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Speaker 1: the straged fear of normalcy. Happy Friday, everybody, Welcome into

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live. Mattie glab here filling in for Chris

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Speaker 1: Brown alongside my buddy Steve Tasker. It is the off season, everybody.

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Speaker 1: We're feeling good. The super Bowl is behind us. I

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Speaker 1: so let's move on to the twenty twenty two season. Please.

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Speaker 1: I don't need to hear any more about how they

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Speaker 1: So I don't care. Right. Yeah, Now we're kind of

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Speaker 1: doing it from within, which is what the Bills did ultimately,

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Speaker 1: But they talk to people other people. The Patriots aren't

431
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Speaker 1: even to do that. They're not giving anybody that title,

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Speaker 1: so they don't have to interview anybody. They're just gonna

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Speaker 1: they're gonna promote from within. Let somebody emerge, is that candidate,

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Speaker 1: and put him in that spot and call him something else.

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Speaker 1: They'll probably pay him commensurate with a coordinator's job, but

436
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Speaker 1: he's not going to get the title, so they don't

437
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Speaker 1: have to go through that interview process. One more way.

438
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Speaker 1: The Patriots, you know, do things their own way. Yeah,

439
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Speaker 1: but be that as it may. Your point is really true.

440
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Speaker 1: Bills with a shuffling of the coaching staff and at

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Speaker 1: the highest level on the offensive side, and then the

442
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Speaker 1: Dolphins totally wiping the slate clean again. They hire Mike

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Speaker 1: McDaniels from the San Francisco forty nine ers, who's their

444
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator last season and their run game coordinator for

445
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Speaker 1: a few years before that. They've got to get their

446
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Speaker 1: staff all assembled. The Jets are as stable as anybody

447
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Speaker 1: right now. That's amazing, and that sounds very weird to say, Yeah,

448
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Speaker 1: good for them, but yeah, it's there's some question marks

449
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Speaker 1: out there in the in the East and It'll be

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Speaker 1: interesting to see how that how it plays itself out.

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Speaker 1: But it's like everything the Bills have shown the ability

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Speaker 1: under Sean McDermott to bring it together and build it

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Speaker 1: as a team. And this team coming up this year,

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Speaker 1: I would if if it's like it has been all

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Speaker 1: five of the years he's been here already, or four

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Speaker 1: of the years he's been here already, this team is

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Speaker 1: going to feel the same as this team we just

458
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Speaker 1: said goodbye too. It's good. They're gonna come together. They're

459
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Speaker 1: gonna build it from the ground up and they're going

460
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Speaker 1: to grow to know and love and respect each other

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Speaker 1: and we will too. That's why this the success has

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Speaker 1: followed here. Will the other teams be able to do that?

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Speaker 1: Will a new head coach and Miami do that? Will

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Speaker 1: the Jets get better? Will they improve? And the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: you got to think that's as stable an environment as

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Speaker 1: you can find because they're not even gonna hire anybody new.

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Speaker 1: Let's just they're gonna treat Josh McDaniels as low he

468
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Speaker 1: passed away, you know, and just move on. Patriots are

469
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Speaker 1: always going to Patriot there. They're always going to do

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Speaker 1: their own thing. Yeah. But even with the moves that

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill's coaching staff made. Like you said, it

472
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Speaker 1: still feels like they're going to be very similar to

473
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Speaker 1: last season. Which the interesting part of that I talked

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Speaker 1: about this last time I was on the show was

475
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Speaker 1: that when we were talking to players when they were

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Speaker 1: doing their locker clean out day, and I asked them,

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Speaker 1: you know, there's obviously going to be some similar pieces

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Speaker 1: on this roster next season. You're going to have continuity,

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Speaker 1: and most of the guys, especially in offense. Now, this

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Speaker 1: was before Brian dave Ball left to go to the Giants,

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Speaker 1: and I think a lot of them knew that that

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Speaker 1: was something that could happen. If dave Ball was still

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Speaker 1: on the staff next season, it would be a very

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Speaker 1: unique situation that he didn't get hired away. So Josh,

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Speaker 1: specifically Josh Allen, was like, this team is going to

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Speaker 1: be very different next season. I didn't really want to

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Speaker 1: entertain the fact that it could be similar to next season.

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Speaker 1: So I think these guys, maybe more this season than

489
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Speaker 1: previous seasons, understand that, whether it was because of the

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Speaker 1: coaching staff or whether it's because of some of the

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Speaker 1: moves they think will be made during the free free

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Speaker 1: agency period that we can have a lot of new

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Speaker 1: players on this roster next season. And of course you're

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Speaker 1: going to keep your core guys. You're going to keep

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Speaker 1: your locker room guys, because those guys are the glue

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Speaker 1: of your team. The people who came in in twenty

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Speaker 1: seventeen with Bean and Sean McDermott, the guys who you've

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Speaker 1: added through the draft, high round picks that are on

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Speaker 1: their second contracts or are still on their rookie contract.

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Speaker 1: So there's still going to be a lot of consistency.

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Speaker 1: But when you look at the free agents, there could

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Speaker 1: be a lot of new faces in specific position groups,

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Speaker 1: and one of those could be the defensive line. And

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Speaker 1: it's interesting because this is, and Brandon Bean has said it,

505
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Speaker 1: this is his season. Now, this is when Brandon Bean

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Speaker 1: becomes you know, big baller bean is. I mean, Tradavis

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Speaker 1: White calls him. This is where he makes and makes

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Speaker 1: and breaks the roster, where he makes really crucial decisions,

509
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Speaker 1: and both for financial reasons and production reasons. There's a

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Speaker 1: whole bunch of a brand new list of players that

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Speaker 1: are available out you know, I mean, it's it's like

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Speaker 1: hundreds of guys that are gonna be out there available.

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Speaker 1: He's got to sift through them and grab them, and

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Speaker 1: you go all the way through to the preseason, and

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Speaker 1: then when you get when you get those guys and

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Speaker 1: signed out, Brandon Being as Sean McDermott will be side

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Speaker 1: by side in this. Mcdermot's going to be getting his

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Speaker 1: staff together and getting them to be cohesive and teaching,

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Speaker 1: you know, teaching and learning and getting to know those

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Speaker 1: guys and getting them to understand what he wants from them.

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Speaker 1: The new guys, the old guys, and you know, Ken

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Speaker 1: Dorsey and all that are going to be working into

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Speaker 1: their thing all through the offseason, into their slots, and

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Speaker 1: then when they finally get to the preseason, then Brandon

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Speaker 1: Being turns it over to Sean McDermot and all those

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Speaker 1: new guys, new faces. This is where his wheelhouse is,

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Speaker 1: and we've seen it. He's a team builder and I

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Speaker 1: think there's a lot of excitement. I don't I always

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Speaker 1: get excited for this time of the year, whether it's

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Speaker 1: free agency or the NFL Draft, because you had a

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Speaker 1: team last season that was really freaking good, that was

532
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Speaker 1: a super Bowl caliber team and will be again next year.

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Speaker 1: But you have the chance to make it better this offseason,

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Speaker 1: and Brandon Bean and the scouting department is going to

535
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Speaker 1: try their hardest to do that and is gonna hit

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Speaker 1: in some positions in some ways where you add a

537
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Speaker 1: piece here and a piece there that are really big

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Speaker 1: players for next season. Yes, he said he's not going

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Speaker 1: to spend a lot of money that I would agree

540
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Speaker 1: with that, but you're still going to add in ways

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Speaker 1: that's going to make you a more complete team for

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Speaker 1: next season. And that gets me so hype because thinking

543
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Speaker 1: about what this team did this past season and then

544
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 1: thinking about if they get better in a couple areas

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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty two, like watch out everybody in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Yeah for me real quick before we take a break.

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Speaker 1: The fun part is finding out that Brandon Bean knows

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Speaker 1: about a lot of guys who can play really good football.

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Speaker 1: I don't have any idea who they are, you know

550
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Speaker 1: what I mean, They're gonna like Mitch Morris. When he

551
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 1: pulled Mitch Morrison off, I was like, who who's he played? Oh? Really?

552
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Speaker 1: He was a center for Pat Mahall. Okay, cool, Hey

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Speaker 1: that sounds awesome. And he's five years younger than the

554
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Speaker 1: guy I thought he was gonna get this is great good, right,

555
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: so pleasant surprises like that John Feliciano, Quentin Spain who

556
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 1: came in and had the best year of his career. Here,

557
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Speaker 1: Darryl Williams who came in and now is like as

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Speaker 1: good a guard as we can as we've had in

559
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Speaker 1: a while. Now, all that stuff, it's just fun to

560
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Speaker 1: watch the names come in and uh and know that

561
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Speaker 1: you know, these are really good football players are gonna

562
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Speaker 1: come in and play really well for this team. It's

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Speaker 1: just a lot of fun. I agree, I agree. All right,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break here. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: we are going to get into our mock draft to

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Speaker 1: watch one point. Oh, we've also got some callers, so

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Speaker 1: we may take some of those calls here in the

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Speaker 1: next segment as well. Stick with us here. One Bill's

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Speaker 1: Live is presented by Kalid to Health on Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: We're back. Welcome back to One Mills Live. It's a Friday,

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Speaker 1: we're loose, we're goofy. Yeah, we're gonna take some calls.

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Speaker 1: In question. We decide we're gonna take some calls in

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Speaker 1: this section and this you know this segment, and we

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Speaker 1: have this call screener that I use sometimes and I

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Speaker 1: forget every single time because I don't use it enough

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Speaker 1: and it's a little bit spotty. Invest how do I

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Speaker 1: hang up? But we're gonna go to the phone lines

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Speaker 1: and I'm going to attempt to do it before you

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Speaker 1: guys back there do it. So don't do it. Let

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Speaker 1: me try. And first, not even listen. You can hear

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Speaker 1: him having a conversation. All right, we've got Chuck from

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Speaker 1: Chicago on with us. Chuck, how are you doing great?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing good? Doing good? Hey, I hear

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Speaker 1: you want to talk about the backup quarterback situation where

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Speaker 1: one guy might land. Yeah. Well, first I just want

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Speaker 1: to thank for taking my call and also let you go.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan. I'm from West in New York

588
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: originally and lived out here for thirty years in Chicago,

589
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 1: but listen to your podcast every day to and from work.

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00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: But today I got off early. So awesome. I love it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Signing last year and fortunately we never really

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Speaker 1: had to see him play, but I thought I thought

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Speaker 1: it from a skill set standpoint, it was a great

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Speaker 1: sign and just curious in terms of two things. Number one,

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Speaker 1: where Mitch is gonna go and then also now we're

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Speaker 1: back to who's going to be Josh Allen's backup that's

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Speaker 1: going to fit that same skill set. I know it's

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Speaker 1: an interesting question because, yeah, the backup quarterback is somebody

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Speaker 1: who you want to be able to come in and

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Speaker 1: win a game if needed, but you also never want

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Speaker 1: to see them play. So first, first things, First, where

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Speaker 1: do you think that's a good question, because I'll say this,

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Speaker 1: there are some guys that the quarterback carousel is going

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Speaker 1: to start and Mitch and Mitch is gonna say, listen,

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Speaker 1: I want a chance to compete. I want a chance

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Speaker 1: to be your starter. And I'll say this, if I'm

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Speaker 1: a couple of teams in the NFC, I'll give you

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Speaker 1: a quick list, and I don't want to I don't

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Speaker 1: want to miss any But first place I start, if

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Speaker 1: I'm Mitch Drubisky is the Tennessee Titans. Um. If Tennessee

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Speaker 1: wanted to upgrade skill set, uh with Ryan Tannehill, Mitch

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Speaker 1: is a guy that could come in and compete with him.

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Speaker 1: He throws the football really well. Tannehill's a good quarterback,

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Speaker 1: not a great quarterback. If they're gonna put that up

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Speaker 1: for grabs, there's probably a lot of guys who would

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Speaker 1: like and that's that's what I think. So, uh, that's

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Speaker 1: one spot would be would be the Titans. Uh In

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Speaker 1: in the AFC. You know, I hate to say it.

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Speaker 1: He's better than Mac Jones, got a better arm, better athlete.

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Speaker 1: What about the Carolina Panthers. Carolina Panthers is a great move,

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Speaker 1: you know if you and there's some people who would say,

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Speaker 1: given the way the season went for them last year,

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns would give him, give him a shot to

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Speaker 1: come in and compete. I don't know that they're gonna

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Speaker 1: do that to Baker Mayfield. Denver would be a likely

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Speaker 1: landing spot for a guy who's looking to land someplace,

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Speaker 1: because if they can't get Aaron Rodgers to leave Green Bay,

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Speaker 1: they gotta get somebody. And mister Trubisky's got a skill

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Speaker 1: set we've all seen. Um. Houston seems to be going

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Speaker 1: with Davis Mills, their rookie who played really above expectations

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Speaker 1: last year. Um. And that's that's the AFC. In the NFC,

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay's looking for a QB. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you heard San Francisco, if he said, all right, gentle

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Speaker 1: and let me compete with Jimmy Garoppolo. Okay, he's not

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Speaker 1: going to go to Philly. New Orleans maybe, although Jamis

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Speaker 1: Winston's working hard to get back, and he was playing

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Speaker 1: pretty well before he got hurt last year, So New

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Speaker 1: Orleans may be willing to part with or give him

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Speaker 1: a chance to compete at least with Jameis Winston. Minnesota, Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: For Mitch ter Bisky, there's a lot of options out there.

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Speaker 1: They will go. I think he's going to get an

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Speaker 1: opportunity somewhere because I think enough teams need a quarterback

643
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: that he'll be able to land somewhere. But Brandon being said, Hey,

644
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 1: if he doesn't get an opportunity, he can have a

645
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 1: place right back here in Buffalo. Yeah, the two would

646
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: be Washington, Carolina. Yeah, Washington's maybe a possibility. Chuck, thanks

647
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:57,919
Speaker 1: for the call, appreciate it. Let's go to Ken in Watertown. Ken,

648
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: you're on with us, good, go ahead. Well, how are

649
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 1: you doing, guys, Good afternoon. Thanks for taking my call,

650
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: you bet, Steve, I got a quick question for you. Um,

651
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about the defense,

652
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 1: but a real quick question. There was a ruler about

653
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders retiring this year. Is that still on the

654
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: table or is that just a rumor or an ain't

655
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: gonna happen. Uh, it might. I think it's up to Emmanuel.

656
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: I think he's the one that mentioned it about you know,

657
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: he's he's done a lot of cool things, a lot

658
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 1: of done a lot of fun stuff in his career.

659
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,240
Speaker 1: But he's been doing it for a long time. And

660
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: and he may you know, he's going to reevaluate and

661
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: see if there's a place for him, because he assigned

662
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: a one year deal with Buffalo. So if Buffalo wants

663
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: him back and they make him an offer, he'll consider that,

664
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: and and he'll consider any offer he gets. But if

665
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 1: they're not enticing enough, he's perfectly willing to say thanks

666
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: anyway and just and retire. So I think that's where

667
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: he's at. He's, you know, after a long season, it's

668
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,280
Speaker 1: a you know, he's double digit years in the league.

669
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: I think that's where the route came from from him himself.

670
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: He was he was on NFL network during the Super

671
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: Bowl week. He was at the Super Bowl and he

672
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: was asked about retiring, and he said, you know, he

673
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: has some thinking to do, but if he decided to

674
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: come back, he said he would love to run it

675
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,399
Speaker 1: back with Buffalo based on what happened last season. So

676
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. I know he's talked about wanting

677
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 1: to get into the NFL media landscape as an on

678
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 1: air talent. Think he would be incredible at that if

679
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: he chooses to do so. So I think he's he's

680
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: weighing his options and seeing what's out there for him.

681
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: Like you said, he played twelve years in the NFL

682
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: or thirteen years, so well, let's hope he comes back.

683
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: I'm the defense. I have a you know, as far

684
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: as the defense goes, I gotta rate Buffalo on the offense.

685
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: I gotta rate in the night this year. I mean,

686
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: they moved the ball up and down the field, but

687
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: they're defense. Man. I gotta rate in at least to

688
00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: see and I'll tell you because it was games when

689
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 1: it just looked like the defense just did never showed up.

690
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: And I'm wondering it. Could the Bill focus on the

691
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: defense this year? I mean, going out and getting some

692
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: players that can hold the you know, can hold the offense.

693
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,280
Speaker 1: You know. I mean it's it's been tough watching these games,

694
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,560
Speaker 1: like that heartbreaking game between the Chiefs thirteen seconds on

695
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 1: the twenty five yard line and they couldn't stop them.

696
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: I mean that, I mean that's heartbreaking, man, to watch

697
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,919
Speaker 1: that after he scored a touchdown with a minute less

698
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: than a minute left in the game and to win

699
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 1: the game. And it's you know, it's heartbreaking to see

700
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: these see these games unfold like that. And I'm wondering,

701
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 1: do you think that they would focus on the defense

702
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: this year? And and uh, I like your opinion on that. Well,

703
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: here's the thing. They're defense, And you're right. We had

704
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: this conversation yesterday as well, and some of the things

705
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:05,439
Speaker 1: about our defense are really it's strange to think about.

706
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: They were the number one defense and a ton of categories.

707
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: Nobody did it better or more consistently through the season

708
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,800
Speaker 1: than the Bills defense. Points a game, right, they allowed

709
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: seventeen points a game. They were outstanding in a lot

710
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: of ways. But when you look at them and watch

711
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 1: them play, when Bills fans watch him play, they were

712
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: never spectacular. They never had one of those games where

713
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,799
Speaker 1: they just their defensive line got sacks and chased the

714
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: guy all over the place. They never had one of

715
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: those games where they had like four interceptions, you know,

716
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,720
Speaker 1: kind of thing. Although I guess they did have multiple

717
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: interceptions a couple of occasions, they just never had that

718
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: defense that was like the nineteen eighty five Bears or

719
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: the Legion of Doom or something like that, or the

720
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:48,439
Speaker 1: Steel Curtain where their defense just dominated the entire game.

721
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: They've never had that defense and it never felt that

722
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: way to Bills fans. Although when you look at the

723
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: big picture, the defense was really good and sound and solid,

724
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: but it was never spectacular. And I think that's what

725
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,879
Speaker 1: really gets a lot of Bills fans. And I'll say

726
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: this too, and you can say what you want about

727
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in the thirteen seconds, you know how the Chiefs.

728
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: The Chiefs felt okay after that game, but how do

729
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: you think their defense felt with Buffalo's offense? Carven then up,

730
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 1: how do you think that New England Patriots felt when

731
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: the strength of their team was their defense? And the

732
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 1: Bills literally hung a perfect game on their defense. Every

733
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 1: time they got the ball, they scored a touchdown and

734
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: they couldn't have had any more offensive yards than they

735
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: had in the game because they never punted. I mean,

736
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: how do you think that defense feels. It's hard, and

737
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: I've said it this, It is hard to play defense

738
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: in the NFL, in my opinion, these days, I don't

739
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 1: know how they do it. Everything is slanted towards the offense,

740
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: the wide receivers, the way they play, the way the

741
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: defense backs are allowed to play those guys, the rushing,

742
00:39:56,360 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 1: the protecting of the quarterback, the player's safety protocols, all

743
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:02,360
Speaker 1: of that stuff is all slanted in favor of the

744
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: Often I don't have the defenses do it. So I

745
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,400
Speaker 1: don't know that any defense in the league is one

746
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: of those defenses you go, wow, we're dominant, because the

747
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 1: league is just not built for it. So I know

748
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: it was frustrating at times for particularly the way the

749
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 1: team the season ended for the Bills and their defense,

750
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: But still in the big picture, I mean, you're not

751
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: gonna You're not gonna fix something that's not broken. Yeah,

752
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,280
Speaker 1: now they'd like to do it better, but it's not broken.

753
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,439
Speaker 1: It's not broken, and I think they can do it better.

754
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: I also think they were spectacular in certain games. I

755
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: think at certain moments it didn't show up. But I

756
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: think you look at the two shutouts that they had

757
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the season, A great defense does that,

758
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,400
Speaker 1: and they did that. So I do think they popped

759
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: off the page and they were fun to watch in

760
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:47,839
Speaker 1: a lot of ways. And Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde

761
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: combined for ten interceptions no safety. Tanem did that in

762
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 1: the NFL. But this team, Yeah, there were some parts

763
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: that maybe lacked at times and could get better for

764
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: next season. But yeah, I don't think you need to

765
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: fix much with the defense because they were pretty great

766
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: last season. Unfortunately, thirteen seconds left, we're all going to

767
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 1: think about that, and the defense didn't show up in

768
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: that situation, and that sucks. But when you look at

769
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: the whole picture, they were still pretty dang good, really

770
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: dang good. They were number one in the league and

771
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 1: so many categories. I know people get tired of us

772
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,279
Speaker 1: saying that, but you mean you got to acknowledge it.

773
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: I mean, as much as we'd like the defense to

774
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 1: play better than they did and make more plays than

775
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: they did on a down to down basis, there was

776
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 1: no more difficult team in the league to move the

777
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: football on and the one that we had here in

778
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Speaker 1: Orchard Park. All right, don't go anywhere, we will be

779
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: right back in a few minutes. We've got some more

780
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: callers hanging online. So We'll try to get you guys

781
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: in the next segment coming up here One Bills Live.

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00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,720
Speaker 1: It's presented by clyd to Health. This is Buffalo Bills

783
00:41:47,719 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: at Radio. Welcome back into One Bills Live Maddi Glab

784
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: alongside Steve Tasker on a Friday afternoon. We have about

785
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: one hour of our show left and we've got some

786
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 1: callers hanging on the line here, so we'll get right

787
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:19,919
Speaker 1: to them. Rob from Mohawk, you were on with us, Hey, Rob,

788
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: how are you doing going all right? One of my questions,

789
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: speaking of defense wise, is I'd like to know what

790
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:35,280
Speaker 1: your assessment is on our two edge rushers, Bookie Basham

791
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 1: and and Russeau. I was hoping that Russeau would block

792
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: a few more with his putting his paws up in

793
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: the air, But well, how do you think it came along?

794
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: And I'm sure they'll improve for next year. I'd like

795
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,879
Speaker 1: to hear your assessment of it. Yeah, I'd like I listen.

796
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: I thought great Rousseau was in his first year, was

797
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 1: way better against the run than he was as a

798
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: pass rusher. He was actually really good at setting the

799
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 1: edge on the in the run game. And I liked

800
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 1: what I saw from him there. He had the nice

801
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: tipped pass interception against Pat Mahomes in Week five, so

802
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:15,439
Speaker 1: he had some flashes early on, and I thought, I

803
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 1: think his snap percentages to me were about what I expected. Certainly,

804
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: you figure that there's gonna be a little bit of

805
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 1: a rookie acclamation period, you know, for both those guys,

806
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,319
Speaker 1: both Boogie Basham and Greg Rousseau, and I'm sure they

807
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:37,120
Speaker 1: are going to get better, There's no question about it.

808
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: They've got to. But I think Rousseau proved himself as

809
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,799
Speaker 1: an NFL player. I didn't. Boogie was inactive a little bit,

810
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: a little bit more than I thought he might be.

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00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 1: But Rousseau, I think, on a first and second down basis,

812
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:57,320
Speaker 1: proved himself to be a really solid and quality NFL

813
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: defensive lineman pass rush. I think he'll get there, but

814
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: he's got some things to learn, no question about it.

815
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,959
Speaker 1: Rousseau was a better player, I think in his first

816
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 1: year than Boogie was. But I also think Boogie Basham's

817
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 1: got a place on this team and he's going to

818
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: be a really solid pro as well. It's all about

819
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 1: growth in the NFL. So I think these guys both

820
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 1: know that they've got some work to do, but you know,

821
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: I think the Bills, I think we're pretty happy with

822
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: the way those guys developed as the season went along.

823
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 1: And when Brandon being talked about Greg Russo as a

824
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 1: rookie in his season, he said, you know, he's someone

825
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 1: who came out to a hot start and finished strong.

826
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Speaker 1: But in the middle there, he definitely went through a

827
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: period where he didn't show up as much on tape

828
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: or show up as much during the games. But I

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00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 1: would expect both these guys to come in the next

830
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: season playing at a higher level of football. It takes

831
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 1: a lot to adjust to the NFL level, especially the

832
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: length of the season that extra game this year, but

833
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 1: I think they have some promise for this team and

834
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: for the defensive line. I think Greg Rousseau is going

835
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: to be someone who is a great football player for

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Speaker 1: this team, um, and I hope that happens because I

837
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: think he was amazing in college. And also you can't

838
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,719
Speaker 1: forget about his last season in college football. He didn't

839
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 1: play two years ago coming into the NFL, so it

840
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: was his first year after a year off last season,

841
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: so I think, um, he definitely showed some promise along

842
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: with Boogie Basham. Yeah, and you know, do you think

843
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 1: the uh a couple of late hits that Boogie Basham

844
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: did kind of hurt him a little bit? Uh or

845
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: because I mean I think he had what he had

846
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,280
Speaker 1: more sex than actually than than Rousseau, but a couple

847
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 1: of the late hits, I don't know. Do you think

848
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: he might hurt his a situation a little bit? But actually, well,

849
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 1: Boogie had two and a half sacks. Greg Russo had

850
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 1: four sacks on the season. Oh okay, yeah, well he

851
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 1: played a lot more than yeah he did, he had more. Yeah,

852
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,399
Speaker 1: he played a lot more too. Yeah, but just think

853
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: maybe the maybe the late hits caused him a little

854
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,879
Speaker 1: bit of pain to the coach. Yeah maybe. I thought

855
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: actually Ed Oliver had more late hits on quarterbacks than

856
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: anybody on the team. I think because he was getting

857
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:16,759
Speaker 1: in so um yeah, I mean all that, and I

858
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: think when you talk about guys and bash him, I

859
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: don't know. Let me see if I can click see

860
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: if I can find out what his uh what is

861
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 1: which games he was active for. And I don't think

862
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 1: I can gonna be able to do it off the

863
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: top of my head. But it seemed like Boogie was

864
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: inactive quite a bit, and so it was even aj

865
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: Epanessa for a game or two. They the way they

866
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: handled their defensive line this last year really spoke to

867
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: me that they were trying to you know, if you

868
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:45,719
Speaker 1: picture of coaching staff riding their horses, which are the players,

869
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 1: they had the riding crop out and were and were

870
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 1: beating the flank of these horses trying to get them motivated.

871
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: They were deactivating guys, They were sitting guys down, They

872
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 1: were giving guys extra snaps, and if you want to

873
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: find out the guys who responded to I think Greg

874
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: Russo and a guy like Harrison Phillips were the guys

875
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 1: that Obviously Phillips was getting two thirds of the snaps

876
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: on defensive line ahead of Star Lotulele. So yeah, so

877
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:17,240
Speaker 1: they were they were playing the guys that were earning

878
00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: their spot and the guys that were out there a lot.

879
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: Greg Russo was one of them, and so was Mario

880
00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:27,879
Speaker 1: Addison and Jerry hughes So and Ed Oliver. So those

881
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:29,480
Speaker 1: guys got a lot of the reps and got a

882
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,040
Speaker 1: lot of higher percentage of the snaps I think, in

883
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 1: my opinion than other guys did because that they were

884
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 1: doing things that coaches wanted to see in practice and

885
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: leading up to these games. Thanks for the call, Rob,

886
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: We do appreciate it. All right, let's move on to

887
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 1: our next caller, Jack from Buffalo. Jack, you were on

888
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,839
Speaker 1: with us. How are you doing today? I'm good, Thank

889
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 1: you very much. On an earlier show, Steve had mentioned

890
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:56,000
Speaker 1: what a stud Washington had been in his era in

891
00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: the middle of the defensive line, and I'm the spirit

892
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:03,360
Speaker 1: of good getting at her. I wondered Steve's perception on

893
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: searching for a new defensive lineman like that in the

894
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:12,840
Speaker 1: middle earlier in the year, that their offensive lines on

895
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 1: good running teams who are getting that Tremon Edwards a

896
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:18,080
Speaker 1: little bit and maybe a bigger stud in the middle

897
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 1: it could help. And I wondered about that as a

898
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: priority and how we would go about doing that with

899
00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:31,640
Speaker 1: salary captain unrestricted free agency issues with Vernon Butler and Phillips. Yeah, well,

900
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 1: there's there's the only two ways they can do it,

901
00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 1: free agency and the draft. Yeah, there's a couple of

902
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: guys in this draft from a couple of the top

903
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 1: teams from Georgia and Alabama who were available. There's a

904
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: couple three guys on the Georgia team that are really

905
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,440
Speaker 1: good defensive lineman. You could count on the Bills having

906
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:51,280
Speaker 1: a shot at getting one of those in this draft,

907
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: plus all the guys on the free agent sheet that

908
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: you can go down and I'll give you a list

909
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 1: of the top ones that are just at the top

910
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:04,760
Speaker 1: of the interior defensive lineman and it starts with Klais

911
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:10,000
Speaker 1: Campbell from Baltimore. He's six eight three, three thirty. I mean,

912
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: the guy is enormous and he's but he's long in

913
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: the tooth. He's an older guy, but he is a

914
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: quality individual, a huge great, a great team guy, a

915
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,800
Speaker 1: great veteran who would add something to that room and

916
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 1: would really help the younger guys like Boogie Basham Carlos,

917
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 1: I mean, Greg Rousseau, all of these guys. You've got

918
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:36,000
Speaker 1: a Connor Williams, James Daniels, Andrew Norwell, Ted care I'm

919
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 1: sorry those are I was on the wrong list. B J. Hill,

920
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: DJ Jones, Sheldon Richardson, Lynvall, Joseph A. Kem Hicks, and Dominquin.

921
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: Sue is out there. Although you know those are guys

922
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 1: that um that you don't either have been around for

923
00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: a while, and that's what I'm thinking they may do.

924
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: Bring in one of these guys like a Calais Campbell

925
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: or an Akeem Hicks who or DJ Jones who can

926
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 1: be a veteran guy to mold and helped the younger

927
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: guys in the room. Now, Harrison Phillips as well, is

928
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:06,360
Speaker 1: headed for his second contract. He's going to be a

929
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: free agent. How badly he wants to come back and

930
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: play here in Buffalo will say something about who they're

931
00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:17,200
Speaker 1: able to sign as well, So we'll see, we'll see.

932
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,719
Speaker 1: But there are guys out there in free agency who

933
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,600
Speaker 1: would be a perfect fit and play a really perfect

934
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: role for this team. I love Calais Campbell. I think

935
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: he's one of the old time great guys. Played for

936
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:32,239
Speaker 1: the twenty twelve thirteen Legion of Doom in Seattle, then

937
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: played for a minute in Arizona. Now he's been with

938
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 1: Baltimore the last couple of years. That guy can go.

939
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 1: Although he's long in the tooth, he would give you

940
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: some leadership and some veteran savvy and some mentorship for

941
00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: the young players that we've drafted in the last couple

942
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 1: of years. Yeah, and the question is what do you

943
00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:51,760
Speaker 1: want to do do you want to add a veteran

944
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: or do you want to add somebody through the draft.

945
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: And you have to remember, we have the number twenty

946
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 1: five pick in the NFL Draft. It's not like that

947
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: number at the draft. In the draft, you're gonna get

948
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:03,439
Speaker 1: someone who's going to start immediately because they're low enough

949
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 1: in the first round of the draft, where this is

950
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: probably somebody who's going to come in and who can

951
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:10,120
Speaker 1: play some snaps, but isn't going to be a top

952
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaker 1: tier player on your offense or your defense because of

953
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: where you're drafting. And also because there's not a lot

954
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,960
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks in this year's draft class, so that bumps

955
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:23,720
Speaker 1: everybody up. So you're probably picking people during a draft

956
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: where there would be quarterbacks who would go lower. So

957
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,759
Speaker 1: those lower guys are going to be picked higher this

958
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: year because of the fact that there's not a lot

959
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,359
Speaker 1: of quarterbacks in this year's draft class. All Right, we're

960
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: gonna take a break. When we come back, we are

961
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 1: going to have Bill's beat reporter for the Athletic, Joe Biscalia,

962
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: on with us. We're gonna talk about free agency, the

963
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,040
Speaker 1: NFL Draft, and other things that we're looking forward to.

964
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: As we approached the twenty twenty two season. Stick with us.

965
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:48,960
Speaker 1: Here One Bill's Live. We're presented by Cloud of Health.

966
00:51:48,960 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 1: This is Buffalo Bills Radio at a show tester who

967
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:11,600
Speaker 1: has been all the fields. Unique he was kind of

968
00:52:11,600 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: a dual role player for you see Steve a blimp.

969
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:24,280
Speaker 1: We're not even in the spreaded fear of normalcy. Welcome

970
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: into One Bills Live, the final hour of our show

971
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 1: on Friday afternoon. We are feeling good. The show is

972
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,480
Speaker 1: going well. We've got a lot of callers in today,

973
00:52:33,520 --> 00:52:35,920
Speaker 1: so thank you if you called in to ask us

974
00:52:35,920 --> 00:52:38,680
Speaker 1: a question. We do appreciate all the awesome conversation that

975
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:42,320
Speaker 1: we've had thus far. And to continue with that awesome conversation,

976
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:45,000
Speaker 1: we'd like to bring on Joe Biscalia, the Bills Beat

977
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 1: reporter for the Athletic. He's covered the Bill since two

978
00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:51,320
Speaker 1: thousand and ten. You're so old, Joe. I'm just kidding

979
00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: you're not. And you host the Buffalo Beat podcast. This

980
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:59,280
Speaker 1: guy knows the ins and outs of the Buffalo Bill's roster.

981
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: He's always got something to say after the games. His

982
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: pieces are super insightful. I make sure to read them

983
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 1: every Monday morning or Monday afternoon. But Joe, we love

984
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: everything that you put out there, and thanks for coming

985
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 1: on with us. I appreciate that, Maddie, and thanks for

986
00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 1: having me on. It's always good to talk football with

987
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,759
Speaker 1: you guys, particularly at this time of year. There's you know,

988
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,760
Speaker 1: not so much football talking about as much as team building.

989
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,800
Speaker 1: I mean, what's your I mean, we've we've had the question,

990
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 1: you know, what do you think should the Bills. You know,

991
00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: they're not going to be able to afford a splashy

992
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:35,840
Speaker 1: free agency season anyway, but that's really never what Brandon

993
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:39,560
Speaker 1: Bean's been about anyway. How do you anticipate this season

994
00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:43,320
Speaker 1: a free agency going for bills for the Bills? Yeah,

995
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,400
Speaker 1: I think that's that's the right way to frame it,

996
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: because I know the popular sentiment around the entire NFL

997
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:51,120
Speaker 1: right now is hey, do it like the Rams did it,

998
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,640
Speaker 1: because it's so popular based on the fact that they

999
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: want it. But I don't know that that's necessarily the

1000
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 1: way that Brandon Bean likes to play things, and that's

1001
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:03,120
Speaker 1: he's more of the you know, build up your roster, slow,

1002
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,719
Speaker 1: bill draft, develop, retain everything like that. We've heard it

1003
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:09,280
Speaker 1: all over the years, and I think for them to

1004
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:14,280
Speaker 1: get impatient now goes against what Brandon being really usually

1005
00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,080
Speaker 1: likes to do. So I'm anticipating them, you know, making

1006
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:22,120
Speaker 1: some maneuvers throughout, whether it be pay cuts, you know,

1007
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: cutting some players, restructuring some contracts, or maybe even signing

1008
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:29,840
Speaker 1: extensions to give themselves more caprona. I'm expecting them to

1009
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 1: have some space to resign their own and maybe some

1010
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,759
Speaker 1: make some you know, mid to lower tier signings. But

1011
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:38,919
Speaker 1: in terms of a big splash, I just don't know

1012
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:42,879
Speaker 1: that this free agency is going to be going that way,

1013
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 1: just based on everything we know about being and the

1014
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:47,720
Speaker 1: way it's kind of setting up. Because let's not forget

1015
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: I mean, this is still a team that was probably

1016
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:56,200
Speaker 1: thirteen lap seconds away from legitimately competing for a Super

1017
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:58,240
Speaker 1: Bowl this year. So I don't know that they're necessarily

1018
00:54:58,239 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: going to make any rash decisions, just based on the

1019
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:03,359
Speaker 1: fact that they still feel like they have a good team.

1020
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,680
Speaker 1: They have a lot of good starters left. I think

1021
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,319
Speaker 1: the biggest changes we'll see might be on the back

1022
00:55:08,360 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 1: half of the roster as opposed to the starters. But

1023
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 1: more than anything, they're gonna have some decisions to make

1024
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,360
Speaker 1: with some of the high salary guys that are getting

1025
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 1: up there in age. Well, you bring up a good point,

1026
00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 1: because it's been a topic of conversation I think for

1027
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,400
Speaker 1: a lot of teams this week after seeing what the

1028
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:25,600
Speaker 1: Rams did in the Super Bowl and how they were

1029
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:29,400
Speaker 1: able to build their roster Brandon being a side, Do

1030
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:32,799
Speaker 1: you think the Buffalo Bills could be successful with implementing

1031
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:37,279
Speaker 1: something like that. Yeah, I think they could. I think

1032
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 1: it would probably it would have to be for the

1033
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: right player, and they can always find money in the

1034
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:48,239
Speaker 1: banana stand if they wanted to. But like we've kind

1035
00:55:48,239 --> 00:55:50,359
Speaker 1: of pointed out, they've never been one to really kick

1036
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:52,320
Speaker 1: the can down the road. They could be successful at it.

1037
00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,920
Speaker 1: I think they're good at figuring out, you know, maybe

1038
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: where there's a value in terms of trading away an

1039
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:03,040
Speaker 1: asset and you know, not giving away too much because

1040
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,319
Speaker 1: of some drained value on the player even though they

1041
00:56:05,320 --> 00:56:08,160
Speaker 1: believe in them. I think that could be a way

1042
00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 1: if they wanted to go about it. But you know,

1043
00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:13,399
Speaker 1: I would hate to factor out Brandon being of this

1044
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:16,680
Speaker 1: whole kind of picture, just because you know. I went

1045
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,960
Speaker 1: and listened to Eric Wood's show from this past Monday,

1046
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:22,759
Speaker 1: and the topic of the Rams came up. And he's like,

1047
00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 1: I'm not really the type to do the whole all

1048
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,759
Speaker 1: in one year sort of thing. And I think that's

1049
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:31,239
Speaker 1: a pretty good statement as to what to expect this offseason.

1050
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 1: So what is the quickest and most expedient way to

1051
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 1: free up some cap money with what's without? I mean,

1052
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:42,920
Speaker 1: obviously they could restructure deals or whatever. Are are there

1053
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:46,960
Speaker 1: guys whose production has not matched their paycheck who they

1054
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 1: could go to and say, hey, will will you restructure?

1055
00:56:49,120 --> 00:56:50,880
Speaker 1: Will you take a paycut? We've seen him do that

1056
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:53,920
Speaker 1: with Starlotu Lalae in the past and other guys. What

1057
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: are the most likely give us a quick list of

1058
00:56:56,840 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 1: guys that are likely to be in a different financial

1059
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:03,720
Speaker 1: situation this next year, even if they are here in Buffalo. Yeah,

1060
00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:05,719
Speaker 1: I think Cole Beasley is the one to start off with.

1061
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: I think for him it makes a lot of sense

1062
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 1: for the two sides to continue to move forward. But

1063
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: his cap hit is nearing around eight million dollars, so

1064
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 1: I would just wonder if maybe there's some opportunity there,

1065
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 1: because what he could get on the open market might

1066
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 1: not be what he could get guaranteed here in Buffalo,

1067
00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,480
Speaker 1: So maybe there's an opportunity to knock down his salary

1068
00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:26,920
Speaker 1: cap hit by a million and a half to two

1069
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 1: million dollars. That saved you some room. There's some guys

1070
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 1: that maybe they might need to move on from. I

1071
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,840
Speaker 1: think A. J. Klein is on that list because he's

1072
00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:37,720
Speaker 1: kind of a luxury backup player, especially with the costs

1073
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 1: for Tremaine Edmunds going up this upcoming season, and he

1074
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,960
Speaker 1: accounts for I think over five or six million dollars

1075
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: on the cap this year, and they could save legitimates

1076
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 1: a legitimate amount of space by moving on from him.

1077
00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 1: And then you know, you could even do things in

1078
00:57:52,280 --> 00:57:54,720
Speaker 1: a different way by extending players. I think there's a

1079
00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 1: big opportunity if they were to sign Stefan Diggs to

1080
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 1: a contract extension to lower his cap hit from you know,

1081
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:03,880
Speaker 1: the just below eighteen million dollars that he's accounting in

1082
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:06,600
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two right now. So that's a way to

1083
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:09,400
Speaker 1: lock him in. And you know, the costs for wide

1084
00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:11,440
Speaker 1: receivers are only going to go up. You're going to

1085
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: see Davante Adams get paid probably unless he gets franchise tagged.

1086
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 1: You know, Chris Godwin is another guy who could get

1087
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,919
Speaker 1: potentially paid, and Diggs will be underpaid, and even though

1088
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 1: he's he's you know, locked in right now, I don't

1089
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: think they want to get to a situation where they

1090
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,800
Speaker 1: would want him to feeling like he's underpaid, especially with

1091
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 1: his role in the offense. So there are ways. There's

1092
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:35,960
Speaker 1: other names on the list that they could go kind

1093
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,360
Speaker 1: of minor, you know, Darryl Williams, they might have to

1094
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: make a decision on him. John Feliciano is another one

1095
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:43,920
Speaker 1: I think could get cut. Tyler Madacavich is another one

1096
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on because he's got a cap

1097
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: hit of over three millions. So there's some ways, but

1098
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: they're going to have to figure things out conternally. A

1099
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 1: couple names to look look forward to to see what

1100
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:55,640
Speaker 1: happens with those players and more as we approach the

1101
00:58:55,640 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: free agency window. In the free agency period, and we

1102
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:00,560
Speaker 1: know Brandon Bean's gonna work his magic the best that

1103
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 1: he can. He definitely did it last season bringing back

1104
00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:06,840
Speaker 1: guys like Matt Milano, but Joe, is there a position

1105
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:09,080
Speaker 1: that you look at on this roster where you're like,

1106
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 1: the Bills need to start here. They need to work

1107
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 1: on this position first moving into this next season. Based

1108
00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: on what we saw this season. I don't even know

1109
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 1: if it's what we saw this season, because they they

1110
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,919
Speaker 1: were really good in a lot of positions. I don't

1111
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:27,720
Speaker 1: know that they I think the offensive line might be

1112
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: the biggest part of that. But they kind of figured

1113
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,000
Speaker 1: it out, and they have all those guys that they

1114
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:35,360
Speaker 1: went with at the end of the year under contract

1115
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:37,400
Speaker 1: if they want them. Ryan Bates is the only unknown

1116
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,720
Speaker 1: because he's a restricted free agent, but I think they

1117
00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:43,080
Speaker 1: could bring him back relatively easily. I think moving forward

1118
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: where there's some uncertainty. Cornerback is the big one to me,

1119
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 1: just because Tradevious White coming off the torn acl and

1120
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: all reports have been good so far. But how he

1121
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:56,880
Speaker 1: bounces back once things start to go live in August

1122
00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 1: and September, how quickly he's going to be able to

1123
00:59:59,240 --> 01:00:02,400
Speaker 1: integrate into the into the defense, that's still an unknown

1124
01:00:02,480 --> 01:00:04,600
Speaker 1: at this point. Lee By Wallace is a free agent,

1125
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:06,520
Speaker 1: and at twenty seven years old, this might be his

1126
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 1: best chance to hit a huge payday, and I just

1127
01:00:10,240 --> 01:00:11,480
Speaker 1: don't know that the Bills are going to have the

1128
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:13,680
Speaker 1: cap space to do it. I mean, he's one of

1129
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:16,080
Speaker 1: those guys who sneakily might get a lot more than

1130
01:00:16,120 --> 01:00:18,080
Speaker 1: you think you will. On the open market. I know

1131
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,120
Speaker 1: spot track has him projected as over nine million year

1132
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:26,680
Speaker 1: his over the cap valuation, I'm sorry, over thecap dot

1133
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:29,760
Speaker 1: com valuation was over eight million for this past year,

1134
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:31,720
Speaker 1: so I think there might be a chance he gets

1135
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:34,160
Speaker 1: legitimate money, and I don't know that he necessarily fits

1136
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 1: into their cap structure moving forward. So if they were

1137
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:39,280
Speaker 1: able to get a cornerback in the draft or something

1138
01:00:39,320 --> 01:00:43,960
Speaker 1: like that, that's an avenue. I'm on team add to

1139
01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:47,280
Speaker 1: the fastball wide receiver in the first round would be

1140
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: incredibly fun, just because you know, I love watching receiver.

1141
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 1: I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but you know,

1142
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,080
Speaker 1: if they were to add someone like that, they could

1143
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,000
Speaker 1: have their fourth receiver because they're going to lose some pieces.

1144
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:03,680
Speaker 1: A McKenzie might not be back, certainly, Emmanuel Sanders might

1145
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:06,960
Speaker 1: not be back, and they'll be down to Digs Beasley

1146
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,800
Speaker 1: and Gabriel Davis, which is still a good situation by

1147
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: all means. But if they were able to add one

1148
01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 1: more piece that has maybe some slot capabilities and you know,

1149
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:17,720
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more of a home run threat

1150
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:19,840
Speaker 1: than anything else they have on the roster, that could

1151
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:23,160
Speaker 1: be a really fun situation. For them, especially with a

1152
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,040
Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator trying to figure things out. From that perspective,

1153
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:29,840
Speaker 1: you know, just adding another weapon would be quite a

1154
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:32,600
Speaker 1: good thing for this team to help them extend their

1155
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:35,120
Speaker 1: Super Bowl window. Which are the list of like sixteen

1156
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: or seventeen guys that are free agents? Which do you

1157
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,800
Speaker 1: do if you think there are any, which do they

1158
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:44,440
Speaker 1: have to sign back in your opinion? For me? For me,

1159
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:48,360
Speaker 1: it's Harrison Phillips because he really came into his own

1160
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:54,680
Speaker 1: throughout the second half of the season. He for you know,

1161
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:56,760
Speaker 1: just from going back and watching the film, I felt

1162
01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:00,240
Speaker 1: like Harrison Phillips really unlocked at Oliver because we haven't

1163
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:03,760
Speaker 1: seen Oliver be able to really find as many one

1164
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: on one opportunities as he had late in the year

1165
01:02:06,520 --> 01:02:08,520
Speaker 1: last year, and he's still got double team to a ton.

1166
01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 1: He's one of the highest percentage double team defensive tackles

1167
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:16,920
Speaker 1: in the league. So him having Phillips next to him,

1168
01:02:16,920 --> 01:02:19,080
Speaker 1: who can get up the field and rushed the pass

1169
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:23,240
Speaker 1: as opposed to Star Lotulala, who is more of a

1170
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:27,200
Speaker 1: run stuffer than anything, I think that has benefited Oliver greatly.

1171
01:02:27,240 --> 01:02:30,400
Speaker 1: So you can get Phillips at a relatively good cost

1172
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:33,080
Speaker 1: sign him up for two three years. He's in the

1173
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: prime of his career, is twenty six years old, and

1174
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: you're able to keep that kind of keep that thing

1175
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:41,680
Speaker 1: going with at Oliver because you know, a lot of

1176
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:44,360
Speaker 1: focus gets put on the defensive ends and you know,

1177
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: not getting enough heat from the outside. But the key

1178
01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:50,520
Speaker 1: position to Sean McDermott and Leslie Frazier's defense is that

1179
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:53,200
Speaker 1: three technique defensive tackle spot. And if ed Oliver is

1180
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:55,919
Speaker 1: humming along the way that he was late last year,

1181
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:59,040
Speaker 1: then they're gonna have a lot more opportunities from the edges.

1182
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,560
Speaker 1: And one way to do that is to give him

1183
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:03,960
Speaker 1: his running mate with Harrison Phillips right next to him

1184
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,360
Speaker 1: moving forward, yea one percent. If ed Oliver has a

1185
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 1: zero technique next to him, he can go and work

1186
01:03:08,680 --> 01:03:11,800
Speaker 1: and and do what he's known for best. Based on

1187
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:15,000
Speaker 1: why the Buffalo Bills decided to draft him so high.

1188
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 1: Let's stick with the defensive line, though, how do you

1189
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:21,720
Speaker 1: assess how that position did this season? And are you

1190
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:25,320
Speaker 1: on team pass rusher? Pass rusher, pass rusher? We need

1191
01:03:25,360 --> 01:03:28,400
Speaker 1: one right now because it seems like that's what that's

1192
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 1: what the Twitter verse wants, is the Buffalo Bills to

1193
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:34,240
Speaker 1: go get a bad man at the defensive end position.

1194
01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:39,840
Speaker 1: This is this is probably my most unpopular offseason taper.

1195
01:03:39,960 --> 01:03:42,920
Speaker 1: Now I'm one, give it to us for defensive end. Yeah,

1196
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,560
Speaker 1: I'm I'm on team patients, just because I kind of

1197
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 1: look at defensive end the same way that um we

1198
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: all looked at tight end last year. Where last year,

1199
01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:55,800
Speaker 1: you know, the big emphasis was, hey, go get a

1200
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:59,080
Speaker 1: proven guy, go get a Zacherts, even though Zakerts got

1201
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:02,040
Speaker 1: fake traded here for about seven hundred and fifty different occasions.

1202
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:07,360
Speaker 1: The whole point to what the Bills did, though, was

1203
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:11,440
Speaker 1: they focused on their development of Dawson Knox, and they

1204
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 1: trusted that development and they saw some really big returns.

1205
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:17,080
Speaker 1: Now that's not to say that's going to happen next

1206
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:21,440
Speaker 1: year for defensive end, but they have spent substantial offseason

1207
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:25,320
Speaker 1: resources for the last two years on that defensive end

1208
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:28,920
Speaker 1: position in Greg Rousseau, in Boogie Basham in Ajfnessa. If

1209
01:04:28,920 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 1: they get one or two of those guys to hit,

1210
01:04:31,280 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 1: then this whole defensive end conversation is looking a lot

1211
01:04:34,440 --> 01:04:37,520
Speaker 1: different next year. So with their kind of limited cap

1212
01:04:37,560 --> 01:04:40,480
Speaker 1: space in what they're willing to do in terms of

1213
01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:44,480
Speaker 1: you know, flipping over and moving moving money down the

1214
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:48,120
Speaker 1: road and you know, moving on from guys. I think

1215
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 1: it would probably be their best bet to sign a guy,

1216
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,560
Speaker 1: whether it be Jerry Hughes or in the Jerry Hughes tire,

1217
01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:57,959
Speaker 1: that four to six million dollar range. Let him fill

1218
01:04:58,000 --> 01:05:01,480
Speaker 1: out that rotation with Rousseau bash Fessa and then see

1219
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 1: what you have. And like I pointed out before, the

1220
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 1: defensive event spot is not their money position along their

1221
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:10,960
Speaker 1: defensive line, it's at Oliver. And if at Oliver's rolling,

1222
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 1: then that defensive end group is going to look so

1223
01:05:13,240 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 1: much better than what they did last year. And that's

1224
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,000
Speaker 1: why I thought Harrison Phillips it's such an important piece.

1225
01:05:18,040 --> 01:05:20,720
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm on Team Patients, and I know people

1226
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:22,640
Speaker 1: want Chandler Jones. I know people want to go get

1227
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:25,000
Speaker 1: a von Miller or something like that, but you know,

1228
01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: Chandler Jones is projected to get like fourteen fifteen million

1229
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:30,600
Speaker 1: dollars per year in the open market. So I just

1230
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:32,520
Speaker 1: don't know that that's something the Bills can do. If

1231
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: you look at the free agents that are available out there,

1232
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,680
Speaker 1: the first name on the interior defensive line Mattie, and

1233
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,680
Speaker 1: I just called on and I'm a big proponent of it.

1234
01:05:40,760 --> 01:05:43,760
Speaker 1: Is a guy like Calais Campbell, who is an early

1235
01:05:43,800 --> 01:05:46,760
Speaker 1: to mid thirty year old guy, but he's an enormous

1236
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:52,200
Speaker 1: specimen and he's got a lot of leadership mentorship capabilities.

1237
01:05:52,200 --> 01:05:53,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's one of those guys that's been around

1238
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:56,360
Speaker 1: the league and he's really highly thought of and respected.

1239
01:05:56,640 --> 01:06:00,160
Speaker 1: If he's got football left in him, he could be

1240
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:02,840
Speaker 1: a perfect fit. As it's a one year guy to

1241
01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:04,680
Speaker 1: come in on a one year deal for the Buffalo

1242
01:06:04,760 --> 01:06:09,560
Speaker 1: Bills and play next to Ed Oliver, next to Harrison

1243
01:06:09,560 --> 01:06:13,440
Speaker 1: Phillips on certain downs, even next to Starlotulelee and certain downs.

1244
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:15,880
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that if you're looking

1245
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: at defensive line and also a keen Hicks from Chicago.

1246
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:22,680
Speaker 1: The Bills could sign one of these guys on one

1247
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:25,640
Speaker 1: of those notorious one year deals like they did Emmanuel

1248
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:27,880
Speaker 1: Sanders and others over the course of the last four years.

1249
01:06:28,840 --> 01:06:30,720
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on signing one of those guys

1250
01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:33,640
Speaker 1: is an into your defensive line to also come in

1251
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:37,280
Speaker 1: and help those young defensive ends. Yeah, I think that

1252
01:06:37,320 --> 01:06:39,800
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. If the cost is right.

1253
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: They can always do the same thing that they did

1254
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:44,800
Speaker 1: with Emmanuel Sanders last year through avoid year on there.

1255
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:47,840
Speaker 1: I know that's not necessarily something that Beam loves to do,

1256
01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 1: and he's even admitted as much. But when they're working

1257
01:06:51,480 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 1: with a Super Bowl window here, I think they might

1258
01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:57,840
Speaker 1: be willing to do it for one or two guys

1259
01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:01,919
Speaker 1: like they did to sign Sanders past year. Campbell would

1260
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:05,120
Speaker 1: be fun just because you know what stands about him.

1261
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 1: Just the long arms can keep the offensive lineman completely

1262
01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:11,200
Speaker 1: off of him, like you said, has versatility up and

1263
01:07:11,240 --> 01:07:13,800
Speaker 1: down the line, would really fill out that room I

1264
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:18,160
Speaker 1: think they have. If they have nine pieces of defensive linemen,

1265
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,600
Speaker 1: then that's really where to go about go about things.

1266
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:24,040
Speaker 1: You know, they've got the three defensive ends they've got

1267
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:27,240
Speaker 1: at Oliver. You know, they probably should get Justin Zimmer

1268
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:29,880
Speaker 1: back as long as he gets back healthy enough. They've

1269
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:33,080
Speaker 1: got Starlettula, they might have Harrison Philp's back. If you

1270
01:07:33,160 --> 01:07:37,320
Speaker 1: add like a Hue or a Calais Campbell, I think

1271
01:07:37,360 --> 01:07:39,640
Speaker 1: those are two really good ways to go about it.

1272
01:07:39,680 --> 01:07:42,920
Speaker 1: Just someone in that range, you know, not really trying

1273
01:07:42,960 --> 01:07:48,280
Speaker 1: to go over your spending capabilities, but at four to

1274
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Speaker 1: six to seven million range I think is the sweet

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01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,840
Speaker 1: spot to where they can do something nice for their

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01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:57,480
Speaker 1: defensive ends and their defensive line group, but not really

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01:07:57,520 --> 01:08:00,600
Speaker 1: crush them for future years to where you're looking at

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01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 1: it going, oh, why did you spend that much on

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01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:06,040
Speaker 1: that player when you had Greg Rousseau coming down the

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01:08:06,040 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 1: pipeline showing as much potential as he had. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think there's a way to go about it. The

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01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:14,040
Speaker 1: running back position has always been an interesting spot for

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01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 1: the Bills, especially with the quarterback like Josh Allen in

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01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:18,840
Speaker 1: an offense that the Bills have, in the offense that

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01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:20,920
Speaker 1: the Bills are going to continue to have as long

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01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:24,080
Speaker 1: as Josh Allen is their quarterback. I think everybody wants

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Speaker 1: a running back who can be consistent and who can

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01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:30,160
Speaker 1: run the ball five to ten yards every time he

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Speaker 1: carries it. But you can't have a superstar who's going

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01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:37,960
Speaker 1: to get a workload of ten carries a game with

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01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:41,040
Speaker 1: the type of offense that this Bills team runs and

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Speaker 1: will continue to run. So how do you assess the

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01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,839
Speaker 1: running back position, what Devin Singletary did this past season

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01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:52,400
Speaker 1: and what the Bills need going forward, or they stick

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01:08:52,439 --> 01:08:55,880
Speaker 1: with Devin Singletary going forward because he had a nice

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01:08:56,040 --> 01:08:58,639
Speaker 1: end to the season. I mean, he was doing things

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01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:02,280
Speaker 1: that we haven't seen him do with the consistency that

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01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:04,040
Speaker 1: he had in the way that he was running the ball.

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Speaker 1: So how do you kind of look at that position

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01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:09,719
Speaker 1: and then put it into twenty twenty two with Devin

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01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:14,320
Speaker 1: Singletary or maybe a couple new faces in the bunch. Yeah,

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01:09:14,360 --> 01:09:17,360
Speaker 1: you raised a great point, Mattie. I think the type

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01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:21,360
Speaker 1: of role that you might be looking for, and you know,

1304
01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: things can change based on the personnel that they have,

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01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,680
Speaker 1: but like, yeah, as it stands right now, you're not

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01:09:26,760 --> 01:09:31,120
Speaker 1: going to just completely reshape your offense for a running

1307
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:33,599
Speaker 1: back because you have Josh Allen back there, slinging around

1308
01:09:33,640 --> 01:09:36,320
Speaker 1: the ball and you know, firing things in between three defenders.

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01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:41,000
Speaker 1: But I think the running back position Singletary took a

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01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:45,680
Speaker 1: pretty significant step forward, and I don't know if that's

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01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:48,880
Speaker 1: going to be, you know, where he's locked in as

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01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:51,120
Speaker 1: their starter for the long term sort of deal, But

1313
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:55,280
Speaker 1: he definitely took a giant step four past Zach Moss

1314
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:58,120
Speaker 1: and his level of consistency what he was able to

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01:09:58,160 --> 01:10:01,480
Speaker 1: do just on an every snap basis, Like he outsnapped

1316
01:10:01,560 --> 01:10:04,719
Speaker 1: Zack Moss in the playoffs one hundred and twelve to six. Wow.

1317
01:10:04,760 --> 01:10:06,519
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is a guy that they

1318
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:10,280
Speaker 1: just absolutely grew to love in their offense. He fixed

1319
01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:13,880
Speaker 1: his ball security issues, he became a better assets as

1320
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 1: a pass catcher, He was hitting his holes more consistently.

1321
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:21,479
Speaker 1: His yards before contact went up this year, and even

1322
01:10:21,479 --> 01:10:24,040
Speaker 1: though his yards after contact went down a little bit,

1323
01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:26,760
Speaker 1: he was still more elusive. He was getting north south

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01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:31,280
Speaker 1: a lot quicker. I think. I think he wound up

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01:10:31,360 --> 01:10:34,759
Speaker 1: having almost a yard more per carry than Zach Moss

1326
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:36,920
Speaker 1: this year. It's just a it was just a night

1327
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,240
Speaker 1: and day situation, which is why they went with them

1328
01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:41,840
Speaker 1: as much as they did. Now moving forward, I think

1329
01:10:41,840 --> 01:10:47,080
Speaker 1: he is the one a in this situation. Are the

1330
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:49,200
Speaker 1: Bills necessarily going to be out on the idea of

1331
01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:51,559
Speaker 1: adding running back, I'm not convinced. I think if they

1332
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:56,639
Speaker 1: find a second third round talent that has some speed

1333
01:10:56,800 --> 01:10:59,839
Speaker 1: and some home run ability, I think that's an avenue

1334
01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:02,280
Speaker 1: that they could go down, because that's something that they've

1335
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:05,880
Speaker 1: probably been looking for for a while. Isaam McKenzie's might

1336
01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:07,960
Speaker 1: not be on the roster anymore and so they lose

1337
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:10,080
Speaker 1: that speed element. So if they could find someone who

1338
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:13,840
Speaker 1: can maybe finally get their screen game going, which they've

1339
01:11:13,880 --> 01:11:16,240
Speaker 1: been trying to do for year after year after year.

1340
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:19,120
Speaker 1: Maybe that's a way to go about it. But but yeah,

1341
01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:22,800
Speaker 1: Singletary is definitely a part of the equation, and maybe

1342
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:25,720
Speaker 1: somebody in the second or third round would be a

1343
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:28,479
Speaker 1: nice little add in. As we get past the free agency,

1344
01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:29,960
Speaker 1: I want to go back and take give you one

1345
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:32,080
Speaker 1: last question here from me about the draft. One of

1346
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:34,160
Speaker 1: the things that I've noticed about Brandon Bean and Sean

1347
01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:37,920
Speaker 1: McDermott is when they go high in the draft one, two, three, four,

1348
01:11:38,040 --> 01:11:39,840
Speaker 1: even the four, as far down as they can go,

1349
01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:42,800
Speaker 1: the one thing they look for in every position group

1350
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 1: is elite physical traits. You know Greg Rousseau, you know

1351
01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:51,680
Speaker 1: ed Oliver being explosive athlete he was, Tremaine Edmonds being

1352
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:55,599
Speaker 1: this praying mantis of a middle linebacker, Josh Allen being

1353
01:11:55,600 --> 01:12:00,800
Speaker 1: this enormously gifted physical quarterback, Spencer Brown down a six

1354
01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:05,200
Speaker 1: eight three plus tackle Trdavious White be in this corner.

1355
01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:09,960
Speaker 1: You know, they're having the prototypical cornerbacks profile. So if

1356
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:12,559
Speaker 1: you take it for granted that the Bills are trying

1357
01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:14,639
Speaker 1: to fill all their holes in free agency and then

1358
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:19,280
Speaker 1: just take the best player available in the draft, and

1359
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:21,640
Speaker 1: now they're picking it like thirty or twenty fifth in

1360
01:12:21,680 --> 01:12:24,720
Speaker 1: the draft. What are your thoughts on what kind of

1361
01:12:24,720 --> 01:12:27,559
Speaker 1: physical athlete, physical traits this athlete is going to have

1362
01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills, And you know, what's your what's

1363
01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:33,439
Speaker 1: your gut tell you if they if they could get

1364
01:12:33,479 --> 01:12:34,880
Speaker 1: a guy that was going to step in at any

1365
01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:37,760
Speaker 1: position on the field and start, well, what's that guy

1366
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:42,519
Speaker 1: gonna be? Yeah, I think locked in starter that they

1367
01:12:42,560 --> 01:12:44,640
Speaker 1: could find right away. It would be a cornerback in

1368
01:12:44,680 --> 01:12:47,160
Speaker 1: that first round. It kind of fits into their build too,

1369
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:49,920
Speaker 1: because you know there are some uh, you know what

1370
01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:54,600
Speaker 1: they look for most in the cornerback position. Obviously the explosiveness,

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01:12:54,680 --> 01:12:58,439
Speaker 1: tackling ability, and certainly the length is something that has

1372
01:12:58,439 --> 01:13:00,720
Speaker 1: to be there. And the role is there for the

1373
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:03,120
Speaker 1: taking as well, because if lee By Wallace doesn't resign,

1374
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 1: then obviously there's a spot open that you know, whether

1375
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:09,960
Speaker 1: or not he beats Dane Jackson for a starting job

1376
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:13,000
Speaker 1: or if Tredevious Twite isn't ready, that role could be there.

1377
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:18,280
Speaker 1: So the quarterback spot is one that is alluring just

1378
01:13:18,400 --> 01:13:22,000
Speaker 1: to based on what they're looking at right now. Wide

1379
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,639
Speaker 1: receiver is something that you know, if they can find

1380
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:28,880
Speaker 1: that elite speed profile and that has the versatility to

1381
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 1: go inside of the slot that we're talking about. What

1382
01:13:32,200 --> 01:13:36,479
Speaker 1: you're saying, like the just some physical freak component to

1383
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:41,080
Speaker 1: their profile. I think that would be a definite way

1384
01:13:41,160 --> 01:13:43,720
Speaker 1: to go if if they were to find the right guy,

1385
01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:45,680
Speaker 1: Like you know, the one guy that I know a

1386
01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:47,360
Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans are kind of looking at right

1387
01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:49,960
Speaker 1: now is Jamison Williams from Alabama. Though he's coming off

1388
01:13:49,960 --> 01:13:52,080
Speaker 1: the towardn ACL, but it makes a lot of sense

1389
01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:54,840
Speaker 1: just because you know he's got that speed element to

1390
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:57,720
Speaker 1: his game. You can kind of put him all over

1391
01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,160
Speaker 1: the field as long as he comes back help. You

1392
01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:02,720
Speaker 1: could get him at a cost that you wouldn't think

1393
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:04,439
Speaker 1: you would have been able to get him at a

1394
01:14:04,479 --> 01:14:07,800
Speaker 1: few months ago. Another guy is Dotson from Penn State

1395
01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:11,200
Speaker 1: who's kind of a speedy, quick twitch guy in there

1396
01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,560
Speaker 1: that could really make some impact on the inside. So

1397
01:14:14,840 --> 01:14:16,559
Speaker 1: those are the two positions I've kind of got my

1398
01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:20,200
Speaker 1: eye on that could make a legitimate impact in your

1399
01:14:20,280 --> 01:14:23,200
Speaker 1: one with if they were to come in and be

1400
01:14:23,320 --> 01:14:25,680
Speaker 1: on the right value, It'll be interesting to see what

1401
01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:28,400
Speaker 1: the Bills do with that number. Twenty five picked Williams

1402
01:14:28,479 --> 01:14:31,320
Speaker 1: and Dotson have been mocked to the Buffalo Bills in

1403
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:34,160
Speaker 1: different mock drafts that we've already tracked, so we'll see

1404
01:14:34,200 --> 01:14:37,240
Speaker 1: if they get mocked a couple more times. Joe, thank

1405
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:39,640
Speaker 1: you for joining us here on One Bills Live. We

1406
01:14:39,720 --> 01:14:44,280
Speaker 1: appreciate your time and your insight as always, Thanks so

1407
01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:46,720
Speaker 1: much for having me. We'll talk soon. All right, all right,

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01:14:46,720 --> 01:14:48,640
Speaker 1: we're going to take a break. Two stick with us

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01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:50,760
Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live. We're presented by Collide Health

1410
01:14:50,800 --> 01:15:10,559
Speaker 1: on Buffalo Bills Radio. We are back for the final

1411
01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:13,920
Speaker 1: thirty minutes of One Bills Live. Maddie glab here with

1412
01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:17,200
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker. We've had a caller hanging on the line

1413
01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:20,439
Speaker 1: for almost an hour at this point, so we're gonna

1414
01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:23,559
Speaker 1: get to Joe and Ken Moore. Joe, you want to

1415
01:15:23,600 --> 01:15:29,479
Speaker 1: relive the last thirteen seconds? I don't know why? Go ahead?

1416
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:34,120
Speaker 1: How are you doing? Hey? Thanks for taking my call.

1417
01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:38,600
Speaker 1: This may be eating a dead horse, but I have

1418
01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:43,479
Speaker 1: another question about the last thirteen seconds, with so little

1419
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:47,760
Speaker 1: time left and the holding Pannel defensive holding Pannel the

1420
01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:50,439
Speaker 1: only being fired. Yeah, do you think any consideration was

1421
01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:54,480
Speaker 1: given to drag him down? Kelsey and Healthy line of scrimmage,

1422
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:57,479
Speaker 1: giving up a five yards finally for maybe five or

1423
01:15:57,520 --> 01:16:03,960
Speaker 1: six seconds, and then do it again. Joe, Um. Yeah.

1424
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:06,240
Speaker 1: And then we were laughing because we wanted to talk

1425
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:08,160
Speaker 1: about the last thirteen seconds. We were laughing because this

1426
01:16:08,200 --> 01:16:09,760
Speaker 1: is gonna be the last call we take on it.

1427
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:14,720
Speaker 1: Because anything, Joe, anything, Joe, anything, anything you can come

1428
01:16:14,800 --> 01:16:17,000
Speaker 1: up with it they should have done differently is probably

1429
01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:19,600
Speaker 1: right because they didn't do the right thing in the

1430
01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:21,679
Speaker 1: thirteen seconds. And I've said the same thing. You gotta

1431
01:16:21,720 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 1: be willing to take a holding penalty is a five

1432
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:27,479
Speaker 1: yard penalty. Who cares about the first downs? They had

1433
01:16:27,479 --> 01:16:29,479
Speaker 1: thirteen seconds and they had three time out so they

1434
01:16:29,479 --> 01:16:31,960
Speaker 1: could stop the clock themselves. The thing you had to

1435
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:34,040
Speaker 1: do was make sure that the play every time they

1436
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:37,120
Speaker 1: took a snap, it took like five seconds or six

1437
01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:40,799
Speaker 1: seconds to get the play run. They gave him quick passes,

1438
01:16:40,920 --> 01:16:44,519
Speaker 1: quick runs, went down and that was it. That was

1439
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:47,919
Speaker 1: enough yard is to get into field goal range. Anything

1440
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:49,599
Speaker 1: you can think of, and this is this is my

1441
01:16:49,640 --> 01:16:52,840
Speaker 1: final take on this thirteen second question. Anything any of

1442
01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:54,680
Speaker 1: you fans out there can think of them that they

1443
01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:59,120
Speaker 1: should have done is true because what they did didn't work,

1444
01:17:00,040 --> 01:17:06,960
Speaker 1: and they should have tried something else. And those two things, yeah,

1445
01:17:07,040 --> 01:17:10,959
Speaker 1: those two things are the crushers. They had enough timeouts.

1446
01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,280
Speaker 1: All you had to do is keep if just make

1447
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:18,000
Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes step away from it, tackle those guys at

1448
01:17:18,040 --> 01:17:20,799
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, take a pass interference and who cares,

1449
01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:26,800
Speaker 1: you know, take a holding penalty. All you need was

1450
01:17:26,840 --> 01:17:29,400
Speaker 1: the clock to run and them not to get any yards.

1451
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:33,160
Speaker 1: Even if it is incomplete, whatever doesn't matter. And of course,

1452
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:35,600
Speaker 1: the way it went, the Bills lost the game. So

1453
01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:38,599
Speaker 1: anything and I've said a bunch and I'll say it again.

1454
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 1: I just said it anything any of us can think of.

1455
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,519
Speaker 1: They should have done better, and if the mistakes they made,

1456
01:17:43,560 --> 01:17:46,879
Speaker 1: and yet it's all true, they should have done it differently.

1457
01:17:47,720 --> 01:17:51,120
Speaker 1: They should have not made mistakes. They should have would

1458
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:53,920
Speaker 1: have could have won that game in regulation, but they didn't.

1459
01:17:53,920 --> 01:17:58,439
Speaker 1: And here we sit, and believe me, there's a head

1460
01:17:58,479 --> 01:18:00,760
Speaker 1: coach and a general manager, and a quarterback and a

1461
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:03,719
Speaker 1: defensive backs and every guy on that team lays awake

1462
01:18:03,720 --> 01:18:08,040
Speaker 1: at night thinking about it, just like all of us do. Joe,

1463
01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:11,400
Speaker 1: thanks for the call. We appreciate it. I can't talk

1464
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:13,920
Speaker 1: about that anymore. I was my I was I'm starting

1465
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:18,280
Speaker 1: to sweat thinking about it again. I can't relive it anymore.

1466
01:18:19,080 --> 01:18:21,479
Speaker 1: Brandon means that he hasn't even watched that game yet

1467
01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:24,400
Speaker 1: because it's too hard for him to watch and to

1468
01:18:24,520 --> 01:18:28,160
Speaker 1: think about. I'm like, I'm getting the sweats here. Let's

1469
01:18:28,200 --> 01:18:31,840
Speaker 1: move on to talk about something exciting that I've been

1470
01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:34,360
Speaker 1: waiting to talk about the entire show. And I think

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01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:38,760
Speaker 1: Joe Biscalia's last answer to the final question that you

1472
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:40,800
Speaker 1: asked was the perfect way to set it up, kind

1473
01:18:40,800 --> 01:18:43,559
Speaker 1: of looking at what you want to do here with

1474
01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:45,960
Speaker 1: the number twenty five pick that the Buffalo Bills have

1475
01:18:46,040 --> 01:18:48,720
Speaker 1: in the first round of the NFL Draft coming up

1476
01:18:48,760 --> 01:18:51,920
Speaker 1: at the end of April, and we will continue our

1477
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:55,640
Speaker 1: mock draft watch that we do every year, kind of

1478
01:18:55,720 --> 01:18:58,400
Speaker 1: picking from some of the bigger mock drafts to see

1479
01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,960
Speaker 1: who is being mocked to the Buffalo Bills. And we

1480
01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:05,160
Speaker 1: released our first one this week. I tracked thirteen mock

1481
01:19:05,280 --> 01:19:08,880
Speaker 1: drafts in this first edition. I think last year we

1482
01:19:08,920 --> 01:19:11,800
Speaker 1: got to over one hundred and fifty. So there's gonna

1483
01:19:11,800 --> 01:19:14,719
Speaker 1: be a lot more to come once we get into

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Speaker 1: March and the beginning of April. So our first one,

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01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:22,679
Speaker 1: four defensive linemen. We're mocked to the Buffalo Bills. Three

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01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:27,760
Speaker 1: defensive tackles, one edge rusher, the popular position. I know

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01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:33,840
Speaker 1: we are all not surprised by this corner back. This

1488
01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:38,200
Speaker 1: draft class is deep for corners. So, like Joe said,

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01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 1: I think you could pick a corner. Draft a corner

1490
01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:43,840
Speaker 1: and it's somebody who could start right away if they

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01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:47,760
Speaker 1: needed to. So we picked three guys out of the

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Speaker 1: mock Draft Watch, and if you guys want to check

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01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:51,639
Speaker 1: this out, you can go to Buffalo Bills dot com.

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01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:54,559
Speaker 1: Mock Draft Watch one point zero is what it's called.

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01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:58,360
Speaker 1: So out of the thirteen players that were mocked to us,

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01:19:58,360 --> 01:20:00,439
Speaker 1: I picked three of them, and we're gonna got some

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01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:03,919
Speaker 1: probably every week here as we release mock draft watches.

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01:20:04,120 --> 01:20:06,679
Speaker 1: So there's three people that I want to talk about.

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01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:09,640
Speaker 1: We'll start with defensive tackle first because there were a

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01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:14,920
Speaker 1: few of defensive tackles mocked to the Buffalo Bills. This guy,

1501
01:20:15,160 --> 01:20:18,599
Speaker 1: I am a I am a big fan of him already, right.

1502
01:20:18,880 --> 01:20:22,080
Speaker 1: He is one of the Georgia defensive linemen, which that

1503
01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:25,840
Speaker 1: defensive line just roasted people all season long, and they

1504
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:31,400
Speaker 1: were they were like giants. Massive men played on the

1505
01:20:31,439 --> 01:20:35,200
Speaker 1: defensive line at Georgia. This past season, Jordan Davis was

1506
01:20:35,320 --> 01:20:37,600
Speaker 1: mocked to the Bills. I want to say twice or

1507
01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:40,760
Speaker 1: just once in this mock draft. Watch. So this kid

1508
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,000
Speaker 1: is a senior coming out of Georgia. He's six six,

1509
01:20:44,360 --> 01:20:49,040
Speaker 1: three hundred and forty freaking pounds. This guy's goliath. He

1510
01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:54,880
Speaker 1: is huge, estated. He's got quick feet. Though you think

1511
01:20:54,920 --> 01:20:57,360
Speaker 1: somebody who weighed three, who weighs three hundred forty pounds

1512
01:20:57,439 --> 01:21:00,760
Speaker 1: or about three hundred forty pounds, does move as fast

1513
01:21:00,800 --> 01:21:02,799
Speaker 1: as he does. But when you turn on his tape,

1514
01:21:03,560 --> 01:21:07,560
Speaker 1: he moves pretty quick. He won a bunch of awards

1515
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:11,320
Speaker 1: this year. Was All SEC first Team for AP and coaches,

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01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:14,759
Speaker 1: was a team captain. Played in forty seven games, started

1517
01:21:14,800 --> 01:21:18,200
Speaker 1: in thirty three ninety one total tackles, twelve and a

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01:21:18,240 --> 01:21:20,760
Speaker 1: half TFLs and seven sacks. If you can look at

1519
01:21:20,800 --> 01:21:24,000
Speaker 1: his career, I mean they won the Natty. He knows

1520
01:21:24,040 --> 01:21:27,480
Speaker 1: what it's like to be in big games, big time situations.

1521
01:21:28,160 --> 01:21:30,519
Speaker 1: He's a tall guy for being in the middle of

1522
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:33,600
Speaker 1: the defensive line there, standing at six six. He's the

1523
01:21:33,640 --> 01:21:36,439
Speaker 1: type of player that you don't want to be one

1524
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,360
Speaker 1: on one against. I think he has a strong, powerful

1525
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:42,880
Speaker 1: strike it's tough to move a guy who's that big

1526
01:21:42,880 --> 01:21:45,840
Speaker 1: that's running at you. I think he can also get

1527
01:21:45,840 --> 01:21:48,439
Speaker 1: off his blocks pretty well when he needs to. The

1528
01:21:48,479 --> 01:21:51,280
Speaker 1: biggest defensive lineman on the Bills roster right now is

1529
01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 1: a Vernon Butler sitting at three hundred and thirty pounds.

1530
01:21:54,240 --> 01:21:56,880
Speaker 1: Jordan Davis three hundred and forty pounds. I think he

1531
01:21:56,960 --> 01:22:00,320
Speaker 1: has a lot of talent. I think he's strong and

1532
01:22:00,479 --> 01:22:05,320
Speaker 1: tough and powerful, and hey, if the Bill decided draft

1533
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:08,120
Speaker 1: him at number twenty five, I'd be pumped. Yeah, he is.

1534
01:22:08,439 --> 01:22:12,599
Speaker 1: The scouting report on Jordan Davis is a He's a

1535
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:17,080
Speaker 1: massive human being. He is very strong, very powerful. He's

1536
01:22:17,439 --> 01:22:19,240
Speaker 1: he's more of a strong athlete than he is an

1537
01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:24,760
Speaker 1: explosive athlete. He is out. He is the best interior

1538
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:28,519
Speaker 1: defensive player in the country against the run game. He

1539
01:22:28,560 --> 01:22:31,400
Speaker 1: can move down the line, he disengages with offensive lineman,

1540
01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:35,120
Speaker 1: and he's an absolute impossibility to single block on any

1541
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:38,160
Speaker 1: run play. You have to double team this guy. So

1542
01:22:38,479 --> 01:22:40,760
Speaker 1: that's what he brings you. Now, he's not a great

1543
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:44,519
Speaker 1: pass rusher. He's not one of those guys. He's probably

1544
01:22:44,520 --> 01:22:46,439
Speaker 1: a two down player, which means he will there's no

1545
01:22:46,520 --> 01:22:49,600
Speaker 1: doubt in my mind, Jordan Davis will be available for

1546
01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:52,640
Speaker 1: the Bills at twenty five, no doubt. The question is,

1547
01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:55,280
Speaker 1: will there be somebody who's better. I'm more versatile, and

1548
01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:57,840
Speaker 1: perhaps one of his teammates my move might move up

1549
01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:01,840
Speaker 1: ahead of him, because while he is a fantastic run

1550
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:05,800
Speaker 1: defensive player and a huge body inside, he's not a

1551
01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:08,360
Speaker 1: pass rusher in any way, shape or form, and he'll

1552
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:11,400
Speaker 1: struggle in that even in the pros because of his

1553
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:15,760
Speaker 1: What they're telling, what they're saying about him is he

1554
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:20,479
Speaker 1: really does. His hand movement and his athleticism speed wise

1555
01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:22,280
Speaker 1: isn't what you want to be as a pass rusher,

1556
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:25,360
Speaker 1: even from the interior or the off defensive line. But

1557
01:23:25,439 --> 01:23:28,880
Speaker 1: in the run game, nobody can touch him. Yeah, so

1558
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:32,200
Speaker 1: he'll be sought after, but he'll be it at this

1559
01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:34,320
Speaker 1: point of his career. In his first year in the NFL,

1560
01:23:34,360 --> 01:23:38,439
Speaker 1: he'll be a you know, a situational defensive lineman, a

1561
01:23:38,560 --> 01:23:40,519
Speaker 1: run game first and second down, that kind of thing.

1562
01:23:41,479 --> 01:23:44,320
Speaker 1: But no doubt if he can grow and learn how

1563
01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:47,080
Speaker 1: to rush the passer and do some things in that regard,

1564
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:50,960
Speaker 1: the guys got Hall of Fame size. I mean, the

1565
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:55,720
Speaker 1: guys absolutely immense well, he talks about versatility. Let me

1566
01:23:55,800 --> 01:23:59,920
Speaker 1: show you somebody that's a versatile player. It's quarterback dacks

1567
01:24:00,080 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: In Hill. His brother actually plays in the NFL Justice Hill.

1568
01:24:04,360 --> 01:24:07,320
Speaker 1: He's a junior, so he's coming out of coming out

1569
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:09,599
Speaker 1: to go to the NFL Draft a year early. He's

1570
01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:11,640
Speaker 1: six feet tall, one hundred and ninety two pounds. He

1571
01:24:11,640 --> 01:24:14,599
Speaker 1: plays at Michigan. He was first team All Big Ten

1572
01:24:14,960 --> 01:24:17,280
Speaker 1: this past season. Has played in thirty three games, has

1573
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:20,160
Speaker 1: twenty three starts, one hundred and fifty one total tackles,

1574
01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:24,320
Speaker 1: seven a half TFLs, four interceptions, and twenty past breakups.

1575
01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:27,679
Speaker 1: Is his career stats. He was a five star recruit

1576
01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:29,920
Speaker 1: coming out of high school. When you turn on the

1577
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:34,160
Speaker 1: tape of him, he's someone who played safety in college.

1578
01:24:34,160 --> 01:24:36,920
Speaker 1: But they're labeling him as a corner here, at least

1579
01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:40,280
Speaker 1: in the mock draft that I picked at or looked at,

1580
01:24:40,520 --> 01:24:42,880
Speaker 1: and they had him mocked to the Buffalo builds. I

1581
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:44,760
Speaker 1: think he's got some pop to him. He has some

1582
01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:48,519
Speaker 1: power in his hit. His impact looks like it really hurts.

1583
01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:52,040
Speaker 1: He is super quick and really fast, comes out of nowhere.

1584
01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:55,439
Speaker 1: Sometimes when you're watching him, people look at him as

1585
01:24:55,479 --> 01:24:58,160
Speaker 1: more of a hybrid corner. He's a safety who could

1586
01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:01,880
Speaker 1: fit perfectly in nickel position and listed as a corner,

1587
01:25:01,920 --> 01:25:04,479
Speaker 1: like I said, in the NFL draft. So he's he's

1588
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:07,040
Speaker 1: that versatile type of defensive back that you see in

1589
01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:09,519
Speaker 1: a lot of defenses right now in the NFL. You

1590
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:12,960
Speaker 1: talk about positionless players. He fits in that in the

1591
01:25:13,000 --> 01:25:16,679
Speaker 1: box of a safety or a corner nickel cornerback. He's

1592
01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:20,320
Speaker 1: a real athlete's and he's a five star guy coming

1593
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:22,160
Speaker 1: out of the draft. Not a five star recruit coming

1594
01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:23,800
Speaker 1: out of high school. He's a five star guy coming

1595
01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:27,080
Speaker 1: out of Michigan. He's got great awareness and he plays

1596
01:25:27,080 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: with great intelligence. He sees things and before they happen

1597
01:25:30,320 --> 01:25:33,800
Speaker 1: kind of guy. And he also has a streak in

1598
01:25:33,880 --> 01:25:36,240
Speaker 1: him where he jumps into the pile. He'll he'll take

1599
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:40,240
Speaker 1: guys on. He's a willing tackler, loves the contact, wraps up,

1600
01:25:40,240 --> 01:25:42,960
Speaker 1: and he's aggressive in the run game. And because of

1601
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:45,280
Speaker 1: his intelligence, he's always there in time to make a play.

1602
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:48,479
Speaker 1: He did not he doesn't have very many. He had

1603
01:25:48,479 --> 01:25:50,680
Speaker 1: like four interceptions over three year career. One of the

1604
01:25:50,680 --> 01:25:53,760
Speaker 1: things I suspect about guys like that, particularly in the

1605
01:25:53,760 --> 01:25:57,559
Speaker 1: Big ten, and this is just me being an old guy.

1606
01:25:58,600 --> 01:26:01,200
Speaker 1: If you got a guy like that's a five star

1607
01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:05,720
Speaker 1: guy playing in the secondary, Big ten schools don't throw

1608
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:08,400
Speaker 1: at those guys. Yeah, Um, he's They're not going to

1609
01:26:08,479 --> 01:26:10,320
Speaker 1: throw the ball up to him. They'll throw it to

1610
01:26:10,360 --> 01:26:14,320
Speaker 1: somebody else because you can do that at that level.

1611
01:26:14,880 --> 01:26:18,519
Speaker 1: They can hide guys from him. So I think this

1612
01:26:18,600 --> 01:26:21,280
Speaker 1: is a guy that it will go that Dackson Hill

1613
01:26:21,439 --> 01:26:23,960
Speaker 1: may not be available for the Bills at twenty five.

1614
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:26,120
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that he may go someplace

1615
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:28,920
Speaker 1: else in the league. And the way things are in

1616
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:33,320
Speaker 1: the NFL, wide receivers everybody everybody needs him, wants them,

1617
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:36,519
Speaker 1: gets them, and corners and Bills fans know that as well,

1618
01:26:36,520 --> 01:26:39,880
Speaker 1: with Trdavious White and Levi Wallace and tarn Johnson. Um

1619
01:26:40,760 --> 01:26:42,880
Speaker 1: along with the safety there, their secondary is one of

1620
01:26:42,920 --> 01:26:45,960
Speaker 1: the engines that run this whole team. Um, everybody wants

1621
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,960
Speaker 1: guys like deck You need a good secondary in the

1622
01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:50,280
Speaker 1: NFL right now, with the way that offense is passed

1623
01:26:50,320 --> 01:26:55,120
Speaker 1: the ball, you need you need a legit safety, legit corner.

1624
01:26:55,640 --> 01:26:58,200
Speaker 1: I might be I might be about Daxton Hill than

1625
01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:02,160
Speaker 1: Jordan Davis even. Yeah, because because there's a guy with

1626
01:27:02,240 --> 01:27:04,800
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace and his thing. He may be here, but

1627
01:27:04,920 --> 01:27:08,880
Speaker 1: even so, your football team, I think, even in the NFL,

1628
01:27:08,920 --> 01:27:10,759
Speaker 1: your football team gets better with a guy like Daxton

1629
01:27:10,840 --> 01:27:12,759
Speaker 1: Hill on it. All right, We're gonna take a break.

1630
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:14,559
Speaker 1: When we come back, we might talk a little bit

1631
01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:16,960
Speaker 1: more about the mock draft. Watch. We've got one more

1632
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:19,240
Speaker 1: player we want to tell you about, So don't go anywhere.

1633
01:27:19,240 --> 01:27:21,240
Speaker 1: One Bills Live is presented by Collid to Health on

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01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:40,240
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. We're back on One Bill's Live to

1635
01:27:40,520 --> 01:27:44,080
Speaker 1: close out this show before the weekend, and before we

1636
01:27:44,120 --> 01:27:46,360
Speaker 1: say goodbye, I want to bring up one more prospect

1637
01:27:46,400 --> 01:27:48,320
Speaker 1: who was mocked to us a couple times in this

1638
01:27:48,320 --> 01:27:51,000
Speaker 1: first mock draft to watch. He's another corner who we

1639
01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:54,480
Speaker 1: are just talking about, Daxton Hill, who played safety for Michigan,

1640
01:27:54,720 --> 01:27:57,320
Speaker 1: and it is kind of like that hybrid corner safety. Well,

1641
01:27:57,360 --> 01:27:59,919
Speaker 1: this is a true corner. His name is Roger McCreery.

1642
01:28:00,120 --> 01:28:03,679
Speaker 1: He is from Auburn, and I really like this guy

1643
01:28:03,720 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 1: when you watch him on tape. He's a senior, six

1644
01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:08,719
Speaker 1: feet tall, one hundred and ninety pounds, played in forty

1645
01:28:08,720 --> 01:28:13,760
Speaker 1: two games, has six interceptions thirty eight pass breakups in

1646
01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:16,800
Speaker 1: his career. He had sixteen pass breakups last season. He

1647
01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:20,679
Speaker 1: has really good eyes and can react quickly. The game

1648
01:28:20,760 --> 01:28:22,960
Speaker 1: speeds up a lot at the NFL level, and you

1649
01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 1: need someone who can react quickly, especially with the different

1650
01:28:26,280 --> 01:28:28,880
Speaker 1: wide receivers that you're going up against in the NFL.

1651
01:28:28,920 --> 01:28:31,000
Speaker 1: He's really good at tracking the ball. This guy is

1652
01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:34,880
Speaker 1: a pass breakup king. He has really nice hands. It

1653
01:28:35,000 --> 01:28:39,280
Speaker 1: seems effortless when he breaks the pass up. He also

1654
01:28:39,360 --> 01:28:41,840
Speaker 1: makes plays in the end zone. Is overall a really

1655
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:44,120
Speaker 1: good cover corner. Yeah, and I'll just read you one

1656
01:28:44,160 --> 01:28:47,400
Speaker 1: sentence from the This is from the Draft network dot

1657
01:28:47,400 --> 01:28:51,920
Speaker 1: com on it says he in the passing game, he

1658
01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:55,160
Speaker 1: is elite in press man. He demonstrates good upfield speed

1659
01:28:55,240 --> 01:28:57,720
Speaker 1: open run with receivers he can mirror, and has outstanding

1660
01:28:57,720 --> 01:29:00,000
Speaker 1: closing quickness at the top of routes. In zone situation

1661
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,720
Speaker 1: as he plays with good field instincts and awareness, the

1662
01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:08,000
Speaker 1: guy can play. He is a man cover corner guy.

1663
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:12,400
Speaker 1: We'll see. It's a great It's a great conversation to

1664
01:29:12,439 --> 01:29:13,920
Speaker 1: have because I think it makes a lot of sense

1665
01:29:13,920 --> 01:29:15,519
Speaker 1: for where the Bills are right now. That that may

1666
01:29:15,640 --> 01:29:20,760
Speaker 1: change in free agency, but good players make you better

1667
01:29:21,080 --> 01:29:23,680
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. Laren, thanks for hanging out with

1668
01:29:23,760 --> 01:29:26,120
Speaker 1: us on this Friday afternoon. We hope you guys have

1669
01:29:26,200 --> 01:29:29,559
Speaker 1: a great weekend. Chris Brown and Steve Tasker will be

1670
01:29:29,600 --> 01:29:32,719
Speaker 1: back on Monday afternoon. One Bills Live presented by Clyde

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