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Speaker 1: So some moves to still be worked through, Some roster

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Speaker 1: without a punter. They got fifty two other guys that

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Speaker 1: this roster. Tanner Owen, an undrafted rookie offensive lineman, got

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Speaker 1: the Yeah. I mean there's you know, there's some trades

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Speaker 1: yesterday and there's like I don't know, I had it.

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Speaker 1: I had it up here a minute ago. There's like,

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Speaker 1: what maybe thirty names on this list of guys that

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Speaker 1: got cut picked up. Maybe there's thirty three players, thirty

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Speaker 1: three play claimed this year. So there's thirty three seven

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Speaker 1: Jets cuts got claimed that led the league. How about that?

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Speaker 1: So anyway, there's thirty guys around and you you always

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Speaker 1: think about, well, six of them are going to be

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Speaker 1: our guys well, probably not. Yeah, you know, probably not,

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Speaker 1: and that does say something about the Jets. What do

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Speaker 1: you what do you think about the Jets having seven

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Speaker 1: guys picked up. I think it's an indication that there's

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Speaker 1: more veteran talent on that Jets roster than people realize.

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Speaker 1: I think people from AFAR view the Jets roster as

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Speaker 1: this young team that's got to gain some experience. They

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Speaker 1: added some under the radar veterans to their roster who

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Speaker 1: are going to help that team win more games than

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Speaker 1: I think people think. I think they could be a

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Speaker 1: seven win team this year. I don't think that's out

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Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility. A lot of it hinges

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Speaker 1: on Zach Wilson, obviously, but you know, you add a

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Speaker 1: safety like a Jordan Whitehead from Tampa, like, that guy's

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Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna drop him in the middle of your

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Speaker 1: secondary helps some young corners. He's gonna make a difference.

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Speaker 1: That guy's gonna make a difference. So and then you

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Speaker 1: think about all the vets they've added up front on

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Speaker 1: their defensive front in the last couple of years. Karl

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Speaker 1: Laws in his back, Quinnin Williams is still their shot.

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Speaker 1: They got some players Man vine Kur. They got veteran players. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I've I've liked what they've started to do or

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Speaker 1: what they tried to do with their offensive line, you know,

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Speaker 1: the injuries. Notwithstanding Elijah Vera Tucker can play. He's a

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Speaker 1: good player as a draft choice draft. He's his second year. Um,

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Speaker 1: and Fant is still there. Dwayne Brown is a really

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Speaker 1: good song. Yeah, they just picked him up. They had

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Speaker 1: to because of the McKay Beckton injury. He's got McKay

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Speaker 1: becked him is still a question mark, but at least

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Speaker 1: he was an investment in the right spot for the Jets. Now, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's you know what I'm saying. So, and like we said,

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Speaker 1: I've been saying this all offseason. We felt like we

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Speaker 1: missed a holiday because we really couldn't make fun of

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Speaker 1: the Jets draft. You know, it was always a fun day. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: Joe Douglass is a former offensive lineman the GM, And

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Speaker 1: so this shows where to invest right this year's like,

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Speaker 1: you know what, we're pretty good draft by the Jets. Yeah, um,

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Speaker 1: little ways to go. I'm not you know, none of

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Speaker 1: us I think they could be a six or seven

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Speaker 1: win team. Well, none of us are Mike are Zach

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Speaker 1: Wilson fans um and I'll be interested to see if

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Speaker 1: Joe Flacco can might have to play in the opener.

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Speaker 1: Joe flac he is gonna play in the opener? I

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Speaker 1: heard yeah at first couple of games maybe, And I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't even know if Joe can even

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Speaker 1: lift his arm over his head, let alone. Well, apparently

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Speaker 1: he was lighting it up in the practice, like, uh,

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Speaker 1: they were running like a scrimmage type thing, like a

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Speaker 1: green white scrimmage in practice, you know, like full speed contact,

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Speaker 1: tackling all that, and Flacco was lightening up the defense. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'll say this and still throw the ball. The guy

487
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Speaker 1: could always sling it. He can't move, but he can move,

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Speaker 1: but he can sling it. So if you was young,

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Speaker 1: you can protect Joe, you can he can make some

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Speaker 1: plays for you. Still, I think, yeah, yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: it's really it's intriguing because he's gonna he's gonna show

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Speaker 1: up and play well for those guys if he if

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Speaker 1: they can protect him. He was he was a Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl winning quarterback and bet on himself that year and

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Speaker 1: and did it. He's one of the few guys you know,

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Speaker 1: you see it all the time. I'm gonna bet on

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Speaker 1: my side, I think. So he plays his contract out

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Speaker 1: with Baltimore and wins the Super Bowl as a starting quarterback. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then he became the highest paid player in the league.

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Speaker 1: And back then it was twenty five million bucks a year,

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Speaker 1: twenty seven million bucks a year that he didn't see

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Speaker 1: the end of the contract. But man, oh man, that's

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Speaker 1: you know, good for him. He's got something in the tank.

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Speaker 1: I've always been high on Joe Flacco, but I haven't

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Speaker 1: you know, we haven't seen him for a long time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll see topic for discussion today obviously concerns the bills

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Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. What would you have done differently

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Speaker 1: with the bills fifty three man squad? Let us know

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Speaker 1: at eight oh three, five fifty one, eight eight eight

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Speaker 1: five fifty two, five fifty the number to get on

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Speaker 1: board open line for you there or on the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheet at one Bills Live. I'm sure there were people

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Speaker 1: out there, Bills fans who had their favorites, wanted to

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Speaker 1: see a certain player on the roster, and they were not.

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Speaker 1: What might have you done? What might you have done

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Speaker 1: differently with the Bills fifty three man roster as it's

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Speaker 1: currently constituted. Give us a call, let us know if

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Speaker 1: you think that they missed an opportunity to strengthen the

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Speaker 1: roster in some area that you would have preferred to see,

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Speaker 1: or maybe you just like it the way it is,

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Speaker 1: and you know you're not terribly concerned with the last

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Speaker 1: four or five spots on the roster. The Bills clearly were,

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Speaker 1: and it's clear to me that they wanted them to

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Speaker 1: have some measure of special team's prowess so that they

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Speaker 1: can contribute to this football team. So that's kind of

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Speaker 1: where it stands. With that other things to discuss. Steve,

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Speaker 1: for the first time since resigned, did he resign? He resigned.

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Speaker 1: So the first time since John Gruden resigned as head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Raiders, he spoke publicly. He was at

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Speaker 1: a booster club meeting for the Arizona Razorback or Arizona

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Speaker 1: Arkansas Razorbacks football team and was given the floor to

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Speaker 1: kind of address the controversial misogynistic and homophobic emails that

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Speaker 1: he had sent to Bruce Allen of the Washington Organization.

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Speaker 1: They were made public. He was kind of outed on

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Speaker 1: that front, and understandably so. And then he promptly resigned

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Speaker 1: from the Raiders, thereby canceling his ten year, one hundred

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Speaker 1: million dollar contract as their head coach, and he basically

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Speaker 1: said he was ashamed of the emails that he wrote.

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Speaker 1: He said, deep down though, I believe I'm a good person.

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Speaker 1: He said, he goes to church, he's been married thirty

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Speaker 1: one years, he's got three kids that are, you know,

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Speaker 1: model citizens, and he hopes he gets an other chance.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I guess that's the best to pop. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he didn't apologize. He said he was ashamed, UM called

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Speaker 1: the comments that he made in those emails shameful. Didn't apologize. Um,

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Speaker 1: I can't remember if he did when he initially resigned.

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Speaker 1: I want to say he did. But I think he

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Speaker 1: gets another shot in this day in age of the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he does not as a head coach.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he does not as a head coach.

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Speaker 1: And certainly now he could come back as a coordinator

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Speaker 1: or something like coaching. He might be going the route

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Speaker 1: of like a Greg Williams the Bounty Gate exactly, Greg

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Speaker 1: Williams or Joe Vitt or one of those guys come

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Speaker 1: back in another capacity with another team. But um, certainly

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Speaker 1: the guys he knows, he knows football, but you know too,

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Speaker 1: and he and and you gotta say, oh, you kind

558
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Speaker 1: of shrug your souls, say, Okay, he owned it, you know,

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Speaker 1: he didn't, um, and there's nothing else he could do

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00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: but coming out publicly and and you know, kind of

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Speaker 1: owning what happened and saying he was you know, like

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Speaker 1: you didn't apologize by he did when he resigned, I guess,

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Speaker 1: and also said it was shameful and he was ashamed

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Speaker 1: of it. So that's good on him. But man, oh man,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a minute. Yeah, yeah, And let's not forget.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he was gone for like a decade doing

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Speaker 1: ESPN Monday Night football and then came back. How long

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00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: is the sabbatical, the fourth sabbatical this time, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be like three or four years. I gotta believe. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, it's I think it's gonna be a while

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Speaker 1: before he's back. Um. And and it'll it'll depend on

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Speaker 1: how I think too. It might depend on how badly

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Speaker 1: he wants back. Yeah, it might be if he could

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Speaker 1: get for instance, and I'm if a coach like McDaniel

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Speaker 1: in Miami or Mike Tomlin. We're to say, listen, I

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Speaker 1: want the guy, you know, somebody who's entrenched, say come

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Speaker 1: back here, and it could happen. It could happen, And

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Speaker 1: certainly he's got something to offer an NFL team because

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Speaker 1: of his depth of knowledge and his experience. But that's

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Speaker 1: what it would take a head coach who's entrenched, who

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Speaker 1: has the ear of the owner, who say listen, we

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Speaker 1: can do this and it's gonna work, and convincing him.

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Speaker 1: Eighth three five fifty one eight eight five fifty two

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Speaker 1: five fifty the number to call for you to let

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Speaker 1: us know what you might have done differently with the

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Speaker 1: bills fifty three man roster. We'll take your thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the phone lines and on the tweet sheet. Next here

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Speaker 1: on One Bill's Line, presented by Kalaida Health. It's Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you in the aftermath of

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Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster construction. At least as it

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Speaker 1: currently stands, it is likely subject to change, especially because

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Speaker 1: the Bills do not yet have a punter on their

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Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. That will be addressed in short order,

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Speaker 1: we anticipate and we are asking you at eight o

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

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Speaker 1: fifty what would you change about the Bills fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster? Maybe something that you preferred to have happened

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Speaker 1: that did not, So feel free to explain yourself at

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Speaker 1: eight three fifty one eighty eight five fifty two five

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Speaker 1: fifty and on the tweet sheet at one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the phones and leading us off here

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Speaker 1: is Jay on a cell. Jay, what do you have

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Speaker 1: for us? Y'r On one Bills Live. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: ask about Isaiah McKenzie and Jamison Crowder. Okay, what do

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Speaker 1: you think about who starts there? Well, McKenzie has been

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Speaker 1: the primary slot guy from the jump in training camp

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Speaker 1: and that really hasn't changed. If you asked me to

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Speaker 1: set up a pecking order, I would have Crowder as

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Speaker 1: the fourth receiver on this roster, inside or outside, inside

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Speaker 1: or outside, Davis or Digs or Mackenzie go down. He's

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Speaker 1: the next guy on the field too. The question is

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Speaker 1: does the slot receiver position is that going to be

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Speaker 1: a spot that's manned by just one guy in Isaiah

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Speaker 1: McKenzie or is it going to be a shared role.

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Speaker 1: I think that's largely going to depend on Isaiah McKenzie's

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Speaker 1: health first and foremost. I think he's going to be

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Speaker 1: given every opportunity to get the bulk of the work there.

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Speaker 1: But let's not forget it's a seventeen game season. He's

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Speaker 1: diminutive in stature, and Jamison Crowder is a proven player

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Speaker 1: with all but one of his seven NFL seasons resulting

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Speaker 1: in fifty receptions or more so, I think Crowder will

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Speaker 1: be a factor. He could siphon away some work from

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Speaker 1: Isaiah McKenzie as a result, but I think McKenzie will

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Speaker 1: get first crack at it to start the season. That's

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Speaker 1: kind of where it sits. Yeah, I don't I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's any different. You got and before we move

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Speaker 1: on to there's a report out there now that and

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Speaker 1: maybe you mentioned that Sam Martin is in town visiting

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Speaker 1: with the Bills. Okay, it's being reported by some people

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Speaker 1: out there that the punter for the Denver Broncos who

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Speaker 1: was top five and was released because he refused to

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Speaker 1: take a pay cut from the Broncos. I was released

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Speaker 1: by the Broncos is now visiting the Buffalo Bills. So

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Speaker 1: we'll see Sam Martin of the formerly the Denver Broncos

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Speaker 1: is being reported as in Buffalo. All right, so we'll

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Speaker 1: see not signed with Buffalo, but just jesting out. They'll

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Speaker 1: probably have to, you know, if he is here for

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Speaker 1: a free agent visit, he would be put through a

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Speaker 1: physical and everything like that. So, yeah, Martin was making

641
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: two point seven from the Broncos and they wanted him

642
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:52,320
Speaker 1: to like chop that in half about but he wouldn't

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Speaker 1: do it. So we'll see, I'm gonna see what the

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Speaker 1: Bills are gonna do. Yeah. Wait, well, we know they

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Speaker 1: need to fill the position. So that's pretty much where

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Speaker 1: it stands. For those that don't know Sam Martin's history,

647
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Speaker 1: former fifth round pick of the Detroit Lions in the

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Speaker 1: twenty thirteen draft. Appalachian state product Steve there you go,

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Speaker 1: the Mountaineer. Let's go back to the phones and we

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Speaker 1: go to John in Buffalo next. What do you got

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Speaker 1: for us? John? You're on one Bill's Live. Hey guys,

652
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: I just wondering what you guys thought about O. J.

653
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Speaker 1: Howard during the preseason and if you were sprised that

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Speaker 1: he didn't make the roster. Yeah, I mean, I would

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00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 1: say oj was okay, and I think what was working

656
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: against him was he really wasn't a factor on any

657
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 1: of the special teams units. So if that's going to

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00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: be the case, you better stand out and separate yourself

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00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 1: from the other tight ends on the roster when you're

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00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: on offense. And yes, he did have the one touchdown

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00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: catch in the second preseason game against the Broncos, so

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00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: he flashed there. But I gotta be honest with you, John,

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Speaker 1: that just weren't enough flashes for me, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I feel bad. Injuries kind of curtailed his career. Steve

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Speaker 1: early in the early going. I'm not trying to be

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00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: mean here. He was kind of ordinary. Yeah, he was

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00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: just a guy in our in the training camp with Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: And if you're not going to contribute in any other

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Speaker 1: way other than the tight end, and you're going to

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00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: start and he was certainly not going to start over

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00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:30,479
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox, that's it. I mean, he just didn't stand

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00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 1: out enough. And when you've got two young guys like

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00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 1: you know, Quintin Morris, who flashed and grabbed some attention,

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00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,760
Speaker 1: made some great catches during camp and improved his blocking

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00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: tremendously from last year and was working hard at it.

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00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: And then you got Tommy Sweeney, who's uh, yeah, I

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00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: don't want to say I don't think it's Sweeney's in trance.

678
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: I don't think they're you know, they're married to Tommy Sweeney.

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00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,320
Speaker 1: But the guy's got a great attitude and he flashed

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Speaker 1: during training camp. He had some days where he was

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00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: the he was the star of the offense, making some

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00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: diving catches and all that stuff, as was Quentin morris

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Speaker 1: So and O. J. Howard never did that, and in fact,

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Speaker 1: there were days when he missed some catches where you think, well,

685
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Speaker 1: you know, you gotta catch that, and that's it. I mean,

686
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Speaker 1: I I was surprised at how how unsurprising he was.

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00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: He was unspectacular. Yeah, And with the opportunity he had

688
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: here when you think about who he was stuck playing

689
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: behind in Tampa Bay, namely Gronk and Cameron brad who's

690
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: been a pretty effective tight end in this league, got

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00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: a Harvard, been a productive player, he was buried on

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00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: a depth chart there. He comes here and he had

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00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,959
Speaker 1: an opportunity to be the number two tight end behind

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Speaker 1: Dawson Knox on offense, he just had to show out

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Speaker 1: and separate himself from Sweeney and Morris on the offensive

696
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 1: side of the ball, and he was set and he

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00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: could not do it. He just could not do it.

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00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: Did not make enough plays. And you know, it's like

699
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: coach McDermott says all the time, you've got to earn it.

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00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: And with what Tommy Swingey and Quentin Morris also offer

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Speaker 1: you on special teams, it clearly tipped the scales in

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00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: their favor. Yeah. I think I think a lot of

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00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: people were quite frankly disappointed in what Oj Howard ultimately

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00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: brought to the table. Um. And I think that his

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00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: release reflects that he could be back here on the

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Speaker 1: practice squad too. He knows the offense and he's he's

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00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: a good tip. He's a solid guy. Um, But I

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00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: don't know what his I don't think his I think

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Speaker 1: his upside has been seen and we saw it in

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Speaker 1: training camp and it was on you know. I mean

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00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 1: that's why you know, Tom Brady goes to Tampa Bay.

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00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: He's got OJ Howard in the stable and the first

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00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,720
Speaker 1: thing he does say, you know what we need Gronk.

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Speaker 1: I mean you can see it down there. They were like, yeah,

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00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: you know what, and the guys are the players are

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00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 1: home and say, listen, we need an upgrade at tight end.

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Speaker 1: And that's Jay Howard when he was there, so you know,

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00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,359
Speaker 1: you took a flyer on him, see if you could

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Speaker 1: do it. But the young guys just outperformed him. They

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00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: just outperformed him. Yeah, and that's kind of where things sit,

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Speaker 1: and the tight end position will go with three players.

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Speaker 1: Reggie gilliam is kind of your crossover fourth I suppose

723
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Speaker 1: if you need him in a pinch, the fullback primarily fullback,

724
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: but he could cross over there at a moment's notice.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, you could look at a bunch

726
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 1: of different areas on this roster and kind of look

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00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: at them and say, okay, I can see why they

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Speaker 1: did that. I don't think. I mean, I guess Oj

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Speaker 1: Howard is the closest thing to a surprise. There's name

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00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: recognition there, and so maybe a casual fan might be like, oh,

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Speaker 1: they cut that guy beyond him. Though I don't think

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Speaker 1: there were any like knock you over shockers, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean? No, there was some. There was like

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Speaker 1: you know, where you get down to is it gonna

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Speaker 1: be five or four defensive backs or defensive ends. Is

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Speaker 1: you know, where is it? Who's it gonna be? Um?

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Speaker 1: You know the final fifty three man roster for Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: it's got ten defensive backs, nine defensive linemen, nine offensive linemen,

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Speaker 1: six linebackers, six receivers, and you know the specialists in

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. So it was it was not really surprising

741
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Speaker 1: from those numbers, except that you're getting more defensive backs

742
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: more linemen these days than you are linebackers, which you know,

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00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: you used to have a ton of those guys. You're

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00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: playing three of them every game, every snap, and sometimes

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00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 1: four of them if you're running the three four, and

746
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 1: you got to back up all of those guys, so

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00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: then there were there were like ten linebackers and only

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00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 1: six d linemen, you know, Um, and it just flips

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Speaker 1: it when you're running the four three. But yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: no real surprises, um. And like I said, we tend

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00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: to think about most of these guys in the preseason

752
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: and then never give him a second thought during the

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00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,760
Speaker 1: regular season because they're playing special teams are on their backups.

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00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: But they're the guys that you think, is he gonna

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00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:12,840
Speaker 1: make it or is he not gonna make it? And

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00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: that's the most interesting thing about the team in the

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00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: preseason break time for us here when we come back.

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00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,240
Speaker 1: More of your thoughts at eight oh three five fifty

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two, five fifty what

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Speaker 1: would you have done differently with the Bills fifty three

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00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: man roster. You can let us know they're open line

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00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: for you or on the tweet sheet at one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: event to be said. For sure. We want to get

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Speaker 1: back to the phones as we are discussing today what

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00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: you would have done with the bill's fifty three man roster.

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00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 1: That may be different from what you saw when it

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Speaker 1: all crossed yesterday at about four thirty in the afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Eight oh three, five fifty one, eight eight five fifty two,

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Speaker 1: five fifty the number two get on board. We go

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Speaker 1: back to the phones, and Nate in various burgh leads it.

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00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 1: So off, what do you got Nate? Hey, guys, Hey,

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00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: it doesn't have to do with the question you're asking,

784
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 1: but I'm wondering if you guys you know how Kim

785
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: mcmul is doing, and also to how much the guys

786
00:43:56,600 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: on the the practice squad me make. I don't know

787
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 1: if if you guys know that, but I'll hang up

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00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,800
Speaker 1: and listen. Yeah, so practice squad, the guys make eleven

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00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:11,160
Speaker 1: five a week. Um, the veterans make more. I want

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00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: to say it starts at fifteen thousand, four hundred dollars

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00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: a week if there's a veteran on the practice squad,

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00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 1: and I believe it can go up to almost twenty

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Speaker 1: grand a week. I can go up to nineteen five

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00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 1: a week. So it's a it's a pretty good living,

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00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: especially when you're not getting the tarbat addy on Sundays. Right,

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Speaker 1: you're just practice was his other question. I think he

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00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:34,280
Speaker 1: was asking about Kim Bagoula, and we have no updates

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00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: updates on Kim. Yeah, you know, ownership's chosen to keep

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Speaker 1: it a private manner, and we're going to respect that.

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Speaker 1: So that's kind of where it's staying. Absolutely, we'll hear

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00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,439
Speaker 1: good things. Back to the phones, though, and to Joe

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00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: in Buffalo next. Well, yeah, first, Joe, good afternoon. Just

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00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 1: a different take on your question. I've been reflecting on

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00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: a couple of the warshops we've had under Bean's watch

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00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, he sang Corey Coleman. I

806
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: think never saw the field. They had a three million

807
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,399
Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed contract. We took a hit on that, we've

808
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 1: now taken a hit, and on O. J. Howard Forge

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00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: the cut of White Teller. I'm just wondering if you

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00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: guys think the Bill's turn to office needs to take

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00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: a deeper look at its scouting uh and its players

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00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: that they're drafting. They've done great jobs, obviously, he sang

813
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 1: Josh as opposed to Josh Rosen. But these are these

814
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: are high draft choices that just never panned out, or

815
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: free agents that just never panned out. And you know,

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00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 1: six million dollars of campits a lot of cappit or

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00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: two people who never saw the field other than in

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00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 1: the preseason. If you change your thoughts on that, thank you.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, Joe, You're right, and believe me,

820
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 1: they do take it seriously. And every time they missed,

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00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: they go back and try and what they what they

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00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: thought They analyze it. Yeah, they what they thought they

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00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 1: saw in those guys and what they actually got out

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00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: of those guys and how to how to get how

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00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: to find that out before the fact. They they they

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Speaker 1: self scout and self analyze what they went through even

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Speaker 1: and you know they do that a lot. In fact,

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00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: that's their job. So and part of their job is

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Speaker 1: what they do certainly. And I go back to thinking

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00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: of Wyatt Teller and I haven't gone back and done this,

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00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 1: but it keep seems to me, and you're right, there's

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00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 1: a lot of people in this building that's still or

833
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 1: look to roll their eyes and go, gosh, how did

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Speaker 1: what happened with Watt Wyatt Teller? And I'm not sure,

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00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:37,879
Speaker 1: but I thought Wyatt Teller was traded while Eric Wood

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00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: was still on the team. And if that's the case. Well,

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00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,320
Speaker 1: and John Miller was still on the team, and so

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00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,879
Speaker 1: was Richie Incognito. And then within the span of eight

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Speaker 1: weeks you lost Eric Wood and Richie Incognito after they

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00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: just put together two Pro Bowl seasons there, and Wyatt

841
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: couldn't get on the field here, so you're thinking, well,

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00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: you know, now's the time where Whyatt's got some value.

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00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: So yeah, then all of a sudden, out of nowhere,

844
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 1: the team lost those two players, Eric would to an

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00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: injury and Richie and Cognito to emotional unstability. Instability, all

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00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 1: of a sudden, they got caught, and they suffered for

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00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: that a lot. Not only did they lose Wyatt Teller,

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00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: but they lost the other two guys, and they didn't

849
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: get anything in return for where they got something for Teller,

850
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: but they didn't get anything for eric Wood and Richie

851
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: and Cognito, and that hurt him throughout that next year

852
00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:38,880
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen's the only year of the Sean McDermott era

853
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,560
Speaker 1: they didn't go to the playoffs. And I would put

854
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 1: it right at the feet of that, the fact that

855
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:48,359
Speaker 1: they lost Eric Wood and Ritchie and and of course

856
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:52,280
Speaker 1: then before before that, when they didn't need him, couldn't

857
00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 1: get him on the field, Wyatt Teller, So they that

858
00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: stung a lot. Now, the three million dollars hit here

859
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 1: and the two million dollars hit here, I think we're

860
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: getting another two point five two point four for two

861
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 1: hit on Oj Howard this year. It's another six hundred

862
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 1: k next year. So all told, yes, it's three point

863
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 1: two million, and it's not anything to sneeze at. But

864
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman, just to kind of lay this out properly,

865
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,200
Speaker 1: it was only a one point three million dollar hit

866
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,840
Speaker 1: because he got picked up by the Patriots after the

867
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: Bills released him. Then he got signed by the Giants

868
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: after that, and so the Bills were only on the

869
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: hook for the difference in contract. They had to pay

870
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:34,840
Speaker 1: the difference, which was one point three million dollars. So

871
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: it was not a three million dollar hit. It was

872
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 1: a one point three million dollars hit. And you know,

873
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:43,759
Speaker 1: I think Brandon Bean would be the first person to

874
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,360
Speaker 1: tell you he's not perfect. Nobody that's a GM in

875
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:51,520
Speaker 1: this league is because the art of acquiring NFL talent

876
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: and identifying it and believing and projecting in what it

877
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: could be going forward is very much an inexact science.

878
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,880
Speaker 1: The batting average that bran and Bean has is going

879
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: to keep him employed as a general manager in this

880
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: league for a very long time. I'll say this, that's

881
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,360
Speaker 1: the first part of that was all we said about

882
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: the ty Wyatt teller and losing those guys back then

883
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:14,880
Speaker 1: and this and the hit too that they took. But

884
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:19,160
Speaker 1: I'll say this, the other part of the answer to

885
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:23,919
Speaker 1: your question, Joe, is this, Compare Brandon to their track

886
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: records other gms around the league. Compare them to those

887
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: other guys and see how they're doing. The Bills are

888
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 1: hitting it a lot more than other people are, and

889
00:49:34,800 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: they're getting it right deeper into the draft, this draft

890
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,399
Speaker 1: in particular, and if you want to see how they're

891
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 1: getting better, look at this draft in particular. It was

892
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:46,760
Speaker 1: really really good, with the exception of course the punter

893
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: that turned into this monstrosity, but the talent level and

894
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: this draft class for the Buffalo Bills will give you

895
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,800
Speaker 1: an idea of, you know, of why Brandon Bean is

896
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 1: who who he is and why this club's not He's

897
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:04,640
Speaker 1: not going anywhere for a while. Certainly they missed on

898
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,080
Speaker 1: some things, but that's part of doing business too. It's

899
00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: cost of doing business, and compare his track record to

900
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 1: some of the other guys in the business and you'll

901
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: see why he's here. There is news concerning the free

902
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:19,359
Speaker 1: agent visit of Sony Michelle to the Chargers. It looks

903
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,560
Speaker 1: like the Chargers are in fact going to sign Sony Michelle,

904
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 1: who was cut by the Dolphins yesterday. We have to

905
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 1: take a break here, but when we come back, we're

906
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 1: going to be joined by our good friend Greg co Sell,

907
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: senior producer of NFL Films and the co host of

908
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: the NFL Matchup Show on ESPN. He joins us next

909
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 1: to put a bow on the Bills preseason and the

910
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 1: outlook for the regular season. Next here on One Bill's

911
00:50:40,880 --> 00:51:00,399
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalid Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. At

912
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,920
Speaker 1: a Steve Tasker who has been all over the fields.

913
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:05,600
Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

914
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: player for you, ste Steve a blimp. We're not even

915
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 1: in the strato here of normalcy. Here our number two

916
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,359
Speaker 1: and time for us to be joined by NFL film

917
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: senior producer and co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup Show.

918
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 1: It is our good friend Greg co Sell joining us

919
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: as we put a bow on the preseason. Thank god

920
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,759
Speaker 1: for that, right Greg, and we get ready for the

921
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:36,480
Speaker 1: NFL regular season. I'm right there with you, Chris. I

922
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: was so excited when the preseason ended up ahead. I

923
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:44,839
Speaker 1: probably shouldn't say that out loud. Well, regular seasons coming

924
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 1: up too, I mean, we got a lot to look

925
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: forward to this year, particularly here in Buffalo. I mean, yes,

926
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,799
Speaker 1: oh for sure. I mean and opening on the first

927
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 1: Thursday night, I mean that's uh, that's big. Unfortunately it's

928
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 1: on the West Coast and not in your fair city.

929
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: But hey, it's still Thursday night ball. It's the only

930
00:52:00,719 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 1: game in town that night. Yeah, So why don't you

931
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:05,800
Speaker 1: tell us, if you've had a chance to peruse it,

932
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: what were your initial thoughts about some of the decisions

933
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: that the Bills made in getting the roster to fifty three.

934
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,360
Speaker 1: There's probably still going to be some tinkering, knowing they

935
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 1: still need a punter. But what did you what would

936
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:20,160
Speaker 1: what did you think? At first? Blush? I guess the

937
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 1: only guy that really surprised me, And again, I'm not

938
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 1: there every day, so I'm just speaking from from a distance.

939
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:30,280
Speaker 1: Obviously was O. J. Howard, Because obviously they kept Sweeney

940
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 1: and Mars, And I know you guys told me that

941
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: Mars had shown very well on a day to day

942
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:37,800
Speaker 1: basis in camp, which obviously I would know about. But

943
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 1: you know, I, as we discussed last week, Howard had

944
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,279
Speaker 1: some really strong blocks in the run game. Um, but

945
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: maybe they feel Sweeney can fill that same role. Uh So, Yeah,

946
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 1: that was the only thing that surprised me. Is there

947
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:53,640
Speaker 1: anything else you know about that that you know? It

948
00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: was sort of not out there because you know, Howard

949
00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:59,600
Speaker 1: obviously was a pretty high first round pick. It hasn't

950
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 1: quite worked out for him in the league. I don't

951
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 1: know if anybody grabbed him or Cincinnati, Dad, Yeah, Cincinnati

952
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 1: actually flamed him. I guess they didn't have too much

953
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:13,160
Speaker 1: behind Hayden Hurst. I would say if there was anything

954
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 1: on Howard, it just wasn't. There wasn't day to day

955
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:20,600
Speaker 1: consistency there. He would flash, there'd be a play here

956
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: or there, and I think they were expecting a lot

957
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,960
Speaker 1: more from him with the opportunity that sat in front

958
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: of him to be the number two tight end behind

959
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,320
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox, and he just didn't go out there and

960
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: grab it. I didn't really separate significantly enough. As I

961
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 1: saw it between separate himself from Morrison Sweeney. You could

962
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 1: you could have told people watching practice that he was

963
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,960
Speaker 1: an undrafted rookie free agent and if he would have

964
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 1: gotten the reps that he got, they wouldn't have been

965
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:50,640
Speaker 1: surprised at the way he played. Interesting, Okay, Yeah, so

966
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:53,279
Speaker 1: that's obviously because I'm not there. Yeah. I mean the

967
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 1: other one that didn't surprise me, and I know we

968
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:58,800
Speaker 1: discussed this Chris was Kumero because he's a great special

969
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: teams players. You guys have you know, told me numerous times,

970
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:05,400
Speaker 1: and you know that's important to teams. You know, the

971
00:54:05,560 --> 00:54:07,360
Speaker 1: last thing you want to do when you have a

972
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: really good team on both sides of the ball, and

973
00:54:10,239 --> 00:54:13,480
Speaker 1: the Bills fall into that category without question, is to

974
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:17,160
Speaker 1: lose games because of special teams. You know that, And

975
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:20,600
Speaker 1: hey we're talking here to Steve obviously, Steve you know

976
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:23,440
Speaker 1: that better than than than I do, for sure. But

977
00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:26,399
Speaker 1: the Bills, you know, they're very, very good on both

978
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,759
Speaker 1: sides of the ball, and you just don't want to

979
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,920
Speaker 1: lose a game because your special team falls apart. So

980
00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:36,240
Speaker 1: you mentioned, you know, how they went with the numbers

981
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 1: there for special teams as a focus. They also went

982
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: heavy at defensive back. Ten. I'm not counting Tredevious White,

983
00:54:44,640 --> 00:54:46,680
Speaker 1: and we know that Trdavious White is now going to

984
00:54:46,719 --> 00:54:50,120
Speaker 1: miss the first four games going on reserve pup. What

985
00:54:50,280 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 1: are your thoughts about Buffalo's secondary against that Rams receiving

986
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:58,840
Speaker 1: corps that now includes Alan Robinson Knowing there's a strong

987
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: likelihood that Kaye Elam is going to be starting at

988
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:05,040
Speaker 1: one of the outside corner positions. Yeah, and I think

989
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: he will. I mean when you look at the roster spots,

990
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:11,040
Speaker 1: I mean he's he's likely to be a starter. You know,

991
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,720
Speaker 1: all I have is the game. So I mean, obviously

992
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 1: Ellen was going to make the team, and he played

993
00:55:17,680 --> 00:55:19,799
Speaker 1: very well by the way in the game, so there

994
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: was no concern there. But just watching the games, I

995
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: really thought that that Bedford had to be there as well.

996
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,360
Speaker 1: And you know, you were there. You know more about

997
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:31,000
Speaker 1: the practice on a day to day than I do.

998
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:34,520
Speaker 1: But I thought watching the games, Bedford really showed well,

999
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:36,839
Speaker 1: and even though he was a sixth round pick out

1000
00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:39,560
Speaker 1: of a smaller school, I thought that, you know, the

1001
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,440
Speaker 1: game showed that he could play in this league and

1002
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:44,840
Speaker 1: that he belonged. So I don't know if he was

1003
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:46,880
Speaker 1: the last guy. I don't know how they saw all that.

1004
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:50,800
Speaker 1: You know, I think Lewis cam Lewis is an important

1005
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: player too, and I don't know how many you know

1006
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 1: reps he gets, but we saw that he could play

1007
00:55:56,520 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: both outside in the slot and safety, and those kinds

1008
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:04,279
Speaker 1: of players are really important to have because versatility in

1009
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:08,280
Speaker 1: your secondary in today's NFL, with the emphasis on three wide,

1010
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: some teams with four wide, that's really really important. Do

1011
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 1: you do you anticipate the Bills rolling out against the

1012
00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 1: La Rams much the same as they did they have

1013
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:25,320
Speaker 1: the last three years. Two backers, five dbs, four defensive

1014
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,680
Speaker 1: linemen and then you know, and teams have really tried

1015
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: to pry them out of that personnel and haven't been

1016
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,440
Speaker 1: able to do it. What do you think that if

1017
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:38,120
Speaker 1: the Rams wanted to do that? What would they do well?

1018
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: The Rams historically under McVeagh, they've been eleven personnel. Last year,

1019
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 1: I believe they led the league in eleven personnel over

1020
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 1: eighty two percent, if if memory serves me correctly. I'm

1021
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,439
Speaker 1: not staring at the number. I think it's the last

1022
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: two years Greg that they've led the right Brownie, so

1023
00:56:56,719 --> 00:57:02,759
Speaker 1: you know, I'd be surprised quite honestly, if McVeigh took

1024
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:06,439
Speaker 1: the defensive approach to offense, and by that I mean say, well,

1025
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:09,239
Speaker 1: we want to get the Bills out of there. What

1026
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 1: they like to do? I would think he would say,

1027
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:14,880
Speaker 1: particularly with the corner situation with the Bills, which is

1028
00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 1: still an unknown as the regular season begins, no matter

1029
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:20,920
Speaker 1: how much I or they might like Elam, it's you know,

1030
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,920
Speaker 1: Dane Jackson's likely to be the other corner. I would assume.

1031
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 1: So they're gonna say, you're gonna have to cover us.

1032
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 1: I mean we're not. We're not gonna make you get

1033
00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 1: out of what you want to do. You're gonna have

1034
00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: to cover us because we've got you know, we've got

1035
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: good white outs, and you're gonna have to cover us.

1036
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 1: So I don't think they're gonna do anything differently the Bills.

1037
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: That is from a personnel standpoint. I don't know how

1038
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,360
Speaker 1: much was revealed in the preseason as far as the

1039
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 1: Bills intentions in the run game. But Aaron Cromer, as

1040
00:57:52,880 --> 00:57:55,360
Speaker 1: you know, is here now as the offensive line coach. Yeah,

1041
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 1: they seem to have I was talking to Eric Wood

1042
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,880
Speaker 1: about this, who does color comed Terry on a Radio

1043
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,720
Speaker 1: network here, and he kind of labeled it a mid

1044
00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: zone kind of run game. It's not really outside, it's

1045
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:09,480
Speaker 1: not always inside. It's more of a mid zone kind

1046
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,280
Speaker 1: of run game. And he said in talking to Aaron Cromer,

1047
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: who actually coached him the first time Kromer was here

1048
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:17,320
Speaker 1: as a line coach a few years back under Rex Ryan,

1049
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:23,160
Speaker 1: he said that Kromer is very excited about the mobility

1050
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:27,040
Speaker 1: level of every guy on his offensive line this year,

1051
00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 1: which I don't know if that could have been said

1052
00:58:29,480 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 1: last year about the Bill's line with players like Feliciano

1053
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,480
Speaker 1: and Darryl Williams who are not as mobile as maybe

1054
00:58:36,560 --> 00:58:40,880
Speaker 1: say a Roger Saffold, you know, and a Spencer Brown,

1055
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 1: even a Dan or David Questenberry. So what could change

1056
00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:48,160
Speaker 1: there in terms of their approach in the run game.

1057
00:58:48,240 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: Knowing that and maybe some of Cromer's history, Yeah, well,

1058
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 1: I know Aaron and he's one of the best in

1059
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Speaker 1: the league. And I think that in some ways, and

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Speaker 1: this term people might take it the wrong way, but

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Speaker 1: I think he's really good at simplifying things for the

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Speaker 1: offensive linemen, so they're really clear and precise in what

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Speaker 1: they're doing. And so the big question you're asking, and

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Speaker 1: there's no way to know the answer to this is

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Speaker 1: will they run the ball with a higher percentage? You know,

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Speaker 1: different people, as you guys know I'll have different points

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Speaker 1: of view on that. We know they're not going to

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Speaker 1: take the ball out of Josh Allen's hands in any

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Speaker 1: meaningful way. But the question becomes do you feel you

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Speaker 1: want a more physical dimension to your offense? And there's

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Speaker 1: something to be said for that. I mean, there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of people who are believers in the past game

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Speaker 1: who also believe that your offense needs a physical dimension

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Speaker 1: which the run game provide. Plus, the run game is

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Speaker 1: the element of your offense that tends to provide stability

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00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:56,600
Speaker 1: and continuity if you're not having a great day. You know,

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Speaker 1: if for whatever reason, to get off to a bad star.

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Speaker 1: Most teams stay belize their offense with the run game,

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Speaker 1: not by tossing it all over the yard. So I

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Speaker 1: think we also mentioned a week ago that Saffall to

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Speaker 1: me was a great pick up in that regard because

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Speaker 1: he is an outstanding zone run blocker, and I think

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Speaker 1: that's a really significant upgrade. One of the things we've

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Speaker 1: spoken about the last couple of weeks is the emergence

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Speaker 1: of James Cook. And yeah, you said about running the

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Speaker 1: ball physically, I get it. And to have a guy

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Speaker 1: on the field with James Cook's skill set, I think

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Speaker 1: it comes down that certainly he can split out and

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Speaker 1: he can run at the slop position wide receiver and

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Speaker 1: split a movement around all over the formation. How effective

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Speaker 1: could he be as a guy who could do both

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Speaker 1: of those things? Though? If he certainly can line up

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Speaker 1: and catch the ball, we've seen that. I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: see it. But can he be a guy that also

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Speaker 1: forced the defense to think, Okay, well we're gonna match

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Speaker 1: up with him as a receiver, and then can he

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Speaker 1: line up and be a physical running back? Well for

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Speaker 1: to Wall, Hey Brownie, I'm still waiting for my check

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Speaker 1: from Brandon Bean for saying that that's who they should

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Speaker 1: have drafted the second round. Land So waiting for a

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01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:12,920
Speaker 1: similar thing thing, Yeah, yeah, no merrit bonus for us?

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Speaker 1: Yeah there you go. Um So, anyway, you know, to me,

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Speaker 1: Cook is a total, totally complete back. He's a terrific runner, Steve,

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Speaker 1: He's just not two hundred and fifteen pounds. But you know,

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Speaker 1: if you can, you choose to run him. I guess

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Speaker 1: the point I'm making is when he's in the lineup,

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Speaker 1: that doesn't mean you have to throw the football. You

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Speaker 1: can line him up as an eyeback, you can line

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Speaker 1: him up as an offset back in the shotgun, and

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Speaker 1: he can carry the football. And he's an outstanding runner.

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Speaker 1: He's just not big. He's not as big as his

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Speaker 1: brother Dalvit, but he looks like him when he runs,

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01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:50,880
Speaker 1: and there is some power and velocity to him given

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Speaker 1: his size. He's not just a scatback. Um. So I

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Speaker 1: think that you know, Cook is a really big addition

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Speaker 1: to this offense, and then you do good into the

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Speaker 1: pass game element. He's an outstanding receiver both out of

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Speaker 1: the backfield and detached from the formation, and he can

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Speaker 1: run vertical routes. So I think you're going to see

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Speaker 1: that in this offense. You know, it's preseason, nobody's played

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Speaker 1: a regular season game, so you don't know. You become

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Speaker 1: speculation as to exactly how and how often. But there's

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Speaker 1: no question James Cook can do all that. And then

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Speaker 1: I know we've discussed this with you last week. We

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Speaker 1: were all curious as to the breakdown of the defensive

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Speaker 1: lineman that the Bills would carry whether it would be

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Speaker 1: five defensive ends and four DTS or four defensive ends

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Speaker 1: and five dts. They ultimately go with five pass rushers

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Speaker 1: and only four interior defenders, Shack Lawson probably being that

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Speaker 1: fifth and final end as he's back on the roster

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Speaker 1: now after a two year hiatus in Miami and Houston.

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Speaker 1: So does that say anything to you that they kept

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01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:58,960
Speaker 1: the extra pass rusher and not the extra interior defender.

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01:02:59,040 --> 01:03:02,520
Speaker 1: They went heavier at end than DT. Yeah, but I

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01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:04,680
Speaker 1: think they have two guys who can line up inside

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01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:09,560
Speaker 1: in Bashlman Epanessa if need be, depending on situational football.

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Speaker 1: So I think that those two guys give them that

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01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:15,640
Speaker 1: versatility Brownie, that that you know can happen in any

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01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 1: given game. It may not be a weekly thing. It

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01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: may be the nature of the opponent, the nature of

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01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,040
Speaker 1: how they want to line up in a given week.

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Speaker 1: But I think those two guys can go inside. I mean,

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01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,440
Speaker 1: quite honestly to me, although I don't remember them doing it,

1144
01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:30,880
Speaker 1: maybe you can remember about it. If they did, it

1145
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:33,400
Speaker 1: was hardily at all. But I even think Russo could

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01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,440
Speaker 1: line up in there if you really felt like you

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01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:39,240
Speaker 1: wanted him to do that. But as we know he

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01:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,440
Speaker 1: did that in college at the U. So no, So,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's it's a really good D line group.

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01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,400
Speaker 1: I mean, this is they have a ton of quality depth.

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01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:50,400
Speaker 1: I mean you look at the I mean if you

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01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:52,800
Speaker 1: look at Oliver and Jones and say they're the starting

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01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:55,480
Speaker 1: D tackles and then you talk about Phillips and Settle,

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01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:58,240
Speaker 1: those two guys could start on a lot of teams

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01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:01,400
Speaker 1: and you'd be totally happy if they were. You're starting dtackles.

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01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: What do you think that what's it gonna look like?

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01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:05,880
Speaker 1: I mean if they rotate those guys in, they get

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Speaker 1: a high level of production. This is the number one

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Speaker 1: defense from a year ago. Although we've said it a

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Speaker 1: ton they weren't a big play defense. They weren't turnovers

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Speaker 1: and no, you know, sack they got them, but they

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01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,200
Speaker 1: you know, they weren't timely sacks. They weren't timely turnovers.

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Speaker 1: These they got them when they kind of got it

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Speaker 1: given to them. They really dominate games, but they were

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Speaker 1: tough statistically to make. Hey against what's it? How could

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Speaker 1: that be different this year with all these guys up front.

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Speaker 1: I guess the big question to me comes down to,

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Speaker 1: you know, blitz percentage and and will they blitz more.

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Speaker 1: Last year they were sort of in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the league and blitz percentage, you know, versus quarterback drop backs.

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Speaker 1: That's that's how we talk about blitz you know, you

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Speaker 1: don't talk about it during you know, the run game.

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Speaker 1: So they blitzed, you know, probably a quarter of quarterback

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Speaker 1: drop backs. So the question is will they do more

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Speaker 1: of that or are they really comfortable with where they're at?

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Speaker 1: Um you know, I've so they have von Miller, they

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Speaker 1: may feel and they have Rousseau now in his second year,

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Speaker 1: will they feel that, hey, we can get the pass

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Speaker 1: rush that we want with four down alignment because look,

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Speaker 1: in an ideal world, every team would like to get

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01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:16,600
Speaker 1: there with four and have seven in coverage because it's

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01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 1: a numbers game. You know. The bottom line is, though,

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01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:21,800
Speaker 1: if you can't get there with four and the quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: secure uncomfortable in the pocket, then you've got to rush

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Speaker 1: five because you've got to speed up the quarterback. I mean,

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01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 1: if you don't speed up the quarterback, it's hard to

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Speaker 1: play defense, no matter how good your secondary may be. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's a tough question to answer. But my

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01:05:37,640 --> 01:05:41,080
Speaker 1: inclination sitting here a week before the season starts, is

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Speaker 1: they would start off trying to rush with four be

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01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:48,600
Speaker 1: very selective and they're five man pressures, but really be

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Speaker 1: a four man pass rush d line feeling that Miller

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Speaker 1: and Rousseau are really good off the edge and that

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Speaker 1: they have inside people that can push the pocket. Last,

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Speaker 1: what I've got for you, Greg is I know you

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Speaker 1: like Khalil Shakier a lot coming out to begin with,

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Speaker 1: I know it looks like he is receiver number five

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Speaker 1: in the pecking order, behind the top three Davis, Diggs

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Speaker 1: and Mackenzie, and then Crowder looks to be the first

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Speaker 1: receiver on the field for any one of those three,

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01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:21,160
Speaker 1: which then makes Shakier by default the number five, although

1202
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:23,280
Speaker 1: it does look like he's going to return punts as well.

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01:06:25,120 --> 01:06:27,680
Speaker 1: What do you think is realistic for him knowing where

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Speaker 1: he sits in that pecking order in terms of production,

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Speaker 1: I'm not surprised. Yeah, I'm not surprised as much as

1206
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:35,720
Speaker 1: I like him, because all the other guys are veterans.

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Speaker 1: You know, Crowder win healthy has been a solid slot

1208
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Speaker 1: in this league. I think Shakier has the flexibility to

1209
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 1: play both inside and outside. I don't think he's solely

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Speaker 1: a slot, So I guess it. We'll have to see

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Speaker 1: how the season plays out. I think he could get

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Speaker 1: some snaps. You know, he's certainly not going to beat

1213
01:06:55,880 --> 01:07:00,440
Speaker 1: out Diggs or Davis, but you know, with receivers, never know,

1214
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:04,760
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes guys are used in certain packages that

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Speaker 1: that coaching staff likes. So we'll see. But I'm not

1216
01:07:09,360 --> 01:07:11,640
Speaker 1: surprised he made the team. I think that he's a

1217
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:16,800
Speaker 1: really quality receiver with a refined feel for a young player,

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01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:21,360
Speaker 1: and it's very possible he could get snaps. The last

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Speaker 1: one for me, Greg, you've watched some a lot of

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Speaker 1: preseason film. I take it, what has has there been

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01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: a team, or a player, or a staff or something

1222
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:32,160
Speaker 1: about this preseason that has been a surprise for you

1223
01:07:32,280 --> 01:07:35,640
Speaker 1: that you can talk about. Well, I probably haven't watched

1224
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:39,840
Speaker 1: as much as you think, Steve, I watched some, but

1225
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: I'm trying to think. You know, I was very, very

1226
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:47,360
Speaker 1: interested in the Pittsburgh quarterback situation because I really liked

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01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:49,200
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett coming out of pitt and I thought he

1228
01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:51,760
Speaker 1: was the best quarterback prospect in the draft, and I

1229
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:54,880
Speaker 1: think the preseason kind of played out that way. And

1230
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:57,560
Speaker 1: you know, my guess is Drewbisky will be named the

1231
01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 1: starter because he certainly did not have a bad season,

1232
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:03,480
Speaker 1: But I think Pickett will be a quality NFL starter

1233
01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:06,560
Speaker 1: and ever he gets that opportunity, you know, quite frankly,

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01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 1: I was also impressed with Desmond Ritter in Atlanta. Now

1235
01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:11,439
Speaker 1: I don't think he'll be the starter either to start

1236
01:08:11,520 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 1: Week one, but I think what he showed to me

1237
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,960
Speaker 1: followed what I sought Cincinnati, because I felt watching him

1238
01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:22,040
Speaker 1: at the University of Cincinnati that over time he could

1239
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,800
Speaker 1: be a quality NFL starting quarterback. And there was nothing

1240
01:08:24,840 --> 01:08:27,479
Speaker 1: in the preseason watching the games anyway that led me

1241
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:31,200
Speaker 1: to believe otherwise. Interesting guys to keep an eye on

1242
01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:34,599
Speaker 1: going forward, for sure, Greg, Thanks as always. We look

1243
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:36,880
Speaker 1: forward to catching up with you next week when it's

1244
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:41,400
Speaker 1: regular season Week one. Hooray that will get get into

1245
01:08:41,439 --> 01:08:44,120
Speaker 1: the Rams in detail. That's right, We look forward to it,

1246
01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:48,320
Speaker 1: Thanks Greg. Thanks guys. All right, that senior producer NFL Films,

1247
01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:51,240
Speaker 1: Greg Cosell joining us and he'll be with us all

1248
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:55,560
Speaker 1: season long, prepping us for each and every one of

1249
01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,880
Speaker 1: the bill's upcoming matchups in that respective week. So good

1250
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:03,800
Speaker 1: have Greg back for another season. Nobody crunches film like

1251
01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,800
Speaker 1: that guy. He's probably got an illness in that area,

1252
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:09,080
Speaker 1: to be quite honest with you, and we're here to

1253
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:11,799
Speaker 1: exploit it. Well, we are here to exploit it. It's

1254
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:13,640
Speaker 1: not healthy for him, but it's great for us and

1255
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:17,000
Speaker 1: that better for the show, so you know, and better

1256
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:19,800
Speaker 1: for you the listeners, because he's really an informed source

1257
01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:22,360
Speaker 1: on what to expect from future opponents. So we look

1258
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:25,639
Speaker 1: forward to those conversations coming up this season. We should

1259
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,360
Speaker 1: get back to the phones, though, as we have been

1260
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:31,000
Speaker 1: asking you all day today, what might you have done

1261
01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:34,240
Speaker 1: differently with Buffalo's fifty three man roster after getting a

1262
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:38,440
Speaker 1: chance to peruse what it looks like in its first iteration.

1263
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Speaker 1: So back to the phones we go, and waiting patiently,

1264
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,840
Speaker 1: there is Brian on a seale. What you got for us? Brian,

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01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:48,400
Speaker 1: you're all one? Bills Live. Hi, Yeah, I just have

1266
01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:52,599
Speaker 1: a random question for you. Sure, I'm just wondering why

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Speaker 1: the Bills are on Monday night at seven fifteen and

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Speaker 1: there's another game at it's thirty the Eagle. Yeah, of luster,

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01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,200
Speaker 1: the Monday night game for a home opener. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: they're they've done in the last couple of years. They

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Speaker 1: have a double header on the first week of the

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Speaker 1: season or the first two weeks of the season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just usually uh buy them like one at seven and

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Speaker 1: one at ten. They Yeah, they usually stagger the Star times.

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Speaker 1: That's correct, that's right. Well, doesn't that luster our home

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01:10:27,640 --> 01:10:31,559
Speaker 1: opener for the seven fifteen game? Does it lose luster

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Speaker 1: because it's at seven fifteen, it's at eight thirty, um, right, Yeah,

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01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:39,400
Speaker 1: on top of that, there's the eight thirty game is

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01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:42,320
Speaker 1: right on top of our game. Yeah, you're saying they'll

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Speaker 1: be overlapped there. I get what you're saying. I don't

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Speaker 1: anticipate that. Um. I think it's a good draw for

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Speaker 1: a game because you've got last year's number one AFC

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01:10:54,280 --> 01:10:58,599
Speaker 1: playoff seed in Tennessee. Um, you know, with a marquee

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Speaker 1: player and Derreck Henry and then you know you got

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the Bills. And I'm telling you right now,

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01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:09,439
Speaker 1: this place is going to be in a froth on

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01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:12,280
Speaker 1: Monday night in week two, right, it is gonna be.

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01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:16,759
Speaker 1: It's the Chargers Chiefs. It's a Chargers Chiefs game in Kansas,

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01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,120
Speaker 1: which is a good game. Yeah, it's a great game.

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Speaker 1: Uh No, that's the Thursday game. The Monday game is

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The Monday game is Vikings Eagles, so I

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01:11:28,240 --> 01:11:31,400
Speaker 1: the thing they do with that is because it's an

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Speaker 1: NFC East team and you get the Philly market they

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01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:38,200
Speaker 1: get and that's that's what's doing and that's why they're

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Speaker 1: staggering it because it's an East Coast team. The thing

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Speaker 1: about the Bills, for Bill and for Bills fans, Tennessee's

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01:11:44,360 --> 01:11:46,040
Speaker 1: a big game, not only because it's the home opener,

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01:11:46,080 --> 01:11:48,479
Speaker 1: it's a Monday night game and all that, but for

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Speaker 1: other markets, nobody, you know, if you're an NFC market,

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01:11:51,640 --> 01:11:53,560
Speaker 1: nobody cares about the Titans Bills. They don't know that

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Speaker 1: the Bills have played the Titans the last three years

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01:11:55,760 --> 01:11:57,840
Speaker 1: or four years or five years in a row, and

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01:11:57,960 --> 01:11:59,679
Speaker 1: it's been you know, the Bills beat him a couple

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01:11:59,680 --> 01:12:01,679
Speaker 1: of times. Now the Tennessee Titans of beating the Bills

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01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:05,639
Speaker 1: a couple of times. Most places aren't into that rivalry

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01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:08,760
Speaker 1: as much as Bills fans are. So it's the same

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01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:11,280
Speaker 1: thing with this Eagles Vikings. They're out of out of

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01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:15,360
Speaker 1: division opponents, they don't play each other that often, and

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Speaker 1: quite frankly, unless you're part of those two fan bases,

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01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:22,120
Speaker 1: it's not that big a deal for most people, just

1311
01:12:22,280 --> 01:12:24,120
Speaker 1: like the Bills Titans game is not a big deal

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01:12:24,160 --> 01:12:26,720
Speaker 1: outside of Tennessee and Buffalo except for the fact that

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01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:29,160
Speaker 1: the Bills are the Super Bowl favorite. Then they got Josh.

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Speaker 1: So it's interesting to me that those are the games

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01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:38,680
Speaker 1: they chose to double head that night, because if you're

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01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:43,720
Speaker 1: picking matchups, you're watching Josh Allen before you watch. I mean,

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01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 1: think about the Sunday night game that week is the

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01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:49,519
Speaker 1: Bears Packers the oldest rivalry in the league, right, and

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01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:54,720
Speaker 1: but you know you got Bengals Cowboys four twenty five games.

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Speaker 1: I think I wonder if the network staggered it tighter

1321
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:01,040
Speaker 1: because all four teams they're either in the Eastern or

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Speaker 1: Central time zones. You're not going to start a kickoff

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01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:10,760
Speaker 1: on a Monday night for a game in Philly, in

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Speaker 1: a game in Buffalo at ten o'clock. You're just not

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01:13:14,360 --> 01:13:17,200
Speaker 1: doing that. Why they didn't put a West Coast team

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Speaker 1: in the second time slot, I don't know. Traditionally they

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01:13:20,680 --> 01:13:23,680
Speaker 1: have done it that way. They didn't this time, and

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01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:26,800
Speaker 1: that's probably why the two start times are only about

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01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:28,960
Speaker 1: an hour and fifteen minutes apart. I mean, look, because

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01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose audience. It's a week schedule. If it's

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01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:36,200
Speaker 1: too late for the entire weekend. The only good matchup

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01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:40,160
Speaker 1: in Seattle normally the Seahawks forty nine Ers game, Okay,

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01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:42,880
Speaker 1: pretty good. The Patriots Steelers is actually one of the

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01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:45,560
Speaker 1: better matchups of the thing. The Saints Buccaneers is a

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01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:49,120
Speaker 1: good matchup. But you're but Brownie's right, there's a lot

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01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 1: that goes into these things. And I couldn't tell you

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01:13:51,400 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: the formula they have for who they pick for the

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01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:56,240
Speaker 1: seven o'clock game and who is the eight thirty or

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01:13:56,240 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 1: eight fifteen game. But they have their reasons. Particularly in

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01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:04,320
Speaker 1: this early week end of the season. You're looking around,

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01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:11,040
Speaker 1: it's it's Falcons, Rams, Panthers, Giants, It's Texans Broncos. There

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01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:14,400
Speaker 1: wasn't a lot else to terms of Week two in

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01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:21,639
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, how about this one? Lions Commanders, woof, woof, Jets,

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01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:27,559
Speaker 1: Browns without Dashaun who I mean, and maybe without Zach Wilson. Right,

1345
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:34,240
Speaker 1: it's like just back of you know what, it's week

1346
01:14:34,520 --> 01:14:38,080
Speaker 1: Let me just it's so good. You're gonna because looking

1347
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:40,439
Speaker 1: forward to the Bills game on Monday night against the

1348
01:14:42,040 --> 01:14:44,840
Speaker 1: we're gonna watch anything else You're gonna be so glad

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01:14:44,880 --> 01:14:47,160
Speaker 1: you have that to look for, because that week two

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01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:52,720
Speaker 1: weekend of games is putrid, putrid, Chiefs, Chargers. That's pretty good.

1351
01:14:52,760 --> 01:15:00,400
Speaker 1: Games starts on Thursday night. Then he've got you go Downhill, Dolphins, Ravens, Jets, Browns, Commanders, Lions, Bucks, Saints.

1352
01:15:00,479 --> 01:15:09,280
Speaker 1: Pretty good matchup, Colts, Jaguars, Panthers, Giants, Steelers, rebuilding, Patriots,

1353
01:15:09,560 --> 01:15:15,639
Speaker 1: dumpster fire, Seahawks first pick of the draft twenty twenty three. Oh,

1354
01:15:15,720 --> 01:15:20,840
Speaker 1: you've already got it. Go on the whiteboard yet, Niners, Falcons, Rams.

1355
01:15:20,920 --> 01:15:23,240
Speaker 1: The Rams are gonna beat the Falcons two hundred to nothing.

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01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:26,600
Speaker 1: Now here's a good one. Bengals Cowboys. I'd watch that,

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01:15:28,000 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 1: Texans Broncos. No, they could have put Bengals Cowboys on

1358
01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:35,439
Speaker 1: the second, or Bears Packers. But still, you're doing a

1359
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:37,719
Speaker 1: central time zone I mean, you're not starting a central

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01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:40,880
Speaker 1: time zone game at nine, So well, I guess you could. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you start, you start with those putrid matchups at least

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01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 1: from this one. Now they may get I don't know

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01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:49,639
Speaker 1: how they're gonna do it in one week after week

1364
01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:54,800
Speaker 1: opening day, but there it's a horrible weekend of games. Yeah,

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01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:59,680
Speaker 1: it's Bills. Titans are actually pretty good. Number one seed

1366
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:02,240
Speaker 1: form me year ago versus the super Bowl favorite of

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01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:06,599
Speaker 1: this year. Now the second game, Vikings Eagles. That's all right,

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01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:13,479
Speaker 1: Eagles made the playoffs. Vikings new coaching staff, you know. Yeah,

1369
01:16:13,720 --> 01:16:15,320
Speaker 1: the sea they got and the only weather. One's the

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01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:19,720
Speaker 1: Bears Packers and that's the Bears are they're on fire too,

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01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:23,840
Speaker 1: They're right. We gotta take a break here, but we'll

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Speaker 1: get to more of your phone calls when we return.

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01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:28,320
Speaker 1: What would you have done differently with the Bills fifty

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01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:30,360
Speaker 1: three man roster? Is there something that's stuck out that

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01:16:30,439 --> 01:16:33,880
Speaker 1: you said, Oh, why didn't they keep that guy? I

1376
01:16:34,040 --> 01:16:38,000
Speaker 1: wanted him? Let us know eight three, five fifty or

1377
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:39,960
Speaker 1: hit us up on the tweet sheet. We're back with

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01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:54,519
Speaker 1: more in a second here on One Bill's Live. All right,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,880
Speaker 1: with you here on a Wednesday, and we want to

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01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:02,240
Speaker 1: get right back to the phones for your thoughts on

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01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:06,320
Speaker 1: the Bills fifty three man roster, and we go next

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01:17:06,439 --> 01:17:08,679
Speaker 1: to Robert and Amhurst. What do you got first? Robert,

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01:17:08,680 --> 01:17:12,240
Speaker 1: you're on One Bill's Live. I think I agree with

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01:17:12,680 --> 01:17:15,600
Speaker 1: most of what they did. There's just the receivers. I

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01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:18,760
Speaker 1: had a slightly different order in the way they were

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01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:22,320
Speaker 1: putting the receivers. My one, two, three, and four are

1388
01:17:22,439 --> 01:17:26,320
Speaker 1: probably the same ones everybody else as Stefan Diggs's one,

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01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis's two, Isaiah McKenzie is three, and Khalil Shaqire.

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01:17:32,479 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 1: I moved him up to four because I think he

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01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:38,200
Speaker 1: did very well in the preseason. But I would have

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01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:42,639
Speaker 1: kept Isaiah Hodgins as five because he adds a hight

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01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,680
Speaker 1: dimension and I think he can block on an outside

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01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:50,200
Speaker 1: run and I thought he had some really good catches

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01:17:50,560 --> 01:17:55,160
Speaker 1: on some really badly thrown balls by the backup quarterback.

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01:17:55,840 --> 01:18:00,840
Speaker 1: And number six Jake Kumero because he does specialty. And

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Speaker 1: I would have probably not included Jamison Crowder or Marcus

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01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:08,400
Speaker 1: Stevenson because I think what they do is covered by

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Speaker 1: other receivers. Yeah, I understand where you're coming from, Robert.

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01:18:12,600 --> 01:18:15,599
Speaker 1: I think in a year though, when you were going

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01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:19,160
Speaker 1: for the whole Enchilada, you want as much of a

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01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:23,120
Speaker 1: veteran presence on your roster as possible. That's where Jamison

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01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:25,640
Speaker 1: Crowder fits in, and the way the Bill saw it,

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01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:31,040
Speaker 1: based on receiver usage, Crowder is their number four, Shaqier

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01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:34,000
Speaker 1: is their number five, and then Kumaro is there six

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01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:37,240
Speaker 1: as the chief special teamer. I think what worked against

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01:18:37,320 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 1: Hodgens Robert chiefly more than anything else, was his lack

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01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:46,920
Speaker 1: of experience on special teams. That hurt him. He tried

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01:18:47,080 --> 01:18:50,519
Speaker 1: to improve in that area, to his credit, but I

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01:18:50,720 --> 01:18:56,240
Speaker 1: don't think he's there yet. So knowing that Kumaro has

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Speaker 1: the experience and the production edge in the special team's

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01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:02,040
Speaker 1: phase game and is a pretty good blocker in the

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01:19:02,120 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: run game as a receiver himself, arguably second only to

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Speaker 1: Gabe Davis, That's how Hodgens found himself on the outside

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01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:14,240
Speaker 1: looking in. Don't forget you didn't see Crowder in the preseason.

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01:19:15,000 --> 01:19:17,200
Speaker 1: He had a hamstring pull in camp and all that.

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01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:21,320
Speaker 1: But here's here's why the coaches why he's here. The

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01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:25,840
Speaker 1: coaches absolutely positively feel like they know who Jamison Crowder is.

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01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:29,120
Speaker 1: They've seen him play against their defense for the Jets

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01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:31,479
Speaker 1: for a couple of years. They watched him for four

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01:19:31,560 --> 01:19:35,320
Speaker 1: years in Washington. They know him. He didn't even they

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01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:38,360
Speaker 1: didn't need to see him play to know what kind

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01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:40,240
Speaker 1: of receiver and what he could bring to the table.

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01:19:40,640 --> 01:19:44,000
Speaker 1: All these others guys got this, got their chances basically

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01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:48,519
Speaker 1: to play better and to do more than they already

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01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:53,639
Speaker 1: knew Jamison Crowder could do. So you saw those guys flash.

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01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:56,439
Speaker 1: You saw him have good plays, bad plays, have this

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01:19:56,600 --> 01:19:59,880
Speaker 1: preseason that they did, they were all going up against

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01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:05,120
Speaker 1: a standard that was Isaiah McKenzie, Jamison Crowder and then

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01:20:05,720 --> 01:20:08,960
Speaker 1: subsequently Khalil Shakier played well enough to get in that

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01:20:09,080 --> 01:20:14,599
Speaker 1: group as well. But don't forget Crowder's not competing against

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01:20:15,280 --> 01:20:20,679
Speaker 1: Khalil Shakier or Isaiah McKenzie or Jake Kumero or Isaiah Hodgins.

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01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:24,120
Speaker 1: They were trying to prove they were as good as

1434
01:20:24,160 --> 01:20:27,320
Speaker 1: Crowder has already proven he is. To the Bill's coaching staff,

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01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:29,960
Speaker 1: they tried to get Crowder three years ago when he

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01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:34,200
Speaker 1: went to the Jets. So the veterans on the squad

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01:20:34,240 --> 01:20:37,360
Speaker 1: who didn't take any reps or were just a few

1438
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:41,400
Speaker 1: reps during the preseason in games, that's because the coaching

1439
01:20:41,439 --> 01:20:43,840
Speaker 1: staff knows who those guys are. So all the great

1440
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:47,920
Speaker 1: things you saw these young players do in the preseason,

1441
01:20:49,320 --> 01:20:53,879
Speaker 1: it was very nice, But they've seen Jamison Crowder, Isaiah McKenzie,

1442
01:20:54,840 --> 01:21:00,559
Speaker 1: Diggs and Davis do that against NFL players for years,

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01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:03,920
Speaker 1: So don't forget that's what the that's kind of the

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01:21:04,080 --> 01:21:06,880
Speaker 1: the atmosphere these rookies walk into, particularly a guy like

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01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:10,200
Speaker 1: Crowder coming in from another team that you know, the

1446
01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:13,320
Speaker 1: Bills have played for four years. So that's kind of

1447
01:21:13,360 --> 01:21:16,040
Speaker 1: a different mindset maybe for those guys than than it

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01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:21,240
Speaker 1: is than what you're thinking of. I would say, so, um,

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01:21:22,520 --> 01:21:25,439
Speaker 1: I just and Hodgens in all likelihood, as we mentioned

1450
01:21:25,479 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: at the top of the show, he was not claimed

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01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:30,759
Speaker 1: by any other team, so he's available for the practice

1452
01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:33,760
Speaker 1: squad anyway. Yeah, so whatever whatever you think you see there,

1453
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:37,560
Speaker 1: other teams didn't see that in the preseason, and and

1454
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:41,599
Speaker 1: and including that includes a Giants team that knows him

1455
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:44,400
Speaker 1: pretty well, but knows him really well. So now that

1456
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:47,479
Speaker 1: the Giants team weren't in this training camp and saw

1457
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:51,080
Speaker 1: the didn't see the improvement in Hodgens that the Bill

1458
01:21:51,160 --> 01:21:54,320
Speaker 1: staff has attested to, but they did see him play

1459
01:21:55,360 --> 01:21:58,560
Speaker 1: and it wasn't good enough for them. Yeah, we have

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Speaker 1: to go to another phone call here. Let's go to

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Speaker 1: Frank and Williamsville. Next. Frank, you're on one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Well, this kind of

1463
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:07,400
Speaker 1: team backs up with what Steve just said, and it

1464
01:22:07,520 --> 01:22:10,519
Speaker 1: might be different for every player in different situations. But

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01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,799
Speaker 1: as far as the evaluation of the players, what's the priorities?

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Speaker 1: Is it the practice to go through it on a

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Speaker 1: day to day basis? Is it preseason games? Um? Does

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01:22:19,479 --> 01:22:23,200
Speaker 1: contract stuff play played into a situation like a draft?

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01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:26,400
Speaker 1: Positions of the player? UM? And I was learned today

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Speaker 1: ask as well, Hang up is where aj Clina? Is

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Speaker 1: he still around in the NFL? THO. I don't believe

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Speaker 1: he's on an NFL roster right now. I will double

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Speaker 1: check that for you to make sure. I am not

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Speaker 1: certain of that, but I am pretty sure that I'll

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Speaker 1: say this. I saw Aj clin in Carolina. He came

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01:22:43,840 --> 01:22:46,560
Speaker 1: over to the Bills Hotel last Thursday say hi to

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Speaker 1: some of the guys he played with for the last company.

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Speaker 1: So I would assume no is the answer on that.

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Speaker 1: I can double check that for you and try to

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Speaker 1: get an answer in the last segment of the show. UM.

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Speaker 1: As for what carries the day in whether a player

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Speaker 1: makes the roster or not, Priority number one here under

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01:23:06,520 --> 01:23:14,439
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott is day to day consistency. He wants to

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Speaker 1: know and the coaching staff wants to know and be

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Speaker 1: convinced of the fact that the guy they get and

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Speaker 1: the effort they get from that guy, and the consistency

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Speaker 1: of effort they get from that guy on day two

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Speaker 1: of training camp is going to be the same guy

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Speaker 1: in week sixteen on a Thursday practice when his body

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Speaker 1: feels like garbage. Are you going to give the same

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Speaker 1: level of consistency of performance that you gave back in

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Speaker 1: early August at Saint John Fisher. Those are the players

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Speaker 1: that coach McDermott wants on his roster more than anything

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01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:51,839
Speaker 1: that comes ahead of money decisions, which are a factor,

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01:23:52,720 --> 01:23:55,320
Speaker 1: but the ultimate factor of who makes his team and

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01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:58,639
Speaker 1: who doesn't is what you are willing to give, how

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01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:01,840
Speaker 1: much you are willing to pete every time you step

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01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:07,240
Speaker 1: between the lines, practice, scrimmage, preseason, regular season, playoffs. It's

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01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 1: got to all be the same, and there's got to

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01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:13,599
Speaker 1: be a daily commitment to improving yourself as a player.

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01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:16,720
Speaker 1: If you if your effort levels off or there's some

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01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:19,280
Speaker 1: kind of drop off, you might not only be out

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01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:21,880
Speaker 1: of the lineup, you might be off this roster. We

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01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:24,559
Speaker 1: saw it happened with Quentin Spain. We've seen it happen

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01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:28,160
Speaker 1: with others. You have to give it every single day

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01:24:28,560 --> 01:24:31,240
Speaker 1: to hang on this roster year over year. And that's

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01:24:31,600 --> 01:24:34,840
Speaker 1: why some of these guys and he's he says, some

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01:24:35,160 --> 01:24:39,640
Speaker 1: teams say that and don't follow through. This team has

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01:24:39,680 --> 01:24:42,240
Speaker 1: followed through. Guys get benched and that guys end up

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01:24:42,280 --> 01:24:47,160
Speaker 1: off the Ask Quentin Quentin Spain about it. John Feliciano

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01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:52,080
Speaker 1: went from a free agent resigned starter last offseason to

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01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:55,200
Speaker 1: on the bench to off the roster in a year. Yeah,

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01:24:56,439 --> 01:24:59,040
Speaker 1: the same thing with Daryl Williams. They've got to continue

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01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 1: to push and grind every day. That's the kind of

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01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:08,120
Speaker 1: pressure they're under here and that's that's has been consistent

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01:25:08,240 --> 01:25:11,519
Speaker 1: throughout and as far as you know, what's more day

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01:25:11,560 --> 01:25:15,040
Speaker 1: to day game the coaching staff, what they really want

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01:25:15,080 --> 01:25:17,800
Speaker 1: to do is know who you are all the time,

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01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,680
Speaker 1: every day and then if you've if you're at a

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01:25:20,760 --> 01:25:23,639
Speaker 1: high enough level and what you bring to the table,

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01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:29,040
Speaker 1: you're in or you're out. And that's why they want

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01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:31,880
Speaker 1: to know if you're going to take it out of

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01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:33,960
Speaker 1: gear if they give you a big contract, that's why

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01:25:34,000 --> 01:25:36,400
Speaker 1: they want to know. If if they go in the

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01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:38,599
Speaker 1: other room and let you work out by yourself, you're

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01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:40,639
Speaker 1: not gonna sit on the bench and talk and listen

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01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:43,840
Speaker 1: to music, or you're gonna work out those kind of

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01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:53,240
Speaker 1: things they want to know about. And that's you know, practices, meetings, games, travel, conversation.

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01:25:54,760 --> 01:25:57,280
Speaker 1: You know, all of that stuff goes into the mix

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01:25:58,200 --> 01:25:59,880
Speaker 1: how you are in the locker room. All of it

1531
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,519
Speaker 1: goes into the mix of what who you really are

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01:26:02,720 --> 01:26:04,240
Speaker 1: and can you help them win? And will you help

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01:26:04,280 --> 01:26:08,080
Speaker 1: them win? Every single game on Sunday starting with the

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01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:14,040
Speaker 1: next one. It's it's a meat grinder, man, it is

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01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:16,479
Speaker 1: a meat It sounds like a meat grinder. But here's

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01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:20,200
Speaker 1: the thing. If you're that kind of guy, you thrive

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01:26:20,280 --> 01:26:22,720
Speaker 1: in that. You love it. If you're the right kind

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01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:26,360
Speaker 1: of guy, that locker room is jumping because you got

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01:26:26,400 --> 01:26:28,639
Speaker 1: a ton of guys like you in the locker room.

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01:26:29,000 --> 01:26:32,320
Speaker 1: If you're that kind of guy, you don't get discouraged

1541
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:37,479
Speaker 1: and grouchy and lazy and looking for a way out

1542
01:26:37,479 --> 01:26:39,960
Speaker 1: because you're all committed in the same way. You you

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01:26:40,200 --> 01:26:42,479
Speaker 1: jump on it, you're in it. And that's the kind

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01:26:42,520 --> 01:26:44,679
Speaker 1: of guy that's kind of atmosphere. That's why this culture

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01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:48,479
Speaker 1: here in Buffalo has gone that way. It's you get

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01:26:48,560 --> 01:26:50,479
Speaker 1: more and more guys like that and fewer and fewer

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01:26:50,640 --> 01:26:54,479
Speaker 1: guys who are not and they're pretty good at it.

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Speaker 1: We take a break, but when we come back, an

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Speaker 1: interesting comment from Josh Allen in his lengthy interview with

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Speaker 1: NBC's Chris Simms as they get ready for the season opener,

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Speaker 1: which will be on NBC, And we will play a

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01:27:10,760 --> 01:27:12,920
Speaker 1: snippet of that for you that got a chuckle out

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01:27:12,960 --> 01:27:15,439
Speaker 1: of me when we return here on One Bills Live,

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01:27:15,520 --> 01:27:29,720
Speaker 1: presented by Kaloid of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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01:27:29,720 --> 01:27:31,920
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve task

1556
01:27:32,000 --> 01:27:33,840
Speaker 1: me with you wanted to pass along something that got

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01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:36,639
Speaker 1: a chuckle out of me. I was watching Chris Simms

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01:27:37,439 --> 01:27:40,840
Speaker 1: interview with Josh Allen that just took place this past week.

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01:27:41,400 --> 01:27:45,560
Speaker 1: It's part of a pregame segment for NBC's coverage of

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01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:48,240
Speaker 1: the season opener, and he was a long interview. It

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01:27:48,240 --> 01:27:50,360
Speaker 1: was about thirty three minutes in total. It's up on

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01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:54,920
Speaker 1: their YouTube channel. But Chris Simms was asking Josh if

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01:27:54,960 --> 01:27:57,600
Speaker 1: he always was blessed with a strong arm from the

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01:27:57,680 --> 01:27:59,479
Speaker 1: time he was a little kid, even playing you know,

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01:27:59,560 --> 01:28:02,240
Speaker 1: literally baseball where you're a pitcher, this and that and

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01:28:02,439 --> 01:28:06,639
Speaker 1: here is Josh's answer to that question, your arm itself,

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01:28:07,400 --> 01:28:10,720
Speaker 1: like pitching baseball, like you did all that and you

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01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:12,840
Speaker 1: always could throw it even when you weren't is big

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01:28:12,920 --> 01:28:14,720
Speaker 1: and everything like that, Like always had an arm where

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01:28:14,720 --> 01:28:16,000
Speaker 1: you're like, wow, I can throw the ball harder than

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01:28:16,040 --> 01:28:19,320
Speaker 1: anybody around. Yeah, pretty much, pretty much. Yeah, so baseball,

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01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:22,519
Speaker 1: it was pitching. What other position was it? Pitching? First base?

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01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:25,719
Speaker 1: I was actually like my freshman year, I played varsity

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01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:27,840
Speaker 1: and they stuck me in right field right to throw

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01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:30,960
Speaker 1: people out at first right, So that was kind of

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01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:32,880
Speaker 1: part of the gig there, just like go out there.

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01:28:32,920 --> 01:28:34,519
Speaker 1: When the ball is thrown or hit to you just

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01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:39,040
Speaker 1: throw it hard, you know, Yeah, play right field so

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01:28:39,439 --> 01:28:43,320
Speaker 1: you can gun people out at first. Yeah, here's here's

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01:28:43,320 --> 01:28:45,360
Speaker 1: a single to right field. Oh no, wait, he's out.

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01:28:47,400 --> 01:28:50,960
Speaker 1: Can you imagine a fifteen year old kid gunning people

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01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:53,680
Speaker 1: out at first base from right field? That is glorious.

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01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:57,200
Speaker 1: That it's glory. I gotta you gotta run that. You

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01:28:57,240 --> 01:28:59,880
Speaker 1: gotta run that single out there, that little looper over

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01:28:59,880 --> 01:29:02,559
Speaker 1: the Oh yeah, you better leg it out. Especially if

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01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:04,560
Speaker 1: you're on first and you're a right handed batter, you

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01:29:04,600 --> 01:29:06,560
Speaker 1: got a little extra distance to run. You might be

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01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:09,800
Speaker 1: out all right, Steve is out tomorrow, Maddie is in.

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01:29:10,439 --> 01:29:12,800
Speaker 1: Maddie and I will be joined by Mike Tarico, who

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01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:15,280
Speaker 1: will be calling that season opener. Be good to get

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01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:17,439
Speaker 1: his thoughts on the week one match up with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow one