker 1: if you added a couple more weapons around him, then

1933
01:34:03,840 --> 01:34:07,080
Speaker 1: I think you suddenly have a group where Josh Allen

1934
01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:11,000
Speaker 1: can be a big part of an improving explosive offense.

1935
01:34:11,200 --> 01:34:14,439
Speaker 1: You know you trust in that defense, and that really

1936
01:34:14,520 --> 01:34:17,400
Speaker 1: just putting all the pieces and increasing the talent based

1937
01:34:17,439 --> 01:34:20,679
Speaker 1: around Josh Allen given them a shot. One observation we've made,

1938
01:34:20,720 --> 01:34:22,479
Speaker 1: Greg is that the Bills have come a long way

1939
01:34:22,479 --> 01:34:25,200
Speaker 1: in the last three years under Brandon Being and Brandon

1940
01:34:25,240 --> 01:34:27,479
Speaker 1: Being and Sean McDermott. Where you know, two years ago

1941
01:34:27,520 --> 01:34:29,559
Speaker 1: they made the playoffs, kind of backed into the playoffs,

1942
01:34:29,640 --> 01:34:32,519
Speaker 1: got some help. Last year, they kind of even despite

1943
01:34:32,600 --> 01:34:35,800
Speaker 1: being six and ten, kind of got their roster together defensively,

1944
01:34:36,520 --> 01:34:38,680
Speaker 1: got their quarterback, got him a lot of reps. And

1945
01:34:38,880 --> 01:34:41,080
Speaker 1: this year they took a step forward ten and six.

1946
01:34:41,640 --> 01:34:44,640
Speaker 1: And we've discussed about how different it is now for

1947
01:34:44,720 --> 01:34:48,080
Speaker 1: the Bills to maintain and take maybe a smaller step

1948
01:34:48,200 --> 01:34:51,600
Speaker 1: forward to get him to be championship calorado than just

1949
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:55,600
Speaker 1: playoff caliber. That it's a much different job for this

1950
01:34:55,760 --> 01:34:58,400
Speaker 1: front office and than it has been in the past.

1951
01:34:59,680 --> 01:35:04,400
Speaker 1: It has but to Brandon Being, in Son McDermott's credit,

1952
01:35:04,760 --> 01:35:07,679
Speaker 1: they have that nucleus on both sides of the ball, really,

1953
01:35:07,800 --> 01:35:11,160
Speaker 1: especially on defense, and they have a ton of cap space,

1954
01:35:11,479 --> 01:35:14,960
Speaker 1: and they have flexibility and being for the most part,

1955
01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:18,479
Speaker 1: has made really good moves since since he's been there,

1956
01:35:18,560 --> 01:35:21,439
Speaker 1: so you trust in them to be aggressive. And Steve

1957
01:35:21,520 --> 01:35:23,960
Speaker 1: I think, you know, you know, it's great to make

1958
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:27,040
Speaker 1: progress and make incremental growth, but you never know, and

1959
01:35:27,120 --> 01:35:29,600
Speaker 1: the every year is so different in the NFL that

1960
01:35:29,960 --> 01:35:32,280
Speaker 1: when you've got a young nucleus like this and some

1961
01:35:32,439 --> 01:35:35,240
Speaker 1: good young players on both sides, like now is their time.

1962
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think they are thinking, you know, yeah, yeah,

1963
01:35:38,360 --> 01:35:41,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl seems far away if you're a Bills fan,

1964
01:35:41,240 --> 01:35:44,200
Speaker 1: But I think the Bills run office is thinking, let's

1965
01:35:45,240 --> 01:35:48,320
Speaker 1: contend this year. There's no more building, Let's let's win

1966
01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:50,599
Speaker 1: this division. Let's get a home game in the playoffs.

1967
01:35:51,479 --> 01:35:53,280
Speaker 1: And I think March is going to be huge for

1968
01:35:53,400 --> 01:35:56,360
Speaker 1: that because they have so much flexibility in the pieces

1969
01:35:56,439 --> 01:35:58,120
Speaker 1: that they add need to need to fit in with

1970
01:35:58,240 --> 01:35:59,840
Speaker 1: what they've been doing. Yeah, I agree with you. Greg

1971
01:36:00,040 --> 01:36:01,840
Speaker 1: did to show a couple of days ago here about

1972
01:36:02,120 --> 01:36:04,160
Speaker 1: which team in the Bill's division has the most to

1973
01:36:04,240 --> 01:36:06,400
Speaker 1: do this offseason. They all got stuff to do, but

1974
01:36:06,520 --> 01:36:09,760
Speaker 1: I think the Bills situation is maybe more critical than

1975
01:36:09,880 --> 01:36:11,920
Speaker 1: most because they are on the right in the right

1976
01:36:12,200 --> 01:36:14,920
Speaker 1: headed in the right direction, and they can make if

1977
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:16,639
Speaker 1: they make they write a couple of moves and get

1978
01:36:16,640 --> 01:36:19,240
Speaker 1: a little bit lucky. They can't contend for a championship, right,

1979
01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:23,280
Speaker 1: I think. So, I mean, I need to see the

1980
01:36:23,400 --> 01:36:28,320
Speaker 1: offense be a consistently better than average offense, and I

1981
01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:30,680
Speaker 1: haven't seen that yet, and so I think that's the

1982
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:35,960
Speaker 1: number one thing. I always believe that offense is more reliable,

1983
01:36:36,520 --> 01:36:40,800
Speaker 1: that it's more critical week to week, and it's going

1984
01:36:40,920 --> 01:36:43,400
Speaker 1: and it's really hard to win a super Bowl. It's happened,

1985
01:36:43,439 --> 01:36:45,920
Speaker 1: but it's really hard to win three or four playoff

1986
01:36:45,960 --> 01:36:48,800
Speaker 1: games without you know, a much better than average offense.

1987
01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:50,800
Speaker 1: So that's to me going to be their focus because

1988
01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:53,280
Speaker 1: they have such great coaching and young players. On defense,

1989
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:55,960
Speaker 1: they'll certainly be adding some players, but they love the

1990
01:36:56,479 --> 01:36:59,280
Speaker 1: nucleus they have in the secondary and and certainly a linebacker.

1991
01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:02,240
Speaker 1: Sure they'll look for some defensive lineman. But yeah, you

1992
01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:04,320
Speaker 1: look at New England and I think they have even

1993
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:06,040
Speaker 1: more to do this offseason if you look at the

1994
01:37:06,080 --> 01:37:08,439
Speaker 1: free agents that they have. They have an incredible amount

1995
01:37:08,439 --> 01:37:10,960
Speaker 1: of free agents, even if you ignore the quarterback position,

1996
01:37:11,120 --> 01:37:14,280
Speaker 1: where where their roster is really in as much flux

1997
01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:17,200
Speaker 1: as I think we've seen since about twenty ten. I've

1998
01:37:17,240 --> 01:37:20,599
Speaker 1: been following this Patriots team a long time. Yeah, give

1999
01:37:20,680 --> 01:37:22,960
Speaker 1: us an idea too. Is about this Bills and what

2000
01:37:23,080 --> 01:37:25,439
Speaker 1: you this Bill's roster as well as the Patriots roster?

2001
01:37:25,520 --> 01:37:31,280
Speaker 1: About guys? Who is there anybody these free agents on

2002
01:37:31,479 --> 01:37:34,720
Speaker 1: either team that you think, okay, there besides maybe Tom

2003
01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:37,120
Speaker 1: Brady that you're gonna say, okay, they could franchise tag

2004
01:37:37,240 --> 01:37:39,000
Speaker 1: that guy and it'd be a smart move. Is there

2005
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:43,000
Speaker 1: any of those guys? No, not on these two teams.

2006
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:46,640
Speaker 1: I don't think the Patriots, for instance, will will give

2007
01:37:46,680 --> 01:37:49,599
Speaker 1: attack to Joe Tooney, who's a very talented Guard's probably

2008
01:37:49,640 --> 01:37:52,320
Speaker 1: gonna get paid an incredible amount of money. Devin mccordy

2009
01:37:52,479 --> 01:37:55,360
Speaker 1: is a key player for them that they'll want to keep,

2010
01:37:55,400 --> 01:37:57,160
Speaker 1: But I don't think they'll use the tag on them.

2011
01:37:57,200 --> 01:38:00,240
Speaker 1: And the Bills. It's a good year for them because

2012
01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:02,400
Speaker 1: I don't think they're losing. They're not gonna be losing

2013
01:38:02,520 --> 01:38:05,200
Speaker 1: much in the free agency. I know you have Jordan Phillips,

2014
01:38:05,240 --> 01:38:07,880
Speaker 1: you have some other decisions to make, but overall, compared

2015
01:38:07,920 --> 01:38:11,439
Speaker 1: to most teams, they really have a great continuity and

2016
01:38:11,560 --> 01:38:14,479
Speaker 1: they can be aggressive and I really expect them to

2017
01:38:14,600 --> 01:38:16,880
Speaker 1: be one of the more aggressive teams in free agency,

2018
01:38:16,880 --> 01:38:19,080
Speaker 1: and they quietly were last year. You know what. Didn't

2019
01:38:19,080 --> 01:38:22,519
Speaker 1: make huge headlines, but not many teams out there got

2020
01:38:22,600 --> 01:38:25,040
Speaker 1: more quality players out of free agencies than the build it.

2021
01:38:25,240 --> 01:38:27,880
Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, our guests. He is NFL dot COM's Around

2022
01:38:27,920 --> 01:38:29,800
Speaker 1: the NFL editor. I want to take you back to

2023
01:38:29,880 --> 01:38:32,439
Speaker 1: what we started with, the one thing each AFC team

2024
01:38:32,520 --> 01:38:35,639
Speaker 1: can too to dethrone the Chiefs, the Super Bowl champions.

2025
01:38:35,680 --> 01:38:39,000
Speaker 1: And just a question for you, Greg, why is it

2026
01:38:39,120 --> 01:38:41,000
Speaker 1: And I think I know the answer, but why is

2027
01:38:41,040 --> 01:38:43,080
Speaker 1: it that we look at the Chiefs as a dynasty

2028
01:38:43,280 --> 01:38:46,080
Speaker 1: in waiting. They won one, they could win another one.

2029
01:38:46,160 --> 01:38:49,320
Speaker 1: But I think they're almost given too much credit for

2030
01:38:49,560 --> 01:38:51,400
Speaker 1: the Super Bowls. I am and won yet you know

2031
01:38:51,400 --> 01:38:55,439
Speaker 1: what I mean, I'm with you. I think that when

2032
01:38:55,479 --> 01:38:58,240
Speaker 1: you get to the Super Bowl you want to capitalize

2033
01:38:58,320 --> 01:39:00,519
Speaker 1: so bad because you just never know if you're going

2034
01:39:00,560 --> 01:39:03,280
Speaker 1: to get back there. Other than the Patriots, the history, uh,

2035
01:39:03,920 --> 01:39:06,400
Speaker 1: you know, it's not too kind to teams getting back

2036
01:39:06,439 --> 01:39:08,439
Speaker 1: and back. I think the different you know with the

2037
01:39:08,560 --> 01:39:11,960
Speaker 1: Chiefs is though you know, it's it's a relatively forgiving division,

2038
01:39:12,080 --> 01:39:14,559
Speaker 1: right now and with that quarterback and that coach, you're

2039
01:39:14,600 --> 01:39:16,920
Speaker 1: gonna have a great chance to win your division every

2040
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:18,920
Speaker 1: year and have a home game in the playoffs. To me,

2041
01:39:19,040 --> 01:39:21,240
Speaker 1: that's kind of all you're you're hoping for out of

2042
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:23,640
Speaker 1: the regular season. I mean, even even the Patriots. I mean,

2043
01:39:23,720 --> 01:39:26,280
Speaker 1: they've gotten so many buys over the years. But you know,

2044
01:39:26,360 --> 01:39:28,519
Speaker 1: if you can be one of those teams that gets

2045
01:39:28,640 --> 01:39:31,559
Speaker 1: to eleven twelve wins, you got a shot. And don't

2046
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:33,800
Speaker 1: they have a better chance than just about anyone to

2047
01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:35,439
Speaker 1: be one of those teams I know. And let me

2048
01:39:35,520 --> 01:39:38,120
Speaker 1: just say, and not to refute you, but if the

2049
01:39:38,360 --> 01:39:40,840
Speaker 1: Dolphins don't go to New England and knock off the

2050
01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:44,880
Speaker 1: Patriots in Week seventeen, the Chiefs are playing, are not

2051
01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:46,519
Speaker 1: getting to buy and they and they do have to

2052
01:39:46,560 --> 01:39:48,479
Speaker 1: play an extra game. So I just don't think it's

2053
01:39:48,720 --> 01:39:51,960
Speaker 1: I don't think they're They've established themselves as the team

2054
01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:55,400
Speaker 1: to beat until further notice in the in the conference. Yeah,

2055
01:39:55,439 --> 01:39:58,080
Speaker 1: I hear you, and I do think you're right. And

2056
01:39:58,160 --> 01:40:00,280
Speaker 1: it gets to the point that you often need a

2057
01:40:00,360 --> 01:40:03,479
Speaker 1: lot of luck in some breaks to go your way.

2058
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:05,800
Speaker 1: In the forty nine ers did do winning that that

2059
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:08,960
Speaker 1: week seventeen game against Seattle by a yard or so.

2060
01:40:09,080 --> 01:40:12,160
Speaker 1: Who knows, it might have been Seattle in the Super Bowl.

2061
01:40:12,760 --> 01:40:15,880
Speaker 1: You never know. But with Mahomes, there are the rare

2062
01:40:15,960 --> 01:40:18,719
Speaker 1: team that you can almost pencil them in for ten wins,

2063
01:40:18,840 --> 01:40:21,080
Speaker 1: which is just there's not many teams like that. You

2064
01:40:21,200 --> 01:40:23,160
Speaker 1: really think that they that they would have a lot

2065
01:40:23,200 --> 01:40:24,720
Speaker 1: of things would have to go wrong for them that

2066
01:40:24,960 --> 01:40:28,320
Speaker 1: did not get a winning team. With Greg Rosendal NFL

2067
01:40:28,439 --> 01:40:31,320
Speaker 1: dot Com around the NFL editor, we are what six

2068
01:40:31,439 --> 01:40:34,759
Speaker 1: days away from the beginning of tag time in the NFL.

2069
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:38,200
Speaker 1: Franchise and transition tags can be applied. That's changed over

2070
01:40:38,200 --> 01:40:39,760
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, hasn't it, Greg. There's not

2071
01:40:39,800 --> 01:40:42,519
Speaker 1: as much emphasis on that for most teams now there

2072
01:40:42,640 --> 01:40:45,880
Speaker 1: was maybe four or five years ago. Yeah. I think

2073
01:40:46,600 --> 01:40:50,120
Speaker 1: that's because teams are doing a better job getting deals

2074
01:40:50,160 --> 01:40:52,519
Speaker 1: done ahead of time. But this year is going to

2075
01:40:52,560 --> 01:40:55,439
Speaker 1: be different, and this is a really unique year. I

2076
01:40:55,560 --> 01:40:59,880
Speaker 1: think there's more top shelf free agent names available than usual,

2077
01:41:00,520 --> 01:41:03,160
Speaker 1: and the rules are a little different in twenty twenty

2078
01:41:03,160 --> 01:41:06,000
Speaker 1: because it's the last year of this collective bargaining agreement

2079
01:41:06,000 --> 01:41:09,400
Speaker 1: and teams can use a franchise tag and a transition tack.

2080
01:41:09,479 --> 01:41:11,519
Speaker 1: So that is new that's never happened before, and it's

2081
01:41:12,120 --> 01:41:16,679
Speaker 1: it's gonna really affect things in Dallas, in Tennessee, in Tampa.

2082
01:41:16,800 --> 01:41:20,080
Speaker 1: Those are three teams that all have two pretty big

2083
01:41:20,200 --> 01:41:24,240
Speaker 1: stars that they want to keep with the Cowboys, you know,

2084
01:41:24,320 --> 01:41:26,639
Speaker 1: being a Marie Cooper and Dak Prescott, the Bucks being

2085
01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:29,719
Speaker 1: Shack Barrett and Jameis Winston. The Titans being Dereck Henry,

2086
01:41:29,800 --> 01:41:32,439
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. So they're gonna have to make some choices

2087
01:41:32,479 --> 01:41:34,680
Speaker 1: of which tag they use for what player, whether they

2088
01:41:34,720 --> 01:41:36,280
Speaker 1: can get deals done ahead of time in the next

2089
01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:38,599
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Yeah, I was gonna ask you as

2090
01:41:38,640 --> 01:41:44,000
Speaker 1: well about what your thoughts are on the quarterbacks that

2091
01:41:44,040 --> 01:41:46,720
Speaker 1: are out there that weren't going to get franchise. We

2092
01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:49,840
Speaker 1: saw Drew Brees is going back to New to New Orleans.

2093
01:41:50,560 --> 01:41:53,400
Speaker 1: You've got some other. Teddy Bridgewater now is a big

2094
01:41:53,520 --> 01:41:56,240
Speaker 1: question mark there. Does he want to stick around h

2095
01:41:56,360 --> 01:41:59,640
Speaker 1: and play backup fiddle for one more year, knowing that

2096
01:41:59,720 --> 01:42:02,000
Speaker 1: it's some point he's gonna cash in, or does he

2097
01:42:02,160 --> 01:42:04,559
Speaker 1: go out and try and make his own way. Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers is still hanging out there. Andy Dalton is on

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Speaker 1: the trade block. It's been a long time since we've

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Speaker 1: had quarterbacks with this much proven production available. How do

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01:42:14,080 --> 01:42:17,360
Speaker 1: you think it's going to play out? Absolutely, And of

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01:42:17,479 --> 01:42:19,680
Speaker 1: course Tom Brady's in that mix. I think he's going

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01:42:19,720 --> 01:42:22,519
Speaker 1: to be trying to figure out his market and what

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01:42:22,760 --> 01:42:24,800
Speaker 1: he wants to do before even before he gets the

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Speaker 1: free agency. It's fascinating. Cam Newton is the one name

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01:42:28,760 --> 01:42:31,439
Speaker 1: he didn't mention that really intrigued me to and I

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01:42:31,600 --> 01:42:34,040
Speaker 1: think from everything we're here and as if remember, he

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01:42:34,240 --> 01:42:36,520
Speaker 1: is going to be available for a trade. So there's

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Speaker 1: a couple of teams out there. I think the Chargers

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01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:41,280
Speaker 1: are probably the number one team of what are they

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Speaker 1: gonna do? And I think they could be interested in

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Speaker 1: a guy like Cam Newton if they can't get Tom Brady.

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Speaker 1: It's it's funny seeing these reports out there. For Brady,

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Speaker 1: I ultimately don't think he's gonna go anywhere, but I

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Speaker 1: do think Philip Rivers would make sense in a couple

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01:42:55,560 --> 01:42:58,599
Speaker 1: of these spots, including Indianapolis where in the old coach,

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Speaker 1: your old buddy Frank Reich is coaching the coal Yeah,

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01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:04,920
Speaker 1: that's exactly right. Yeah, Greg, I saw this tweet that

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Speaker 1: you had not interested in any basis quarterback speculation except

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Speaker 1: Cam to the Chargers. What are you saying there? That's

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01:43:11,960 --> 01:43:14,880
Speaker 1: the only one that is a basis in fact? Is that?

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01:43:14,960 --> 01:43:18,000
Speaker 1: What you mean? What I what I've been there is

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Speaker 1: I just think that would be fun. I would be

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01:43:20,560 --> 01:43:24,720
Speaker 1: fun entertaining football. I like this Chargers team. I live

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01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:28,080
Speaker 1: in LA. You know, my kids, they're young and they

2126
01:43:28,200 --> 01:43:31,000
Speaker 1: kind of like watching the local teams, and I just think,

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01:43:31,080 --> 01:43:33,080
Speaker 1: like that would be this is a team. I feel

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01:43:33,120 --> 01:43:35,559
Speaker 1: bad for Chargers fans. They don't have a lot going

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01:43:35,640 --> 01:43:38,000
Speaker 1: on right now, the ones that they have left, and man,

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01:43:38,160 --> 01:43:40,200
Speaker 1: Cam to the Chargers would have them use to their teams.

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01:43:40,240 --> 01:43:43,439
Speaker 1: What if I'm Brady to the Chargers? No change that

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01:43:43,800 --> 01:43:46,600
Speaker 1: would do too And and there are many reports that

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01:43:46,760 --> 01:43:52,040
Speaker 1: there is a significant interest. Look, I've watched him along time.

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01:43:52,040 --> 01:43:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to see him at forty three years

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01:43:54,080 --> 01:43:56,479
Speaker 1: old playing behind one of the worst offensive lines in

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01:43:56,560 --> 01:43:58,920
Speaker 1: the league, and Philip Rivers had to do it for

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01:43:59,080 --> 01:44:02,320
Speaker 1: years and years. It doesn't make sense to me. You know,

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01:44:02,400 --> 01:44:04,760
Speaker 1: maybe it would lifestyle wise for him, he spends a

2139
01:44:04,800 --> 01:44:07,280
Speaker 1: lot of time out here, but football wise, it doesn't

2140
01:44:07,280 --> 01:44:09,640
Speaker 1: seem to make a lot of it. Okay, what are

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01:44:09,680 --> 01:44:12,160
Speaker 1: your thoughts on whether the CBA gets done or do

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01:44:12,200 --> 01:44:14,240
Speaker 1: you think they're gonna I know that they're down to

2143
01:44:14,439 --> 01:44:17,280
Speaker 1: like the uh the funding rule is maybe the last

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01:44:17,439 --> 01:44:19,960
Speaker 1: hurdle that they have to get over. They've they've kind

2145
01:44:20,000 --> 01:44:22,880
Speaker 1: of fixed the seventeen game schedule. They're they're probably gonna

2146
01:44:22,920 --> 01:44:25,320
Speaker 1: flex Monday night football games as a result of all

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01:44:25,400 --> 01:44:28,280
Speaker 1: this of labor piece. How do you think this is

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01:44:28,280 --> 01:44:30,280
Speaker 1: all going to shake out? And are the regular guys

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01:44:30,360 --> 01:44:32,400
Speaker 1: like you me John, are we gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: tell a difference. I don't, Well, we'll be able to

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01:44:36,400 --> 01:44:38,639
Speaker 1: tell a difference with flexing Monday night games. And well,

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01:44:38,760 --> 01:44:40,880
Speaker 1: we'll have to work a couple extra weeks a season

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01:44:41,400 --> 01:44:43,960
Speaker 1: with this seventeen teams because I think they might add

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01:44:44,000 --> 01:44:47,120
Speaker 1: a bye week too. Would not surprise me in terms

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01:44:47,160 --> 01:44:50,360
Speaker 1: of thinking about player safety. Maybe give every team an

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01:44:50,400 --> 01:44:52,320
Speaker 1: extra bye week, so that would mean the seasons two

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01:44:52,360 --> 01:44:55,719
Speaker 1: weeks longer. I'm optimistic that it's gonna get done, because

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01:44:55,760 --> 01:44:59,040
Speaker 1: that's what everyone's reboarding. I have been skeptical this whole

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01:44:59,120 --> 01:45:01,479
Speaker 1: time that they can do because we've seen and I

2160
01:45:01,560 --> 01:45:05,040
Speaker 1: and I worked through the last work stoppage that usually

2161
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:07,639
Speaker 1: it's not as simple as all the optimistic takes are

2162
01:45:07,680 --> 01:45:10,080
Speaker 1: telling you right now, it really seems like both sides

2163
01:45:10,080 --> 01:45:12,599
Speaker 1: are pretty confident it's going to get it done. Hey, Greg,

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01:45:12,720 --> 01:45:15,920
Speaker 1: Greg rosenval our guest NFL dot Coms around the NFL Editor,

2165
01:45:15,920 --> 01:45:19,360
Speaker 1: You've written a piece about cut candidates, I guess salary

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01:45:19,400 --> 01:45:21,679
Speaker 1: cap casualties, and you've got a I think a fairly

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01:45:21,720 --> 01:45:24,160
Speaker 1: prominent buffalo bill on there. You think Trent Murphy might

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Speaker 1: wind up on the chopping block in the next week

2169
01:45:25,920 --> 01:45:29,840
Speaker 1: or two. Huh, Yeah, he's someone, uh, one of the

2170
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Speaker 1: few signings you know since Sean mcdermot's been there that

2171
01:45:33,840 --> 01:45:36,680
Speaker 1: that hasn't worked out. And man, he's just making a

2172
01:45:36,760 --> 01:45:40,519
Speaker 1: big time salary and hasn't had that production. And I

2173
01:45:40,600 --> 01:45:42,439
Speaker 1: think if you look at the other you know, free

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Speaker 1: agency have Shack Loss and Jordan Phillips or really a

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01:45:46,680 --> 01:45:50,920
Speaker 1: very free agent crop of pass rushers. That's probably the

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01:45:51,240 --> 01:45:53,920
Speaker 1: deepest position in free agency. I think Bean is just

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Speaker 1: going to look at that as money not necessarily well

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01:45:57,200 --> 01:46:00,040
Speaker 1: spent because he's got such a big cap figger. The

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Speaker 1: only thing about that, and again I'm not disagreeing with

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01:46:02,120 --> 01:46:04,200
Speaker 1: you because I can see that too, But think about

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01:46:04,240 --> 01:46:08,000
Speaker 1: free agency, you always virtually always overpay if you really

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01:46:08,040 --> 01:46:10,160
Speaker 1: want a player, if you're filling a hole, you'll you'll

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01:46:10,200 --> 01:46:12,080
Speaker 1: overpay to get them, And the Bills did that with

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Speaker 1: Trent Murphy a couple of years ago. Yeah, and look,

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01:46:15,160 --> 01:46:17,960
Speaker 1: you guys have a great feel on it. It's more

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01:46:18,200 --> 01:46:21,479
Speaker 1: looking at the types of guys that he'll be out there,

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Speaker 1: whether it's a Don Dee Fowler. Eric Arms said, you know,

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01:46:25,760 --> 01:46:30,280
Speaker 1: Jason Pierre, Paul Clinton, Jeffer just younger, healthier, more durable

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01:46:30,400 --> 01:46:33,960
Speaker 1: candidates than it being seems like a guy. And look,

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01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:37,040
Speaker 1: they don't necessarily need the cafferee, so they could keep Murphy.

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01:46:37,760 --> 01:46:39,519
Speaker 1: But I think they're going to really want to add

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01:46:39,840 --> 01:46:43,680
Speaker 1: to their pass rusher position in general this offseason, and

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01:46:43,800 --> 01:46:45,880
Speaker 1: that would open up a spot. How deep is the

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01:46:45,960 --> 01:46:49,160
Speaker 1: free agent market in edge rusher's defensive ends? I mean,

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01:46:49,280 --> 01:46:50,640
Speaker 1: is there going to be some guys that are going

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01:46:50,720 --> 01:46:53,240
Speaker 1: to be cut from other teams for the same reason

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01:46:53,320 --> 01:46:55,920
Speaker 1: Trent Murphy is cut from the Buffalo Bills. And I

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Speaker 1: would think if they want to keep playing, they'd be

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Speaker 1: willing to take them, maybe at least a slide salary

2200
01:47:00,680 --> 01:47:04,200
Speaker 1: cup for another team to keep stay in the league. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think that's easily the deepest position in free agency.

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01:47:08,439 --> 01:47:10,080
Speaker 1: I mean, you got some great guys at the top

2203
01:47:10,160 --> 01:47:13,759
Speaker 1: to Devin Clowney. You know, I think Giannick and Gockley

2204
01:47:13,800 --> 01:47:16,400
Speaker 1: and Shack Barrett might get their franchise deck. But you know,

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01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:21,840
Speaker 1: it goes probably ten fifteen players deep of guys that

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01:47:21,960 --> 01:47:25,679
Speaker 1: actually are going to be playing quality snaps next season,

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01:47:25,760 --> 01:47:28,720
Speaker 1: and some younger players too. So I do think if

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01:47:28,760 --> 01:47:33,000
Speaker 1: there's any single position in free agency where teams need

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01:47:33,120 --> 01:47:35,599
Speaker 1: some help, it matches up pretty well with the Bill's

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01:47:35,680 --> 01:47:38,559
Speaker 1: needs there because I think it's the at drusher position.

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Speaker 1: Live on the Line with Greg Rosenthal of NFL dot Com,

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Speaker 1: The News of the Day, Greg Drew Brees, I guess

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01:47:43,479 --> 01:47:46,200
Speaker 1: the last two days returning to the Saints next season.

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01:47:46,320 --> 01:47:48,800
Speaker 1: I told Steve earlier today my senses and I'm not

2215
01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:52,880
Speaker 1: convinced this. The Super Bowl championship window may have already

2216
01:47:52,920 --> 01:47:55,120
Speaker 1: closed on the New Orleans Saints. What do you think

2217
01:47:56,400 --> 01:47:58,280
Speaker 1: history would tell you you're right, because it's tough to

2218
01:47:58,320 --> 01:48:00,880
Speaker 1: get back every year, but they have, you know, and

2219
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:03,559
Speaker 1: they have a lot of free agency questions to answer,

2220
01:48:03,680 --> 01:48:06,120
Speaker 1: especially on defense. But I don't know, you know, I

2221
01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:08,880
Speaker 1: think they're probably the one team other than you know,

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01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:12,439
Speaker 1: the Patriots, um naybe the Chiefs that have been a

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01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:14,599
Speaker 1: top five team the last two years. I mean either

2224
01:48:14,720 --> 01:48:17,240
Speaker 1: two of the best team Sean Payton's ever have They

2225
01:48:17,280 --> 01:48:19,599
Speaker 1: haven't got it's done in the playoffs, but I think

2226
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:21,720
Speaker 1: they got a shot. You know, I think they are

2227
01:48:21,840 --> 01:48:25,000
Speaker 1: in the mix because that offense still has such great

2228
01:48:25,080 --> 01:48:28,000
Speaker 1: young talent in terms of Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas

2229
01:48:28,080 --> 01:48:30,560
Speaker 1: and the offensive linement that they'll they'll they'll have a

2230
01:48:30,600 --> 01:48:32,600
Speaker 1: shot and this is it feels kind of like a

2231
01:48:32,760 --> 01:48:37,280
Speaker 1: last stand for them. One more try with with Drew Bree. Yeah, hey,

2232
01:48:37,360 --> 01:48:38,880
Speaker 1: the last thing I got for you getting you back

2233
01:48:38,880 --> 01:48:40,920
Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills for a second. Great back to

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01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:43,880
Speaker 1: your analysis of teams that could dethrone the Chiefs or

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01:48:43,920 --> 01:48:45,639
Speaker 1: what they have to do to de throne the Chiefs.

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01:48:46,040 --> 01:48:49,040
Speaker 1: In the middle of your analysis, you're right that about

2237
01:48:49,120 --> 01:48:51,920
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. They got to help make Josh Allen's life easier,

2238
01:48:52,160 --> 01:48:55,360
Speaker 1: and you refer to offensive coordinator Brian day Ball as

2239
01:48:55,400 --> 01:48:58,200
Speaker 1: an underrated play caller. Now, look, I don't disagree with

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Speaker 1: you at all, and Steve does. I don't think Steve

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01:49:00,479 --> 01:49:02,559
Speaker 1: would either, But there's a segment of our audience, who

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01:49:02,600 --> 01:49:05,599
Speaker 1: would disagree and team underrated? He's a terrible play caller.

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01:49:06,240 --> 01:49:10,040
Speaker 1: Why do you consider him underrated? I think what he

2244
01:49:11,040 --> 01:49:13,360
Speaker 1: brings to the table on a week to week basis,

2245
01:49:13,439 --> 01:49:16,479
Speaker 1: it was pretty tough for defenses um to deal with that.

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01:49:16,520 --> 01:49:19,600
Speaker 1: I think, even going back two years, the overall offensive

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01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:22,519
Speaker 1: talent and personnel, and in some of the limitations Josh

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01:49:22,560 --> 01:49:25,320
Speaker 1: Allen had, certainly his rookie I think he's done a

2249
01:49:25,360 --> 01:49:28,000
Speaker 1: pretty good job with what he has. And I think

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Speaker 1: if you talk to defensive coaches and they had to

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01:49:31,520 --> 01:49:33,840
Speaker 1: prepare for them, they were not an easy team. I

2252
01:49:34,040 --> 01:49:37,280
Speaker 1: don't think that was the most talented offense in the league,

2253
01:49:37,400 --> 01:49:39,599
Speaker 1: and I think they did pretty well with what they had,

2254
01:49:39,640 --> 01:49:42,400
Speaker 1: and they need to keep raising that talent and take

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01:49:42,439 --> 01:49:45,040
Speaker 1: advantage of Josh Allen. With your permission, Greg, I'd like

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01:49:45,120 --> 01:49:47,240
Speaker 1: to save that answer and use it when somebody calls

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01:49:47,320 --> 01:49:50,760
Speaker 1: up and complains about play calling. All right, Well, you

2258
01:49:50,840 --> 01:49:52,759
Speaker 1: know they have they have something in common with about

2259
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:58,599
Speaker 1: twenty eight twenty nine other fans. I got one last thing.

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01:49:58,640 --> 01:50:01,680
Speaker 1: I'll just keep it on. One more general question you

2261
01:50:01,760 --> 01:50:06,720
Speaker 1: got Teddy Bridgewater, Andy Dalton, Taysom Hill. I mean all

2262
01:50:06,760 --> 01:50:10,400
Speaker 1: those guys, what do you think, Where's Teddy Bridgewater? What's

2263
01:50:10,439 --> 01:50:12,679
Speaker 1: he gonna do? Where would be? I know the obvious

2264
01:50:12,800 --> 01:50:15,800
Speaker 1: landing spots for him are places like Tampa Bay, Indianapolis,

2265
01:50:15,880 --> 01:50:19,559
Speaker 1: even New England. If Tom Brady does leave, LA Chargers

2266
01:50:19,600 --> 01:50:21,920
Speaker 1: have got to find somebody. I think when you look

2267
01:50:21,960 --> 01:50:25,519
Speaker 1: at the list of like Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Philip Rivers,

2268
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:29,080
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, Teddy Bridgewater may be the most attractive of

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01:50:29,200 --> 01:50:31,880
Speaker 1: the bunch because of his age. Well, I think he's

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01:50:31,880 --> 01:50:34,200
Speaker 1: the safest. You know, he don't really reminds me of

2271
01:50:34,479 --> 01:50:36,559
Speaker 1: and I remember seeing this four or five years ago

2272
01:50:36,600 --> 01:50:40,320
Speaker 1: when he was healthy. Was as Alex Smith, a really

2273
01:50:40,400 --> 01:50:43,799
Speaker 1: good decision maker. He finds the open receivers. He's probably

2274
01:50:43,840 --> 01:50:46,479
Speaker 1: not gonna get you overly excited. He's a little more

2275
01:50:46,560 --> 01:50:50,000
Speaker 1: mobile than you really think he is. He's an I

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01:50:50,040 --> 01:50:52,960
Speaker 1: would say, like a mid level starting quarterback, which has

2277
01:50:52,960 --> 01:50:54,960
Speaker 1: a ton of value. I mean the Titans I think

2278
01:50:55,000 --> 01:50:57,120
Speaker 1: were a great example of Hey, you give you put

2279
01:50:57,200 --> 01:50:59,439
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback in there, your team get a lot better.

2280
01:51:00,320 --> 01:51:03,320
Speaker 1: Tampa's the one I'm keeping an eye on because I

2281
01:51:03,479 --> 01:51:06,320
Speaker 1: think the relationship there with Jamus Winston is is a

2282
01:51:06,360 --> 01:51:08,879
Speaker 1: little worse maybe than the people think from the outsud

2283
01:51:09,400 --> 01:51:11,640
Speaker 1: think thirty interceptions has something to do with that. I

2284
01:51:11,680 --> 01:51:16,240
Speaker 1: would think that. And Ruce arians, you know, basically saying

2285
01:51:16,680 --> 01:51:19,320
Speaker 1: he was like sick of it. Oh yea the last

2286
01:51:19,360 --> 01:51:21,560
Speaker 1: couple of weeks of the season. Yeah, great, thanks for

2287
01:51:21,600 --> 01:51:23,599
Speaker 1: this great stuff. Thanks for coming on with us, say Greg,

2288
01:51:24,280 --> 01:51:27,040
Speaker 1: great talking to you guys. Greg Rosenthal, NFL dot com,

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01:51:27,120 --> 01:51:29,080
Speaker 1: Around the NFL Editor, the host of the Around the

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01:51:29,200 --> 01:51:31,680
Speaker 1: NFL podcast. Happy to have Greg gone with us a

2291
01:51:31,920 --> 01:51:34,680
Speaker 1: wide variety of topics he discussed. I wanted him to

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01:51:34,760 --> 01:51:36,760
Speaker 1: get that in about he and it was just an

2293
01:51:37,160 --> 01:51:40,840
Speaker 1: kind of a passing comment, but he said, talking about

2294
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:43,000
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, how they have to surround Josh Allen with

2295
01:51:43,120 --> 01:51:45,960
Speaker 1: talent make his life easier. Um, and he calls h

2296
01:51:46,479 --> 01:51:49,000
Speaker 1: Alan has a scheme that covers up his weaknesses and

2297
01:51:49,200 --> 01:51:54,160
Speaker 1: accentuates his strengths under underrated play caller Brian Dable. Now,

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01:51:54,200 --> 01:51:57,200
Speaker 1: he's right, that's a that's a feeling of a lot

2299
01:51:57,240 --> 01:51:59,240
Speaker 1: of fan bases around the NFL. Our guy doesn't know

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01:51:59,280 --> 01:52:01,439
Speaker 1: what he's doing, call him plays. I kind of have

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01:52:01,520 --> 01:52:03,240
Speaker 1: a sense why that is, but I don't think it

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Speaker 1: applies to Brian devil. He's a decent play caller. He's

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Speaker 1: more than decent, he's a good play caller. I really

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Speaker 1: believe that. Yeah, and I we're go ahead throw the

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Speaker 1: fireman way. I don't care. I just believe. People love

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Speaker 1: to call plays and they say, I think you know

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01:52:15,720 --> 01:52:19,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna do this and right exactly, and and and

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01:52:19,880 --> 01:52:23,639
Speaker 1: they they run an unsuccessful play, whether it's a handoff

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01:52:23,720 --> 01:52:26,040
Speaker 1: up the middle or whatever. And I had this conversation

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Speaker 1: during the season. I was watching other games and stuff,

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01:52:28,040 --> 01:52:30,600
Speaker 1: and every so often, every team in the league just

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01:52:30,760 --> 01:52:32,320
Speaker 1: turns it around and hands it into it on a

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01:52:32,400 --> 01:52:34,360
Speaker 1: dive up the middle. They just do it every so often,

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01:52:34,479 --> 01:52:37,880
Speaker 1: just almost as you better watch out for this kind

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01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:40,599
Speaker 1: of thing. And people get so frustrated that those plays

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01:52:40,640 --> 01:52:43,200
Speaker 1: are unsuccessful or they don't go anywhere, and they and

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01:52:43,600 --> 01:52:45,439
Speaker 1: or if they say, they're probably gonna run it right

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01:52:45,479 --> 01:52:47,000
Speaker 1: here at this time, and then they think if the

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01:52:47,080 --> 01:52:50,160
Speaker 1: team does that, that the team is automatically predictable. And

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01:52:50,439 --> 01:52:54,760
Speaker 1: anytime your team loses, it's like Greg Rosenthal just told us,

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01:52:55,120 --> 01:52:57,840
Speaker 1: it's all about that. Offense is the thing they look at.

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01:52:57,960 --> 01:53:00,800
Speaker 1: You gotta score more points, and your offensive coordinator bears

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01:53:00,840 --> 01:53:02,280
Speaker 1: the brunt of it, just like and we had this

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01:53:02,360 --> 01:53:04,240
Speaker 1: conversation the other day. I said, listen, they used to

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01:53:04,280 --> 01:53:06,560
Speaker 1: be the old adage was the most popular guy in

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01:53:06,600 --> 01:53:10,160
Speaker 1: an NFL city is the backup quarterback, right because the

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01:53:10,680 --> 01:53:13,679
Speaker 1: front guy's not winning, it's his fault. And they well,

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01:53:13,800 --> 01:53:16,519
Speaker 1: the most unpopular guy in every NFL city is the

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01:53:16,680 --> 01:53:20,639
Speaker 1: offensive play caller. Anytime anything's going bad with the offense,

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01:53:21,000 --> 01:53:26,040
Speaker 1: it's his fault. It's it's easy, and it's it's people

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01:53:26,120 --> 01:53:28,240
Speaker 1: do it because they you know, because they because they

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01:53:28,320 --> 01:53:32,280
Speaker 1: predict one play, they think it's you know, the other

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01:53:32,320 --> 01:53:35,200
Speaker 1: team's doing it as well. But I'm with you, I

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01:53:35,760 --> 01:53:38,760
Speaker 1: like what brand Dabole does. I don't think people appreciate

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01:53:39,040 --> 01:53:42,200
Speaker 1: the limitations that offensive coordinators are under. They know the

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01:53:42,280 --> 01:53:44,040
Speaker 1: players they've got, they know what they can do, what

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01:53:44,120 --> 01:53:46,960
Speaker 1: they cannot do, starting first with the guy who takes snaps,

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01:53:47,320 --> 01:53:49,320
Speaker 1: and they got to call their offense and build their

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01:53:49,400 --> 01:53:53,840
Speaker 1: offense and then call plays. Given those limitations against a

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01:53:53,960 --> 01:53:57,200
Speaker 1: defense whose strength and weaknesses vary from week to week,

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01:53:57,720 --> 01:54:03,519
Speaker 1: it's really a difficult and complex job. And I'm you know,

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01:54:03,600 --> 01:54:05,640
Speaker 1: after winning ten games and taking his team to the

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01:54:05,680 --> 01:54:07,800
Speaker 1: playoffs and doing what they did, I think Brian Dable

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01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:09,880
Speaker 1: does a really an outstanding job, and I think other

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01:54:09,960 --> 01:54:11,479
Speaker 1: teams see it. He was in the finals for the

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01:54:11,800 --> 01:54:14,200
Speaker 1: head coaching job in Cleveland. I think he's getting some

2347
01:54:14,280 --> 01:54:16,439
Speaker 1: attention from around the league about what he's doing with

2348
01:54:16,560 --> 01:54:20,320
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and I think rightfully, so, you're not perfect,

2349
01:54:20,439 --> 01:54:22,600
Speaker 1: but I think he does a really good job, a

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01:54:22,680 --> 01:54:25,040
Speaker 1: really good job as the play caller for the Bills.

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01:54:25,080 --> 01:54:27,439
Speaker 1: Our Twitter poll today remains up and we got about

2352
01:54:27,479 --> 01:54:29,200
Speaker 1: thirty five minutes left in this time to take more

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01:54:29,280 --> 01:54:32,000
Speaker 1: phone calls, more tweets on the tweet sheet, more votes

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01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:33,840
Speaker 1: in the Twitter poll. How much would you give up

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01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:36,400
Speaker 1: to acquire an offensive playmaker. Let's see how the responses

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01:54:36,440 --> 01:54:38,760
Speaker 1: are going. It's close. Twenty seven percent of you say

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01:54:38,800 --> 01:54:41,480
Speaker 1: you would spend whatever it takes, whatever it takes in

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01:54:41,600 --> 01:54:45,480
Speaker 1: free agency to get an offensive playmaker. Okay. Twenty six

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01:54:45,560 --> 01:54:47,800
Speaker 1: percent right behind say you would trade a first round

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01:54:47,840 --> 01:54:51,160
Speaker 1: pick to get a player an offensive playmaker. Twenty three

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01:54:51,240 --> 01:54:53,240
Speaker 1: percent say you would trade up in the first round

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01:54:53,280 --> 01:54:55,800
Speaker 1: of the draft to get an offensive player. Twenty three

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01:54:55,880 --> 01:54:58,440
Speaker 1: percent also say something else. Give us a call. Let's

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01:54:58,480 --> 01:55:00,480
Speaker 1: discuss eight olds. It seems like we got a lot

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01:55:00,520 --> 01:55:02,480
Speaker 1: to discuss here. We're all over the board. You'd give

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01:55:02,560 --> 01:55:04,760
Speaker 1: up a lot to get an offensive playmaker. Eight oh

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01:55:04,880 --> 01:55:07,160
Speaker 1: three oh five fifty the number to call outside Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: It's toll free call one eight eight eight five fifty

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Speaker 1: two five fifty. It's one Bills Live. Presented by Klada

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Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park. This is

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01:55:15,720 --> 01:55:30,360
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back One Bills Live. John Murphy

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01:55:30,440 --> 01:55:33,120
Speaker 1: see Tasker company him from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park.

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01:55:33,240 --> 01:55:34,840
Speaker 1: Got about a half hour left to go in the show.

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01:55:35,200 --> 01:55:37,080
Speaker 1: Happy to have it with us. Hope you get involved

2375
01:55:37,080 --> 01:55:39,440
Speaker 1: in our Twitter poll, and by involved, I mean give

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01:55:39,480 --> 01:55:42,080
Speaker 1: us a call eight oh three five fifty toll free

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01:55:42,160 --> 01:55:44,600
Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty, Send

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01:55:44,640 --> 01:55:46,600
Speaker 1: in a tweet to one Bills Live. Maybe you just

2379
01:55:46,640 --> 01:55:48,520
Speaker 1: want to vote to the Twitter poll. Whatever. How would

2380
01:55:48,520 --> 01:55:50,880
Speaker 1: you give up? How much would you give up to

2381
01:55:51,000 --> 01:55:53,480
Speaker 1: help the Bills acquire some offensive talent. It's a pretty

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01:55:53,640 --> 01:55:56,000
Speaker 1: close Twitter poll. I think there's a lot of opinions

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01:55:56,000 --> 01:55:58,520
Speaker 1: about this. Paul and Lancaster on the line. Hello, Paul,

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01:55:58,520 --> 01:56:00,960
Speaker 1: you're on the air. How are you doing. Man, It's

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01:56:00,960 --> 01:56:03,680
Speaker 1: a great afternoon. It's a beautiful day is one of

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01:56:03,800 --> 01:56:07,280
Speaker 1: famous coaches said, yeah, exactly, a fast comment. As we

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01:56:07,360 --> 01:56:10,160
Speaker 1: hear everybody talking about Tom Brady, my thinking is what

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01:56:10,360 --> 01:56:12,400
Speaker 1: he wanted to maybe go to the NFC because he's

2389
01:56:12,480 --> 01:56:14,920
Speaker 1: conquered the FC in the NFL, as far as being

2390
01:56:15,000 --> 01:56:17,120
Speaker 1: on the AFC side of the ball and try to

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01:56:17,160 --> 01:56:20,600
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl for the NFC. I don't think

2392
01:56:20,640 --> 01:56:22,920
Speaker 1: it's a general I think you'd be more specific about it.

2393
01:56:22,960 --> 01:56:25,600
Speaker 1: It'll depend on the exact team that he goes to,

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01:56:25,760 --> 01:56:28,800
Speaker 1: it won't. I don't think the conference has a difference

2395
01:56:28,840 --> 01:56:31,320
Speaker 1: in it. I think it'll be more about the division

2396
01:56:32,120 --> 01:56:34,800
Speaker 1: and the team that he's going with a situation whether

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01:56:34,840 --> 01:56:37,920
Speaker 1: he can win right away, and of course maybe the

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01:56:38,000 --> 01:56:42,840
Speaker 1: money we had not great. We had Ben Villin on

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01:56:43,080 --> 01:56:45,920
Speaker 1: today and he thought the money aspect of the entire

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01:56:46,040 --> 01:56:49,520
Speaker 1: situation was third in Brady's mind. He wanted to go

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01:56:49,600 --> 01:56:52,080
Speaker 1: where he had some weapons offensively and a commitment by

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01:56:52,120 --> 01:56:56,280
Speaker 1: the team to him for a couple of years. That's

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01:56:56,360 --> 01:56:58,640
Speaker 1: he thinks is more important than the actual money that

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01:56:58,840 --> 01:57:01,600
Speaker 1: Tom's being paid. Which this interesting point, Yeah, really good.

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01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:05,480
Speaker 1: I guess he articulated as well as anybody. Ben Bolin

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01:57:05,520 --> 01:57:07,200
Speaker 1: did as far as what's important to Brady And what

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01:57:07,280 --> 01:57:09,240
Speaker 1: did he say? First is who would be there playing

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01:57:09,280 --> 01:57:11,720
Speaker 1: with it? First is the roster? Second is that does

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01:57:11,760 --> 01:57:13,280
Speaker 1: he get more than the length of the team. Yeah,

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01:57:13,360 --> 01:57:15,880
Speaker 1: the length of the term on the contract. So yeah, Paul,

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01:57:15,880 --> 01:57:18,840
Speaker 1: you're right. I don't think it's that specific. I don't

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01:57:18,880 --> 01:57:21,160
Speaker 1: think he'll talk about the AFC, NFC. I think it's

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01:57:21,320 --> 01:57:24,240
Speaker 1: that right there. I think it's who he's got to

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01:57:24,320 --> 01:57:26,920
Speaker 1: play with and whether he can get a two or

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01:57:27,000 --> 01:57:30,520
Speaker 1: three year deal from the team. What else? Cool? Thanks Paul.

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01:57:30,640 --> 01:57:33,440
Speaker 1: Let's go to Jim in Buffalo. Hello, Jim, you're on

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01:57:33,480 --> 01:57:39,800
Speaker 1: the air him today. Great? You know, and I don't

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01:57:39,840 --> 01:57:41,640
Speaker 1: think for the first time a lot of years, we've

2419
01:57:41,680 --> 01:57:43,560
Speaker 1: got in a panic mode right now where we have

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01:57:43,640 --> 01:57:46,040
Speaker 1: to give of our first Warren Hildup or anything. Right,

2421
01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:48,920
Speaker 1: go out and get a receiver and get a caster

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01:57:49,120 --> 01:57:52,000
Speaker 1: like person out there. I think special teams can inspire

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01:57:52,040 --> 01:57:54,920
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. And again, I think these

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01:57:54,920 --> 01:57:56,720
Speaker 1: guys are doing a good job and I'm build a

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01:57:56,760 --> 01:58:01,200
Speaker 1: foundation brick five brick trust the process, how hunt, Jim? Yeah,

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01:58:01,200 --> 01:58:03,360
Speaker 1: I didn't want to say about your right. The process

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01:58:03,440 --> 01:58:05,920
Speaker 1: is right exactly. Well, if they've they've done some stuff.

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01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:08,160
Speaker 1: Being and McDermott have done some stuff to earn that.

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01:58:08,240 --> 01:58:12,200
Speaker 1: Though you think, oh, yes, sure, yeah, I agree. I

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01:58:12,280 --> 01:58:14,920
Speaker 1: agree with all that, here's what's looming in the background,

2431
01:58:15,200 --> 01:58:18,520
Speaker 1: and I can't I can't quite put this aside. The

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01:58:18,640 --> 01:58:21,000
Speaker 1: clock is ticking. I really believe that. See, if you

2433
01:58:21,000 --> 01:58:22,880
Speaker 1: don't have five years to build a Super Bowl team,

2434
01:58:23,120 --> 01:58:25,360
Speaker 1: you really don't. You might not have three years. And

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01:58:25,480 --> 01:58:28,120
Speaker 1: if your team is getting close, you gotta strike while

2436
01:58:28,120 --> 01:58:30,720
Speaker 1: you're hot. The Bills won ten games last year. They

2437
01:58:30,760 --> 01:58:33,160
Speaker 1: got good playing good improvement more than anything from their

2438
01:58:33,440 --> 01:58:36,320
Speaker 1: second year quarterback. You gotta make a move. You gotta

2439
01:58:36,320 --> 01:58:38,400
Speaker 1: make a couple of moves to go for a championship

2440
01:58:38,680 --> 01:58:40,400
Speaker 1: in the next couple of years. I don't think three

2441
01:58:40,480 --> 01:58:42,760
Speaker 1: to five years is. You want to be good for

2442
01:58:42,840 --> 01:58:45,120
Speaker 1: three to five years, but as far as winning a championship,

2443
01:58:45,320 --> 01:58:48,200
Speaker 1: you better be ready to move whenever the opportunity presents itself.

2444
01:58:48,240 --> 01:58:51,760
Speaker 1: So you think it's gonna be a one swing and done. No, no, no,

2445
01:58:51,960 --> 01:58:53,800
Speaker 1: But they got to take the swing soon, because pretty

2446
01:58:53,840 --> 01:58:56,200
Speaker 1: soon it took a swing. This year, well, they weren't

2447
01:58:56,280 --> 01:58:59,560
Speaker 1: championship contenders this year. They won ten games, went to

2448
01:58:59,600 --> 01:59:02,200
Speaker 1: the play. Would you argue they were Super Bowl contenders?

2449
01:59:02,320 --> 01:59:03,600
Speaker 1: I thought I told you that. I thought they had

2450
01:59:03,760 --> 01:59:05,880
Speaker 1: enough guys to beat anybody on their schedule. Why shoudn't

2451
01:59:05,920 --> 01:59:07,920
Speaker 1: they because it's hard to win. I mean, you gotta

2452
01:59:07,920 --> 01:59:09,560
Speaker 1: give the other guys chance credit too. You think it's

2453
01:59:09,680 --> 01:59:11,720
Speaker 1: just because they get a wide receiver and everything, nobody's

2454
01:59:11,760 --> 01:59:13,520
Speaker 1: gonna be easy hard to beat. I think they can

2455
01:59:13,560 --> 01:59:15,680
Speaker 1: get better with a good wide receiver, and they always

2456
01:59:16,520 --> 01:59:19,120
Speaker 1: I'm what, I'm what My point is this. I don't

2457
01:59:19,120 --> 01:59:22,080
Speaker 1: think this is a window, Oh I do. I think

2458
01:59:22,280 --> 01:59:24,680
Speaker 1: I think this is a process by which you stay

2459
01:59:24,760 --> 01:59:27,200
Speaker 1: up there all the time. I think that's that's what

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01:59:27,520 --> 01:59:31,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott have preached from their beginning.

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01:59:31,480 --> 01:59:33,480
Speaker 1: This isn't just we're gonna come in here, try and

2462
01:59:33,520 --> 01:59:35,440
Speaker 1: win a championship and then we're gonna move on. This

2463
01:59:35,680 --> 01:59:37,880
Speaker 1: is we're gonna get good, stay good. We're gonna be

2464
01:59:37,920 --> 01:59:40,400
Speaker 1: there every year. Who's done that other than the Patriots

2465
01:59:40,560 --> 01:59:44,680
Speaker 1: in recent NFL isn't that I haven't heard? There's something

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01:59:44,760 --> 01:59:46,320
Speaker 1: some people and I was gonna say that too. Some

2467
01:59:46,440 --> 01:59:47,800
Speaker 1: people you come in and say we're gonna get good,

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01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:50,280
Speaker 1: We're gonna contend every year, Dad, da da, you know.

2469
01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:53,680
Speaker 1: But there are other teams like Pittsburgh does it. They're

2470
01:59:53,760 --> 01:59:56,000
Speaker 1: kind of in the conversation, Baltimore does it. They're kind

2471
01:59:56,000 --> 01:59:58,640
Speaker 1: of in the conversation all the time. Out West Seattle

2472
01:59:58,720 --> 02:00:00,920
Speaker 1: Seahawks didn't go away with They've been there for now,

2473
02:00:01,200 --> 02:00:04,800
Speaker 1: pushing a decade with Pete Carroll. Even this New Orleans

2474
02:00:04,840 --> 02:00:07,000
Speaker 1: Saints have been had this window open for a long time.

2475
02:00:07,040 --> 02:00:08,680
Speaker 1: You can make the argument that's going to close when

2476
02:00:08,760 --> 02:00:10,760
Speaker 1: Drew Brees goes away, But if they can hang on

2477
02:00:10,840 --> 02:00:12,720
Speaker 1: to Teddy Bridgewater they went five and over with him,

2478
02:00:12,720 --> 02:00:15,680
Speaker 1: maybe it doesn't. So more and more teams are getting

2479
02:00:15,720 --> 02:00:19,480
Speaker 1: a recipe for staying good and therefore in the conversation

2480
02:00:19,560 --> 02:00:23,080
Speaker 1: and therefore competitive for much longer than just some window

2481
02:00:23,120 --> 02:00:26,320
Speaker 1: that slams shoved on a quarterback. I think this team's

2482
02:00:26,360 --> 02:00:29,680
Speaker 1: on the way there, and we're in the beginning processes

2483
02:00:29,760 --> 02:00:31,400
Speaker 1: of the beginning of it. I mean, there were ten

2484
02:00:31,480 --> 02:00:33,240
Speaker 1: game winners this year, and they were in there, they

2485
02:00:33,280 --> 02:00:36,080
Speaker 1: were in the tournament, and they were a tough out

2486
02:00:36,360 --> 02:00:39,320
Speaker 1: from Week one all the way till Week seventeen. And

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Speaker 1: I think that the plan and obviously the architects are

2488
02:00:42,400 --> 02:00:44,560
Speaker 1: trying to say, listen, we're gonna do that again, and

2489
02:00:44,760 --> 02:00:47,600
Speaker 1: we're sitting here in the midst of well, they gotta

2490
02:00:47,680 --> 02:00:49,839
Speaker 1: you know, it's a little different animal now to maintain

2491
02:00:49,960 --> 02:00:51,440
Speaker 1: that it was just to kind of build it up.

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02:00:51,560 --> 02:00:54,560
Speaker 1: Let's go to Larry in Wyoming County. Hello, Larry around

2493
02:00:54,560 --> 02:00:59,320
Speaker 1: the air. I'll the young guys good. I think we

2494
02:00:59,400 --> 02:01:04,360
Speaker 1: should sure if our offensively in Spain before we do anything.

2495
02:01:04,720 --> 02:01:07,720
Speaker 1: We need to protect Alan or easily get killed back

2496
02:01:07,760 --> 02:01:12,360
Speaker 1: there on. I think they have one free agency. I mean,

2497
02:01:12,600 --> 02:01:14,320
Speaker 1: you might be will find a receiver if you want

2498
02:01:14,320 --> 02:01:21,840
Speaker 1: a receiver and speed rusher um. And even though some

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02:01:22,000 --> 02:01:24,360
Speaker 1: of the guys who are playing in the x feller

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02:01:24,400 --> 02:01:28,160
Speaker 1: are actually looking good like camp fill ups Ross, I mean,

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02:01:28,240 --> 02:01:31,120
Speaker 1: there's some receivers right there that we can even bring

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02:01:31,200 --> 02:01:36,280
Speaker 1: it eventually. Yeah, I agree, you're with me. And I've

2503
02:01:36,280 --> 02:01:38,640
Speaker 1: always said, you know, the offense and the defensive lines

2504
02:01:38,680 --> 02:01:40,400
Speaker 1: where everything starts, and I think you got to make

2505
02:01:40,560 --> 02:01:45,840
Speaker 1: sure those two areas are are up to snuff. And

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Speaker 1: I think you look at our the Twitter poll today, Murph,

2507
02:01:48,600 --> 02:01:52,120
Speaker 1: and I was looking at this, most people like forty

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02:01:52,440 --> 02:01:56,760
Speaker 1: plus percent of the people, maybe half of the entire Twitter.

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02:01:56,840 --> 02:02:00,440
Speaker 1: People who've responded have said they want somebody who proven.

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02:02:00,640 --> 02:02:02,920
Speaker 1: They either want to get a free agent, trade a

2511
02:02:02,960 --> 02:02:05,600
Speaker 1: first round or for a player that we already know about,

2512
02:02:05,880 --> 02:02:08,160
Speaker 1: or get one in free agency that we already know about.

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Speaker 1: Only twenty percent of the people want to go out

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Speaker 1: and get guy in the first round of the draft

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02:02:12,880 --> 02:02:14,520
Speaker 1: or trade up to get a first guy in the

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02:02:14,520 --> 02:02:17,000
Speaker 1: first round of the draft, probably because they know even

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02:02:17,000 --> 02:02:19,120
Speaker 1: if you get a great rookie, he may come in

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02:02:19,200 --> 02:02:22,160
Speaker 1: and be productive, but it'll take him a while to acclimate,

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02:02:22,520 --> 02:02:24,440
Speaker 1: and nobody wants to wait for that. You know, when

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Speaker 1: we're sitting here in February, we don't want to wait

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02:02:26,160 --> 02:02:28,040
Speaker 1: another year for this guy to acclimating after his first

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Speaker 1: year say Okay, he's really gonna put it together, Well,

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02:02:31,120 --> 02:02:33,120
Speaker 1: we want to do it now. So I think most

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Speaker 1: of the people on the Twitter poll are saying, let's

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Speaker 1: get one in free agency or trade for one that

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Speaker 1: we know about, because we need a guy who knows

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Speaker 1: what it is to be an NFL player. I don't

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Speaker 1: want to wait on a first round draft pick, no

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Speaker 1: matter how good he's gonna be. I hear you. Let's

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Speaker 1: go to Tim and Dpu. Hello Tim, you're on the

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Speaker 1: air with this. Yeah, you know, I love listening everybody

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02:02:50,640 --> 02:02:56,280
Speaker 1: talk about we need offensive help with either stud wide

2533
02:02:56,360 --> 02:02:59,880
Speaker 1: receiver or offensive liliman. But we have a big gaping

2534
02:03:00,080 --> 02:03:03,560
Speaker 1: hole right now with the loss of Lorenzo l Xanner retiring.

2535
02:03:04,320 --> 02:03:06,560
Speaker 1: You're probably gonna lose Murphy, which I don't think is

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02:03:06,560 --> 02:03:09,600
Speaker 1: a big loss, But you got Shack Lawson that's out

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02:03:09,600 --> 02:03:13,560
Speaker 1: there as a free agent as well. I think that

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02:03:13,960 --> 02:03:16,320
Speaker 1: the Bills, I think, if they're smart, they go after

2539
02:03:16,520 --> 02:03:19,879
Speaker 1: somebody to fill a void on that side of the defense.

2540
02:03:19,960 --> 02:03:23,200
Speaker 1: It's a strong site of your defense and you've got

2541
02:03:23,240 --> 02:03:25,080
Speaker 1: a lot of pieces that you know it just may

2542
02:03:25,160 --> 02:03:27,640
Speaker 1: not be there, and you don't want your defense to

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02:03:27,720 --> 02:03:30,680
Speaker 1: take a step back at the price of bringing your

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Speaker 1: offense up. Yeah, that's yeah, Tim, You're right, and we've

2545
02:03:34,160 --> 02:03:36,440
Speaker 1: been talking about that. How different it is this year

2546
02:03:36,560 --> 02:03:39,360
Speaker 1: where you're losing good players. But in the case of

2547
02:03:39,400 --> 02:03:42,959
Speaker 1: Lorenzo to retirement or Trent Murphy maybe to salary cap casualty,

2548
02:03:43,160 --> 02:03:46,080
Speaker 1: or you know, Shack Lawson to free agency, we're getting

2549
02:03:46,080 --> 02:03:49,040
Speaker 1: caught up in these guys we're gonna acquire. We do

2550
02:03:49,400 --> 02:03:52,400
Speaker 1: have to make sure we got guys to either develop

2551
02:03:52,520 --> 02:03:55,360
Speaker 1: from within, or to grab a free agency to fill

2552
02:03:55,400 --> 02:03:57,120
Speaker 1: out our roster with guys that aren't going to be

2553
02:03:57,160 --> 02:04:00,360
Speaker 1: here next year through no fault of their own, but

2554
02:04:00,720 --> 02:04:03,280
Speaker 1: because their contracts are up, with their free agents or whatever.

2555
02:04:04,920 --> 02:04:07,040
Speaker 1: You got to line up twenty two guys eleven on

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02:04:07,120 --> 02:04:08,760
Speaker 1: you both sides of the ball, and right now we've

2557
02:04:08,840 --> 02:04:10,880
Speaker 1: lost some starters that contributed in a big way. You

2558
02:04:10,920 --> 02:04:13,600
Speaker 1: got to fill those voids. Thanks for your call. Let's

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Speaker 1: do a little True or false NFL True or False

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Yancey's, Fancy New York's artists and Cheese.

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Speaker 1: True or False. Number one Tyrod Taylor, former Bills quarterback,

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02:04:23,160 --> 02:04:26,480
Speaker 1: is a legitimate option for the Chargers at quarterback. This

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02:04:26,600 --> 02:04:28,880
Speaker 1: is a question that I think you and I will

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02:04:28,920 --> 02:04:31,960
Speaker 1: probably pose next week. Tom Tolesco has agreed to be

2565
02:04:32,040 --> 02:04:33,879
Speaker 1: on the show with us next week at the Combine

2566
02:04:33,920 --> 02:04:37,560
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. He's the local product, Saint Francis High School product,

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Speaker 1: general manager of the Los Angeles Chargers. Is Tyrod Taylor

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02:04:41,200 --> 02:04:43,800
Speaker 1: a legitimate option for the Chargers at quarterback? True or false?

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say false, Steve. I think Tyrode has established

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02:04:47,240 --> 02:04:50,680
Speaker 1: himself as a good backup quarterback in the league right now. Yeah,

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02:04:50,800 --> 02:04:52,200
Speaker 1: I don't think they want to go into a new

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Speaker 1: building with Tyrod at quarterback. I don't think they would

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02:04:54,760 --> 02:04:59,080
Speaker 1: balk at the idea. I think Tyrod wouldn't. I mean,

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02:04:59,120 --> 02:05:02,879
Speaker 1: he's no Philip Rivers, even at thirty eight. But Tyrod

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02:05:02,960 --> 02:05:07,120
Speaker 1: Taylor can play. We saw him play here in Buffalo. Certainly,

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02:05:07,160 --> 02:05:09,720
Speaker 1: he's frustrating at times to watch. He has trouble pulling

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02:05:09,760 --> 02:05:13,360
Speaker 1: the trigger on throws that aren't wide open. But he's

2578
02:05:13,360 --> 02:05:16,080
Speaker 1: a great He's a really good athlete, a really good leader,

2579
02:05:16,200 --> 02:05:20,080
Speaker 1: a strong guy in the locker room. He never turns

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02:05:20,120 --> 02:05:23,120
Speaker 1: it over. And for a good roster like the Chargers have,

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02:05:24,200 --> 02:05:27,240
Speaker 1: that's not all that bad. And for the price tag there,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I couldn't tell you what the number

2583
02:05:29,040 --> 02:05:30,120
Speaker 1: is right off the top of my head. You know,

2584
02:05:30,200 --> 02:05:32,760
Speaker 1: he's not breaking the bank as a backup, so I

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02:05:32,840 --> 02:05:36,200
Speaker 1: would say probably, Yeah, I'd say I'd say true. He's proven.

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02:05:36,240 --> 02:05:38,160
Speaker 1: He started here for three years and this is a

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02:05:38,240 --> 02:05:41,320
Speaker 1: team that led the league in rushing during his tenure here,

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02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:45,360
Speaker 1: So I'd say true. Even though you know you don't

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02:05:45,560 --> 02:05:48,400
Speaker 1: consider him as championship caliber quarterback is going to do it.

2590
02:05:48,880 --> 02:05:52,120
Speaker 1: Certainly there are worse options than Tyrod and this is

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02:05:52,320 --> 02:05:55,800
Speaker 1: uh and they're better ones too, no question about it.

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02:05:56,480 --> 02:05:58,560
Speaker 1: But I don't think they're I think they're gonna look

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02:05:58,560 --> 02:06:01,120
Speaker 1: for somebody, but if they don't find one, they'll win

2594
02:06:01,280 --> 02:06:03,160
Speaker 1: some games with Tyrod Taylor, but I don't know that

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02:06:03,240 --> 02:06:05,080
Speaker 1: they're going to go to the playoffs and win a championship.

2596
02:06:05,160 --> 02:06:06,720
Speaker 1: Were false? Part two? We've had a lot of talk

2597
02:06:06,720 --> 02:06:09,920
Speaker 1: about Jamis Winston leaving the Bucks. He's a free agent.

2598
02:06:10,000 --> 02:06:13,560
Speaker 1: It appears, was it today? Yeah? Today? Right? Ben Bolan

2599
02:06:13,760 --> 02:06:16,760
Speaker 1: mentioned the Bucks as a possible landing spot for Tom Brady.

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02:06:16,840 --> 02:06:20,000
Speaker 1: The Buccaneers priority of this offseason, though, is it quarterback

2601
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:22,160
Speaker 1: or is a defense? There's a contention out there that

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02:06:22,240 --> 02:06:25,880
Speaker 1: their priority is defense, not the offense. Bruce Arians, their coach.

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02:06:26,720 --> 02:06:29,160
Speaker 1: He's got a lot to do, but he said it

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02:06:29,320 --> 02:06:32,520
Speaker 1: starts with the defense. Their next move, it starts with

2605
02:06:32,640 --> 02:06:34,320
Speaker 1: their defense. The next movie. They got to make the

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02:06:34,400 --> 02:06:38,440
Speaker 1: top priority. True or false? Buccaneers priority this offseason is defense,

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02:06:38,880 --> 02:06:41,840
Speaker 1: not quarterback. Don't know much about their situation, but I

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02:06:41,880 --> 02:06:45,240
Speaker 1: would think if you're gonna lose a former first round pick,

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Speaker 1: you're started for a couple of years. That would be

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Speaker 1: your number one priority replacing him. I'm gonna go false

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02:06:49,360 --> 02:06:51,400
Speaker 1: on this one. Yeah, it might not be. It might

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02:06:51,520 --> 02:06:53,600
Speaker 1: be true just because of the fact there's so many

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02:06:53,600 --> 02:06:56,160
Speaker 1: guys available. You know, you're gonna be able to find

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02:06:56,200 --> 02:06:57,960
Speaker 1: a guy to play and a guy with some experience,

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02:06:58,000 --> 02:07:02,200
Speaker 1: a guy who won't throw thirty interset um make you know,

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02:07:03,120 --> 02:07:05,800
Speaker 1: so I in this case, in this particular year, he

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02:07:05,920 --> 02:07:07,720
Speaker 1: may be right. It may not be the guy who's

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02:07:07,760 --> 02:07:09,480
Speaker 1: calling signals. You know, you can find a guy and

2619
02:07:09,560 --> 02:07:11,840
Speaker 1: got a guy on the line that can that can

2620
02:07:12,120 --> 02:07:15,080
Speaker 1: win games for you. But as young as they were

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02:07:15,160 --> 02:07:17,520
Speaker 1: on defense last year, and as as important as it

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02:07:17,640 --> 02:07:21,680
Speaker 1: can be for a quarterback to have somebody who you know,

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02:07:21,880 --> 02:07:24,400
Speaker 1: who can pick up the slack and shorten the game

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02:07:24,440 --> 02:07:27,440
Speaker 1: and your defense and can give you more possessions than

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02:07:27,520 --> 02:07:30,200
Speaker 1: I think. Yeah, certainly, volume wise, the Bucks have got

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Speaker 1: a lot more players on defense they got to replace

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02:07:32,560 --> 02:07:35,160
Speaker 1: than they do on offense with just their quarterback. So

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, just for this year, I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: it's true. Okay, And finally, NFL true or false, Melvin

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Speaker 1: Gordon would be a perfect fit for the Steelers. That's

2631
02:07:44,240 --> 02:07:46,520
Speaker 1: what a story in NFL dot Com says the Steelers

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02:07:46,800 --> 02:07:49,320
Speaker 1: don't have much cap space not might not be able

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Speaker 1: to afford Gordon, who said he wants to stick to

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02:07:51,680 --> 02:07:54,920
Speaker 1: the Chargers, but Gordon could wind up elsewhere after his

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02:07:55,200 --> 02:07:58,320
Speaker 1: holdout last year. Lev On Belle's absence in Pittsburgh was

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Speaker 1: felt last year. So I don't know. Did the Steelers

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Speaker 1: go for Melvin Gordon? Would he be a perfect fit there?

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Speaker 1: And sure, I'll go yeah. I don't know if he's

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02:08:05,720 --> 02:08:07,680
Speaker 1: a top priority for them, but I would think that

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Speaker 1: he would be a fit there and help them out immensely. Yeah.

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02:08:10,120 --> 02:08:12,120
Speaker 1: I think so too. Melvin Gordon's a good player, and

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02:08:12,240 --> 02:08:14,760
Speaker 1: I think if the if the Steelers can get him,

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02:08:14,800 --> 02:08:16,760
Speaker 1: they've got the kind of offensive line and the kind

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02:08:16,800 --> 02:08:19,680
Speaker 1: of offense with Ben Roethlisberger that can make the most

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02:08:19,720 --> 02:08:22,160
Speaker 1: out of his of what he has to give them.

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02:08:22,480 --> 02:08:24,560
Speaker 1: He catches the ball well out of the backfield. He's

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02:08:24,760 --> 02:08:27,880
Speaker 1: he's a three down back, and he's big, and he's

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02:08:27,880 --> 02:08:30,680
Speaker 1: had some production in this league. I think he would

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02:08:31,040 --> 02:08:35,560
Speaker 1: thrive behind the offensive line in Pittsburgh like he has

2650
02:08:35,640 --> 02:08:38,640
Speaker 1: never thrived before. I think that would be I think

2651
02:08:38,680 --> 02:08:40,760
Speaker 1: any running back would be would love to play in

2652
02:08:40,840 --> 02:08:44,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in that stadium, for that team behind that offensive line.

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02:08:44,920 --> 02:08:46,680
Speaker 1: All right, there you go. NFL True or False brought

2654
02:08:46,720 --> 02:08:49,520
Speaker 1: to you by Yancy's, Fancy New York's Artists and Cheese.

2655
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Speaker 1: We're taking a break, We're coming back. One Goes Live,

2656
02:08:51,800 --> 02:08:55,080
Speaker 1: presented by Kalaida Health from the Seneca Studio in Orchard Park.

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Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. So what do we learn

2658
02:09:11,560 --> 02:09:13,800
Speaker 1: from today's show? Brought to you by Skyworks, the official

2659
02:09:13,880 --> 02:09:16,240
Speaker 1: construction equipment rental company in the Buffalo Bills. What do

2660
02:09:16,320 --> 02:09:18,360
Speaker 1: we learn? You ask? We've been bowling in for the

2661
02:09:18,400 --> 02:09:21,520
Speaker 1: Boston Globe covers the New England Patriots. We asked him

2662
02:09:21,520 --> 02:09:24,000
Speaker 1: the obvious question, what does Tom Brady's future look like?

2663
02:09:24,120 --> 02:09:28,320
Speaker 1: Here's what Ben Bowland said, Frankly, He's the lynch fan

2664
02:09:28,400 --> 02:09:33,160
Speaker 1: of the entire quarterback marketing free agency from what I've heard,

2665
02:09:33,680 --> 02:09:36,120
Speaker 1: like all the teams that need a quarterback to check

2666
02:09:36,160 --> 02:09:38,200
Speaker 1: out on Teddy Bridgewater. But first they want to see

2667
02:09:38,240 --> 02:09:40,520
Speaker 1: what's Tom Brady's going to do. And I think several

2668
02:09:40,560 --> 02:09:44,080
Speaker 1: teams will be interested in him. The Chargers, the Raiders

2669
02:09:44,120 --> 02:09:46,480
Speaker 1: are the teams that everyone's talking about the fucking years

2670
02:09:46,560 --> 02:09:50,040
Speaker 1: supposedly are going to be into Tom Brady, and then

2671
02:09:50,080 --> 02:09:52,640
Speaker 1: there are wild current teams like the Cowboys and Giants

2672
02:09:52,680 --> 02:09:54,840
Speaker 1: and Titans that I don't keep still be making a move.

2673
02:09:54,960 --> 02:09:58,040
Speaker 1: But you know, we've never gone through a free agency

2674
02:09:58,160 --> 02:10:01,120
Speaker 1: like this before. I'm not sure in the NFL, and

2675
02:10:01,200 --> 02:10:03,520
Speaker 1: he Kirk Cousins at a pretty well one two years ago.

2676
02:10:03,600 --> 02:10:06,080
Speaker 1: But I think if Brady makes it the free agency

2677
02:10:06,200 --> 02:10:08,440
Speaker 1: and he doesn't return to the Patriots, it's going to

2678
02:10:08,520 --> 02:10:12,440
Speaker 1: be a pretty crazy few weeks while he designs which

2679
02:10:12,440 --> 02:10:14,360
Speaker 1: team is going to join. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.

2680
02:10:14,880 --> 02:10:17,080
Speaker 1: I think we are looking forward to that. Right, free

2681
02:10:17,120 --> 02:10:21,240
Speaker 1: agency just a month from today. They legal tampering period

2682
02:10:21,320 --> 02:10:25,080
Speaker 1: starts a month from Monday from this past Monday, and

2683
02:10:25,240 --> 02:10:27,880
Speaker 1: the real tampering or the real signing starts a month

2684
02:10:27,920 --> 02:10:30,560
Speaker 1: from today. Also, we had Greg Rosenthal on the show

2685
02:10:30,600 --> 02:10:32,920
Speaker 1: today of NFL dot Com. We talked about what the

2686
02:10:32,960 --> 02:10:36,120
Speaker 1: Bills can do to try to dethrone the Kansas City chiefs,

2687
02:10:36,200 --> 02:10:42,520
Speaker 1: AFC and Super Bowl champions, agreeing everything rustible to Bake.

2688
02:10:43,040 --> 02:10:45,720
Speaker 1: Josh Allen comfortable, as you know, you don't need to

2689
02:10:45,760 --> 02:10:48,120
Speaker 1: convince yourself that he's suddenly going to take over games

2690
02:10:48,160 --> 02:10:51,280
Speaker 1: by himself. But if they could add a free Asian

2691
02:10:51,400 --> 02:10:54,000
Speaker 1: class even close to the one they did a year

2692
02:10:54,040 --> 02:10:59,000
Speaker 1: ago when they added bit Core and Coletheasily and John Brown.

2693
02:10:59,080 --> 02:11:01,760
Speaker 1: Of course, if you add a couple more weapons around

2694
02:11:01,880 --> 02:11:04,600
Speaker 1: him than I think, you suddenly have a group where

2695
02:11:05,120 --> 02:11:07,280
Speaker 1: Dot Allen can be a big part of a of

2696
02:11:07,400 --> 02:11:11,640
Speaker 1: a improving explosive offense. You know, you trust in that defense,

2697
02:11:12,200 --> 02:11:15,280
Speaker 1: and that really just putting all the pieces and increasing

2698
02:11:15,320 --> 02:11:17,880
Speaker 1: the talent based around John Allen giving him a shot.

2699
02:11:18,120 --> 02:11:20,280
Speaker 1: Greg rosen Ill talking about that, the comments from ben

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02:11:20,360 --> 02:11:23,040
Speaker 1: Volin and Brady reminded me of how fun this is

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02:11:23,080 --> 02:11:24,760
Speaker 1: going to be the next month or so. Right, It's

2702
02:11:24,840 --> 02:11:27,840
Speaker 1: gonna be crazy. I smell a Twitter poll with Brady.

2703
02:11:27,920 --> 02:11:31,480
Speaker 1: Think what's the now plausible not not some you know,

2704
02:11:31,560 --> 02:11:35,960
Speaker 1: what is the most plausible best ending for Bills fans

2705
02:11:36,520 --> 02:11:39,040
Speaker 1: on how Tom Brady leaves New England? Right? Is it

2706
02:11:39,200 --> 02:11:44,120
Speaker 1: that he leaves takes less money with LA Chargers, goes

2707
02:11:44,160 --> 02:11:48,200
Speaker 1: back and shoots, you know, shoots verbal bombs back in

2708
02:11:48,320 --> 02:11:50,560
Speaker 1: New England or whatever? Or Chargers come here next year,

2709
02:11:50,600 --> 02:11:52,760
Speaker 1: by the way, right, or do the or does he

2710
02:11:52,840 --> 02:11:55,160
Speaker 1: go to some someplace else and it comes out that

2711
02:11:55,280 --> 02:11:59,760
Speaker 1: the that the Patriots offered him like you know, some small,

2712
02:11:59,840 --> 02:12:03,080
Speaker 1: teeny tiny little and it's embarrassing and they take a

2713
02:12:03,120 --> 02:12:05,240
Speaker 1: lot of heat from their fans over not even trying

2714
02:12:05,320 --> 02:12:08,360
Speaker 1: to keep him. What's the best? How does this play out?

2715
02:12:08,400 --> 02:12:10,320
Speaker 1: The best to give us here in Western New York?

2716
02:12:10,400 --> 02:12:12,840
Speaker 1: Just some sort of little nice chuckle as we go

2717
02:12:12,920 --> 02:12:14,640
Speaker 1: to sleep one night. You know what I'm saying, I

2718
02:12:14,720 --> 02:12:17,600
Speaker 1: do you know? Ben Volen? He covered the usual suspects,

2719
02:12:17,720 --> 02:12:20,640
Speaker 1: but he also talked about some crazy places, like can

2720
02:12:20,680 --> 02:12:23,600
Speaker 1: you imagine Tom Brady if he plays for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: I guess that could happen. They have not signed Dak

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Speaker 1: Prescott yet. I guess I don't think it is either.

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Speaker 1: That's crazy. But he brought it up as a potential

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Speaker 1: wild card place right, put it in a York Giants.

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Speaker 1: I get it. Crazy talk. Giants are crazy talk. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I'm just saying, well, any everything's on the table.

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Speaker 1: Would Yeah, they're not gonna throw kick Dak Prescott to

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Speaker 1: the curb for two years of Tom Brady the Giants.

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Speaker 1: That doesn't seem like a very New York Giant thing

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Speaker 1: to do to me. I mean, you know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: they're they're the big Blue doesn't do that kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: LA Chargers They yeah, the Raiders, Yeah, Tampa Bay, Yeah, Indianapolis. No. No,

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Speaker 1: Frank could contact down the league. Frank right, I'm talking

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Speaker 1: about the teams. Maybe looking Frank Wright could entice a

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Speaker 1: guy like Tom Brady. You know what I'm saying. His

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Speaker 1: intellect and his ability to communicate. He knows what makes

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Speaker 1: those guys, you know, the good ones tick. He could

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Speaker 1: probably speak to him in his ear and in a

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Speaker 1: whisper some sweet nothings, and Brady would consider it. He'll

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Speaker 1: probably wind up sign him. He's Patriot, He's gonna be

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Speaker 1: back in the Patriots. Sometimes. I'm back on that bandwagon.

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Speaker 1: Today I saw that he took another turn. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: more about Brady and the Patriots and the Bills tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: We got Charlie Yuk on the show tomorrow. He is

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Speaker 1: the director of production for the NFL Network. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: about Combine coverage. You're going to the Combine next Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: Production assistants George Blast, Jeff Colteneck Thomas, Honolder, Kelly Rood,

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Speaker 1: JJ Turino, Kevin Cart, Just James Robo, Producer Jay Harris

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Speaker 1: see Tomorrow at noon, One Bill's Live from Seneca Studio

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Speaker 1: in Archard Park. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.