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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bills Light. You're by the numbers discussion

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Speaker 1: space for the Bills and the NFL coming up. What

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Speaker 1: does the formation of Buffalo's fifty three man rosters say

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Speaker 1: about the team heading into the twenty twenty one season.

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker is tested on the healthiest starting quarterbacks in

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Speaker 1: the league and the most productive safeties of football. And

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Speaker 1: we discussed which is more valuable to wins and losses,

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Speaker 1: takeaways or third down conversions? Line up? Everybody at a

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Speaker 1: Steve Taster who has been all over the fields kind

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

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

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Speaker 1: the stratosphere of normalcy. Thanks for joining us here on

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Speaker 1: one Bills Lighting, your numbers oriented focus on the Bills

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Speaker 1: in the l Chris Brown and Steve Tasker here with

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Speaker 1: you as always, and Steve, we begin with the fifty

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Speaker 1: three man roster. It's awesome shuffling after the initial roster

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Speaker 1: was said on Tuesday this past week. But first biggest

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Speaker 1: takeaways from the makeup of the roster, Well, they took

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Speaker 1: a risk released four corners from their defensive backfield group,

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Speaker 1: but they brought most of them, brought them back on

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Speaker 1: the practice squad. They're going to go a little bit,

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, a little bit light at defensive back,

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Speaker 1: four safeties, five corners, but they went very heavy at

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Speaker 1: defensive line. I think it's a it's a I think

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Speaker 1: it's a focus for the entire offseason. They've got to

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Speaker 1: get more pressure on the pass or they've got to

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Speaker 1: do a better job against the run, and it all

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Speaker 1: starts up front. Yep, and eleven defensive lineman. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that just puts a stamp on the whole dang thing,

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Speaker 1: doesn't it. I mean, six defensive ends is not unprecedented

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Speaker 1: in the scope of the NFL forming rosters, but for

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Speaker 1: this team, that's a heavy number. And they traded away

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Speaker 1: a defensive end prior to the formation of the fifty

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Speaker 1: three man roster who was certainly fifty three man roster worthy. Yes, absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Bam Johnson was a guy that they had played well

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Speaker 1: Played some reps, some valuable reps at defensive end, but

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Speaker 1: also a ton of reps at special teams. He was

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Speaker 1: When the guy was healthy, he was on the field,

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Speaker 1: and they traded him because they felt like an I agree,

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Speaker 1: their neck deep in quality defensive end pass rushers, guys

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Speaker 1: who are every down defensive ends. We'll see if it

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Speaker 1: takes it, if they take a hit on special teams

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Speaker 1: and their coverage units. But man oh man, it's a

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Speaker 1: nod to what they think is important going forward defensively.

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Speaker 1: And while it's clear based on those numbers on the

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Speaker 1: defensive line that they deemed their pass rush to be

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Speaker 1: important for success in twenty twenty one, is there any

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Speaker 1: other part of the roster's formation that indicates what else

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Speaker 1: might be important for this team's success this season? Two

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Speaker 1: tight ends? Only two tight ends. Sometimes you have four

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Speaker 1: two tight ends. It's the lowest I've ever seen. With

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Speaker 1: this is almost it's I don't want to say run

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Speaker 1: can't it be? But they've got they've got a quarterback

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Speaker 1: with a big arm who's a big athlete. They're putting

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Speaker 1: So I think that's their philosophy. Yeah, they are technically

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Speaker 1: Marquez Stevenson on injured reserve and adding long snapper Reed

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Speaker 1: Ferguson back to the roster. A common move that Brandon

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Speaker 1: Bean has adopted the last couple of years where they

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Speaker 1: basically without a team for twenty four hours. That allows

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Speaker 1: them to keep Marquess Stevenson after three weeks. You'll be

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Speaker 1: if they need him, but they don't have to. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And also they kept Isaiah Hodgins also on the practice squad,

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Speaker 1: They drafted all of these guys, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: going forward. I have a lot of trust in Feliciano.

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Speaker 1: I know Cody Ford can hold his own at least,

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Speaker 1: and Ike Butcker played extremely well there last year, But

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Speaker 1: I I've always felt this way because it seems to

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Speaker 1: always looking at that and I don't know. Maybe I'm

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Speaker 1: inclined to go heavy at corner not only because if

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Speaker 1: want to say you're scrambling, but you're trying to fill

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Speaker 1: And I know they added corners to the practice squad

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Speaker 1: to kind of insulate themselves. But the more I think

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Speaker 1: I really invest in top flight cover players, whether you're

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Speaker 1: I would prefer to go heavy there. I think they've

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Speaker 1: insulated themselves with three corners on their practice squad that

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Speaker 1: You're going to very quickly get to a point in

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Speaker 1: a lot more in this league going forward week to week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the league is more and more becoming about pass protection,

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Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's you know, it's not gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: So now it's it's about matchups, getting guys, getting your

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Speaker 1: you can do it, and and it's hard, and it's

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Speaker 1: that's what it's about. And I think we would agree

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Speaker 1: based on the population numbers we see every year in

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Speaker 1: the draft, it's a lot easier to find those receivers

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Speaker 1: in reverse, they're hard to find, hard to find, So

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Speaker 1: just something I'll be keeping my eye on in years

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Speaker 1: to come as roster formations continue year over year. All right, Steve,

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Speaker 1: let's move on to the numbers game. It's time to

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Speaker 1: quiz you on the healthiest quarterbacks in football. From twenty twenty,

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Speaker 1: there were a total of twelve starting qbs who started

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Speaker 1: all sixteen games for their respective teams last season, which

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Speaker 1: is pretty good considering you had the COVID concerns in

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Speaker 1: twelve quarterbacks who made all sixteen starts for their team

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Speaker 1: last season. Let's go. Ready, I'm ready. I will start

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Speaker 1: and say, first of all, Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 1: not on the list, Steve, what he missed a game somewhere?

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Speaker 1: He wasn't on the list. Pat Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes, No

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Speaker 1: missed the game. Okay, Now I'm awash in the sea

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, I becoming Jared Goff Jared Goff is

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Speaker 1: a no. Russ Wilson Russell Wilson, Yes, yet two got

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Speaker 1: six to go together? Murray Kyler Murray correct. I'll say,

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Speaker 1: which might be surprising. Hey, Ryan Tannehill Ran Tannehill as yes,

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. Her cousins got through all sixteen last year? Yes, yes, okay? Well,

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Speaker 1: how more am I standing? Do you have five of

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Speaker 1: the required eight for this numbers game challenge? Lamar Lamar, No,

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Speaker 1: Remember he missed a game for COVID. That's more. Let

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Speaker 1: will say, Derek Carr. Derek Carr is correct, So eight

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Speaker 1: your queen sweep here? Damn? Okay? Deshaun Watson, Deshaun Watson

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Speaker 1: that's three to go. Really starting Daniel Jones not Daniel Jones.

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Speaker 1: Darting quarterbacks who started all three sixteen games, not Drew Brees.

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Speaker 1: of teams. One guy is not in the league anymore. Seriously, yes,

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Speaker 1: last year was his final season. Oh, Philip Rivers. There

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Speaker 1: you go, Philip Rivers. Another guy is playing Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield is correct. And one guy is playing somewhere

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Speaker 1: else this season. Matt, Matt, Matthews. Nope, the kid from Detroit.

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Speaker 1: What's his name? This is awesome? Is I hold on?

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Speaker 1: Let me Steve, Let me get my glasses on, Matt Stafford.

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Speaker 1: There we go. The synapses have connected, all twelve. Good job, Steve,

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Speaker 1: all right, Part two of the numbers Game. These players

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Speaker 1: seventeen have accumulated at least three hundred tackles, at least

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Speaker 1: ten interceptions, and at least five sacks. So over the

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Speaker 1: ten interceptions, and at least five sacks. And the hint

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Speaker 1: I will give you they are all safeties. Yes, okay,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I can even name a safety

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Speaker 1: other in Poyer in high the kid and the kid

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Speaker 1: that went from the Jets of the Seattle Seahawks, Jamal

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Speaker 1: Adammal No doesn't have the picks. Jordan Poyer. Poyer is

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Speaker 1: one four hundred, fourteen tackles, thirteen interceptions, seven sacks. He

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Speaker 1: stands alone, does he not one of three guys? Well,

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Speaker 1: he kills it in the tackle department gap nobody. These

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Speaker 1: They are close in the other catacles. Who I think

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Speaker 1: these are recognizable names for you, Tyron Matthew, that's correct.

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Speaker 1: Three hundred tackles exactly, fourteen picks, six sacks. You have

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Speaker 1: one more. If you need a hint, I can give

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Speaker 1: you one. Give me a hint. He is in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: That's a hint. Well, it's a safety in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: I cut the league in half more. You an NFC safety,

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Speaker 1: the guy from Tampa Bay. It is not the guy

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Speaker 1: idea safeties? Who do it? I will go. I will

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Speaker 1: out of reach and it's over and you've got another loss.

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Speaker 1: The Bills are kind of that team now, or at

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Speaker 1: least have the potential to be with their If their

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Speaker 1: pass rush comes through the way we all believe it will,

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Speaker 1: this team could could arguably be an even better point

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Speaker 1: scorer than we saw last season. That'll do it for

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