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Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live, presented by Calllida Health.

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Speaker 2: All right, good to have you with us here on

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Speaker 2: a Thursday. Chris Brown, Maddy glab with you. One Bill's

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Speaker 2: Live is the show, and holy mackerel, did we have

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Speaker 2: a lot of activity late yesterday afternoon. Some fans were

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Speaker 2: calling it black Wednesday because of all the player releases

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Speaker 2: that happened, high profile names among them. And you know,

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Speaker 2: if you've been living under a and you don't know

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Speaker 2: all those names. We will pass them along to you

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Speaker 2: here on the course of the show today and we'll

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Speaker 2: get into our topic good discussion here pretty quickly. But

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Speaker 2: I guess we should begin with that list most of

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Speaker 2: you know it by now, but essentially five players released

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Speaker 2: on Wednesday, Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morse, Saran Neil, Deontay Hardy,

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Speaker 2: and Naheim Hines. There's also a report that Tredavious White

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Speaker 2: will be a post June first release designation, which would

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Speaker 2: clear more salary cap space. So presumably when all is

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Speaker 2: said and done, it will be six players in total.

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Speaker 2: You've got one, two, three players who have made four

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Speaker 2: players who have made the Pro Bowl. Forgot, Deontay Hardy

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Speaker 2: made a Pro Bowl as a return man, a couple

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Speaker 2: of all pros in White and Poyer, and team captains

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Speaker 2: as well, Morse and Poyer, so pretty notable names. I

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Speaker 2: know for some it came as a surprise, but Maddie,

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Speaker 2: we've been talking about this for a few weeks on

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Speaker 2: the show. Now, some decisions like this we're going to

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Speaker 2: have to be made. And if you just look at

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Speaker 2: the cap figures of some of the players, you can

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Speaker 2: kind of connect the dots.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we went into yesterday with the Bills being at

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Speaker 3: a spot with their salary cap number at forty two

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Speaker 3: million dollars over the cap over two fifty five point four,

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Speaker 3: so they had some work to do. We knew what

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Speaker 3: would happened, we were just waiting for when. Well, it

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Speaker 3: happened in bunches yesterday afternoon. And some of these names

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Speaker 3: not as surprising as others. There's a couple surprises on

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Speaker 3: yesterday afternoon. Mitch Morse is a surprise for me. It

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Speaker 3: makes sense with the cap hit number, with what they'll

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Speaker 3: save in releasing him. But it's hard to day goodbye

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Speaker 3: to several players who aren't going to be a part

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Speaker 3: of this roster anymore. You think about what they gave

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Speaker 3: to the Bills, how much time they gave, how many

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Speaker 3: games they played, how much of an impact they were

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Speaker 3: on this team, on this roster. Jordan Poyer came in

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Speaker 3: in twenty seventeen, was one of the foundational pieces to

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Speaker 3: this group. Helped so much in the locker room in

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Speaker 3: terms of creating a culture. Buying into Sean McDermott from

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Speaker 3: day one.

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Speaker 4: He was a pro bowler. He was an All Pro.

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Speaker 3: He had twenty two interceptions in his seven seasons with

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Speaker 3: the Bills. He is somebody that you think of immediately

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Speaker 3: when you think about what the Bills started in twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 3: And Mitch Morse is someone who came in after Josh

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Speaker 3: Allen's first season and started to be a center for him.

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Speaker 3: Came from the Kansas City Chiefs, had a couple of

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Speaker 3: two seasons. He's an important voice. He was an important

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Speaker 3: voice in that locker room, a big leader on the team,

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Speaker 3: a leader for the offensive line, somebody who was reliable

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Speaker 3: and dependable for Josh Allen as he grew in his career.

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Speaker 4: So it's hard to say.

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Speaker 3: By to a few names and report saying that Turdevius

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Speaker 3: That one really hurts too, because Tardevius White was Sean

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Speaker 3: McDermott's one of Sean McDermott's first draft picks in twenty seventeen,

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Speaker 3: the first with the twenty seventh overall pick in that

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Speaker 3: He's meant so much to the group. He had some

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Speaker 3: great seasons Rock and Blue and Red. People loved his personality,

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Speaker 3: He brought a smile to so many people's faces. It's

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Speaker 3: a bummer that the last two seasons were riddled with

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Speaker 4: It does make sense.

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Speaker 2: You realize how cruel this game is sometimes, and we're

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Speaker 2: watching the footage our MSG viewers are as well. Of

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just an example of how cruel this

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Speaker 2: was just devastating for everybody. I mean, everybody remembers that

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Speaker 2: he missed thirty games in the last three seasons, and

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Speaker 2: with a cap figure that large, the business of the

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Speaker 2: The bottom line is the bottom line, quite literally, it's

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Speaker 2: just not a sustainable thing, especially under the auspices of

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Speaker 2: at the start of the regular season in September. This

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Speaker 2: figure nine to twelve months after that, you're really pushing

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Speaker 2: Davius White. But the timing of the injury was horrible

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Speaker 2: in terms of the decisions that this football team had

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Speaker 2: of them. Yesterday you mentioned Poyer, you mentioned, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's like Jeckel and Hyde. It's like they're synonymous. You

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Speaker 2: the writing on the wall too, and their legacy those

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Speaker 2: two guys is first of all, best safety tandem in

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Speaker 2: but those two together, you cannot top it. That's number one,

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Speaker 2: You know, Bills fans would walk around, still wear their

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Speaker 2: you're root for the Bills. I do. Yeah, they're terrible,

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Speaker 2: And I know it's probably not what they wanted to

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Speaker 2: be their ultimate achievement here, but it's a big one

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Speaker 2: when you consider the twenty first century history of the Bills.

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Speaker 2: It's noteworthy and I hope it's not lost on them

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Speaker 3: The two accounted for thirty eight interceptions during their time

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Speaker 3: as Buffalo Bills. That's an average of five point four

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Speaker 3: interceptions per season between the two ballhawks, and I remember

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Speaker 3: doing countless interviews with them together, and to go back

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Speaker 3: after season after season into the playoffs. They were a

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Speaker 3: in the last four years, four straight seasons winning the

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Speaker 3: AFC East. Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer are big reasons

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Speaker 2: Obviously, Trevis White is kind of the third musketeer there.

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Speaker 2: And that's how the Bills built their defense at the beginning,

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Speaker 2: And I remember interviewing Micah Hyde after the twenty eighteen

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Speaker 2: that just kind of speaks to the mindset that those

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Speaker 2: He had other veteran leaders back then too. You know,

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Speaker 4: We have to have room.

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Speaker 3: A Lot of that money was moved yesterday afternoon, but

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Speaker 4: Yesterday was a big day.

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Speaker 2: Yes, and then with respect and that's a good point about,

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Speaker 2: But David Edwards, just so everybody knows, was a proven

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Speaker 3: With, and it'll be nice to see more of him

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Speaker 3: this season. The fact that he's a proven starter at

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Speaker 3: I don't think fans should think about Mitch Morse being released.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, we finally had a good offensive line

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Speaker 4: What is going on?

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Speaker 3: We need a good offensive line to be able to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, I'll be the first to agree

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Speaker 2: And I think McGovern all last year in practice, they

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Speaker 4: Chris, let me ask you this question.

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Speaker 2: Yes, because some of the restructures that they did didn't

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Speaker 2: And I think, you know, the bills to their credit adjusted.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's good to know.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we must still be younger.

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Speaker 3: great to know that there's guys on the roster like

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Speaker 3: let's move some money around here. I know, summary structures,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there is some news also concerning the Bills and

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Speaker 2: Rapiport reporting the Bills are hosting free agent defensive tackle

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Speaker 2: Fully fought Atkasi visited with the Texans yesterday and the

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Speaker 2: reason why is he was released by the Jaguars earlier

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Speaker 2: this week. So he is, for all intents and purposes,

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Speaker 2: a free agent olt on the market right now. You know,

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Speaker 2: six four three eighteen, known primarily as a run plugger,

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Speaker 2: but an overachiever for them part throughout his NFL career,

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Speaker 2: and I think that appeals to Buffalo. Sometimes you wonder

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Speaker 2: about what it is in terms of the intestinal fortitude

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Speaker 2: of a player. We know the Bill's DNA involves somebody

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Speaker 2: that's willing to grind, whether it's week one or week seventeen,

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Speaker 2: and I think Fadokasi fills that bill, so I understand

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Speaker 2: why he's an attractive player for Buffalo. So we'll have

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Speaker 2: to see. Because some of these free agents, they have

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Speaker 2: an advantage now, Maddie, the rest of the market isn't

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Speaker 2: out there, So now you've got a little time here

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Speaker 2: before the market opens or the legal tampering period opens

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Speaker 2: on the eleventh to kind of really survey the landscape

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Speaker 2: and take what you feel is the best deal because

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Speaker 2: you're not competing with the rest of the league for

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Speaker 2: the dollars that are left out there. So getting cut

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Speaker 2: early sometimes can be an advantage, as Mitch Trubisky found out,

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Speaker 2: you know, based on the report, it's there. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: and we know they need to fill those holes. They've

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Speaker 2: got eight free agents on their defensive line. It's only

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Speaker 2: four defensive linemen under contract that were on the roster

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Speaker 2: last year, so I'm not surprised they're getting to work

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Speaker 2: early on that, or at least trying to.

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Speaker 3: And Folly Podokowski has played in seventy five games over

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Speaker 3: his career, started in fifty two, he has four and

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Speaker 3: a half sacks, one hundred and sixty three total tackles,

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Speaker 3: and nineteen quarterback hits. He spent the past two seasons

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Speaker 3: with Jacksonville Jaguars and started his career with the New

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Speaker 3: York Jets.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so be interesting to see what happens there, But

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Speaker 2: there is interest from other clubs, including Houston. The only

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Speaker 2: other thing that we should mention here is, and this

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Speaker 2: is kind of an around the NFL note, but more

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Speaker 2: safeties are hitting the free agent market. Jordan Poyter was

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Speaker 2: won yesterday, as we know, we saw Pittsburgh released safety

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Speaker 2: Kean O'Neil, although he finished the season on injured reserve

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Speaker 2: and he was designated failed physical, so when he'll be

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Speaker 2: ready and signing in free agency might be a little

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Speaker 2: bit up in the air. But the Denver Broncos released

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Speaker 2: arguably the best safety in the game right now, Justin Simmons.

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Speaker 2: So an already flooded free agents safety market has even

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Speaker 2: more talent in the pool right now.

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Speaker 5: So it's.

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Speaker 2: I'm very interested to see what the safety market looks

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Speaker 2: like in terms of the money players are going to command. Now,

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Speaker 2: I think a guy like Xavier McKinney or Justin Simmons

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Speaker 2: are going to be able to get big money. Beyond

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Speaker 2: guys like that, though, I think the money is going

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Speaker 2: to be below the market what a lot of people

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Speaker 2: are looking for, similar to last year. So I was

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Speaker 2: saying this to Steve when we were on the show

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Speaker 2: together a little over a week ago. Maddie, it's almost

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Speaker 2: like the safety has become the running back position of

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Speaker 2: the defense. It's been devalued precipitously, and I think it's

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Speaker 2: only going to continue here in free agency this spring.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good point, Brownie, And that's good for

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Speaker 3: the Bills thinking about how little they may be able

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Speaker 3: to spend in free agency and how many more holes

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Speaker 3: there are on the defensive line. Yes, you do have

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Speaker 3: to fill out that safety position now that they've released

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Speaker 3: Jordan Poyer, and you know Micah Hyde is set to

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Speaker 3: become a free agent.

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Speaker 4: Taylor Rapp reportedly sign reselling with the Bills. So that's good.

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Speaker 3: So you have one guy there, DeMar Hamlin as well,

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Speaker 3: one player reserve future guy and Cam lewis also set

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Speaker 3: to become a free agent. But why this is good

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Speaker 3: for Buffalo is that if a couple of the top

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Speaker 3: guys are the only guys that get paid, that's going

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Speaker 3: to push some names and some players down to where

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Speaker 3: the Bills, among other teams may be sitting at waiting. Okay,

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Speaker 3: can we pay X for this name?

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Speaker 4: And it may be a.

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Speaker 3: Popular name, it may be a name that we've heard before,

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Speaker 3: maybe a productive name that can come in and help

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Speaker 3: guy like Taylor Rap.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Jeremy Chin is a twenty six year

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Speaker 2: old player and ending the prime of his career. I

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Speaker 2: don't know if he gets giant money. Gino Stone had

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Speaker 2: a great season with the Ravens. I don't know if

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Speaker 2: he's gonna get giant money. I think he'll get a

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Speaker 2: good contract. I don't know if it's going to hit

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Speaker 2: the dollar figure he was hoping for. Jordan Whitehead could

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Speaker 2: be an affordable player up in his twenties, a little

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Speaker 2: bit older, but a reliable veteran player. Cameron Curl kind

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Speaker 2: of more of a Taylor Rap type player, physical player,

525
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Speaker 2: but the market is flooded with safety talent. You wonder

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Speaker 2: if you just let the first wave of the dust settle,

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Speaker 2: if Brandon Bean can swoop in and get a veteran

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Speaker 2: at an affordable price and hopefully get Cam Lewis back

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Speaker 2: at you know, a bargain basement price, knowing that he

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Speaker 2: essentially for his entire career in Buffalo has been a

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Speaker 2: backup player, but a versatile one and a valuable one

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Speaker 2: not only on defense but on special teams. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be a very interesting safety market come free

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Speaker 2: agency time. Want to get the topic of discussion out

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Speaker 2: to you today right now. We knew these decisions that

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Speaker 2: we saw were gonna have to be made in some

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Speaker 2: form or fashion. How did Wednesday's roster moves by the

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Speaker 2: Bills make you feel? Eighth three five point fifty one

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Speaker 2: eight eight eighty five point fifty two five point fifty

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Speaker 2: and we will open up the phone lines when we return.

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Speaker 2: Got to take a break here, but we'll lead off

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Speaker 2: with Bill. We'll get to Rick and Chuck as well

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Speaker 2: when we return here on One Bill's Live, presented by

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Speaker 2: Colid of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome

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Speaker 2: back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown Matty glab with you.

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Speaker 2: A day after some major moves to Buffalo's roster, both

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Speaker 2: subtractions and editions, one edition that we didn't mention was

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Speaker 2: punter Matt Hawk was signed to a one year deal. Yes,

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Speaker 2: Sam Martin is still on the roster, so'll be interesting

550
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Speaker 2: to see if this is a move to create competition

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Speaker 2: at training camp or if this could be leading to

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Speaker 2: another move to save some money on the roster in

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Speaker 2: terms of cap, because moving on from Sam Martin, if

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Speaker 2: that is something they're considering, I believe would save them

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Speaker 2: about eight hundred thousand dollars on the cap. But they

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Speaker 2: may not need to do that. Maybe it's just to

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Speaker 2: create competition in training camp going forward. So for those

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Speaker 2: that don't remember, he got signed during the playoffs after

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Speaker 2: Sam Martin pulled his hamstring in the Pittsburgh playoff game

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Speaker 2: running after a block kick. They weren't sure if he's

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Speaker 2: gonna be ready, so they signed Hawk just in case

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Speaker 2: and then released him right before the game. Come in.

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Speaker 2: We might need you, we don't need you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was here for a hot minute before Sam

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Speaker 3: Martin was able to continue on with but he was.

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Speaker 2: The punter before Sam Martin here with the Bills, so

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Speaker 2: this is yet another return stint for him. But we

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Speaker 2: want to get to the phones at eight oh three,

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Speaker 2: five point fifty one eight eight fifty the number to

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Speaker 2: get on board. We kind of knew some of these

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Speaker 2: kinds of moves would be coming, but how did Wednesday's

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Speaker 2: roster moves by the Bills make you feel? Eight h

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Speaker 2: three zero five to fifty got an open line for you.

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Speaker 2: One eighty eight five fifty two five fifty. But let's

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Speaker 2: lead off with Bill in old Forge today. What do

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Speaker 2: you got for his bill?

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Speaker 6: Hey, guys? First off, Pale Rapp's a good player, but

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Speaker 6: he's definitely not Poyer and Hide on the back end,

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Speaker 6: especially in pass coverage. He comes down hill, he's a

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Speaker 6: hard hitter, but on pass coverage he's more of a

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Speaker 6: liability back there than than Poyer and Hyde. You did

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Speaker 6: not score touchdowns on them over the top rarely ever.

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Speaker 6: But my I'm calling about the Von Miller contract. Do

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Speaker 6: you think that being has learned his lesson like after this?

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Speaker 6: It's one of the worst contracts in NFL history. There's

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Speaker 6: no way around it. It's been terrible for the Bills.

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Speaker 6: It's an albatross around their neck. He could have signed

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Speaker 6: younger players like a Hassan Redick, somebody who was on

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Speaker 6: the up. He could signed two guys to contracts compared

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Speaker 6: to what they're paying von Miller. It's been terrible for them.

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Speaker 6: I was hoping for Mario Williams type numbers. I wasn't

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Speaker 6: expecting it, being that he came up that knee injury

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Speaker 6: with the Rams when he was there. Why did he

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Speaker 6: sign an old, aging player? And this is the worst

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Speaker 6: part of it now we still have to address because

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Speaker 6: they thought this was going to be the panacea, that

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Speaker 6: von Miller was going to be the panacea to fix

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Speaker 6: all the miss picks that they've used in the first

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Speaker 6: two rounds on defensive lineman. Now we're right back to

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Speaker 6: where we were because we may have to draft again

601
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Speaker 6: edge pass rusher instead of getting Alan possibly a receiver

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Speaker 6: in the first round, which I want. There's so many

603
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 6: gaping holes on this team right now. But my question

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Speaker 6: is do you think being learned a lesson is I'm

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Speaker 6: hoping he does never, never again throws money like this

606
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Speaker 6: in an aging old player rather than so set like

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Speaker 6: signing maybe two guys that are on the up at

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Speaker 6: their first contract, like a Haasan Redik who's putting up

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Speaker 6: huge sack numbers.

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Speaker 2: By the way, Yeah, I mean, Bill, I'm guessing you're

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Speaker 2: and thanks for the call. I'm guessing you're basing that

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Speaker 2: question on what you feel the team has gotten from

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Speaker 2: von Miller, which is far less than they anticipated. I mean,

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Speaker 2: we have to remember at the time that von Miller

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Speaker 2: was signed in free agency, he was coming off a

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl victory in which he played a major role

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Speaker 2: in helping put the Rams over the top to win

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Speaker 2: a Super Bowl, after being acquired mid season before the

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Speaker 2: trade deadline, and I think he had eight sacks and

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Speaker 2: eight games for them. I think he had two sacks,

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Speaker 2: at least one sack in the Super Bowl, maybe two

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Speaker 2: in the championship game. I'm thinking I might have that backwards,

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Speaker 2: but I remember him having a two sack game. It

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Speaker 2: was either the NFC Title Game or the Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: on Joe Burrow. Either way, enormously productive at age thirty

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Speaker 2: three and defying age for all intents and purposes. So

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Speaker 2: coming off of that, his value was enormous, and unbeknownst

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Speaker 2: to them, he was interested in the Bills despite winning

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Speaker 2: a Super Bowl with the Rams, and so I think

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Speaker 2: what Brandon Bean saw was a golden opportunity for what

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Speaker 2: he viewed as a player who just put the Rams

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Speaker 2: over the top, capable of putting the Bills over the

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Speaker 2: top because one of the problems they had was their

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Speaker 2: inability to get to the quarterback. That was the issue.

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Speaker 2: No pass pressure. Now you look at Vaughan's first season. Here,

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Speaker 2: the guy had eight sacks in ten games and then

637
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Speaker 2: tears his ACL and that's when the whole plan went

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Speaker 2: to hell in a handbasket. You can't be afraid to

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing that confounds me about Bills fans. They

640
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Speaker 2: want the Bills to make moves. You gotta you gotta

641
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,480
Speaker 2: swing big, You gotta make a move, you gotta you

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Speaker 2: gotta do something big, noteworthy. If we're ever gonna win

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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. Brandon Bean does it. He gets the

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Speaker 2: best pass rusher in a generation. I understand, thirty three

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Speaker 2: years old, best pass rusher in a generation, on a

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Speaker 2: rocket ship to the Hall of Fame. When he's done,

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Speaker 2: he swings big, it doesn't work, and now they're saying,

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Speaker 2: do you regret it? I think the only thing he

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Speaker 2: regrets is that it didn't pan out due to injury,

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Speaker 2: and that's nobody's fault but football, because that's what the

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Speaker 2: game is. There are no guarantees, So I don't think

652
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 2: he regrets it. From the standpoint of what he felt

653
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,000
Speaker 2: he was adding to the team, which was the final

654
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 2: piece to put them over the top. Because if he

655
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 2: stays healthy, who knows how the twenty twenty two season ends.

656
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 2: Forget about twenty twenty three. So I understand it's frustrating.

657
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 2: It was a big contract, There's no doubt about it.

658
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 2: But von Miller just reportedly agreed to a restructure of

659
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 2: that deal which helps the team. Now, So I mean,

660
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 2: does he regret it? Did he learn his lesson? I mean, okay,

661
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 2: maybe you want to invest in younger players. I can

662
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 2: respect that opinion. I can, But where this team was.

663
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 2: I think they felt they were one dominant pass rusher

664
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 2: away from putting them over the top, and that's what

665
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 2: the investment was made. It didn't work. Nothing you can do.

666
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you have that big gaping hole of

667
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 3: this is what you haven't been able to do in

668
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 3: the playoffs. This is what you need to do. You

669
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: need to get after the quarterback. You need to get

670
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 3: after Patrick Mahomes. They signed somebody who does exactly that

671
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 3: and who did it in the Super Bowl at a

672
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 3: very high level.

673
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 4: They made the move.

674
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 3: You can't predict that somebody's gonna get injured a season

675
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 3: intwo playing with a new team, and hopefully this season the.

676
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 4: Story's different for von Miller.

677
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 3: Hopefully this season he shot out of a cannon in

678
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 3: Week one, he stays healthy for a full season. He

679
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 3: gives the Bills what they need, what they want. Eight

680
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 3: sacks in his first season with the team is a

681
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 3: good number. We didn't have that this past season, but

682
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 3: hopefully we have it this upcoming season.

683
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 2: And he only played twelve games that year. I mean

684
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 2: he's injured on Thanksgiving, so guy din't even play a

685
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 2: full season. He had eighty six which tied for the

686
00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 2: league the team lead at the end of the season

687
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 2: with Greg Russau that year. I think there's still some

688
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 2: gas left in that tank. I think Vaughan is motivated

689
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 2: by the fact that people have written him off. So

690
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 2: hopefully the extra time this offseason will bring him back

691
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 2: to as close to what he was and you know,

692
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 2: the Bills can get value out of that this year. Look,

693
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 2: when something like that you got great expectations and then

694
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: it doesn't work, it's disappointing for everybody. But that doesn't

695
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 2: mean you don't take a swing. And you got to

696
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 2: give being credit for taking a big swing here. The

697
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 2: only shame of it is that injury compromised the plan.

698
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 2: Uh eight oh three h five fifty the number to

699
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 2: get on board. Let's go to Rick in cast Dile next.

700
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 2: What do you got Rick?

701
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 7: Hi, Chris and Maddy, how are you doing well?

702
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: Thanks?

703
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 7: I have a few comments to start now. My father

704
00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 7: was an original season ticket holder back in the rock Pile.

705
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 7: I started going with him when I was nine years old,

706
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 7: back in sixty three. I still have of those tickets.

707
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,640
Speaker 7: We sit on the fifty yard line currently. The bills

708
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:10,319
Speaker 7: are in my blood, always have been. I've listened to

709
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 7: your show daily record it so many times. I can't

710
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 7: call in because I'm watching it at nighttime, but I

711
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 7: thoroughly enjoy I'm sorry that that Steve isn't there, because

712
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 7: I love it when somebody calls in and says something

713
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 7: totally asinine, and and then he gets all excited to

714
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 7: start talking with his hands. That little vane pops out

715
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 7: of his format and he's off and running okay, And

716
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 7: then usually Chris, you try to calm him down, and

717
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 7: you give a lot of detailed information, which is excellent.

718
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 7: And I know you've been a part of the bills

719
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 7: broadcast for quite some time, so you know, you know

720
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 7: a lot of the history as well as far as

721
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:02,480
Speaker 7: today's question was concerned. I have the utmost continent, confidence

722
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 7: and Bean and the rest of the staff there to

723
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 7: evaluate players. And unfortunately, when you get good, you have

724
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,360
Speaker 7: to pay people, and then you got to make very

725
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 7: tough decisions on how to stay under the cap. I

726
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 7: like the fact they re signed RAP and then you

727
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:27,240
Speaker 7: know a few other people the other day, David Edwards

728
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 7: they signed to a contract, you know a few others.

729
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 7: Unfortunately they had to get rid of Mitch Morris and

730
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 7: Jordan Poyer and and then a guy who got hurt

731
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 7: right away, Nii Hines. But I I enjoy listening to

732
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Speaker 7: your comments and so I'll just I'll just hang up

733
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,399
Speaker 7: and listen some more. Thanks for taking my call.

734
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I appreciate the kind words as well. I'll say this, Maddie.

735
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 2: I we haven't talked much about the Rap signing, and

736
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 2: to me, I don't know how you see it, but

737
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 2: for me, I kind of view it as a signing

738
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:10,720
Speaker 2: pointing towards continuity. You have two vacant starting safety spots,

739
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 2: and you have two players in free agency in Cam Lewis,

740
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 2: and before these report this reported signing Taylor Rapp, who

741
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,919
Speaker 2: know the defense backwards and forwards. Rapp played a little

742
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 2: bit of a larger role in the defense than Lewis did.

743
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 2: I see this as a continuity type signing because knowing

744
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 2: that Sean McDermott, probably knowing that he's going to have

745
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: two brand new safeties in the starting lineup this season,

746
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: if he can have one that already has a year

747
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 2: vested in the defense, I think he sees value in that,

748
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,400
Speaker 2: and I think that's what the appeal was in the

749
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 2: reports that you know rap is now back under contract.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense.

751
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 3: He played in all sixteen games last season, started in four,

752
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,399
Speaker 3: had an interception, forty five tackles, two passes.

753
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 4: Defense, so.

754
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 3: He did to have some time on the field and

755
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 3: he did make some big plays for this team. I

756
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 3: would assume it's the same thing. You know, you would

757
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 3: want somebody who knows this defense, who knows how it operates,

758
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 3: who can teach two new guys coming in or however

759
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 3: many new guys come into the safety group and safety

760
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 3: position this season, because as we hear lots of players say,

761
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 3: it's not an easy defense to learn.

762
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there are base rules that they can

763
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 2: fall back on to kind of help them when maybe

764
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 2: they don't know exactly what's going on. But yes, and

765
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 2: then I think the other thing too, that people because

766
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 2: we heard one of the other callers basically say, hey,

767
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 2: I don't like him in the coverage, that's his weakness.

768
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be more of the Jordan

769
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 2: Poyer type of the safety tandem. If you want to

770
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 2: argue that you don't think he's as interchangeable as Poyer

771
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,919
Speaker 2: is from a coverage and then run support standpoint, I'll

772
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 2: listen to that. But I anticipate he is going to

773
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 2: probably be the strong safety. And so what the Bills

774
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 2: need now is finding a center fielder who can cover

775
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 2: the d path. Although the Bills and a lot of

776
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 2: other teams these days play so much split safety that

777
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 2: you you almost don't even need a rangey safety all

778
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 2: that much anymore. So be interesting to see how they

779
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 2: choose to attack it. We are up against the break here,

780
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 2: but we will lead off with Chuck in West Seneca

781
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,279
Speaker 2: and others holding it aight O three five fifty When

782
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,800
Speaker 2: we return. How did Wednesday's roster moves by the Bills

783
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 2: make you feel. At three five fifty, we're back with

784
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 2: more of your phone calls. Next here on One Bill's Live.

785
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 2: Stay tuned to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown Maddi lab

786
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Speaker 2: with you on a Thursday edition of the show, and

787
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 2: we are asking you how did Wednesday's roster moves by

788
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 2: the Bills make you feel? We also want to tell

789
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: you that, through their partnership with the Buffalo Bills and

790
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 2: the Safety First campaign, National Grid is committed to donating

791
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 2: ten one thousand dollars to the one hundred Club of Buffalo.

792
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:06,000
Speaker 2: This was made possible by fifty dollars donations per tackle

793
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 2: by Bill Safeties this past season. Jordan Poyer, as we know,

794
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 2: let all Bill Safeties with one hundred and one combined

795
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 2: tackles in twenty twenty three. A portion of the ten

796
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 2: thousand dollars donation to the one hundred Club of Buffalo,

797
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 2: which supports first responders in their families, will be used

798
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 2: to support families who lost the loved one in the

799
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Speaker 2: line of duty. The remainder will fund scholarships for children

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Speaker 2: of first responders and provide training for local police and

801
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Speaker 2: fire departments. So good job, National Grid let's get back

802
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 2: to the phones. So at eight three to five to fifty,

803
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 2: waiting patiently there to lead us off, Chuck in West Seneca.

804
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 2: What do you got for us?

805
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 8: Chuck?

806
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 9: Happy Thursday, guys, Thanks for taking my call. Sure, I'm

807
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 9: kind of a mixed bag on this because, hey, if

808
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 9: you were to tell me that going in the next season,

809
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 9: our defensive backfield is going to be Douglas Benford, Taron Johnson,

810
00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 9: Rapp and whoever else fills that void, I mean, I

811
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 9: think that's great. You know, I think we're in a

812
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 9: really good position back there. Defensive back is a strength

813
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 9: of our head coach. You know, we've seen what he

814
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 9: can do when reaching into the bottom of the depth chart.

815
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 9: He can still you know, get the best out of

816
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 9: our defense, especially the defensive beats. What really questions me,

817
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 9: and I mean this is a continued trend with this regime,

818
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 9: is just the knee jerk reactions we have when it

819
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 9: comes to making personal decisions, especially on the offensive side

820
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 9: of the ball. I do not understand the reaction of

821
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 9: immediately moving McGovern to center. You know, you have at

822
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 9: least a list of you know, decent free agent centers

823
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 9: out there, all younger that could grow with our franchise quarterback.

824
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:50,319
Speaker 9: You know, think like Manning and Saturday, I mean even

825
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 9: Kelly and Hull. You know, having continuity between your center

826
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 9: and quarterback is so important. Looking to the draft, there's

827
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 9: at least a good half dozen centers that we should

828
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,239
Speaker 9: be looking to as we select with our first or second,

829
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 9: maybe third round pick, and again, let him grow with

830
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 9: our quarterback. I mean, I don't really know what the

831
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 9: thought process is behind all this. Who's making this decision,

832
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 9: If it's our head coach, I mean, I would just

833
00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 9: like to know where it's coming from. And again, it

834
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 9: just seems very knee jerk, and I just don't understand

835
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,359
Speaker 9: how this is going to help our offense. So I'll

836
00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 9: hang up and listen.

837
00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 2: Yep, Sure thing, Chuck. First thing I would say is,

838
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 2: do not accept it as the end all be all

839
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:35,760
Speaker 2: for the answer at center. I think they believe Connor

840
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 2: McGovern can play that position and play it effectively, and

841
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 2: he's a veteran player that has played the position before,

842
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:48,320
Speaker 2: so all of those things point them in that direction.

843
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 2: I also think they think a lot of David Edwards

844
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:57,920
Speaker 2: as a starting guard in this league, and so I

845
00:46:57,960 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 2: think the transition is one they field McGovern can handle. Now, again,

846
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 2: that doesn't mean they're not bringing in competition, whether it's

847
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 2: a free agent, a draft choice, or something else somewhere

848
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 2: along the line here, you know, in terms of the

849
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,680
Speaker 2: free agent market or what have you. So just because

850
00:47:18,719 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 2: you saw it reported that the plan is to slide

851
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 2: McGovern over to center and David Edwards the left guard

852
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,840
Speaker 2: doesn't mean it's going to end up that way come September.

853
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 2: I mean, for all we know, could be McGovern right

854
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 2: back out at left guard because somebody else that they

855
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 2: acquired between now in September was a revelation at center,

856
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 2: and it's somebody that you just described. Maybe it's a

857
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 2: draft choice in round three or four. Maybe it's somebody

858
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 2: that they got in free agency who's flat out, you know,

859
00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 2: beat McGovern to the position in the starting lineup. So

860
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 2: I wouldn't take it as a rubber stamp that McGovern's

861
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,240
Speaker 2: you're starting center for twenty twenty four. Could it happen, Yeah,

862
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 2: it might even be better than fifty to fifty chants

863
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,320
Speaker 2: of it happening. But I wouldn't write it off yet.

864
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 2: In Penn, I would put it in pencil right.

865
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,840
Speaker 3: Now, knowing Sean McDermott and how he operates. He always

866
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 3: wants competition at every single position group and for positions

867
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,200
Speaker 3: during training camp. So you gotta believe he's going to

868
00:48:16,239 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 3: bring in competition if it's not on the roster already,

869
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 3: especially if Connor McGovern is moving into his first year

870
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 3: as a full time starter in the center position for

871
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 3: the Bills, if that's what they're imagining him as according

872
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,880
Speaker 3: to these reports, you better believe he's going to compete

873
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 3: with somebody.

874
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,920
Speaker 4: Sean McDermott doesn't hand anybody.

875
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 3: A starting job on this roster, so for him and

876
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 3: David Edwards, there is going to be competition there.

877
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 4: Will they win the starting job.

878
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 3: We'll see come training camp, but I wouldn't say it's

879
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:48,160
Speaker 3: officially yet.

880
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. And the other thing to think about too is

881
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 2: you don't know what goes on behind closed doors here.

882
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,760
Speaker 2: What is the input from Josh Allen in this subject,

883
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 2: because it impacts him obviously in a big way, And

884
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 2: we don't know if if there's been time spent on

885
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:06,480
Speaker 2: the practice field with McGovern and Allan in some capacity,

886
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 2: and maybe Josh is encouraged by some of the brief

887
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:14,000
Speaker 2: experience he may have had on the practice field with

888
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:16,720
Speaker 2: McGovern and what he can do and what he can offer. Now,

889
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:20,040
Speaker 2: I'm just speculating because those are the times in practice

890
00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:23,040
Speaker 2: that we are not privy to watch. But I think

891
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 2: it's something to consider this. No decisions are made here

892
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:32,280
Speaker 2: without long, methodical and careful thought. Sean McDermott doesn't operate

893
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 2: any other way. He doesn't make a willy nilly decision

894
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 2: because I don't think he knows how to. He does

895
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:42,960
Speaker 2: not make a decision without painstakingly combing through every detail,

896
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 2: unintended consequence, who it impacts, and how it affects his

897
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 2: team first and foremost. So I can promise you that

898
00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 2: once they realized this cap move had to be made

899
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,280
Speaker 2: with Mitch Morse, there was long and arduous thought about

900
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,200
Speaker 2: what the next best step would be to fill the position.

901
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,600
Speaker 2: Trust me, we're gonna squeeze Mike in real quick here

902
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 2: before the break, we got Mike and Marilla. What do

903
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 2: you got for his Mike?

904
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 10: Hi, how are you guys doing today?

905
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,480
Speaker 2: Doing well? Thanks?

906
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 10: Okay? A couple of things. Number One, it's a very

907
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:21,400
Speaker 10: emotional day. I loved Trey White, and to lose him,

908
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,880
Speaker 10: I think he's I think he's just one of the

909
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 10: faces of the franchise for the last six seven years,

910
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 10: Miss Morris. That was a big surprise to me. I

911
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:39,400
Speaker 10: wonder how Josh Allen feels about that. And lastly, I

912
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 10: really believe that von Miller is going to end up

913
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:51,839
Speaker 10: with twenty six sacks in the next two years. As

914
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 10: long as he stays healthy, he is going to be

915
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 10: a Pro Bowler. He's going to be an All Pro

916
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:01,400
Speaker 10: and you're going to see him just like he was

917
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,320
Speaker 10: when he played for the Rams. As long as he's healthy.

918
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 10: He wants the Bills to win a Super Bowl and

919
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 10: he is going to put it just like Josh Allen.

920
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:16,120
Speaker 10: He's gonna put the Bills on his shoulders and you're

921
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 10: gonna watch this guy really perform this year. I can

922
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 10: guarantee it a great day.

923
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:26,360
Speaker 2: I appreciate the positivity, Mike. I do. I will just

924
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 2: give you numbers for facts and you can take take

925
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 2: it for what it's worth. The last time von Miller

926
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 2: had more than thirteen sacks in a season was twenty eighteen,

927
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:40,360
Speaker 2: when he played the whole season. Now, granted, you know

928
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:43,480
Speaker 2: his last season with the Broncos did not play a

929
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 2: full season, so you know you could take it with

930
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:51,960
Speaker 2: a grain of salt. But yeah, I mean, look, if

931
00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 2: he has that kind of production, people will be over

932
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 2: the moon. Brandon Bean will be first in line. But

933
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't know how realistic that is.

934
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:03,440
Speaker 2: We'll have to see what he looks like in training camp.

935
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:07,400
Speaker 2: But he is a freaking nature I know that. And

936
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 2: then just quickly concerning Tredavius, Yes, you're right. He was

937
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 2: a cornerstone player for this organization, well liked, beloved by

938
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 2: both teammates and fans alike. So it is hard to

939
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:24,040
Speaker 2: see people like that be taken off the roster. And

940
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:26,560
Speaker 2: you know, I know you had a tight relationship with

941
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,600
Speaker 2: Mitch Morris, Maddie. You guys had the University of Missouri connection,

942
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,279
Speaker 2: that whole thing, and you guys on this team called

943
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 2: him Dad.

944
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:37,040
Speaker 3: I know, we graduated in the same class in twenty fourteen.

945
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:39,680
Speaker 3: I got to cover Mitch at Miszoo when I was there.

946
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,520
Speaker 3: We were the same year. And it's tough to see

947
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 3: somebody like that walk out these doors. He's got an

948
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 3: incredible wife who is also an athlete at.

949
00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:51,000
Speaker 4: MISSOO, two cute, cute children.

950
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,600
Speaker 3: That family is amazing, and it's tough to see people

951
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:57,640
Speaker 3: like that, go people that you've made connections with, fans

952
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 3: who have made connections with these players. But you got

953
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:04,400
Speaker 3: to believe that Brandon and Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott,

954
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:06,640
Speaker 3: we're not clapping.

955
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 4: And excited to make these moves.

956
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 3: They are just as hurt by these moves as we

957
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 3: are because they're players that Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott

958
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,759
Speaker 3: went after it and sought out and wanted on this

959
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 3: roster and also built some really tight connections with And

960
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:24,839
Speaker 3: it's hard to move on from guys that you've made

961
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:28,760
Speaker 3: relationships with that that won't leave you. It's not easy

962
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:32,480
Speaker 3: to do it. It's a business decision at the end

963
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,839
Speaker 3: of the day. The NFL is a business and they

964
00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 3: have to make these hard decisions. But I'm sure they're

965
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 3: bummed out about it as well, and I'm sure they're

966
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 3: just as hurt as we are because they really liked

967
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 3: some of those guys, all of the guys that they

968
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:46,840
Speaker 3: had to release.

969
00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:49,719
Speaker 2: Break time for us here, Our number two will begin

970
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:51,440
Speaker 2: with more of your phone calls. We'll lead off with

971
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:53,879
Speaker 2: Todd and Hamburg. We'll get to Jack and Jeff as well,

972
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 2: but we got some open lines for you at eight

973
00:53:55,680 --> 00:53:58,839
Speaker 2: oh three oh five fifty, how did Wednesday's roster moves

974
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 2: by the Bills make you feel? We know what had

975
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,160
Speaker 2: to be done, but the moves sometimes are still tough

976
00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 2: to accept. You let us know. At eight oh three

977
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:07,879
Speaker 2: oh five fifty, we're back for hour number two next

978
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:08,799
Speaker 2: year on One Bill's Live.

979
00:54:55,480 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 1: This One Bill's Live, presented by Calida Hell.

980
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,239
Speaker 2: All right, here we are for hour number two on

981
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 2: a Thursday. Chris Brown, Matty Glab with you, and we're

982
00:55:04,840 --> 00:55:10,080
Speaker 2: talking about Wednesday's seismic moves to Buffalo's roster. Both subtractions,

983
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:16,120
Speaker 2: more the subtractions than the additions in terms of name value.

984
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 2: But yeah, how did those moves make you feel? You

985
00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:20,839
Speaker 2: knew the Bill's roster had to get younger, you knew

986
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:23,040
Speaker 2: there were going to be some difficult salary cap decisions.

987
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 2: How did those moves leave you feeling? Eight oh three

988
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 2: oh five point fifty one eighty eight five fifty two

989
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:30,759
Speaker 2: five point fifty. Gonna jump right back on the phone

990
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,280
Speaker 2: lines and to Todd in Hamburg. Next, what's up? Todd?

991
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 8: Hi, good lasting noon, Thank you? Sure, Yeah, I'm really

992
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 8: confused about the whole situation. I'm suffering too. A little

993
00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:51,319
Speaker 8: bit as that Bill's fan. But honestly, if everybody's talking

994
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 8: about the draft or the fresh round receiver, but honestly,

995
00:55:55,080 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 8: if you look at our playoff losses was on defense. Now,

996
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 8: as McDermott as a defensive coordinator, I'm going defense, lack

997
00:56:05,719 --> 00:56:09,959
Speaker 8: of safetyes and cornerbacks. And then you let your number

998
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:14,919
Speaker 8: one draft pick in twenty seventeen, McDermott's first round draft pick,

999
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 8: t Davis Waite, you let him go. Thom Miller basically

1000
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:23,760
Speaker 8: had the same injury he did. I just don't understand.

1001
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 2: Well, I think Todd, you're forgetting the fact that well,

1002
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,759
Speaker 2: first of all, von Miller had an ACL injury. That

1003
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:34,520
Speaker 2: was the injury that Trudavious White came back from last season.

1004
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:39,960
Speaker 2: And then in Week four he ruptured his achilles, So

1005
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 2: in ACL followed by an achilles again. I don't want

1006
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 2: to be the one to doubt Tredavius White, but for

1007
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 2: a lot of players in this league, that's a death

1008
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 2: blow to your career to have two major injuries like that,

1009
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:57,239
Speaker 2: almost back to back. Because what did he play? He

1010
00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:02,359
Speaker 2: played the last six regular season games in twenty two,

1011
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 2: the first four in twenty three, and he played in

1012
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,360
Speaker 2: two playoff games, so he played in twelve games between

1013
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:18,000
Speaker 2: the two major injuries. It's just horrible, bad luck. But

1014
00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be very hard for Trudeavius

1015
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:25,480
Speaker 2: White to be the player that he was. Again, I'm

1016
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 2: the last person to doubt Trudavius White, because I know

1017
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:32,000
Speaker 2: what's up here and what's in his gut in terms

1018
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:34,200
Speaker 2: of being the competitor that he is. We've seen enough

1019
00:57:34,240 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 2: of it here. But the timing of the injury was

1020
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 2: bad because we don't even know if he would be

1021
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 2: ready for the start of this regular season healthy. We

1022
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 2: don't even know that, and I would say it's probably

1023
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,280
Speaker 2: more likely that he's not ready to play football in September.

1024
00:57:51,920 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 2: And so that coupled with the fact that you had

1025
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 2: to make a decision to be cap compliant six days

1026
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 2: from now, the timing those two things did not work,

1027
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 2: and so you had to make the decision to move

1028
00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,960
Speaker 2: him off your roster. And this won't take effect as

1029
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:10,560
Speaker 2: we know until June. First six million savings now another

1030
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:16,640
Speaker 2: four million later. But it just wasn't gonna work. And

1031
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 2: I think that became obvious to everybody that had to

1032
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,920
Speaker 2: make that decision that while they probably didn't want to

1033
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:24,480
Speaker 2: do it. They really were left with no choice. They

1034
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 2: had to make a decision before March thirteenth. Trey, you

1035
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 2: don't even know if he's gonna be ready in September.

1036
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:34,480
Speaker 2: And he's missed thirty games the last three seasons. That's

1037
00:58:34,880 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 2: what is that fifty one games? He's missed thirty of

1038
00:58:37,840 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 2: them the last three years. It's just for the price

1039
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,919
Speaker 2: tag that he was commanding, it just was not sustainable.

1040
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 2: And this is a guy that's restructured his contract a

1041
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 2: couple of times before because of his lack of availability

1042
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 2: due to injuries. So it was not sustainable. It's unfortunate,

1043
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:56,640
Speaker 2: and he's an example of why NFL careers on average

1044
00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:58,640
Speaker 2: last three and a half seasons, because it doesn't matter

1045
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 2: how hours you work, how much you work at your craft,

1046
00:59:02,120 --> 00:59:05,720
Speaker 2: injuries can compromise the longevity of a player's career. And

1047
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,360
Speaker 2: I hope Tredevius at White is not an example of that,

1048
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 2: but I think in light of these last two injuries,

1049
00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:10,680
Speaker 2: he could be.

1050
00:59:11,160 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, people say NFL stands for not for long. You

1051
00:59:14,280 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 3: hear a lot of players in this league say exactly that.

1052
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 3: And the savings of ten point two million dollars is

1053
00:59:20,240 --> 00:59:23,600
Speaker 3: what they're reporting in total for Tredevius White is a.

1054
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:24,280
Speaker 4: Big time number.

1055
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:27,280
Speaker 3: Not saying that Trey isn't worth those ten million dollars,

1056
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:31,080
Speaker 3: but the injury and timing, like you said, Chris, just

1057
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:34,520
Speaker 3: did not line up at all. And this is a

1058
00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,680
Speaker 3: day that proves the salary cap is real. And I

1059
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:42,000
Speaker 3: know for a lot of fans it doesn't make sense

1060
00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 3: because of the roles that these players had on this roster,

1061
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:49,520
Speaker 3: both on the community, in the locker room and on

1062
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:53,440
Speaker 3: the field. But when you have to become cap compliant,

1063
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:56,440
Speaker 3: you have to make moves like this, and they entered

1064
00:59:56,560 --> 01:00:04,280
Speaker 3: yesterday with forty two million of money over the cap

1065
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,320
Speaker 3: that they had to clear before the start of the

1066
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 3: new league year on March thirteenth.

1067
01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 2: And I think maybe the best way to put it

1068
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:17,200
Speaker 2: concerning Trey is I think everybody in the organization, in

1069
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 2: the personnel department and the coaching staff probably for that matter,

1070
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 2: wanted to see and was eager to know if Trey

1071
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 2: could come back from that, but they just couldn't wait

1072
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,080
Speaker 2: that long because of the cap implications of his contract,

1073
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,280
Speaker 2: and that's what, as Mattie said, just did not line up.

1074
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:43,240
Speaker 2: So that's the situation as far as that goes, we

1075
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:48,200
Speaker 2: do have it official now. Mitchell Trubisky has signed with

1076
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,680
Speaker 2: the Bills as a free agent. The team has made

1077
01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 2: it official he has signed, so he is in line

1078
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:58,800
Speaker 2: to once again be Buffalo's backup quarterback behind Josh Allen

1079
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,640
Speaker 2: as he was back in twenty twenty one. The reports

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01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:03,640
Speaker 2: came out yesterday. The Bills have now made it official.

1081
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 2: Trubisky has signed the contract, so the Bills have a

1082
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 2: backup quarterback in place going into twenty twenty four. So

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Speaker 2: that is now official. Let's move on to Jack in

1084
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:17,400
Speaker 2: cheek Towaga. What's up Jack?

1085
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:20,200
Speaker 11: Hi, guys.

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Speaker 12: I guess I'll answer the how does it make me feel? Question? First,

1087
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 12: and I think my answer there is that I hate

1088
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 12: to see the loss of a captain on each side

1089
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:35,720
Speaker 12: of the ball, and in total, with the releases, the

1090
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 12: loss of leadership and the team culture personalities that aren't

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01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 12: going to be there next year. Now, I think that,

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01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,760
Speaker 12: you know, we're all in agreement they've got to get

1093
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:54,600
Speaker 12: younger and cheaper through this draft. But before that comes up,

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01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:59,040
Speaker 12: I think what Bean does in free agency is going to,

1095
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:03,800
Speaker 12: you know, determine where we go there. If the safety

1096
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:08,480
Speaker 12: market is something where we can get a starting veteran

1097
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:13,800
Speaker 12: as a second safety along with rafts supposedly, you know,

1098
01:02:13,880 --> 01:02:17,880
Speaker 12: that's great if we can bring in a defensive tackle,

1099
01:02:18,360 --> 01:02:21,400
Speaker 12: if that market is good in free agency at the

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01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 12: lower tier. I think when you get to the draft,

1101
01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 12: the only position that I see where a starter is

1102
01:02:29,640 --> 01:02:30,960
Speaker 12: going to come out of the draft is going to

1103
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:36,080
Speaker 12: be in the wide receiver position. And we've lost a

1104
01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:39,240
Speaker 12: lot of starters, but we've got backups that we've had.

1105
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 12: Our depth was our strength the last couple of years.

1106
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:44,800
Speaker 12: Some of those deaf people are going to be starters now.

1107
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:49,240
Speaker 12: So where do you see this draft supplying a starter

1108
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:53,080
Speaker 12: on the team other than possibly the wide receiver position.

1109
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,400
Speaker 12: And I'll hang up and wait for your answer on that.

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01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's sure thing, Jack. A lot of stuff there.

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01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:02,960
Speaker 2: It's hard to predict it now because of what you

1112
01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 2: alluded to, which is Brandon Bean and we've seen this

1113
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:12,280
Speaker 2: in recent off seasons almost always tries to fill as

1114
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:16,400
Speaker 2: many positional holes as possible leading up to the draft

1115
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:18,880
Speaker 2: because he likes to be in a position going into

1116
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:21,480
Speaker 2: the draft where he doesn't feel he has to reach

1117
01:03:21,960 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 2: for a position of need. He can just take the

1118
01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:28,840
Speaker 2: best value on the board, he's been more successful in

1119
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 2: some off seasons than others because I think we remember

1120
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:36,040
Speaker 2: a few years ago, going into the twenty one No.

1121
01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:40,280
Speaker 2: Twenty two draft, the Bills needed a corner and everybody

1122
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:45,520
Speaker 2: knew it. So they move up and they get Kyrie Elam.

1123
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:50,520
Speaker 2: So there are times where maybe he doesn't cross every

1124
01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:52,680
Speaker 2: t or dot every eye, but he's going to do

1125
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 2: his darnedest to fill as many of those positions as possible.

1126
01:03:56,240 --> 01:04:00,600
Speaker 2: I would anticipate that there's a decent chance that they

1127
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:05,240
Speaker 2: find a starter at the defensive tackle position, because you

1128
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,600
Speaker 2: said anything besides wide receiver, I would say defensive tackle

1129
01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:12,920
Speaker 2: is a possibility, and maybe even defensive end is a possibility,

1130
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 2: although right now it's going to be hard for a

1131
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:18,840
Speaker 2: defensive end prospect to unsea to Von Miller or Greg

1132
01:04:18,920 --> 01:04:21,560
Speaker 2: Russeau on the edges right now who project as you're

1133
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 2: starting too, so we'll have to see. But I think

1134
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,040
Speaker 2: it's tough to call now before free agency has even started.

1135
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:31,160
Speaker 3: I think it's a little bit tough to call right now.

1136
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:33,400
Speaker 3: But if I had guests too, I would say defensive

1137
01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 3: tackle aside from wide receiver, just knowing where the depth

1138
01:04:37,720 --> 01:04:39,760
Speaker 3: is going to lie at that place in the draft

1139
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:43,360
Speaker 3: of the Bill stay at number twenty eight. There should

1140
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:48,439
Speaker 3: be some defensive tackles available at that spot that could

1141
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:51,080
Speaker 3: have starting potential for this team next season for sure.

1142
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:55,280
Speaker 2: Let's move along and go to Jeff in Buffalo. Here,

1143
01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:56,240
Speaker 2: what do you got for us? Jeff?

1144
01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:00,240
Speaker 11: Hey, guys here, real quick. Yeah, that's for a at

1145
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:05,760
Speaker 11: you too, real quick. The concussions of the past with

1146
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 11: with Morris, I think maybe that had a little bit

1147
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 11: to do with it. Maybe even Mitch decided, you know,

1148
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:15,400
Speaker 11: he'd wrap it up himself, you know, mutually, something like that.

1149
01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:18,880
Speaker 11: Uh yeah, do you see him coming back. They didn't

1150
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:21,720
Speaker 11: even try to extend them or you know, renegotiate anything

1151
01:05:21,720 --> 01:05:24,400
Speaker 11: with them. So I'm wondering how much the concussion, the

1152
01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:27,000
Speaker 11: past concussions had anything to do with it. Real quick,

1153
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:29,800
Speaker 11: your opinion on our linebacking corps. I mean, with the

1154
01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:32,160
Speaker 11: Milano coming back from injury and you know how that

1155
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:37,360
Speaker 11: goes well, and Bernard and Duran William and so on

1156
01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:39,840
Speaker 11: and so forth, where do you think we are there?

1157
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:42,320
Speaker 11: Do you think that's a stable position right now? I mean,

1158
01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:43,880
Speaker 11: I know you always want to add a little depth,

1159
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:46,360
Speaker 11: but as far as starters go, where would you create

1160
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:50,080
Speaker 11: that and real quick. On the draft, you hear a

1161
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 11: lot about wide receiver wide receivers, I believe, you know,

1162
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:56,640
Speaker 11: or actually if I'm a GM or you know, yeah,

1163
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 11: I want my wide receiver, but if there's another run

1164
01:05:59,240 --> 01:06:01,600
Speaker 11: wide receivers and I can pick up, you know, because

1165
01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:04,000
Speaker 11: I definitely do believe that Bills will draft a corner,

1166
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:08,080
Speaker 11: you know, in the top four rounds. I think it

1167
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:11,800
Speaker 11: defines a back of some type. And I don't mean safety,

1168
01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:16,080
Speaker 11: I mean corner. But yeah, I just your opinions on

1169
01:06:16,240 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 11: the linebacking corps and the concussions of the past with

1170
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:21,120
Speaker 11: Morse and what do you think you better have to

1171
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 11: do with that?

1172
01:06:21,640 --> 01:06:25,080
Speaker 2: Sure things? Jeff, thanks. Maddy and I were both there

1173
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 2: when Mitch Morse talked on locker clean out day and

1174
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:29,919
Speaker 2: he was asked, you know, have you considered it all

1175
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:33,560
Speaker 2: stepping away from the game, you know, knowing you're getting

1176
01:06:33,640 --> 01:06:36,680
Speaker 2: up in years and you have a concussion history, And

1177
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 2: he basically said no, right, I mean he's like, hadn't

1178
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:42,120
Speaker 2: really given that any thought plan on coming back next year?

1179
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:42,520
Speaker 9: Yeah.

1180
01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:45,400
Speaker 3: He almost seemed a little bit surprised by the answer

1181
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:48,160
Speaker 3: by the question. Yeah, yeah, sorry, by the question seems

1182
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:51,160
Speaker 3: surprised by the question of Okay, why are you asking

1183
01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:53,960
Speaker 3: this right now? I'm under contract for one more season.

1184
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,480
Speaker 3: I can't remember who asked the question, but it was

1185
01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,120
Speaker 3: in media availability with Mitch Morse on locker cleanout day,

1186
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,440
Speaker 3: and he's played in the NFL for nine seasons under

1187
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:06,120
Speaker 3: he was under contract with Buffalo for one more season,

1188
01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:06,840
Speaker 3: so that would.

1189
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 4: Make it ten. I'm interested to see what happens.

1190
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:13,919
Speaker 3: I could totally see him wanting to play a few

1191
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:16,280
Speaker 3: more seasons and going to a team that has a

1192
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:19,480
Speaker 3: young quarterback and being able to pair that up with

1193
01:07:19,720 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 3: a veteran center in the league. That makes sense to me.

1194
01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:26,000
Speaker 3: But he also has a family and some young kids,

1195
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:28,360
Speaker 3: and it would also make sense to me to want

1196
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:31,040
Speaker 3: to hang the cleats up and enjoy life as a dad.

1197
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:37,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and your notion that there was nothing mutual about it.

1198
01:07:37,120 --> 01:07:40,560
Speaker 2: When you're set to make about ten to eleven million dollars,

1199
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:45,520
Speaker 2: you're not walking away from that willingly. So I absolutely

1200
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:47,440
Speaker 2: do not think it was his call. I do not

1201
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 2: think his concussion history played a part in this. I

1202
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:54,800
Speaker 2: think it was purely and solely salary cap savings. He

1203
01:07:54,960 --> 01:07:58,440
Speaker 2: saved them eight and a half million dollars. That's a

1204
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:02,040
Speaker 2: big number to eat into the even fatter number that

1205
01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:03,919
Speaker 2: the Bills were faced with in terms of being over

1206
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:07,439
Speaker 2: the cap. So unfortunately, it was a straight business move

1207
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:10,720
Speaker 2: as I see it, and nothing more. As for linebacker,

1208
01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:13,840
Speaker 2: Manny and I talked about this last week at the Combine,

1209
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:17,320
Speaker 2: it's kind of a sneaky need for the Bills. The

1210
01:08:17,360 --> 01:08:20,080
Speaker 2: reason why is based on some of the feedback we

1211
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:23,960
Speaker 2: got from GM Brandon Bean on Matt Mlano's prognosis. He

1212
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:27,400
Speaker 2: basically told us that he expects him back on the field,

1213
01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:30,960
Speaker 2: albeit probably in a limited capacity, when the pads go

1214
01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:33,120
Speaker 2: back on. Well, the pads don't go back on until

1215
01:08:33,160 --> 01:08:35,719
Speaker 2: training camp, so you're not going to have Matt Mlano

1216
01:08:35,840 --> 01:08:39,599
Speaker 2: for the entire off season until you get to Saint

1217
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:44,160
Speaker 2: John Fisher, and then you have to see what he

1218
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:48,000
Speaker 2: looks like. Now, look, Matt Milano, another guy with a

1219
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:50,599
Speaker 2: relentless work ethic. I wouldn't doubt him for a second

1220
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:54,160
Speaker 2: to come back successfully. But this is a long rehabilitation

1221
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:58,200
Speaker 2: from Week five of last season. I mean, the guy

1222
01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:03,479
Speaker 2: got hurt the second week October and he's not going

1223
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:08,360
Speaker 2: to be ready until the following August, maybe September. Start

1224
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:11,639
Speaker 2: of the regular season, we don't know, So that unknown

1225
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:14,960
Speaker 2: I think sends up a red flag for the position

1226
01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:19,400
Speaker 2: because it essentially leaves you in terms of who we

1227
01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:23,960
Speaker 2: know we're gonna have. You've got Torell Bernard Baile, inspector

1228
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,160
Speaker 2: Dorian Williams, and I think there's a reserve future free

1229
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 2: agent that signed as well. So yeah, I think it's

1230
01:09:32,479 --> 01:09:34,800
Speaker 2: a sneaky need for the Bills in the draft, and

1231
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 2: there's a couple that I really like, although I think

1232
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:40,000
Speaker 2: they'll be gone early. Edrian Cooper from Texas A and

1233
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:41,600
Speaker 2: M might be one of my favorite players in the

1234
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 2: entire draft class, but he'll probably be gone in the

1235
01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:49,160
Speaker 2: top fifty picks. So yeah, to answer your question, I

1236
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:50,720
Speaker 2: think it is a sneaky need for the Bills, and

1237
01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:53,640
Speaker 2: I would expect them to draft one linebacker at the

1238
01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:57,799
Speaker 2: very least, and maybe even get, you know, a veteran

1239
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:00,639
Speaker 2: role player in free agency with some Special Team Eames experience,

1240
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:05,320
Speaker 2: because let's not forget Tyler Mattikaevich free agent, Tyrel Dodson

1241
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:08,720
Speaker 2: free agent. So it's gonna be interesting to see. But

1242
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:10,519
Speaker 2: I think it is a position they have to address.

1243
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:13,280
Speaker 2: There nobody's not too many people are really thinking about.

1244
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:14,320
Speaker 4: And you need to address it.

1245
01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:18,040
Speaker 3: For just the fact that you need bodies to be

1246
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:21,880
Speaker 3: able to get through OTA's get through training camp. You

1247
01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:25,040
Speaker 3: need guys in that room who who can help. And

1248
01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:28,559
Speaker 3: right now, the healthy guys that are not free agents

1249
01:10:29,080 --> 01:10:32,920
Speaker 3: Terrell Bernard Baile inspector, and Dorian Williams.

1250
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:34,920
Speaker 4: Three linebackers is what you have.

1251
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:38,200
Speaker 3: So they've got some work to do there, and I

1252
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:40,800
Speaker 3: would expect it would be through the draft and maybe

1253
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:41,800
Speaker 3: free agency as well.

1254
01:10:42,479 --> 01:10:45,240
Speaker 2: We have to step aside here because when we come back,

1255
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:48,960
Speaker 2: we're going to bring you Mitch Trubisky. He is addressing

1256
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:52,000
Speaker 2: the media after signing his contract here at One Bill's

1257
01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:53,960
Speaker 2: Drive today. We'll have that for you when we return

1258
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:56,439
Speaker 2: on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo

1259
01:10:56,439 --> 01:11:13,160
Speaker 2: Bill's Radio. All right, Welcome back to One Bill's Live.

1260
01:11:13,240 --> 01:11:15,920
Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Maddy Glab with you here on a Thursday

1261
01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:20,479
Speaker 2: as we await the beginning of the Mitchell Trubisky press

1262
01:11:20,520 --> 01:11:24,240
Speaker 2: conference happening via zoom after he put pen to paper

1263
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:26,720
Speaker 2: today to sign his contract with the Bill. So he's

1264
01:11:26,720 --> 01:11:30,639
Speaker 2: here One Bill's Drive and he is officially a Buffalo

1265
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:33,559
Speaker 2: Bill once again. For those that don't remember. Played with

1266
01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:36,360
Speaker 2: the Bills as their backup quarterback in the twenty twenty

1267
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:39,800
Speaker 2: one season after his career came to an end with

1268
01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:44,040
Speaker 2: the Chicago Bears, and you know, he had some mop

1269
01:11:44,120 --> 01:11:46,519
Speaker 2: up duty in a couple of games back in twenty

1270
01:11:46,560 --> 01:11:48,200
Speaker 2: twenty one. I think he was like six of eight

1271
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:51,200
Speaker 2: passing and then had some handoffs in some mop up

1272
01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:54,479
Speaker 2: duty for some games, and then parlayed that into a

1273
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:58,920
Speaker 2: chance to compete for the starting job in Pittsburgh and

1274
01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:02,559
Speaker 2: did make some starts for the Steelers, but ultimately they

1275
01:12:02,640 --> 01:12:05,559
Speaker 2: drafted Kenny Pickett and he wound up being their starting

1276
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:08,519
Speaker 2: quarterback and it looks like that's going to continue down there,

1277
01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:10,639
Speaker 2: although we might get some competition. We'll see.

1278
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 3: Yeah, he had five starts for the Steelers in twenty

1279
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:17,080
Speaker 3: twenty two, had two starts for them last season. And

1280
01:12:17,680 --> 01:12:20,520
Speaker 3: you like a move like this because it brings familiarity

1281
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:23,400
Speaker 3: to that room. Josh Allen is at a place in

1282
01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:25,920
Speaker 3: his career where I don't think you need to bring

1283
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:30,080
Speaker 3: in the oldest vet in the league to help teach Josh.

1284
01:12:30,080 --> 01:12:32,000
Speaker 4: He's been in the league long enough.

1285
01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:35,120
Speaker 3: And Mitch Trubisky is a familiar face in that room

1286
01:12:35,160 --> 01:12:37,719
Speaker 3: since he's been there already, and I like the connection

1287
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:39,360
Speaker 3: that these two already have together.

1288
01:12:39,800 --> 01:12:43,240
Speaker 2: So without any further ado, let's go to the Zoom

1289
01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:46,759
Speaker 2: conference call with Mitch Trubisky, who's addressing questions from the media.

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Speaker 13: Once me is a no brainer.

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Speaker 1: Once I got released, there was like a few spots

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Speaker 1: I had in my mind that I might have been interested,

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Speaker 1: and this was at the top of the list. So

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Speaker 1: to come back here, be a part of a contender,

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01:12:59,160 --> 01:13:01,920
Speaker 1: work with Josh all the boys again, I was just

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01:13:01,960 --> 01:13:04,320
Speaker 1: really excited about the opportunity and I'm happy to be back,

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01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:08,200
Speaker 1: so very energized, feel very positive about it, and me

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Speaker 1: and my family are very happy.

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Speaker 14: What were I know, you just mentioned some of them,

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Speaker 14: but like the reasons you wanted to come back, what

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Speaker 14: kind of stood out most of all?

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I think being a part of this team. I

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01:13:20,600 --> 01:13:21,400
Speaker 13: love the guys here.

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01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:25,120
Speaker 1: I love working with Josh the coach and staff coach McDermott,

1305
01:13:25,120 --> 01:13:28,919
Speaker 1: and being with Brandon Bean and then having the opportunity

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01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:31,240
Speaker 1: to be in this offensive system and then learn from

1307
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 1: guys like coach Joe Brady and get to work with

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Speaker 1: and RC and those guys. So it's get to be

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Speaker 1: a part of a great room, playing this system and

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01:13:41,160 --> 01:13:43,800
Speaker 1: be a part of a contender. It was just this

1311
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:46,240
Speaker 1: year I had here was a special year to me

1312
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Speaker 1: being a part of this team in this community, and

1313
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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to getting back to that.

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Speaker 14: What do you think you learned about yourself the last

1315
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:55,439
Speaker 14: couple of years while you were that you'll bring back

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01:13:55,439 --> 01:13:56,240
Speaker 14: to Buffalo now?

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01:13:58,400 --> 01:14:00,439
Speaker 1: Just experience, I mean over the year as you just

1318
01:14:00,479 --> 01:14:02,519
Speaker 1: see a lot of football and you go through some

1319
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:04,360
Speaker 1: ups and downs and you just carry all that with you.

1320
01:14:04,479 --> 01:14:07,479
Speaker 1: But I have a like experience and wisdom to share

1321
01:14:07,560 --> 01:14:09,920
Speaker 1: with the young guys or any other guys on this team.

1322
01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:12,000
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna work my tail off and just continue

1323
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:14,240
Speaker 1: to push my teammates and be somebody that everybody can

1324
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:17,000
Speaker 1: lean on and be that team guy that can help

1325
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:17,599
Speaker 1: anybody and.

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01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:32,040
Speaker 13: Just help us one games. Awesome, Thanks and problem. Thanks.

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Speaker 13: Question would be from a G thanks.

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Speaker 15: Ex I hate Mitchel Laina with ESPN welcome back. I

1329
01:14:37,560 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 15: guess just what kind of was this free agent? You know,

1330
01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:43,160
Speaker 15: after getting released by the Steelers and you said there

1331
01:14:43,160 --> 01:14:45,639
Speaker 15: were some teams that you were interested in. What kind

1332
01:14:45,680 --> 01:14:47,960
Speaker 15: of was it like? Like you mentioned wanting to play

1333
01:14:47,960 --> 01:14:50,000
Speaker 15: for a contender and that kind of thing. What else

1334
01:14:50,040 --> 01:14:51,720
Speaker 15: were you looking for in an opportunity?

1335
01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:54,320
Speaker 13: It was very chill, to be honest with you. It

1336
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:55,719
Speaker 13: wasn't like my other free agencies.

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01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:58,960
Speaker 1: I was thankful that the Steelers released me earlier than

1338
01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:01,360
Speaker 1: free agency actually artist, so I was my agent was

1339
01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:04,479
Speaker 1: able to start talking to some teams, and so I

1340
01:15:04,520 --> 01:15:06,719
Speaker 1: took a very relaxed approach. I just had a feeling

1341
01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:09,080
Speaker 1: that I would end up exactly where I was supposed

1342
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Speaker 1: to be, And when this opportunity came back, it just

1343
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:11,680
Speaker 1: felt like right.

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01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,559
Speaker 13: It felt like kind of coming home in the end.

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01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:17,640
Speaker 1: So just to reunit with this guy, these guys, this

1346
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:21,080
Speaker 1: team and really playing this offensive system that's that's friendly

1347
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:24,559
Speaker 1: to the quarterback, something I'm familiar with that I think

1348
01:15:25,720 --> 01:15:28,759
Speaker 1: helps my skill set, it just felt like a no brainer.

1349
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:30,880
Speaker 1: It felt like coming back home. So I was very

1350
01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:33,360
Speaker 1: excited about it. It was a very relaxed process for me,

1351
01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:36,200
Speaker 1: and it just seemed easy.

1352
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 15: Were those conversations with the Steelers like that you knew

1353
01:15:40,080 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 15: you said you were thankful they released you early. Just

1354
01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:44,280
Speaker 15: how do you kind of end things there?

1355
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:45,680
Speaker 11: Yeah, it was.

1356
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:47,840
Speaker 13: It was a good mutual breakup, I guess you would

1357
01:15:47,840 --> 01:15:48,120
Speaker 13: call it.

1358
01:15:48,160 --> 01:15:49,720
Speaker 1: I mean there were rumblings that they were going to

1359
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:54,519
Speaker 1: going to do it, and so uh, and my mindset was,

1360
01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:57,120
Speaker 1: if it's going to happen, it'd probably be more beneficial

1361
01:15:57,160 --> 01:15:59,559
Speaker 1: to do it sooner rather than later. And it helped

1362
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:02,040
Speaker 1: me get a start on free agency. So it was

1363
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:05,759
Speaker 1: beneficial for both sides in the end, and I'm thankful

1364
01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:07,559
Speaker 1: for that, and I'm thankful for my time there. So

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01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:09,840
Speaker 1: there's a lot of good people and I'm just looking

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01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:11,439
Speaker 1: towards the future now.

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01:16:12,439 --> 01:16:14,439
Speaker 15: Back from when you were here in twenty one, Like,

1368
01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:16,360
Speaker 15: how do you feel like anything about you, like as

1369
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:19,439
Speaker 15: a quarterback specifically, like you've learned or kind of adjusted

1370
01:16:19,560 --> 01:16:21,960
Speaker 15: or changed or anything. Like you look back on yourself

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01:16:21,960 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 15: when you were here in twenty one, what kind of.

1372
01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:26,519
Speaker 13: Maybe has changed? Just been through a lot.

1373
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,360
Speaker 1: I think I've played in a lot of different systems

1374
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:29,920
Speaker 1: and I kind of know what I don't like and

1375
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:31,880
Speaker 1: do like by now, and I think coming back to

1376
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:35,599
Speaker 1: this system, it's a one I'm a lot more comfortable

1377
01:16:35,640 --> 01:16:37,719
Speaker 1: in and I think it's better for my skill set.

1378
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:39,519
Speaker 13: So it's good for the quarterback.

1379
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:41,320
Speaker 1: It gives you a lot of free freedom, and we've

1380
01:16:41,320 --> 01:16:43,120
Speaker 1: got a lot of playmakers get them to the ball

1381
01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:45,600
Speaker 1: open in space, and I think just being around the

1382
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:48,639
Speaker 1: guys here can I can really bring out the skill

1383
01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:50,400
Speaker 1: set and not just me but everybody else.

1384
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,280
Speaker 15: Have you kept in Josh in touch with Josh over

1385
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,360
Speaker 15: the last couple of years, like you guys like talkie, Like,

1386
01:16:55,880 --> 01:16:57,760
Speaker 15: was he pumped when he heard your comeback? Like?

1387
01:16:57,800 --> 01:16:58,160
Speaker 2: What was that?

1388
01:16:58,200 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 11: Like?

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01:16:58,439 --> 01:16:58,759
Speaker 13: Yeah?

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01:16:58,880 --> 01:17:00,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's excited. Stay in touch over the

1391
01:17:00,720 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 1: last couple of years. Definitely not as much as when

1392
01:17:02,439 --> 01:17:05,000
Speaker 1: I was here, but we stay in touch. And I've

1393
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:07,160
Speaker 1: always been rooting for him, So to be on the

1394
01:17:07,200 --> 01:17:09,320
Speaker 1: same team again and it's going to be special. And

1395
01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:11,599
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to going to war with these guys.

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01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:13,880
Speaker 16: Thanks Lynch, thank you.

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01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:22,519
Speaker 5: Big Mitch, Rookie Hawkins. Work for today. He welcome back.

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Speaker 13: How's it going, appreciate it? Glad to be back.

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01:17:25,320 --> 01:17:26,920
Speaker 5: I'm good man. How's the baby?

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01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:28,960
Speaker 13: He's doing great. He's doing great.

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01:17:29,240 --> 01:17:31,679
Speaker 1: My wife was pregnant with him last time we were here,

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01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:34,479
Speaker 1: and now everybody coming back gets to see him when

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01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:37,800
Speaker 1: he's two. So he's not with us today, but I'm

1404
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:39,680
Speaker 1: excited to bring him back up here to Buffalo to

1405
01:17:40,080 --> 01:17:41,559
Speaker 1: where it kind of all started for him.

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01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:46,280
Speaker 17: But it's special. Family's doing great. I appreciate that absolutely. Man,

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01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:49,679
Speaker 17: how contagious is Buffalo right for you? Just to come

1408
01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:52,040
Speaker 17: back and knowing that there's so much of a perfect

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01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:52,559
Speaker 17: fit for you.

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Speaker 13: It really is.

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01:17:54,720 --> 01:17:56,839
Speaker 1: I think that's a good word for it, being contagious.

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01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:59,080
Speaker 1: I mean that positive energy. I think it brings out

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01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:02,400
Speaker 1: the best of you and everybody else, and I just

1414
01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:02,880
Speaker 1: wanted to be a.

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01:18:02,880 --> 01:18:03,479
Speaker 13: Part of that again.

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01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:06,400
Speaker 1: I had such a great fun year the year I

1417
01:18:06,439 --> 01:18:08,519
Speaker 1: was here, and it just felt right to run it

1418
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:10,360
Speaker 1: back and be a part of this team and culture

1419
01:18:10,360 --> 01:18:11,160
Speaker 1: and community again.

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Speaker 13: So I'm really looking forward to it. It just felt right.

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01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:16,400
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm at home and I'm just ready

1422
01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:17,160
Speaker 1: to get back to work.

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01:18:17,800 --> 01:18:18,440
Speaker 5: Absolutely.

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01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:21,560
Speaker 17: Now, how have your time and your experience in Pittsburgh

1425
01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:24,519
Speaker 17: helped you become a better player as well as some

1426
01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:26,519
Speaker 17: of the things that you could probably help Josh along

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01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:26,880
Speaker 17: the way?

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01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:29,559
Speaker 13: Yeah, for sure. I definitely had some ups and downs

1429
01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:30,160
Speaker 13: in Pittsburgh.

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01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:35,920
Speaker 1: I think I learned a lot more about what not

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01:18:36,040 --> 01:18:39,320
Speaker 1: to do and things that I don't like necessarily, and

1432
01:18:39,640 --> 01:18:41,840
Speaker 1: just being able to voice those opinions and have those

1433
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:42,760
Speaker 1: opinions be heard.

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01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:44,519
Speaker 13: I think it's important.

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01:18:44,680 --> 01:18:46,880
Speaker 1: And you come to a place like this where They

1436
01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:49,280
Speaker 1: do value Josh's opinion a lot in the quarterbacks room,

1437
01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:51,719
Speaker 1: opinion and that leadership, and you need that to trickle

1438
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:52,400
Speaker 1: throughout the building.

1439
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:55,400
Speaker 13: So just being able to speak out, speak up about what.

1440
01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:57,680
Speaker 1: You like and don't like, and have that resonate within

1441
01:18:57,720 --> 01:19:01,760
Speaker 1: the offense and throughout the building, I think is absolutely man.

1442
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:03,560
Speaker 17: And I know you being back here in Buffalo, so

1443
01:19:03,680 --> 01:19:05,800
Speaker 17: that means you get the opportunity to go back to

1444
01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,640
Speaker 17: some of your favorite eateries. Right, So what is one

1445
01:19:08,680 --> 01:19:11,400
Speaker 17: of the favorite eatery that you can't wait to go

1446
01:19:11,479 --> 01:19:12,240
Speaker 17: to being back?

1447
01:19:12,800 --> 01:19:16,639
Speaker 1: Oh, definitely some bar Bill Chicken Wings and then Elm

1448
01:19:16,680 --> 01:19:19,320
Speaker 1: Street Bakery. Those are two of our favorite spots, so

1449
01:19:19,360 --> 01:19:20,800
Speaker 1: we're gonna hit those very soon.

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01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:24,080
Speaker 17: Absolutely, my guy, welcome back and I can't wait to

1451
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:25,400
Speaker 17: see you appreciate it.

1452
01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:25,800
Speaker 13: Thank you.

1453
01:19:33,360 --> 01:19:34,960
Speaker 18: Hey, Mitch, I think I'm up.

1454
01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:38,280
Speaker 13: Ye, congrats on the contract.

1455
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:41,160
Speaker 18: I'm curious curious if you've touched base with Joe Brady

1456
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:41,439
Speaker 18: at all.

1457
01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:45,000
Speaker 5: I know he might be a new face for you.

1458
01:19:45,040 --> 01:19:46,360
Speaker 18: What are your impressions of him?

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01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:48,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm excited to work with Joe. I got to

1460
01:19:48,680 --> 01:19:52,160
Speaker 1: catch up with him a little bit today. As from

1461
01:19:52,160 --> 01:19:53,920
Speaker 1: what I've been watching over the years that I was gone,

1462
01:19:53,960 --> 01:19:55,840
Speaker 1: the system has really stayed the same, but He's really

1463
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:57,800
Speaker 1: put his flavor on it, so I'm excited to work

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01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:01,719
Speaker 1: with him. He's kind of got that contagious energy as well.

1465
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:04,479
Speaker 1: He brings a lot of energy passion for the game.

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01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:07,240
Speaker 1: But after my talks with him, He's gonna let me

1467
01:20:07,680 --> 01:20:09,640
Speaker 1: play my game right, So I'm not trying to be

1468
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:12,840
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. I'm trying to be Mitch Trubisky and bring

1469
01:20:12,920 --> 01:20:14,840
Speaker 1: bring my skills to the table and do what I

1470
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Speaker 1: can do in this offense. So I really enjoyed my

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Speaker 1: talk with him. I enjoyed my talk with Ronald Curry.

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Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to working with another North Carolina guy,

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01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:27,680
Speaker 1: which is really cool. And uh, it's it's going to

1474
01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:29,640
Speaker 1: be back in this system and just ready to hit

1475
01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:33,680
Speaker 1: the ground running, just learning from those guys, getting back

1476
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:37,800
Speaker 1: into the burbage and get ready for OTAs.

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Speaker 18: You mentioned that Joe has put his own flavor on

1478
01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:43,479
Speaker 18: the system that is familiar. Is it too early for

1479
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:46,040
Speaker 18: you to say what that flavor sort of is or

1480
01:20:46,479 --> 01:20:49,320
Speaker 18: can you put put your finger on exactly what it is?

1481
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:51,760
Speaker 13: Yeah, I don't I don't know exactly what it is yet.

1482
01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:53,560
Speaker 13: But from my talks with him, he just wants to

1483
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:55,960
Speaker 13: play to each player's strength. So if if you've got

1484
01:20:55,960 --> 01:20:58,960
Speaker 13: a strength, he wants to utilize those and then just

1485
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:00,840
Speaker 13: continue to work on the week. This isn't in your

1486
01:21:00,880 --> 01:21:03,160
Speaker 13: game and just play exactly what your game is and

1487
01:21:03,200 --> 01:21:05,320
Speaker 13: do what you're capable of. But also playing within yourself

1488
01:21:05,320 --> 01:21:07,880
Speaker 13: and within the offense, I think is what I got

1489
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:10,120
Speaker 13: from my tops with them, So I'm looking forward to that,

1490
01:21:10,960 --> 01:21:13,720
Speaker 13: looking forward to just continue to progress my game as well,

1491
01:21:13,760 --> 01:21:15,960
Speaker 13: continue to get better, but also help Josh and all

1492
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:17,880
Speaker 13: the other boys that I can, and just contribute to

1493
01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:18,720
Speaker 13: this team in any way.

1494
01:21:20,080 --> 01:21:31,479
Speaker 16: Thank you, appreciate it, Thank you. I think that is

1495
01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:33,960
Speaker 16: all we have time for today. Thank you Minch for

1496
01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:34,320
Speaker 16: your time.

1497
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:36,400
Speaker 13: Awesome, Thanks guys, happy to be back.

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01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:41,000
Speaker 2: All right. So that's Mitchell Trubisky addressing the media here

1499
01:21:41,160 --> 01:21:45,559
Speaker 2: this afternoon, just minutes probably after signing his contract here

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01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:49,200
Speaker 2: at one Bills Drive today. So it is official. Now

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01:21:49,240 --> 01:21:52,080
Speaker 2: the Bills have their backup quarterback in the fold at

1502
01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:54,840
Speaker 2: least that they're planning to have as their backup quarterback.

1503
01:21:54,840 --> 01:21:57,880
Speaker 2: And it is a two year contract. Last time he

1504
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:00,760
Speaker 2: was here was a one year deal, so I'm not

1505
01:22:00,840 --> 01:22:04,280
Speaker 2: surprised to hear this, but obviously, when you're a quarterback

1506
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:06,680
Speaker 2: who's been to three different places in the span of

1507
01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:11,960
Speaker 2: four seasons, familiarity counts and that was clear here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he said, coming back to Buffalo, it feels like home.

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01:22:15,800 --> 01:22:19,200
Speaker 3: So he feels like the system suits his game well,

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01:22:19,320 --> 01:22:22,000
Speaker 3: and also added that he got to catch up with

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01:22:22,120 --> 01:22:25,840
Speaker 3: Joe Brady today and so that Joe has in contagious

1512
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:28,920
Speaker 3: energy and he's excited to see what that looks like

1513
01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:31,960
Speaker 3: on the field. Says it'll be fun to play with

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01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:35,040
Speaker 3: him as an offensive coordinator. He's the type of offensive coordinator

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01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:39,519
Speaker 3: who wants to uplift the game that you play on

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01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:42,280
Speaker 3: the field, get the best version out of you.

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01:22:42,960 --> 01:22:46,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and some fans might remember this, but in the

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01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:48,920
Speaker 2: preseason when he was here in twenty one, you remember

1519
01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:52,000
Speaker 2: he had a lightning fast start against the Bears, this

1520
01:22:52,120 --> 01:22:55,080
Speaker 2: former team. I think he completed like his first ten passes,

1521
01:22:55,160 --> 01:22:56,960
Speaker 2: marsh the team right down the field. I don't think

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01:22:57,040 --> 01:23:01,800
Speaker 2: Josh played in that game, and you know, unfortunately for him,

1523
01:23:02,840 --> 01:23:04,880
Speaker 2: not for the Bills, because if he's playing, that means

1524
01:23:04,960 --> 01:23:08,160
Speaker 2: Josh is injured. He didn't get a lot of opportunity

1525
01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:10,960
Speaker 2: and I think we'd prefer to all have it stay

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01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:15,040
Speaker 2: that way. But I thought it was cool that he

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01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:19,559
Speaker 2: referenced new quarterbacks coach Ronald Curry, who is a UNC legend,

1528
01:23:19,560 --> 01:23:22,240
Speaker 2: and obviously Trubisky played his college ball at UNC, So

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01:23:22,720 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 2: kind of a cool connection there between those two. You know,

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01:23:26,360 --> 01:23:30,080
Speaker 2: Ronald Curry is legendary status as far as Tar Heel

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01:23:30,200 --> 01:23:34,439
Speaker 2: football athletes are concerned. So you can tell he cracked

1532
01:23:34,439 --> 01:23:36,599
Speaker 2: a smile when he mentioned coach Curry's name. So that'll

1533
01:23:36,600 --> 01:23:40,799
Speaker 2: be an interesting relationship to see develop in the practice

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01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:41,880
Speaker 2: setting and training camp.

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01:23:42,720 --> 01:23:43,639
Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely.

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01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:48,000
Speaker 3: And Mitch Trubisky being added to this quarterback room, you

1537
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:49,879
Speaker 3: think about, Okay, it's a backup quarterback.

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01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:51,240
Speaker 4: What is he going to do? How is he going

1539
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:51,840
Speaker 4: to help the team.

1540
01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:55,320
Speaker 3: Hopefully Josh Allen is on the field every single game

1541
01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:57,639
Speaker 3: and we don't have to see Mitch Trubisky.

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01:23:57,680 --> 01:23:58,879
Speaker 4: That's best case scenario.

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01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 3: But when it comes to meetings, when it comes to

1544
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:04,400
Speaker 3: going through practices, when it comes to scout team stuff

1545
01:24:04,439 --> 01:24:07,120
Speaker 3: that they do throughout the week, a backup quarterback is

1546
01:24:07,160 --> 01:24:09,760
Speaker 3: important in all of that because it's another voice for

1547
01:24:09,880 --> 01:24:13,559
Speaker 3: Josh Allen to hear. You want somebody in that room

1548
01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:15,920
Speaker 3: who can be able to help Josh and this is

1549
01:24:15,960 --> 01:24:18,200
Speaker 3: the reason why they're signing him. You don't sign a

1550
01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:21,280
Speaker 3: backup quarterback if you don't think that this guy can

1551
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:24,840
Speaker 3: help with Josh Allen's development, how he sees things on

1552
01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:27,360
Speaker 3: the field, being able to come from the field to

1553
01:24:27,400 --> 01:24:30,120
Speaker 3: the sideline and talk with Mitch Trubisky throughout a game.

1554
01:24:30,160 --> 01:24:31,880
Speaker 4: Hey, what's going on? What are you seeing?

1555
01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:36,600
Speaker 3: It's a relationship thing, and that's a big reason. I

1556
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:39,000
Speaker 3: would say why the Bills decided to sign him to

1557
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 3: a two year contract.

1558
01:24:40,160 --> 01:24:43,280
Speaker 2: And you saying scout team just triggered another memory in

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01:24:43,320 --> 01:24:46,120
Speaker 2: my head. I remember when he was here, and I

1560
01:24:46,160 --> 01:24:48,479
Speaker 2: remember some of the defensive players after a couple of

1561
01:24:48,479 --> 01:24:52,920
Speaker 2: big victories in the twenty twenty one season, crediting Mitchell

1562
01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:58,000
Speaker 2: Trubisky with giving them a fantastic look in practice for

1563
01:24:58,080 --> 01:25:02,080
Speaker 2: the upcoming opponent. Part of a backup quarterback's job is

1564
01:25:02,120 --> 01:25:05,759
Speaker 2: to give the starting defense the best scouting look possible

1565
01:25:06,240 --> 01:25:10,400
Speaker 2: in the practice setting, and Trubisky would get rave reviews

1566
01:25:10,479 --> 01:25:13,519
Speaker 2: from the defensive players in this locker room for the

1567
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:15,559
Speaker 2: job he would do during the practice week as the

1568
01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:19,519
Speaker 2: scout team quarterback running the other team's offensive plays. And

1569
01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:21,519
Speaker 2: I can tell you I can think of a handful

1570
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,439
Speaker 2: of players just off the top of my head through

1571
01:25:23,439 --> 01:25:26,120
Speaker 2: the course of that season who said what a great

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01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,639
Speaker 2: job Trubisky did getting them ready to face their opponent

1573
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:33,519
Speaker 2: that week by giving them fantastic looks in the practice setting.

1574
01:25:33,880 --> 01:25:37,080
Speaker 2: Don't think that that doesn't count for something. And when

1575
01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:41,360
Speaker 2: he became available again, the Bills jumped rather quickly to

1576
01:25:41,400 --> 01:25:42,720
Speaker 2: try to get him back in the fold here. And

1577
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:44,559
Speaker 2: it wouldn't surprise me if that was one of the

1578
01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:46,320
Speaker 2: factors in that decision.

1579
01:25:46,720 --> 01:25:49,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, And like you said, it says something that they

1580
01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:53,320
Speaker 3: went after him right away. And Mitch Trubisky seemed happy

1581
01:25:53,439 --> 01:25:56,920
Speaker 3: about being released by the Steelers when he was released

1582
01:25:56,960 --> 01:26:00,280
Speaker 3: by them, saying, hey, it was nice to not hit

1583
01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:03,400
Speaker 3: the market when everybody else's And the fact that I

1584
01:26:03,439 --> 01:26:06,000
Speaker 3: could do some of this work, my agent could do

1585
01:26:06,080 --> 01:26:08,720
Speaker 3: some of this work ahead of everybody else. When the

1586
01:26:08,720 --> 01:26:12,240
Speaker 3: negotiating period starts on March eleventh, and when free agency

1587
01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:16,439
Speaker 3: officially begins on March thirteenth, the Bills had their eye

1588
01:26:16,439 --> 01:26:19,479
Speaker 3: open for a guy like Mitch Trubisky if they decided

1589
01:26:19,520 --> 01:26:22,680
Speaker 3: to make a move like this. You know, before March eleventh.

1590
01:26:23,000 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 2: We wanted to crack open the tweet sheet here quickly

1591
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:27,720
Speaker 2: before the show is over to get some of your

1592
01:26:27,720 --> 01:26:30,360
Speaker 2: thoughts on how Wednesday's roster moves by the Bills made

1593
01:26:30,360 --> 01:26:33,320
Speaker 2: you feel. Tweet sheet brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems,

1594
01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:36,240
Speaker 2: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills and

1595
01:26:36,280 --> 01:26:41,000
Speaker 2: BIP eighteen twelve, says, emotionally, I hate it, rationally feel

1596
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:43,560
Speaker 2: pretty good these moves needed to happen. I have to

1597
01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:47,880
Speaker 2: tell you, Maddie, I'm pretty impressed with the reaction from

1598
01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:52,639
Speaker 2: the fan base. Disappointed that some very familiar household names

1599
01:26:53,240 --> 01:26:55,839
Speaker 2: on this roster over the years are, you know, shuffling

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01:26:55,920 --> 01:27:00,479
Speaker 2: out the door. But I think there is a real

1601
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:07,080
Speaker 2: astute sense as to what the Bills were facing with

1602
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:09,919
Speaker 2: respect to the cap and some of the tough decisions

1603
01:27:09,920 --> 01:27:11,920
Speaker 2: that were inevitably coming down the pike.

1604
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:12,160
Speaker 8: Here.

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01:27:13,120 --> 01:27:15,800
Speaker 2: It just shows you how plugged in the majority of

1606
01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:17,640
Speaker 2: this Bill's fan base is. They knew some of this

1607
01:27:17,680 --> 01:27:19,240
Speaker 2: stuff was gonna be coming.

1608
01:27:19,479 --> 01:27:21,200
Speaker 4: I was gonna say, our fan base is a smart

1609
01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:21,679
Speaker 4: fan base.

1610
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:24,439
Speaker 3: They knew where the Bills were at in the money

1611
01:27:24,439 --> 01:27:28,320
Speaker 3: that they had to clear move around before March thirteenth,

1612
01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:31,320
Speaker 3: the date to become cap compliant, and knowing how big

1613
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:34,320
Speaker 3: of a number that was. Our fans knew that some

1614
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,479
Speaker 3: of these names, some of these bigger names were going

1615
01:27:37,560 --> 01:27:40,160
Speaker 3: to get released to We're going to get restructured. So

1616
01:27:40,240 --> 01:27:44,640
Speaker 3: it seems like most people were expecting something like this,

1617
01:27:44,840 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 3: maybe not expecting the volume that happened yesterday, maybe thinking oh,

1618
01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:51,320
Speaker 3: it would trickle out over over a few days or

1619
01:27:51,360 --> 01:27:55,240
Speaker 3: something like that. Some surprises in there, for sure, seems

1620
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:57,479
Speaker 3: like what fans are thinking, But for the most part,

1621
01:27:58,080 --> 01:27:59,639
Speaker 3: they knew something like this would happen.

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01:28:00,120 --> 01:28:02,920
Speaker 2: Next one from Jeremy I think encapsulates what the other

1623
01:28:04,439 --> 01:28:08,040
Speaker 2: feelings are regarding the roster moves that were made yesterday. Personally,

1624
01:28:08,040 --> 01:28:10,120
Speaker 2: it makes me feel great. Bean sees that the formula

1625
01:28:10,200 --> 01:28:12,800
Speaker 2: of keeping players around that are continually not advancing in

1626
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:15,879
Speaker 2: the playoffs is not getting the job done, so changes

1627
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:19,280
Speaker 2: need to be made. Morse is a head scratcher, cap

1628
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:22,280
Speaker 2: casualty question mark, but everyone else makes sense. Yes, Morse

1629
01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:24,520
Speaker 2: was an eight and a half million dollar cap savings,

1630
01:28:24,560 --> 01:28:28,519
Speaker 2: nothing more and nothing less. But yes, I think a

1631
01:28:28,520 --> 01:28:31,960
Speaker 2: lot of fans are frustrated with the Bill's inability to

1632
01:28:32,120 --> 01:28:35,679
Speaker 2: advance to the championship game. Each of the last two

1633
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:38,599
Speaker 2: years in the playoffs, and they want to get further

1634
01:28:39,240 --> 01:28:41,240
Speaker 2: and I think they want to see change on the

1635
01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:45,240
Speaker 2: roster to try to push them further. Now, sometimes change

1636
01:28:45,560 --> 01:28:49,360
Speaker 2: is good, sometimes it doesn't always result in better results.

1637
01:28:49,520 --> 01:28:52,320
Speaker 2: We'll see what this coaching staff can do with what

1638
01:28:52,360 --> 01:28:54,280
Speaker 2: the new roster looks like come September.

1639
01:28:54,479 --> 01:28:56,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe fresh legs can bring about some good things

1640
01:28:56,920 --> 01:29:00,439
Speaker 3: here in Buffalo. But thinking about Sean McDermott as being

1641
01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:03,360
Speaker 3: a defensive minded coach, you got a lot of holes

1642
01:29:03,400 --> 01:29:05,679
Speaker 3: on defense and he knows how to fill them.

1643
01:29:06,040 --> 01:29:07,680
Speaker 2: Break time for us. Maddy and I wrap it up

1644
01:29:07,720 --> 01:29:09,679
Speaker 2: when we return here on one Bill's Live. Stay tuned.

1645
01:29:26,360 --> 01:29:28,880
Speaker 2: One final comment from the tweetsheet, this one from Carter.

1646
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:31,120
Speaker 2: He says, being crushed. It stinks we had to lose

1647
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:33,080
Speaker 2: those guys, but let's be real. All those guys have

1648
01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:35,000
Speaker 2: lost a step and they're not getting any younger. The

1649
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:38,960
Speaker 2: biggest loss is the leadership, that's right, But they're always

1650
01:29:39,000 --> 01:29:41,320
Speaker 2: grooming new leaders and I think prime leaders for the

1651
01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:44,679
Speaker 2: defense going into next year, probably Torell Bernard and Arren

1652
01:29:44,760 --> 01:29:46,800
Speaker 2: Johnson are the first names that come to mind for me.

1653
01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:48,519
Speaker 3: Think about what it was like to say by to

1654
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:51,760
Speaker 3: Kyle Williams and Lorenzo Alexander. People stepped up in their

1655
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:53,759
Speaker 3: place in locker room in terms of leadership.

1656
01:29:53,800 --> 01:29:56,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, that'll do it for a Thursday edition and one

1657
01:29:56,200 --> 01:29:58,719
Speaker 2: Bill's Live. Something tells me we'll have more Bills news

1658
01:29:58,720 --> 01:30:01,679
Speaker 2: for you tomorrow, So to turn into Friday Show, we'll

1659
01:30:01,720 --> 01:30:05,040
Speaker 2: have Frank Schwab with us joining us talk about free agency.

1660
01:30:05,040 --> 01:30:05,759
Speaker 2: We'll see you tomorrow