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Speaker 1: The One Bill's Live presented by Calida Health. All right,

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Speaker 1: we have made it to the three day mandatory mini

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Speaker 1: camp for your Buffalo Bills. Chris Brown, Maddy Glad with

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Speaker 1: you here on a Tuesday day, one of three day

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Speaker 1: mandatory mini camp, the exclamation point of the off season

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Speaker 1: program before the players get there about five and a

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Speaker 1: half week break before training camp opens at Saint John

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Speaker 1: Fisher July. I believe his report date so not too

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Speaker 1: far away. We're gonna blink and you and I are

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Speaker 1: gonna be looking at each other and our T shirts

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Speaker 1: and shorts going the summer is over. I feel that way.

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Speaker 2: I do such a bad job of looking way too

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Speaker 2: far forward during the off season. I'm just like, we

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Speaker 2: get to the off season, I'm like, oh, the Combine

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Speaker 2: is in a week, and then free agency and then

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Speaker 2: the draft, and then schedule is a the summer's over.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I get I routinely.

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Speaker 1: This is almost like an annual occurrence for me. Wherever

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Speaker 1: I am for a July fourth barbecue, about midway.

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Speaker 2: Through the day, you get the Sunday scaries, base.

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Speaker 1: Start getting the foreboding sense. Then oh my god, two

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Speaker 1: and a half three weeks and it's all over. It's

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Speaker 1: like the it's like the home stretch of the summer.

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Speaker 2: I can't believe Mandatory Mini Camp is here. This is

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Speaker 2: the time period for us as a media and content

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Speaker 2: department for the Buffalo Bills. The next three days is

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Speaker 2: get everything you need to get done with player involvement

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Speaker 2: because you're not going to see these guys again to

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Speaker 2: the end of January of July. Not January end of July.

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Speaker 2: But we it's like a race to the finish this week.

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Speaker 2: There's so much that we do this week to get

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Speaker 2: ready for the downtime that we all get because we

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Speaker 2: do a countdown of training camp and so we have

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Speaker 2: content pieces going out throughout the end of June and

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Speaker 2: into the first two weeks of July. So for us,

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Speaker 2: we're like, oh my gosh, it's going to be a

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Speaker 2: long but quick three days stockpile season.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we got a stockpile everything we can to make

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Speaker 1: it stretch for six weeks essentially, So Mandatory Mining Camp underway.

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Speaker 1: The Bills had to add four players to the roster

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Speaker 1: on a tryout for these three days do mainly to

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Speaker 1: player injury, chiefly at the linebacker position, where they added

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Speaker 1: tryout players Stephen Hillis, who was actually here for the

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Speaker 1: rookie mini camp back in May. He is back for

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Speaker 1: another three days at the linebacker spot, along with veteran

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Speaker 1: Shaq Korterman, who's a former fourth round pick of the

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars back in twenty twenty. He's still floating around

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Speaker 1: out there in free agency, so he's in for three

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Speaker 1: So what you have is a situation where you have

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Speaker 1: injuries at the running back position, you have injuries at

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Speaker 1: the linebacker position, and so as a result, they've had

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Speaker 1: to kind of backfill the roster to make sure they

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Speaker 1: have enough bodies to practice. So here are your non

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Speaker 1: other news worthy item. Spencer Brown limited obviously coming off

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Speaker 1: that forced him to miss most of OTA's and then

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Speaker 1: also limited today linebacker Matt Mulano back on the field

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Speaker 1: in a limited capacity, only only going to do individual

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Speaker 1: for you. Coach McDermott's comment on Matt Mulano's status and

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Speaker 1: on the practice field until training camp. That's what Brandon

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Speaker 1: even then it wouldn't be in a full blown capacity.

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Speaker 1: I think Milano's got a chance to be in the

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Speaker 2: Nonetheless, it was amazing to hear the news from Sean

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Speaker 2: McDermott that Matt Mlana is going to be participating in

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Speaker 2: in the next few weeks. He said, I am here

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And not that it would be any different kind

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Speaker 1: getting to the point now where the clock is really ticking,

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Speaker 1: he was coming off an All Pro season the year

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Speaker 1: before in twenty twenty two, and you know, the first

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Speaker 1: you know, the rest of the season went up in smoke.

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Speaker 1: It was really unfortunate. I'll be the last person to

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Speaker 1: But for a better sense on this, let's check in

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Speaker 1: with coach McDermott, who addressed the media a little over

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's big credit to Matt and what he's been

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Speaker 3: he's put in. He's so focused, he was focused before this.

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Speaker 1: It's just a matter of.

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Speaker 3: Putting it one day at a time and trying to

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Speaker 1: So there is while it's encouraging, I mean, there's no

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Speaker 1: that's encouraging. But at the same time, it's very clear

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Speaker 1: It's unclear, which to me means there's still a lot

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Speaker 1: Respond, which is the key here going forward, which is

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Speaker 1: certainly taking a sizeable step forward in the rehabilitation process,

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Speaker 1: He's tending to a family matter. But he is the

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of the nuts and bolts of it

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Speaker 1: are some interesting absences around the NFL, which is brought

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. We begin with the division rival New

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Speaker 1: that quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not at mandatory Mini camp

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Speaker 1: and it is an unexcused absence that is subject to

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Speaker 1: was for an event important to him. That's a quote Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: pass rusher Hassan Reddick, who wants a new contract after

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Speaker 1: the Jets acquired him in a trade with the Eagles,

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Speaker 1: also not in attendance. There was speculation that he was

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Speaker 1: in fact going to skip mandatory mini camp and incur

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Speaker 1: the fines. Sala said he spoke with Reddick on the phone,

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Speaker 1: rogers decision, he said, quote, he had something that was

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Speaker 2: That is interesting?

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Speaker 1: Like, it's not We're not talking about like a death

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Speaker 2: It's it's an unexcused absence, that's what he said. So

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Speaker 2: so if it's important, that doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't right, It totally doesn't make sense. What it

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Speaker 1: is is an example of once again this coaching staff

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Speaker 1: and upper management cowtowing to what Rogers wants to do.

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Speaker 1: They placate him, you know, they coddle him because he's

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Speaker 1: their ticket. And the problem is that guy knows it,

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Speaker 1: and the coaching staff knows.

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Speaker 2: It and everybody else knows.

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Speaker 2: I would hope so, because if you're doing this for him,

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Speaker 2: yes it's Aaron Rodgers, Yes it's your starting quarterback, Yes

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Speaker 2: to waste too much time still preparing for.

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Speaker 7: Do we like this?

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Speaker 2: Do we not like this? Do we feel comfortable with this?

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Speaker 2: Are we uncomfortable with this and wasting time when you

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Speaker 2: should be really hitting their ground running?

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Coach referred to it as a menu for both his

444
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Speaker 1: OC and DC who are taking on new roles there.

445
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Speaker 1: Brady on a full time basis obviously did the last

446
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Speaker 1: seven or eight games last year and then playoffs and

447
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Speaker 1: then you know Bobby Babbage in the DC chair. He

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Speaker 1: wants them to kind of have a menu of play

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Speaker 1: calls that they feel absolutely confident about and more importantly,

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Speaker 1: caters to the strengths of the players they have at

451
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Speaker 1: their disposal, so that when they get to training camp,

452
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Speaker 1: all you got to do is rep them over and

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Speaker 1: over and over so the players can nail him down

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Speaker 1: and understand how to playoff one another, how to read

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Speaker 1: the keys of the opponent. So, yeah, it was it

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Speaker 1: was an interesting breakdown. That was your question. That was

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Speaker 1: a good you gotta good answer at him on that.

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Speaker 5: So that was good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. For me, I was kinda I

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Speaker 1: kind of gravitate to the lines. So for me, it

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Speaker 1: would be that you know, Connor McGovern has taken well

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Speaker 1: in his transition back to the center position, and we

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Speaker 1: actually got a peek into how that's going. And we'll

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Speaker 1: hear from coach McDermott on that in a little bit here,

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Speaker 1: but in the meantime, let's get to the phones at

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Speaker 1: eight oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five point fifty And leading us

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Speaker 1: off today is Leo in Albion.

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Speaker 5: What do you got for us?

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Speaker 9: Leo, that's one to hear you have opinion on the

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Speaker 9: new prospect. We got Gable Stevenson at the tackle of

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Speaker 9: the Olympic gold wrestler, gold medalist wrestler.

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Speaker 5: I should say, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, that's a that's a valid question. Coach actually

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Speaker 1: addressed this today and thanks for the call, Leo, and

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Speaker 1: maybe we should leave it to him. But I think

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Speaker 1: the whole reason they were interested in Stevenson is because

478
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Speaker 1: there are a lot of techniques in wrestling that cater

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Speaker 1: to line play in football. How to use your hands, leverage,

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Speaker 1: quick short area, quickness, and so I think those things

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Speaker 1: cater to Stevenson. Perhaps transitioning from a wrestling career to

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Speaker 1: a football career. But let's let's hear what coach McDermott

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Speaker 1: had to say, because he was asked about Stevenson and

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Speaker 1: how that transition is going for him.

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Speaker 3: I'm a big believer in in wrestlers and what skills

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Speaker 3: you develop in wrestling and how it can transfer to

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Speaker 3: being a really good football player, especially among among the

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Speaker 3: offensive line defensive line position groups. Having not played football ever,

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Speaker 3: not even in high school, that's a little bit different.

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Speaker 3: That's a little bit unique. And so there's there's more

491
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Speaker 3: work to be done, right in terms of starting from scratch,

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Speaker 3: from from zero and then trying to build each day.

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Speaker 3: And he's worked extremely hard with our defensive line coaches

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Speaker 3: and coach Babbage as well, and so it's about just

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Speaker 3: daily improvement. And again this is new. I tried to

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Speaker 3: equate it to some of the coaches who have not wrestled.

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Speaker 3: I said, it's like trying to put on and wrestling

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Speaker 3: the ankle band when you just go to the scorer's

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Speaker 3: table and you're not even wrestling yet. They haven't even

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Speaker 3: blown the whistles. So, uh, it's a it's a new

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Speaker 3: world a little bit for him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's it's definitely interesting. Coach even said he

503
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Speaker 1: was trying to explain some techniques to Gable, you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: will you do this? You want to do that, and

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Speaker 1: he didn't understand what he was talking about. So we

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Speaker 1: actually we had to use wrestling terms so he understood

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Speaker 1: what he was getting at in terms of the technique

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Speaker 1: he wanted him to execute. So you know, we hear

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Speaker 1: all the time, Maddie about how players when they're trying

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Speaker 1: to learn a new offensive system sometimes they'll use old

511
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Speaker 1: language from a previous system that they know very well

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Speaker 1: to adapt. They're doing that at square one with Stevenson

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Speaker 1: right now.

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Speaker 2: It's also this pickup is interesting in a good way

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Speaker 2: because you know it's coming from a different sport. But

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Speaker 2: I have to say not surprising because they're looking for

517
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Speaker 2: traits and if this is a player that you know,

518
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Speaker 2: within a year or so can put you over the

519
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Speaker 2: edge because of the traits that you have. Sean McDermott

520
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Speaker 2: spoke to his quickness and quickness and his burst as

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Speaker 2: reasons why they wanted to bring him onto the roster

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Speaker 2: if they feel like that's something that they can develop

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Speaker 2: into a football type player. Going from wrestling into football.

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Speaker 2: Then this coaching staff, the scouting department, I feel like,

525
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Speaker 2: is always on the front edge of things, trying to

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Speaker 2: figure out, Okay, what's next, how can we level up here,

527
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Speaker 2: how can we improve our competition there? And this is

528
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Speaker 2: another example of how they do that. They did it

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Speaker 2: with Travis Clinton by drafting him in the seventh round,

530
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Speaker 2: a rugby player who's got crazy measurables and is really

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Speaker 2: quick for his size. And now they do that with

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Speaker 2: adding Gable Stevenson to the defensive line, one on the

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Speaker 2: offensive line and one on the defensive line.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if I'm sure you've seen this

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Speaker 1: just being out there at practice, but Stevenson is so

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Speaker 1: much shorter than all the other defensive linemen because he's

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Speaker 1: only about five to eleven. And I mean Ed Oliver

539
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Speaker 1: is not super tall, but he's six to two six ' three,

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Speaker 1: and people think of Ed as an undersized guy. And Stevenson,

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Speaker 1: to his credit, has added weight because he knew he

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Speaker 1: had to at about two eighty. But he's at five

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Speaker 1: to eleven and he's stocky. I would say he kind

544
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Speaker 1: of resembles Poona Ford a little bit, who we saw

545
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Speaker 1: in that role last year and Puno goes three oh five,

546
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Speaker 1: so he's got another twenty five pounds on top of

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Speaker 1: what Stevenson's coming to the table with. But I think

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Speaker 1: they hope with that leverage advantage, just knowing the natural

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Speaker 1: feel of leverage and how to create it for yourself,

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Speaker 1: that that'll translate even though he's undersized. I think it

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Speaker 1: is a it's a steep learning curve though, Maddie. I

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Speaker 1: think if they can find a way to get him

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Speaker 1: to make enough progress to justify a practice squad spot, yeah,

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Speaker 1: learn on the job for a year and then see

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Speaker 1: where he can take that through another offseason and then say,

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Speaker 1: you know what, he's got a shot. It's coming together

557
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Speaker 1: for him. Let's see. Because he's never played football.

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Speaker 2: I know you've got the international player Pathway program where

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Speaker 2: guys who come from you know, a different country to

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Speaker 2: the States to play football. Travis Clayton will be able

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Speaker 2: to fill in that spot. It's a practice squad spot

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Speaker 2: that doesn't count as a number.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 2: They need the moving from a different sport to play

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Speaker 2: in the NFL spot on your practice.

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Speaker 1: Level of football. It's not like you're just giving up

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Speaker 1: a wrestling career to play college football, you know, or

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Speaker 1: even high school football. I mean you're going to the

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Speaker 1: top of the mountain and try to adapt there.

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Speaker 2: An international player, We've got room for a guy who's

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Speaker 2: coming from a different sport to play in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean one of the highest achievers in

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Speaker 1: his sport, so you know that he's going to put

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Speaker 1: in the requisite work to try to make it happen.

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Speaker 1: So it'll be an interesting thing to keep track of

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Speaker 1: as we move into training camp later this summer. Got

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Speaker 1: to take a break here, but when we come back,

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Speaker 1: we'll take more of your phone calls. At eight oh

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Speaker 1: three five point fifty one eight eight eight five fifty two,

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Speaker 1: five fifty got open lines for you there. What would

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Speaker 1: be the best news for you coming out of mandatory

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Speaker 1: mini camp for the Bills. Also get some more comments

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Speaker 1: from coach mcdermoty, who addressed the media prior to practice today.

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Speaker 5: Here on One.

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Colid of Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right back here on one of Bill's Live, a

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Speaker 1: first day of mandatory mini camp for the Bills, and

588
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: we are asking you what would be the best news

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Speaker 1: to come out.

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Speaker 5: Of mandatory mini camp this week?

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Speaker 1: For you. Eight h threeho five fifty one eight eight

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Speaker 1: eight five point fifty two five fifty are the numbers

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Speaker 1: to get on board. We got to open line for

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Speaker 1: you there if you need it. Wanted to play a

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Speaker 1: couple more of coach McDermott's more noteworthy comments we already

596
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Speaker 1: mentioned and played for you is comment on Matt Malone

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Speaker 1: and the fact that he's out there practicing on a

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Speaker 1: limited basis was there is an encouraging sign. We also

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Speaker 1: played the comment in response to one of our calls

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Speaker 1: on how Gable Stevenson, the former Olympic gold medalist, is

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Speaker 1: transitioning to football after having zero football background to joining

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Speaker 1: the Bills. But coach McDermott also addressed a couple of

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Speaker 1: other issues that we wanted to get to. Matti mentioned

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Speaker 1: it already. It was actually her question on what he

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Speaker 1: hopes to be able to get out of this mini

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Speaker 1: camp and off season program as a whole to feel

607
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Speaker 1: good going into the five and a half week break.

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Speaker 1: Here's what he had to say about that.

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Speaker 3: Let's just start with the health of our football team.

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Speaker 3: It was mentioned that we have some injuries and some

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Speaker 3: of those are going to happen. I think the biggest

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Speaker 3: thing is can we get ourselves through the break. Can

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Speaker 3: we get ourselves through the next couple of days number

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Speaker 3: one and then into the break period and those guys

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Speaker 3: can spend time with our trainers and our training staff

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Speaker 3: and get to training camp where they're available. I think

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Speaker 3: that's important. Staying healthy over the break for the guys

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Speaker 3: that are healthy right now is also important, and so

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Speaker 3: I think you start there and then you get into

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Speaker 3: making sure that Skimtically, this is a time of year

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Speaker 3: for us at least where we try and develop our

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Speaker 3: menu a little bit, try things, throw some things out,

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Speaker 3: add some things. It's really the time of year to

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Speaker 3: try some of that. And then my ask of the

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Speaker 3: coordinators is that when we break or before we break,

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Speaker 3: that they've got a pretty good menu built that they

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Speaker 3: believe in, that they believe in and matches what we

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Speaker 3: know at this point at least to be the strengths

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Speaker 3: of our players. And then we get to training camp

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Speaker 3: and we rep and rep so that we're efficient effective

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Speaker 3: with what we're trying to do.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So it was a pretty thorough answer from him and

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Speaker 1: kind of gave us a peek into how they kind

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Speaker 1: of fit that whole off season puzzle together so when

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Speaker 1: they get to training camp they can just go I

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Speaker 1: mean there are adjustments and tweaks to the schedule. It's like, oh,

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Speaker 1: we thought they could handle this in this practice and

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00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,720
Speaker 1: we struggled. We're going to have to repeat that somewhere

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Speaker 1: later in the week, so we're gonna have to pull

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Speaker 1: this sect out of this practice and wedge that in

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Speaker 1: there to make sure they've got it. There are adjustments

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Speaker 1: like that that happen through the course of training camp,

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Speaker 1: but they want to define plan pretty laid out and

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Speaker 1: then they'll adjust as they need to.

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Speaker 2: I think outside perspectives sometimes of OTA's and mandatory mini camp,

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00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 2: and even from us who cover the team, it's like,

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Speaker 2: what can you accomplish in OTA's you're in shirts and hats.

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Speaker 2: What are you getting out of this? That's really valuable?

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Speaker 2: This time is really important, especially if you have a

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Speaker 2: new offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator. It's important to get

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Speaker 2: things installed and to start to rep those have an

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Speaker 2: idea of what's gonna work based on the roster that

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Speaker 2: you're going to carry, so that by the time you

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Speaker 2: get to training camp you can start to perfect what

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Speaker 2: that looks like. So that's why June, may even April

657
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 2: getting these guys in the doors. It is valuable time

658
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Speaker 2: for this team.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and with all the newness, particularly on defense, you

660
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: want guys to know how to play off one another

661
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: on certain play calls, how to read, how to read

662
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: the keys of the opposing offense, and more importantly spacing,

663
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: because spacing is very important on defense too, just in

664
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Speaker 1: terms the depth of your drop in a pass, coverage, set, leverage,

665
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: where is my help? Those kinds of things have to

666
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: be repped over and over and over so that players,

667
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Speaker 1: when they have to make a split second decision on

668
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 1: game day, don't even have to think about it. They

669
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Speaker 1: just do it because the game moves that fast. That's

670
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Speaker 1: why they have to rep it as much as they do.

671
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Speaker 1: But let's get back to the phones. At eight h

672
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Speaker 1: three zero five fifty one eight eight eight five point

673
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Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty what's the best news that you

674
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: think would come out of mandatory mini camp for the

675
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Speaker 1: Bills when this week of.

676
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 5: Three practices is over. Back to the.

677
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Speaker 1: Phones and to Jay in Buffalo.

678
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Speaker 5: What do you got for us? Jay?

679
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Speaker 9: What's up? I feel like they should run more? What

680
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 9: cook to prove that he can run? More yards that

681
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 9: he could run a good distance. Let's not revolve the

682
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 9: office around island and him constantly running because the defense

683
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 9: is going to pick up on him running and pick

684
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Speaker 9: up on him running. But why don't we just use

685
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Speaker 9: our more elements like cook. We have cooked for a reason.

686
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Speaker 9: Let's use cook. Let's use cook more. And he shows

687
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Speaker 9: that he can get plus hundred yards. He can use

688
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Speaker 9: do that, and that's my goal of using Cook more. Honestly,

689
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Speaker 9: that's what I have to say.

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Speaker 5: Okay, fair enough, Jay, I appreciate that.

691
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I don't think it's out of the

692
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 1: realm of possibility. We're still speculating is to just exactly

693
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Speaker 1: what the Joe Brady offense is going to look like.

694
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Speaker 1: But if the last six or seven games of the

695
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,839
Speaker 1: regular season or any indication they are going to run

696
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: it a little bit more than they had previously under

697
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Speaker 1: Dorsey and Dable.

698
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Speaker 2: We saw the numbers that James Cook finished with. He

699
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 2: put himself in the conversation of one of the best

700
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 2: rushers to finish the season. It's a shame that Ray

701
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 2: Davis and Ty Johnson are out of today's practice. They've

702
00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 2: been around, you know in OTAs. We'll see what the

703
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 2: status for them is for the rest of mandatory mini camp.

704
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Speaker 2: But I don't think it's just James Cook. I think

705
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 2: Ray Davis and Ty Johnson will play a part in

706
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Speaker 2: taking some of the load off of Josh Allen as well.

707
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 2: It'll be interesting to see what that number is, you know,

708
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:27,880
Speaker 2: seventy thirty sixty forty sixty five, thirty five as it

709
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 2: relates to run past what this team is going to

710
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Speaker 2: do once the season begins. Because of what Joe Brady

711
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 2: did toward the end of the season, you would assume

712
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 2: it's going to look a little bit like it did

713
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Speaker 2: at the end of the season. But we've got some

714
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Speaker 2: new running backs in the building as well. No Latavious Murray,

715
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Speaker 2: no Damien Harris, Ray Davis, and Ty Johnson. Ty Johnson

716
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 2: was on the roster last season and played in a

717
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 2: few games toward the end of last season showed what

718
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 2: he could do. But it'll be interesting to see how

719
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Speaker 2: they use Ray Davis in the mix as well. But

720
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Speaker 2: I'm all for that, take a little bit off of

721
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Speaker 2: Josh Allen and let the running backs work.

722
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the Bills over those last seven games

723
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: when they went six and one, I think they were

724
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Speaker 1: first in the league in rush percentage on first and tent.

725
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Speaker 1: They ran it fifty one percent of the time wow,

726
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Speaker 1: on first and tent over the last seven games, So

727
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Speaker 1: it really really was a fifty to fifty split for

728
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Speaker 1: all intents and purposes on first and tent. And during

729
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Speaker 1: the heyday of the Dable years calling this offense, they

730
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Speaker 1: threw the ball more than anybody in the league on

731
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Speaker 1: first and ten. So I'm not saying it's going to

732
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Speaker 1: definitively be that under Joe Brady this year, because, as

733
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Speaker 1: we mentioned before on this show, he was just kind

734
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Speaker 1: of triaging the offense through the second half of the season.

735
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Speaker 1: I don't know that Brady really had an opportunity to

736
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Speaker 1: put a quote unquote personal stamp on what to run.

737
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Speaker 1: He was just trying to help them win football games.

738
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Speaker 1: But I do think they're will be a bigger run

739
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: element to his offensive system going forward here for the Bills,

740
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Speaker 1: and I'm not opposed to that within reason. Again, speaking

741
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Speaker 1: to what you spoke about regarding the percentages, we don't

742
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Speaker 1: know what that's going to look like. It's still a

743
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,400
Speaker 1: throwing league at the end of the day, and you

744
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: got one of the best quarterbacks in the league throwing it,

745
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 1: so I don't think you want to swing the pendulum

746
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Speaker 1: too far to the run side of the equation. But

747
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Speaker 1: I think the Joe Brady formula will follow a consistent

748
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,959
Speaker 1: formula that we've seen in the league over the years,

749
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Speaker 1: which is you throw to score points and you run

750
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Speaker 1: to close out games and win. So I wouldn't be

751
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Speaker 1: surprised if that's the approach going forward.

752
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Speaker 5: I don't know.

753
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Speaker 1: That just kind of makes sense to me. Will it happen,

754
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have to wait and see.

755
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 2: We've seen how important running the football is toward the

756
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 2: end of the season, and I know it sometimes sometimes

757
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,799
Speaker 2: probably seems like lip service just you got to run

758
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 2: the football in December and January. We get to December

759
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 2: and January every season, and they do have to run

760
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 2: the football more and more to round out the season.

761
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Speaker 2: It's also something that if you're not doing it in

762
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Speaker 2: the beginning of the season as much and you're introducing

763
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,280
Speaker 2: it a lot more at the end of the season,

764
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Speaker 2: it can be used as an advantage to your team

765
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 2: if that's something that you're using more of or you're

766
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 2: using different players in a not a news scheme, but

767
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 2: in a different way. So it's in Buffalo. You got

768
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Speaker 2: to run the football at the end of the season,

769
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Speaker 2: and they're going to have to do that again. It's

770
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Speaker 2: not going to be any different than it has been

771
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Speaker 2: in the previous seasons.

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Speaker 1: Got to take a break here, but when we come back,

773
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Speaker 1: we'll take more of your phone calls. We'll lead off

774
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Speaker 1: with Judy and Buffalo when we return. As we're asking you,

775
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: what would be the best news to come out of

776
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Speaker 1: this week's mandatory mini camp for the Bills. You let

777
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 1: us know at eighth three oh five to fifty your

778
00:41:49,719 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: phone calls next day tuned all right back here on

779
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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live first day of mandatory Mini camp for

780
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 1: the Bills which runs through Thursday, and probably the best

781
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: news to come out of it Matt Milano participating on

782
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: a limited basis, first time back on the field, so

783
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: encouraging to see, and we wanted to know kind of

784
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 1: in concert with that, what's the best news you could

785
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,359
Speaker 1: hear at a mandatory mini camp this week? Maybe that's it,

786
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: but if it's something else, give us a call at

787
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Speaker 1: eito three five fifty. Let's go back to the phones,

788
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: and as promised to Judy in Buffalo, what's up, Judy.

789
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Speaker 10: No, I'm sad to say this, but I don't think

790
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 10: either Milano or Miller will make an impact on the

791
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 10: defense this year. I'm just hoping that they have enough

792
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 10: people in position to make a difference and whole other

793
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:59,879
Speaker 10: teams to about twenty twenty five points. Because it's still

794
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 10: gon't come down to the offense. The Bills are gonna

795
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 10: have to score thirty thirty five points, and I'm hoping

796
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 10: they have enough killing on that team that they can

797
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 10: do this. All right. Secondly, you know, this wide receiver

798
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 10: situation is simply out of control. I've been saying this

799
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 10: for weeks, and I want to go back to the

800
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Speaker 10: Super Bowl. If I remember correctly, had the forty nine

801
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 10: Ers won that game, wouldn't the second receiver on that

802
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 10: team have been made the MVP. I don't remember his name,

803
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 10: but I think that was the case because as I

804
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,840
Speaker 10: watched that game, he was very impressive.

805
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you're referring to Juwan Jennings. Yes, yeah,

806
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 1: who's actually the third receiver? And thanks for the calls?

807
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 1: You do you appreciate it?

808
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 7: Yeah?

809
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: I mean he had a go ahead touchdown, but then

810
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 1: the Chiefs came back if I remember this right and

811
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 1: tied it up and forced overtime. The Super Bowl is

812
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: already fuzzy to me, and it was only three months ago.

813
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: But yeah, Juwan Jennings had a big game. He's actually

814
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: their third receiver behind Samuel and Ayuk. But Ayuk had

815
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: a big game too. He had a long play, a

816
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: couple of long plays in the passing game for them.

817
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Speaker 1: So I guess what you're saying, there is depth of

818
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: receiving core. Perhaps. Look, I understand why there is concern

819
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 1: about Buffalo's receiving corps because it's the fear of the unknown.

820
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,200
Speaker 1: There are some recognizable names, you know, like a Curtis

821
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 1: Samuel or a Matt Collins who's played in the league

822
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Speaker 1: for several years, although he's never been a frontline player

823
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: in any receiving corps in the league. But it's totally unsettled,

824
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: and because of that, I think there's some trepidation among

825
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 1: Bill's fans, and understandably so. But at the same time,

826
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Speaker 1: I think you have to put your faith in a

827
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: co coaching staff that, at least in my opinion, is

828
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,720
Speaker 1: one of the best player development staffs that I've seen.

829
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: At one Bill's drive, maybe since the Levy years. So

830
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: I think you have to trust that this staff will

831
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: be able to craft a pecking order at receiver based

832
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,880
Speaker 1: on what they see on the field and the performance

833
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: level of the players that will put them in the

834
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: best position to be a productive group. And I don't

835
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: know about you, Maddy, but like, yes, the previous iterations

836
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 1: of this receiving corps had star power. There's no doubt

837
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,280
Speaker 1: about it. I wonder if there's been a paradigm shift

838
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:40,240
Speaker 1: in the thinking because the way this receiving corps looks,

839
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: it's almost as if they're taking the approach of the

840
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: sum is greater than the parts, where we may not

841
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,719
Speaker 1: have an alpha dog at the top of the pecking order,

842
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: but collectively, top to bottom, we're more consistent and have

843
00:45:56,760 --> 00:45:58,800
Speaker 1: a chance as a result to be more productive.

844
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Speaker 2: Does that make sense right, Yeah, it does. Judy mentioned

845
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 2: Juwan Jennings of the forty nine ers, who just signed

846
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 2: a two year extension with San Francisco. But this guy

847
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 2: was a seventh round pick. You talk about fear of

848
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 2: the unknown, he was an unknown receiver on the forty

849
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:18,720
Speaker 2: nine ers roster until he proved himself. I mean last

850
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 2: season he only had two hundred and sixty five receiving yards.

851
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 2: The year before that he had four hundred.

852
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:25,879
Speaker 1: He's shown up in.

853
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:29,920
Speaker 2: Big moments, but he is not the best wide receiver

854
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 2: on the roster by no means. He threw a touchdown

855
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:37,400
Speaker 2: pass and caught a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl

856
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 2: this past year. We'll see what is ahead for him

857
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 2: as he approaches his fourth season.

858
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 1: But you gotta try it out.

859
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 2: The forty nine ers probably didn't know what they were

860
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 2: gonna get out of him until he started to prove

861
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 2: himself in practices and when he did get the opportunity

862
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: in games, he started to show up. It's gonna be

863
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 2: the same for this wide receiver. Corps probably have an

864
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 2: idea of what they have in some of these guys,

865
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Speaker 2: especially the veterans who who they've seen at an NFL level,

866
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 2: who they have tape on, who they have coaches they

867
00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 2: can talk to about these guys.

868
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Speaker 1: But for some of the younger.

869
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 2: Players who have won two years of experience or are

870
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:23,240
Speaker 2: rookies like Kean Coleman, it's time on task. You gotta

871
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 2: give these guys time and practice to figure out is

872
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,760
Speaker 2: what is this gonna look like? How is this gonna operate.

873
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,920
Speaker 2: How does he fit into our offense? And there's a

874
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 2: lot of these guys that you can say this about

875
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 2: because of the departure of Stefan Diggs and Gabe Davis.

876
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 2: It does look very new, but you gotta test it

877
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 2: out to see if it works. That's why I totally

878
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,720
Speaker 2: understand what fans are saying where they're coming from of man,

879
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 2: is this gonna work? What is it gonna look like?

880
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 2: We're not sure yet either, But you gotta trust the

881
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:59,319
Speaker 2: guys who are making the decisions here in Brandon Bean

882
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 2: and Sean mc dermott. They've done a great job so

883
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 2: far since walking through these doors in in twenty sixteen,

884
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 2: and you've got to believe that they've got the They

885
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,880
Speaker 2: want the best out of this group, they want the

886
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:17,839
Speaker 2: best out of the roster, they want the best out

887
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 2: of everyone in this building. They're all working to and

888
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,240
Speaker 2: coaching to getting to a super Bowl, and the people

889
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,439
Speaker 2: that they have right now part of this group, they

890
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,760
Speaker 2: believe in those guys and they believe that those guys

891
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:31,400
Speaker 2: have the ability to do so.

892
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 1: And just in reference to Judy's first point, she's very

893
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 1: pessimistic about von Miller and Matt Milano, helping out the

894
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,839
Speaker 1: defense this year in any capacity. I'm sorry you are

895
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: that pessimistic. I'll be the last person to doubt Matt Milano,

896
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,960
Speaker 1: knowing the work ethic that he brings to the practice field,

897
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 1: the training room, and the game.

898
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 5: Field every week.

899
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:59,160
Speaker 1: So I'm hopeful that what we're seeing today is a

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00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,400
Speaker 1: sign that he's not only on schedule, but maybe a

901
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: little bit ahead of schedule in terms of returning to

902
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:07,239
Speaker 1: full medical clearance and doing everything that we're accustomed to

903
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,399
Speaker 1: seeing him do within the scope of the defense. As

904
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:14,839
Speaker 1: for von Miller, let's not forget older players and Vaughn

905
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: is that at age thirty five, tend to take longer

906
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 1: in the recovery process. The body doesn't spring back as

907
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: well as it used to.

908
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 5: This is his.

909
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: Second acl of his career, and I think we've seen

910
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 1: examples of it in the NFL in the past, where

911
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:34,000
Speaker 1: sometimes it takes a full year to get back to

912
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,279
Speaker 1: the player that they once were. We saw that to

913
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: an extent with Trudevius White, who in the last six

914
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: games of the twenty twenty two season didn't look like

915
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: the same player, and then the first three games of

916
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:50,120
Speaker 1: last season looked a lot better and more like the

917
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: trudevious of old and then unfortunately he suffers the Achilles

918
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: injury and misses the rest of the season. I think

919
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: the hope here is that Vaughn will look more like

920
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,880
Speaker 1: the old Vaughn now a full year and a half

921
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:08,439
Speaker 1: removed from the acl injury in Thanksgiving of twenty twenty two.

922
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Speaker 5: So that's the hope.

923
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:14,280
Speaker 1: Now, let's just say those guys aren't the same players.

924
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,280
Speaker 1: They're serviceable, they can contribute, but they're not dominant. Okay,

925
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:22,320
Speaker 1: what then? I think what you're looking at is enough

926
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: depth at the end position, because you still have Epanessa

927
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:27,880
Speaker 1: and Rousseau, who I personally think is gonna have a

928
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 1: breakout year this year. And then at linebacker, I'm telling

929
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:37,000
Speaker 1: you right now to keep your eye on Dorian Williams.

930
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: He had to play a lot more snaps at the

931
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: end of the season last year, end in the playoffs

932
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 1: because if you remember, Tyrel Dotson got hurt in Week eighteen,

933
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 1: could not play in the Pittsburgh game, returned for the

934
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 1: Kansas City game in the playoffs and still wasn't himself.

935
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: They had Aj Klein and middle linebacker for Terrell Bernard.

936
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: Dorian Williams played more and he flashed, he made plays.

937
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,240
Speaker 1: By the end of the season, he was significantly better

938
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:04,320
Speaker 1: than he was in the first half of the season

939
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: when he played some and then got benched because he

940
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: was missing assignments and not reading plays correctly. That kid

941
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 1: can fly, So I'm not saying I want him on

942
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:17,760
Speaker 1: the field instead of Milano. But if you're not getting

943
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,280
Speaker 1: out of Milano, to Judy's point, what you had hoped

944
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: to get, there are players in reserve that I think

945
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:25,600
Speaker 1: might surprise you.

946
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 2: And you build a roster knowing that injuries could happen.

947
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,360
Speaker 2: You're hoping it doesn't happen to a lot of your starters.

948
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 2: You're hoping it doesn't happen to big time positions that

949
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 2: are important to your defense. But if it does happen,

950
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 2: you have backups and you have depth. For a reason,

951
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 2: we saw what this defense went through at the end

952
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 2: of last season. They had a really good game against

953
00:51:51,239 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 2: the Chiefs in that playoff game. It came down to

954
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,160
Speaker 2: the health of that defense. But throughout the end of

955
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 2: the season and into the playoffs, they were working their

956
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:06,520
Speaker 2: butts off and it was second stringers and third stringers

957
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 2: out there on the field, and they were doing things

958
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 2: that people didn't think were possible. Sean McDermott did a

959
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,879
Speaker 2: great job of calling that defense. I believe it would

960
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 2: be the same for Bobby Babbage if the Bills get

961
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:21,600
Speaker 2: themselves into a place where you do have a lot

962
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,240
Speaker 2: of injuries across the defense. I mean, knock on wood,

963
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 2: that's not the case this year, but you put together

964
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 2: a roster knowing that injuries are likely going to happen,

965
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 2: but you believe in the people behind you.

966
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,040
Speaker 1: Break time for us here. Matti's going to step out

967
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 1: because she's got some coverage assignments as practice comes to

968
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,120
Speaker 1: a close, But we do want to tell you coming

969
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:43,280
Speaker 1: your way here in Hour number two. Josh Allen expected

970
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 1: to address the media after practice today, along with Rasul Douglas,

971
00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:50,239
Speaker 1: who we haven't seen or heard much from through the

972
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 1: course of the offseason program. We look forward to hearing

973
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,359
Speaker 1: from them when we return for Hour number two. Here

974
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Speaker 1: on a Tuesday edition at One Bill's Live presented by

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00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: Collide of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio MH.

976
00:53:39,440 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 5: This this One Bills Live presented by Calllida Health.

977
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,680
Speaker 1: All Right, Hour number two here on a Tuesday, first

978
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,320
Speaker 1: day of the three day Bills mandatory Mini camp question.

979
00:53:51,360 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 1: We're asking you what would be the best news to

980
00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: come out of this week's mandatory mini camp. Already got

981
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 1: some good news as Matt Mulana returned to the practice

982
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,480
Speaker 1: field for the time on a limited basis, but looks

983
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 1: like he is maybe slightly ahead of schedule. There is

984
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,400
Speaker 1: still a lot to be determined on his day to

985
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: day availability. How he looks today and how his leg

986
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: feels tomorrow will largely determine whether he does anything tomorrow,

987
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: and that seems as though it will be the plan

988
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:24,879
Speaker 1: going into training camp as well. Six and a half

989
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 1: weeks from now. Him being a day over day participant

990
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:34,360
Speaker 1: seems up in the air, and it sounds as though

991
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:38,439
Speaker 1: his progress between now and then will largely determine whether

992
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,759
Speaker 1: he is a day by day participant or in every

993
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,640
Speaker 1: other day participant. And even then it's probably in a

994
00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:46,920
Speaker 1: limited capacity in the early goings of training camp, but

995
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 1: certainly an encouraging sign going forward for the All Pro linebacker.

996
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:55,399
Speaker 1: But if you have other news you'd like to hear

997
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: that you think would encourage you heading into this summer

998
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 1: break before training camp, you let us know. At eight

999
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 1: oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight eight

1000
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 1: five fifty two, five fifty Those are the numbers to

1001
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: get on board, and we have open lines for you.

1002
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: Let's go to Jim in Jamestown next. What do you

1003
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:12,319
Speaker 1: got for us, Jim?

1004
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that guy from Florida c Coleman, I

1005
00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:17,640
Speaker 5: believe his name is Yep.

1006
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 9: I think he's gonna be really really fast.

1007
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 1: Okay, he plays faster than he times. I don't think

1008
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:29,520
Speaker 1: there's any question about that. But what do you what

1009
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:33,520
Speaker 1: are you kind of hoping his role is here? I'm

1010
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:40,279
Speaker 1: thinking maybe like a slot receiver. Yeah, I mean, it's

1011
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 1: not out of the realm of possibility. They you know,

1012
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: there is a trend of putting bigger receivers in the

1013
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:49,319
Speaker 1: slot against smaller dbs. But I think they need an

1014
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:53,960
Speaker 1: outside presence more. Uh And at six three plus, you know,

1015
00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 1: in twoint fifteen and a thirty eight inch vertical, I

1016
00:55:57,239 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 1: think that's probably where they're gonna line him up more,

1017
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,360
Speaker 1: especially knowing they have players like kin Kaid and Shakir

1018
00:56:03,239 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 1: to play inside and work the middle of the field.

1019
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,919
Speaker 1: But I appreciate the call, Jim, thanks for chiming in

1020
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:13,520
Speaker 1: at eight oh three five point fifty one eighty eight,

1021
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:15,759
Speaker 1: five fifty two, five fifty. That's the number to jump

1022
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,120
Speaker 1: on board if you want to join us. And the

1023
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,359
Speaker 1: discussion in terms of what would be the best news

1024
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: to come out of this week's mandatory mini camp, I

1025
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: guess to a certain extent, it's encouraging that Spencer Brown

1026
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 1: continues to participate on a limited basis coming off of

1027
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: off season shoulder surgery.

1028
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:33,560
Speaker 5: We'll have to see where that goes.

1029
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:39,000
Speaker 1: The other limited participant was Mike Edwards, who missed most

1030
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 1: of OTA's with a shoulder injury that lasted the better

1031
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: part of three weeks. He too is participating on a

1032
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,800
Speaker 1: limited basis. As we told you before the break. Josh

1033
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: Allen was scheduled to address the media after today's mandatory

1034
00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:55,360
Speaker 1: mini camp practice. He is at the podium, So let's

1035
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,839
Speaker 1: go there. Now, we've done this a long time.

1036
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:02,520
Speaker 11: Any that you're a mutch about obviously a different quarter

1037
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:05,520
Speaker 11: when you go through hackets like this where maybe trying

1038
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 11: to get the same tips and drops and this is

1039
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,359
Speaker 11: how frustrating is that as you're trying to get at

1040
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:11,239
Speaker 11: this stage.

1041
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:12,279
Speaker 8: Oh, it's not frustrating at all.

1042
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,000
Speaker 4: You know, it's a long time until we got to

1043
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:17,920
Speaker 4: put on the uniform and play a game. It's mandatory

1044
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 4: mini camp, you know. I'm glad guys are here. Were

1045
00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:25,360
Speaker 4: working hard. Guys are making plays offense and defense, both sides.

1046
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 4: So we're just having fun out here, playing and flying around,

1047
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 4: trying to get on the same page. Obviously some new

1048
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 4: concepts that we got in that it's good to put

1049
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:34,160
Speaker 4: that on tape and and talk through it right now.

1050
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,320
Speaker 8: But yeah, no, no frustrations at all. We're playing football.

1051
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:40,600
Speaker 1: Usually take right through your training camp to be able

1052
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:41,400
Speaker 1: to build that.

1053
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 7: Chemistry, so to speak, with maybe humors every for left sick,

1054
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 7: maybe all the waybles are team to get where you

1055
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 7: guys probably do.

1056
00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean some sometimes it clicks right away for

1057
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,439
Speaker 4: some guys. Some guys that it could take a season.

1058
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:59,160
Speaker 4: It could take three seasons, you know, and and obviously

1059
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,600
Speaker 4: the faster that we can expedite that process, the better.

1060
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 4: And getting together right now obviously throughout ot as making

1061
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,520
Speaker 4: sure that we're gonna meet during the summer break that

1062
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:10,920
Speaker 4: we have here and then in the training camp, just

1063
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 4: make sure that we're talking and having an open minded

1064
00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:16,560
Speaker 4: communication with routes and concepts. What I see, what they see,

1065
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 4: what they feel, and just trying to listen and and

1066
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:20,720
Speaker 4: just try to improve every day.

1067
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Speaker 8: Besh.

1068
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Speaker 12: Was there any aspect of your game this offseason that

1069
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:29,000
Speaker 12: you really focused on wanting to improve maybe earlier in

1070
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 12: the off season and now into this five or six

1071
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:32,560
Speaker 12: week break before training camp starts.

1072
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Speaker 4: Yeah, big time on just mechanically getting it as efficient

1073
00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:40,200
Speaker 4: as possible, you know, meeting with Chris as who's been here,

1074
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:45,040
Speaker 4: you knows, biometric just digitally mapping our our our throwing

1075
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,400
Speaker 4: motions right now and just seeing what we can tighten

1076
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,600
Speaker 4: up on and improve on and just having that in

1077
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 4: the back of our minds. So when we're doing our

1078
00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:54,920
Speaker 4: individual work, when we're inside the building, making sure that

1079
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:57,120
Speaker 4: we're we're doing everything we need to do and I

1080
00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:00,280
Speaker 4: need to do to be as clean as possible. You know,

1081
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 4: if you can deliver the ball as consistently as possible,

1082
00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,880
Speaker 4: you know, it takes less to to think think about

1083
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:08,480
Speaker 4: and you could focus more on, you know, what the

1084
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 4: defense presenting. So yeah, just trying to trying to be

1085
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 4: as efficient as possible with my throwing mush right now.

1086
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Speaker 12: Did you notice a difference maybe here in the spring

1087
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Speaker 12: and is that something that you want to continue to

1088
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:21,160
Speaker 12: build on going to camp.

1089
00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:24,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, it's definitely I wouldn't call it a complete

1090
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:27,040
Speaker 4: overhaul of the of my throwing motion, but definitely some

1091
00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:30,400
Speaker 4: things to work on and clean up, especially you know,

1092
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 4: getting along with my my my arm and a little

1093
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 4: bit with my stride. So just trying to clean that up.

1094
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 4: And anytime you go through something like that, sometimes it's

1095
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:41,320
Speaker 4: going to feel really good. Sometimes it's not gonna feel

1096
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 4: really good. It's just like you know, changing the swinging golf,

1097
00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 4: you know, and as long as you're trusting it and

1098
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:49,240
Speaker 4: you keep working on it each and every day, results

1099
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 4: will come.

1100
00:59:50,000 --> 00:59:51,880
Speaker 11: Something that you picked up on it at the end

1101
00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 11: of last year, because there was a time at the

1102
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 11: end of the last year you started talking about your

1103
00:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,320
Speaker 11: mechanics a little bit more when you got a little groove.

1104
00:59:58,040 --> 01:00:00,120
Speaker 11: Is that something you're kind of carrying over from what

1105
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:01,520
Speaker 11: you picked up on last year?

1106
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:02,160
Speaker 1: For sure?

1107
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:06,960
Speaker 4: And I think that you know, there's there's any efficiencies

1108
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:10,440
Speaker 4: that every quarterback can find. You know, you show me

1109
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 4: the perfect thrower, or I'll tell you something wrong with them. Probably,

1110
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,520
Speaker 4: So just making sure that I'm checking the dots and

1111
01:00:17,520 --> 01:00:19,479
Speaker 4: and you know, crossing the t's and dotting the eyes

1112
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 4: there and going back to last year, obviously a couple

1113
01:00:23,840 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 4: little tweaks, whether it was in the shoulder or the elbow,

1114
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:30,080
Speaker 4: whatever it was, it changes how you throw it just

1115
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:32,479
Speaker 4: a little bit because your body is shield itself from pain.

1116
01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 4: So making sure that I'm just kind of getting back

1117
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:40,040
Speaker 4: to how I'm supposed to throw in what my body

1118
01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:44,480
Speaker 4: is capable of doing. And sometimes it takes a lot longer,

1119
01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:47,960
Speaker 4: sometimes it doesn't, So again, just trusting what the data

1120
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:49,960
Speaker 4: saying right now and and just trying to feel it

1121
01:00:49,960 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 4: above all else.

1122
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 8: As you're fine your throwing motion and have continued to

1123
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:58,560
Speaker 8: report it, did you ever look back at myoming cape

1124
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 8: spile it? It's yeah, I.

1125
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 11: Mean how how much how do you when you look

1126
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:05,880
Speaker 11: back do you lap at it?

1127
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,640
Speaker 4: Or absolutely? Yeah, it's it's completely I mean it's night

1128
01:01:08,680 --> 01:01:11,560
Speaker 4: and day in terms of the type of thrower I am.

1129
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:14,760
Speaker 4: And uh, you know where I held the ball, where

1130
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:20,000
Speaker 4: I released the ball, it's looks like a different guy.

1131
01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:23,280
Speaker 4: And sometimes it'll pop up, like when I click on YouTube,

1132
01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:25,120
Speaker 4: It'll I'll see like a video.

1133
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 8: I'm like, who's that throwing the ball?

1134
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:28,720
Speaker 4: And it's me, And it's like it's kind of gross

1135
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:33,240
Speaker 4: to look at it sometimes, but uh, it's I don't

1136
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:34,480
Speaker 4: think it's as gross anymore.

1137
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 9: Do with the pressure going up from the gear one

1138
01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:42,400
Speaker 9: to now a go with that pressure on, is there

1139
01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:45,280
Speaker 9: any pressure on you seeking that a certain.

1140
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 3: Level of.

1141
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:49,080
Speaker 4: I mean, I I hold myself to a very high standard.

1142
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:51,400
Speaker 4: I put a lot of pressure on myself, more so

1143
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:54,880
Speaker 4: than what anybody else can put on me. I've said

1144
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:57,560
Speaker 4: the the nicest things about myself to me. I've said

1145
01:01:57,560 --> 01:02:00,320
Speaker 4: the meanest things about myself to me. You know, I

1146
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 4: just kind of feel like I stay in that type

1147
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,600
Speaker 4: of mindset where it doesn't matter what anybody else says,

1148
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:08,600
Speaker 4: but I I do. I do put a lot of

1149
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 4: pressure on myself, and I think going through the last

1150
01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 4: six years and just making sure that I have you know,

1151
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:19,720
Speaker 4: teammates and coaching staff to rely on and talk to

1152
01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 4: when when things get a little heavy, and making sure,

1153
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:26,000
Speaker 4: you know, Doctor Dez talked about some some mind stuff

1154
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:29,240
Speaker 4: to mindset stuff today in our team meeting, which was

1155
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 4: a good reminder. Sometimes it doesn't matter who you are,

1156
01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:34,560
Speaker 4: you got to make sure that your mentals are right,

1157
01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 4: and you know, just got to keep working on that

1158
01:02:37,400 --> 01:02:39,800
Speaker 4: as much as the physical part of it too trash.

1159
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:43,960
Speaker 13: Seeing from you know, it's a you're talking came aboard.

1160
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:47,520
Speaker 7: What do you see where can where do you work at?

1161
01:02:48,240 --> 01:02:48,439
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1162
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:51,040
Speaker 4: I mean he's a big body, he can run very fast.

1163
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:55,440
Speaker 4: He's been making some plays downfield for us. He seems

1164
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,400
Speaker 4: like he's he's very bought into the system right now

1165
01:02:58,480 --> 01:03:02,640
Speaker 4: and vibing with the guys and you know, being in

1166
01:03:02,680 --> 01:03:06,560
Speaker 4: his position and what he's done throughout his career, you know,

1167
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:09,000
Speaker 4: some some pretty high highs and some pretty low lows.

1168
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 4: And I think that he's got the right mindset right now.

1169
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:14,440
Speaker 4: He's coming out. He's working extremely hard. Guys understand that

1170
01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 4: guy see that, and I feel like he's doing the

1171
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 4: little things right right now. So I couldn't tell you

1172
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,439
Speaker 4: where I see him fitting in, it's not my job.

1173
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:25,520
Speaker 4: But in terms of seeing him as a receiver as

1174
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 4: a quarterback, he's been very easy to throw to and

1175
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:31,120
Speaker 4: he's been making some place for our guys downfield.

1176
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 14: When you talked about the throwing motion, was there to

1177
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:36,760
Speaker 14: make that commitment? You compared it to the golf swing,

1178
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:38,760
Speaker 14: because if you're going to change your golf swing, that's

1179
01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:41,440
Speaker 14: a that's kind of a commitment, right. What was that

1180
01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:43,680
Speaker 14: process like, was it a long term thing that you

1181
01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,840
Speaker 14: had been thinking about or you just was in in.

1182
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:50,000
Speaker 4: Terms of like from college or for right now recently.

1183
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:52,320
Speaker 14: Making some changes because it's that's a that's a commitment

1184
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:53,640
Speaker 14: to change the way you throw.

1185
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:56,120
Speaker 4: The ball in Yeah, And I wouldn't say this time

1186
01:03:56,160 --> 01:04:01,040
Speaker 4: I'm changing. I'm just kind of refining or tweaking and

1187
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,880
Speaker 4: just trying to make better. And I think that again,

1188
01:04:04,080 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 4: what happened last year and some pain, discomfort, whatever you

1189
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:10,880
Speaker 4: want to call it, just kind of changed how I

1190
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:12,520
Speaker 4: was releasing and delivering the ball.

1191
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 8: And you know.

1192
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 4: That's what the video showed, that's what I was feeling.

1193
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:17,640
Speaker 4: You could kind of see it on tape. I was

1194
01:04:17,640 --> 01:04:20,320
Speaker 4: getting pretty low, low and wide with the ball. So

1195
01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 4: just getting back to some drills and some work that

1196
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:27,440
Speaker 4: we do, you know before we get into practice. Stuff

1197
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 4: that just settle reminders of where to hold the ball,

1198
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:33,080
Speaker 4: how to turn, and where to release it. And again

1199
01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:35,960
Speaker 4: that's something that I'll be working on this next month

1200
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 4: that we have off, and just trying to go into

1201
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:40,520
Speaker 4: training camp ramping up the right way.

1202
01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:43,280
Speaker 8: They got it all right.

1203
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:47,400
Speaker 1: So that's Josh Allen with some very revealing comments about

1204
01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:51,160
Speaker 1: how his throwing motion was altered through the course of

1205
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:54,880
Speaker 1: last season. He said he worked to refined it. To

1206
01:04:55,000 --> 01:05:01,320
Speaker 1: refine it here this offseason because he's used a biomechanics

1207
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:07,200
Speaker 1: mapping company before, which basically takes a digital image and

1208
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 1: they set up planes for the player's shoulders, hips, elbows.

1209
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: Basically all their joints are mapped in a linear way

1210
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:22,000
Speaker 1: to show you where his balanced form is out of

1211
01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:25,400
Speaker 1: whack and then they make adjustments accordingly. He did that

1212
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,040
Speaker 1: when he would work routinely in the off season with

1213
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:32,680
Speaker 1: Jordan Palmer, his quarterback guru, and he obviously had them

1214
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:35,920
Speaker 1: come in and work with him again because he felt

1215
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,560
Speaker 1: as though his throwing motion was getting long and that

1216
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:42,880
Speaker 1: his stride was elongated as well, and that can lead

1217
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:47,080
Speaker 1: to sailing passes, especially ones deep down the field, so

1218
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:51,160
Speaker 1: he felt it necessary to shorten those things up, tighten

1219
01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:55,040
Speaker 1: up those mechanics to improve the consistency of his throwing motion,

1220
01:05:55,480 --> 01:06:01,000
Speaker 1: which obviously caters to consistency with accuracy. What was most

1221
01:06:01,080 --> 01:06:04,160
Speaker 1: interesting was he said the reason it happened was because

1222
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 1: of some quote tweaks to his elbow and shoulder, and

1223
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:12,560
Speaker 1: he said the body compensates to avoid pain and it

1224
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:16,120
Speaker 1: changed how he was releasing the ball. So he basically

1225
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:18,440
Speaker 1: admitted he took some shots on his elbow and shoulder,

1226
01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:20,640
Speaker 1: which led to some pain. It didn't keep him out

1227
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:25,520
Speaker 1: of the lineup, but that discomfort was lingering to the

1228
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:28,840
Speaker 1: point where his body compensated and to avoid the pain,

1229
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:31,960
Speaker 1: changed his throwing motion. So now that he's fully healthy

1230
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:35,000
Speaker 1: and everything's good, he can get back to the throwing

1231
01:06:35,040 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 1: motion he is accustomed to, and that's what he was

1232
01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:40,040
Speaker 1: working on returning to through the course of the offseason.

1233
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:44,800
Speaker 1: We have another player, the quarterback of the defense addressing

1234
01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 1: the media now. It is middle linebacker Terrell Bernard.

1235
01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:52,480
Speaker 11: Bick Avant fifty eight out there next toeas.

1236
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:53,320
Speaker 7: Is awesome man.

1237
01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 13: Just having him to talk to, communicates, to go through

1238
01:06:56,880 --> 01:07:00,840
Speaker 13: some of the indie drills with know, just his presence

1239
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:03,280
Speaker 13: has felt and you know, me and him have been

1240
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:06,880
Speaker 13: working all off season just with our communication, building our

1241
01:07:06,920 --> 01:07:10,200
Speaker 13: bond and you know, really trying to see see things

1242
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:13,400
Speaker 13: the exact same way and to be able to you know,

1243
01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:15,919
Speaker 13: go out there and have some eleven on eleven time

1244
01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:18,720
Speaker 13: individual drill time to where we're working together.

1245
01:07:19,800 --> 01:07:21,520
Speaker 7: You know, it felt it felt great honestly.

1246
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:23,080
Speaker 11: Talking about the president.

1247
01:07:24,520 --> 01:07:26,440
Speaker 8: With the president, what what does that mean to you?

1248
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:29,400
Speaker 8: I mean, what what is that? What what what do

1249
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:30,400
Speaker 8: you feel when.

1250
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:30,920
Speaker 5: When Fee's out?

1251
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think I think just to add it sense

1252
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:36,320
Speaker 13: of confidence, you know, before the snap, when we're communicating

1253
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:38,320
Speaker 13: with each other, you know, he's saying He's saying the

1254
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:41,880
Speaker 13: communication before I even get it out, you know, just

1255
01:07:42,080 --> 01:07:45,120
Speaker 13: little things here and there, talking about the splits, about

1256
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:48,680
Speaker 13: situational ball, like what's coming, what the offense is presenting

1257
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:49,160
Speaker 13: to us.

1258
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:51,520
Speaker 7: You know, me and him have a really tight.

1259
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:54,160
Speaker 13: Connection and I think, like I said earlier, we see

1260
01:07:54,160 --> 01:07:56,880
Speaker 13: things the same way. So having him, you know, right

1261
01:07:57,080 --> 01:07:59,959
Speaker 13: right by me and just reciprocating you know what I'm thinking.

1262
01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:02,840
Speaker 13: You know, it builds a level of confidence between between

1263
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:03,320
Speaker 13: both of us.

1264
01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:07,280
Speaker 11: Would you think that his return would be the biggest

1265
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:10,240
Speaker 11: basically acquisition you guys would get this year after.

1266
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 1: Your so much last year?

1267
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:13,240
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think so. I mean, you know, what he's

1268
01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:16,960
Speaker 13: done in the past speaks for itself. He's an all pro,

1269
01:08:17,439 --> 01:08:20,160
Speaker 13: you know, he he does everything the right way. Uh,

1270
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:22,519
Speaker 13: he's a leader, and you know he's just a guy

1271
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,519
Speaker 13: that that you want by your side, honestly, and you know,

1272
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:27,800
Speaker 13: having him back in the huddle, in the lineup, you know,

1273
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:31,519
Speaker 13: it boosts everybody, whether that's just the will linebacker position

1274
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:34,559
Speaker 13: or you know, helping the safeties out, helping the corners out,

1275
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:36,720
Speaker 13: helping the d line. I think everybody gets better when

1276
01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 13: when he's out there.

1277
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:40,000
Speaker 7: You mentioned the personal connection between the two of you.

1278
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:42,080
Speaker 1: Going back to last.

1279
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:43,759
Speaker 9: Year, I remember talking to a couple of guys.

1280
01:08:43,640 --> 01:08:45,600
Speaker 1: About just seeing what it was like for him to

1281
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:47,439
Speaker 1: be away from the game, and.

1282
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:48,479
Speaker 5: He loved it so much.

1283
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:50,400
Speaker 1: What's that personal side.

1284
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,400
Speaker 7: Of of what's that been like at see him kind of

1285
01:08:52,439 --> 01:08:53,080
Speaker 7: get it back.

1286
01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:55,320
Speaker 13: A little bit here into my Yeah, it's been awesome,

1287
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:57,479
Speaker 13: you know, just seeing him in the weight room, seeing

1288
01:08:57,520 --> 01:08:59,559
Speaker 13: him in meeting rooms, and then you know, back out

1289
01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:03,040
Speaker 13: at practice today. Just his his love and feel for

1290
01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:06,080
Speaker 13: the game. You know, it's definitely felt by everybody else

1291
01:09:06,120 --> 01:09:09,479
Speaker 13: around him. And uh, you know, I can't I can't

1292
01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 13: say enough how how grateful I am to have somebody

1293
01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:14,160
Speaker 13: like that, you know, helped me in my first couple

1294
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:17,040
Speaker 13: of years and then now work together, you know, and

1295
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:19,280
Speaker 13: try to get better and someone to learn from. So,

1296
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:22,360
Speaker 13: you know, having him around and out there and involved

1297
01:09:22,360 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 13: and everything has been you know, it's been awesome.

1298
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:27,559
Speaker 6: Athletes you all while looking forward, but is it difficult

1299
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:29,000
Speaker 6: not to think any of what.

1300
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:30,479
Speaker 1: Could have been if you and him could have been

1301
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:31,800
Speaker 1: on how you open and lives with that.

1302
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think so.

1303
01:09:33,120 --> 01:09:36,040
Speaker 13: I mean you never really look at it like that, honestly,

1304
01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:38,840
Speaker 13: But you know, we've had conversations about, you know, what

1305
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:40,400
Speaker 13: we think we can do and who we think we

1306
01:09:40,439 --> 01:09:43,720
Speaker 13: can be, and how we can work with with each

1307
01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:47,439
Speaker 13: other and work off of each other. And you know,

1308
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:48,800
Speaker 13: you have to you have to go out there and

1309
01:09:48,840 --> 01:09:49,920
Speaker 13: do the work and make it happen.

1310
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:51,120
Speaker 7: But you know, we're.

1311
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:53,439
Speaker 13: Definitely excited to be able to work together and you know,

1312
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Speaker 13: see what we can do together.

1313
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Speaker 1: Bro.

1314
01:09:54,920 --> 01:09:57,519
Speaker 11: Last year obviously, you know we're in a big spot.

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Speaker 1: Have a.

1316
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 13: Quite you gonna go who you really.

1317
01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:06,720
Speaker 11: Were when you're the least surprised of anybody about.

1318
01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:09,920
Speaker 7: How your season, Well, I don't. I don't really know, man.

1319
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:13,320
Speaker 13: I wasn't I wasn't really putting any you know, expectations

1320
01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:16,800
Speaker 13: on myself. I think the main thing was trying to

1321
01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:18,599
Speaker 13: just show up and do what I can to help

1322
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Speaker 13: the team and help the defense and do my part,

1323
01:10:21,439 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 13: whether that's making the calls, making plays on the field,

1324
01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:27,720
Speaker 13: trying to be a leader in some aspects. So I think,

1325
01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:30,160
Speaker 13: you know, looking back on it now, I was I

1326
01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 13: was never really seeing the end. I was really just

1327
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:35,559
Speaker 13: taking it day by day and you know, trying to

1328
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:41,240
Speaker 13: improve myself, which in turn, would you know, help the defense. Yeah,

1329
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:43,080
Speaker 13: I felt Yeah, I always felt like I could do it.

1330
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:45,040
Speaker 13: You never really know until you get out there.

1331
01:10:45,439 --> 01:10:46,160
Speaker 7: I think I was.

1332
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Speaker 13: You know, something that Bobby had talked about the other

1333
01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:51,800
Speaker 13: day with all of us was you never you never

1334
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:54,240
Speaker 13: really know until you're in that situation if you're ready,

1335
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 13: and you know, I felt like I was prepared, but

1336
01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:58,680
Speaker 13: you never know how you're gonna do whenever you get

1337
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:00,679
Speaker 13: out there. So you know, I put all my trust

1338
01:11:00,840 --> 01:11:03,720
Speaker 13: into my preparation and you know, whatever happened from there,

1339
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:04,880
Speaker 13: I was, I was gonna be happy with.

1340
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:07,559
Speaker 1: How much is that carry over to this season?

1341
01:11:07,680 --> 01:11:11,120
Speaker 8: Hoping that you were prepared to accomplished?

1342
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 13: But how much is that confidence?

1343
01:11:14,320 --> 01:11:14,920
Speaker 1: Very really cool?

1344
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,040
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think it just it just doubles down on

1345
01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:20,360
Speaker 13: my process and you know the process of what they

1346
01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:23,760
Speaker 13: have instilled here in Buffalo. Like I said, I'm not

1347
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:26,479
Speaker 13: I'm not focused on results. I'm focused on what I'm

1348
01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:29,000
Speaker 13: doing day to day and how I can improve myself

1349
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:30,439
Speaker 13: and and turn and improve the defense.

1350
01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:34,800
Speaker 11: Bobby said that he gives the first year, guys a run.

1351
01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:37,960
Speaker 11: He actually said, your first year, he was pretty sure

1352
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:40,479
Speaker 11: that you showed up a practice going oh not again.

1353
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:42,840
Speaker 5: But how has that.

1354
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:46,440
Speaker 11: Helped you develop your relationship with Bobby in particuli.

1355
01:11:46,439 --> 01:11:48,880
Speaker 13: Yeah, my relationship with Bobby has been great. You know,

1356
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:53,240
Speaker 13: like he mentioned our first year, he demands a lot

1357
01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:56,280
Speaker 13: from everybody in his room, whether that's a rookie or

1358
01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:59,280
Speaker 13: whether you're an all pro. And I feel like he

1359
01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:04,439
Speaker 13: helped me really understand the defense, understand my strengths and

1360
01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:07,120
Speaker 13: my weaknesses and things I needed to get better at.

1361
01:12:07,479 --> 01:12:10,400
Speaker 13: And you know, he has a standard of excellence for

1362
01:12:10,479 --> 01:12:13,840
Speaker 13: everybody that he's around, and you know, I feel like

1363
01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:16,439
Speaker 13: that's carried over from when he was coaching the safeties

1364
01:12:16,439 --> 01:12:18,479
Speaker 13: to when he was coaching the linebackers and now as

1365
01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:21,479
Speaker 13: a as a unit, as a defense. His standard for

1366
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:23,960
Speaker 13: how we operate and how we execute it doesn't it

1367
01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:26,880
Speaker 13: doesn't waiver with who you are, how long you've been

1368
01:12:26,920 --> 01:12:27,559
Speaker 13: in the league.

1369
01:12:27,360 --> 01:12:28,439
Speaker 7: How long you've been in the system.

1370
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:31,559
Speaker 13: And you know, I feel like that's something that's really

1371
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:34,719
Speaker 13: propelled everybody that he's been around to becoming the best,

1372
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:35,919
Speaker 13: you know, version of themselves.

1373
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:39,679
Speaker 11: We talked a lot about Joe and Josh's relationship before

1374
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:43,320
Speaker 11: Joe became the ocre. Is there some similarities there with

1375
01:12:43,479 --> 01:12:47,080
Speaker 11: Bobby and probably being the guy, maybe being the guy

1376
01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:50,000
Speaker 11: in your year game day and calling plays to you.

1377
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:51,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure.

1378
01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:53,400
Speaker 13: You know, like I said, Bobby was one of the

1379
01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:55,280
Speaker 13: first people I talked to when I got here.

1380
01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 7: Obviously on Draft night, he was.

1381
01:12:57,280 --> 01:12:58,799
Speaker 13: One of the first people I talked to on the phone,

1382
01:12:59,160 --> 01:13:02,200
Speaker 13: and then just over the last two years building our relationship.

1383
01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:05,679
Speaker 13: You know, like I said, he's been demanding and he's

1384
01:13:05,680 --> 01:13:08,120
Speaker 13: been hard on me, but he's been fair and honest,

1385
01:13:08,240 --> 01:13:11,200
Speaker 13: and you know, he's been the exact same person every

1386
01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:13,680
Speaker 13: single day since I've been here. And I feel like

1387
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:16,040
Speaker 13: that's that's all I can ask for from a coach

1388
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:19,280
Speaker 13: and from a leader of you know, this organization. And

1389
01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:22,800
Speaker 13: you know, I think just who he is and what

1390
01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:24,800
Speaker 13: he expects out of you, and you know, what he

1391
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:26,559
Speaker 13: can bring out of you. I feel like that's where

1392
01:13:26,720 --> 01:13:29,760
Speaker 13: a connection builds. You know, I have to trust him

1393
01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:31,000
Speaker 13: that he's going to get the best out of me,

1394
01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:32,200
Speaker 13: and he's got to trust me that I'm going to

1395
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:34,000
Speaker 13: put the product on the field. And you know, I

1396
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:36,240
Speaker 13: feel like we've we've grown our relationship. You know, a

1397
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:38,440
Speaker 13: ton over these last two and a half years.

1398
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:41,120
Speaker 6: Just in terms of fifteen in general, so many new

1399
01:13:41,160 --> 01:13:43,680
Speaker 6: places we've talked to Josh. We've talked about the need

1400
01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:46,920
Speaker 6: for him becoming even more of the leagues I know,

1401
01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:49,280
Speaker 6: we obviously where I want to do last year, just

1402
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:51,439
Speaker 6: in terms of four years you've seen so far this

1403
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:53,840
Speaker 6: opposite from Josh on that kind of year.

1404
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:56,479
Speaker 13: Shild Yeah, I feel like he's taking a huge step,

1405
01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:59,000
Speaker 13: you know, just looking at it from an outside perspective,

1406
01:14:00,600 --> 01:14:04,479
Speaker 13: just overall, you know, communicating and you know, working with

1407
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:07,400
Speaker 13: other guys, having guys over to his house, you know,

1408
01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:10,479
Speaker 13: doing certain things where you know, you build more of

1409
01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:13,880
Speaker 13: a connection just just from not being on the field

1410
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:14,840
Speaker 13: and you know, getting to.

1411
01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 7: Know each other off the field.

1412
01:14:16,920 --> 01:14:19,560
Speaker 13: You could tell he's been intentional with that, and you know,

1413
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:21,840
Speaker 13: I feel like everybody in the building sees that, and

1414
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:24,559
Speaker 13: you know, really appreciates that because he is the leader

1415
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:26,719
Speaker 13: of our team obviously, and we go as Josh goes.

1416
01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:30,200
Speaker 13: So to have a personal you know, relationship with him

1417
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:32,880
Speaker 13: and you know, to understand who he is as a person,

1418
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,759
Speaker 13: I feel like helps everybody.

1419
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:38,680
Speaker 6: Defensively, you're losing, well, if you've lost so much in

1420
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:39,759
Speaker 6: terms of better than leadership.

1421
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:42,200
Speaker 7: Where's that leadership coming from on the defensive set the ball.

1422
01:14:42,479 --> 01:14:44,200
Speaker 13: Yeah, Like you said, you know, we've lost We've lost

1423
01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:46,200
Speaker 13: a couple of guys, but I think, you know, we

1424
01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:48,800
Speaker 13: still have got guys like von Miller, We've got day Kwon,

1425
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:52,120
Speaker 13: We've got Matt you know, Rossul is a leader on

1426
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:54,559
Speaker 13: our team. So I think just having those guys that

1427
01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:56,240
Speaker 13: have been in the league for a long time, been

1428
01:14:56,280 --> 01:14:58,519
Speaker 13: here for a long time, and you know, I've had

1429
01:14:58,520 --> 01:15:01,040
Speaker 13: success in this league. I think that's you know, the

1430
01:15:01,080 --> 01:15:03,680
Speaker 13: guys that we turn to and who we listen to

1431
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:06,360
Speaker 13: and who we follow honestly, and you know, I think

1432
01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:08,760
Speaker 13: we've got a lot of those guys still here.

1433
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,880
Speaker 1: But you yourself kind of a different situation than last year.

1434
01:15:13,040 --> 01:15:14,000
Speaker 7: He was kind of up in the air.

1435
01:15:14,040 --> 01:15:17,080
Speaker 12: This year, your income and starter, How have you seen

1436
01:15:17,160 --> 01:15:19,639
Speaker 12: your leadership kind of take a step forward.

1437
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 7: In that respect?

1438
01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:21,960
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think I think the main thing, man is

1439
01:15:22,000 --> 01:15:23,959
Speaker 13: just is just trying to be a person of influence,

1440
01:15:24,160 --> 01:15:26,240
Speaker 13: you know, whether that's how I do walk through, is

1441
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,479
Speaker 13: how I do meetings, how I operate off the field,

1442
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:33,400
Speaker 13: and then my preparation for when I get on the field,

1443
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:37,040
Speaker 13: you know, I'm not looking to to technically lead anybody.

1444
01:15:37,080 --> 01:15:38,800
Speaker 7: Everybody can do their own thing.

1445
01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:41,840
Speaker 13: It's it's more of if when when things get hard

1446
01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:43,880
Speaker 13: and situations get tough, they can look at me and

1447
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:46,000
Speaker 13: you know I'm I'm trying to hold myself to a

1448
01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:48,800
Speaker 13: standard of how I operate and how I execute so

1449
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:51,439
Speaker 13: that you know, when when things do do get tough,

1450
01:15:51,479 --> 01:15:52,960
Speaker 13: you know I'm a I'm a person that people could

1451
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:53,519
Speaker 13: look at.

1452
01:15:55,320 --> 01:15:58,800
Speaker 1: All. Right, that's Terrel Bernard, Bill's middle linebacker. It is

1453
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:02,720
Speaker 1: crazy to think you go back one year and the

1454
01:16:02,760 --> 01:16:07,280
Speaker 1: middle linebacker position was completely vacant and up to open competition.

1455
01:16:07,880 --> 01:16:09,120
Speaker 1: We got all the way to the end of the

1456
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:14,160
Speaker 1: preseason and Terrell Bernard was named the starter middle linebacker

1457
01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:17,760
Speaker 1: and did not play in a single preseason game due

1458
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 1: to injury, and so there was still a semblance of

1459
01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: unknowns accompanying the position because no one had really seen

1460
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:29,240
Speaker 1: Terrell Bernard do it for any extensive amount of time.

1461
01:16:29,760 --> 01:16:31,920
Speaker 1: And then he comes in and lights the world on fire.

1462
01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:34,800
Speaker 1: I mean he had more crooked numbers in defensive categories

1463
01:16:34,800 --> 01:16:37,559
Speaker 1: than anybody else on the team. Six and a half sacks,

1464
01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:40,600
Speaker 1: he had three interceptions, three fumble recoveries. I mean, he

1465
01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:43,200
Speaker 1: had a whole lot of production in a lot of

1466
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:45,960
Speaker 1: different categories defensively for this football team, and I would

1467
01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:49,040
Speaker 1: argue could have been the defensive MVP of this club

1468
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:53,000
Speaker 1: last year. It was just a cry and shame that

1469
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:56,080
Speaker 1: he gets hurt and cannot play in the Kansas City game.

1470
01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:59,759
Speaker 1: I mean, that was a catastrophic loss on the defensive

1471
01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:04,080
Speaker 1: side the ball, and unfortunately it's why aj Klein got

1472
01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:06,880
Speaker 1: targeted in the passing game the whole game in the

1473
01:17:06,880 --> 01:17:10,599
Speaker 1: divisional playoff against the Chiefs, and coming off your couch

1474
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,360
Speaker 1: and playing an offensive that caliber and a quarterback of

1475
01:17:13,439 --> 01:17:16,519
Speaker 1: that caliber is a really tall order. But the Bills

1476
01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:19,120
Speaker 1: didn't feel like they had a better answer, and it

1477
01:17:20,479 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 1: was really unfortunate, especially in light of the season that

1478
01:17:23,439 --> 01:17:26,720
Speaker 1: Terrell Bernard had, but ready to assume that leadership role

1479
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:28,400
Speaker 1: on that side of the ball as the quarterback of

1480
01:17:28,439 --> 01:17:31,360
Speaker 1: the defense going forward, and I think we expect bigger

1481
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:34,120
Speaker 1: and better from him in year two as the starter

1482
01:17:34,479 --> 01:17:37,160
Speaker 1: at middle linebacker for this Bill's defense. Got to take

1483
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:39,080
Speaker 1: a break here, but when we come back, we'll see

1484
01:17:39,080 --> 01:17:41,840
Speaker 1: if we have more post practice podium sound for You

1485
01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:44,800
Speaker 1: also have a couple of comments from coach McDermott that

1486
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:47,240
Speaker 1: we want to get to as well, which paints a

1487
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:50,200
Speaker 1: little bit of a picture as to how the safety

1488
01:17:50,240 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 1: position is shaping up post poyer and hide you want

1489
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:56,599
Speaker 1: to hear those comments when we return here on one

1490
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Speaker 1: Bill's Live, presented by Colida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:16,280
Speaker 1: All right back here on When Bill's Live. Chris Brown

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01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:18,360
Speaker 1: with you down in this final half hour of the

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01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:21,559
Speaker 1: show here on a Tuesday, And if anybody else steps

1494
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:23,720
Speaker 1: to the post practice podium to address the media, will

1495
01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:26,320
Speaker 1: pass that along to you. But I did want to

1496
01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:29,439
Speaker 1: get to some comments from head coach Sean McDermott earlier

1497
01:18:29,479 --> 01:18:34,000
Speaker 1: today addressed the media prior to practice and shed a

1498
01:18:34,040 --> 01:18:37,080
Speaker 1: little bit of light on how things are shaping up

1499
01:18:37,479 --> 01:18:41,200
Speaker 1: at the safety position. As we know, Mike Edwards, one

1500
01:18:41,240 --> 01:18:44,639
Speaker 1: of their big free agent acquisitions at the position, has

1501
01:18:44,680 --> 01:18:46,680
Speaker 1: missed the better part of the last three weeks due

1502
01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:50,000
Speaker 1: to a shoulder injury that kept him off the practice field.

1503
01:18:50,840 --> 01:18:53,880
Speaker 1: He's now back on a limited basis, but his absence

1504
01:18:54,560 --> 01:18:57,879
Speaker 1: afforded a lot of other players at that safety position

1505
01:18:58,120 --> 01:19:02,200
Speaker 1: extra reps on the field due to his absence, namely

1506
01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:09,000
Speaker 1: players like Cole Bishop DeMar Hamlin and others. So it's

1507
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:13,679
Speaker 1: kind of given added opportunity to maybe some other guys

1508
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: a little bit further down the depth chart and maybe

1509
01:19:16,479 --> 01:19:19,639
Speaker 1: they can parlay that into a bigger opportunity come training

1510
01:19:19,680 --> 01:19:23,559
Speaker 1: camp in late July at Saint John Fisher. So one

1511
01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:28,200
Speaker 1: of those players appears to be DeMar Hamlin, who has

1512
01:19:28,280 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: factored in a little bit more here the last couple

1513
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:34,920
Speaker 1: of weeks. Head coach Sean McDermott was asked how Damar

1514
01:19:35,080 --> 01:19:39,040
Speaker 1: Hamlin has performed of late at the close of OTAs

1515
01:19:39,160 --> 01:19:41,280
Speaker 1: and now heading into mandatory minicamp.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think you're spot on.

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Speaker 3: I think the last couple of weeks he's been playing

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01:19:46,960 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 3: more consistent, playing at a high level, very very focused

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01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:55,839
Speaker 3: in getting himself into the into a really good spot,

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01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:58,240
Speaker 3: I think with not only knowing the defense, but just

1521
01:19:59,439 --> 01:20:02,480
Speaker 3: getting back to playing detail oriented.

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Speaker 1: And fast, so sweating the details, playing more consistently. I

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01:20:09,600 --> 01:20:12,800
Speaker 1: think those are things that you know, Damar Hamlin. With

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01:20:13,280 --> 01:20:16,360
Speaker 1: the re signing of Taylor Rapp, the free agent signing

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01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:20,439
Speaker 1: of Mike Edwards and the drafting of Cole Bishop has

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01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:23,679
Speaker 1: kind of been treated like an afterthought. And to hear

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01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:27,760
Speaker 1: this from Sean McDermott about how Hamlin has performed of

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01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:31,280
Speaker 1: late in the spring, I think has firmly vaulted him

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01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:36,519
Speaker 1: back into the conversation where maybe at the very least

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01:20:36,520 --> 01:20:39,559
Speaker 1: he's in the top four at the safety position, but

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01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:45,519
Speaker 1: maybe with continued improved play and consistency of play, maybe

1532
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:49,439
Speaker 1: he's a bigger challenge to one of those starting jobs

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01:20:49,479 --> 01:20:53,200
Speaker 1: than perhaps any of us anticipated, knowing he's been a

1534
01:20:53,240 --> 01:20:57,120
Speaker 1: backup basically his entire Bill's career since he got here

1535
01:20:57,320 --> 01:20:59,280
Speaker 1: at a pit as a sixth round draft choice a

1536
01:20:59,280 --> 01:21:01,840
Speaker 1: few years ago. So that's something to keep an eye

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01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:05,080
Speaker 1: on going into training camp. And then the other player

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01:21:05,479 --> 01:21:09,600
Speaker 1: who has demonstrated something new at the safety position is

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01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:13,479
Speaker 1: Taylor rap In terms of leadership, as we know, a

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01:21:13,479 --> 01:21:16,600
Speaker 1: lot of leadership walked out the door on the defensive

1541
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:19,719
Speaker 1: side of the ball in the form of Poyer and Hyde.

1542
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:23,040
Speaker 1: There were other absences as well. Tredevius White was somewhat

1543
01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:25,120
Speaker 1: of a leader on the defensive side of the ball too,

1544
01:21:25,680 --> 01:21:30,040
Speaker 1: but those two guys at very important positions no longer

1545
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:33,240
Speaker 1: there to provide leadership. I think we've already heard from

1546
01:21:33,280 --> 01:21:37,480
Speaker 1: Taron Johnson talking about taking on a more vocal role defensively,

1547
01:21:37,960 --> 01:21:40,760
Speaker 1: but you really need leadership at the safety position too

1548
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: because they're in the center of that secondary on are

1549
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:47,160
Speaker 1: big in terms of communication pre snap and post snap.

1550
01:21:47,640 --> 01:21:51,400
Speaker 1: So coach McDermott was asked if Taylor Rap has taken

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01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:54,280
Speaker 1: on more of a leadership role. Here was his response

1552
01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 1: to that question last week.

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01:21:56,880 --> 01:22:01,160
Speaker 3: In particular, it's really stood out last year when Trap

1554
01:22:01,240 --> 01:22:05,880
Speaker 3: got here, a new system, different environment in the room,

1555
01:22:05,960 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 3: and he did a great job of understanding his role

1556
01:22:09,439 --> 01:22:12,639
Speaker 3: and excelling at his role. And now new role this year.

1557
01:22:13,280 --> 01:22:15,760
Speaker 3: And I hate to say role because roles aren't really

1558
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,080
Speaker 3: defined until everyone makes the team. But at this point,

1559
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:25,639
Speaker 3: Taylor's really stepped into that role and I would say

1560
01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:28,439
Speaker 3: asserted himself from a leadership standpoint a little bit and

1561
01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:32,160
Speaker 3: a communicated communicator standpoint, which is huge in that back

1562
01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:34,680
Speaker 3: end where next to him, who's it going to be?

1563
01:22:34,840 --> 01:22:35,000
Speaker 5: Right?

1564
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:37,920
Speaker 3: So Mike Edwards has brought in Mike's on the injury

1565
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:41,080
Speaker 3: report as well and hasn't been really practicing, and then

1566
01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:44,960
Speaker 3: the other pieces that are competing back there. So it's

1567
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:49,000
Speaker 3: interesting to see but necessary from a communication standpoint.

1568
01:22:49,760 --> 01:22:53,400
Speaker 1: So it's very interesting to hear that because I think

1569
01:22:53,439 --> 01:22:57,200
Speaker 1: we all anticipate to real Bernard is going to have

1570
01:22:57,240 --> 01:22:59,560
Speaker 1: a leadership role just by virtue of the position he

1571
01:22:59,640 --> 01:23:02,920
Speaker 1: plays as the quarterback of the defense. Tarren Johnson, as

1572
01:23:02,920 --> 01:23:05,679
Speaker 1: I mentioned, is expected, as a veteran of that group

1573
01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:10,800
Speaker 1: in the secondary, to have or demonstrate more leadership on

1574
01:23:10,840 --> 01:23:13,200
Speaker 1: the field, but very often he's up close to the

1575
01:23:13,240 --> 01:23:16,440
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and can't communicate with the other defensive

1576
01:23:16,479 --> 01:23:19,639
Speaker 1: backs just by virtue of where he's positioned pre snap.

1577
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:23,000
Speaker 1: So there will need to be someone to step to

1578
01:23:23,040 --> 01:23:26,280
Speaker 1: the forefront at the safety position from a leadership perspective,

1579
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:29,080
Speaker 1: and according to coach McDermott, it appears that person is

1580
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:31,080
Speaker 1: Taylor Rap And I think we all kind of forget

1581
01:23:31,120 --> 01:23:35,519
Speaker 1: a little bit because he did play a reduced role

1582
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:39,519
Speaker 1: in a dime package for the Bills last season, But

1583
01:23:40,520 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 1: people forget this guy was a starter on a super

1584
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:48,080
Speaker 1: Bowl team in the Rams, starting safety on a super

1585
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:52,400
Speaker 1: Bowl winning football team in LA so to step back

1586
01:23:52,439 --> 01:23:56,559
Speaker 1: into a starting role is nothing foreign for Taylor Rap.

1587
01:23:56,600 --> 01:24:00,360
Speaker 1: And again I go back to another player who after

1588
01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:03,479
Speaker 1: making probably the biggest play in his Bill's career with

1589
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:06,479
Speaker 1: an interception to seal the game against the Dolphins and

1590
01:24:06,600 --> 01:24:10,439
Speaker 1: essentially seal the Afseast title for the fourth straight year,

1591
01:24:10,960 --> 01:24:15,760
Speaker 1: suffers an injury, can't play, you know, and again it's

1592
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:19,200
Speaker 1: another loss for the defense. Really, the injuries piled up

1593
01:24:19,240 --> 01:24:22,680
Speaker 1: there in week eighteen after they had just recovered from

1594
01:24:22,720 --> 01:24:26,240
Speaker 1: a couple of the ones that had compromised their effectiveness

1595
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:29,479
Speaker 1: mid season. They finally got day Kwon Jones back there

1596
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:34,360
Speaker 1: in week eighteen, and then they lose Taylor rap They

1597
01:24:34,360 --> 01:24:38,360
Speaker 1: lose Tyrel Dodson, and then the following week against the Steelers.

1598
01:24:38,040 --> 01:24:39,280
Speaker 5: They lose to Rell Bernard.

1599
01:24:40,200 --> 01:24:43,280
Speaker 1: So it was just a cascade of key injuries at

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01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:45,479
Speaker 1: the second and third levels of the defense, and I

1601
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:48,639
Speaker 1: really think it compromised their efforts against the Chiefs when

1602
01:24:48,640 --> 01:24:52,080
Speaker 1: they finally got them here at home in the divisional playoff.

1603
01:24:52,160 --> 01:24:55,839
Speaker 1: But that's a peek into the look at the safety position,

1604
01:24:55,880 --> 01:24:59,439
Speaker 1: which obviously has some key roles to fill. But the

1605
01:24:59,479 --> 01:25:02,120
Speaker 1: way coach McDermott was talking, it almost sounds as if

1606
01:25:02,520 --> 01:25:06,879
Speaker 1: Taylor Rapp and his leadership role might have the firmest

1607
01:25:06,920 --> 01:25:11,040
Speaker 1: grip on a starting role heading into training camp. Obviously

1608
01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:14,840
Speaker 1: things can change, but you even heard coach McDermott say, there,

1609
01:25:15,280 --> 01:25:18,240
Speaker 1: it's Taylor, and who's he playing next to so it

1610
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,360
Speaker 1: seems like the other safety position is completely up in

1611
01:25:21,400 --> 01:25:24,720
Speaker 1: the air and open to competition. And I guess that

1612
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:29,679
Speaker 1: was to be somewhat expected, knowing that you had Jordan

1613
01:25:29,760 --> 01:25:32,320
Speaker 1: Poyer and Micah Hyde in those roles for the better

1614
01:25:32,360 --> 01:25:36,000
Speaker 1: part of six seasons, and now that is no longer

1615
01:25:36,040 --> 01:25:37,960
Speaker 1: the case. All good things must come to an end,

1616
01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: and so now it is seemingly open. By coach McDermott's

1617
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:46,879
Speaker 1: description prior to practice when he addressed the media today,

1618
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:49,320
Speaker 1: we will take a break here, but when we come back,

1619
01:25:49,360 --> 01:25:52,879
Speaker 1: some final thoughts on the tweetsheet. As we were asking

1620
01:25:52,920 --> 01:25:55,240
Speaker 1: you what is the best news you're hoping to hear

1621
01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:58,040
Speaker 1: out of mandatory mini camp this week. We'll get to

1622
01:25:58,080 --> 01:26:00,799
Speaker 1: some of those when we return here on One Live presented

1623
01:26:00,800 --> 01:26:15,519
Speaker 1: by Colta Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, one

1624
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,880
Speaker 1: final segment here on Want of Bill's Live Tuesday edition,

1625
01:26:18,560 --> 01:26:21,559
Speaker 1: and we don't have any more post practice sound to

1626
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:23,479
Speaker 1: pass along to you, but I do have one comment

1627
01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:28,080
Speaker 1: from the defensive tackle Gable Stevenson, the former Olympic wrestling champ,

1628
01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:31,320
Speaker 1: as far as his goals now that he's on the

1629
01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:34,600
Speaker 1: Bills roster, he said, quote this is personal to me.

1630
01:26:35,200 --> 01:26:38,280
Speaker 1: I don't just want to be the guy who tried out.

1631
01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:41,519
Speaker 1: I want to be the guy that makes it. So

1632
01:26:41,560 --> 01:26:44,240
Speaker 1: that'll just give you a little peek into his mindset

1633
01:26:44,520 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 1: with the opportunity he now has in front of him

1634
01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:50,400
Speaker 1: no prior football playing experience, but a wrestling background that

1635
01:26:50,880 --> 01:26:55,160
Speaker 1: hopefully helps him be quick on the uptake in adapting

1636
01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:59,160
Speaker 1: to defensive line play and possibly carving out a roster

1637
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:03,080
Speaker 1: spot at the very least a practice squad role. We

1638
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:05,240
Speaker 1: told you and asked you what would be the best

1639
01:27:05,240 --> 01:27:07,040
Speaker 1: news to come out of mandatory mini camp. We're going

1640
01:27:07,080 --> 01:27:08,920
Speaker 1: to quickly spin over to the tweet sheet for some

1641
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:11,200
Speaker 1: of your comments, which is brought to you by Corgan

1642
01:27:11,240 --> 01:27:14,200
Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills.

1643
01:27:14,600 --> 01:27:17,920
Speaker 1: And Andrews says the best news he could hear is

1644
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:20,759
Speaker 1: that Chase Claypool is progressing to be the possible number

1645
01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:24,559
Speaker 1: two or three wide receiver. I mean, he does have

1646
01:27:25,120 --> 01:27:28,360
Speaker 1: a bounty of physical gifts. He just hasn't been able

1647
01:27:28,600 --> 01:27:32,040
Speaker 1: to consistently apply it in the NFL, which is why

1648
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:34,799
Speaker 1: he's been on four teams in the last three years.

1649
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:37,000
Speaker 1: But yeah, that would certainly be some good news because

1650
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:39,839
Speaker 1: it would add to the depth of the receiving corps

1651
01:27:40,640 --> 01:27:42,559
Speaker 1: and as we said, he's got the physical tools to

1652
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:47,160
Speaker 1: make a difference on an NFL roster from nowhere to anywhere.

1653
01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:50,160
Speaker 1: Doesn't it feel great going into mandatory mini camp with

1654
01:27:50,200 --> 01:27:53,519
Speaker 1: no hold ins holdouts, no real preseason drama continuing from

1655
01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:56,120
Speaker 1: last year, Love that the Bills aren't even really a

1656
01:27:56,160 --> 01:27:59,360
Speaker 1: topic of discussion on the preseason national stage, just a

1657
01:27:59,400 --> 01:28:03,439
Speaker 1: group of pro going about their business like pros. Yeah,

1658
01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:07,040
Speaker 1: we remember last year at this time was the Sean

1659
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:10,040
Speaker 1: McDermott press conference where he said he was concerned about

1660
01:28:10,520 --> 01:28:13,479
Speaker 1: having to send Stefan Diggs home after god knows what

1661
01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:17,160
Speaker 1: happened behind closed doors in terms of conversations, and it

1662
01:28:17,240 --> 01:28:21,800
Speaker 1: blew up into this whole off season discussion on the

1663
01:28:21,880 --> 01:28:26,800
Speaker 1: national stage that really turned into nothing when they got

1664
01:28:26,800 --> 01:28:28,920
Speaker 1: to the regular season. But then obviously at the end

1665
01:28:28,920 --> 01:28:32,000
Speaker 1: of the season we saw what happened Stefan Diggs gets

1666
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:34,799
Speaker 1: traded when I don't know that it was necessarily fully

1667
01:28:34,800 --> 01:28:39,320
Speaker 1: anticipated going into the off season. Sleazy seven K says,

1668
01:28:39,840 --> 01:28:42,280
Speaker 1: best news to come out of mandatory Mini camp no

1669
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:47,040
Speaker 1: injuries and young guys look sharp. Yeah, that would be good. Unfortunately,

1670
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:51,240
Speaker 1: there are injuries already, so I think the goal now

1671
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:54,200
Speaker 1: is to just get those guys healed up and ready

1672
01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:56,639
Speaker 1: for the start of training camp. But this is when

1673
01:28:56,640 --> 01:29:00,599
Speaker 1: coaches and personnel executives worry the most. Says the new

1674
01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:02,800
Speaker 1: offense is clicking. In recent years, it's been a running

1675
01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:04,640
Speaker 1: theme that through Mini camp and training camp that the

1676
01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:06,880
Speaker 1: defense does well and the offense struggles. For lack of

1677
01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:09,240
Speaker 1: a better term, I want the offense to come out

1678
01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:11,599
Speaker 1: firing under Brady and they don't miss a beat going

1679
01:29:11,600 --> 01:29:13,640
Speaker 1: into the season. Yeah, that would be nice, and I

1680
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:16,040
Speaker 1: think there will be some carryover, but we have to

1681
01:29:16,120 --> 01:29:18,960
Speaker 1: remember there are a lot of new parts on the

1682
01:29:19,000 --> 01:29:21,879
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball, particularly at the receiver position,

1683
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:25,559
Speaker 1: some at the running back position. Other than that, a

1684
01:29:25,640 --> 01:29:29,000
Speaker 1: lot of carryover in terms of personnel continuity. You hope

1685
01:29:29,000 --> 01:29:31,760
Speaker 1: that translates into getting off on the right foot in

1686
01:29:31,840 --> 01:29:35,000
Speaker 1: training camp with that offense. My thanks to Maddi lab

1687
01:29:35,000 --> 01:29:36,479
Speaker 1: who we helped us out for the first hour of

1688
01:29:36,520 --> 01:29:40,320
Speaker 1: the show. I promise you Steve Tasker will be back

1689
01:29:40,360 --> 01:29:43,120
Speaker 1: in studio with me tomorrow for day two of mandatory

1690
01:29:43,160 --> 01:29:45,280
Speaker 1: Mini Camp. Our coverage will continue.

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Speaker 5: We'll see at one