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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

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Speaker 1: player for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

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Speaker 1: in this credit here of normalcy. Welcome to one Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. Here, We're here Terry with you for the

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Speaker 1: Maddie Glab. Maddie, thanks for being here. I appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: I'm happy to help keep you inside the lines today, Tasker.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a Friday, so it could get a

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Speaker 1: on here in Buffalo right now. Yeah, it's gonna be funny.

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Speaker 1: It's the last preseason games. Tomorrow, you'll be well, we'll

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Speaker 1: you've heard this, Maddie. So here's the thing. Andrew Catalan,

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Speaker 1: all that. So he's got a family wedding, okay, Right,

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Speaker 1: so you got to go to a wedding. It's tonight.

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Speaker 1: Then I think it's the one man show starring Steve Tasker,

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Speaker 1: We're not gonna lie. We're all scratching our heads, going

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Speaker 1: If they want us to come to these weddings, just

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Speaker 1: Did the Bills have any of those? Off the top

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Speaker 1: players who don't even see the field. So we divide

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Speaker 1: it up into two divisions. So I'm in one division.

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Speaker 1: I had the second pick. Sal Capaccio had the first

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft on my side last night, so

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Speaker 1: he drafted Christian McCaffrey first. So I picked up Dalvin

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Speaker 1: Cook second. The only Bill bills were fine off the table.

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Speaker 1: You know, there were a lot of bills taken early

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Speaker 1: and gratefully. So yeah, but it was funny anytime someone

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Speaker 1: picked a Buffalo Bill, people are like, you're a homer.

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Speaker 1: You're a Homer. So I picked up Gabriel Davis, so

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Speaker 1: he's on my team. But I've got Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 1: my quarterback. Um, I've got let's see if Darren Waller

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Speaker 1: is my tight end. I've got Keenan, Allen T. Higgins,

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Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson as some of my wide receivers. Corey Davis. Um,

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Speaker 1: I've got the Steelers defense. I've got Fits as my

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback. So if you pick, I was able to

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Speaker 1: put together a pretty good team. If you pick the

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Speaker 1: right pick the right week, Fitz is gonna be. It's

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Speaker 1: kind of come through big time for you. We got

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Speaker 1: we got. Also we also have later in this and

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Speaker 1: I want to, I want to, I have. I am

448
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Speaker 1: absolutely clue this about fantasy football, and I'm not ashamed

449
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Speaker 1: to say it. But uh, it's the time of year. Now,

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Speaker 1: we're going into the last preseason game. We have two

451
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Speaker 1: weeks to the opener, two weekends to the opener, and

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Speaker 1: teams are starting to move some stuff. The Cowboys redid

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Speaker 1: Zeke Glliot's contract and they cleared up. They took him

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Speaker 1: from nine point six million dollars base salary down to

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Speaker 1: one million dollars. They gave him eight that eight point

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Speaker 1: six that was left over. They gave that to him

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Speaker 1: as a signing bonus, and it saved him six point

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Speaker 1: something something six point eight eight or something in cap space.

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Speaker 1: So they redid Zekiel's contract, gave him the money up front,

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Speaker 1: put it into a bonus, and it saved him six

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Speaker 1: point eight million dollars, which gave them twelve million dollars

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Speaker 1: cap space for the season, and they and as per

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Speaker 1: NFL sources and what they've said, that's what they kind

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Speaker 1: of want to get through the regular season. They would

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Speaker 1: have that much slack in case injuries happen. They can

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Speaker 1: sign this guy, that guy, they can make moves, they

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Speaker 1: can do all of that and have the money into

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Speaker 1: the cap to do it. So I went and checked

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Speaker 1: the Bills. Have you know how much the Bills have

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Speaker 1: in cap space? Two point two lower than that two

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Speaker 1: point two. Now, before that, the Cowboys had like five

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Speaker 1: point six. Right, so they've got that gives him like

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Speaker 1: just over twelve million. The Bills have two point two. Now,

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Speaker 1: there's probably some guys they could restructure, but I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: they probably will wait until just before the opening game

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Speaker 1: to do that because right now there are probably some

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Speaker 1: established players that they don't know about. You know, their

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Speaker 1: roster is so competitive. They may be willing to save

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Speaker 1: the cap money and release trade refinance some of these

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Speaker 1: contracts because some of these veteran players may not be

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Speaker 1: giving the contribution they'd you know, anticipated when they signed

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Speaker 1: the deal. There's still a chance that some guys that

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Speaker 1: we love and respect on our roster may not be here.

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Speaker 1: I really think it's that competitive. Do you agree? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I do. And that's always the hard part for fans

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Speaker 1: and for myself and for you. You get attached these

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Speaker 1: players who have been on the team for several seasons

488
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Speaker 1: or for the last season, and you love them as

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Speaker 1: a person and with what they could bring to the field,

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Speaker 1: and then cuts come and maybe one of your favorite

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Speaker 1: people doesn't make the roster. It's just a bummer to

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Speaker 1: watch people go to different teams. And that's right around

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Speaker 1: the corner. I mean, August thirty first is when the

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Speaker 1: rosters have to be cut to fifty three. And so

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Speaker 1: that's why this last preseason game is so important for

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Speaker 1: a lot of players who are your fringe players, who

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Speaker 1: are your third stringers, who are trying to make a

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Speaker 1: spot on this roster or showed that they belong on

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Speaker 1: the roster. It's it's competitive. I mean, the last time

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Speaker 1: I was on on Monday, Chris Brown and I kind

501
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Speaker 1: of broke down the position groups and explain how tough

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Speaker 1: it is going to be to make those final decisions.

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Speaker 1: But when you look at the cap space and the

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Speaker 1: lack of cap space that we have, I would just

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Speaker 1: say no fear. Brandon Bean is here. He is a

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Speaker 1: wizard at that stuff. That's what John Feliciano called him.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think that will be in any type

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Speaker 1: of danger or a bad position when it comes to

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Speaker 1: cap space, because I'm sure Brandon Bean has something up

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Speaker 1: his sleeve, whether it's redoing a player's contract or whether

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Speaker 1: it's trading someone or something along those lines. Here as

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Speaker 1: week EUPE for Week one, Steve Tasker, Maddie Glab Here

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Speaker 1: for the next two and a half hours, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do the mail bag. We'll talk to you about your

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Speaker 1: thoughts about this preseason game tomorrow against the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 1: The NFL Power rankings have the Bills at number three

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Speaker 1: in the NFL and Power rankings, behind the Chiefs in

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, Green Bay's number four. These are two really

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Speaker 1: good football teams playing in the preseason. They will not

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Speaker 1: meet in the regular season this year. They may meet,

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Speaker 1: hopefully in the playoffs. That would be nice, But there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff going on with both of these clubs.

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Speaker 1: Mattie and I here to talk about it and about

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Speaker 1: what you're thinking and what your thoughts are about the roster.

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Speaker 1: How they're gonna go. Also later at the top of

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Speaker 1: the hour, Cynthia Breeland. Cynthia Freeland from NFL Networks coming

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Speaker 1: on with us the sideline porter for our preseason broadcast,

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Speaker 1: and Mike Giardi is also going to come on. In

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Speaker 1: the third hour of the programs, Steve Tasker, Maddie Glad,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna take a break. This is One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Kalidah Health on Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: from One Bill's Lives, Steve Tasker, Maddie Glad. Chris Brown's

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Speaker 1: out for this Friday. You're stuck with me as the host,

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Speaker 1: and we're having some fun here, particularly with on the

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Speaker 1: eve of the last preseason game of the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one season, Green Bay at Buffalo happens tomorrow one pm.

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Speaker 1: And I gotta say I've said it before. I am

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Speaker 1: an enormous fan of the one pm start for preseason games.

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Speaker 1: Enormous fan. It's right in my wheelhouse. It gives you

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Speaker 1: the rest of the day, gives you a reason to

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Speaker 1: get up, celebrate, have some barbecue or some have a pop.

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Speaker 1: You know they're in midday, and then you know, if

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Speaker 1: the game's great, you celebrate the rest of the day.

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Speaker 1: If it's not, you just you know, flop on the

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Speaker 1: couch and you know, finish it out and you commiserate.

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Speaker 1: But oh, it's just perfect. I hate you know, the

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Speaker 1: primetime games don't allow you to savor the victory like

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Speaker 1: that Bills Bears game last weekend enough for the rest

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Speaker 1: of the day. I just thought it was awesome. What

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Speaker 1: do you think, Hey, you don't even know. You're not

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Speaker 1: even old enough to realize that these are weird things,

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00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: these one pm games are you? I feel like as

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Speaker 1: I approach my third season with the Bills, I understand

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Speaker 1: the wonderfulness that's a part of the one pm kicks

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00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:43,400
Speaker 1: for people who are working the games. But yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean preseason. It gives you more time to celebrate afterwards,

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Speaker 1: you have a reason to wake up. Like you said,

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Speaker 1: get get to tailgating early, have a pop in your

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Speaker 1: system early, gets you right into the game feeling good

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00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,720
Speaker 1: for game time. But I also love those primetime games

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Speaker 1: and in the regular season, I know it's more of

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Speaker 1: a lift for all of us who are working the

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Speaker 1: games because it's very late nights, but there is something

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Speaker 1: special about a one pm kick getting done at a

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Speaker 1: good time still having time with the rest of your evening.

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Speaker 1: And it also allows time I mean from a behind

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Speaker 1: the scenes perspective, when you look at all the content

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Speaker 1: that we push out on our website and on Twitter

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Speaker 1: after the games. If we have a one pm kick,

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Speaker 1: we can put out a lot more stuff because the

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Speaker 1: night approaches way more slowly because you're getting done with

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Speaker 1: the game at four. You have until you know ten

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Speaker 1: or whatever to post things online and on social media.

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Speaker 1: Whereas primetime game, we're getting done with the game and

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Speaker 1: we're like, people aren't going to bed in an hour.

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Speaker 1: We don't have time to crank out all of this content,

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Speaker 1: so it all gets posted the next day. So I

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Speaker 1: like a one pm kick for that reason too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if this preseason stuff, it lends itself to everybody because

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Speaker 1: nobody really cares if you win, right, I mean, you

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Speaker 1: want to look good and all that, but the final

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00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 1: score is like who cares? Right, So if you look

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Speaker 1: good and if you lose by it, if you lose

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Speaker 1: by it, you know, a field goal or something, it's

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Speaker 1: like okay. Because after these games, if your team looks good,

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00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: you're that's what you're looking at. You're like, hey, I

587
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 1: got this guy was watching. Did you see him? And

588
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: so we we've got this thing we're doing. And Brownie

589
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: put out his five guys, five guys to watch in

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Speaker 1: the final preseason game. Now, Chris brown he started and

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00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: he was like, he's his Brandon Bryant, Tyrell Dots and

592
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Speaker 1: linebacker Brandon Bryant of course, defensive tackle Tyrell Dots and

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Speaker 1: linebacker two. Cornerbacks Nick McCleod and Rashad wild Goose, both

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Speaker 1: of those guys. And I can see that everybody's been

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00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: watching the cornerback two spot all offseason. But then of

596
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: course then there's the big one and the one that

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00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: all of us are watching. It's Emmanuel Sanders. I want

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Speaker 1: to see that guy play. I really hope he gets

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Speaker 1: on the field for this final preseason game. He's been

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Speaker 1: fun to watch in training camp practices and I want

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Speaker 1: our fans to see that. I think he's going to

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00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: be a big part of the offense this year for

603
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: many reasons. He brings that veteran presence of twelve years

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00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: of experience to the table, but he is someone who

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Speaker 1: is very versatile and where he can line up when

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Speaker 1: it comes to a wide receiver with the routes he

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Speaker 1: can run with his speed with his hands. So I

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Speaker 1: love this this pickup by the Buffalo Bills when we

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Speaker 1: got him in free agency. If you look at his

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Speaker 1: track record with the numbers that he's put together the

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00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: last several seasons, he's someone who was racked up but

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Speaker 1: a nice and a healthy amount of receiving yards every

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Speaker 1: single year. For how old he is. You usually see

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Speaker 1: people maybe taper off after that eighth, ninth season or

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Speaker 1: whatever you may say, with when careers start to kind

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00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: of fizzle out a little bit. He's someone who has

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Speaker 1: still been very productive year after year with his age

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Speaker 1: and with how long he's been in the league. So

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Speaker 1: I hope that fans can get a little little taste

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Speaker 1: of him because I think it's going to bring a

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Speaker 1: lot to this team this year. But my eyes are

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00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: on that cornerback position and who we're going to see

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Speaker 1: on the field, and not just because there's been some

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Speaker 1: great competition camp, because they're totally has been. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Levi Wallace and Dane Jackson fighting it out for that

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Speaker 1: number two spot. But here's the little caveat Levi Wallace

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Speaker 1: and Dane Jackson have been practicing lately because they're out

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Speaker 1: with some little injuries. It's nothing a big concern, but

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Speaker 1: they have. They missed Friday and they missed they missed Thursday,

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Speaker 1: and they missed Wednesday practices. Levi I believe has a

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Speaker 1: hip injury. I can't remember Dane's off the top of

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Speaker 1: my head. But because of that, and who knows if

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Speaker 1: Trydavious White is going to play right, he could be

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Speaker 1: one of those starters that fit into the group that

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Speaker 1: is just not going to play preseason games because why

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Speaker 1: do they need to. I don't think Trey White needs

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Speaker 1: to see the field against the Packers unless the coaches

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Speaker 1: think so. So let's say Trey White it's not going

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Speaker 1: to play, and let's say Levian and Dane aren't playing

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Speaker 1: because they're they're gonna be resting. That gives you two

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Speaker 1: cornerback positions to see some of these super young guys

642
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: who are really battling it out for your third string,

643
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: your four string spot on this roster. Um Nick McLeod

644
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: Rashad wild Goose, Um Tim Harris, someone that they just

645
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: picked up, not necessarily a super young player, but he's

646
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,320
Speaker 1: someone who's made some plays and in the two practices

647
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: that he's been on this team, So far, so I'm

648
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: really interested to watch the corners in this game against

649
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: the Packers. The Packers have some good wide receivers and

650
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: some nice offensive weapons, so the corners are going to

651
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,319
Speaker 1: be tested. We'll see if the Packers also play their

652
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: starters in the first couple of quarters. I think this

653
00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 1: could be a good battle to watch. Yeah, I'm with you.

654
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: There's four names at that cornerback spot to kind of

655
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: catch your eye that we're we're still finding out about.

656
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Speaker 1: And you said them, it's Rashad Wild Goose serand Neil

657
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: Nick m Cloud and Cam Lewis. Because you kind of

658
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: feel like Taron Johnson, Trey White, Dane Jackson, Levi Wallace,

659
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: you know, we kind of know who those guys are,

660
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: right and and Levi's in a in a Levi has

661
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: been in a you know, a cage match with Dane

662
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,879
Speaker 1: Jackson and Cam Lewis. Well, you know, if you if

663
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: you if you take Levi and Tardavius off them off

664
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: the top of the chart and Taron Johnson as well

665
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: as a slot corner, we're gonna get a look at

666
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: a ton of guys. And you might get to look

667
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: at those a ton of those guys too. With for

668
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: the first time. Poor, You're in hide on at safety.

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Speaker 1: So they're gonna get some support from the back end

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Speaker 1: and some guidance from the back end that maybe they

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Speaker 1: haven't had from the other safeties like Damar Hamlin and

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Speaker 1: Josh Thompson and Jikwon Johnson. You know, you get in poor,

673
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 1: you're in hide in there, and it's you know, these

674
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: are guys that are gonna help those young players. And

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00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 1: you know, those guys get on the field with some

676
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,919
Speaker 1: with some savvy veterans, and it might help him. But

677
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: you're gonna see a defensive backfield that I mean, you're

678
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 1: going up against. You know, you're not gonna go up

679
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: against Aaron Rodgers. But Green Bay's got some offense and

680
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: Lafleur is a play caller, so it'll be fun to watch.

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of with you on that. I want to

682
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: see those dbs and I want to see him play

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00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: well on the offensive side of it, okay, Man Emmanuel Sanders, Yeah, okay,

684
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: no question. But the bigger question for me is what

685
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Speaker 1: are they gonna do with the offensive line. I think

686
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: that I've got him keeping like nine guys, and I

687
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 1: don't know. If I don't know if Jack Anderson the

688
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: draft pick is gonna be one of those guys, is

689
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: and I want to see also Tommy Doyle, Spencer Brown's

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00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: made the team. The guys played tackle every game and practice,

691
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: and he's out there a lot. And he's also you know,

692
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Speaker 1: at both sides, and Brandon being said, hey, he's our

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Speaker 1: swing tackle the day after him. I don't know that

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00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: he's lost that job. I don't think so. He's kind

695
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: of nicked up, got a knee injury. So I don't

696
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,919
Speaker 1: know how that is all going to shake loose. But then,

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00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: you know, what are the five guys they're gonna keep.

698
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:06,879
Speaker 1: Are they gonna keep the same five we all thought

699
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: would start last year that never really got to play together,

700
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: and Ford, Feliciano, Mitch Morrise of course, and then Dawkins

701
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: and Williams, Darryl Williams. Those are the five guys you

702
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: kind of like penciled in. But then they draft, they

703
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: draft three guys at the offensive line and bring in

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00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: a ton of guys like Debbie, they got Bits, they

705
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 1: got Butcher already there. I think they really I think

706
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: deep down they wanted to get better on the offensive line.

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00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: I think they did too. I mean you look at

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Speaker 1: the offensive line from last year, and you can't say

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Speaker 1: that they had a terrible year by any means, because

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00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: this offensive line was so good at pass blocking. It

711
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: was when it came to run blocking that the offensive

712
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 1: line not necessarily fell apart. But they struggled at times.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if that's just because it's a

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Speaker 1: time on task thing where we didn't run the ball

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00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: that much, so it's hard to get in a groove

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Speaker 1: for the running backs and for the offensive line. But

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00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 1: when those questions have been brought up to Brian day

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00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:13,919
Speaker 1: Ball in the offensive lineman, I don't think they quickly say, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's why we struggled run blocking is because we didn't

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Speaker 1: run the ball enough and we couldn't get into our rhythm.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, their NFL offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: And if the Buffalo Bills are going to run the

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Speaker 1: ball only ten times a game, they need to be

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Speaker 1: able to get into the run blocking those ten times.

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00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: It's not an excuse because you don't run the ball

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00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: enough is why you can't do a good job of

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Speaker 1: run blocking. So I think throughout training camp you bring

728
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: in the competition Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean love competition

729
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: at any spot, whether it's a starter who's definitely going

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00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: to be there or whether it's someone who who is

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Speaker 1: fighting for a spot. And I think they've brought in

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00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: some great depth. We've seen the last couple of seasons

733
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Speaker 1: when we cut offensive linemen, they they go to other

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Speaker 1: teams and they have starting role or their second string

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00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: offensive linemen on other teams. So I think we have

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Speaker 1: a really great bunch here. It'll be interesting to see

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Speaker 1: who are those second second string, third string guys that

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Speaker 1: end up making this roster who are valuable when it

739
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: comes to rotating through. And I think they like the

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Speaker 1: second string offensive lineman to be guys who can play

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Speaker 1: multiple positions. They've seen Ryan Bates to that, We've seen

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Speaker 1: I Bucker do that. They love a player who can

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Speaker 1: come in and who could play center or guard, or

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Speaker 1: who can rotate from tackle on both sides or between

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00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: tackle and guard. Those things are very valuable to this

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Speaker 1: coaching staff. I think in our minds, yeah, we have

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Speaker 1: our five that we think will be the starters, but

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Speaker 1: I think also some of those second string guys have

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Speaker 1: made a good case for themselves as to why maybe

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Speaker 1: they can rotate in when need be, or possibly start

751
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: a few games this year. Yeah, I agree with you

752
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: and I offensive linemen are big, and I've talked to

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00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: even the old guys that say this as well. If

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00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: you want to run it better, you got to run

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00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: out a lot and sorry, bro, you gotta get out

756
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: of the gate. Yeah, they're not gonna start. They're not

757
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,319
Speaker 1: gonna keep running the ball if you don't have some

758
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,440
Speaker 1: success early on. This isn't the league that you have

759
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: the luxury particularly playing with. And you got an offense

760
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: that every time you throw it you're picking up eight

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Speaker 1: nine yards a pop. You know, Josh Allen's like six

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00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: or seven eight yards per attempt. You ain't got time.

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Speaker 1: Why waste your time If you're not gonna get me

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Speaker 1: some yards, I'm not gonna We're not gonna hand it off.

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Speaker 1: So you're gonna spend your whole life pass blocking. If

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Speaker 1: you want to run the ball, have success when you

767
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: run the ball, and they'll give you more. It's not

768
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: have no success, and we'll keep trying until you find

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Speaker 1: your rhythm. There ain't no time for that, you know.

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Speaker 1: That's that's nineteen seventy five football. You know you don't

771
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 1: the other team's not scoring every possession they get it.

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00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: The Bill scored six or seven possessions last week. That's

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Speaker 1: that's kind of what they did. They got out of

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Speaker 1: it when they hit the field during the season last year,

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00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: you remember this, Maddie, they go out against you know,

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Speaker 1: the do the Jets, the Dolphins, the Rams, the Seahawks. Man,

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Speaker 1: they explode it out of the gate. Why you know,

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00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: all you want the running game to do is chew

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Speaker 1: up clock in the second half and start reducing the

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Speaker 1: amount of possessions either team has. It's it's about your

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00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: running games, about clock management, not yards or points. So

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00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: you know what are we talking about? If you can

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00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: run it, okay, but I'm not gonna I'm not gonna

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00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: do it just to do it right. And think back

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00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 1: to last year. I mean, we passed the ball like

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00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,280
Speaker 1: crazy because it worked for us Brian Day ball, and

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00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: and the offensive players have said, we're gonna do what

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00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 1: we're gonna do. We don't have to run the ball

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00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,479
Speaker 1: because the football people say we need to run the ball.

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00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we're gonna do what works for our offense.

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00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: And last year when they went to the runs sometimes

792
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: and you saw Devin Singletary or Zach Moss get like

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00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: four or five carries in the row and maybe it

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00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,680
Speaker 1: didn't work out how we wanted it to, or they

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00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: weren't gaining those yards per carry that we thought they

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00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: should have. How quick we're all of us to say,

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00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: why are they running a football? They need to start

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00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: passing a football. This run game thing is not working.

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00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: We're so quick to jump to the other side. Brian's

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00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: a Ball is a really great offensive coordinator, and we

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00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 1: need to trust him and this offense. It's gonna be

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00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: a pass head the offense. We know that that is

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00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:41,000
Speaker 1: what this team is. Devin Singletary, Zack Moss in the

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00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: offensive line. When they get their shot, they need to

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00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: be able to do their job. But this is not

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00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: going to be what the offense looks like this this year.

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00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 1: It's a passing offense. All right. We're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: Maddie Glabstief Task or One Bills Live. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: we'll get to your mail bag questions for a Friday

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Speaker 1: and at the top of the hour. Cynthia Freeland, NFL

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Speaker 1: Networking sideline reporter for the Bills pre season games. This

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Speaker 1: is One Bills Live on Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back

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00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: to One Bill's Lives Keep Tasker Maddie glab In. On

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Speaker 1: the Friday, We're gonna go to your tweet sheet and

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Speaker 1: our question today is who do you want to see

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Speaker 1: in the Bills preseason finale against Green Bay. The tweet

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00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official

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00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 1: equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. Mattie and I

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00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 1: have gone down the list most of the list of

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Speaker 1: who we want to see, and so we asked you

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Speaker 1: and got a bunch of replies here from Eric made

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Speaker 1: Eric says, I want to see Greg Rousseau continue his dominance.

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00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: He currently leads all rookies and quarterback pressure percentage, and

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00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: I want to see him continue to build on that.

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00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: It's funny because a lot of these tweet sheets kind

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Speaker 1: of tend to center around the defensive line. Even from

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Speaker 1: he says this one. I want to see Fa and

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Speaker 1: Boogie if they can both bolster their resume. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure Addison is on the fifty three due to their versatility.

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Speaker 1: What can we get into trade for him meeting Addison?

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Speaker 1: I feel very good about Rousseau and AJ already also

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Speaker 1: curious to see Steven Simms. His film looks good. He's fast,

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00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 1: Go Bills, Steven Simms, the new wide receiver acquisition that

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Speaker 1: the Bill's just got because of the the COVID list expanding. So, Maddie,

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Speaker 1: what do you think you know? Rousseau, Boogie, Basham Fa Obada,

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Speaker 1: all these guys or things people want to see, they have,

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Speaker 1: they've they've played well this preseason in the first two games.

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Speaker 1: And we talked about the offensive line in the last

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Speaker 1: segment and how tough it's going to be to make

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Speaker 1: this room and how big we think this offensive line

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00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: room could be, and the same could be said for

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00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 1: the defensive line. I mean, you get going with our

843
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 1: draft picks in the last couple of years, ed aj,

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Speaker 1: Greg Boogie, that's four players that are going to take

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00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 1: up your room already. And then you put Jerry in there,

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00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 1: a veteran who's definitely gonna be on the roster this year.

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00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: That's five. That doesn't leave a lot of room left

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00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 1: to make this roster. And so I think for some

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00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: of these defensive linemen, whether they be ends or tackles,

850
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: this last preseason game is going to be very important

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00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 1: for them. We know that Treyvon Hester and Harrison Phillips

852
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,800
Speaker 1: are not going to be on the field due to

853
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: injury for Harrison Phillips. So yeah, I'm excited to see

854
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:35,959
Speaker 1: what fa can bring to the table. I think he's

855
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 1: someone who could put some good tapes, some good film

856
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: together to make a case for why he should be

857
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 1: on this fifty three. Boogie had a way better second

858
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 1: preseason game than his first preseason game. Looked a lot

859
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: more comfortable in that second game. I'm interested to see

860
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 1: how he looks in that third game. I mean I

861
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 1: could go down the defensive line room and list player

862
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: after player as to why I think this game could

863
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: be important for them. So yeah, it's gonna be tough

864
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 1: sledding on both sides of the football, from the offensive

865
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,480
Speaker 1: line to the defensive line. In terms of the numbers game,

866
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:13,399
Speaker 1: how many do you want to keep? Do you want

867
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: to keep more ends? Do you want to keep more tackles?

868
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: What's it gonna look like with how also they want

869
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,439
Speaker 1: to rotate guys from the inside to the outside this year? Yeah?

870
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: Do you see? Do you think though, do you want

871
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: to see like the young guys come out and continue

872
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:29,880
Speaker 1: to play well or would you like to see Jerry

873
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: Hughes and Mario Addison come out and dominate for a

874
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: series or two. You know what I mean. You want

875
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 1: to see somebody else play well so that you know

876
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: you've got a whole stable full of those guys. I mean,

877
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: when I do my roster rundown, I've got like six

878
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: defensive ends, five defensive tackles. That's eleven defensive linemen on

879
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,359
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the wall. But that only gives

880
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 1: us six or five linebackers and nine defensive backs. So

881
00:46:55,360 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: you got six corners and five safeties. So I it's

882
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: you know, some of these guys, there's no room. You know.

883
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 1: Justin Zimmer he played really well for this club last year.

884
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: He was a he was a guy that could do

885
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,400
Speaker 1: it both in the run and the pass. You know,

886
00:47:15,480 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: he could. He was a run stop. He's undersized, but

887
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: he's a fast guy, can get down the line of scrimmage.

888
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 1: There might not be a spot for a guy like

889
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: that who played well for a team that won thirteen

890
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 1: games last year. So it's really difficult to, you know,

891
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:36,359
Speaker 1: to carve off any fat on this roster, right, yeah,

892
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 1: it is, And I think I would I would rather

893
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 1: see honestly, some of our veteran players on the defensive

894
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 1: line go out there and kick butt for a series

895
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 1: or two, because we haven't seen a lot of Greg

896
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 1: rous So. We've seen Greg orus So, We've seen Biggie

897
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: bash him quite a bit. We've seen Faobata quite a bit.

898
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 1: So it'd be nice to see guys like Jerry he was,

899
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: Mario Addison go out there and just just kick butt

900
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: and what they do, just to feel good about some

901
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:04,680
Speaker 1: of our veterans that we have on the team. Of course,

902
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 1: I feel good about both of those guys, but I

903
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: would like to see them on the field going up

904
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: against the Packers offensive line in the beginning of the game,

905
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,800
Speaker 1: and then move on to some of those younger players

906
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: or some of those players who are fringe players or

907
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 1: players who are trying to compete for a spot on

908
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: fifty three. I'd like to see. It's not going to happen.

909
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: But I wish Starlotulele would have gotten on. I wish

910
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: I'd like to see him get back. We haven't seen

911
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: him for two years, right, so I'd like to see

912
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:32,880
Speaker 1: him get his feet what he even said he'd like

913
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: to play a little bit getting into But now with

914
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 1: the COVID list, he won't be able to do that.

915
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins. We might see him for a minute, just

916
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 1: you know what I mean us as a practice to

917
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: get his conditioning back. That's where he's at now. He's

918
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: been working hard and he's had you know, a handful

919
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:51,479
Speaker 1: of days here to get back on it. And he'll

920
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:53,640
Speaker 1: be on he'll be suited up probably. I don't know

921
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:55,200
Speaker 1: how much he'll play now, be one of those guys

922
00:48:55,320 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: gets one snap literally, you know, Darryl William, You know

923
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: you don't need to see that guy, you know. But

924
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,800
Speaker 1: but Spencer Brown is nicked. He may not play. So

925
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,839
Speaker 1: now we're gonna get a chance to see Bobby Hart,

926
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: you know. Or are we gonna get a chance to

927
00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:16,480
Speaker 1: see Jamil Douglas play tackle? Uh? Jack Anderson? Inside all

928
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,720
Speaker 1: these guys, Jordan Devi m there's a ton of guys

929
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 1: on the list. It's interesting because everybody looks at this

930
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,359
Speaker 1: differently because we're getting this now, we're getting like Greg

931
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:29,439
Speaker 1: Russo boogie basham. We want to I want to see

932
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 1: you know, fa o'bottom. Okay, you want to see him

933
00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,359
Speaker 1: because they played good? What are you trying to find out?

934
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 1: Are they gonna play better or you just want to

935
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:41,919
Speaker 1: you just want to see him play good. I want

936
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:44,719
Speaker 1: to find out about it, guys, I don't know about right,

937
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:48,359
Speaker 1: that's the real question. That's what this is. The whole

938
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 1: thing's about. Maddie and I think for the offensive line,

939
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 1: I mean, when Josh is out there, we're gonna see

940
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: who they think the starting five is gonna be. There's

941
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: no way they're putting Josh out and out. They're unprotected

942
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 1: at left tackle with anyone Budd Dion Dawkins. So I

943
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 1: believe that we'll see quite a few of the starters

944
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,799
Speaker 1: on the field for the offensive line, at least while

945
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:13,000
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is in the game, because this is also

946
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,319
Speaker 1: going to be a game of protect the quarterback. Josh

947
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,879
Speaker 1: Allen cannot get hurt in this game. Yeah, that's the point.

948
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:21,480
Speaker 1: We'll take it, Okay, Steve Tasker, Maddie glab here one

949
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: Bills Live. We're gonna take a break coming up right

950
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 1: after the break because we're gonna have Cynthia Freeland, Bills

951
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: preseason sideline reporter, NFL Networks analytics expert, and she's also

952
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:34,600
Speaker 1: contributor to NFL Game Day Morning. Cynthia Freeland After the break,

953
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker Mattie Glab on one Bills Live. This is

954
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve Tasker who has been

955
00:50:56,920 --> 00:50:59,279
Speaker 1: all over the field. Unique he was kind of a

956
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 1: dual role later for you, Steve, Steve a blimp. We're

957
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:12,319
Speaker 1: not even in the strategy here of normalcy. Welcome back

958
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 1: to one of Bill's lives, Steve Tasker, along with Maddie

959
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:18,640
Speaker 1: Glam We are pleased to welcome onto the program the

960
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: sideline reporter for the Bills preseason broadcast along with me

961
00:51:21,719 --> 00:51:26,840
Speaker 1: and myself and Andrew Catalan, also NFL Networks analytics experts,

962
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:30,319
Speaker 1: Cynthia Freeland. Cynthia, Steve Tasker, Maddie Glab, thanks for joining us,

963
00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:33,680
Speaker 1: who wouldn't be anywhere else. Hey, you in there? You go?

964
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: Are you? Are you en route to Buffalo? You know?

965
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: I am. I'm actually still in Montana. Gonna take off

966
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: here in a few minutes and I'll be there this evening,

967
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 1: just in time for a whole bunch of wings before

968
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,359
Speaker 1: I go to bed. Perfect. That makes for good night's sleep.

969
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:52,120
Speaker 1: What we've asked her, We've asked our viewers today, Cynthia

970
00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:56,000
Speaker 1: about people or specific players they're watching on the Buffalo

971
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:58,399
Speaker 1: Bills about what you know, whether they want to find

972
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 1: out about them, whether they want to see them play

973
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,320
Speaker 1: more and better, whether they have questions about him. What

974
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: are your thoughts about who jumps to your mind tonight

975
00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,960
Speaker 1: or tomorrow afternoon. Well, I'm not gonna lie to you.

976
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to see Josh Allen throw a pass

977
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:17,160
Speaker 1: in person. I haven't seen him do it since the combine,

978
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,120
Speaker 1: and I know it won't be like one hundred percent

979
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:22,080
Speaker 1: game speed, but your girl is really excited to do that,

980
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 1: like live in the flash. I just want to like,

981
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,319
Speaker 1: I'm I'm sotoked for that, which obviously we know he's

982
00:52:27,360 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 1: a great passer, but I'm just excited to see it firsthand.

983
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: All Right, Cynthia, You're going to be in Buffalo for

984
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:36,920
Speaker 1: the first time, at High Marks Stadium for the first time,

985
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,760
Speaker 1: So what are you looking forward to in the final

986
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: preseason game? Kind of just taking it in atmospheric Atmospherically wise,

987
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 1: where are you most talked about? Well, I want to

988
00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,879
Speaker 1: see what's going on outside the stadium. I have high

989
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,880
Speaker 1: expectations of Bill's mafia. I've heard amazing things. I expect

990
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: nothing less. They only got one preseason game, but I

991
00:52:56,840 --> 00:53:00,440
Speaker 1: expect the entire mafia to totally bring it. I'm planning

992
00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 1: a little extra times I can hang out outside before

993
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: we have to be inside. Yeah, no question it is.

994
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: They have said that it's gonna be You're gonna be

995
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 1: allowed to tailgate, and the lots will be open and

996
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: all that. So it uh and there's there's gonna be

997
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: a big crowd, there's no doubt about it. It's it's

998
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 1: gonna be a fun day, Cynthia. We're talking about cutdowns,

999
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: and you know the league. You know, the cutdown date

1000
00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: is Tuesday or Wednesday for the for the final cutdowns

1001
00:53:25,239 --> 00:53:27,640
Speaker 1: to fifty three players. The Bills. I'm thinking the Bills

1002
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 1: might go as far as keep eleven defensive lineman five

1003
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 1: and go only only five linebackers because they play two

1004
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 1: linebackers so often they don't need three on the field,

1005
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 1: and five would be plenty to go into a game with.

1006
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 1: Um Does that give you any angst about roster cuts?

1007
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,359
Speaker 1: If they have so many good defensive linemen that they

1008
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 1: want to keep, could they go as high as eleven

1009
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:55,520
Speaker 1: and make it work? You know, I think they actually could,

1010
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:59,000
Speaker 1: mostly because there's such a value to that in this

1011
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: particular season, in terms of like, you know, look, this

1012
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:03,880
Speaker 1: is a high scoring offense, so you need to be

1013
00:54:03,920 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 1: able to fortify against the path especially, which is a

1014
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 1: really big point of emphasis. Now I will tell you

1015
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,640
Speaker 1: I've had to not take phone calls because people from

1016
00:54:12,680 --> 00:54:16,360
Speaker 1: other teams have called to ask me specifically about some

1017
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,800
Speaker 1: of the role players that could potentially not make this

1018
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:22,280
Speaker 1: team from that front. And because I've got all the integrity,

1019
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,479
Speaker 1: you know, I just don't respond. It's I'm not usually

1020
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,000
Speaker 1: a ghost, but I had to ghost you know, lots

1021
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,480
Speaker 1: of ghostings. Well, I'm glad you didn't ghost us for

1022
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:33,640
Speaker 1: the show today. Never come on. We're best friends now,

1023
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:37,760
Speaker 1: all three of us, right, Okay. I like the ghosting

1024
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 1: part because we talked about how important some of these

1025
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:43,680
Speaker 1: players to the fifty three are going to be, and

1026
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,359
Speaker 1: some of these players who are going to see who

1027
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,480
Speaker 1: are fighting for a spot on the A three and

1028
00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 1: last segment I talked about it's just so hard to

1029
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,640
Speaker 1: watch some of these players not make the team and

1030
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,319
Speaker 1: they leave and you get attached to them because they're

1031
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:57,560
Speaker 1: just great people. But I want to focus on this

1032
00:54:57,719 --> 00:55:00,880
Speaker 1: pass rush and on this defensive line. There's been some

1033
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:04,799
Speaker 1: people kind of looking around like you said the young

1034
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:09,560
Speaker 1: defensive linemen have gotten some attention nationally already. I mean

1035
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:13,400
Speaker 1: with all these breakdowns, he's doing stuff on Greg Russo

1036
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: and on Boogie Basham. From you being able to see

1037
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: two of these young defensive linemen, in particular the ones

1038
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 1: that the Buffalo Bills drafted this year, you've gotten to

1039
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: see him in two preseason games. What are your thoughts

1040
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:29,239
Speaker 1: on the pass rush this season for the Buffalo Bills. Well,

1041
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:32,800
Speaker 1: last game, in the first half against Indy Dalton, the

1042
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:36,399
Speaker 1: Bills front had a fifty seven percent pressure rate, which

1043
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: is like three times what would be considered good, Like

1044
00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 1: a good pass rush rate in a regular season game

1045
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:45,320
Speaker 1: is around twenty percent. Excellent is like something like twenty

1046
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:48,560
Speaker 1: five percent, so you can imagine that fifty seven percent

1047
00:55:48,760 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: is like, that's insane. It's obviously not going to persist

1048
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 1: into the regular season. But I think there's a lot

1049
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: of hope because last season, you look, that's an area

1050
00:55:56,719 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 1: of improvement. Obviously, drafting the first and second round the

1051
00:56:00,239 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 1: way for the brass to deal with that. So, you know,

1052
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 1: I like what I see from Rousseau, I like what

1053
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: I see from Basham Russo, especially like as the games

1054
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,279
Speaker 1: you know, we saw it in the beginning of last

1055
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 1: game with at Oliver like it kind of seems like

1056
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,840
Speaker 1: we have some clues about where he'll line up most often.

1057
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: But it'll be interesting to see how everyone while wants

1058
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:20,359
Speaker 1: to get all the starters back, you put Jerry Hughes

1059
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,760
Speaker 1: in there, you know, you kind of get everything going together.

1060
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:25,840
Speaker 1: How it all clicks together and fits together? Do you

1061
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:29,000
Speaker 1: see any play? And as hard as know, because we

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00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 1: haven't seen Jerry Hughes play, we haven't seen Mario Addison play,

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00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:34,200
Speaker 1: we haven't seen Starlo tu Lele play. Those are players

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00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:39,480
Speaker 1: that would presumably take the field before Basham and before Rousseau,

1065
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:45,319
Speaker 1: and that causes a problem as too. If those guys

1066
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:49,840
Speaker 1: are good enough better how much improvement? And given the

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00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:53,399
Speaker 1: success or lack thereof of the Bill's defensive front last year,

1068
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:57,279
Speaker 1: what are we looking at If the starters who we

1069
00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 1: haven't even seen yet are still considerably better than the

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00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: young players that are just finding their way like Rousseau

1071
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:05,239
Speaker 1: and Basham and these guys, I mean, how much better

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00:57:05,320 --> 00:57:07,680
Speaker 1: could this front be? How what's the biggest jump you

1073
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:11,640
Speaker 1: could expect? Well, last season they ranked twenty fifth in

1074
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:13,600
Speaker 1: terms of pressure rates, so that's the next gense that

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00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 1: I didn't. It is not my opinion, it's what happened.

1076
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,920
Speaker 1: And in terms of number of pressures. Now, the thing

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00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,200
Speaker 1: that you have when you have so many talented players

1078
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: and veterans and young players is the opportunity to create

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00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:27,520
Speaker 1: multiple fronts and use them more situationally to be more

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00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 1: efficient and effective. So while the number you know, twenty

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00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:35,440
Speaker 1: fifth is not probably something that is the best number necessarily, right,

1082
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:37,919
Speaker 1: you could see that even if it increased to something

1083
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 1: like fifteenth or league average sixteen, the opportunity for its

1084
00:57:41,360 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 1: situationally to be super effective would be really great for

1085
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:46,480
Speaker 1: Leslie Frazier to be able to, you know, figure out

1086
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: the right scheme because you have a hard schedule. I mean,

1087
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: this is not like this is the National Fall League.

1088
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:53,240
Speaker 1: You're not going to have any like, you know, easy games.

1089
00:57:53,280 --> 00:57:56,439
Speaker 1: So ultimately, you know, being able to adapt to each

1090
00:57:56,520 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 1: situation is going to be a huge asset. I want

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00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: to stick with some veteran defensive players. You mentioned Steve,

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00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,200
Speaker 1: players like Jerry Hughes who we really haven't been able

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00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:11,000
Speaker 1: to see in preseason games yet. Another player is Turndavious White,

1094
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:14,000
Speaker 1: and we of course though the type of cornerback Turnavious

1095
00:58:14,080 --> 00:58:17,000
Speaker 1: White is, but he doesn't get the ball thrown his

1096
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,520
Speaker 1: way a lot anymore because everybody in the NFL knows

1097
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,640
Speaker 1: if you're gonna throw Trey White's away, there's an opportunity

1098
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:25,880
Speaker 1: for Trey White to pick it off or to having

1099
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 1: a great pass breakup like he has many times when

1100
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 1: balls are thrown his way. But do you think he

1101
00:58:32,320 --> 00:58:34,760
Speaker 1: could take a leap forward possibly this year when it

1102
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:40,600
Speaker 1: comes to interceptions. So interceptions are kind of there's a

1103
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:43,880
Speaker 1: little bit of luck involved in interceptions because if you're

1104
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,600
Speaker 1: not throwing the ball Turdavious White's way, you're also recognizing

1105
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,760
Speaker 1: that often quarterbacks will have to hold onto the ball longer,

1106
00:58:51,080 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 1: which means your front has a better opportunity to pressure them.

1107
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:57,200
Speaker 1: So it's not necessarily the fact that the corner is

1108
00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,720
Speaker 1: like that number is a bit misslead. I mean, it's

1109
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:01,720
Speaker 1: always rate when there's an interception, don't get me wrong.

1110
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 1: But ultimately, what you want to do is to not

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00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 1: have first downs or touchdown score. And that's something where

1112
00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:10,200
Speaker 1: it Tredavious White's value, I call it his off ball value.

1113
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 1: Like when you know they have to target the other

1114
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:14,439
Speaker 1: corner and kind of look around the field, and maybe

1115
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 1: a quarterback holds onto the ball a second or two

1116
00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:19,280
Speaker 1: seconds longer, Well, you know what happens. Then the front

1117
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:23,160
Speaker 1: has a better opportunity to disrupt the path. So ultimately,

1118
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,560
Speaker 1: what you're getting there is you're not really even accounting

1119
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:29,160
Speaker 1: for his value unless you factor in all of the

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Speaker 1: different ways that you know he impacts the game. So

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00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:33,240
Speaker 1: I don't I'm not going to say I don't care

1122
00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: about the interception number, but I don't value that as

1123
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: the biggest metric of his value. I value it as

1124
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:42,560
Speaker 1: a nice like five product. But let's face it, let's

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00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: get those no first downs and no touchdowns, and then

1126
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:47,960
Speaker 1: you have a better opportunity to overtime sustainably win games.

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Speaker 1: We're talking with Cynthia freelan andolytics expert for NFL Network

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00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:53,800
Speaker 1: and also the sideline reporter for the Bills television broadcast

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00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: the preseason. Cynthia, we have we've had this conversation of

1130
00:59:57,280 --> 01:00:01,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills really seemed to have bolstered the offensive defensive line,

1131
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:05,240
Speaker 1: and the offensive line. The Bills have always said they

1132
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,120
Speaker 1: want to run it better, but not more. You've tabbed

1133
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: Zach Moss. Maybe it's one of your people that you

1134
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: look maybe to have a breakout season this year. Why

1135
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 1: do you know, why did you pick Zach Moss And

1136
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:18,520
Speaker 1: how might this offensive line and maybe it's improvement help

1137
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: him out. So remember every single person who was drafted

1138
01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:24,960
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, they kind of didn't get a fair

1139
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:27,600
Speaker 1: shake because they didn't get their regular preseason, they didn't

1140
01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: get their regular you know, offseason. It's a little it's

1141
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,360
Speaker 1: a little tricky. So I think what you're going to

1142
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:34,480
Speaker 1: see is a big uptick in kind of the flow

1143
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:37,080
Speaker 1: of the entire team together. And because you have so

1144
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,320
Speaker 1: much continuity, now the guys who are like Moss, who

1145
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 1: are an opportunity to show we've already seen him he's

1146
01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,000
Speaker 1: great after contact. We've seen him inside the number, inside

1147
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:49,080
Speaker 1: the tackles, excuse me, work really efficiently. And now with

1148
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:52,200
Speaker 1: another year kind of learning and understanding how all of

1149
01:00:52,240 --> 01:00:55,400
Speaker 1: the pieces fit together, it's a lot of opportunity for

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01:00:55,520 --> 01:00:57,720
Speaker 1: that uptick to be realized in terms of kind of

1151
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:00,120
Speaker 1: maybe you know, even a half a yard more as

1152
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: an average or something like that would be a huge increase.

1153
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,920
Speaker 1: But you'd really notice that in terms of first down

1154
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:08,000
Speaker 1: to earn, etc. And understanding the offense and having a

1155
01:01:08,040 --> 01:01:10,400
Speaker 1: little bit more time to grow that that will be

1156
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:13,080
Speaker 1: a big way for him to improve. And especially obviously

1157
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:15,400
Speaker 1: you know I say run game, but also you know,

1158
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:19,320
Speaker 1: catching shorter passes that kind of effectively operate as a run.

1159
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:24,080
Speaker 1: That's an area where it'll get nothing but better as well. Yeah,

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01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:26,840
Speaker 1: I think running backs like Zach Moss and Devin Singletary

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01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 1: could definitely take a step forward in this offense because

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01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:30,720
Speaker 1: you're not saying that we're going to run the ball.

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01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:34,000
Speaker 1: I know what type of offense the Buffalo Bills run,

1164
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:36,480
Speaker 1: but these two running backs like you mentioned, are good

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01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:41,080
Speaker 1: at catching short passes and effectively help the offense in

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01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 1: that way. I know you you name the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: as a team who who will have another top five

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01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:48,360
Speaker 1: offense this year. So what are some of the reasons

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Speaker 1: why you think the Bills could be a top five

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01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:53,640
Speaker 1: team when it comes to points scored, when it comes

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01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:58,240
Speaker 1: to yards gained and things like that. Offensively, well, a

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01:01:58,360 --> 01:02:01,480
Speaker 1: couple of things. One continue like I mentioned before, I

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01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 1: think that's going to be another This is another season

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01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:07,520
Speaker 1: where that's even more helpful than in seasons prior, because

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01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:10,040
Speaker 1: when you have the same person calling the plays, it

1176
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 1: was a weird you know, so all of the rookies

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01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: coming in have a weird like maybe they are colleges,

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01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: maybe they've even play last season, so you don't even

1179
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:19,960
Speaker 1: know necessarily what's going on there. And then adapting to everything,

1180
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:21,640
Speaker 1: not that there's a ton of people who are new

1181
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 1: to your to your offense, but ultimately the way everything

1182
01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:27,320
Speaker 1: works together, more efficient defense does help your offense. So

1183
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: what I think is really interesting is Brith Brian Abeles

1184
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:33,080
Speaker 1: still being able to craft the right source of looks

1185
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:36,760
Speaker 1: and opportunities for Josh Allen and even Stefon Diggs who

1186
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:38,800
Speaker 1: obviously you know, look if you look to see with

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01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,320
Speaker 1: play actions, Stefan Diggs had the most yards at six

1188
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:45,120
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty five last season when when the subjects

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01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:48,240
Speaker 1: of a play action target right, so that opportunity to

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01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:50,560
Speaker 1: create even more looks these throws on the run. We

1191
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 1: know Josh Allen's great at that. We know that there's

1192
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:56,520
Speaker 1: a there's Emmanuel Sanders is now here. He's great with

1193
01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:58,919
Speaker 1: the deep pass. You have deep passing prows for Josh

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01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,160
Speaker 1: Allen as well. There's a lot of different areas of

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01:03:01,280 --> 01:03:04,280
Speaker 1: the game that are really strong, which means defenses will

1196
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:07,040
Speaker 1: have to respect the run and the path on every

1197
01:03:07,120 --> 01:03:09,840
Speaker 1: single down, and that just makes teams more efficient overall.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that has happened isn't we're talking

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Speaker 1: to Cynthia Freeland, analytic sexpert for NFL Network. One of

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Speaker 1: the things has happened every season in the preseason we

1201
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:20,080
Speaker 1: get a chance to see the new rules enacted, and

1202
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 1: one of the things that's kind of gone under the

1203
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 1: radar are much more than I anticipated, is the sky judge.

1204
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:27,520
Speaker 1: At all these NFL games. You always thought that the

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01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:29,560
Speaker 1: sky judge was the guy that would buzz down and

1206
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:32,120
Speaker 1: fix any problems, any mistakes that would happen, the sky

1207
01:03:32,240 --> 01:03:34,840
Speaker 1: Judge would fix him. It's gonna be great. We heard

1208
01:03:34,880 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott say. The way they've been told is that

1209
01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:40,240
Speaker 1: the sky judge is gonna look at it until about

1210
01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:42,440
Speaker 1: twenty seconds left in the play clock and then he's

1211
01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:44,600
Speaker 1: gonna kind of give it away if he has nothing there,

1212
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:48,400
Speaker 1: and coaches are waiting to challenge plays until that point.

1213
01:03:49,560 --> 01:03:52,360
Speaker 1: We also learned, and I didn't know this, Cynthia, maybe

1214
01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:56,600
Speaker 1: you did, they the sky judge actually did interject during

1215
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:58,920
Speaker 1: the Bills Bears game last weekend, but he did it

1216
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:01,720
Speaker 1: so fast, and they fixed it whatever the problem was

1217
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 1: so quickly nobody even knew. Have you done any analytics

1218
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: work on this? Have you got any feedback or seeing

1219
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:11,000
Speaker 1: anything around the league about how the sky judge idea

1220
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,760
Speaker 1: is working. Yeah, I actually have been talking to a

1221
01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:16,320
Speaker 1: number of coaches about this in the weeks in between

1222
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: the games. A couple of other games had more of

1223
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:21,480
Speaker 1: the kind of ruled impact than I didn't. You're right,

1224
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 1: I didn't actually notice that one until I heard about

1225
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:25,800
Speaker 1: it later as well. But I didn't notice at real times.

1226
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:29,120
Speaker 1: But the timing of when a challenge will be thrown,

1227
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: you'll often see like a coach who believes that their

1228
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:35,240
Speaker 1: quote unquote right, They'll wait till that twenty seconds right,

1229
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,160
Speaker 1: so it will change the pace of the game in between,

1230
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:41,160
Speaker 1: and maybe in two or four minute offensive you'll see

1231
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:43,160
Speaker 1: a little bit of that pace change to try to

1232
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:46,960
Speaker 1: save your challenge for a different time. You know, the

1233
01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 1: tempo matters eight tons, So ultimately you're going to see

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01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:52,800
Speaker 1: people who are smart with their analytics and smart with

1235
01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:55,240
Speaker 1: their play calling. Strategies of bills are one that I

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01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:58,120
Speaker 1: will be looking to for that specifically. Ravens as well

1237
01:04:58,600 --> 01:05:01,240
Speaker 1: use it kind of like either they'll throw it very fast,

1238
01:05:01,320 --> 01:05:03,360
Speaker 1: or they'll throw it or they'll wait and throw it slow,

1239
01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 1: just because you know, to figure out, you know, are

1240
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:07,880
Speaker 1: they using it as a timeout or are they using

1241
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:09,880
Speaker 1: it to try to get this guy jud to help

1242
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:13,920
Speaker 1: them preserve their challenge for later. Cynthia, I want to

1243
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:16,600
Speaker 1: bring up the NFL Top one hundred list. We've had

1244
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:21,160
Speaker 1: three players on it so far, Trey White, Cole Beasley,

1245
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 1: and Stefan Diggs. And it was released that Josh Allen

1246
01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: is going to be a part of the top ten.

1247
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:29,120
Speaker 1: We're not sure where in the top ten yet. We

1248
01:05:29,240 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: know that gets released tomorrow afternoon, So really looking forward

1249
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:35,560
Speaker 1: to see where Josh Allen lands. But I mean, in

1250
01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:38,560
Speaker 1: my opinion, I think Trey White and Stefan Diggs might

1251
01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:41,280
Speaker 1: have got a little bit snubbed when it comes to

1252
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:43,680
Speaker 1: the NFL Top one hundred lists. Where do you think

1253
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:46,560
Speaker 1: about that where they landed and if it was the

1254
01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:48,960
Speaker 1: right place for them. I mean Trey White could have

1255
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:53,800
Speaker 1: been way lower in numbers in my opinion. Yeah, I mean,

1256
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:57,240
Speaker 1: look Tray White. It's interesting. The hard part is because

1257
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:00,240
Speaker 1: when you look to see if you had, like, you know,

1258
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 1: like a Jalen Ramsey, for example, he had the benefit

1259
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:05,520
Speaker 1: of you know, another corner on the other side who

1260
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:09,480
Speaker 1: was severely underrated. I mean he doesn't he's not on

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01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:11,680
Speaker 1: their team anymore because he's so underrated that they traded

1262
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 1: him away for value or they they had to deal

1263
01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:16,520
Speaker 1: with him they couldn't pay everyone. So it's hard because

1264
01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:19,560
Speaker 1: sometimes you don't necessarily see the impact as well. I

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01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:21,800
Speaker 1: totally agree to Turave. His wife's like one of my

1266
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:24,760
Speaker 1: favorite players to track, like in all of football, like

1267
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:27,680
Speaker 1: for the past two years. So I think he's undervalued.

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01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:30,120
Speaker 1: And all right, the bondis ended up at number eleven,

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01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:32,480
Speaker 1: so I said he's a snub because I think he

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Speaker 1: should be top ten. I mean he led the league

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Speaker 1: in receptions and receiving yards and also you know, if

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Speaker 1: you look to see how it broke down, he really

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Speaker 1: helped Josh Allen out too, and he helped the other

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Speaker 1: receivers out a ton as well. But look, eleven's not

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Speaker 1: like the biggest snub on the planet because it's a

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Speaker 1: little unclear how the players are voting there. Sometimes they

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Speaker 1: vote like they vote in like the November December time period,

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Speaker 1: and it's unclear if they're voting on the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: season or like the players are reputations sort of all

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Speaker 1: around because withou Christian McCaffrey beyond it last year because

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Speaker 1: he didn't play most of the season, you know, yes, Orda.

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Speaker 1: So it's a little unclear how the voting goes. So

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say it's the biggest snub in the world,

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Speaker 1: but I definitely think big should have been the top ten.

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Speaker 1: We've got coming up. We've got quarterbacks that have been

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Speaker 1: named starting quarterbacks. You know, you got Winston, Jamis Winston

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Speaker 1: who was named Trevor Lawrence was named in Jacksonville, Trey Lance.

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Speaker 1: Looks like he's gonna have to wait his turn. Justin

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Speaker 1: Fields looks like he's going to have to wait his turn.

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Speaker 1: What these of the young quarterbacks that you've seen We

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Speaker 1: just saw justin Fields last week against the Bills. Who

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Speaker 1: do you think is gonna have the biggest impact? Obviously

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Speaker 1: at Trevor Lawrence or one of these guys who the most,

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Speaker 1: who plays the most, will probably have the biggest impact.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you another question, who do you think

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Speaker 1: is going to have the better career? Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: I mean obviously Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, will get the

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Speaker 1: most reps, so they'll have the biggest like numbers or staffs.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little surprised about all the different things we're

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Speaker 1: hearing about Justin Fields. There's been reports out that he

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Speaker 1: hasn't even taken any like reps with the Ones in

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Speaker 1: training camp, which I think is a there's an odd strategy,

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01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:12,080
Speaker 1: Andy Dalman. He played a very different style of quarterback,

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Speaker 1: so it's a little confusing. I'm thinking there's probably something

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Speaker 1: in Chicago, like once Jason Peter gets in a little

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Speaker 1: bit better shape, maybe than they'll switch over to Justin Fields.

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Speaker 1: And remember they played their ramps week one, so I

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Speaker 1: don't know. So I think in terms of career, I

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01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:28,760
Speaker 1: actually think Justin Fields is in a good spot to

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Speaker 1: really have a nice career. I'm very confused about what

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Speaker 1: to see from Trey Lance. He only played seventeen games

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Speaker 1: in college, started seventeen games in college. I don't he's

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Speaker 1: like such a like an unknown quantity for me. I

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Speaker 1: like Zach Wilson a lot that the debts are extremely

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Speaker 1: banged up, so that crucial like learning element and time

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Speaker 1: when you need to develop as a quarterback. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure how that's gonna go and then Trevor Lawrence. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what to expect from urban Meyer. It seems

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Speaker 1: like he's gonna want to run the ball or play

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Speaker 1: like more gadgety college type stuff. So as urban Meyer

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Speaker 1: adapts his game, will see kind of what it's feeling

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Speaker 1: for for Trevor Lawrence is. But Justin Fields just plays

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Speaker 1: a more modern style of quarterback. So I think that

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Speaker 1: you know, we saw him, he took a he took

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Speaker 1: a bad hit that he shouldn't have. It was he

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01:09:13,840 --> 01:09:15,800
Speaker 1: should have not done that. But I think that was

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Speaker 1: a good, a good learning moment for him. So I

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Speaker 1: think he actually has been getting more quality and meaningful

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Speaker 1: reps than it seems, even though it is odd if

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01:09:24,439 --> 01:09:26,800
Speaker 1: it's true that he didn't take any reps with the one.

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Speaker 1: So I think I like Justin Fields a lot, and

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Speaker 1: I think him or Trevor Lawrence is probably the one

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Speaker 1: that's going to have the best career going forward. One

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Speaker 1: more question for me, I want to bring it back

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01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 1: to the Bills. You've been able to see them for

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01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:44,640
Speaker 1: two preseason games so far. I know you're going to

1337
01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:47,400
Speaker 1: get one more look at them before we kick things

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Speaker 1: off with Week one, But what have you learned about

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01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 1: the Bills in the time that you've spent watching them

1340
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:55,679
Speaker 1: that maybe you didn't know coming into being the sideline

1341
01:09:55,720 --> 01:09:58,920
Speaker 1: reporter for the preseason games. Well, this is gonna be

1342
01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,960
Speaker 1: a little bit unsatisfied from an analytics answer standpoint. But

1343
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:06,200
Speaker 1: this is a really like special team, like the fact

1344
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:08,920
Speaker 1: that from the owner on down to people who are

1345
01:10:09,040 --> 01:10:12,760
Speaker 1: more entry level, they treat everyone with class and kindness.

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01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:15,040
Speaker 1: We go out to dinner together and it's fun and

1347
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:17,960
Speaker 1: I like being around every single one of these humans.

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01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:20,599
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna tell you like I've been I've been

1349
01:10:20,720 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 1: lucky enough to spend some preseasons with other teams and

1350
01:10:24,840 --> 01:10:27,320
Speaker 1: it didn't feel as special. So I'm like all in,

1351
01:10:27,479 --> 01:10:29,040
Speaker 1: Like I'm not supposed to be a fan of anyone,

1352
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:31,880
Speaker 1: but let me go on my NFL shops dot com

1353
01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 1: account and I'll show you how much build stuff I

1354
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:38,360
Speaker 1: bought this year. But don't tell any of the other teams. Perfect, Cynthia, Great,

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Speaker 1: I'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow pregame. We'll be

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01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:44,080
Speaker 1: on the on the broadcast at one o'clock. We're hoping

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Speaker 1: that Andrew Catalan makes his red eye flight tonight and

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01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:51,719
Speaker 1: shows up. Long time. Thanks for being with us. Travel

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01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:53,599
Speaker 1: safely and we'll see you on the over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Can't wait to see you. Cynthia Freeland, NFL

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Speaker 1: network analytics expert. She's also contributor to NFL Game Day,

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01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:06,639
Speaker 1: and she's a sideline reporter for us in the preseason. Mattie,

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01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:11,479
Speaker 1: She's yeah, she's a mathematics person, right so right away,

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01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,760
Speaker 1: she's like, speaks a different language, but she does have

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Speaker 1: the ability to put that stuff into everyday words. For

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Speaker 1: Dunce is like me, which I appreciate. No, I think

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Speaker 1: it's so cool. I mean, we love Cynthia Freeland. You

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01:11:26,080 --> 01:11:28,920
Speaker 1: guys have her on the radio show so much. She

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01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:31,799
Speaker 1: brings so much to the table in terms of breaking

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Speaker 1: things down from an analytical standpoint. We've had her on

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Speaker 1: the podcast BEFOREIGN Bills Pod Squad, She's done sideline stuff

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Speaker 1: for us, and she's also going to be doing some

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01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:44,280
Speaker 1: segments for the Bills throughout the season, breaking down some

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Speaker 1: more numbers type things within this Bill's offense and defense.

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Speaker 1: So excited to have her on this season. I wish

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01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:54,360
Speaker 1: I was as good at analytics as she is because

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01:11:54,400 --> 01:11:57,000
Speaker 1: I think it's so interesting. But one thing that she's

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01:11:57,040 --> 01:11:58,960
Speaker 1: said that I thought was really cool when when we

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Speaker 1: brought her on as the fact that I think the

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Speaker 1: Bills fans Bills mafia, they have an appetite for the analytics,

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01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:10,040
Speaker 1: whereas other teams may not have as much of an appetite.

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01:12:10,080 --> 01:12:12,080
Speaker 1: And it was kind of like a tip of the

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01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:15,360
Speaker 1: hat to our fans because our fans are educated, our fans,

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01:12:15,560 --> 01:12:18,479
Speaker 1: our true football fans. Our fans know their stats and

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01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:21,599
Speaker 1: they know their stuff, and it takes a specific type

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01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:24,559
Speaker 1: of fan to be able to understand analytics. And she said,

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Speaker 1: you know, the Bills fans they can do that. They

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01:12:26,720 --> 01:12:28,800
Speaker 1: get that stuff and they appreciate it. Yeah. I wish

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01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,080
Speaker 1: I was like that. I'd be smarter if I could

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01:12:31,680 --> 01:12:33,600
Speaker 1: like that. All right, and we're gonna cut Maddie and

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01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:35,439
Speaker 1: are gonna take a break one Bills Live. We'll be back.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna take some more of your questions and mail

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01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:41,000
Speaker 1: bag responses to our topic of the day. Who would

1394
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:43,320
Speaker 1: you like to see and also any other questions you

1395
01:12:43,479 --> 01:12:46,040
Speaker 1: have about the Buffalo Bills or comments you have about

1396
01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:47,640
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. You can call us at eight O

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Speaker 1: three five fifty or one eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty. Steve task Or Maddie Glab on Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back one of those lives. Deep Tasker Mattie Glab

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Speaker 1: here with you for the next We're halfway through the show,

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01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:14,400
Speaker 1: an hour and a half left. Thanks to Cynthia Freeland

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01:13:14,439 --> 01:13:19,320
Speaker 1: for coming on last segment. Great Stuff. Had nice things

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01:13:19,360 --> 01:13:23,080
Speaker 1: to say about the organization too, and she's right. I

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01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:27,479
Speaker 1: don't know, matt you it's great to be over here

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01:13:27,560 --> 01:13:29,960
Speaker 1: these days, isn't it. In the building and walk around

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01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:33,000
Speaker 1: everybody works here. I mean, I don't want to, you know,

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01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:35,799
Speaker 1: it sounds crazy to say that she noticed that about

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01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:38,200
Speaker 1: I know she's worked with other teams in the preseason

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01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,080
Speaker 1: and years past, and she had nice things, and she

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01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:42,880
Speaker 1: bought a bunch of Bill's gear because she likes it here.

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01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:45,120
Speaker 1: That's that's kind of nice to hear. I'm the mafia'll

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01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:48,080
Speaker 1: like this. He'd like to hear that, right, Yeah. I

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01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:50,280
Speaker 1: mean this is a special place, of course, because the

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01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:53,439
Speaker 1: team is winning right now, but it's also a really

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01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:55,760
Speaker 1: special place because of the people that we get to

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Speaker 1: work with, from the players, the coaching staff, to the

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Speaker 1: front office, to the radio crew, to the video crew,

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01:14:02,880 --> 01:14:06,000
Speaker 1: to the marketing crew, to the PR crew. I mean, yeah,

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01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:09,720
Speaker 1: great people from the top of the line to the

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01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:13,040
Speaker 1: bottom of the line. I mean, everybody that steps footing

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Speaker 1: in the building who has a job for the Buffalo Bills.

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01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:19,280
Speaker 1: I mean, it's so fun getting to work there because

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01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:22,120
Speaker 1: of how wonderful everybody is. All right, phone lines are

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01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 1: open at eight to three oh five fifty or one

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01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:27,200
Speaker 1: eight fifty two five fifty. We've got some feedback from

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Speaker 1: in our mail bag about who you're keeping an eye

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01:14:30,439 --> 01:14:34,160
Speaker 1: on on Saturday's preseason game versus the Packers, but also

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Speaker 1: some questions in our Friday mail bag come to our

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Speaker 1: First one's going to come from Tiffany and she asks this,

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01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:44,639
Speaker 1: which is an interesting question. And you know, we spend

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01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:46,200
Speaker 1: a lot of time talking about the Bills most of

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01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:48,080
Speaker 1: our time, but we also talk about stuff around going

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01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:49,720
Speaker 1: on around the league, so we're all kind of up

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01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:51,920
Speaker 1: to speed on what's going on with other teams, right,

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01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,280
Speaker 1: So Tiffany asks this, which fan base should be the

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01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 1: most optimistic with their quarterback situation. Should it be a

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01:14:59,479 --> 01:15:04,840
Speaker 1: the same with Winston, Jamis Winston and Taysom Hill, or

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01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:09,200
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos with Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lucke. Which

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01:15:09,240 --> 01:15:13,000
Speaker 1: one who which foundation should be more optimistic now with

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01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:15,880
Speaker 1: those guys at quarterback, but it goes for the whole team.

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01:15:15,920 --> 01:15:17,800
Speaker 1: I mean, are they who's gonna win more games, Who's

1442
01:15:17,800 --> 01:15:19,880
Speaker 1: gonna go the farthest? Who should be more optimistic not

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01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:22,800
Speaker 1: only about this year and the year's going forward. What

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01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:26,519
Speaker 1: do you think, Maddie. I mean, with the Saints, we

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01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:28,880
Speaker 1: know Jamis Winston is going to be a starter. I

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01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:33,040
Speaker 1: think he could have a pretty decent year. We've already

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01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:36,640
Speaker 1: seen a decent amount from Jamis Winston in terms of

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01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:40,200
Speaker 1: prior to coming to the Saints and having the starting role.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Taysom Hill brings a very interesting facet of

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01:15:43,960 --> 01:15:46,439
Speaker 1: being a quarterback to the game with what he's able

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01:15:46,479 --> 01:15:48,920
Speaker 1: to do and probably how they'll roll him out in

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01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:51,600
Speaker 1: the offense and how they have done so in the

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01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:55,400
Speaker 1: previous years with the Broncos. I mean Teddy Bridgewater. Yeah,

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01:15:55,439 --> 01:15:59,120
Speaker 1: we've seen what he can offer and maybe he'll have

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Speaker 1: a good season at the Broncos. But I think Drew

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01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:05,120
Speaker 1: Locke is a little bit more interesting here. Um, I

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01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:08,080
Speaker 1: don't think we really know the quarterback that Drew lock

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01:16:08,439 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: is or can be. I think he is a talented

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01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:14,760
Speaker 1: quarterback and when he's at his best, He's really good

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Speaker 1: when he struggles not so good. I mean that could

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Speaker 1: be said for any quarterback, but Drew lock is still

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01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:24,320
Speaker 1: pretty young. I think the Broncos have some weapons on

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Speaker 1: offense and it'll be fun to see what they can do. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think personally the quarterback situation for me is a

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01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:34,439
Speaker 1: little bit more interesting for the Broncos with Teddy Bridgewater

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Speaker 1: and with Drew Locke, just because I haven't seen what

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Speaker 1: I think I need to see label him as as

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Speaker 1: a bust or as a great quarterback. I saw him

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Speaker 1: at Missoo. He I was gone by the time that

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Speaker 1: he came in as a quarterback, but I know he

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Speaker 1: was a great quarterback in his college days and I'm

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Speaker 1: waiting to see that in the NFL. So I'm optimism.

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Speaker 1: I could say that for the Broncos. I mean you

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Speaker 1: could also say that for the Saints. I just think

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Speaker 1: the Broncos their quarterback situation is a little bit more

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Speaker 1: of a question mark, which I guess could be turned

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Speaker 1: into more optimism of not knowing. So I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. Well, here's the thing now, Teddy Bridgewater was

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Speaker 1: named the starter yesterday or two days ago, So I

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01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:30,320
Speaker 1: don't want he's it's his third team. He was with

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01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:33,639
Speaker 1: the Vikings and had the catastrophic knee injury that derailed

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01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:37,200
Speaker 1: his time there. Went to Carolina and they paid him

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01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:40,160
Speaker 1: and gave him a chance to really do it with

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01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:42,560
Speaker 1: Matt Rule and that offense, and Matt Rule is a

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01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:45,479
Speaker 1: great leader man. People rave about the guy he is

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01:17:46,160 --> 01:17:50,840
Speaker 1: in Carolina. But so they bring Teddy Bridgewater down there

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01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:53,640
Speaker 1: and it doesn't go well. Right, So now he's a

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01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:56,200
Speaker 1: free agent and I goes to Denver and the wins

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01:17:56,280 --> 01:18:03,800
Speaker 1: that starting job. Here's the thing Teddy's upside physically is

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01:18:04,640 --> 01:18:08,519
Speaker 1: you can see it for a guy like Jamis Winston.

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01:18:09,040 --> 01:18:12,280
Speaker 1: There's like a handful of guys who have thrown for

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Speaker 1: five thousand yards in the league. He's one of them.

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01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:18,479
Speaker 1: And so, okay, well you think, wow, he also threw

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01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:21,920
Speaker 1: he threw thirty touchdowns. He also threw thirty interceptions. Okay,

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01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:26,720
Speaker 1: he threw for five thousand yards. And coach him up,

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01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:29,920
Speaker 1: you know, coach the guy up and don't let him throw,

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01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:32,280
Speaker 1: give him give him better choices so that he doesn't

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01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:34,200
Speaker 1: throw it to the other guys or throw it into

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01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:37,519
Speaker 1: tight windows. Coach the guy up. I mean, if you

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01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:40,120
Speaker 1: can't coach mistakes out of a guy, what are you doing?

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01:18:40,920 --> 01:18:44,720
Speaker 1: You know? I mean Jamis Winston. When you throw for

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01:18:44,880 --> 01:18:49,800
Speaker 1: five thousand yards, that's historic, and he did it. The

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01:18:49,960 --> 01:18:52,640
Speaker 1: problem is not in the year after the year he

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01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:57,439
Speaker 1: did it, they cut him that offseason. That's that's how

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01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:01,320
Speaker 1: what a roller coaster he was. Now, if you you know,

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01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:03,840
Speaker 1: it's easy to say if Jamis you know, you got

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01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:06,880
Speaker 1: in this hand, you got Jamis Winston, and in this hand,

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01:19:07,200 --> 01:19:08,840
Speaker 1: let me get this. And if you got this hand,

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01:19:08,880 --> 01:19:11,360
Speaker 1: you got Jamis Winston. And in this hand you got

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01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. So you take Tom Brady right, So you

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01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:18,240
Speaker 1: kicked take Jamis Winston the curb when you got a

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01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:20,439
Speaker 1: chance to get Tom Brady and they win a championship

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01:19:20,479 --> 01:19:24,960
Speaker 1: with it. Okay, But Jamis Winston is no slouch. He's

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01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: got a live arm. Taysom Hill's an athlete. Taysom Hills

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01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:32,720
Speaker 1: like a Lamar Jackson to me. You know, they can

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01:19:32,840 --> 01:19:34,560
Speaker 1: run the football and they can do some stuff. But

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01:19:35,880 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill, with a good quarterback already on the roster,

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01:19:39,439 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 1: you feel like they could do some package stuff with him.

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01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:43,800
Speaker 1: You just throw him in for short yardage and in

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01:19:44,000 --> 01:19:47,599
Speaker 1: certain trick plays or gadget plays whatever. And that's kind

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01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:50,360
Speaker 1: of where I say, I like, I'm more optimistic in

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01:19:50,439 --> 01:19:52,599
Speaker 1: New Orleans than I am in Denver because I think

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01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:54,920
Speaker 1: New Orleans has got guys around him that can do it.

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01:19:55,000 --> 01:19:57,520
Speaker 1: They it's a it's a club that has been competitive

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01:19:59,520 --> 01:20:01,560
Speaker 1: year after year after year. You can say because of

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01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:05,679
Speaker 1: you know, Drew Brees, Yes, but Sean Payton is a really,

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01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:10,080
Speaker 1: really good coach. So I think Jamis Winston in New

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01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:13,040
Speaker 1: Orleans could be a lot better. I think I'm optimistic

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01:20:13,040 --> 01:20:15,640
Speaker 1: about them being a lot better with him than they

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01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:20,280
Speaker 1: were even last year with a failing Drew Brees, a

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01:20:20,360 --> 01:20:22,800
Speaker 1: guy who played like half the snaps during games because

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01:20:22,840 --> 01:20:26,000
Speaker 1: he was you know, he's just he's used up. Yeah,

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01:20:26,080 --> 01:20:28,840
Speaker 1: I'm I'm really optimistic about New Orleans Saints rather than

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01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:33,479
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos. I think I'm more optimistic about the

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01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:38,240
Speaker 1: Broncos in their future rather than the Saints in their future.

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01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:41,800
Speaker 1: I don't know if Teddy Bridgewater is the answer for

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01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:44,519
Speaker 1: the Broncos, and I don't know if Jamis Winston is

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01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:47,640
Speaker 1: the answer for the Saints, but I think there's a

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01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:52,639
Speaker 1: future left that we haven't seen for Drew Lock. I'm

1540
01:20:52,720 --> 01:20:55,920
Speaker 1: waiting on the Drew Lock that I don't know I

1541
01:20:56,160 --> 01:20:59,559
Speaker 1: has shown up. Sometimes I think I'm just saying I don't.

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01:20:59,640 --> 01:21:01,720
Speaker 1: I don't think Teddy Bridgewater is going to be the

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01:21:01,800 --> 01:21:05,679
Speaker 1: starter for the Broncos the entire season. I think Jameis

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01:21:05,720 --> 01:21:07,679
Speaker 1: Winston is going to be the starter for the Saints

1545
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:11,360
Speaker 1: the entire season. I think, well, Jameis Winston's still young,

1546
01:21:13,439 --> 01:21:16,280
Speaker 1: and so and so is uh so is Drew Locke.

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01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:19,479
Speaker 1: I mean they're not that far apart in age. Yeah.

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01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:24,439
Speaker 1: And Sean, I'll just say this, Sean Payton's got a

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01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:28,360
Speaker 1: much better reputation for developing and working with quarterbacks than

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01:21:29,360 --> 01:21:34,719
Speaker 1: Vic Fonio in Denver. Vic Fonio's a defensive guy. Yeah.

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01:21:35,280 --> 01:21:39,120
Speaker 1: So you know, if you're asking me right right, so,

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01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:42,040
Speaker 1: I'm you're asking me who I think's, you know, got

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01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 1: a better shot at getting more out of the quarterback position.

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01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:50,599
Speaker 1: I go Sean Payton every time. Now. I like Denver's

1555
01:21:50,720 --> 01:21:55,599
Speaker 1: organization I always have. And they've got a nice roster

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01:21:55,760 --> 01:21:57,960
Speaker 1: out there, no question. Both these clubs have probably a

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01:21:58,080 --> 01:21:59,920
Speaker 1: roster that if they had the right guy pulling the Trigg,

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01:22:00,200 --> 01:22:02,280
Speaker 1: you're thinking, Okay, you know they got a shot except

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01:22:03,720 --> 01:22:06,160
Speaker 1: both of them are in you know, the Broncos are

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01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:10,439
Speaker 1: in the Chiefs Division. There's that and now and the

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01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:16,280
Speaker 1: Saints are in the Bucks Division, so there's that. But

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01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:19,599
Speaker 1: I if you're going with that, I still I think

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01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:22,320
Speaker 1: New Orleans has got a system and a program in place,

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01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:24,320
Speaker 1: and they've got continuity too. I think you say Vic

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01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:26,360
Speaker 1: Fangio is coming back, but he hasn't been. You know,

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01:22:28,520 --> 01:22:31,479
Speaker 1: Sean Payton's been there a long time, a long time,

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01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 1: and they've been really successful, got a World championship under

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01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:37,080
Speaker 1: their belt and been to the Championship Game multiple times.

1569
01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:41,400
Speaker 1: So I'm thinking, I'm I'm just I don't know. The

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01:22:41,479 --> 01:22:43,200
Speaker 1: more I talk about it, the more I talk myself

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01:22:43,280 --> 01:22:47,960
Speaker 1: out of the Broncos and into the Saints. And we

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01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:50,280
Speaker 1: get to play the Saints on Thanksgiving, so we'll see

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01:22:50,320 --> 01:22:52,880
Speaker 1: how their quarterback situation is going by the time of

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01:22:52,960 --> 01:22:57,280
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving comes around. I'm, like I said earlier in the show,

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01:22:57,400 --> 01:23:00,600
Speaker 1: I'm very interested in Jamis Winston what he can do

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01:23:00,760 --> 01:23:04,080
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, I am too. I think it's going

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01:23:04,120 --> 01:23:06,120
Speaker 1: to be really fascinating. All right, I'm gonna do something

1578
01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:07,880
Speaker 1: that I told myself I might have been able to.

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01:23:07,960 --> 01:23:10,960
Speaker 1: We're gonna take a phone call. We've got Leslie from Buffalo.

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01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:14,280
Speaker 1: Leslie from Buffalo. You want to talk about the practice squad?

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01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:16,160
Speaker 1: You got these questions? Go ahead, You're on with Maddie

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01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:19,080
Speaker 1: and Steve. Go ahead, Leslie. How are you doing? Steve

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01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:23,120
Speaker 1: doing well? All right? I've been a fan on my life.

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01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:26,840
Speaker 1: I'm sixty four years old. Now, good stuff. My question was,

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01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:31,840
Speaker 1: since we have another game, could could um the team

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01:23:32,200 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 1: require two or three more players? Says because a lot

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01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:40,240
Speaker 1: of players can get hurt with Josh um Josh seventeen

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01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:45,360
Speaker 1: with seventeen games a season now and what happened to

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01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:51,479
Speaker 1: E J. Kames? What's your question, Leslie? Coof we had

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01:23:51,600 --> 01:23:55,240
Speaker 1: two or three more players to our team from the

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01:23:55,360 --> 01:24:00,360
Speaker 1: practice squad because we play seventeen games. Yeah, asking if

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01:24:00,360 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: we can bring guys from the practice squad? Is that? Yeah? Yes,

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01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:06,880
Speaker 1: I yeah, that's the entire idea of And thanks, thanks

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01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:11,720
Speaker 1: for the call, appreciate it. Yeah. The idea is is

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01:24:11,760 --> 01:24:14,240
Speaker 1: that they would not only bring players from their practice squad.

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01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:17,200
Speaker 1: They can do it. They expanded the practice squad so

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01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:20,719
Speaker 1: that they can have more guys available. This is something

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01:24:20,800 --> 01:24:22,400
Speaker 1: that happened at COVID that I think a lot of

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01:24:22,439 --> 01:24:25,840
Speaker 1: people really liked. It gives teams the flexibility to keep

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01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:28,200
Speaker 1: to stash a couple, not only a couple of really

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01:24:28,280 --> 01:24:31,320
Speaker 1: good players and protect them to keep them from getting poached.

1602
01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:33,960
Speaker 1: Because if you don't know this, here's the way the

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01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:36,680
Speaker 1: practice squad used to be. You'd have twelve guys on

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01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:40,679
Speaker 1: the practice squad, but those guys were in a pool

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01:24:40,760 --> 01:24:44,479
Speaker 1: with thirty two other teams, thirty one other teams, and

1606
01:24:44,720 --> 01:24:47,559
Speaker 1: all the guys on every practice squad around the league

1607
01:24:48,080 --> 01:24:50,600
Speaker 1: were considered the same guy. So if I we were

1608
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:52,960
Speaker 1: sitting here when an offensive lineman, we could go to

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01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:54,840
Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals and say, hey, I want that guy.

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01:24:54,880 --> 01:24:57,000
Speaker 1: If your practice squad boom, you're over here. Now you're

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01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:59,679
Speaker 1: with us. They were available to just to be grabbed

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01:25:00,439 --> 01:25:02,320
Speaker 1: right away, and if you brought them over there were

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01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:03,880
Speaker 1: certain rules, like you had to suit them up, they

1614
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:05,760
Speaker 1: had to be on the active roster, that kind of thing,

1615
01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:09,080
Speaker 1: But that's what it was. They were available to everybody.

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01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:11,920
Speaker 1: So what happens is the Bills put you know, they

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01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:15,320
Speaker 1: put Isaiah Hodgens on the practice squad and all of

1618
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:18,280
Speaker 1: a sudden, pluck, he's away. Now he's a Seattle Seahawk

1619
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,400
Speaker 1: and Russ Wilson's throwing him touchdown passes, right, So you

1620
01:25:21,479 --> 01:25:25,320
Speaker 1: lost a good player. So when they expanded it, they

1621
01:25:25,400 --> 01:25:28,160
Speaker 1: did it by four spots, and every week you can

1622
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:31,040
Speaker 1: protect those four spots. So if Isaiah Hodgens is out

1623
01:25:31,080 --> 01:25:33,680
Speaker 1: there this week, we'll say, no, he's protected. Now you

1624
01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,040
Speaker 1: can have Joey Bag of Donuts, but you can't have

1625
01:25:36,160 --> 01:25:39,880
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgens. So that's the thing. So they did it

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01:25:40,000 --> 01:25:42,719
Speaker 1: so if you get ravaged by injuries at one position,

1627
01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:45,520
Speaker 1: you still got guys in the building who know your terminology.

1628
01:25:45,800 --> 01:25:47,800
Speaker 1: You can plug me. Even if they're not that good

1629
01:25:48,120 --> 01:25:52,120
Speaker 1: or good enough, at least they know what they're supposed

1630
01:25:52,160 --> 01:25:54,720
Speaker 1: to be doing. Right. Is that clear? Did I make

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01:25:54,760 --> 01:25:57,679
Speaker 1: that clear? Mattie? That is that the way you understand it? Okay,

1632
01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:00,040
Speaker 1: I didn't ramble, very clear. I love the expand and

1633
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,400
Speaker 1: practice squad. I also love him for the fact that

1634
01:26:02,479 --> 01:26:05,519
Speaker 1: it gives more players an opportunity to have a career

1635
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:09,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL. With an expanded practice squad, that gives

1636
01:26:09,479 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 1: guys a chance to make a real roster or just

1637
01:26:14,200 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 1: live on the practice squad and go from team to team.

1638
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:19,840
Speaker 1: I mean, it's so hard to make it into the NFL.

1639
01:26:20,280 --> 01:26:23,040
Speaker 1: Let alone make it onto a fifty three. Let alone

1640
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:26,280
Speaker 1: be a starter in this league. And so the fact

1641
01:26:26,360 --> 01:26:29,000
Speaker 1: that you're giving more players a chance to do that,

1642
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:32,479
Speaker 1: I think is just wonderful for people's livelihoods and for

1643
01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:35,960
Speaker 1: what they've worked so hard for. Steve Tasker, Mattie Glab

1644
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,240
Speaker 1: here for another little more than an hour. We're coming

1645
01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:40,080
Speaker 1: up at the top of this hour, Mike Gardi of

1646
01:26:40,120 --> 01:26:42,320
Speaker 1: the NFL Network. He's a reporter for them. He's also

1647
01:26:42,360 --> 01:26:44,799
Speaker 1: a beat writer, former beat writer for the New England Patriots.

1648
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:47,479
Speaker 1: He covers the AFC East. We'll also have more from

1649
01:26:47,520 --> 01:26:49,800
Speaker 1: your mail bag and also more from your responses of

1650
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:52,519
Speaker 1: who you want to see in tomorrow's game against the

1651
01:26:52,600 --> 01:26:55,280
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. Steve Tasker, Matti Glab on One Bills Live.

1652
01:26:55,320 --> 01:27:09,760
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to one of

1653
01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:13,440
Speaker 1: those lives. D Jasper, Maddie Glad. We're taking some responses

1654
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:17,599
Speaker 1: from our Friday mail bag, people texting us and tweeting

1655
01:27:17,720 --> 01:27:20,360
Speaker 1: us questions and comments about what's going on with the

1656
01:27:20,400 --> 01:27:23,479
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills this preseason. The final preseason game. We also

1657
01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:25,000
Speaker 1: put out a question of who do you want to

1658
01:27:25,120 --> 01:27:28,040
Speaker 1: watch in this last preseason game as well. From the

1659
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:31,439
Speaker 1: mail bag, Maddie, We've got one from Rusty. He says,

1660
01:27:31,520 --> 01:27:34,840
Speaker 1: with the defensive defensive backs battle, the dB battle, how

1661
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:37,800
Speaker 1: many will they keep? Usually it's ten, but maybe nine.

1662
01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:43,080
Speaker 1: Injuries of Krupp cropped up, casting some doubt on Taryn Johnson,

1663
01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:52,400
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson, Sequon Johnson, Dane Jackson, Levi Wallace. He's like McLeod,

1664
01:27:52,520 --> 01:27:55,639
Speaker 1: but what are what are McLeod's odds backup strong safety

1665
01:27:55,680 --> 01:27:58,200
Speaker 1: spots are up in the air, are like Thomas and Hamlin.

1666
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:00,720
Speaker 1: But Johnson's a former draft pick. What do you think,

1667
01:28:00,800 --> 01:28:03,360
Speaker 1: Maddie it is? He's right, there's a lot of question

1668
01:28:03,439 --> 01:28:06,000
Speaker 1: marks here at the defensive backs. It's not just cornerback two,

1669
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,920
Speaker 1: it's also backup safety. How many they keep? They play

1670
01:28:10,040 --> 01:28:13,000
Speaker 1: five dbs all the time, ninety percent of the time.

1671
01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:18,080
Speaker 1: Last year they were in five DBO mode, So they

1672
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:21,400
Speaker 1: need some guys. Yeah, you do need numbers at this

1673
01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:24,880
Speaker 1: position because we played nickel so much. We played nickel

1674
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:27,160
Speaker 1: more than our base four three last year, and I

1675
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:30,559
Speaker 1: talked about this on Monday. We have a nickel coach,

1676
01:28:30,720 --> 01:28:34,040
Speaker 1: Jimmy Sealgados, our nickel coach. He started that last year.

1677
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:36,120
Speaker 1: He's been on the defensive staff for longer than that,

1678
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:38,840
Speaker 1: but he moved into a role as the nickel coach

1679
01:28:39,160 --> 01:28:41,720
Speaker 1: last season and he's back on for this season. So

1680
01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:44,640
Speaker 1: that just shows you how much value they place on

1681
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:47,240
Speaker 1: the secondary and on the backfield of this defense. So

1682
01:28:47,320 --> 01:28:49,680
Speaker 1: I think numbers wise, I don't know if they're really

1683
01:28:49,760 --> 01:28:52,800
Speaker 1: gonna cut it short in that area just because there's

1684
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:55,559
Speaker 1: so many defensive backs on the field at a time,

1685
01:28:55,680 --> 01:28:59,280
Speaker 1: So I think you're going to see more numbers defensive

1686
01:28:59,320 --> 01:29:03,160
Speaker 1: line and safety, cornerback, linebacker. I think, like we talked about,

1687
01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:04,800
Speaker 1: is the one position where you might be able to

1688
01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:07,880
Speaker 1: cut it a little bit shorter on the defensive side

1689
01:29:07,920 --> 01:29:12,160
Speaker 1: of things. But yeah, Jaquan Johnson, that stinks for him

1690
01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:15,839
Speaker 1: that he's been out for several practices with an injury.

1691
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:18,840
Speaker 1: This is someone who I really thought could make that

1692
01:29:19,120 --> 01:29:22,519
Speaker 1: jump this year. Not because he could make a jump

1693
01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:25,360
Speaker 1: where he could take Jordan or Micah's job. That's not

1694
01:29:25,479 --> 01:29:28,000
Speaker 1: going to happen, but I thought that this was the

1695
01:29:28,120 --> 01:29:30,560
Speaker 1: season that he could really showcase. Okay, if one of

1696
01:29:30,640 --> 01:29:33,920
Speaker 1: these guys comes out, Jaquan is going to be the

1697
01:29:34,040 --> 01:29:36,680
Speaker 1: person who moves into that role, or maybe in a

1698
01:29:36,800 --> 01:29:39,599
Speaker 1: game where we're up by thirty points, you start playing

1699
01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:42,400
Speaker 1: your non starters. He's someone who could roll into that

1700
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:48,519
Speaker 1: special teams coordinator. He farwell. He has loved Dakon Johnson

1701
01:29:48,560 --> 01:29:51,040
Speaker 1: and what he can bring to special teams the past

1702
01:29:51,080 --> 01:29:53,559
Speaker 1: two years. When you ask him about special teamers who

1703
01:29:53,600 --> 01:29:56,679
Speaker 1: he loves. Jaquan Johnson is always a part of that bunch,

1704
01:29:57,160 --> 01:30:01,360
Speaker 1: but he hasn't been on the field much lately. Damar

1705
01:30:01,520 --> 01:30:05,120
Speaker 1: Hamlin has stepped up, Josh Thomas has stepped up in

1706
01:30:05,320 --> 01:30:07,920
Speaker 1: terms of safeties and what they've been able to do

1707
01:30:08,120 --> 01:30:10,720
Speaker 1: in the preseason in the last two preseason games, and

1708
01:30:10,840 --> 01:30:14,040
Speaker 1: so I think the fact that Damar and Josh have

1709
01:30:14,160 --> 01:30:16,680
Speaker 1: been able to put some tape together really helps their

1710
01:30:16,760 --> 01:30:18,880
Speaker 1: case as to why they should be a part of

1711
01:30:18,920 --> 01:30:22,760
Speaker 1: this room. There are five safeties on the roster right now.

1712
01:30:23,120 --> 01:30:26,519
Speaker 1: I don't see them keeping five. I could see four maybe,

1713
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:29,200
Speaker 1: but I think that one of these guys is not

1714
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:31,160
Speaker 1: a part of the mix when it comes to the

1715
01:30:31,280 --> 01:30:34,200
Speaker 1: fifty three this year. So that's what I'm looking at

1716
01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:41,040
Speaker 1: for safeties. Dan Jackson, Levi Wallace. Levi Wallace is gonna

1717
01:30:41,080 --> 01:30:44,880
Speaker 1: be fine. He's had a great camp. He's made a

1718
01:30:45,040 --> 01:30:48,120
Speaker 1: case for himself yet again as to why he should

1719
01:30:48,160 --> 01:30:50,560
Speaker 1: be opposite of Tredavious White. I would have loved to

1720
01:30:50,600 --> 01:30:53,040
Speaker 1: see a little bit more out of Dan Jackson, But

1721
01:30:53,120 --> 01:30:55,280
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm too worried about Dan Jackson.

1722
01:30:55,800 --> 01:30:57,800
Speaker 1: But some of the younger guys have had a good

1723
01:30:57,880 --> 01:31:00,960
Speaker 1: camp as well, especially preseason games. Nick McLeod has made

1724
01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:05,400
Speaker 1: some plays. Rashad wild Goose has made some plays too.

1725
01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:08,360
Speaker 1: So that's why I think this last preseason game is

1726
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:11,720
Speaker 1: going to be so interesting for that cornerback spot. As

1727
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:14,400
Speaker 1: to how these younger guys battle it out here, it

1728
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:16,800
Speaker 1: might be that you have five safeties, you have ten

1729
01:31:16,880 --> 01:31:20,000
Speaker 1: corners on the roster as fifteen guys, and we're talking

1730
01:31:20,040 --> 01:31:24,240
Speaker 1: about him keeping ten or nine. So what it might

1731
01:31:24,360 --> 01:31:26,760
Speaker 1: be is that which you start from the other way,

1732
01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:29,400
Speaker 1: which guys are not gonna make it, and you throw

1733
01:31:29,479 --> 01:31:32,720
Speaker 1: out the top the bottom three or four guys, and

1734
01:31:32,840 --> 01:31:37,360
Speaker 1: you leave yourself with eleven or twelve, which means a

1735
01:31:37,400 --> 01:31:39,439
Speaker 1: couple are on the practice squad. You know, you could

1736
01:31:39,479 --> 01:31:42,600
Speaker 1: you know, Nick McLeod or Elijah Griffith could be on

1737
01:31:42,680 --> 01:31:44,599
Speaker 1: the Griffin could be on the on the practice squad.

1738
01:31:44,680 --> 01:31:47,880
Speaker 1: Rashad wild Goose could be on the practice squad. You know,

1739
01:31:48,040 --> 01:31:52,000
Speaker 1: even you name it, Cam Lewis could be on the

1740
01:31:52,200 --> 01:31:54,759
Speaker 1: on the practice squad along with one of the safeties.

1741
01:31:54,760 --> 01:31:57,920
Speaker 1: You could keep all five safeties if you want to

1742
01:31:57,960 --> 01:32:02,160
Speaker 1: go eleven dbs. But if you keep four safeties and

1743
01:32:02,240 --> 01:32:06,280
Speaker 1: then you've got six corners, one of which can go safety,

1744
01:32:07,120 --> 01:32:11,679
Speaker 1: safety corner, outside corner, safety or slot corner outside corner,

1745
01:32:11,720 --> 01:32:12,920
Speaker 1: and then you know what I mean, so you can

1746
01:32:13,120 --> 01:32:15,080
Speaker 1: you can mesh that together. So if you get a

1747
01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:16,960
Speaker 1: rash of injuries, you've got a guy that can play

1748
01:32:17,040 --> 01:32:21,439
Speaker 1: both corner and safety. That kind of thing. What do

1749
01:32:21,479 --> 01:32:24,000
Speaker 1: you do is at the fifteen guys, you only really

1750
01:32:24,080 --> 01:32:28,320
Speaker 1: have to get rid of like what three four, you know,

1751
01:32:28,479 --> 01:32:30,320
Speaker 1: get down to eleven, so you have one on the

1752
01:32:30,360 --> 01:32:33,599
Speaker 1: practice squad probably three and the other and the bottom

1753
01:32:33,640 --> 01:32:35,760
Speaker 1: two or three at the and you know the mesh

1754
01:32:35,840 --> 01:32:38,479
Speaker 1: point there between the active guys or in the practice squad.

1755
01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:44,519
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's when you look at it like that, fine, Yeah,

1756
01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:47,040
Speaker 1: you know you can let the coaches make their move,

1757
01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:49,880
Speaker 1: but there's no question you've got to have a ton

1758
01:32:49,960 --> 01:32:51,720
Speaker 1: of them because, as you said, ninety percent of the

1759
01:32:51,800 --> 01:32:54,479
Speaker 1: time they're in five dB mode. They're in Nickel, So

1760
01:32:55,280 --> 01:33:00,160
Speaker 1: until that changes, it's d line and DBS and the

1761
01:33:00,240 --> 01:33:02,559
Speaker 1: linebackers are odd guys out. There's only two of them

1762
01:33:02,600 --> 01:33:05,000
Speaker 1: on the field. You know. It's like, hey, thanks for

1763
01:33:05,080 --> 01:33:09,400
Speaker 1: stopping by, guys. Right, Okay, we're gonna We're gonna take

1764
01:33:09,439 --> 01:33:13,240
Speaker 1: a break and come back with Mike Giardi, NFL network reporter.

1765
01:33:13,280 --> 01:33:16,040
Speaker 1: He's a former New England beat reporter for NBC Sports Boston.

1766
01:33:16,080 --> 01:33:18,599
Speaker 1: He's gonna be joining us right after the break. Steve Tasker,

1767
01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:21,040
Speaker 1: Maddie Glab coming at you from One Bill's Drive. This

1768
01:33:21,240 --> 01:33:39,439
Speaker 1: is One Bills Live on Buffalo Bills Radio Ada. Steve

1769
01:33:39,720 --> 01:33:42,960
Speaker 1: Taster who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique.

1770
01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:45,240
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role players for you. Steve,

1771
01:33:46,600 --> 01:33:52,640
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the strategyre of normalcy.

1772
01:33:56,240 --> 01:33:58,640
Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live Steve task along with

1773
01:33:58,720 --> 01:34:01,320
Speaker 1: Maddi Glab. Before we get to Mikes Ardi, the Buffalo

1774
01:34:01,400 --> 01:34:04,920
Speaker 1: Bills have activated four guys off the COVID list. That

1775
01:34:04,960 --> 01:34:08,559
Speaker 1: would be Vernon Butler, Starlo Two l Cole Beasley, Gabriel Davis.

1776
01:34:09,400 --> 01:34:12,320
Speaker 1: No word on what their status will be for the game,

1777
01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:15,160
Speaker 1: although they will be available. None of those guys are

1778
01:34:15,240 --> 01:34:18,680
Speaker 1: listed on the injury report. They were only listed on

1779
01:34:18,920 --> 01:34:21,880
Speaker 1: the COVID list. They'll be acting now. The Bills had

1780
01:34:21,920 --> 01:34:24,160
Speaker 1: to release some guys and place a guy or two

1781
01:34:24,320 --> 01:34:28,400
Speaker 1: on IR Injured Reserve. But they have done that. No, no,

1782
01:34:28,960 --> 01:34:31,160
Speaker 1: don't have a word on the details of which guys

1783
01:34:31,200 --> 01:34:33,840
Speaker 1: they moved around, which guys they put on IR. But

1784
01:34:34,439 --> 01:34:36,519
Speaker 1: you know, the story, obviously is that the guys on

1785
01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:38,840
Speaker 1: the COVID list for a few days, four or five

1786
01:34:38,920 --> 01:34:41,240
Speaker 1: days here these past four or five days, Vernon Butler,

1787
01:34:41,280 --> 01:34:44,679
Speaker 1: Starlot l Cole Beasley, and Gabriel Davis are now off

1788
01:34:44,760 --> 01:34:48,040
Speaker 1: that list and will be available to play. Also some

1789
01:34:48,160 --> 01:34:50,800
Speaker 1: of the details here we go. We've got it now.

1790
01:34:51,720 --> 01:34:55,680
Speaker 1: They placed on IR defensive tackle Treyvon Hester, and they

1791
01:34:55,800 --> 01:34:59,920
Speaker 1: released Rico Gafford and defensive tackle Joey Ivy. Joey Ivy

1792
01:35:00,120 --> 01:35:04,120
Speaker 1: just signed, you know, a day before yesterday. Uh and

1793
01:35:04,479 --> 01:35:07,800
Speaker 1: uh so there you have it. The four guys on

1794
01:35:07,880 --> 01:35:11,840
Speaker 1: the COVID list will we'll come back off and be

1795
01:35:11,920 --> 01:35:15,000
Speaker 1: available for that game. We're with now, Maddie Glab Steve

1796
01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:17,679
Speaker 1: Tasker on One Bill's Live. We now please to welcome

1797
01:35:17,720 --> 01:35:22,360
Speaker 1: in Mike Giardi. Mike that news, Um, it's gonna how

1798
01:35:23,000 --> 01:35:24,840
Speaker 1: I guess, how common do you think that kind of

1799
01:35:24,920 --> 01:35:26,760
Speaker 1: news is gonna be throughout this year? We thought we

1800
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:29,719
Speaker 1: kind of got away from it last year, but obviously

1801
01:35:29,800 --> 01:35:32,720
Speaker 1: that's wishful thinking with what's going on in Tennessee with

1802
01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:35,920
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, what's going on here with Buffalo and some

1803
01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:37,479
Speaker 1: of the other and the other teams around the league,

1804
01:35:37,479 --> 01:35:39,960
Speaker 1: Cam Cam Newton, all those guys you know last year.

1805
01:35:40,920 --> 01:35:43,400
Speaker 1: Do you think it's gonna be as prevalent as it

1806
01:35:43,520 --> 01:35:47,519
Speaker 1: was a year ago? Savy? I do? I think at

1807
01:35:47,560 --> 01:35:50,000
Speaker 1: the current rate we're at right now with the variant,

1808
01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:52,800
Speaker 1: the delta variant causing sort of the trouble that it

1809
01:35:52,880 --> 01:35:55,560
Speaker 1: has caused in the last month or two. Um, and

1810
01:35:55,960 --> 01:35:59,280
Speaker 1: you know, maybe obviously the vaccine is not fully full

1811
01:35:59,320 --> 01:36:02,160
Speaker 1: proof against the delta variant. I think that's exactly what

1812
01:36:02,240 --> 01:36:03,720
Speaker 1: we're going to be looking at. And it's going to

1813
01:36:03,760 --> 01:36:06,880
Speaker 1: be incumbent upon guys to do everything they can, as

1814
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:09,640
Speaker 1: they did last year, to sort of put themselves in

1815
01:36:09,720 --> 01:36:11,960
Speaker 1: a position where they're not exposed to a ton of people.

1816
01:36:12,000 --> 01:36:14,679
Speaker 1: And it's and it's difficult because then obviously one teammate

1817
01:36:15,120 --> 01:36:18,439
Speaker 1: can certainly who has it or is carrying it can

1818
01:36:18,479 --> 01:36:22,759
Speaker 1: certainly putting you in a situation where you're losing important

1819
01:36:22,800 --> 01:36:26,080
Speaker 1: players for extended periods of time. So it's I think

1820
01:36:26,120 --> 01:36:29,880
Speaker 1: it's almost like our new reality, at least for now,

1821
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:32,240
Speaker 1: as I roll my eyes hopefully for not too much

1822
01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:34,360
Speaker 1: longer after this. But I don't know if I see

1823
01:36:34,360 --> 01:36:36,760
Speaker 1: an end in sight right now. I mean, I know

1824
01:36:36,880 --> 01:36:39,000
Speaker 1: we were thinking at the end of last season that

1825
01:36:39,080 --> 01:36:41,040
Speaker 1: we were going to be out of the woods at

1826
01:36:41,080 --> 01:36:43,439
Speaker 1: this point, and we're not, and we're probably going to

1827
01:36:43,479 --> 01:36:45,880
Speaker 1: be living through an entire season of this again. And

1828
01:36:46,080 --> 01:36:48,960
Speaker 1: unfortunately for the Bills, it was a staff member who

1829
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:54,400
Speaker 1: was vaccinated who tested positive, and due to contact tracing,

1830
01:36:54,479 --> 01:36:57,560
Speaker 1: you have four people from the Bill's roster go on

1831
01:36:57,760 --> 01:37:00,920
Speaker 1: the reserve COVID nineteen list. And when it comes to

1832
01:37:01,000 --> 01:37:04,480
Speaker 1: putting people on the COVID nineteen list or testing positive,

1833
01:37:04,800 --> 01:37:07,880
Speaker 1: you think about the testing in place, and right now,

1834
01:37:08,439 --> 01:37:12,000
Speaker 1: for vaccinated players, staff members, Tier two, tier one, it's

1835
01:37:12,080 --> 01:37:15,679
Speaker 1: it's every two weeks. For unvaccinated players and staff members,

1836
01:37:16,240 --> 01:37:21,120
Speaker 1: it's more frequently now. The NFL is possibly possibly proposing

1837
01:37:21,479 --> 01:37:24,480
Speaker 1: once a week once we get into season. The NFLPA

1838
01:37:24,640 --> 01:37:27,479
Speaker 1: would like everybody to test every single day. So how

1839
01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:29,519
Speaker 1: do you kind of see this playing out or what

1840
01:37:29,720 --> 01:37:32,800
Speaker 1: have you heard about that in terms of likelihood of

1841
01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:36,240
Speaker 1: testing more often once we get into week one, Well,

1842
01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:37,880
Speaker 1: I think you know, when it comes to the league

1843
01:37:38,040 --> 01:37:40,920
Speaker 1: versus the PA, or when they're working together here, if

1844
01:37:40,960 --> 01:37:42,720
Speaker 1: you will, I think it's gonna have to be a

1845
01:37:42,760 --> 01:37:46,679
Speaker 1: little you know, you give us something, we give you something. Certainly,

1846
01:37:46,720 --> 01:37:50,080
Speaker 1: if you're testing everybody every day, I'm sure dollars and

1847
01:37:50,160 --> 01:37:52,040
Speaker 1: cents plays a big role in that, and maybe not

1848
01:37:52,160 --> 01:37:56,080
Speaker 1: wanting to test everybody who's vaccinated every single day. Meanwhile, Maddie,

1849
01:37:56,080 --> 01:37:58,840
Speaker 1: I think what you've gotten here is just again sort

1850
01:37:58,880 --> 01:38:01,400
Speaker 1: of hammering home the point that while they haven't mandated

1851
01:38:01,479 --> 01:38:05,479
Speaker 1: all the players get vaccinated, the rules for the players

1852
01:38:05,560 --> 01:38:09,000
Speaker 1: that aren't vaccinated are very difficult. You've just seen it

1853
01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:11,559
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, guys getting fine for not having their masks

1854
01:38:11,640 --> 01:38:14,800
Speaker 1: up and things of that nature. And again here in

1855
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:18,240
Speaker 1: New England, Cam Newton got tested when he was away

1856
01:38:18,280 --> 01:38:21,519
Speaker 1: from the facility, but because he's not vaccinated, they basically

1857
01:38:21,600 --> 01:38:23,680
Speaker 1: make it impossible for you to go somewhere else you

1858
01:38:23,720 --> 01:38:26,959
Speaker 1: have to do the bioreference test, and therefore he disrupts

1859
01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:28,960
Speaker 1: the cadence, that's what they're calling it. And it's a

1860
01:38:29,040 --> 01:38:31,400
Speaker 1: five days where you can't even be in the facility,

1861
01:38:31,800 --> 01:38:34,320
Speaker 1: and when you're competing for a starting job like cam

1862
01:38:34,520 --> 01:38:37,960
Speaker 1: is that that's not good news for anybody. But again,

1863
01:38:38,120 --> 01:38:40,320
Speaker 1: that just sort of shows you the league is pushing

1864
01:38:40,360 --> 01:38:42,320
Speaker 1: this as hard as they can on the players without

1865
01:38:42,360 --> 01:38:44,840
Speaker 1: saying you definitively have to do it. We're gonna make

1866
01:38:44,880 --> 01:38:47,760
Speaker 1: the rules such that you know it's going to be

1867
01:38:47,800 --> 01:38:50,240
Speaker 1: difficult to not do it. How much would things change?

1868
01:38:50,280 --> 01:38:51,920
Speaker 1: I mean, we've got this number here that says the

1869
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:54,799
Speaker 1: league says the ninety three of the players and staff

1870
01:38:55,200 --> 01:38:59,280
Speaker 1: are vaccinated. Would it be any better if it was

1871
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:01,559
Speaker 1: one hundred percent? Could it be any better? I mean,

1872
01:39:01,600 --> 01:39:05,680
Speaker 1: what are your thoughts? Well from that standpoint, guys like

1873
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:08,679
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley, that that whole crew you mentioned, they don't

1874
01:39:08,720 --> 01:39:10,960
Speaker 1: have to go away for five days if they're vaccinated,

1875
01:39:11,080 --> 01:39:13,320
Speaker 1: right then it's I believe it's two negative tests in

1876
01:39:13,400 --> 01:39:15,920
Speaker 1: forty eight hours, and all these guys have been testing negative.

1877
01:39:15,960 --> 01:39:19,559
Speaker 1: But because they're unvaccinated, they have to have the extended windows.

1878
01:39:19,600 --> 01:39:21,880
Speaker 1: So if you're looking at a situation where somebody on

1879
01:39:22,040 --> 01:39:26,040
Speaker 1: Friday is exposed to a player or has it, and

1880
01:39:26,160 --> 01:39:29,000
Speaker 1: you have this contact tracing for the unvaccinated players, you're

1881
01:39:29,000 --> 01:39:31,639
Speaker 1: gonna lose those players in addition to whoever test positive.

1882
01:39:31,720 --> 01:39:35,840
Speaker 1: So I think that's just whether you whether you like

1883
01:39:35,960 --> 01:39:37,880
Speaker 1: the rules or not, that's the way they've set this

1884
01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:40,160
Speaker 1: thing up, and they're gonna make it more difficult, and

1885
01:39:40,479 --> 01:39:42,479
Speaker 1: you're gonna be in a situation. I mean, i'd I'd

1886
01:39:42,479 --> 01:39:45,519
Speaker 1: be stunned based on you know what we've already seen

1887
01:39:45,600 --> 01:39:48,960
Speaker 1: here this summer. If we don't have important players missing

1888
01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:52,839
Speaker 1: games and not necessarily for testing positive, but for contract

1889
01:39:53,120 --> 01:39:57,960
Speaker 1: contact tracing and being close contacts and not being vaccinated, yeah,

1890
01:39:58,000 --> 01:39:59,920
Speaker 1: it's going to be a whirlwin for everyone. In nine.

1891
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:03,519
Speaker 1: The players are are frustrated about the fact that rules

1892
01:40:03,560 --> 01:40:07,920
Speaker 1: are ever changing, but with a with the virus and

1893
01:40:08,320 --> 01:40:11,000
Speaker 1: variants that are ever changing, you can't expect the league

1894
01:40:11,240 --> 01:40:13,840
Speaker 1: to have the same rules that they did last year

1895
01:40:13,960 --> 01:40:16,760
Speaker 1: as they do now or propose these rules as to

1896
01:40:16,880 --> 01:40:18,760
Speaker 1: everything would be a lot better at this point when

1897
01:40:18,800 --> 01:40:21,040
Speaker 1: you have variants like the delta variant popping up. So

1898
01:40:21,360 --> 01:40:24,480
Speaker 1: it completely makes sense and the NFL and the NFLPA

1899
01:40:24,760 --> 01:40:26,720
Speaker 1: are going to have to work together to come to

1900
01:40:26,800 --> 01:40:30,400
Speaker 1: an agreement, like you said, on what it's going to

1901
01:40:30,439 --> 01:40:33,040
Speaker 1: be for testing and other things as we go throughout

1902
01:40:33,040 --> 01:40:34,960
Speaker 1: the season. We're not sure what's going to pop up

1903
01:40:35,120 --> 01:40:37,920
Speaker 1: in Week six that we may not be predicting right now.

1904
01:40:38,080 --> 01:40:41,080
Speaker 1: But in front of us is the Bills and the

1905
01:40:41,160 --> 01:40:44,840
Speaker 1: Packers are playing their final preseason game before Week one.

1906
01:40:44,920 --> 01:40:47,240
Speaker 1: I think it's a great team to come in for

1907
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:49,479
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills to face. Of course, because of the

1908
01:40:49,560 --> 01:40:51,439
Speaker 1: talent on both sides of the ball. We know that

1909
01:40:51,840 --> 01:40:54,000
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is going to be starting in the game,

1910
01:40:54,040 --> 01:40:57,479
Speaker 1: We're not sure how much he will play. Sean McDermott said,

1911
01:40:57,520 --> 01:40:59,560
Speaker 1: a lot of the starters are going to play. That

1912
01:40:59,600 --> 01:41:01,840
Speaker 1: doesn't all of them, but we should get a pretty

1913
01:41:01,840 --> 01:41:03,960
Speaker 1: good look at the guys who were on the field

1914
01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:07,440
Speaker 1: a lot of the time last year. But from your perspective,

1915
01:41:07,920 --> 01:41:10,200
Speaker 1: how do you think the preseason play of these Buffalo

1916
01:41:10,320 --> 01:41:14,200
Speaker 1: Bills have answered their questions about about what they were

1917
01:41:14,280 --> 01:41:17,360
Speaker 1: going to do or needed to do in the off season. Yeah,

1918
01:41:17,400 --> 01:41:21,040
Speaker 1: I'm not a big preseason believer things that happened in

1919
01:41:21,160 --> 01:41:24,120
Speaker 1: preseasons and Steve can speak to this. There's certainly plenty

1920
01:41:24,160 --> 01:41:26,519
Speaker 1: of times where, especially as you get later in the game,

1921
01:41:26,840 --> 01:41:29,080
Speaker 1: things get really vanilla, and all of a sudden, you

1922
01:41:29,120 --> 01:41:31,599
Speaker 1: say that quarterback through for two hundred and fifty yards

1923
01:41:31,640 --> 01:41:33,439
Speaker 1: and he looked great, and then we may never hear

1924
01:41:33,479 --> 01:41:36,519
Speaker 1: from him again because just sort of tamped down the

1925
01:41:36,640 --> 01:41:39,840
Speaker 1: level of competition later in these preseason games. But I

1926
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:42,880
Speaker 1: do believe in at least getting your guys some work.

1927
01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:45,519
Speaker 1: I do think there is something too that just sort

1928
01:41:45,560 --> 01:41:47,280
Speaker 1: of kick the rust off, kind of go through the

1929
01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:50,320
Speaker 1: game day experience, like you're gonna do during the regular season,

1930
01:41:50,520 --> 01:41:51,800
Speaker 1: how you're going to play, when do you have to

1931
01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:53,559
Speaker 1: show up, when do you have to warm up, all

1932
01:41:53,600 --> 01:41:55,360
Speaker 1: those sorts of things, to just sort of, you know,

1933
01:41:55,439 --> 01:41:57,920
Speaker 1: get your brain back into that environment and your body

1934
01:41:57,960 --> 01:42:00,639
Speaker 1: back into that environment again, because you're obviously you're hoping

1935
01:42:00,680 --> 01:42:02,360
Speaker 1: to be in it for seventeen weeks in the regular

1936
01:42:02,400 --> 01:42:04,400
Speaker 1: season and then a heck of a lot more in

1937
01:42:04,520 --> 01:42:07,120
Speaker 1: the postseason. So I do like the idea. I know

1938
01:42:07,200 --> 01:42:10,400
Speaker 1: there are some coaches that are absolutely against playing their players,

1939
01:42:10,439 --> 01:42:12,400
Speaker 1: and the Chargers right now, I don't think they played

1940
01:42:12,439 --> 01:42:15,799
Speaker 1: any of their starters. Really. Philadelphia has been really reluctant

1941
01:42:15,800 --> 01:42:18,439
Speaker 1: to play any of their starters, and I just kind

1942
01:42:18,479 --> 01:42:19,920
Speaker 1: of go with a little bit of an old school

1943
01:42:20,200 --> 01:42:22,680
Speaker 1: get them out there, get those starters, get some rust off,

1944
01:42:22,720 --> 01:42:24,599
Speaker 1: and then yeah, get them to the bench quickly because

1945
01:42:24,600 --> 01:42:27,040
Speaker 1: obviously you don't want anything to happen. But as a

1946
01:42:27,120 --> 01:42:29,280
Speaker 1: lot of coaches will tell you, you know, when you're like, oh,

1947
01:42:29,400 --> 01:42:30,800
Speaker 1: don't play them because it could get hurt. Well, you

1948
01:42:30,800 --> 01:42:32,960
Speaker 1: could get hurt doing anything. You get hurt in practice.

1949
01:42:33,080 --> 01:42:35,920
Speaker 1: You know, there's this part of football. It's a contact

1950
01:42:35,960 --> 01:42:39,200
Speaker 1: game and those sorts of things can happen. So from me,

1951
01:42:39,680 --> 01:42:41,519
Speaker 1: you know, we hear in one Bills live when we

1952
01:42:41,600 --> 01:42:43,800
Speaker 1: talk about the Bills all the time every day. So

1953
01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:46,000
Speaker 1: from the out so from your from the distance away

1954
01:42:46,040 --> 01:42:47,599
Speaker 1: that you are, when you when you see the big

1955
01:42:47,680 --> 01:42:50,360
Speaker 1: picture that we can't see because we won't back away

1956
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:52,439
Speaker 1: from the team at all. Right, So what do you

1957
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:54,640
Speaker 1: see when at the end of last year, when the

1958
01:42:54,800 --> 01:42:57,840
Speaker 1: you know, the Bills had such an incredible regular season,

1959
01:42:58,160 --> 01:43:00,759
Speaker 1: they were lumping people up, They got through two playoff

1960
01:43:00,800 --> 01:43:03,320
Speaker 1: games with victories. They face a Chiefs team in the

1961
01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:06,360
Speaker 1: championship game. They come home after the Chiefs played a

1962
01:43:06,439 --> 01:43:09,120
Speaker 1: fantastic game against him on the road with a nice crowd.

1963
01:43:09,200 --> 01:43:10,760
Speaker 1: All of the stuff that goes into it. What were

1964
01:43:10,800 --> 01:43:14,800
Speaker 1: the problems facing the Bills from your perspective as this

1965
01:43:14,920 --> 01:43:18,680
Speaker 1: offseason took plays as it began, and now how have

1966
01:43:18,760 --> 01:43:21,880
Speaker 1: they answered those questions? Well, Steve, to me, it's can

1967
01:43:21,960 --> 01:43:24,519
Speaker 1: you get to the quarterback? Can you get to Pat Mahomes?

1968
01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:26,560
Speaker 1: And I think you saw in the Super Bowl, And

1969
01:43:26,640 --> 01:43:30,120
Speaker 1: granted there were some extenuating circumstances with both tackles being

1970
01:43:30,160 --> 01:43:33,360
Speaker 1: out for the Chiefs, but the Packers were able to

1971
01:43:33,400 --> 01:43:35,280
Speaker 1: get there. I mean, rather, the Buccaneers were able to

1972
01:43:35,280 --> 01:43:37,200
Speaker 1: get there with four players. And if you get there

1973
01:43:37,240 --> 01:43:40,120
Speaker 1: with four players and have seven defensive backs and coverage,

1974
01:43:40,160 --> 01:43:41,519
Speaker 1: and actually there are a couple of plays where they

1975
01:43:41,560 --> 01:43:43,639
Speaker 1: got to them with three players, I mean that certainly

1976
01:43:43,760 --> 01:43:47,000
Speaker 1: changes the entire way that offense runs and gives you

1977
01:43:47,080 --> 01:43:50,800
Speaker 1: a certainly a fighting chance to be competitive with them.

1978
01:43:50,880 --> 01:43:54,280
Speaker 1: And the Buccaneers dominated that game in that regard. So

1979
01:43:54,640 --> 01:43:57,280
Speaker 1: I look at Rousseau and I look at Boogie Basham,

1980
01:43:57,560 --> 01:44:00,280
Speaker 1: and I say it was clear that the plan in

1981
01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:03,120
Speaker 1: the off season was, we know what we have to do.

1982
01:44:03,360 --> 01:44:04,760
Speaker 1: That's the team that we have to beat, that's the

1983
01:44:04,840 --> 01:44:06,800
Speaker 1: gold standards, So how do we go about doing that?

1984
01:44:06,920 --> 01:44:08,679
Speaker 1: And you know, I think in the first two rounds

1985
01:44:08,720 --> 01:44:10,240
Speaker 1: of the draft. That's what they went out to do,

1986
01:44:10,400 --> 01:44:13,160
Speaker 1: and I think I said it to you guys before,

1987
01:44:13,400 --> 01:44:16,720
Speaker 1: maybe during the free agency period. I think for all

1988
01:44:16,760 --> 01:44:19,240
Speaker 1: the credit the Bucks get for bringing everybody back, I

1989
01:44:19,360 --> 01:44:22,360
Speaker 1: think Brandon and Sean and the Bills should get a

1990
01:44:22,400 --> 01:44:24,160
Speaker 1: ton of credit as well, because I think they had

1991
01:44:24,280 --> 01:44:27,160
Speaker 1: equally as good an off season. Because I don't know

1992
01:44:27,280 --> 01:44:28,400
Speaker 1: that I thought they were going to be able to

1993
01:44:28,439 --> 01:44:30,320
Speaker 1: keep Matt Milano they did. I don't know that I

1994
01:44:30,400 --> 01:44:31,920
Speaker 1: thought they were going to be able to keep Williams

1995
01:44:32,080 --> 01:44:34,840
Speaker 1: at tackled they did. You know, you replaced John Brown

1996
01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:37,000
Speaker 1: with Emmanuel Sanders to me, which is sort of, you know,

1997
01:44:37,200 --> 01:44:40,960
Speaker 1: an even trade off. I think they got better, but

1998
01:44:41,080 --> 01:44:43,280
Speaker 1: they also kept that core in place for a run.

1999
01:44:43,360 --> 01:44:46,040
Speaker 1: I think that it's clear they built something specially here

2000
01:44:46,320 --> 01:44:49,559
Speaker 1: and now can you take that next step? I mean,

2001
01:44:49,640 --> 01:44:52,479
Speaker 1: when Brandon Bean and Sean McDermott made those moves to

2002
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:55,599
Speaker 1: keep guys like Matt Milano and Daryl Williams, we thought

2003
01:44:55,640 --> 01:44:58,040
Speaker 1: that at least one of those players wouldn't be on

2004
01:44:58,120 --> 01:45:01,560
Speaker 1: this team this year. And as they're resigning guys and

2005
01:45:01,680 --> 01:45:04,479
Speaker 1: extending guys, we're going how in the world. Was he

2006
01:45:04,720 --> 01:45:06,679
Speaker 1: able to make this work, and a lot of guys

2007
01:45:06,960 --> 01:45:08,960
Speaker 1: had to take pay cuts, but it was for the

2008
01:45:09,080 --> 01:45:11,439
Speaker 1: greater good, and it was because they wanted to be together.

2009
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:14,280
Speaker 1: And they notice and they understand what they have in

2010
01:45:14,360 --> 01:45:16,880
Speaker 1: this group this year. But when you talk about this

2011
01:45:17,080 --> 01:45:19,799
Speaker 1: group the Bills taking a step forward in the off season,

2012
01:45:20,240 --> 01:45:22,960
Speaker 1: the AFC East took a step forward in the off season. Two.

2013
01:45:23,080 --> 01:45:25,599
Speaker 1: The Jets got better. Yeah, there maybe a couple years

2014
01:45:25,600 --> 01:45:28,360
Speaker 1: away still, but they got better. The Dolphins got better,

2015
01:45:28,800 --> 01:45:31,639
Speaker 1: and the Patriots got better too. You've been at Patriots

2016
01:45:31,720 --> 01:45:35,240
Speaker 1: practices and you've been able to do the quarterback watch

2017
01:45:35,600 --> 01:45:38,000
Speaker 1: seeing what Cam Newton and Mac Jones are able to do.

2018
01:45:38,439 --> 01:45:41,240
Speaker 1: I know, I said the Buffalo Bills, We're happy we

2019
01:45:41,280 --> 01:45:44,519
Speaker 1: don't necessarily have to have a quarterback watch every other

2020
01:45:44,760 --> 01:45:47,400
Speaker 1: season now since we have Josh Allen. But what have

2021
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:50,120
Speaker 1: you seen from the two in Cam Newton and Mac Jones.

2022
01:45:50,160 --> 01:45:53,120
Speaker 1: I mean, these are two very different quarterbacks. How do

2023
01:45:53,200 --> 01:45:54,920
Speaker 1: you think this is going to shake out for Week

2024
01:45:55,000 --> 01:45:57,760
Speaker 1: one and even beyond. Well, so, I was of the

2025
01:45:57,840 --> 01:45:59,840
Speaker 1: belief that Cam Newton was going to be the week

2026
01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:02,519
Speaker 1: on starter, and I think I'm still leaning in that direction.

2027
01:46:02,680 --> 01:46:05,719
Speaker 1: But this five day absence for Cam I think certainly

2028
01:46:05,760 --> 01:46:09,400
Speaker 1: impacted things. And Cam was back yesterday for joint practices,

2029
01:46:09,439 --> 01:46:12,160
Speaker 1: the second of two joint practices with the Giants, and

2030
01:46:12,320 --> 01:46:14,200
Speaker 1: he took the first reps in seven on seven with

2031
01:46:14,280 --> 01:46:16,400
Speaker 1: the Ones. He took the first reps in eleven on

2032
01:46:16,479 --> 01:46:19,240
Speaker 1: elevens with the Ones. But the thing I did notice was,

2033
01:46:19,760 --> 01:46:22,559
Speaker 1: for the first time all camp, all summer long, actually

2034
01:46:22,680 --> 01:46:25,080
Speaker 1: go back to the spring, he spent a lot of

2035
01:46:25,120 --> 01:46:28,120
Speaker 1: time watching Mac with the Ones, more time Mac with

2036
01:46:28,240 --> 01:46:29,880
Speaker 1: the Ones than Cam had with the Ones. So even

2037
01:46:29,920 --> 01:46:32,559
Speaker 1: though Cam was the first guy, Mac had considerably more

2038
01:46:32,640 --> 01:46:35,160
Speaker 1: reps there. So I just sort of something that piqued

2039
01:46:35,200 --> 01:46:37,200
Speaker 1: my interest because we hadn't seen it all summer long.

2040
01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:38,720
Speaker 1: I think it was sort of a tip of the

2041
01:46:38,760 --> 01:46:42,840
Speaker 1: cap to Mac for taking care of his business. He's

2042
01:46:42,880 --> 01:46:45,680
Speaker 1: been here every day, he's been reliable every day, he's

2043
01:46:45,760 --> 01:46:48,200
Speaker 1: learned every day, he's gotten better every day. And on

2044
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:50,640
Speaker 1: Wednesday and that first of the two joint practice with

2045
01:46:50,760 --> 01:46:53,880
Speaker 1: the Giants, he was dominant. I mean, that's as good

2046
01:46:53,920 --> 01:46:56,320
Speaker 1: of a rookie performance as I've seen by any quarterback

2047
01:46:56,320 --> 01:46:59,080
Speaker 1: they've ever had in camp. I'm talking Garoppolo I'm talking

2048
01:46:59,120 --> 01:47:03,120
Speaker 1: to Jacoby brist for those that remember Maccastle, Kevin O'Connell

2049
01:47:03,400 --> 01:47:06,840
Speaker 1: on down that Ryan mallett on down the line. So

2050
01:47:07,680 --> 01:47:09,800
Speaker 1: I think that they feel like they found their guy.

2051
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:11,880
Speaker 1: The question is is that guy going to be the

2052
01:47:11,960 --> 01:47:14,760
Speaker 1: guy in Week one? And I think there's there's plenty

2053
01:47:14,800 --> 01:47:16,840
Speaker 1: of reasons why it should be, starting with the fact

2054
01:47:16,920 --> 01:47:19,160
Speaker 1: Mattie I think that he's been the better quarterback over

2055
01:47:19,240 --> 01:47:21,360
Speaker 1: the last three weeks in camp, not buy a long shot,

2056
01:47:21,439 --> 01:47:24,240
Speaker 1: but definitely been the better quarterback. But I think you

2057
01:47:24,360 --> 01:47:27,639
Speaker 1: look at physically, he needs to get stronger. I think

2058
01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:30,080
Speaker 1: that was something that they talked about right when they

2059
01:47:30,160 --> 01:47:34,360
Speaker 1: drafted him, and you wonder can that body his body type,

2060
01:47:34,600 --> 01:47:36,120
Speaker 1: And of course when he stands next to Cam is

2061
01:47:36,200 --> 01:47:38,280
Speaker 1: when anyone stands next to Cam, you look like a

2062
01:47:38,400 --> 01:47:40,960
Speaker 1: very small dude. But he is sort of slightly built

2063
01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:42,720
Speaker 1: and could use to get a little bit bigger and

2064
01:47:42,720 --> 01:47:44,760
Speaker 1: a little bit stronger. And I wonder if they look

2065
01:47:44,760 --> 01:47:47,120
Speaker 1: at and say, ken he right now at this point,

2066
01:47:47,479 --> 01:47:50,479
Speaker 1: can he take the rigors of a seventeen game season

2067
01:47:50,520 --> 01:47:53,559
Speaker 1: and then a postseason or can we buy some time?

2068
01:47:53,640 --> 01:47:54,960
Speaker 1: Can he get a little bit of stronger in the

2069
01:47:55,040 --> 01:47:57,559
Speaker 1: short term, we buy some time with Cam and then

2070
01:47:57,600 --> 01:47:59,840
Speaker 1: eventually make the switch to Mac at some point this year.

2071
01:47:59,880 --> 01:48:02,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm fully believing that Mac will be the

2072
01:48:02,720 --> 01:48:04,640
Speaker 1: quarterback at some point this year. I just don't know

2073
01:48:04,680 --> 01:48:06,599
Speaker 1: if it's going to be for Week one. How likely

2074
01:48:06,800 --> 01:48:09,040
Speaker 1: is it and how much momentum is they're getting because

2075
01:48:09,160 --> 01:48:11,760
Speaker 1: you look around the league and it doesn't happen very often.

2076
01:48:11,840 --> 01:48:13,759
Speaker 1: But it did happen with a Hall of Fame quarterback

2077
01:48:13,800 --> 01:48:16,280
Speaker 1: in New Orleans with Drew Brees and Taysom Hill coming

2078
01:48:16,360 --> 01:48:18,679
Speaker 1: in to do some things, just a package of plays

2079
01:48:18,760 --> 01:48:21,200
Speaker 1: or whatever it happened in the transition from Joe Flacco

2080
01:48:21,520 --> 01:48:24,719
Speaker 1: to Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. Is that transition happened finally

2081
01:48:24,760 --> 01:48:27,040
Speaker 1: they just moved all the way over to Lamar Jackson.

2082
01:48:27,160 --> 01:48:30,719
Speaker 1: What are the chances that mac jone comes in place

2083
01:48:30,800 --> 01:48:33,120
Speaker 1: first and second down, Cam Newton comes in for short

2084
01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:37,200
Speaker 1: yardage in red zone offense? I know Bill Belichick wouldn't

2085
01:48:37,240 --> 01:48:40,679
Speaker 1: hesitate to use his guys in the best way possible.

2086
01:48:41,479 --> 01:48:45,599
Speaker 1: It seems an obvious transition mode before mac jone. If

2087
01:48:45,920 --> 01:48:47,920
Speaker 1: indeed they see that coming down the line, where he's

2088
01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:50,839
Speaker 1: gonna take ninety nine point nine nine percent of the snaps,

2089
01:48:50,880 --> 01:48:56,080
Speaker 1: all the snaps that transition maybe to take place in stages.

2090
01:48:58,000 --> 01:49:00,960
Speaker 1: It's interesting, Steve, because Bill didn't close the door on

2091
01:49:01,040 --> 01:49:02,599
Speaker 1: that at all. He said, you know, I'll do as

2092
01:49:02,680 --> 01:49:05,080
Speaker 1: he as he always says, I'll do whatever I find

2093
01:49:05,240 --> 01:49:07,400
Speaker 1: is in the best interest of the football team. But

2094
01:49:07,560 --> 01:49:10,479
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, the offensive coordinator, is sort of blanched at

2095
01:49:10,520 --> 01:49:12,840
Speaker 1: that notion, like, I've never had to do that before. Chris,

2096
01:49:12,920 --> 01:49:15,200
Speaker 1: he never had to do it before because he's largely

2097
01:49:15,280 --> 01:49:19,400
Speaker 1: coached Tom Brady for the entire two years rather two

2098
01:49:19,439 --> 01:49:22,200
Speaker 1: decades tenure of Tom Brady. So this is certainly a

2099
01:49:22,240 --> 01:49:24,960
Speaker 1: little different. What I would say here is, can you

2100
01:49:25,160 --> 01:49:28,839
Speaker 1: convince Cam Newton to be the change of pace quarterback?

2101
01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:31,639
Speaker 1: Because Cam still believes that he is one of thirty two,

2102
01:49:31,840 --> 01:49:34,320
Speaker 1: is one of the thirty two best quarterbacks in the league,

2103
01:49:34,640 --> 01:49:38,200
Speaker 1: And can you convince him that, actually know, we think

2104
01:49:38,280 --> 01:49:41,160
Speaker 1: Max better, but we still think you can help us.

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Speaker 1: Will he be able? Will he be willing to subjugate

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Speaker 1: his ego and say, yeah, sure, I'll be the guy

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Speaker 1: that comes in on third and shorts, or in red

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Speaker 1: zone situations, or if you want to run a package

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Speaker 1: at some point to sort of shake things up for

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Speaker 1: our offense or team or the other team, however you

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Speaker 1: want to look at it. You know, is he going

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Speaker 1: to be only do that. I don't know that, I

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Speaker 1: I would say, basically on what he said publicly, I

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Speaker 1: don't know that I would believe that he would want

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Speaker 1: to do that. So I think that's that's a conversation

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Speaker 1: that you know, they might have to have in five

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Speaker 1: or six days, depending on what they decide who should

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Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback at the final preseason game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be the one. All know Cam

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Speaker 1: Newton and I don't think he would take that as

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Speaker 1: a happy camper. So I'm like, yeah, sure, I'll come

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01:50:25,920 --> 01:50:28,600
Speaker 1: in in certain packages while mac Jones runs runs this

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01:50:28,760 --> 01:50:31,479
Speaker 1: offense and while my shot is you know, now in

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Speaker 1: the dust, and I won't have one this season. So

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01:50:33,880 --> 01:50:36,639
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how that situation plays out

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01:50:36,720 --> 01:50:39,960
Speaker 1: and if Cam does start, if Mac Jones comes in,

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01:50:40,080 --> 01:50:41,880
Speaker 1: and when he will. But I want to switch to

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01:50:41,960 --> 01:50:44,679
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. Now, the Ravens trade

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01:50:44,920 --> 01:50:47,560
Speaker 1: their fifth round er corner Sean Way to the Patriots

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01:50:47,640 --> 01:50:51,320
Speaker 1: for draft picks. Now that kind of puts Stephon Gilmour's

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01:50:51,439 --> 01:50:54,840
Speaker 1: future in the situation. In the question a little bit, so,

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01:50:55,800 --> 01:50:58,200
Speaker 1: what do you see in this situation when it comes

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01:50:58,240 --> 01:51:00,679
Speaker 1: to the corners and when it comes to upon Gilmour,

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01:51:00,680 --> 01:51:03,200
Speaker 1: who's someone who's been talked about for quite a time

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01:51:03,360 --> 01:51:07,320
Speaker 1: as to what will happen with him and the Patriots. Well,

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01:51:07,360 --> 01:51:10,960
Speaker 1: I mean Bill Belichick continues to insist that we haven't

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01:51:10,960 --> 01:51:13,200
Speaker 1: seen Gilmore on the practice field with the rest of

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01:51:13,240 --> 01:51:15,320
Speaker 1: his teammates. He's been doing work on the lower field

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01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:18,080
Speaker 1: with the injured players. He continues to insist that it's

2140
01:51:18,160 --> 01:51:22,479
Speaker 1: the injury. It's the torn quad suffered in December. Steph

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01:51:22,600 --> 01:51:25,360
Speaker 1: has pretty much said otherwise that he could be out

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01:51:25,400 --> 01:51:28,040
Speaker 1: there if he needed to be out there, so which

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01:51:28,120 --> 01:51:29,880
Speaker 1: means this is a money thing. He's in the last

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01:51:29,960 --> 01:51:33,280
Speaker 1: year of his deal. He wants more money. He's willing,

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01:51:33,360 --> 01:51:35,639
Speaker 1: I believe, to take a one year bump for this year,

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01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:38,280
Speaker 1: or certainly he would love a long term contract. I

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01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:40,600
Speaker 1: don't see the Patriots going long term here, considering his

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01:51:40,720 --> 01:51:43,120
Speaker 1: age and now the injury. But I think based on

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Speaker 1: what they did Maddie in the offseason and the amount

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01:51:45,200 --> 01:51:48,240
Speaker 1: of money they spent and the energy that went into

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01:51:48,320 --> 01:51:51,479
Speaker 1: making sure that seven and nine doesn't happen again, I

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01:51:51,640 --> 01:51:53,680
Speaker 1: find it hard to believe that they can't figure out

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01:51:53,720 --> 01:51:55,560
Speaker 1: a way to get that one year boost and to

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01:51:55,600 --> 01:51:57,400
Speaker 1: get him back on the field, because I don't think

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01:51:57,400 --> 01:52:00,800
Speaker 1: there's any question that there is significantly better team with

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01:52:00,920 --> 01:52:04,400
Speaker 1: Stephan gilmore than without him. And I don't even think

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01:52:04,439 --> 01:52:07,200
Speaker 1: if you trade him you're getting equal value to in

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01:52:07,280 --> 01:52:10,559
Speaker 1: a trade because again injury age and he's gonna want

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01:52:10,560 --> 01:52:12,760
Speaker 1: a new contract, so it sort of brings down the

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01:52:12,880 --> 01:52:15,080
Speaker 1: sort of value to get in return. So I think

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01:52:15,240 --> 01:52:17,000
Speaker 1: eventually they just have to sit in a room and

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01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:19,160
Speaker 1: say we're not leaving until we get this one year

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01:52:19,240 --> 01:52:21,320
Speaker 1: thing done, whether it's an extra seven or eight million

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01:52:21,360 --> 01:52:23,880
Speaker 1: dollars to the contract or if there's you know, three

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Speaker 1: or four million and then incentives. I think that's something

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01:52:26,600 --> 01:52:29,000
Speaker 1: they have to do because if you look at what's

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01:52:29,040 --> 01:52:31,960
Speaker 1: happened here, I think during the summertime, there's two areas

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Speaker 1: where they have issues, I think, and one of those

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01:52:35,080 --> 01:52:37,280
Speaker 1: is a wide receiver where I just think they're at

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01:52:37,320 --> 01:52:39,320
Speaker 1: least one player short there, and I think the other

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01:52:39,360 --> 01:52:42,200
Speaker 1: spot is at cornerback where they have jac Jackson. They

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01:52:42,320 --> 01:52:44,920
Speaker 1: brought in Jalen Mills Jalen Mills has been playing outside

2173
01:52:44,960 --> 01:52:48,400
Speaker 1: opposite to JC. He's better inside than he is outside.

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Speaker 1: They don't have a replacement for Stephon Gilmore. Even if

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01:52:51,400 --> 01:52:53,120
Speaker 1: it's not the Gilmore who won the Defensive Player of

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01:52:53,160 --> 01:52:55,000
Speaker 1: the Year two years ago. Even if he's something less

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Speaker 1: than that, he's still better than anything they would have

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Speaker 1: on the outside. So that's that's got to be fixed

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Speaker 1: if they want to be the team. I think that

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01:53:01,160 --> 01:53:03,920
Speaker 1: they believe they can internally. Given the fact that the team,

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01:53:04,040 --> 01:53:06,559
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Giants, have been practicing against each

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01:53:06,560 --> 01:53:08,160
Speaker 1: other for a couple of days, is that make this

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01:53:08,479 --> 01:53:13,080
Speaker 1: preseason game any more interesting? Well, the Giants, Joe Judge

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Speaker 1: said he's gonna play his starters for at least a

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Speaker 1: half So I would believe that between the relationship that

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Speaker 1: Bill and Joe Judge have, Judge being of course on

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01:53:20,080 --> 01:53:22,240
Speaker 1: his staff for years and years, that there is some

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01:53:22,360 --> 01:53:26,720
Speaker 1: sort of agreement that there will be substantial resistance for

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Speaker 1: his starters. So I don't know if the Patriots starters

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01:53:28,960 --> 01:53:30,760
Speaker 1: will go that long, but I would think you're going

2191
01:53:30,840 --> 01:53:34,160
Speaker 1: to see a lot of important Patriot players get playing

2192
01:53:34,200 --> 01:53:37,160
Speaker 1: time in this game. And look, this is different obviously

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01:53:37,240 --> 01:53:40,400
Speaker 1: with the one week by before the start of the season.

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Speaker 1: Because as we've gone to these three preseason games in

2195
01:53:42,520 --> 01:53:45,000
Speaker 1: the seventeen regular season games, I think we're all sort

2196
01:53:45,040 --> 01:53:47,080
Speaker 1: of navigating how are they going to play this game

2197
01:53:47,120 --> 01:53:49,639
Speaker 1: as opposed to others. But I think they're gonna treat

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Speaker 1: it like they would treat the normal third preseason game.

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Speaker 1: And that's to say, we're gonna play some of our guys.

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01:53:53,800 --> 01:53:56,120
Speaker 1: We're gonna let them get into a lad here and

2201
01:53:56,280 --> 01:53:57,800
Speaker 1: get them used to what it's going to be like

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01:53:57,920 --> 01:54:00,240
Speaker 1: during the regular season before you make the switch and

2203
01:54:00,360 --> 01:54:03,759
Speaker 1: empty out the bench. Bigger picture here, One last question

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01:54:03,880 --> 01:54:07,000
Speaker 1: for me. You talked about how much money the Patriots

2205
01:54:07,040 --> 01:54:09,080
Speaker 1: spent in the offseason to make sure they didn't have

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01:54:09,160 --> 01:54:12,040
Speaker 1: the season they did last season, and you've been able

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01:54:12,080 --> 01:54:14,240
Speaker 1: to see what they have in training camp and through

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01:54:14,280 --> 01:54:16,880
Speaker 1: these first two preseason games. What do you think is

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01:54:16,880 --> 01:54:18,920
Speaker 1: in the wheelhouse for them this year? What do you

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01:54:19,080 --> 01:54:22,320
Speaker 1: think is feasible for them in terms of winning games

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01:54:22,600 --> 01:54:25,919
Speaker 1: or or in terms of competing with the Bills who

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01:54:25,960 --> 01:54:28,880
Speaker 1: won the division last year. Well, Maddie, they didn't get

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01:54:29,000 --> 01:54:31,200
Speaker 1: competent quarterback play last year. I would say they were

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Speaker 1: below average a quarterback last year and pretty much every

2215
01:54:33,880 --> 01:54:36,560
Speaker 1: metric you want to look at, and they won seven

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Speaker 1: to nine, and they were in a bunch of those

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01:54:38,040 --> 01:54:40,120
Speaker 1: games that they lost down to the last drive, including

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01:54:40,360 --> 01:54:42,280
Speaker 1: the one up in Buffalo before Cam Newton put the

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01:54:42,320 --> 01:54:44,480
Speaker 1: ball on the turf inside the twenty yard line. So

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Speaker 1: I would say if they get competent quarterback play, they're

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Speaker 1: an eleven win team in that area. Do I think

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Speaker 1: it's good enough to overcome the Bills? I think if

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Speaker 1: the Bills stay healthy, I think the Bills are still

2224
01:54:55,680 --> 01:54:58,800
Speaker 1: the premier team in the division. But the gap has

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01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:01,400
Speaker 1: closed a little bit. Certainly, the Bills had widened it

2226
01:55:01,480 --> 01:55:03,480
Speaker 1: out last year, and I think based on what the

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01:55:03,520 --> 01:55:05,800
Speaker 1: Patriots have done and in the Miami Dolphins, I think

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Speaker 1: that's going to be a pretty competitive, pretty interesting division.

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01:55:08,480 --> 01:55:09,840
Speaker 1: But I still look at the Bills as the one

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01:55:09,920 --> 01:55:13,200
Speaker 1: that everybody's got a top on. Now. It's everything has

2231
01:55:13,240 --> 01:55:14,920
Speaker 1: lined up for them, the way they've built this thing.

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01:55:15,360 --> 01:55:17,600
Speaker 1: They're not the ones with the quarterback problem now, they're

2233
01:55:17,600 --> 01:55:19,160
Speaker 1: not the ones trying to figure that out. They have

2234
01:55:19,320 --> 01:55:22,000
Speaker 1: the quarterback, they have the franchise backbone, and they have

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01:55:22,080 --> 01:55:25,080
Speaker 1: plenty of other pieces in place to make them be

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01:55:25,200 --> 01:55:27,480
Speaker 1: the team that I think everybody in the division, and

2237
01:55:27,960 --> 01:55:30,800
Speaker 1: maybe everybody but Kansas City, says that's the team we

2238
01:55:30,920 --> 01:55:32,440
Speaker 1: gotta beat if we want to get to a super Bowl.

2239
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Speaker 1: Last one for me, Mike. Let's talk about the other

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Speaker 1: two teams in the AFC's real quick, the Dolphins in

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01:55:37,840 --> 01:55:40,240
Speaker 1: the Jets. The Jets really are in a rebuilding mode

2242
01:55:40,240 --> 01:55:42,720
Speaker 1: and they've they've got been snake bit in the in

2243
01:55:42,760 --> 01:55:44,640
Speaker 1: the last week and a half with injuries the key

2244
01:55:44,760 --> 01:55:46,920
Speaker 1: guys they thought they were really going to be counting on.

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01:55:47,720 --> 01:55:50,120
Speaker 1: Even McKay Beckham now looks a little more fragile now

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01:55:50,160 --> 01:55:52,360
Speaker 1: that he's got a concussion he's coming from but loss

2247
01:55:52,400 --> 01:55:56,920
Speaker 1: and is gone. And it's so the Jets, while they

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01:55:56,960 --> 01:55:58,560
Speaker 1: are in a rebuild mode, looked like they were going

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01:55:58,600 --> 01:56:00,080
Speaker 1: to be better than it looks like they've got to

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Speaker 1: be in reality. But the Dolphins, I think there's maybe

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01:56:03,600 --> 01:56:08,400
Speaker 1: some expectations in Miami depending on what happens with Tuah. Yeah,

2252
01:56:08,440 --> 01:56:10,800
Speaker 1: I would agree with you completely. I think that much

2253
01:56:10,920 --> 01:56:13,160
Speaker 1: like what the Bills have done over the last three

2254
01:56:13,280 --> 01:56:15,920
Speaker 1: or four seasons, they're sort of building to this moment

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01:56:16,240 --> 01:56:18,120
Speaker 1: and now it is. I think a lot of it

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01:56:18,200 --> 01:56:20,440
Speaker 1: falls on t is two of the guy. You know,

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01:56:20,600 --> 01:56:23,040
Speaker 1: they've still left themselves the out in the sense that

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01:56:23,080 --> 01:56:25,960
Speaker 1: they still have a couple first round picks for next

2259
01:56:26,080 --> 01:56:28,800
Speaker 1: year if this doesn't work, if something. You know, they

2260
01:56:28,840 --> 01:56:32,840
Speaker 1: certainly were stiffering around the Deshaun Watson situation and continue to,

2261
01:56:33,000 --> 01:56:35,600
Speaker 1: I think everybody who is looking for a quarterback, I

2262
01:56:35,640 --> 01:56:37,800
Speaker 1: think continues to keep an eyeball on that and how

2263
01:56:37,880 --> 01:56:40,360
Speaker 1: that's going to shake down. But Ta has an opportunity

2264
01:56:40,480 --> 01:56:42,400
Speaker 1: here to prove to them that they made the right

2265
01:56:42,520 --> 01:56:44,120
Speaker 1: choice and that he's the guy for the long term.

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01:56:44,200 --> 01:56:46,840
Speaker 1: And obviously if he is on a rookie contract, that's

2267
01:56:46,920 --> 01:56:48,840
Speaker 1: really when you can sort of load up and make

2268
01:56:48,880 --> 01:56:50,680
Speaker 1: a run. So I think a lots on tour, but

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01:56:50,760 --> 01:56:52,960
Speaker 1: I think they gave him plenty of pieces. Will Fuller

2270
01:56:53,320 --> 01:56:55,680
Speaker 1: drafting Jail and waddle Hunter Long, the tight end from

2271
01:56:55,680 --> 01:56:57,840
Speaker 1: Boston College, has been a nice little player for them

2272
01:56:57,880 --> 01:57:00,760
Speaker 1: as well here in the preseason. So there's opportunity for

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01:57:00,840 --> 01:57:02,720
Speaker 1: the Bills to make a lot of noise rather the

2274
01:57:02,800 --> 01:57:04,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins to make a lot of noise as well. But

2275
01:57:04,720 --> 01:57:07,879
Speaker 1: again I'll say I just the app may have closed,

2276
01:57:08,920 --> 01:57:10,880
Speaker 1: but I don't think it's because the Bills did anything

2277
01:57:10,920 --> 01:57:12,480
Speaker 1: wrong here. In fact, I think the Bills may be

2278
01:57:12,600 --> 01:57:14,160
Speaker 1: better if they can get some production out of those

2279
01:57:14,240 --> 01:57:16,640
Speaker 1: rookies that we talked about earlier. It's just that I

2280
01:57:16,720 --> 01:57:19,560
Speaker 1: think the two teams below them, the Patriots and the Dolphins,

2281
01:57:19,600 --> 01:57:22,680
Speaker 1: certainly appear poised to be double digit win teams this year,

2282
01:57:22,720 --> 01:57:24,840
Speaker 1: Which I mean, can we have three teams in the

2283
01:57:24,880 --> 01:57:27,280
Speaker 1: division winning ten or more games? I think it's it's

2284
01:57:27,440 --> 01:57:30,080
Speaker 1: very possible. Mike, thanks so much for spending some time

2285
01:57:30,120 --> 01:57:31,920
Speaker 1: with is really appreciate to have a great season. We'll

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01:57:32,200 --> 01:57:35,240
Speaker 1: catch up with you down the road. Very good. Thank you, Steve,

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01:57:35,280 --> 01:57:38,240
Speaker 1: Thank you, Maddie. Mike Orlarity, NFL Network reporter. He's a

2288
01:57:38,320 --> 01:57:41,400
Speaker 1: former beat writer for NBC Sports in Boston. Thanks so

2289
01:57:41,520 --> 01:57:43,160
Speaker 1: much to him for spending some time with us and

2290
01:57:43,280 --> 01:57:46,440
Speaker 1: going over the Patriots for Steve Tasker, Matty Glad. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back at you after the break. One Bills Live

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Speaker 1: coming on the eve of the last preseason game. One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

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01:58:08,440 --> 01:58:10,200
Speaker 1: Welcome back to one of Bill's Live. Thank you Mike

2295
01:58:10,240 --> 01:58:12,600
Speaker 1: Giardi for coming along with us on the last segment

2296
01:58:12,640 --> 01:58:14,800
Speaker 1: and giving us a lowdown on what the Patriots are

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01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:16,760
Speaker 1: up to and on the rest of the afcast and

2298
01:58:16,880 --> 01:58:19,360
Speaker 1: his view of it, and also his view about a

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01:58:19,400 --> 01:58:21,720
Speaker 1: little wider view of what the Bills look like from

2300
01:58:21,720 --> 01:58:25,320
Speaker 1: the outside. End's interesting talk with him. Mattie Glab, Steve Tasker,

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01:58:25,360 --> 01:58:28,160
Speaker 1: We're here for the next half hour or so and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna go back to the mail bag. We've asked

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01:58:30,360 --> 01:58:32,760
Speaker 1: our listeners, you know, what do you keep an eye

2304
01:58:32,800 --> 01:58:35,320
Speaker 1: on and Saturday's preseason game versus the Packers? What do

2305
01:58:35,360 --> 01:58:37,600
Speaker 1: you want to see? And also it's our mail bag

2306
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Speaker 1: as well. Any questions you have about what's been going on.

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01:58:40,240 --> 01:58:42,080
Speaker 1: We talk about the Bills in the NFL all the

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01:58:42,200 --> 01:58:44,720
Speaker 1: time and some people come up with questions and we

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01:58:44,840 --> 01:58:48,600
Speaker 1: never get around to ask answering with our discussion. And

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Speaker 1: we got one from Scott on the mail bag. It

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Speaker 1: is this, He goes with the top ten of the

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01:58:54,440 --> 01:58:57,520
Speaker 1: NFL one hundred being revealed after the game on Saturday,

2313
01:58:58,280 --> 01:59:00,480
Speaker 1: where do you think Josh Allen lands on the list?

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01:59:00,960 --> 01:59:05,840
Speaker 1: I say anywhere from eight through four. Also, what does

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01:59:05,880 --> 01:59:08,400
Speaker 1: it say about the way players in the league view

2316
01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:12,560
Speaker 1: Allen as a top player in the league. Yeah, they

2317
01:59:12,680 --> 01:59:14,640
Speaker 1: view him as a top player in the league I think,

2318
01:59:14,800 --> 01:59:21,160
Speaker 1: and he will probably be somewhere around Yeah, I'd say

2319
01:59:21,200 --> 01:59:23,800
Speaker 1: five to eight. I mean you gotta because you gotta

2320
01:59:23,840 --> 01:59:27,520
Speaker 1: throw in guys like you know, Aaron Donald into the mix,

2321
01:59:27,800 --> 01:59:32,320
Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Ramsey into the mix. M guys like

2322
01:59:32,880 --> 01:59:35,800
Speaker 1: you know, well you name it at other positions. Name

2323
01:59:35,880 --> 01:59:38,880
Speaker 1: the top ten on the list. So they released the

2324
01:59:38,960 --> 01:59:43,720
Speaker 1: top ten yesterday. So of that top ten, Davanta Adams.

2325
01:59:43,880 --> 01:59:46,880
Speaker 1: They listed them alphabetically, so we can't read into this

2326
01:59:47,000 --> 01:59:50,880
Speaker 1: at all. Davanta Adams, Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Aaron Donald,

2327
01:59:51,080 --> 01:59:57,120
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, DeAndre Hopkins, Travis Kelsey, Patrick Mahomes, and Aaron Rodgers.

2328
01:59:57,560 --> 02:00:01,640
Speaker 1: So you have what four quarterbacks are part of that list?

2329
02:00:03,400 --> 02:00:08,680
Speaker 1: Two wide receivers, one tight end, one defensive lineman, a

2330
02:00:08,840 --> 02:00:14,240
Speaker 1: running back and a linebacker. Where does Josh Allen fit

2331
02:00:14,360 --> 02:00:18,400
Speaker 1: in with those guys? Yeah? I think Patrick Mahomes and

2332
02:00:18,480 --> 02:00:21,360
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers are up there. Those are two really proven

2333
02:00:21,480 --> 02:00:27,600
Speaker 1: great quarterbacks, Tom Brady as well Aaron Donald. Do I

2334
02:00:27,720 --> 02:00:31,200
Speaker 1: feel like Alan could fit in at five? Yeah, Travis

2335
02:00:31,320 --> 02:00:34,720
Speaker 1: Kelsey a great tight end, t J Watt, He's proven.

2336
02:00:35,560 --> 02:00:38,880
Speaker 1: I could say anywhere from five to eight I would

2337
02:00:38,960 --> 02:00:42,120
Speaker 1: expect him to be. Now, if he goes nine or ten,

2338
02:00:42,240 --> 02:00:44,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a little bit upset because I think

2339
02:00:45,160 --> 02:00:48,080
Speaker 1: he ranks a little bit higher than some of these

2340
02:00:48,200 --> 02:00:51,040
Speaker 1: guys on the list. I think he deserves to be

2341
02:00:51,320 --> 02:00:55,720
Speaker 1: better than number ten. In my opinion, we also work

2342
02:00:55,800 --> 02:00:58,640
Speaker 1: for the buffle of the so much. My opinion maybe

2343
02:00:58,640 --> 02:01:02,080
Speaker 1: a little bit jaded, but that's what I'm saying, Tasker,

2344
02:01:02,160 --> 02:01:04,280
Speaker 1: what do you think I agree? I mean, that's exactly

2345
02:01:04,360 --> 02:01:06,720
Speaker 1: what I said. Five, Between five and eight, I mean,

2346
02:01:06,760 --> 02:01:08,920
Speaker 1: as high as five he might. He might squeeze into

2347
02:01:08,960 --> 02:01:11,520
Speaker 1: the top five. But you know, Mahomes for the time being,

2348
02:01:11,560 --> 02:01:13,960
Speaker 1: at least Mahomes is still gonna be always listed ahead

2349
02:01:13,960 --> 02:01:16,320
Speaker 1: of him. Rogers is probably always going to be listed

2350
02:01:16,320 --> 02:01:18,480
Speaker 1: ahead of him. Brady's always going to be listed ahead

2351
02:01:18,480 --> 02:01:20,440
Speaker 1: of him. Then you guys guys like Aaron Donald and

2352
02:01:20,520 --> 02:01:23,880
Speaker 1: George Kittle or Travis Kelsey whoever. You know, you got

2353
02:01:23,960 --> 02:01:26,320
Speaker 1: those guys that get sprinkled in up probably ahead of

2354
02:01:26,400 --> 02:01:30,720
Speaker 1: him as players. So and then you know what, Davante Adams, Okay, well,

2355
02:01:30,760 --> 02:01:35,120
Speaker 1: now now you're already at six or seven. So at

2356
02:01:35,200 --> 02:01:38,840
Speaker 1: some point Josh Allen gets in there because I'll tell

2357
02:01:38,840 --> 02:01:41,400
Speaker 1: you what these guys who you know, the sixteen games

2358
02:01:41,440 --> 02:01:46,760
Speaker 1: he played I think against twelve different teams. Yeah, those

2359
02:01:46,840 --> 02:01:49,800
Speaker 1: guys know how good he is. So it's it's he's

2360
02:01:49,840 --> 02:01:52,280
Speaker 1: gonna be there. He's not gonna be I'll tell you this,

2361
02:01:52,360 --> 02:01:57,200
Speaker 1: he's not gonna be number ten. You know. If he is,

2362
02:01:57,440 --> 02:02:02,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not gonna be okay with it. It's

2363
02:02:02,280 --> 02:02:04,800
Speaker 1: just gonna be another chip on his shoulder. They're just

2364
02:02:05,000 --> 02:02:07,960
Speaker 1: racking up and stacking up the chips as many as

2365
02:02:08,000 --> 02:02:10,040
Speaker 1: we can put on our shoulder this year before week

2366
02:02:10,120 --> 02:02:12,280
Speaker 1: one stars. So if he has a chip on his

2367
02:02:12,360 --> 02:02:14,400
Speaker 1: shoulder from his stock, if he has a chip on

2368
02:02:14,440 --> 02:02:16,320
Speaker 1: his shoulder or being called the tenth best player in

2369
02:02:16,360 --> 02:02:19,800
Speaker 1: the National Football League, that's a Thurman Thomas chip. That's

2370
02:02:19,840 --> 02:02:22,480
Speaker 1: the way. Yeah. Thurman used to dredge up some emotion

2371
02:02:22,520 --> 02:02:25,400
Speaker 1: about being belittled by being called the best all around

2372
02:02:25,480 --> 02:02:28,040
Speaker 1: running back in the NFL. He thought it was an insult.

2373
02:02:28,640 --> 02:02:34,040
Speaker 1: So yeah, so there you go. That's you know. I'm

2374
02:02:34,120 --> 02:02:37,680
Speaker 1: with you. I think he's he's gonna be maybe close

2375
02:02:37,720 --> 02:02:40,080
Speaker 1: to the top five, but not too far out of it,

2376
02:02:40,400 --> 02:02:42,400
Speaker 1: not too far out of it. Another one from another

2377
02:02:42,480 --> 02:02:44,800
Speaker 1: from the mail bag from George. He says, is who

2378
02:02:44,960 --> 02:02:47,320
Speaker 1: is going to be the surprise cut From a special

2379
02:02:47,400 --> 02:02:52,560
Speaker 1: teams standpoint when it comes to the returner, also rate

2380
02:02:52,680 --> 02:02:55,880
Speaker 1: the hardest special team's job A covering a punt, be

2381
02:02:56,120 --> 02:03:01,400
Speaker 1: covering a kickoff, cut returning a punt, D returning a kickoff.

2382
02:03:02,720 --> 02:03:05,880
Speaker 1: I'll say that, and well, the surprise cut, I don't

2383
02:03:05,920 --> 02:03:08,480
Speaker 1: know that there'll be a surprise cut. They may keep

2384
02:03:08,520 --> 02:03:10,520
Speaker 1: the guy. They may be a surprise guy that doesn't

2385
02:03:10,520 --> 02:03:12,840
Speaker 1: make the fifty three. But I got Sam McKenzie the

2386
02:03:12,960 --> 02:03:15,720
Speaker 1: return guy, and I think they find a way to

2387
02:03:15,800 --> 02:03:18,880
Speaker 1: keep Marquez Stevenson around, either on the practice squad or

2388
02:03:19,040 --> 02:03:23,920
Speaker 1: maybe the seventh wide receiver maybe, I don't know. Powell

2389
02:03:24,000 --> 02:03:26,640
Speaker 1: may get a chance to show what he does during this,

2390
02:03:26,840 --> 02:03:31,000
Speaker 1: and so might the new guy Sims. But I don't

2391
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:34,680
Speaker 1: think there'll be a surprise cut from those guys. I

2392
02:03:34,720 --> 02:03:38,960
Speaker 1: think they're gonna find a way to keep those guys around, right, Yeah,

2393
02:03:39,000 --> 02:03:40,440
Speaker 1: I agree with that. I mean, I think we know

2394
02:03:40,520 --> 02:03:44,000
Speaker 1: who the return man is. They've said that they really

2395
02:03:44,080 --> 02:03:46,720
Speaker 1: love Isaam McKenzie. He farwell has said that we know

2396
02:03:46,840 --> 02:03:50,280
Speaker 1: that Isaam McKenzie is out right now with the shoulder injury.

2397
02:03:50,440 --> 02:03:53,040
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott said, he's in between day to day and

2398
02:03:53,200 --> 02:03:56,280
Speaker 1: week to week at this point, so we'll see when

2399
02:03:56,320 --> 02:03:58,760
Speaker 1: he comes back, and if it is next week, that

2400
02:03:58,800 --> 02:04:02,400
Speaker 1: would be amazing. But without Isamh McKenzie, I mean, I

2401
02:04:02,520 --> 02:04:05,560
Speaker 1: think they have a good player in Marquess Stevenson. He's

2402
02:04:05,560 --> 02:04:07,840
Speaker 1: a younger guy and I think has a lot to prove.

2403
02:04:07,960 --> 02:04:10,920
Speaker 1: But I know it's preseason, but I've liked what I've

2404
02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:14,120
Speaker 1: seen from him so far in training camp practices and

2405
02:04:14,280 --> 02:04:16,920
Speaker 1: in preseason games. He's had some nicer turns in there.

2406
02:04:17,560 --> 02:04:20,640
Speaker 1: That's what he was known for in college. So I

2407
02:04:20,760 --> 02:04:24,520
Speaker 1: think he's a good number two option if Isaamh McKenzie

2408
02:04:24,720 --> 02:04:26,880
Speaker 1: is going to be week to week, and then from

2409
02:04:26,920 --> 02:04:31,040
Speaker 1: there we'll see who makes the roster who doesn't. In

2410
02:04:31,240 --> 02:04:33,760
Speaker 1: terms of a returner, but I think you're going to

2411
02:04:33,840 --> 02:04:38,560
Speaker 1: see different guys return kicks in this third preseason game

2412
02:04:38,680 --> 02:04:41,880
Speaker 1: just because of the fact that Isam McKenzie is probably

2413
02:04:41,920 --> 02:04:45,520
Speaker 1: not going to be around, right. I'm with you on that. Also,

2414
02:04:45,640 --> 02:04:51,480
Speaker 1: the second half of his question from George is you know,

2415
02:04:51,640 --> 02:04:57,200
Speaker 1: rate the difficulty between punt, punt return, kickoff, kickoff return,

2416
02:04:57,280 --> 02:05:01,800
Speaker 1: those four things. The worst one by far head and

2417
02:05:01,840 --> 02:05:04,080
Speaker 1: shoulders above anything else. The worst job to have his

2418
02:05:04,120 --> 02:05:07,360
Speaker 1: punt return in all of football, because the whole team

2419
02:05:07,400 --> 02:05:10,120
Speaker 1: could be playing like Gangbusters and you could mess the

2420
02:05:10,200 --> 02:05:14,040
Speaker 1: whole thing up. That's because there's such a catastrophan plus

2421
02:05:14,120 --> 02:05:17,840
Speaker 1: it's really difficult to make a great play. Punt return

2422
02:05:17,960 --> 02:05:20,720
Speaker 1: is by far the most difficult. The second one would

2423
02:05:20,760 --> 02:05:24,720
Speaker 1: probably be for me as a gunner was punt coverage

2424
02:05:25,640 --> 02:05:27,720
Speaker 1: because I always got double teamed right in my face,

2425
02:05:27,760 --> 02:05:29,680
Speaker 1: and you know, it was like it was like stepping

2426
02:05:29,720 --> 02:05:32,840
Speaker 1: into the ring for a sixty yard dash, right, So

2427
02:05:33,800 --> 02:05:35,920
Speaker 1: that's stunk too a little bit because it was hard

2428
02:05:36,000 --> 02:05:39,720
Speaker 1: to beat a double team. Kickoff return would probably be

2429
02:05:39,920 --> 02:05:43,400
Speaker 1: third worst because you know, it's kind of the same

2430
02:05:43,480 --> 02:05:46,720
Speaker 1: thing if you catch the ball, you know the violence

2431
02:05:46,840 --> 02:05:50,480
Speaker 1: is on the way, but you had more space and

2432
02:05:50,680 --> 02:05:52,600
Speaker 1: you know that kind of thing. And kickoff return was

2433
02:05:52,680 --> 02:05:55,960
Speaker 1: really difficult to block for upfront as well. The fun part,

2434
02:05:56,040 --> 02:05:58,480
Speaker 1: the fun thing is kickoff coverage. I mean I say

2435
02:05:58,520 --> 02:06:00,520
Speaker 1: it all the time, man, everybody should be able to

2436
02:06:00,520 --> 02:06:06,280
Speaker 1: cover kicks kickoffs. It's a blast. It's so fun. Just

2437
02:06:06,560 --> 02:06:09,080
Speaker 1: you know, it used to be get a running start,

2438
02:06:09,120 --> 02:06:10,720
Speaker 1: Now you get a standing start, but just take off

2439
02:06:10,920 --> 02:06:14,880
Speaker 1: running and go chase the guy with malicious intent. It's

2440
02:06:14,920 --> 02:06:19,400
Speaker 1: just fun. It's like it's like chasing down. It's like

2441
02:06:19,600 --> 02:06:24,440
Speaker 1: chasing down that like a like a it's like chasing

2442
02:06:24,520 --> 02:06:28,240
Speaker 1: down a varmint that ran off with your lunch. What

2443
02:06:28,480 --> 02:06:31,240
Speaker 1: you do, nobody cares at the end of it. If

2444
02:06:31,280 --> 02:06:34,120
Speaker 1: you can catch him, you know, you can take your

2445
02:06:34,160 --> 02:06:36,920
Speaker 1: frustration out on him. It's so fun to cover kicks.

2446
02:06:37,800 --> 02:06:41,920
Speaker 1: It's just so fun. So that's my ranking punt punt returns.

2447
02:06:41,960 --> 02:06:45,520
Speaker 1: The worst punt team is second worst, kickoff return is

2448
02:06:45,600 --> 02:06:49,879
Speaker 1: third worst, and the best one is is kickoff coverage.

2449
02:06:50,200 --> 02:06:52,760
Speaker 1: So there you go. That's the way that you're talking

2450
02:06:52,800 --> 02:06:55,560
Speaker 1: about being a special teamer makes me think of how

2451
02:06:56,680 --> 02:07:00,760
Speaker 1: much our team and our players appreciate playing on special teams.

2452
02:07:00,800 --> 02:07:02,560
Speaker 1: And of course we know that they put a lot

2453
02:07:02,640 --> 02:07:04,920
Speaker 1: of value in that third phase of the game. But

2454
02:07:05,640 --> 02:07:09,080
Speaker 1: there are starters on our team that want to be

2455
02:07:09,160 --> 02:07:12,480
Speaker 1: a part of special teams, and that Sean McDermott has

2456
02:07:12,520 --> 02:07:16,240
Speaker 1: literally had to convince away from being on special teams

2457
02:07:16,360 --> 02:07:20,160
Speaker 1: because they need them just on defense. So I think

2458
02:07:20,200 --> 02:07:23,080
Speaker 1: that says a lot about our guys. When you have starters,

2459
02:07:23,160 --> 02:07:24,800
Speaker 1: I can't remember who it is off the top of

2460
02:07:24,840 --> 02:07:26,520
Speaker 1: my head. I think it might have been Micah Hyde

2461
02:07:26,560 --> 02:07:29,280
Speaker 1: or Jordan Horres, somebody like that who's like, I want

2462
02:07:29,320 --> 02:07:31,720
Speaker 1: to be on special teams this year. Put me in coach,

2463
02:07:32,040 --> 02:07:33,520
Speaker 1: let me be a part of that third phase of

2464
02:07:33,560 --> 02:07:35,800
Speaker 1: the game. And Sean McDermot is having to talk them

2465
02:07:35,840 --> 02:07:38,800
Speaker 1: off the ledge of like you legitimately cannot be a

2466
02:07:38,880 --> 02:07:41,600
Speaker 1: part of special teams. I'm sorry. I know you want

2467
02:07:41,640 --> 02:07:44,000
Speaker 1: to play in special teams because it's so fun, but

2468
02:07:44,120 --> 02:07:48,280
Speaker 1: you cannot. Everybody wants to cover kickoffs, and it's the best.

2469
02:07:48,600 --> 02:07:50,920
Speaker 1: Everybody wants to cover case. Not too many guys want

2470
02:07:50,920 --> 02:07:53,480
Speaker 1: to be on the front line a kickoff return or

2471
02:07:54,240 --> 02:07:57,400
Speaker 1: you know that kind of thing, or on punt protection

2472
02:07:57,480 --> 02:07:59,480
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff that kind of stinks. Plus being

2473
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:03,920
Speaker 1: a gunner if you're any good at its worst job ever. So,

2474
02:08:04,320 --> 02:08:06,680
Speaker 1: but I'm with you. Everybody wants to If yeah, put

2475
02:08:06,760 --> 02:08:10,720
Speaker 1: me on kickoff, I'm all about it. Uh. I can

2476
02:08:10,760 --> 02:08:14,200
Speaker 1: see guys getting disappointed when you know, Tyler Bass kicks

2477
02:08:14,240 --> 02:08:16,320
Speaker 1: it out of the end zone, you know, because you

2478
02:08:16,360 --> 02:08:19,200
Speaker 1: don't get a you know, there's no there's no fun

2479
02:08:19,280 --> 02:08:22,280
Speaker 1: at the end of that of that run. But you

2480
02:08:22,360 --> 02:08:26,880
Speaker 1: know that's that's my thing. I think worst to first

2481
02:08:27,080 --> 02:08:33,520
Speaker 1: is punt return, punt, kickoff return, kickoff, um kickoff is

2482
02:08:33,520 --> 02:08:36,640
Speaker 1: an absolute blast to be a part of. I'll go

2483
02:08:36,800 --> 02:08:39,400
Speaker 1: to my grave saying that off from Eric on the

2484
02:08:39,520 --> 02:08:41,320
Speaker 1: last one from the tweet, she will get one, really,

2485
02:08:41,360 --> 02:08:44,080
Speaker 1: and he says, I want to see Gregory Russeau. I

2486
02:08:44,160 --> 02:08:47,040
Speaker 1: want to see him continuous dominance. He currently leads all

2487
02:08:47,120 --> 02:08:49,120
Speaker 1: rookies and quarterback pressures and I want to see him

2488
02:08:49,240 --> 02:08:52,800
Speaker 1: continue to build on that. Russo gets mentioned a lot.

2489
02:08:53,040 --> 02:08:54,960
Speaker 1: I know he's the first round draft pick and people

2490
02:08:54,960 --> 02:08:56,640
Speaker 1: are trying to get to know him, and he's just

2491
02:08:56,760 --> 02:09:01,520
Speaker 1: big dude, and he's shown up in these games. Maddie,

2492
02:09:01,560 --> 02:09:03,840
Speaker 1: how likely do you feel it in your gut that

2493
02:09:04,040 --> 02:09:06,280
Speaker 1: Rousseau is that guy who it looks like he is.

2494
02:09:08,360 --> 02:09:12,760
Speaker 1: I think training camp in preseason has convinced me that

2495
02:09:12,920 --> 02:09:15,840
Speaker 1: he is that type of player. When we drafted him

2496
02:09:15,960 --> 02:09:18,800
Speaker 1: and just hearing the way that Sean McDermott and Brandon

2497
02:09:18,840 --> 02:09:21,120
Speaker 1: Bean talked about him, it was kind of like, we

2498
02:09:21,280 --> 02:09:24,560
Speaker 1: need to wait and see what he is. We understand

2499
02:09:24,680 --> 02:09:27,760
Speaker 1: what he has on tape, and we know that we

2500
02:09:27,920 --> 02:09:29,960
Speaker 1: think we know the player he is, but we're waiting

2501
02:09:30,040 --> 02:09:32,320
Speaker 1: to see that in training camp, and I think they've

2502
02:09:32,360 --> 02:09:34,960
Speaker 1: both been convinced that he's that type of player. I mean,

2503
02:09:35,440 --> 02:09:38,520
Speaker 1: let's not forget he opted out last season, so he

2504
02:09:38,640 --> 02:09:42,520
Speaker 1: didn't play college football last season. He had that crazy

2505
02:09:42,880 --> 02:09:46,040
Speaker 1: season full of sacks the season before in twenty nineteen

2506
02:09:46,640 --> 02:09:49,280
Speaker 1: where he was number two in college football in terms

2507
02:09:49,320 --> 02:09:52,320
Speaker 1: of sacks. But the question mark for him is it

2508
02:09:52,440 --> 02:09:54,840
Speaker 1: because of his length or is it because of his

2509
02:09:55,000 --> 02:09:58,200
Speaker 1: athleticism and length? And I think some people might have

2510
02:09:58,320 --> 02:10:00,680
Speaker 1: thought it's just because of his length. When he gets

2511
02:10:00,720 --> 02:10:03,160
Speaker 1: the NFL, I don't know if that length is going

2512
02:10:03,200 --> 02:10:05,000
Speaker 1: to go as far as it did in college football.

2513
02:10:05,040 --> 02:10:07,640
Speaker 1: And I think what we're seeing now is no, he

2514
02:10:07,880 --> 02:10:10,520
Speaker 1: is a smart player, he is athletic. It is more

2515
02:10:10,600 --> 02:10:14,920
Speaker 1: than just his length. Yes, his length is his biggest strength.

2516
02:10:15,200 --> 02:10:18,360
Speaker 1: But Leslie Fraser says him and Boogie Basham have been

2517
02:10:18,400 --> 02:10:20,840
Speaker 1: able to take everything that's thrown at them in terms

2518
02:10:20,880 --> 02:10:23,600
Speaker 1: of learning this defense and being put in different type

2519
02:10:23,640 --> 02:10:27,160
Speaker 1: of types of situations. And I think that that makes

2520
02:10:27,200 --> 02:10:29,120
Speaker 1: me feel really good about what they have in those

2521
02:10:29,160 --> 02:10:33,240
Speaker 1: two draft picks, specifically with Greg Russo, Maddie Glabs, Steve

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Speaker 1: Task We'll be back after the break to finish things up.

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Speaker 1: This is One Bills Live from the Seneca one studio,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Kalidah Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: Back to finnishup's deep tasker Maddie Glab here at One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Drive. We're talking about the Bill Packers tomorrow and

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Speaker 1: one last thing. It's your last chance, Maddie, what are

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Speaker 1: you looking for? Bill's Packers Saturday one pm. So, I

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Speaker 1: think we are all convinced at just how talented the

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Speaker 1: back end of this roster is. So I'm looking for

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Speaker 1: in this game to see how our starters look in

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Speaker 1: the couple snaps that they do get. I don't think

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Speaker 1: we're going to be shocked by anything, but I think

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Speaker 1: it's good to see our starters go in play how

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Speaker 1: they did last season, or maybe take a small steps forward.

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Speaker 1: That's a little bit of reassurance for all of this thinking, Okay,

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Speaker 1: this is the team that we knew from last year.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be the same or even better. So I'm

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Speaker 1: looking for some reassurance with those starters for whenever they

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Speaker 1: get snaps, whether it's a snap, whether it's a couple

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Speaker 1: of quarters, I'm excited to see what they can put together.

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Speaker 1: I might anticipate as well. The Packers have been in

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Speaker 1: the last two NFC Championship games. The back half of

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Speaker 1: their rosters should look pretty good, So I would think

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Speaker 1: maybe the Bills backup half of Bills workers won't have

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Speaker 1: back half of the Bills roster won't look as good

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Speaker 1: as it has against the Detroit Lions in Chicago Bears,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So we'll see. But we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be on the air tomorrow. What are you doing after?

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Speaker 1: You're doing any post game tomorrow at all, Maddie. No

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Speaker 1: postgame shows tomorrow, no pregame show tomorrow. I will be

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Speaker 1: covering writing duties, all right. You and I make sure

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Speaker 1: you check out Buffalo Bills dot com. We'll have a

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Speaker 1: top three things to Know and some other stories that

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Speaker 1: go up after the game. Me and Andrew catalong along

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Speaker 1: with Cynthia Freeland will be doing the game on television.

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Speaker 1: Also during the regular season. You and I are gonna

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Speaker 1: be doing Bills tonight after every game. You and I

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Speaker 1: were gon We're gonna be on TV together doing postgame

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Speaker 1: a sound and highlights and all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun season for us as well. Right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Bills tonight, it's me and Steve Tasker is gonna help

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Speaker 1: break the break the game down for us every single week.

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Speaker 1: I'm sided. Here we go. Yeah, both guns blazing. Okay,

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Speaker 1: thanks Maddie, great show today. Thanks, have a great weekend everybody.

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Speaker 1: The Bills and the Packers Tomorrow, one pm Eastern. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a great day. Show up early. We got

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Speaker 1: like a minute left. So what's one guy, Maddie give me?

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Speaker 1: Give me your guy focus to focus in on when

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Speaker 1: he's playing. I don't know if I can give you

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Speaker 1: a guy. I'm saying the cornerbacks. It's cornerbacks. That's what

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Speaker 1: I'm looking for in this game. Me too. I want

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Speaker 1: to see the ones play. And there's this guy that

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Speaker 1: wears seventeen for Buffalo. I can't remember his name right now.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna play. Keep your eye on him as well.

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Maddi, glab have a great weekend, everybody. One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Will be back after the weekend. Bills Packers

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Speaker 1: tomorrow one pm. Be here or b Square. Okay, Bye,

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Speaker 1: Tott