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Speaker 1: All right here on a Friday, Chris Brown, Mandy clab

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Speaker 1: Bag will get into that in just a second. Where

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Speaker 1: any of your questions on the bills or the league

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Speaker 1: But I don't know. I'm tired of winner. I'm done.

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Speaker 1: I know February. I know we're not even out of

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Speaker 1: to stop. Yeah. I don't get seasonal depression, but if

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown. No, it's a weird part of the off season,

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Speaker 1: a weird part of the Buffalo winter season that feels

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Speaker 1: like we got still a couple months hopefully not knock

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Speaker 1: the NFL scouting combine here coming up in the next

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Speaker 1: few weeks. People are mocking you running backs left and

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Speaker 1: right at snowing outside you're done with winter, but winter

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Speaker 1: is continuing. Yeah, give me a vacation. People keep mocking

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Speaker 1: in my seasonal depression. I don't really need that right now,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think the Bills needed either. Just get

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Speaker 1: all into into that in due course here, because at

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Speaker 1: the bottom of the hour, we are going to tease

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Speaker 1: the latest iteration of our NFL mock Draft watch that

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Speaker 1: Maddie puts together from Buffalo bills dot Com periodically through

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Speaker 1: the run up to the draft, and we're giving you

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Speaker 1: bottom of the hour. Look forward to that to see

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Speaker 1: what the so called draftnicks are thinking about for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: be happy with all of their selections, and well, we'll

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Speaker 1: We also have some some pretty cool bills news. Mattie.

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Speaker 1: I thought this was neat head coach Sean McDermott is

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Speaker 1: He's like a junior and a senior at the safety position,

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Speaker 1: and just kind of a cool deal that he's going

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Speaker 1: congrats to coach. That's really cool. Yeah, that's really awesome.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to We're definitely going to do an in

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Speaker 1: So it's always cool to hear what other people around

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Speaker 1: And you know Andy Reid, you ask Andy Reid. You

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Speaker 1: compliments to say about Sean McDermott and what he's done

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Speaker 1: ready at the start of the season after suffering that

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Speaker 1: ac Ellen repriculating the year. Yeah, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: be a head coach who's having to observe both sides

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Speaker 1: of the ball during practices. You want to have enough

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Speaker 1: faith and trust in that person that you hire to

436
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Speaker 1: where you could say you're fine run your offense the

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Speaker 1: way you want to run it. I don't need to

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Speaker 1: be checking in on certain position groups during practice. Yeah,

439
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Speaker 1: that's what I mean. You need a guy like, here

440
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Speaker 1: are the keys to the offense. Make it happen. I'll

441
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Speaker 1: be checking in periodically, but this is your show to run,

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Speaker 1: so please make it run well. YEA more than anything

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Speaker 1: else we saw yesterday we told you about Peter King's

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Speaker 1: report that he could see the Jets kicking the tires

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Speaker 1: on a possible trade to acquire Lamar Jackson. I think

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Speaker 1: it would take a king's ransom to make that happen,

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Speaker 1: So I would be shocked if it ever came to pass.

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Speaker 1: And you know, and now we hear that Derek Carr

449
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Speaker 1: is going to be visiting the Jets this weekend. But

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Speaker 1: it was interesting that a short time after that, there

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Speaker 1: were initial reports that the Ravens did not seek input

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Speaker 1: from Lamar Jackson when they made the hire of offensive

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Speaker 1: Cord Todd Monkin, who comes from the University of Georgia

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Speaker 1: program where he was the OC there. He has coached

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Speaker 1: in the league before for many years as an OC.

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Speaker 1: But then the Ravens come out and say, oh, we

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Speaker 1: sought input from Lamar Jackson on this, So they refuted

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Speaker 1: some of the reports that were out there that they

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Speaker 1: had not sought his input when hiring offense. We know

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Speaker 1: that the Bills, you know, talk to Josh Hey, you know,

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Speaker 1: who would your preference be for an OC to work

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Speaker 1: with every single day? And he gave a resounding endorsement

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Speaker 1: to Ken Dorsey. So the reports that the Ravens didn't

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Speaker 1: even talk to Lamar about hiring Todd Monkin kind of

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Speaker 1: send some shockwaves through Baltimore. But then the Ravens came, Oh,

466
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Speaker 1: we talked to Lamar. We're good here. Just found that interesting. Yeah,

467
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator coming out of Georgia. It's always interesting to

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Speaker 1: see hires where college coaches are being brought into the NFL. Now,

469
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Speaker 1: like you said, he was coaching the NFL prior to this,

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Speaker 1: but you always wonder what that position or what that

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Speaker 1: person can bring to the table, coming from a league

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Speaker 1: where the NFL grabs things from all the time. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: and the type of players that are coming into the

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Speaker 1: NFL every year. The NFL had just based on how

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Speaker 1: those guys played in college and are kind of bringing

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Speaker 1: that into the NFL. So maybe it works out. If

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Speaker 1: that's where Lamar Jackson is going to be, maybe it

478
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Speaker 1: works out in his favor. I mean, the results we've

479
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Speaker 1: seen have been somewhat mixed. Brian Dabele was wildly successful.

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Speaker 1: Now we should take into account he had been an

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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator at the NFL level. Then goes down to Alabama,

482
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Speaker 1: works with Nick Saban, wins a national title, then comes

483
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Speaker 1: to the Bills and really turns this offense into a juggernaut.

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Speaker 1: Joe Brady goes from LSU winning a national title, there,

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Speaker 1: goes to Carolina, doesn't go quite as well for him,

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Speaker 1: and then he ultimately lands here as the quarterbacks coach.

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Speaker 1: We saw the Patriots higher Bill O'Brien back and he's

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Speaker 1: been a head coach at the NFL level, but he

489
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Speaker 1: was the OC down in Alabama. How does he do

490
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Speaker 1: in his second stint up in New England with Mac Jones.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and see. And now Baltimore doing

492
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Speaker 1: the same thing with a guy that has NFL coordinator experience,

493
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Speaker 1: successful at the college level, two national titles, Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: now back in the NFL. It seems like a trend

495
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Speaker 1: in terms of from the reports that we hired wide

496
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Speaker 1: receivers coach Adam Henry, who comes out of college football

497
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Speaker 1: as well having prior experience in the NFL. Yeah, So

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Speaker 1: looks like a trend. We'll see how much it continues,

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Speaker 1: you know, as there are still some coordinator positions out

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Speaker 1: there that need to be filled. Maddie and I will

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Speaker 1: take a break here your OBL fan Friday mail back

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Speaker 1: compiles these lists every pre draft season to let you

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Speaker 1: know what the draftnicks are thinking about the Bills, who

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Speaker 1: this year are technically at picked twenty seven, with Miami

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Speaker 1: four fitting their pick at twenty I think they were

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Speaker 1: so number twenty seven that picked for the Bills. We've

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Speaker 1: tracked thirty five mock drafts overall so far in the

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Speaker 1: latest craft that you'll see released on Buffalo Bills dot

524
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Speaker 1: com a layer next week, we tracked twenty two mock drafts.

525
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Speaker 1: So of those twenty two, do you want to guess

526
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Speaker 1: to what position was our most mocked position? First time around?

527
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Speaker 1: It was running back? Yeah, got another position taken the

528
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Speaker 1: lead in the latest mock drafts. Okay, I'm only gonna

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Speaker 1: guess this because I've seen his name a lot. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say safety slash dB like because I've seen that

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Speaker 1: branch kid from Alabama mocked to the Bills a ton lately.

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Speaker 1: He has been. So safety was mocked to the Bills

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Speaker 1: five times of the twenty two mock drafts that I

534
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Speaker 1: tracked in this version, this two point version of the

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Speaker 1: mock draft, watch the overall favorite position in the latest

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Speaker 1: crop offensive line. Oh good, eight of them? All right,

537
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Speaker 1: people are coming around. Eight times offensive linemen were mocked

538
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Speaker 1: to the Buffalo Bills. Of those eight position breakdown interior

539
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Speaker 1: offensive lines six times, offensive tackle once, and then you

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Speaker 1: have an offensive tackle offensive guard once who I think

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Speaker 1: is going to be an offensive guard. That's Cody Mock,

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Speaker 1: who somebody put ot og for positions that he could play.

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Speaker 1: I'm about that. I'm all about that. But the favorite

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Speaker 1: of the offensive lineman was an offensive guard, o Cyrus

545
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Speaker 1: Torrence out of Florida. He's got some pretty crazy measurables

546
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Speaker 1: that guy does. So next to safety five times safeties

547
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Speaker 1: were mocked to the Buffalo Bills tied with safety. Running

548
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Speaker 1: back five times. Running backs were mocked Bills. Bejean Robinson

549
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Speaker 1: also tied with Osiris Torrence being mocked to the Bills

550
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Speaker 1: four times. I know running backs get devalued in the draft,

551
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Speaker 1: but if he is as special as everybody says he is,

552
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Speaker 1: there is no way this guy is getting to twenty seven.

553
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Speaker 1: We had Sam Acho on the show last week, who

554
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Speaker 1: is a Texas Longhorns alum. He's very plugged in to

555
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Speaker 1: the Texas program and he raves about Beijean Robinson and

556
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Speaker 1: I said, all right, so if he's a great, even

557
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Speaker 1: at running backs, there's no ways getting to twenty seven.

558
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Speaker 1: And he goes, I'll be shocked if he's out. If

559
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Speaker 1: he gets out of the top fifteen picks. He thinks

560
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Speaker 1: he's a top half of round one prospect, even though

561
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Speaker 1: running backs get devalued. So he said, I'm trying to

562
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Speaker 1: remember exactly what he said. He said he wouldn't put

563
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Speaker 1: him quite on the se Quon Barkley level, but he

564
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Speaker 1: said he's not far off. Yeah, So to me, you know,

565
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Speaker 1: se Quon went what second overall? And I realized quarterbacks

566
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Speaker 1: can push any position group down if they're valued highly enough.

567
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Speaker 1: But if I'm trusting Sam Acho, who's plugged into the program,

568
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Speaker 1: has watches every game, has seen a lot of this kid,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he even gets to twenty seven

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Speaker 1: and consider, Yeah, I don't think so. That's been the

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Speaker 1: consensus from and yes, the people who are releasing mock

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Speaker 1: drafts right now, a lot of them know what they're

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Speaker 1: talking about. But at this point in the off season.

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Speaker 1: Peter Schrager said it on Good Morning Football Today, and

575
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Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of the people making these mock

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Speaker 1: drafts agree with him, is that it's tough to do

577
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Speaker 1: these mock drafts right now when you haven't had the

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Speaker 1: combine yet, and when you don't know what's happening in

579
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Speaker 1: free agency. The combine gives you a little bit more

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Speaker 1: of a peek into what guys are doing. What if

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Speaker 1: it's their health, if it's their measurables, if it's there

582
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Speaker 1: forty time, if it's just general managers and what the

583
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Speaker 1: chatter is coming out of the NFL combine, that kind

584
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Speaker 1: of gives you maybe a look into what teams are

585
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Speaker 1: going to do with that first pick that they have

586
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Speaker 1: in the first round of the NFL Draft. B Jean Robinson,

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Speaker 1: I like you said, I don't think he's going to

588
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Speaker 1: be there at number twenty seven for the Bills to take,

589
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Speaker 1: and I'm okay with that because I don't think running

590
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Speaker 1: back is the right choice for the Bills for that

591
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Speaker 1: first pick in the first round of the draft when

592
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Speaker 1: they have a lot of other places that they really

593
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Speaker 1: need depth in. You mentioned safety Antonio Johnson out of

594
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Speaker 1: Texas A and M He was mocked to the Bills

595
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Speaker 1: three times in the latest mock Draft Watch two point zero,

596
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Speaker 1: so that was another favorite name wide receiver. We saw

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Speaker 1: wide receivers mocked to the Bills only three out of

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Speaker 1: the twenty two that we tracked world wide receivers, which

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Speaker 1: I thought was a little bit shocking. I thought we

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Speaker 1: would see a few more numbers there. Zaf Flowers was

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Speaker 1: the favorite name of the wide receivers out of Boston

602
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Speaker 1: A little bit a little bit small, yeah, but definitely

603
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Speaker 1: a great route runner separator. So I would understand why

604
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Speaker 1: people would mock him to the Bills. But I think

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Speaker 1: we have guys that are that size already in the

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Speaker 1: receiving corps. I'd be more inclined unless you have somebody

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Speaker 1: that's such a ridiculous route runner that they are always

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Speaker 1: open quote unquote um. And he is kind of that,

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Speaker 1: he's cut from that cloth. The size would worry me though.

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Speaker 1: Zay Flowers five ten, one hundred and seventy two pounds,

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Speaker 1: So that's that size that you're talking about. The five

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Speaker 1: ten is generous. Yeah, the other wide receiver that was

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Speaker 1: mocked to the Buffalo Bills. This was the first trade

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Speaker 1: that I've seen for the Bills in a mocked route already. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so the Bills trading up to number twenty via the

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Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, trading away that first round pick, number twenty seven,

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Speaker 1: and trading away two picks in the first round, yes,

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Speaker 1: trading away their third round pick as well. So the

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Speaker 1: first and the third one three to go up seven spots,

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Speaker 1: to go up seven spots, and with that pick number twenty,

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Speaker 1: they decide to draft Jordan Addison out of USC sixty

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Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy four pounds. Yeah, um, yeah, I'd

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Speaker 1: be again, I would be very surprised if he slides

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Speaker 1: that far. Yeah, you know, that's a guy that if

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Speaker 1: he's still there, I could see a team making that

626
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Speaker 1: kind of move from the lower twenties to go get him.

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Speaker 1: He is. He's a dynamic player. Um. Not a physical

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Speaker 1: player by any means, because as you mentioned, he's only

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Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy five pounds, so can wet um.

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Speaker 1: But he is a dynamic route runner. When I watched

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Speaker 1: Jordan Addison run routes, he actually reminds me a little

632
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Speaker 1: bit of digs Um just with how sharp and precise

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Speaker 1: his route running is, which is saying something, But I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I'm kind of I'm getting a little picky

635
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Speaker 1: with these first round receivers. I want a bigger, more

636
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Speaker 1: physical guy who can also run routes. I would I

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Speaker 1: would be fine with that. I wouldn't argue that for

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Speaker 1: a second. He is a supreme talent. Do you have

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Speaker 1: any names like the SMU Kid? I like Rashi rice

640
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Speaker 1: a lot six two two oh three, and he's got

641
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Speaker 1: route running ability, high volume pass catcher there at SMU.

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Speaker 1: I realize it's a wide open offense. They don't play

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Speaker 1: a lot of defense in his conference, so guys are

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Speaker 1: running free a lot. Didn't see a ton of press coverage,

645
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Speaker 1: which is usually the case for a lot of college receivers.

646
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Speaker 1: But I just like the combination of physical size, strength,

647
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Speaker 1: guy that can run through tackles, and his catchability, route

648
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Speaker 1: running ability and all that. I don't think he's as

649
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Speaker 1: highly graded a prospect as Addison. So look, don't get

650
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: me wrong, I'd be over the moon if they can

651
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,359
Speaker 1: get a guy like Addison. I just see him off

652
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Speaker 1: the board in like the first fifteen sixteen picks. Yeah,

653
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: you wonder if he's going to be around at twenty.

654
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,800
Speaker 1: Another position that was mocked to the Bills. We saw

655
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Speaker 1: a linebacker in the first crop of mock drafts that

656
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Speaker 1: we tracked. The different position in this round, a tight

657
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Speaker 1: end to the Bills at number twenty seven, Luke Musgrave

658
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Speaker 1: out of Oregon State. There's a there's a couple of

659
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Speaker 1: tight ends that are going to that are really great

660
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: tight ends that are in this year's NFL. DR Steve

661
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: and I were talking about it on our Bills by

662
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Speaker 1: the Numbers Podcast this week. In terms of the position

663
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: group we're most interested in getting our eyeballs on when

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Speaker 1: we get to the combine. Steve said, receiver obvious there,

665
00:38:58,120 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: but I said, I really want to see what these

666
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Speaker 1: tight end look like, because they're already labeling this tight

667
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: end class as special in terms of the talented pass

668
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: catchers that it offers. I've seen as many as five

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Speaker 1: ranked in the top fifty, ten ranked in the top

670
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Speaker 1: one hundred. That is unheard of at the tight end position.

671
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Speaker 1: So I think it affords Brandon, being in his personnel department,

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to pivot to that position if they don't

673
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: like the value at wide receiver. So like, let's just

674
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Speaker 1: say you're down there at twenty seven and the value

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Speaker 1: at receiver just flat out isn't there. Do you trade

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00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: out and slide back to a place where you do

677
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: think there is value at wide receiver? Or do you

678
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Speaker 1: stay where you are because there is uncommonly good value

679
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Speaker 1: at a position like tight end, which you could argue

680
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: with this crop could help you just as much in

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00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: the passing game as a receiver, could you know, at

682
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: the top end of the draft, I think it's a

683
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Speaker 1: worthwhile thing to consider, you know, at the bottom of

684
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Speaker 1: round one, George kill comps, Travis Kelsey comps to some

685
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Speaker 1: of these guys. I mean, you could convince me into

686
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Speaker 1: being excited about the Bills taking a tight end in

687
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Speaker 1: the first round if it's the right guy, and you

688
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: start to think about what could this offense look like

689
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Speaker 1: when you're truly playing a lot more twelve personnel in

690
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Speaker 1: certain packages. Right, and Musgrave can really move like he is.

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Speaker 1: I look at him as more of a tight receiver

692
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Speaker 1: than I do a tight end. He's like a hybrid type.

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Speaker 1: And he didn't have a great Senior Bowl week by

694
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Speaker 1: all accounts, but I attribute Dad a little bit to

695
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Speaker 1: the rust factory. Only played two games this past year.

696
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: He was out with an injury, so you think about

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Speaker 1: how long he's gone without playing competitive football, and then

698
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Speaker 1: he gets thrown into a Senior Bowl, which he willingly

699
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: accepted the invite because I think he knew I missed

700
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Speaker 1: almost my whole season. I gotta get on the field

701
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Speaker 1: and show people I can compete. Didn't have the best week,

702
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Speaker 1: but I think there's enough tape there to be convinced

703
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Speaker 1: as to what he and potential could be. So yeah,

704
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: I think he's going to hear his name called, certainly

705
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Speaker 1: within the top fifty picks somewhere. And the guy can

706
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Speaker 1: move like that Oregon State offense when they needed a play,

707
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: they went to him, not a receiver, and more often

708
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 1: than not he delivered when he was healthy and on

709
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Speaker 1: the field. So and he's just one of a number

710
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Speaker 1: of guys at the tight end position in the draft.

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are high on the

712
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Speaker 1: Mayor kid because he's seen as a complete tight end.

713
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Speaker 1: He's two hundred and sixty five block and can block

714
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Speaker 1: line up with his hand on the ground, which is

715
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Speaker 1: harder and harder to find these days at the college

716
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Speaker 1: level because they got all these guys running routes now

717
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Speaker 1: standing up at the line of scrimmage, detached out wide,

718
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Speaker 1: and Musgrave's one of those types. Mayor is a throwback.

719
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Speaker 1: I mean, how many times did we hear for this

720
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Speaker 1: offense sixty eight reports is eligible. Yeah, so you wouldn't

721
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Speaker 1: have to do that with a guy like Mayor. Would

722
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Speaker 1: it be better to have somebody like Mayor to be

723
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Speaker 1: able to do that when you need him too, but

724
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Speaker 1: also be able to line out wide or line up wherever,

725
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,959
Speaker 1: to be able to catch some balls from Josh Allen.

726
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Speaker 1: The other running back who is mocked to the Buffalo Bills,

727
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Speaker 1: Todd mcshay's mock Draft Brownie ESPN's Todd McShay, a guy

728
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: who knows a lot about the NFL draft, Jamir Gibbs

729
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: out of Alabama. Yeah, I saw that, and again I'm

730
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Speaker 1: just like, Okay, he's a great player. I just think

731
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 1: you could do a whole lot more to improve your

732
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 1: running game by improving your offensive line. I really, I

733
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Speaker 1: really think James Cook is a dynamic player, and we

734
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: saw flashes of that this past year. But I think

735
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 1: if you improve your offensive line with talent, he'll look

736
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Speaker 1: even better next year. Not to mention Nahem Hines and

737
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Speaker 1: whoever else they got lining up back there. I say,

738
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Speaker 1: improve your line to make your run game better, not

739
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Speaker 1: the running back position. With a high draft choice. I'm

740
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Speaker 1: completely onboard with that, and that's what it showed in

741
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Speaker 1: the latest round of the mock Draft, watch eight offensive

742
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,879
Speaker 1: linemen being mocked to the Buffalo Bills at number twenty seven.

743
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Speaker 1: All right, so mock Draft Watch two point zero. We'll

744
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: be up on Buffalo Bills dot Com late next week.

745
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: Be sure to keep an eye out for it and

746
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 1: right up until the draft, as Maddie will be putting

747
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: out future editions of that as we get closer and

748
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: closer to late April, we have to take a break here.

749
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Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll dive into the OBIL Fan

750
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Speaker 1: Friday mail bag and take your phone calls as well

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Speaker 1: at eight O three five fifty back in a flash

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Speaker 1: here on one Bills Live. All right, welcome back to

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Speaker 1: one Bills Live. Chris Brown, Maddi glab with you here

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00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 1: on a Friday where the OBIL Fan Friday mail bag

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00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:52,759
Speaker 1: is open. We'll get to some of the comments in

756
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,920
Speaker 1: the mailbag on Twitter in just a moment, but we're

757
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Speaker 1: gonna go to the phones first at eight O three

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Speaker 1: five fifty one eight five fifty two five. And leading

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Speaker 1: us off today is Judy and Buffalo. What he got

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Speaker 1: for his Judy three things. You know, you're talking about

761
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: coaching and so forth, and you know, I'm looking at

762
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 1: all these people who are being taken from other teams

763
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: as coaching possibilities at our coaches seem to be overlooked.

764
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Speaker 1: That seems to be a very telling feature. I know

765
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Speaker 1: we lost our wide receivers coach. Okay, Secondly, you're talking

766
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Speaker 1: about the draft. There's nobody in the draft that's gonna

767
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: cause that's gonna solve our problems. We need to either

768
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Speaker 1: get some sort of trade for a good receiver or

769
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Speaker 1: get some sort of a free agent. Somebody who intrigues me.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what his status is is Kendrick Bourne

771
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: of the New England Patriots. He's always had a good

772
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 1: game against us, and he seems to be a gamer.

773
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Speaker 1: He seems to be kind of the receiver that you

774
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: want for equivalent to Davis and Diggs. So I wait

775
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 1: for your comments, but you know, until we solve that

776
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: receiving problem, we could have a very mediocre season coming up.

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Speaker 1: All right, Judy, thanks for the call. Yeah, Kendrick Bourne

778
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Speaker 1: is not a free agent. He signed a contract with

779
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Speaker 1: them just two off seasons ago, not last offseason, but

780
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: the off season before. It was a long term contract

781
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: as I remember, so he is still under contract for

782
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Speaker 1: this coming season with the Patriots. They do have a

783
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Speaker 1: couple of receivers who are free agents, Jacobe Myers, who

784
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:37,959
Speaker 1: is their leading receiver and more of a possession type guy,

785
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 1: and Nelson Aghaloor. Myers would be an interesting guy to

786
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 1: kick the tires on but is that the kind of

787
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: receiver that the Bills are looking for. Perhaps, you know,

788
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: you need somebody that can allow Josh to press the

789
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 1: easy button to make easy completions like he did with

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Speaker 1: Beasley for three seasons. That was sorely missing in the

791
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:06,439
Speaker 1: offense this year. Concerning your coaching point, I will point

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00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:09,440
Speaker 1: out that Brian Dable was getting interviews left right in

793
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 1: center when he was here and then eventually became the

794
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: head coach of the Giants. Leslie Frasier just one offseason

795
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: ago was getting head coaching interviews in Houston, and Ken

796
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: Dorsey just got a head coaching interview in Carolina before

797
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: they ultimately hired Frank Reich. So it's not like this

798
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: staff is devoid of drawing interest. As a matter of fact,

799
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: I'm glad they're not drawing interests because it allows for

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00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 1: better continuity for this staff going forward next year. Yeah,

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00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 1: I'd rather have some continuity on the staff. We have

802
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,399
Speaker 1: had continuity in the past. I think that's played out

803
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: well for the Bills. I wanted again next year, knowing

804
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: what the team went through this year. With this current

805
00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 1: coaching staff, I think this coaching staff is going to

806
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: be able to coach that group better, knowing what happened

807
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: last year with the weather, with Damar Hamlin, with the injuries,

808
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: who better to coach them than somebody who went through

809
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Speaker 1: that with him. Kendrick Bourne enters his last year of

810
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:10,439
Speaker 1: his deal this upcoming season in twenty twenty four. He's

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Speaker 1: an unrestricted free agent, so you sign a three year

812
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: deal with the New England Patriots. So wide receiver wise,

813
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: I always think back to what Brandon Bean said in

814
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Speaker 1: that final press conference that we had with him this season,

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Speaker 1: which was, if we're going to find somebody on the market,

816
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 1: it's going to be a low budget free agent because

817
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: Von Miller is our splash signing for this year too. Yeah,

818
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Speaker 1: So I think that the receiver position has a good

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00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 1: chance to be addressed, both in free agency and the draft.

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Speaker 1: I think the Bills recognize what the issue is, so

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Speaker 1: I would anticipate that, Judy, and hopefully that does in

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Speaker 1: fact come to pass. We have to take a break here.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, we're gonna be talking about Buffalo's

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00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:57,280
Speaker 1: game on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Next fall,

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Speaker 1: They'll be playing in London at Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, losing

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Speaker 1: one of their nine home games as a result, and

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Speaker 1: who else is better to talk to about that than

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Speaker 1: NFL UK correspondent Neil Reynolds, who will join us in

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Speaker 1: Trying to make that connection to the other side of

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Speaker 1: the pond can sometimes be easier said than done, so

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Speaker 1: we'll catch up with him shortly. In the meantime, we're

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Speaker 1: gonna go to the phones and talk to Josh in Danville.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for us, Josh, Hi Christ and Manny,

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Speaker 1: how are you guys today? Good? I just wanted to

842
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Speaker 1: say I'm a long time listener, been listening since it's

843
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Speaker 1: the John Murphy Show. I never called in. As you

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Speaker 1: guys have stated before. I know that Ken Dorsey did

845
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: a good job this year, and I completely agree with that.

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Speaker 1: Where I would see the one week spot was far

847
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:01,760
Speaker 1: too often Stepan Day did not make a big impact

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Speaker 1: in the game, having too many times like one catch

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Speaker 1: or just two catches. And I would like to see Dorsey,

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Speaker 1: hopefully in his second season, maybe be more creative with

851
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Speaker 1: the play calling, as Diggs can play every spot on

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00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 1: the field as far as wide receiver position. And you

853
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:26,920
Speaker 1: see guys like Andrews or Jamar Chase or Travis Kelsey,

854
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Speaker 1: all those kind of guys, they're ocs, make sure that

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Speaker 1: they are making an impact in each game that they're in.

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Speaker 1: And I know Digs and interviews I've seen has been frustrated.

857
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Speaker 1: And now he's going to have a new wide receiver

858
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 1: coach and stuff like that, and I just hope Dorsey

859
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 1: can make those changes in year two. Yeah, all right,

860
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: fair enough, Josh. I mean, I will say, in Dorsey's defense,

861
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 1: he moved Digs around an awful lot. As a matter

862
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: of fact, once it became readily apparent to the offensive

863
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: staff that the slot role was not going to be

864
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,120
Speaker 1: capably filled in the same way it was with Beasley,

865
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: they put Dig in the slot a lot to facilitate

866
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 1: easier throws, not only to stay on the field offensively

867
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: and move the sticks, but to get Stefon Diggs more

868
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 1: targets because when he's outside, he's easier to double team

869
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: bracket roll coverage over the top, and so they moved

870
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: him inside to give him two way goes to get

871
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 1: open more often and to get him more targets. Now

872
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 1: you are one hundred percent right. Second half of the year,

873
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:33,720
Speaker 1: his targets per game went down by fifty percent, and

874
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 1: they didn't find a consistent solution to overcome that. So

875
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,359
Speaker 1: that is on the offensive staff and it is something

876
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to figure out. Maybe they believe the

877
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 1: best way to figure it out is by adding more

878
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,520
Speaker 1: weapons to pull attention away from him. Yeah, and I

879
00:51:47,560 --> 00:51:49,919
Speaker 1: think that's what they were hoping would happen with Gabe

880
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:53,279
Speaker 1: Davis this season, was Hey, you have another premier or

881
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 1: soon to be a premier wide receiver out there on

882
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: the field. Maybe he gets some attention. Dawson Knox gets

883
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 1: some attention, and that breas up some opportunities for Stefan Diggs.

884
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: He's got to be thrown the ball more in this

885
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 1: upcoming season. I think everybody agrees that, including Ken Dorsey. Yeah,

886
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,880
Speaker 1: and again you will also fall victim to the decision

887
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,560
Speaker 1: making process of Josh Allen every time he drops back

888
00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: to pass. We'll have to see what it looks like

889
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: next season, but hopefully with added weapons and maybe improved

890
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,320
Speaker 1: scheming with an offseason to look at it all. Dorsey

891
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 1: has more consistent answers to get digs the football weekend

892
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: and week out. Please to be joined now though. Here

893
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Speaker 1: an hour number two by NFL reporter in the UK,

894
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,879
Speaker 1: not only for the NFL but for Sky Sports as well.

895
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: Host of the Neil Reynolds podcast. Guess who it is.

896
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:45,520
Speaker 1: It's Neil Reynolds joining us here as we are very

897
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 1: excited to bring in our European expert. Knowing the Bills

898
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 1: Neil are going to be playing in your neck of

899
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: the woods next fall. Very exciting. Good thanks for having

900
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:02,000
Speaker 1: me on, Chris, could see you, Eddie, Yeah, it's very exciting.

901
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:06,240
Speaker 1: I hosted the NFL on Regent Street event in twenty

902
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: fifteen when the Bills came over to play the Jags.

903
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: I remember being on stage with the great Jim Kelly.

904
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: Love working with Jim. I hope he's back over as well,

905
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:19,880
Speaker 1: and I remember looking out down Regent Street. The NFL

906
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,640
Speaker 1: had taken over this major shopping street in the middle

907
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:27,520
Speaker 1: of London, and the Bills Matthew was everywhere. It's going

908
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: to be fantastic. Cannot cannot wait to see it. You know,

909
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 1: I love watching Josh Allen play. I think he's one

910
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 1: of the most dynamic, one of the most exciting players

911
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 1: in the entire NFL. We're going to get to see

912
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: him in London, very exciting. Speaking of the Bills and

913
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,120
Speaker 1: the season they had this year, how do you look

914
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: back on their season and what do you think they

915
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: need to do in this offseason to contend for Super Bowl?

916
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:54,319
Speaker 1: So I think I think they're right there. I wrote

917
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: about this last week talking about the greatness of my

918
00:53:56,680 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: homes and what the Chiefs have done. It's going to

919
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,719
Speaker 1: be a scrap to out the AFC every year because

920
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: it's the Chiefs, the Bengals, the Bills. So they're right

921
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:08,240
Speaker 1: in the mix. I think the season was was shaping

922
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:11,319
Speaker 1: up to be everything I expected it to be. I

923
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:14,879
Speaker 1: picked Buffalo to win the Super Bowl. I thought Josh

924
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:17,920
Speaker 1: Allen was going to be the MVP, and you know,

925
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:21,400
Speaker 1: I think I think looking at it from Afar, the

926
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:25,640
Speaker 1: Damar Hamlin situation and everything the team went through there.

927
00:54:26,239 --> 00:54:28,719
Speaker 1: They just looked like they ran out of gas against Cincinnati,

928
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:31,640
Speaker 1: So I think they're there. I think they've You've got

929
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,240
Speaker 1: an elite quarterback. You've got to have an elite quarterback

930
00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:36,680
Speaker 1: to win the Super Bowl. We've just seen that with

931
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,080
Speaker 1: the way my Homes and Hurts went up and down

932
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 1: the field on each other. So the Bills have got that.

933
00:54:42,080 --> 00:54:45,160
Speaker 1: I think I'd love to see a like a really

934
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 1: elite running back just to complete the set on offense.

935
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:53,640
Speaker 1: I think the offense is fantastic. But yeah, maybe there'd

936
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: have been that the Christian McCaffrey trader brought him to

937
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo instead of San Francisco. That might have been a

938
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:01,000
Speaker 1: thing that's maybe somewhere I look at. But I think

939
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,840
Speaker 1: you'd been nitpicking to try and pull this roster apart

940
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:06,799
Speaker 1: too much. I think it's been excellent, Neil. What is

941
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:11,880
Speaker 1: the international cachet of somebody like Josh Allen? Has his

942
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:15,880
Speaker 1: popularity reached critical mass over there? We know like a

943
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:18,719
Speaker 1: guy like Tom Brady, where Patrick Mahomes, who's now been

944
00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:22,280
Speaker 1: in three Super Bowls in one two, has that kind

945
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 1: of international notoriety. We know Allen is a popular person here.

946
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:30,280
Speaker 1: I mean he's got one of the highest selling jerseys

947
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:34,200
Speaker 1: in our country. Where does he rate over there? I'm

948
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 1: curious on the European landscape. So I think if you're

949
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:41,359
Speaker 1: looking in the in the NFL, among NFL fans and

950
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 1: he's you know, he is recognized as one of the

951
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: true superstars of the league. We see what he does

952
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:51,680
Speaker 1: with his with his arm and with his legs. To

953
00:55:51,719 --> 00:55:54,239
Speaker 1: give you an indication, the number one selling jersey in

954
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:57,719
Speaker 1: the UK this past year was Tom Brady, so we've

955
00:55:57,760 --> 00:56:01,080
Speaker 1: still got that kind of Yeah, I think winning the

956
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: Super Bowls brings in the always called it the taxi

957
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:06,880
Speaker 1: driver test. You know, you get in the back of

958
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:08,920
Speaker 1: a cab in London and they're going to know about

959
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:13,160
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. M Josh maybe isn't there yet, you know,

960
00:56:13,239 --> 00:56:15,719
Speaker 1: and that and that's bringing him to London is going

961
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:17,800
Speaker 1: to be a big part of that. But yes, certainly

962
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 1: amongst the you know, the fan base that's already here,

963
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:22,719
Speaker 1: and those are the people that are going to be

964
00:56:22,719 --> 00:56:26,520
Speaker 1: packing out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, They're going to be they're

965
00:56:26,560 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: going to be on the edge of their seats looking

966
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:32,759
Speaker 1: to get a glimpse of Josh Allen because it's you know,

967
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:36,879
Speaker 1: we've We've had Aaron Rodgers, We've had Tom Brady over

968
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:40,320
Speaker 1: to play in the UK. We haven't had Joe Burrow,

969
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,239
Speaker 1: we haven't had Patrick Mahos, we haven't had Josh Allen.

970
00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: So this is one of the for me, it's one

971
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:47,560
Speaker 1: of the big three. You know, you can throw Jalen

972
00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 1: Hurts in there and make it four if you want

973
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:52,719
Speaker 1: the best quarterbacks in the NFL. So you know there's

974
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 1: gonna be a clamor for tickets. People are gonna want

975
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: to see this m VP candidate in the flesh. Yeah.

976
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:01,719
Speaker 1: Watching those tickets sell out for some of the international

977
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:05,319
Speaker 1: games is absolutely wild. I love to see a fan

978
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:09,440
Speaker 1: base like that in London and in Germany. And speaking

979
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:12,320
Speaker 1: of those two places and the games that the NFL

980
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: has had and will continue to have in places like

981
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:18,040
Speaker 1: London in Germany, how much have you seen the fan

982
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 1: base grow in those places? The NFL fan bases grow

983
00:57:22,160 --> 00:57:26,439
Speaker 1: thanks to having some games over there every season. Yeah,

984
00:57:26,480 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 1: I mean it grows in every every way you want

985
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: to look at it, in terms of how quickly tickets

986
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: sell out, how quickly and how many people register their

987
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 1: interests to buy tickets. We just had the biggest ever

988
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl on Sky Sports on TV. So nothing's nothing

989
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 1: slowing down. Everything's everything continues to just have momentum. No

990
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 1: one's getting tired of these games. And here's where we

991
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:58,640
Speaker 1: are now with the three games in the UK that

992
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: we're announced, where we got the the designated teams coming

993
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,680
Speaker 1: with the opponents still to be announced. We announced the Jags,

994
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:08,320
Speaker 1: we announced the Titans, and of course we announced the Bills.

995
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 1: Nobody batted an eilid, but it was expecting three games.

996
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:15,680
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's expected. We should have three games in London. Absolutely,

997
00:58:15,680 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: that's what we expect. Oh you're going to give us

998
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 1: two in Germany. Fantastic, they deserve it. So that's where

999
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 1: I think it just continues to grow. And and like

1000
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 1: I say, the biggest thing is not slow down, you know,

1001
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:32,000
Speaker 1: with different teams coming, nobody's getting tired of the of

1002
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,400
Speaker 1: the NFL rolling into town. And quite frankly, it's a

1003
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: part of the sporting calendar. We expect to see it

1004
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:42,960
Speaker 1: every October and Novent. Neil, can you do your best

1005
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 1: to handicap who you think Buffalo's opponent might be this Well, now,

1006
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,440
Speaker 1: the reason I asked this is because you look at them,

1007
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:55,080
Speaker 1: So you look at their home opponents. You know, the

1008
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 1: Bills are losing one of their nine home games, so

1009
00:58:57,640 --> 00:59:01,760
Speaker 1: we know that number one, And correct me if I

1010
00:59:01,880 --> 00:59:05,720
Speaker 1: don't remember this right. But Denver played overseas last season,

1011
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: so they would not seem to be a candidate. The

1012
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 1: Giants played overseas last season, they would not seem to

1013
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 1: be a candidate. Tampa Bay played in Germany this past season,

1014
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:22,160
Speaker 1: so maybe you rule them out as a candidate. And

1015
00:59:22,360 --> 00:59:25,440
Speaker 1: Jacksonville when they play over there, they typically play in Wembley.

1016
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 1: So that's four off the board right there. Does the

1017
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:34,240
Speaker 1: league make a team play a division opponent overseas not

1018
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 1: terribly often, so that figures to rule out the Jets, Patriots,

1019
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:41,480
Speaker 1: in Dolphins. You're down to the Raiders and the Cowboys

1020
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 1: as I see it, Neil, tell me if I'm wrong.

1021
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: So that would be my first thought is the Raiders

1022
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: and Cowboys have huge fan bases in the UK, very

1023
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:59,920
Speaker 1: very popular teams, historically popular. I think the I think

1024
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,440
Speaker 1: are right. I think the division games are rare. Teams

1025
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:07,480
Speaker 1: like to protect those. They can't protect all of them.

1026
01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:10,160
Speaker 1: They can't protect every game. You know, you can't protect

1027
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: so many. We've seen games that Jags have played the

1028
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:16,760
Speaker 1: Colts before, we've we've seen division games in London, but

1029
01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,960
Speaker 1: I think I think Buffalo is such a home field

1030
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:22,760
Speaker 1: advantage it would be unfair for them to have one

1031
01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:25,800
Speaker 1: of those. So I think it's Raiders and I don't know,

1032
01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:28,320
Speaker 1: I'm spec I'm playing the speculation game like everyone else.

1033
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 1: I would say Raiders or Cowboys or how about this

1034
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 1: for a twist, the Jacksonville Jaguars as a road team

1035
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:37,760
Speaker 1: one week, then they're the home team in London the next.

1036
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:40,320
Speaker 1: Oh and so they play two over there. I see

1037
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:45,280
Speaker 1: what you're doing there. Oh okay, okay, something to think about.

1038
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:51,640
Speaker 1: I like that. So you could see the Jaguars organization

1039
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:55,960
Speaker 1: being comfortable with that kind of an arrangement because the Jags,

1040
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 1: if you if you remember before COVID hit and we

1041
01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 1: took the game way, we're going to play two home

1042
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 1: games in London. So we're going to do that. Yeah,

1043
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 1: so this is a way for them to play two,

1044
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: but they don't impact their markets so much so that

1045
01:01:08,440 --> 01:01:10,760
Speaker 1: you know, we know the Jags are the team leading

1046
01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:13,960
Speaker 1: the charge in the UK, right, So I think that

1047
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:16,400
Speaker 1: if they can make that work logistically, I think that

1048
01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:20,160
Speaker 1: would appeal to the Jacksonville Jaguars for Buffalo it you know,

1049
01:01:20,320 --> 01:01:24,200
Speaker 1: it gets it protects their division games, It protects what

1050
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:27,880
Speaker 1: I assume would be a hugely valuable game playing against

1051
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:31,200
Speaker 1: Dallas at home or the Raiders. I mean, let's see,

1052
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,600
Speaker 1: it is Aaron Rodgers, who knows about the city quires.

1053
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,040
Speaker 1: But yeah, but let's just keep an eye out for

1054
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:39,480
Speaker 1: the Jacks, because you're right, the Giants for their last year,

1055
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:43,800
Speaker 1: the Bucks were their Denver were their Um, yeah, I

1056
01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:47,160
Speaker 1: wonder about the Jacks. I like that twist. I'm I'm

1057
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:50,400
Speaker 1: on board for a twist like that. And the Bills

1058
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,280
Speaker 1: will be playing in the Tiham Hotspur Stadium, and I

1059
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: think it's really cool because the Tiham Hotspur Stadium is

1060
01:01:57,280 --> 01:02:01,360
Speaker 1: one of the inspirations for Buffalo new stadium that will

1061
01:02:01,440 --> 01:02:04,640
Speaker 1: open in twenty twenty six, and of course, over the

1062
01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 1: next couple months, we expect more details and things to

1063
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:10,600
Speaker 1: be released as we get closer and closer to that date.

1064
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:13,480
Speaker 1: Still a few years off. But do you think it's

1065
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:17,760
Speaker 1: interesting that the Bills chose that stadium as a primary

1066
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,040
Speaker 1: design for what they're going to have in Buffalo Hill.

1067
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:23,800
Speaker 1: I think it's one of the best stadiums I've ever

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Speaker 1: been in in terms of what covering an NFL game.

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01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:31,720
Speaker 1: It's so authentic. It looks so the real deal that

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01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:34,840
Speaker 1: it's like an NFL stadium has been plucked from New

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01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:38,160
Speaker 1: York or Miami and flown across the pond and just

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01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:42,920
Speaker 1: dumped in North London. It is outstanding. It's got the

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01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 1: soccer field rolls out the same way we saw at

1074
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:51,280
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl in Arizona, so that grass field goes

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01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:54,240
Speaker 1: out and set kind of six to eight feet below that,

1076
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:58,480
Speaker 1: so immediately you're into NFL sitelines is the field turf

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01:02:58,600 --> 01:03:01,840
Speaker 1: of Tottenham hotspurst Stadium. And I mean, this is such

1078
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:03,760
Speaker 1: a cliche. There's not a bad seat in the house.

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Speaker 1: It's it's just the most stunning stadium that I put

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01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:11,640
Speaker 1: it right out there with the best stadiums up I've

1081
01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:14,560
Speaker 1: been to so far. I've been to all the good

1082
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:17,800
Speaker 1: stadiums in the NFL, so I can see why you

1083
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:19,520
Speaker 1: would want to look at that. You feel like you're

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01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:22,680
Speaker 1: right on top of the action. So it's a it's

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01:03:22,680 --> 01:03:26,800
Speaker 1: a it's a great fan experience. And I like I

1086
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:30,280
Speaker 1: can see the the artists renderings of the bill Stadium,

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01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:35,200
Speaker 1: no roof right, the elements, yeah, oil it'll be more

1088
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:37,280
Speaker 1: of the seats will be covered. They set up to

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01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:39,840
Speaker 1: sixty five percent. We'll have the canopy, which I know

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01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:41,440
Speaker 1: is a lot more popular in a lot of the

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01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:44,480
Speaker 1: European soccer stadiums than it is here in some of

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01:03:44,480 --> 01:03:49,920
Speaker 1: the more traditional American football stadiums. But yeah, you know,

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01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,960
Speaker 1: the people that are in charge of making those decisions

1094
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:56,040
Speaker 1: on the stadium said, you know, it's it's largely modeled

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01:03:56,200 --> 01:04:00,440
Speaker 1: after a lot of what the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has

1096
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:04,240
Speaker 1: in terms of its bones in details, which is kind

1097
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 1: of exciting. The thing about the field that still fascinates

1098
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 1: me is how it hydraulically lifts up out of the earth.

1099
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:15,840
Speaker 1: It's like, I don't know's it's crazy the engineering involved

1100
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 1: to go from the soccer pitch of the grass field

1101
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,080
Speaker 1: and then it is a turf field, right, the football

1102
01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:25,280
Speaker 1: field that they bring up from underneath. Yeah, so it's

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01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 1: a turf field. But what they don't do because obviously

1104
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: in American football, compared to Premier League soccer, you have

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01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: guys stood on the sidelines, right, So they bring it

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01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,920
Speaker 1: up a little bit, but it's still considerably lower than

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01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:42,920
Speaker 1: the soccer field because immediately you don't have to wipe

1108
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:45,360
Speaker 1: out the first two or three rows of your seats

1109
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: because by leaving the football field lower than the soccer field,

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01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:54,479
Speaker 1: your sidelines are great, so you don't have to worry

1111
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,800
Speaker 1: about seat kills and things like that, and you don't

1112
01:04:56,800 --> 01:04:59,000
Speaker 1: have to worry about players on the sidelines. So yes,

1113
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 1: it does come up a bit, but ultimately it's short

1114
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:05,320
Speaker 1: touch lower than the soccer field. They roll that soccer

1115
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:07,600
Speaker 1: field out the way and there's you're ready made NFL

1116
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,640
Speaker 1: field underneath. All of a sudden, the person in row

1117
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 1: one can see what's on the football field when they

1118
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:18,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't see it if it was not love. So it's

1119
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:21,960
Speaker 1: very simple. But it's so because a soccer pitch is

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Speaker 1: naturally wider by about thirty summard yards than a football field,

1121
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:31,080
Speaker 1: so that those edges of the soccer field remain I'm

1122
01:05:31,080 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 1: guessing like the that whole thing rolls out and then

1123
01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 1: it comes so everything is then set lower, so your

1124
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:41,360
Speaker 1: sidelines on the NFL field are lower as well. One

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01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:44,760
Speaker 1: side of the stadium has soccer locker rooms, the other

1126
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 1: side has the huge NFL locker rooms. I mean, this

1127
01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:50,920
Speaker 1: was a this was a groundbreaking moment for the NFL

1128
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:55,040
Speaker 1: in the UK when Daniel Levy went from Tottenham Hospital

1129
01:05:55,120 --> 01:05:58,160
Speaker 1: went to the commissioner of the NFL and said, how

1130
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:01,160
Speaker 1: do we build a stadium that becomes the home of

1131
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 1: the NFL. And the NFL said, we need this, we

1132
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: need this, we need this. And a Premier league soccer

1133
01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:10,840
Speaker 1: team designed their stadium with half of their stadium with

1134
01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:13,360
Speaker 1: the NFL in mind, and they get in their reward,

1135
01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 1: they get two games every year. But that is incredible

1136
01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:19,240
Speaker 1: compared to where we were years ago, where you'd be

1137
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 1: lucky if you've got a preseason game. Now we've got

1138
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:24,160
Speaker 1: all these regular season games and you've got a Premier

1139
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:28,200
Speaker 1: league soccer team asking to design the stadium to fit

1140
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:32,560
Speaker 1: the NFL. So, knowing the amount of effort that London

1141
01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 1: has put into this and designing a soccer stadium in

1142
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:41,000
Speaker 1: hopes of getting NFL games there, what is the hope

1143
01:06:41,480 --> 01:06:46,160
Speaker 1: for the NFL and the partnership with the international games

1144
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:48,640
Speaker 1: in the next five to ten years. What are you

1145
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:52,200
Speaker 1: hoping this sport grows into, or the NFL grows into

1146
01:06:52,200 --> 01:06:55,800
Speaker 1: with its partnership with places like London, in Germany and

1147
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:59,720
Speaker 1: maybe even more in five years. Yeah, So I think

1148
01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:01,520
Speaker 1: the two ways of looking at it, you could end

1149
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:04,360
Speaker 1: up with a kind of like Formula one Grand Prix

1150
01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:07,480
Speaker 1: type circuit which includes a game in Paris, a game

1151
01:07:07,560 --> 01:07:10,760
Speaker 1: in Barcelona, a game in London, a game in Munich,

1152
01:07:10,800 --> 01:07:14,120
Speaker 1: a game in Frankfurt. Or there is the very real possibility.

1153
01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:18,520
Speaker 1: I still believe of a of a franchise in London,

1154
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 1: you know, and a franchise in Germany. And kind of

1155
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:29,320
Speaker 1: half jokingly when I interviewed the commissioner in October, said well,

1156
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:31,400
Speaker 1: you know, I'm always asking for a franchise. Could we

1157
01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:34,160
Speaker 1: please have a division? And he said, you know what,

1158
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:37,120
Speaker 1: that's something we're looking at because when La didn't have

1159
01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:40,280
Speaker 1: a team for twenty four years, they came back with two.

1160
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:44,720
Speaker 1: He believes London could host two teams. We've got games

1161
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:46,640
Speaker 1: in Frankfurt this year, in Germany, we had a game

1162
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:50,720
Speaker 1: in Munich last year in Germany. That's fanciful, I understand.

1163
01:07:50,840 --> 01:07:54,040
Speaker 1: But here's the bottom line of what the NFL has done.

1164
01:07:54,840 --> 01:07:58,200
Speaker 1: They've laid the table. So the fan base is now here,

1165
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:02,600
Speaker 1: the political support is here, the stadium is in place.

1166
01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,160
Speaker 1: Now it's really up to an owner, an owner who says, well,

1167
01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:08,720
Speaker 1: I can't get this or that in this market in

1168
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,840
Speaker 1: the US, I feel like maxed out, I can't get

1169
01:08:10,840 --> 01:08:13,800
Speaker 1: a stadium. All the NFL will do. They're not going

1170
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:17,680
Speaker 1: to openly now lobby owners to say you must bring

1171
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:19,760
Speaker 1: a team to London, or you must bring a team

1172
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:23,920
Speaker 1: to Munich. They lay the table and then ownership know

1173
01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:26,680
Speaker 1: that there is an option there if they wish to

1174
01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:30,439
Speaker 1: pursue it for a team in London. But I actually

1175
01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 1: believe twenty thirty years down the road we could be

1176
01:08:33,840 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 1: looking at a European division. I feel like the commissioner

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01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:40,800
Speaker 1: is very careful with what he says, and he's very

1178
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:42,680
Speaker 1: good at what he says and how he says it.

1179
01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,240
Speaker 1: And he said that to me unprompted, I will kind

1180
01:08:45,240 --> 01:08:48,280
Speaker 1: of jokingly made a joke about division. He could have

1181
01:08:48,360 --> 01:08:51,960
Speaker 1: straight batted that, and he said we are looking at that.

1182
01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:54,760
Speaker 1: So to me, that was significant. And what do we

1183
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:58,639
Speaker 1: make of or can anything be made of the NFL

1184
01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:03,280
Speaker 1: club's state side that are trying to lay down marketing

1185
01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:06,680
Speaker 1: routes in other countries, not just in Europe, but I

1186
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:11,519
Speaker 1: mean as far away as Australia, China. I understand the

1187
01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:14,960
Speaker 1: money making opportunities tied in with that, but is there

1188
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:18,120
Speaker 1: something more to it? Do you think with regard to

1189
01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:22,519
Speaker 1: the future of teams being overseas, I think so. I think.

1190
01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,400
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the forty nine ers, you

1191
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,639
Speaker 1: know their ownership, but also owns Leeds United and the

1192
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:31,879
Speaker 1: Premier League team there. You've got Sharp Khan with owning Fulham.

1193
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:35,080
Speaker 1: You know, they're certainly aware of the sporting market in

1194
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:38,840
Speaker 1: the UK. I'm just thinking I might backtrack on my

1195
01:09:39,360 --> 01:09:42,120
Speaker 1: opponent prediction for twenty twenty three because of course the

1196
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:46,120
Speaker 1: Jets and the Dolphins, you know, one of the among

1197
01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:49,639
Speaker 1: those teams marketing themselves in the UK, but from Buffalo.

1198
01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 1: One of the first games I'm circling and protecting is

1199
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:53,800
Speaker 1: that one against Miami, So that's not going to come

1200
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:57,000
Speaker 1: over here. But yes, those teams are. Those teams are

1201
01:09:57,040 --> 01:10:05,160
Speaker 1: investing time effort, building websites, fan parties, player visits. You know,

1202
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:08,400
Speaker 1: there's always a kind of reason for that, and I

1203
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 1: think it's much more than it used to be. It

1204
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:13,720
Speaker 1: used to be, you know the American Bowl Series in

1205
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:16,960
Speaker 1: the eighties, teams are rolling, play a game, sell a

1206
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:20,160
Speaker 1: bunch of caps and T shirts and then disappear. These

1207
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:23,439
Speaker 1: teams are looking to lay down routes. So yeah, the

1208
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:29,599
Speaker 1: teams that are doing that in the UK Bears, Vikings, Dolphins, Jets, Jags.

1209
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:31,479
Speaker 1: We've got to keep an eye on them to see

1210
01:10:31,479 --> 01:10:35,400
Speaker 1: how much they get invested. They're doing it to vary

1211
01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:37,960
Speaker 1: in degrees at the moment. Some are more invested than others.

1212
01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:40,840
Speaker 1: But they're looking at the UK for a reason, and

1213
01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:43,599
Speaker 1: I don't think it means that they're going to upset.

1214
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:45,320
Speaker 1: I don't think the New York Jets are about to

1215
01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:49,120
Speaker 1: become the London Jets, but they certainly recognized as a

1216
01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:52,200
Speaker 1: fan base that they can tap into. But I do

1217
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:54,920
Speaker 1: feel like one owner, one day, we'll bring a team

1218
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:58,160
Speaker 1: to London. One final question for me is we're in

1219
01:10:58,200 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 1: the off season now, with the City Chiefs being crowned

1220
01:11:01,479 --> 01:11:06,040
Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions of this season. What's your favorite storyline here?

1221
01:11:06,240 --> 01:11:07,720
Speaker 1: As we're going to be in the off season for

1222
01:11:07,800 --> 01:11:13,920
Speaker 1: the next couple months. So I would say I'll give

1223
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:16,240
Speaker 1: you two if that's all right. Where does Aaron Rodgers

1224
01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,040
Speaker 1: and end up? You know? Does he go back to

1225
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:23,080
Speaker 1: Green Bay? Does he retire? You know? I think so.

1226
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:28,040
Speaker 1: I think the obvious ones like the Jets, like San Francisco,

1227
01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:34,280
Speaker 1: like the Raiders. I genuinely believe he could absolutely change

1228
01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:36,280
Speaker 1: overnight in the Miami Dolphins. I don't think it's ever

1229
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:39,080
Speaker 1: going to happen, but there are a number of teams

1230
01:11:39,160 --> 01:11:42,439
Speaker 1: that could present him with an opportunity to win one,

1231
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:46,040
Speaker 1: you know, as he bows out, I think he could

1232
01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:48,400
Speaker 1: change a lot of teams and be the final piece.

1233
01:11:48,479 --> 01:11:51,360
Speaker 1: So Rogers, what happens there? And then is the number

1234
01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:55,000
Speaker 1: one picked for sale? You know? Lovely Smith's farewell gift

1235
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:58,000
Speaker 1: to the Houston Texas was going for two and knocking

1236
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:01,519
Speaker 1: them out first place just before they in terms of

1237
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:03,760
Speaker 1: the draft picks, So the Bear is going to sell

1238
01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:05,760
Speaker 1: that pick? And how much do people pay for it?

1239
01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,519
Speaker 1: So look, we know that with the offseason right, the

1240
01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:11,599
Speaker 1: NFL does a wonderful job of creating year round headlines

1241
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:15,680
Speaker 1: and Super Bowl beat The confetti has barely fallen to

1242
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:18,760
Speaker 1: the ground and those headlines are just around the corner. Yeah, Manny,

1243
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:21,519
Speaker 1: And I think Rogers will be an absolute lunatic to

1244
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,920
Speaker 1: come to the AFC. With all the quarterback star power

1245
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:26,559
Speaker 1: we have in that conference, He's better off staying right

1246
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:29,120
Speaker 1: where he is. So I don't know, Maybe it comes

1247
01:12:29,160 --> 01:12:31,840
Speaker 1: out of the darkness and feels differently, but I don't know.

1248
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:35,519
Speaker 1: Last one I have for you, Neil Is, you spend

1249
01:12:35,560 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 1: an awful lot of time with our good friend Ryan Fitzpatrick.

1250
01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:40,479
Speaker 1: We know you love spending time with him. Do you

1251
01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:44,719
Speaker 1: have a story you're allowed to tell on air about

1252
01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:50,760
Speaker 1: your time with Fits during Super Bowl Week? I mean,

1253
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,519
Speaker 1: I just I mean he was, he was pretty well behaved.

1254
01:12:54,680 --> 01:12:58,200
Speaker 1: It's so disappointing. He's in his own backyard in Arizona. Nothing.

1255
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:02,800
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I'll tell you. So at halftime

1256
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:06,000
Speaker 1: of the super Bowl, he and Christy can see that

1257
01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,759
Speaker 1: barrier behind us that so i'd open air. There's no glass,

1258
01:13:08,840 --> 01:13:12,679
Speaker 1: they say. He and Christian Wilkins are absolutely loving Rihanna

1259
01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:17,639
Speaker 1: at halftime and I'm writing notes, and I'm writing notes

1260
01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:19,280
Speaker 1: of a couple of things we're going to talk about

1261
01:13:19,360 --> 01:13:22,559
Speaker 1: for the second half. I glance up just to check

1262
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:28,040
Speaker 1: on Christian and Fits, and not six inches from my face,

1263
01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 1: Fits is looking away from me. So I've got his

1264
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: backside right and he's twerking to Rihanna. This is not

1265
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:39,200
Speaker 1: what I need in my life, this is not what

1266
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:42,519
Speaker 1: I need the super Bowl. But yeah, yeah, look, he

1267
01:13:42,680 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 1: was brilliant. He was. It was so much fun. It

1268
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:49,320
Speaker 1: was fun to watch him watch my homes and Jalen Hurts.

1269
01:13:49,560 --> 01:13:53,760
Speaker 1: I enjoyed everything that happened over those five hours we

1270
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:57,960
Speaker 1: were together, apart from that little bit that sounds very

1271
01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:02,080
Speaker 1: fitty though, so I'm not surprised in the least good one.

1272
01:14:02,479 --> 01:14:04,400
Speaker 1: You picked a good one and suitable for air. So

1273
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:07,479
Speaker 1: thanks very much. We appreciate it. Always good to talk

1274
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:09,840
Speaker 1: to you. I'm sure we'll catch up with you once

1275
01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:12,840
Speaker 1: we find out who that Bill's opponent might be, but

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Speaker 1: thanks for handicapping that for us as well. We'll catch

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Speaker 1: up with you soon. Enjoy your weekend and tell Phoebe

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Speaker 1: Scheckter we'll say hey, I will yep. That's Neil Reynolds

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Speaker 1: joining us NFL UK reporter and also does a lot

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Speaker 1: of good work for Sky Sports over there to promote

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Speaker 1: the game. Interesting the Jaguars angle there to let them

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Speaker 1: play two games because that field not really but yeah,

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Speaker 1: as he talked about already, I know. But as he

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Speaker 1: astutely pointed out, that was supposed to happen in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty and then COVID hit and all the oversea GA

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Speaker 1: overseas games got scrapped completely. But the Jags were to

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Speaker 1: play two games over there, technically one away game and

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Speaker 1: then a home game at Wembley the very next week,

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Speaker 1: and that all scrapped. So maybe they revive that and

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01:15:03,520 --> 01:15:05,560
Speaker 1: the Bills play the Jags again in London. We'll have

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Speaker 1: to wait and see, although I do think the Raiders

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01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:12,040
Speaker 1: and Cowboys are on the table as well. A Bill's

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01:15:12,080 --> 01:15:16,920
Speaker 1: Cowboys game in London. That would be absolutely insane city.

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01:15:17,160 --> 01:15:20,080
Speaker 1: It would that city would go bananas for that kind

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Speaker 1: of a game. We have to take a break here,

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Speaker 1: but we dive into the obl Fan Friday mail Bag

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Speaker 1: when we return here on One Bills Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalida to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome

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Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker out,

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Speaker 1: Maddie glab In, and we've got the Friday Fan Mailbag,

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Speaker 1: as we do every week, where we will be answering

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01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:58,800
Speaker 1: your questions on the Bills or the league at large.

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01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:02,280
Speaker 1: Anything in every thing is fair game in those two realms.

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Speaker 1: And we lead off with David who asks who are

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01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:09,240
Speaker 1: the Bills more likely to use the franchise tag on?

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01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:13,280
Speaker 1: I think I go with nobody. I know. It's like, ah,

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01:16:14,840 --> 01:16:17,960
Speaker 1: I don't think it's anybody. Yeah, I don't think they

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01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:22,639
Speaker 1: want to pay top of the market money for Jordan Poyer.

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01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:26,599
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds would be another candidate for that. Those are

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Speaker 1: probably your two candidates for that. But I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think that would be the way that

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Speaker 1: they go. I suppose you couldn't rule it out. I

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Speaker 1: suppose if you know you could get Edmonds on a

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Speaker 1: long term extension for less money year over year, you

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01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:52,080
Speaker 1: would maybe sign them to the tag now and then

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01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:56,840
Speaker 1: negotiate up until July fifteenth on an extension. And maybe

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01:16:56,960 --> 01:16:59,160
Speaker 1: that's a course of action they take. But knowing how

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01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,960
Speaker 1: tight they are on the cap and how much they're

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01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:06,519
Speaker 1: going to be scrambling to create cap space, using the

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Speaker 1: franchise tag does not help them in that regard. I

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01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:17,479
Speaker 1: fully believe that in an ideal world, the Bills don't

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01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:20,600
Speaker 1: let Edmonds get away. But I think he's going to

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01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:23,280
Speaker 1: command major money on the free agent market, and I

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01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:27,000
Speaker 1: think his camp probably knows that, and so I think

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Speaker 1: the Bills take the approach that they've always done with

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Speaker 1: free agents who could potentially get away. They assign a

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Speaker 1: value to the player, they present it to the player

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Speaker 1: and his agent and say, this is the best we

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Speaker 1: can do for you here. In light of our cap

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Speaker 1: constraints and other responsibilities that we have fiscally to our roster.

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Speaker 1: If you feel you can do better than that, best

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01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:49,320
Speaker 1: of luck to you. If it doesn't pan out the

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Speaker 1: way you think it does, you're always welcome to come

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Speaker 1: back to us. This is the number we can do.

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean was asked this question the last time we

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Speaker 1: spoke to him before the Bills went away for the offseason.

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Speaker 1: We'll speak to Brandon again in the next coming weeks

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Speaker 1: at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indie. His answer, too,

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Speaker 1: would you consider the franchise tag on Tremaine Edmonds was yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean we're going to look at all that. Because

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Speaker 1: outside pass rushers really get put in there, then that

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01:18:18,760 --> 01:18:21,719
Speaker 1: number can be high. So we'd have to really create

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Speaker 1: some room to do that for him, But we'll look

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Speaker 1: at it for sure. Yeah, so I think they consider everything.

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01:18:29,200 --> 01:18:31,880
Speaker 1: Does it mean they're going to do it? I think

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01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:35,280
Speaker 1: they have to do some major cap slashing yea to

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Speaker 1: even get in a position to do that. And then

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Speaker 1: even if you do create enough space to do that,

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Speaker 1: the next question, being in his personnel department, are gonna

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Speaker 1: have to ask is if we do tag him how

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Speaker 1: much does that restrict us to do the other things

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Speaker 1: that are on our checklist of things to do to

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01:18:52,320 --> 01:18:55,120
Speaker 1: address other positions on the roster. If it hamstrings them

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01:18:55,240 --> 01:18:59,640
Speaker 1: too much, I don't think it's an avenue They can

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01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:04,040
Speaker 1: pursue sue and still be fiscally responsible to the other

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01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:08,639
Speaker 1: needs of the roster. Thomas on the mail bag question

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01:19:08,720 --> 01:19:11,640
Speaker 1: list asks who is the most important free agent that

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01:19:11,720 --> 01:19:15,920
Speaker 1: we must resign? I think it's a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a matter of preference and a matter of affordability. As

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Speaker 1: we just discussed, Edmonds might be priced right out of

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Speaker 1: what Buffalo can afford based on what he and his

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Speaker 1: agent believe they'll be able to command on the open market.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know that Tremaine Edmonds has his detractors

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Speaker 1: among the fan base here in Buffalo, but he's a

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Speaker 1: very productive, starting caliber linebacker with freakish physical traits, and

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Speaker 1: he's entering the prime of his career at age twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Somebody will pay him a lot of money, maybe more

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Speaker 1: money than the Bills can afford to pay in light

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Speaker 1: of their cap situation. So is he the most important

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Speaker 1: free agent? You could argue that he is, But how

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Speaker 1: realistic is it that he returns tough to say, we

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Speaker 1: got to see what steps they take to create cap

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Speaker 1: space before I think we can any of us can

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Speaker 1: have a handle on what's realistic. I know, I think

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Speaker 1: it's going to be it's gonna be tough to do that.

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Speaker 1: Based on where Brandon being said they were at with

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Speaker 1: the cap, not knowing what the cap would be, he said,

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Speaker 1: we're around two forty. We know the cap is around

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Speaker 1: two twenty five this season, so they're going to have

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Speaker 1: to do some work to get under that cap. And

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Speaker 1: I thought it was really interesting when we heard from

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Speaker 1: Greg Kosell a couple of weeks ago and we asked

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Speaker 1: him the question of what would you do Tremaine Edmunds

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01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:41,400
Speaker 1: or Jordan Poyer And he really didn't point to either or.

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01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,240
Speaker 1: He just said, look at this defense, look at how

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01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:46,880
Speaker 1: the Bills built their defense, and look at what they

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01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:50,880
Speaker 1: put a lot of stock into and it's their secondary

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01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:54,479
Speaker 1: And when you think about it from that lens, would

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Speaker 1: they want to put that much into resigning Tremaine Edmunds. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he is amazing at what he does, and yes he

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Speaker 1: has physical traits that you aren't going to get anywhere else.

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Speaker 1: But if your true identity and how you built your

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01:21:06,479 --> 01:21:09,440
Speaker 1: defense and how you believe in it starts with your secondary.

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01:21:09,800 --> 01:21:12,960
Speaker 1: Then that kind of makes me think maybe they maybe

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01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:15,560
Speaker 1: they wouldn't try to reside from a to Edmonds or

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Speaker 1: not try. Maybe the number is going to be too

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01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:22,080
Speaker 1: big for what he gets on the market, that they

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01:21:22,160 --> 01:21:25,240
Speaker 1: just can't make it work within what they value for

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Speaker 1: the defense. Overall, Right, it's all valid, and if you

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Speaker 1: bypass the money you would have to commit to Edmonds,

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01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:39,160
Speaker 1: how can you spread that money around to address the

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01:21:39,240 --> 01:21:41,880
Speaker 1: other things, like the safety position, whether it's Ployer or

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01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:43,960
Speaker 1: some other veteran out there on the free agent market,

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01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:49,120
Speaker 1: among the other positions. Because you do have defensive linemen

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01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:53,160
Speaker 1: that are coming up free, Jordan Phillips among them, So

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01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:57,960
Speaker 1: you know you've got other concerns on that side of

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01:21:58,040 --> 01:22:00,479
Speaker 1: the ball. To what degree do you go to address

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01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:04,400
Speaker 1: those in free agency? And what do you leave yourself

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01:22:04,479 --> 01:22:08,280
Speaker 1: to address in the draft? Are all questions that have

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01:22:08,439 --> 01:22:10,960
Speaker 1: to be answered in a step by step way by

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01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Bean in his front office. Dieter on the mail

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01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:17,559
Speaker 1: Bag asks, I wish they would at least give Eric

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01:22:17,600 --> 01:22:21,439
Speaker 1: b Enemy a glance. Talking about KC on Kyle Branch Show,

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01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:24,200
Speaker 1: Josh said that they're the matra of what you want

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01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:25,639
Speaker 1: to be and how you need to do it. Gotta

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01:22:25,680 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 1: find ways. It's a copycat league. You gotta find ways

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01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:32,920
Speaker 1: to be like them. Why not nab the OC. I

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Speaker 1: think it's a lot of money to do that. Well,

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01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:41,080
Speaker 1: it does, and I don't think it would be one

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01:22:41,160 --> 01:22:44,479
Speaker 1: thing if the offense fell flat on its face this

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01:22:44,680 --> 01:22:48,719
Speaker 1: year in year one under Ken Dorsey. But that flat

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01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:51,760
Speaker 1: out didn't happen. Yeah, I mean they won thirteen games,

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01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:56,080
Speaker 1: they lost three by a combined eight points, despite playing

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01:22:56,280 --> 01:22:58,720
Speaker 1: a tougher schedule than they did in twenty twenty one

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01:22:59,240 --> 01:23:03,280
Speaker 1: and having an infinite number of injuries that were far

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01:23:03,400 --> 01:23:06,720
Speaker 1: greater than anything they experienced last the previous year as well.

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01:23:07,560 --> 01:23:09,880
Speaker 1: So you factor in all the adversity that this team

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01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:12,360
Speaker 1: faced and the fact that you had a first year

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01:23:12,439 --> 01:23:16,360
Speaker 1: play caller, and your offensive numbers were just as good,

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01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:20,320
Speaker 1: if not better in some categories. To me, that's not

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01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:22,960
Speaker 1: a reason to throw everything out. Did they lay an

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01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:26,080
Speaker 1: egg in the playoff game? They absolutely did, But I

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01:23:26,200 --> 01:23:28,560
Speaker 1: think it had a lot more to do with the

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01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:31,479
Speaker 1: team's mental state in the wake of the Damar Hamlin

1435
01:23:31,560 --> 01:23:35,759
Speaker 1: thing than it had with respect to coaching, and fans

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01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:38,880
Speaker 1: have said it themselves, Maddie. You know, people were getting

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01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:41,360
Speaker 1: mad that the passing game looked like a heavy lift

1438
01:23:41,439 --> 01:23:45,679
Speaker 1: too often, and people were saying, Oh, Dorsey's got a scheme.

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01:23:46,080 --> 01:23:49,040
Speaker 1: More checkdown throws in there for easy completions. If you

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01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:54,240
Speaker 1: watch the tape, those throws are there to be made

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01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:58,799
Speaker 1: almost in every play. Concept that's called you fall victim

1442
01:23:58,880 --> 01:24:02,600
Speaker 1: to the decision making of your quarterback when those opportunities

1443
01:24:02,640 --> 01:24:06,040
Speaker 1: are not taken. And when Ken Dorsey was asked about

1444
01:24:06,120 --> 01:24:09,280
Speaker 1: things like that, he would say, you know, sometimes we

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01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:12,799
Speaker 1: call things and Josh has the freedom to do whatever

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01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:15,640
Speaker 1: we call within that concept. If he wants to go

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01:24:15,880 --> 01:24:19,120
Speaker 1: far instead of taking that check down, he has the

1448
01:24:19,240 --> 01:24:21,240
Speaker 1: opportunity to do that at the end of the day

1449
01:24:21,240 --> 01:24:23,559
Speaker 1: because he's the one with the ball in his hands

1450
01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:26,200
Speaker 1: making the play, seeing the field. Not saying that he

1451
01:24:26,280 --> 01:24:31,280
Speaker 1: sees the field correctly on every single snap, but something

1452
01:24:31,439 --> 01:24:34,960
Speaker 1: to learn from, something to know, And I don't Ken

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01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 1: Dorsey's going to be here next season. So if you

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01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:38,640
Speaker 1: wanted to bring Eric B. Enemy on, it would be

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01:24:38,720 --> 01:24:41,080
Speaker 1: in some other role, and Eric B. Enemy would not

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01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:44,280
Speaker 1: take that role, and it would be too expensive to

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01:24:44,400 --> 01:24:47,960
Speaker 1: hire somebody like that to be like a senior assistant,

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01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:51,000
Speaker 1: and why would you do that? Yeah, I think they

1459
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:52,960
Speaker 1: were pretty happy with Dorsey in his first year as

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01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:55,000
Speaker 1: a play caller, and I expect him to be even

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01:24:55,040 --> 01:24:58,960
Speaker 1: better next year. Quite frankly, Bill's Mafia twenty three eighty

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01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:01,200
Speaker 1: nine asks what would it take for the Bills to

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01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: take a step back and eat some dead cap like

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01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:06,519
Speaker 1: we did when McDermott first came here. That was a

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01:25:06,600 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 1: different place in time in twenty seventeen. The team was

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01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:13,760
Speaker 1: moving on from players they did not feel fit the

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01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:17,160
Speaker 1: mold of the quote unquote Bills DNA that they look

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01:25:17,240 --> 01:25:20,439
Speaker 1: for in players, and they were building the roster essentially

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01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:25,920
Speaker 1: from scratch. Now you are a Super Bowl contender, this

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01:25:26,160 --> 01:25:29,920
Speaker 1: is not the time to eat dead cap and compromise

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01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:32,680
Speaker 1: your roster because of it. I think they're going to

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01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:36,160
Speaker 1: try every way possible to keep this roster at the

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01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: forefront of contender status for the Ultimate Prize, and they'll

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01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:46,400
Speaker 1: try to remain as fiscally responsible as possible because Brandon

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01:25:46,439 --> 01:25:48,400
Speaker 1: being said himself, in three years, I don't want to

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01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,360
Speaker 1: be one hundred million over the cap, so I think

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01:25:50,400 --> 01:25:53,240
Speaker 1: he'll try to remain as cap strong as possible, but

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01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:56,040
Speaker 1: at the same time keep this team as competitive as possible,

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01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:58,639
Speaker 1: and there may have to be some tough decisions made

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01:25:58,720 --> 01:26:03,000
Speaker 1: within that, like they did when mcderbott and Brandon Bean

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01:26:03,120 --> 01:26:07,360
Speaker 1: first got here. Not letting necessarily letting guys go. But

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01:26:07,680 --> 01:26:10,800
Speaker 1: maybe it's not being able to afford Jordan Poyer or

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01:26:10,880 --> 01:26:13,640
Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds and some other players that you would like

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01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:15,920
Speaker 1: to keep on the roster, but you just can't because

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Speaker 1: you don't want to be in a bad situation three

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Speaker 1: years down the road. We have to take a break here,

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Speaker 1: But some final thoughts from the mail bag that we'll

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Speaker 1: be happy to answer when we return here on One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Mattie Glad with you as we're just about ready to

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Speaker 1: close out the week. One more or two more questions

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Speaker 1: from the Friday mail bag. Rachel asks who's responsible for

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Speaker 1: us not using more efficient quick passes? Is that Dorsey

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Speaker 1: calling too many deep plays or is it being too

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Speaker 1: determined to always hit on a big play. Seems like

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Speaker 1: we got away from the efficient quick passing game. We

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Speaker 1: had to start the year. You're completely on the money there, Rachel.

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Speaker 1: I would argue, as we were saying in the last segment,

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Speaker 1: it's probably more of the ladder. That's not totally on Josh,

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Speaker 1: But Dorsey always schemed underneath easier throws for Josh and

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Speaker 1: Josh more often than not. This year, I think tried

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Speaker 1: to get it all in one play. Is that because

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Speaker 1: he believes in himself maybe too much sometimes to hit

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Speaker 1: on a low percentage play down field, or is it

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01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:39,240
Speaker 1: because maybe he doesn't trust some of the underneath guys

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Speaker 1: the way he trusted Cole Beasley. Yeah. I think this

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Speaker 1: is only going to get better in the future with

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Speaker 1: the relationship that Dorsey and Josh are going to be

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Speaker 1: able to build in that offensive coordinator quarterback type role

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Speaker 1: that the two have and share together. We know he

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Speaker 1: was this quarterbacks coach, but this is a new role

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Speaker 1: that he's in. I feel like anything that we saw

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Speaker 1: that we put question marks on this season is only

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Speaker 1: going to get better this next season for these two.

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Speaker 1: So maybe it won't be as much next year, hopefully.

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Speaker 1: I think efficiency is a proven model. If you look

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Speaker 1: at what the Chiefs did this past year, they lose

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, they rebuild the receiving corps and what is

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Speaker 1: their m O on offense. You look at Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 1: yards per attempt. It came way down this year, but

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Speaker 1: his completion percentage went up. They stayed on the field longer,

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Speaker 1: and they scored more points and led the league in scoring.

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Speaker 1: If you have a quarterback that you think is consistent

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Speaker 1: enough and efficient enough, going with the efficiency model is

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Speaker 1: a way to win in this league. Cincinnati did the

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Speaker 1: same thing. Joe Burrow turned into the next iteration of

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady because he went so fast, less than two

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Speaker 1: and a half seconds. So even if you have a

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Speaker 1: substandard offensive line, you can still make plays, stay on

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Speaker 1: the field and move the sticks. As Steve and I

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Speaker 1: talk about all the time, the NFL is about first downs,

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Speaker 1: not touchdowns. And the teams with those efficient offenses went

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Speaker 1: a long way in the playoffs, Bengals and Chiefs among them.

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Speaker 1: And he said multiple times, I've just got to take

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Speaker 1: what the defense gives me. And we saw him go

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Speaker 1: away from that a little bit this season. Quickly from

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Speaker 1: Bill's News with the Buffalo Bills avoid trading players such

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Speaker 1: as Stefon Diggs or Trey White due to their dead

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01:29:27,040 --> 01:29:29,280
Speaker 1: cap hits at one amount of dead cap is acceptable

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Speaker 1: to trade a player, Well, it depends on what your

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01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:34,679
Speaker 1: cap situation is. What kind of cap hit can you incur.

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Speaker 1: The Eagles incurred to thirty seven million dollars cap hit

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Speaker 1: to throw Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts, and then

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Speaker 1: the Colts did it the next year. It's what you

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Speaker 1: can afford, That's what it's about. Maddie, Thanks for helping

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Speaker 1: us out these last two days. Yeah, Steve and I

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Speaker 1: back on Monday. We'll see at one pm. Have a

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Speaker 1: great weekend.