1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,720
Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Light. You're no speed limit version

2
00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,040
Speaker 1: of our daily show One Bills Live, where we slice

3
00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,000
Speaker 1: it up faster than a Michelin star chef. This week,

4
00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,040
Speaker 1: we dive into how the QB landscape has changed in

5
00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,600
Speaker 1: the AFC East post draft. Steve is quizzed on the

6
00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,279
Speaker 1: history of first round quarterbacks hitting the field, and we

7
00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,320
Speaker 1: talked to Bill's GM Brandon Bean about his most recent

8
00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,759
Speaker 1: draft class and what might be needed in the structure

9
00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,800
Speaker 1: of a Josh Allen contract extension. Can you dig it

10
00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,560
Speaker 1: at a Steve Taster who has been all over the fields?

11
00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,239
Speaker 1: Kind of unique? He was kind of a dual role

12
00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:47,680
Speaker 1: player for you. Steve, Steve a blimp. We're not even

13
00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:55,000
Speaker 1: in the stratosphere of normalcy. Were welcome to One Bill's Life.

14
00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,680
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. Chris Brown here, Steve Tasker there.

15
00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,040
Speaker 1: And we want to begin with a dynamic that came

16
00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,520
Speaker 1: out nice waven everybody. We want to begin with a

17
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,200
Speaker 1: dynamic that came out of the twenty twenty one NFL

18
00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,000
Speaker 1: Draft that will have a lasting impact, or at least

19
00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,160
Speaker 1: could have a lasting impact on the AFC East. Last year,

20
00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,960
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins drafted to a Tonga Voloa fifth overall,

21
00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:22,080
Speaker 1: and he played some and with a varying degree of success.

22
00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,680
Speaker 1: This year, the Jets drafted Zach Wilson and the Patriots

23
00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:30,080
Speaker 1: drafted Mac Jones in the top fifteen picks. So Buffalo's

24
00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen the most experienced quarterback at age twenty four

25
00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,759
Speaker 1: in the division. You'll turn twenty five in about two weeks.

26
00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:43,720
Speaker 1: So how will the two newest quarterbacks impact this division

27
00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,840
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one? If at all? Steve, I think

28
00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,440
Speaker 1: it's going to be difficult. It always is for a

29
00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,760
Speaker 1: young quarterback. We've seen it lately. However, when guys get

30
00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,560
Speaker 1: on the field first, they have some success, justin Herbert

31
00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,440
Speaker 1: in San Diego, Joe Burrow in Cincinnati, albeit in a

32
00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,000
Speaker 1: shortened season because of injury. We've some guys have some

33
00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,000
Speaker 1: early success. Pat Mahomes in his second year was very good.

34
00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,840
Speaker 1: Other guys have done that. So in recent years, the

35
00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,840
Speaker 1: trend in the league is to fit an offense around

36
00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,840
Speaker 1: what your young quarterback can do and let him grow

37
00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:16,880
Speaker 1: from there. And as he grows, so does your offense

38
00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,240
Speaker 1: and your menu of plays. Look for that to happen

39
00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,200
Speaker 1: in both New York and in New England. With the

40
00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:27,240
Speaker 1: Patriots and also in Miami. So yes, they're gonna have

41
00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,400
Speaker 1: a little bit better success, but they're still on an

42
00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,720
Speaker 1: uphill climb because Buffalo's got a guy that was the

43
00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,280
Speaker 1: runner up in the MVP voting a year ago, and

44
00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,240
Speaker 1: it looks like he's got the leg up on all

45
00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,359
Speaker 1: those I do have to say it was pretty noteworthy

46
00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,480
Speaker 1: how the Jets approached the draft because even after they

47
00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,239
Speaker 1: drafted Wilson, they kept pouring it on on the offensive

48
00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,000
Speaker 1: side of the ball, Elijah Vera Tucker, followed by the

49
00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,560
Speaker 1: slot receiver Elijah Moore. They didn't address their defense, which

50
00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:57,240
Speaker 1: is desperate for talent, until day three almost in the draft,

51
00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,920
Speaker 1: and they have a defensive head coach and Robert Sala.

52
00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,280
Speaker 1: That was very telling to me that they surrounded him

53
00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,200
Speaker 1: with as much as they could, and to a certain extent,

54
00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,800
Speaker 1: the Patriots did the same thing, more so in free

55
00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,240
Speaker 1: agency maybe than in the draft per se, you know,

56
00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:15,520
Speaker 1: getting the receivers Kendrick Bourne and at Nelson Agalore, and

57
00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:20,000
Speaker 1: then the two tight ends Henry and John hu Smith.

58
00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,680
Speaker 1: So it looks like both teams did what they could

59
00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,840
Speaker 1: to surround whoever the quarterback was. In New England, it

60
00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,560
Speaker 1: was Cam Newton at the time and Zach Wilson. So

61
00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:34,480
Speaker 1: this build around the quarterback top priority on the list

62
00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,920
Speaker 1: seems to follow a lot of what the Bills have

63
00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,400
Speaker 1: done the last couple of years with Josh. So it'll

64
00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,240
Speaker 1: be interesting to see if it works as well for

65
00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,920
Speaker 1: them as it did for the Bills and Josh Allen

66
00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,720
Speaker 1: and with defensive head coaches and let's face it, Bill

67
00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,000
Speaker 1: Belichick started as a defensive clib Sean McDermott, Robert Salaw

68
00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,600
Speaker 1: and Brian Forrest. Yeah, you know, I hadn't thought of that.

69
00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,400
Speaker 1: It's four defensive coordinators who elevated to the head coaching

70
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:01,920
Speaker 1: slot in the division. You got to think there's a

71
00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,440
Speaker 1: little bit of confidence in those head coaches that listen,

72
00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,240
Speaker 1: we can work with the defense. Can we can scheme

73
00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,839
Speaker 1: it up and give ourselves a chance to be competitive

74
00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,600
Speaker 1: on that side of the ball, even without loading it

75
00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,440
Speaker 1: up with top flight talent out of the draft. So

76
00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,480
Speaker 1: there's a little bit of that going on, I would think.

77
00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,520
Speaker 1: But nevertheless, as well, the Bills have for the current

78
00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,680
Speaker 1: state of affairs and the point in history we're at

79
00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,279
Speaker 1: in the NFL, the Bills have set the mark on

80
00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,960
Speaker 1: how to develop a quarterback everybody's looking at Josh Allen,

81
00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:32,039
Speaker 1: yeah and saying why not us? Do you believe Zach

82
00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,120
Speaker 1: Wilson or Mac Jones have a better chance of putting

83
00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,440
Speaker 1: up a more productive rookie season than twa did for

84
00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:43,680
Speaker 1: the Dolphins last year in terms of production first and

85
00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,680
Speaker 1: then wins and losses. Second. Wins and losses are tough.

86
00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:48,839
Speaker 1: They won ten games in Miami last year. You got

87
00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of help and relief from the bullpen.

88
00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,720
Speaker 1: And Ryan Fitzpatrick, we all know and love him, and

89
00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:55,800
Speaker 1: he did something. He won one game outright off the

90
00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,400
Speaker 1: bench in Vegas, and he also did some help in

91
00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:03,560
Speaker 1: some other games that ta began that he didn't finish.

92
00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,440
Speaker 1: So there's that. But ten wins is ten wins. It's

93
00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,039
Speaker 1: a three game improvement for the Patriots seven and nine

94
00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,839
Speaker 1: to what it would be seven and what eleven or

95
00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:19,800
Speaker 1: seven and ten now with a seventeen game schedule, it's

96
00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,880
Speaker 1: a big jump. The Jets, they can go nowhere butt up,

97
00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,600
Speaker 1: and I think if they can get some consistency with

98
00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,279
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson, find out what he can do, and he's

99
00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,480
Speaker 1: gonna play from the jump, and he's gonna play from

100
00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,960
Speaker 1: right out of the gate and their offensive line is

101
00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,880
Speaker 1: better than than Miami's offensive line was a year ago. McKay,

102
00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,440
Speaker 1: Beckton and Vera Tucker give them a basis for an

103
00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,240
Speaker 1: offensive line going forward that may not change on that

104
00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,200
Speaker 1: side of the ball for ten years with those two guys.

105
00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,320
Speaker 1: And finally, does Tua have a better season this year

106
00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,880
Speaker 1: than he did last year? Again, another team that did

107
00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,880
Speaker 1: what they could to surround him with more firepower? Will

108
00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,880
Speaker 1: Fuller there now, and then Jay and Waddle the first

109
00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,560
Speaker 1: round pick as we know, and then they even got

110
00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,200
Speaker 1: a tackle in round two in Leam Eichenberg, who presumably

111
00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,360
Speaker 1: is going to play right tackle with Austin Jackson their

112
00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,240
Speaker 1: first round pick last year at left tackle. Yeah, they've

113
00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,640
Speaker 1: got some guys they'll they'll be better around him. But

114
00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,560
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to make plays and ultimately he's gonna

115
00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,560
Speaker 1: stand in the pocket and push the ball down the

116
00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,839
Speaker 1: field and complete passes. That's the way the league is structured.

117
00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,440
Speaker 1: I've said at time and time again. Ultimately in the NFL,

118
00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:27,680
Speaker 1: if you want to advance, you got to have a

119
00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,440
Speaker 1: guy that can win from the pocket. Athleticism and all

120
00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,800
Speaker 1: that aside. We saw what happened to Pat Mahomes. The

121
00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,720
Speaker 1: team that won the Super Bowl this year had a

122
00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,719
Speaker 1: quarterback that can't run. Yeah, So ultimately, when you get

123
00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,360
Speaker 1: to the deepest part of the schedule and in the season,

124
00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,040
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, you've got to have a guy that

125
00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,159
Speaker 1: can make throws from the pocket. We have yet to

126
00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,080
Speaker 1: see that consistently from Tua. One thing that I'm interested

127
00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,719
Speaker 1: to see, assuming mac Jones, Zach Wilson, and Tuah are

128
00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,200
Speaker 1: all playing in the division in time here. None of

129
00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,600
Speaker 1: these guys are six foot three. Joe is like six

130
00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,960
Speaker 1: two and a half, Wilson's like six two and change,

131
00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,960
Speaker 1: and two is six feet even. And I think about

132
00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,880
Speaker 1: the condor that is now defensive end for the Bills,

133
00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,760
Speaker 1: Greg Rousseau, just putting his hands upright and causing problems

134
00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,160
Speaker 1: for guys like that, especially if you're looking to throw

135
00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,559
Speaker 1: to the flat or you know, somewhere on some short

136
00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,240
Speaker 1: out route and he's right in your face. Man, I'm

137
00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,600
Speaker 1: wondering if the Bills are going to have their way

138
00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:30,000
Speaker 1: with batting some passes down with those three quarterbacks going forward.

139
00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,920
Speaker 1: It's just something that kind of rang in my head.

140
00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,080
Speaker 1: I know, it's probably a minor thing. You're probably talking

141
00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,600
Speaker 1: like two three batted passes a game. At most, that's

142
00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,760
Speaker 1: two or three third downs possibly. Yeah, they're the same

143
00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,680
Speaker 1: story with Epaneza on the other side last year's second round.

144
00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,120
Speaker 1: He's no short either. He's got a length. He's six

145
00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,239
Speaker 1: to five plus and can get his arms up. Bam

146
00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,480
Speaker 1: Johnson same thing. He's a tall, high cut guy who

147
00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:56,120
Speaker 1: can get their hands up. The Bills obviously look for

148
00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,280
Speaker 1: some traits, and they're starting to fill that roster out

149
00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,440
Speaker 1: with guys who fit those traits, and it's it's becoming

150
00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:06,000
Speaker 1: evident that it's going to cause some problems in certain ways.

151
00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,680
Speaker 1: And I just like the thought of getting tall, long

152
00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,480
Speaker 1: guys that can bad passes down because more and more

153
00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,960
Speaker 1: the passing game is moving to getting it out so

154
00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,640
Speaker 1: fast that it's almost rendering the power of getting sacks

155
00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,720
Speaker 1: powerless in a way, not powerless, but it reduces the

156
00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:25,080
Speaker 1: effectiveness of pass rushers getting home because the ball is

157
00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,440
Speaker 1: coming out so fast. I don't know if these young

158
00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,560
Speaker 1: quarterbacks are going to do that just because if their

159
00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,240
Speaker 1: lack of experience, but as they get older and the

160
00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,040
Speaker 1: pass has come out faster, getting sacks becomes that much harder.

161
00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,000
Speaker 1: So if you can knock passes down, you're one down

162
00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,239
Speaker 1: ahead of the offense because you're rendering that play ineffective.

163
00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,679
Speaker 1: It's a chess match that goes on with tactics and

164
00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,160
Speaker 1: the way teams think about their offense. Offenses are starting

165
00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,840
Speaker 1: to help their quarterback and their offensive line's pass protection

166
00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,800
Speaker 1: by calling plays that call for the ball to get out.

167
00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,720
Speaker 1: Their scheming plays up there. They're running cluster formations where

168
00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,920
Speaker 1: you know the guys will flurry, you know, explode out

169
00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,160
Speaker 1: of a tight set. With three guys standing next to

170
00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,520
Speaker 1: each other, they all go in different direction. One or

171
00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,640
Speaker 1: the other of them turns around, pops open the balls out.

172
00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:14,440
Speaker 1: It's really difficult to defend and it causes problems. It's

173
00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:18,040
Speaker 1: a way to help your offensive pass protection by only

174
00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,280
Speaker 1: having to protect for a second and a half rather

175
00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,680
Speaker 1: than two and a half seconds. So all of that

176
00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,960
Speaker 1: stuff goes into the mix, and it's one thing that

177
00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,400
Speaker 1: offensive coordinators are doing to combat the fact the defense

178
00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,160
Speaker 1: has spend a lot of time trying to get to

179
00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,000
Speaker 1: the passer. Yeah, all right, Steve. So this week's numbers

180
00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,160
Speaker 1: game plays off this discussion a little bit. SI dot

181
00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,480
Speaker 1: COM's Albert Breer recently put out a handy reference for

182
00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:45,280
Speaker 1: rookie first round quarterbacks. That tracks how soon they get

183
00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:50,240
Speaker 1: on the field to make their first NFL start, So Steve,

184
00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,480
Speaker 1: Since two thousand, the year two thousand, there have been

185
00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:00,280
Speaker 1: sixty quarterbacks drafted in round one. How many of them

186
00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,520
Speaker 1: three a year do you believe started in the first

187
00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:08,120
Speaker 1: NFL game for which they dressed? Sixty quarterbacks in the

188
00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,480
Speaker 1: last twenty years drafted in round one, How many started

189
00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,920
Speaker 1: their first NFL game that they dressed for it? Boy,

190
00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,199
Speaker 1: first round And I'll and I'll help you out. When

191
00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,040
Speaker 1: you give me a number, I'll say higher or lower.

192
00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,240
Speaker 1: It's gotta be at like eight of ten or nine

193
00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,040
Speaker 1: of ten. Well, we've got sixty totals, so how many

194
00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,600
Speaker 1: of the four would be nine of ten? I'll say

195
00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:38,360
Speaker 1: fifty one. It's lower that made their first their first game,

196
00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,880
Speaker 1: was their first NFL star So forty five lower, realer,

197
00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:50,920
Speaker 1: way lower? Really, yes, twenty five lower again, first game?

198
00:10:50,960 --> 00:11:07,560
Speaker 1: All right? Ten higher, fifteen, a little bit higher, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, eighteen.

199
00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,760
Speaker 1: Of the sixty quarter that started their first NFL game,

200
00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,400
Speaker 1: we anticipate that that will happen for Trevor Lawrence and

201
00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:23,200
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson. Probably not Trey Lance, maybe justin fields unless

202
00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,280
Speaker 1: Camp's throwing bounce passes in training camp like he did

203
00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,120
Speaker 1: during the season. Yeah. The most recent was obviously Joe

204
00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:35,559
Speaker 1: Burrow last year, Tyler Murray in twenty nineteen, Sam Darnold

205
00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,000
Speaker 1: for the Jets in twenty eighteen. They're gonna hit the

206
00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:44,480
Speaker 1: reset button, Zach Wilson, Uh, Carson Wentz, Jamis Winston, Marcus Mariota,

207
00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,720
Speaker 1: ej Manuel. Yeah, Kevin Cobb had a concussion in the

208
00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,720
Speaker 1: third preseason game and he was at a commission. Never

209
00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,080
Speaker 1: played for the Bills. Yeah, um, and actually had to

210
00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,319
Speaker 1: end his career. So yeah, the twenty twelve class was

211
00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,439
Speaker 1: probably the most impressive. The four quarterbacks that started their

212
00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:08,120
Speaker 1: first NFL game, Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin the third, Ryan Tannehill,

213
00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:14,880
Speaker 1: and Brandon Weedon Cleveland illustrious. Yeah, that's amazing. I thought

214
00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,000
Speaker 1: it was gonna be way high. Obviously thought it was

215
00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,679
Speaker 1: gonna be okay. So second question, how many of these

216
00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:27,200
Speaker 1: sixty first round quarterbacks do you believe did not start

217
00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,440
Speaker 1: at all in their first NFL season? So you know

218
00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,240
Speaker 1: there are eight you know, there are eighteen that started

219
00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,640
Speaker 1: in their first NFL game, So subtract that from the

220
00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,160
Speaker 1: number right out the gate. Right. Next part is how

221
00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,320
Speaker 1: many of you believe did not start a game at

222
00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:49,920
Speaker 1: all in their rookie seasons? Since two thousand didn't start

223
00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,959
Speaker 1: at all, I'd like in there. Well, you know Aaron

224
00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,480
Speaker 1: Rodgers is in that group, right, Aaron Mahomes did he

225
00:12:56,040 --> 00:13:02,720
Speaker 1: right at the end of the season. Three. I don't

226
00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,600
Speaker 1: know who they are. It's a little higher, is it

227
00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,719
Speaker 1: a little higher? Not significantly, but a little higher. Yeah, right, yes,

228
00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,280
Speaker 1: I'll be like five, a little higher than that. It's

229
00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:20,520
Speaker 1: eight eight eight did not start as a rookie, So yeah,

230
00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,080
Speaker 1: you're talking. Let's see, We'll start from the most recent guys,

231
00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:26,880
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you right now there is nope. The

232
00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:31,760
Speaker 1: last the last quarterback drafted in round one it didn't start,

233
00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:36,000
Speaker 1: It did not start in their first season was Jake

234
00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:40,720
Speaker 1: Locker in twenty eleven, seventeenth game, first game of his

235
00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:47,400
Speaker 1: second season with Tennessee. Drafted him right, Tennessee drafted him.

236
00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,320
Speaker 1: Think think it was Tennessee and it went up in

237
00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,520
Speaker 1: flames very quickly. Uh, then you have to go back.

238
00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,400
Speaker 1: I mean, really, this is this is a trend from

239
00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,679
Speaker 1: like the previous decade. Steve, there's nobody from twenty twelve

240
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,160
Speaker 1: on that did not make us start in their first

241
00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:09,600
Speaker 1: NFL season, so they get him on the field. Man. Yeah,

242
00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,199
Speaker 1: that's and I get it too. I mean, like Mahomes

243
00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:16,000
Speaker 1: was the last game of the season at Alex Smith,

244
00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,520
Speaker 1: former first pick of the draft, and they were moving

245
00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,320
Speaker 1: on from him. He was an old even then, he

246
00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:21,840
Speaker 1: was he was a little bit older, and they and

247
00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,640
Speaker 1: they were in the playoffs or whatever, and they said,

248
00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,640
Speaker 1: you know, let's get this guy start. And then you know,

249
00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,560
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, I mean, is deja vu all over again?

250
00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,120
Speaker 1: You know the old Yogi Berra saying now he's being

251
00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,000
Speaker 1: replaced by number Oh. And I didn't think about it,

252
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,160
Speaker 1: but that would have been the guy Jordan Love didn't

253
00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,960
Speaker 1: start at all. Yeah. Um, yeah, so I it's it's

254
00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:48,920
Speaker 1: easy to see why that list is really short. Yeah,

255
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,120
Speaker 1: Jordan Love. Actually, you're right, Jordan Love is the only

256
00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,520
Speaker 1: guy in this current decade that did not start in

257
00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,600
Speaker 1: any of his first sixteen games. And Josh, I mean

258
00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,640
Speaker 1: here on field Week two, first start, Week two game

259
00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,640
Speaker 1: in week one, right, he finished the game and week

260
00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,640
Speaker 1: wonted like the whole second half. So here's the last

261
00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,920
Speaker 1: numbers game question with regard to the first round quarterbacks.

262
00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:11,200
Speaker 1: What do you think is the average number of games

263
00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,080
Speaker 1: that this pool of quarterbacks hit the field for their

264
00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,200
Speaker 1: first start. So on average, okay, what when did they

265
00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,600
Speaker 1: make their first start? Game number one? The sixty quarterbacks

266
00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:23,680
Speaker 1: were talking about sixty quarterbacks like they got on the

267
00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,080
Speaker 1: field by what game. Rogers is like, well, he hurts

268
00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:29,320
Speaker 1: the average, likes like fifty games for him, right, he

269
00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,600
Speaker 1: hurts the average, but he's in the vast minority, right exactly.

270
00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,120
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of guys that were like first

271
00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,960
Speaker 1: game out, it's eighteen of them that were playing in

272
00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:41,400
Speaker 1: the SAXT year. I'll say, I say the first month,

273
00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,200
Speaker 1: the fourth game, it's it's seven point seven eighth games,

274
00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,680
Speaker 1: so it's just under the eighth game of the season, right,

275
00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:49,840
Speaker 1: they don't even make it happen, which is which is

276
00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:54,040
Speaker 1: what makes how soon before Trey Lance, Justin Fields, and

277
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,800
Speaker 1: Mac Jones make their first start. We know Zach Wilson

278
00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,000
Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence are starting right out of the game, right,

279
00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,320
Speaker 1: but we're probably looking somewhere before mid season based on

280
00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,600
Speaker 1: these numbers like week four, because you get out of

281
00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,120
Speaker 1: the gates and four games is like, okay, where we sit?

282
00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,840
Speaker 1: How are we looking? And if you're three and one,

283
00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,440
Speaker 1: it's like, no, now, we'll stick with what we're doing.

284
00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,120
Speaker 1: We'll stick. If it's two and two and you lost

285
00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,840
Speaker 1: two the last two by landslides, like all right, you know,

286
00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,720
Speaker 1: may give him another game, that kind of thing. Right.

287
00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,480
Speaker 1: Then if it's one and three and you lost three

288
00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,040
Speaker 1: in the last three, or you won the last one

289
00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,720
Speaker 1: and those were close lost and you start to reevaluate,

290
00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,640
Speaker 1: but you can see you get to four games, it's like,

291
00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,720
Speaker 1: all right, it's on the table now. Now it's a possibility. Right.

292
00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,280
Speaker 1: Although the Dolphins last year they won three in a row,

293
00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,000
Speaker 1: improved to four and three with Fits, and then benched

294
00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:44,840
Speaker 1: him and put two in in week eight. Ryan Flores

295
00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,640
Speaker 1: for a lot. I got a lot of respect for him,

296
00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,840
Speaker 1: but he zigs. But everybody says he's getting his egg.

297
00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,880
Speaker 1: There's certain times when I'm like, what are you doing here?

298
00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,400
Speaker 1: Likes the Fits benching again, I'll say this too, he's

299
00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,360
Speaker 1: not fits your back in. Yeah, he was not afraid

300
00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:05,159
Speaker 1: to do that. And also he was releasing guys. You know,

301
00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,080
Speaker 1: they they cleared their roster all of that, so it

302
00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,439
Speaker 1: was it's worth watching. But you know that in the

303
00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:13,399
Speaker 1: first half of the season, all these young quarterbacks are

304
00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,760
Speaker 1: getting on the field, so it was an interesting conversation.

305
00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,760
Speaker 1: I'm glad we had a time. Now for our featured

306
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,720
Speaker 1: interview of the week, it's Bills GM Brandon Bean, who

307
00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,240
Speaker 1: addresses trading down for the first time and why, what

308
00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,480
Speaker 1: might be needed in the crafting of a Josh Allen

309
00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,720
Speaker 1: contract extension, and what he might still be looking for

310
00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,280
Speaker 1: on the free agent market. Here's Brandon Brandon, congrats on

311
00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,399
Speaker 1: another good draft class. You know, this is kind of

312
00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,120
Speaker 1: the capper on your calendar year in terms of all

313
00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,000
Speaker 1: the work that you and your staff put in. So

314
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,159
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're breathing considerably easier that now, although the

315
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:49,400
Speaker 1: work has never done, is it. No, it's it's we're

316
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,919
Speaker 1: always looking and now it's the time where you you know,

317
00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,080
Speaker 1: teams are still making adjustments to their roster, some based

318
00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:01,120
Speaker 1: on maybe a guy they uh they've got a higher

319
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,280
Speaker 1: cap number four, and they drafted someone high that they're

320
00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,880
Speaker 1: going they didn't want to release them until they saw

321
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,920
Speaker 1: what they got in the draft, and now they're comfortable

322
00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,639
Speaker 1: moving on. So yeah, I think over you know, the

323
00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,560
Speaker 1: next four or five weeks, there will still be some

324
00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:17,359
Speaker 1: movement and uh, we'll definitely be scouring, you know, the

325
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,240
Speaker 1: waiver wire to see what comes available, if there's a

326
00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,199
Speaker 1: guy that we think could compete to start or just

327
00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,760
Speaker 1: be a back end depth piece for us. Which which

328
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,320
Speaker 1: side of that coin are you on? Are you are

329
00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,199
Speaker 1: there guys on your roster you got to move on

330
00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,440
Speaker 1: from because of the finances, or you're talking to them,

331
00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,040
Speaker 1: or are you still out there shopping in the you know,

332
00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:40,200
Speaker 1: veteran free agent market. I'm in the shopping market, Steve.

333
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:46,480
Speaker 1: I'm I got a small bank account though. Yeah, you're

334
00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,600
Speaker 1: you're you're in the clear in style, right, Yeah, yeah,

335
00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,360
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not at the Mercedes Benz dealership. Yeah there, Hey,

336
00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:59,400
Speaker 1: I know a guy. Yeah, I heard you did, right,

337
00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,240
Speaker 1: I get that. But let's let's talk a little bit

338
00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,040
Speaker 1: about that. You got to be I mean you you

339
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,159
Speaker 1: guys were pretty disciplined in your board you got got

340
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,720
Speaker 1: I mean you were a little surprised. You took two

341
00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:12,440
Speaker 1: defensive line and then two offensive lines. So you it's

342
00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,320
Speaker 1: obvious that you weren't like positional shopping. You were players shopping.

343
00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,400
Speaker 1: And now you're not really in that same constraint because

344
00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,560
Speaker 1: you got the whole market to look into. What are

345
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,960
Speaker 1: your thoughts now about you where you head next? Yeah,

346
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,560
Speaker 1: I mean we did follow the board, Steve, and uh,

347
00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,080
Speaker 1: like I said, you'd love to say, hey, here's six

348
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:35,439
Speaker 1: or seven positions, We're going to check them all off,

349
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,400
Speaker 1: but it just doesn't. I mean, it can work that way,

350
00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,680
Speaker 1: but that's that's not how I believe it should be done.

351
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,200
Speaker 1: And so we just we stuck to the board. And

352
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,520
Speaker 1: now we'll just like I said, we'll continue to look

353
00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,000
Speaker 1: and see what's out there. And we want competition at

354
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,760
Speaker 1: every position. We think we've added that prior to the draft,

355
00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,480
Speaker 1: and then obviously the players that we added this past weekend.

356
00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,919
Speaker 1: So we want to make it artist heck to be

357
00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,760
Speaker 1: on that fifty three And I've just found that the

358
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,800
Speaker 1: successful teams that I've been on when you were struggling

359
00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,000
Speaker 1: to pick that fifty three man roster, that was usually

360
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 1: a team that was tough for others to deal with. Brandon,

361
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 1: we should congratulate you on zagging when everybody wanted to

362
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,479
Speaker 1: predict you to zig with respect to trading up, finally

363
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,160
Speaker 1: trading down in a draft to buck the trend, shall

364
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,040
Speaker 1: we say? But I thought your reasoning behind it was

365
00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:30,280
Speaker 1: very interesting on Day three because you talked about trying

366
00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:34,679
Speaker 1: to add picks where you could, knowing that potentially the

367
00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,879
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent market might be more difficult for you

368
00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,760
Speaker 1: because your roster is so strong and deep, and it

369
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,359
Speaker 1: might be it might make some people more reluctant to

370
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,399
Speaker 1: sign with you guys, knowing how hard it would be

371
00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,120
Speaker 1: to make this roster. So maybe just walk us through

372
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,679
Speaker 1: that line of thinking. And when it really came into focus,

373
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,760
Speaker 1: was it strictly a Day three thing or were you

374
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,879
Speaker 1: even considering that on Day two? We were considering at

375
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,760
Speaker 1: all points. I mean, there were you know, we thought

376
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,840
Speaker 1: there was good depth through the early rounds. We probably

377
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 1: had our most players in the third round on our board,

378
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,879
Speaker 1: and so we did think there was some guys in

379
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,640
Speaker 1: the middle of this draft that could really come in and,

380
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,119
Speaker 1: if not be a starter, be a contributor and a

381
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,480
Speaker 1: guy that could grow into a starting role in time,

382
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:23,879
Speaker 1: you know, maybe in a future year. But as we

383
00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,199
Speaker 1: got later in the draft, Chris, it really came down to,

384
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,560
Speaker 1: you know, some conversations we had had with agents about

385
00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,800
Speaker 1: players that hey, if he doesn't get drafted, would he

386
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: consider coming here, And a lot of those conversations were, well,

387
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to see, like I don't. I got

388
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,480
Speaker 1: to find the best spot for him and certain positions.

389
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,959
Speaker 1: We got some guys that we think can come and compete.

390
00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,840
Speaker 1: Some others we were going to strike out, and so

391
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: we just decided to I mean honestly talked about even

392
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,639
Speaker 1: trading back and getting another pick, but couldn't find the

393
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,320
Speaker 1: right situation or we liked the guy that was on

394
00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,040
Speaker 1: the board. So honestly, we were just trying to get

395
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 1: as many guys however we could do it with a

396
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: late draft pick or recruiting them as a free agent

397
00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,840
Speaker 1: that can come in here, compete for a fifty three,

398
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,000
Speaker 1: and if not make the fifty three, at least be

399
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,240
Speaker 1: a guy you'd be excited to have on your practice squad.

400
00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 1: I mean the rules now in practice squad, you know,

401
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,479
Speaker 1: being able to elevate two players a week. It's very

402
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,360
Speaker 1: important to have as strong of a practice squad as

403
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,000
Speaker 1: you can, you know, with injuries and things like that.

404
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 1: What was the moment in this year's draft where you

405
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,000
Speaker 1: felt the most anxious about being in the right spot

406
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 1: or maybe having to move or when when was the

407
00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:40,760
Speaker 1: most desperate or unsettled time in your draft room during

408
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,120
Speaker 1: which of the three days and at what point. Yeah,

409
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: I mean it was you know, the fourth round was tough.

410
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 1: You know, like I said, I had when we got

411
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,239
Speaker 1: to the third I was hoping that. I mean we,

412
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,439
Speaker 1: as I told the media, we had a deal in

413
00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:01,399
Speaker 1: place when we took Buggie Basham because I just didn't

414
00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,880
Speaker 1: think he was going to be there, and if he

415
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: wasn't there, we were on a trade back and we

416
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,760
Speaker 1: had what we thought was it was a solid deal

417
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,000
Speaker 1: for both teams and for us to go back and

418
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: acquire an extra pick. And I was excited about either one.

419
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: I'm going, Okay, if we get bash them, that's my

420
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: first choice. But if not, we've got a good plan

421
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,239
Speaker 1: in place here that we can add what I think

422
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,400
Speaker 1: will be value. So then we get to the third

423
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,280
Speaker 1: round pick and we just we had a really good

424
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: value on Spencer and the same thing. If he was there,

425
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: you know, we were going to take him, and but

426
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 1: part of me then after we took him, I was like, man,

427
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: it still would have been great if I could have

428
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 1: found a way to add someone early in the fourth.

429
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,040
Speaker 1: There were some guys coming off in that round that

430
00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,199
Speaker 1: we had you know, third round grades on and you know,

431
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 1: and some of them high third round grades. But it

432
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,119
Speaker 1: just you know, we were finally paying our sins for

433
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: you know, for the Digs trade and got that done.

434
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,600
Speaker 1: And once we got to the fifth and had those two, Uh,

435
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 1: it allowed us to take a player and then and

436
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: then add some some late picks. Well before we go

437
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,000
Speaker 1: on to further, let me absolve you of your sins

438
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:12,280
Speaker 1: for the DIGS trade. Your Yeah, I think he gets

439
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 1: it's so hard. It's so hard, but no, that was

440
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,639
Speaker 1: that was definitely worth it, Uh, Brandon. One thing that

441
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,240
Speaker 1: kind of came out of this draft after we kind

442
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: of looked a little deeper into each of the players,

443
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:27,119
Speaker 1: it was an astounding amount of player connections between the

444
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,640
Speaker 1: guys you drafted and players currently on your roster. Whether

445
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: it was the fact that Boogie Basham and a j

446
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: Epanessa were acquaintances. Uh, you know, Tommy Doyle's first start

447
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 1: in college at left tackle was against aj when they

448
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: played each other. Uh, You've got Damar and uh Dane

449
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: Jackson who are not only former teammates at pit, but

450
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: they grew up in the same neighborhood. Mark Quez was

451
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,000
Speaker 1: roommates with that Oliver was Tredavious White's younger brothers best

452
00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: friend I mean, some of these were uncanny. But my

453
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,919
Speaker 1: question to you is, did you take advantage of some

454
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 1: of those connections with these players to to do some

455
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 1: extra drill down type background work with some of those

456
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,640
Speaker 1: connections that you had not really uh you know, we

457
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: we definitely knew most of those connections before it started.

458
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 1: I didn't know that Ed had roomed with Mark Marcus Stevenson.

459
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:18,920
Speaker 1: I was unaware of that, but we knew that, Um,

460
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 1: you know, he knew tre Davis's brother. Didn't know if

461
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: he really knew Trey or not. That came from the

462
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: same neighborhood, so it's funny he had two connections. And

463
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,960
Speaker 1: then yeah, you're right, we knew about a j and

464
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,680
Speaker 1: Buggie playing a basketball together. And it's fun when those

465
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,880
Speaker 1: stories work out. Um, you know, especially for rookie players

466
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 1: versus guys that are already on our roster. But uh,

467
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: you know, we we we go into character a lot,

468
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,080
Speaker 1: and so we definitely made sure each of these guys

469
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: was was a fit and that would come in here

470
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 1: and wherever they are now as a college player. They

471
00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 1: all have ceilings, some higher than others, but you know

472
00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,159
Speaker 1: that's important for us. Is this guy gonna do what

473
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,719
Speaker 1: it takes to reach that ceiling. And we feel like

474
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,880
Speaker 1: this class that very confident that pretty much all these

475
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 1: guys are going to come in here and be pros

476
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: and and really ascend. You know, as time goes on,

477
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,520
Speaker 1: some will not have to play right away, some will

478
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,719
Speaker 1: and we'll just we'll see how it goes when they

479
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: get in here. Well, as this roster fills out and

480
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 1: you get deeper into the offseason, what do you know

481
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,040
Speaker 1: about what that's gonna look like. We've already we had

482
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,719
Speaker 1: just a brief conversation before you came on. Juan Juan James,

483
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: the right tackle for the Broncos, popped as Achilles working

484
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 1: out by himself. Because you know there's all this stuff

485
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: about opting out and all of that. What about the

486
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: voluntary nature the workouts coming in? When's that going to start?

487
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: What do you anticipate? What are you and Sean anticipate

488
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bill's offseason to look like? And when's it

489
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: going to start? Yeah, I mean we're still in phase one,

490
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: and I think most of our guys are choosing to

491
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 1: work out like a lot of the league, you know,

492
00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 1: last year remotely and that you know, our guys have

493
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,640
Speaker 1: done a great job in the meeting rooms and they've

494
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: they've you know, that's still all voluntary and you know,

495
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,600
Speaker 1: they've been working with Eric Siano on the workout plan.

496
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: We would love for them to be here. We do

497
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 1: have guys here, and the guys that are here are

498
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: getting great attention from our staff. They're getting more attention

499
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,640
Speaker 1: than they even normally would because because you only have

500
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: so few here. But we're hoping, you know, that we

501
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: get into phase two, Steve, that that more will start

502
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 1: to show up as as we can now the rules

503
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: will change that you can start to get on the

504
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: grass with them. It's limited rules, but uh, and then

505
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: we'd love to have you know, we'd love to have everybody, uh,

506
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: you know, by phase three because you can't replace those reps.

507
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: But it is voluntary in nature, and you know, there's

508
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: nothing you can do about it. That's a CBA deal.

509
00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 1: And you know, we still don't know who and how

510
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: many are going to show up, but um, our doors

511
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: are open and and well we'll keep you know, hoping

512
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: that that one by one they trickle in here you

513
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: know the rest of men, and hopefully by June. Talking

514
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,480
Speaker 1: to Bill jam Brandon Bean and Brandon. I know you

515
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: guys picked up the fifth year options on both Tremaine

516
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: and Josh, and you've been very upfront, I think, publicly

517
00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: about the fact that the organization and Josh and you,

518
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: you're all on the same page. You want to get

519
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: an extension done in due course. The question here is

520
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 1: the stuff I don't even want to call it a

521
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 1: stumbling block. U. The thing that's out there that is

522
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: unknown is what the CAP's gonna look like next year,

523
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:34,239
Speaker 1: and there's still some uncertainty behind that. How much of

524
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: an issue is that in your guys budgeting and figuring

525
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: everything out, because this is this is not a simple extension,

526
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: This is a this is a you know, a franchise

527
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: quarterback we're talking about. I know I'm not telling you

528
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: anything you don't know, but how how imperative is it

529
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,160
Speaker 1: to have at least a firm grasp as to what

530
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: that number is going to be to get things done

531
00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: with Josh? Yeah, I mean we'll probably you know, until

532
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: we get into the fall and see how many people

533
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: are in these seats, you know, are they have full,

534
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: three quarters full? What it what it is? You know,

535
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: it should definitely be better than than this past year.

536
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: But that could affect whether the numbers one ninety two

537
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: or two hundred and so they're still gonna be m

538
00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 1: We're probably gonna have to hopefully find a structure if

539
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: we're able to reach some type of agreement where there's

540
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: some flexibility in your in next season's cap number for Josh,

541
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: and that's where you know, hopefully his representatives will work

542
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: with us understanding the hurdle, the unknown hurdle that we're

543
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 1: facing right now. And again I mentioned it on the

544
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: radio the other day of this is hard picking up

545
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: two guys at thirty six million because when we drafted him,

546
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: the CBA was different, and these guys both got increases

547
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: of what we anticipated their if your number to be

548
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: based on making Pro Bowls, and you know, we're proud

549
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: of them, we love them doing that. But fitting two

550
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: in when the cap goes down has made it really

551
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 1: hard for us to navigate that. So it definitely will

552
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 1: be important in the structure. It won't be it won't

553
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: mess with the ap wire or the guarantee, Chris, but

554
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 1: it will be important how we structure these first few

555
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: years to make sure we can, you know, as this

556
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: cap works this way back to where it should be

557
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 1: hopefully by twenty three, twenty four, just on the horizon.

558
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 1: We just it was just reported by Aaron Besseker that

559
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: baseball's reopening and the governor of New York State says

560
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: that vaccinated people can have normal capacity and normal seating

561
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: at stadium. So if they're doing that for baseball, for baseball,

562
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: so if they're doing that in New York State here

563
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: in May, you got to think by September you're going

564
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 1: to be able to sell out the home games and

565
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: have it more back to normal, which will help the

566
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: cap and you know, it's all, it all goes into

567
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 1: the pot for what you've got to get done financially

568
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: with your players. But that's it's going to be a

569
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: much different landscape coming into this next season than it

570
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: was during the pandemic. You've got to have real optimistic

571
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: hopes about that. Yeah, I'm excited that where we're at

572
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: now from a fan standpoint. You know, a year ago,

573
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: talking to you guys, there was uncertainty whether there'd be

574
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: a season, you know, and and that the league did

575
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: a heck of a job, the players, everybody to pull

576
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: off the two fifty six plus the playoffs. So it's exciting.

577
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: You know, just shoot, the six sixty seven hundred fans

578
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: we had for those playoff games was exciting. So now

579
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 1: we're talking about if you're vaccinated, you know, the potential

580
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: that you can not have to social distance at games.

581
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: That's huge and hopefully you know, fortunately, we still have

582
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: until August for preseason and in September till it really counts,

583
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,479
Speaker 1: so I hope we have every seat field here. I

584
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 1: realized Brandon, you guys are probably still waiting for some

585
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent contracts to come back before everybody's signed,

586
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: sealed and delivered. But is your number, you know, based

587
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: on what you had said about you know, how it

588
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: might be a little more difficult to recruit guys. Do

589
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: you have your numbers where you want them for the

590
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: most part in terms of that portion of your roster here,

591
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: no one rookie camps about a week away. Yeah, I mean,

592
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: I think we're probably you know, these guys will have

593
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 1: to come in and take physicals. We've got some workouts

594
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: lined up next week. We'll probably be by the end

595
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: of the mini camp I'd say eighty four to eighty

596
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,760
Speaker 1: seven depending on these guys, and we'll be able to

597
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: go up to ninety one because of the Christian way

598
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: to exception. One of the things we're doing research on is,

599
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: you know, last year the league made us in the

600
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: Union to reduce our rosters down to eighty to start

601
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: camp instead of ninety. There's been some uncertainty whether you know,

602
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: it could be a different number than ninety. Is it

603
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: eighty five, is it eighty. So we're going to try

604
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: and monitor that before we push the roster up to

605
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: ninety as well. Yeah, because I saw there was a

606
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: right up out of New England that the Patriots really

607
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: aren't participating much at all in signing undrafted rookie free

608
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: agents right away, So it seems like they're kind of

609
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: holding their water on that too. It's very that's a

610
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: very interesting development. You gotta it seems like they're changing

611
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: stuff on you guys all the time, and you gotta pivot,

612
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: like at the drop of a hat. Yeah, it's well,

613
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: I mean, a lot of teams wasted money signing some

614
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: of these, you know, these young players after the draft

615
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: last year. And it's unfortunate because there were some players

616
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 1: that we thought had we been able to keep them around,

617
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: I mean, fortunately, like Antonio Williams, we had to cut

618
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: him right away to get down and just from a

619
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 1: number standpoint, but fortunately we were able to get him back,

620
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: but there were some that we weren't able to get back.

621
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:47,239
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously, selfishly we wanted all ninety, but

622
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 1: I felt really bad for some of these kids that

623
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: you talk in ten A club that three and twenty players,

624
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,719
Speaker 1: I guarantee there's some players in there that, had they

625
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: been able to go to camp, would have made a

626
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: roster And it's just I hope for the league that

627
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: we keep it at ninety. It's it's very important. And

628
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: this year we're gonna be playing preseason games, right and

629
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: last year we weren't doing that. Injuries will happen. We

630
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: know that when you're when you're playing those games. So

631
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 1: going with eighty this year could be very problematic because

632
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,240
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, you get a run on injuries

633
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 1: at a position, you've got to either injury settle and

634
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: replace them, or you've got to play starters longer. So

635
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: I hope that they come to a resolution at some

636
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:33,879
Speaker 1: point and we get it up to ninety. But we'll

637
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:38,879
Speaker 1: see how that goes. What do you anticipate them the

638
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 1: protocols to be going through there are you guys gonna

639
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: be testing every day? Like you I mean, it was

640
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: it was like getting up and brushing your teeth in

641
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 1: the morning. You were getting getting tested. I mean it was,

642
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,399
Speaker 1: it was. It was amazing, And you're right. I think

643
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: the biggest the biggest win for the NFL last year

644
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: was getting all of two hundred and fifty six games.

645
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: And I've said it, I think it was the most

646
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: underrated accomplishment in all the professional sports was the league

647
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: getting it all in. But how much of that's going

648
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: to carry over to this year and how tough is

649
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: it going to be just to get up and rolling again. Yeah,

650
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: I mean the early indications are that if you're vaccinated,

651
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,879
Speaker 1: and that means fully vaccinated, it means you've been two

652
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: weeks since your second shot, that you're going to have

653
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: to probably test once a week. But if you're not,

654
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: then you'd have to test every day like we did

655
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: last year. Still unsure about the masking how that will go.

656
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: I think there's gonna be some incentives to if you

657
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: have X number of percent of your players and staff vaccinated,

658
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: you can live normal. Let's just call it back to

659
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: the old days. If you don't it's going to look

660
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: more like last year. Social distance meetings encourages meaning to

661
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: be virtual, mask in the building, maybe even mask on

662
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: the sideline. You know, a lot of that still to

663
00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: be determined, but I hope that, you know, if those

664
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: are the rules, that we'll be able to get enough

665
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: people vaccinated and not have to deal with with all

666
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: the headaches from a ye. Right, So if you're one

667
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: if you're one player away from the ratio from living

668
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 1: normal or having everybody to be tested, do you just

669
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: cut a guy that's not a pascinating wow? Yeah, yeah, right, yeah,

670
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: I would because it being an advantage absolutely. Yeah, we're laughing,

671
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: but uh, you know, the these meetings were not as

672
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,880
Speaker 1: as productive as before because we had I mean, you

673
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 1: guys saw it in the field house. We had three

674
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: and four meetings going on and you sometimes you're talking

675
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 1: over each other. But it was the only way to

676
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 1: pull it off and be socially distant. So, um, it

677
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: would be an advantage to to cut a player and

678
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: getting and fall under that umbrella. Last one for me,

679
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: And I know this is uh, you know a little

680
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: bit out off the radar. It's in the back burner

681
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,439
Speaker 1: right now. But the twenty twenty two draft class as

682
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 1: compared to this one. This one was we've got accounts,

683
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 1: was small. I was like six hundred guys coming out

684
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: kind of eligible. Next year, you're gonna have like nine

685
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: thousand guys in the draft pool. So those draft picks

686
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: seem to me would be a little bit more valuable.

687
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts about next year's draft, what

688
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: that's gonna look like in the wake of what we've

689
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: seen over the last eighteen months. Yeah, I mean I

690
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: still feel like and this is early. I mean, I

691
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: don't know a lot about this class, to be honest

692
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: with you, other than some guys that we were looking

693
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: at that we thought may come out and that went back.

694
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: But the guys that were getting back grades top three

695
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,439
Speaker 1: four rounds, they came out this year. So I don't

696
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: think that number is going to be different. I think

697
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,240
Speaker 1: the third day draft picks though, those fifth, sixth, seventh,

698
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,479
Speaker 1: and free ages, I think there's gonna be a lot

699
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,919
Speaker 1: in that pool. Which listen, you can you can still

700
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: find very good players. You look at it every year.

701
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: I think I saw stat the other day that in

702
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:57,439
Speaker 1: the conference championship games, the four teams had twenty eight

703
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,479
Speaker 1: starters from the fifth through seventh round, you know, something

704
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: like that, which was as many or more than any

705
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:09,280
Speaker 1: other any other round. So it's just I do think

706
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: it'll be a heavier volume of players. We've got to

707
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 1: work through and get situated. I don't know if the

708
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,399
Speaker 1: first two days we'll get moved a lot. Brandon has

709
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 1: always thanks for the time. We hope the weather and

710
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: proves for you so you can get some well deserved

711
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: time off and hit him straight out there on the tracks.

712
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 1: I know I got to catch Steve. I know he's

713
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: well ahead on me right now. You owe me money.

714
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: I always do, Thanks, Brandon. Okay, Steve, it's time for

715
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: our one burning question, give it to me. I think

716
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,880
Speaker 1: we can say definitively that the most successful rookie quarterbacks

717
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 1: from the twenty twenty class were Justin Herbert and Joe

718
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: Burrow before he suffered his acl on knee injury. Which

719
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: quarterbacks from the twenty twenty one class do we believe

720
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 1: will have the kind of success that those two had

721
00:38:56,760 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: as rookies here in twenty twenty two. For me, yeah,

722
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: my opinion, zero, none of them. Zero. Now one of

723
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: us are the teams they're playing for. One of them

724
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: may emerge and be offensive rookie the year because he's

725
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 1: gonna take every snapsack Wilson or you know, Mac Jones

726
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: or Trey Lance. I'd probably not, but maybe if an

727
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: injury happens, they could emerge and do that. But they

728
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: are not going to have the year that Joe that

729
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert had last year. There's just no way that

730
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: guy was off the hook had one of the greatest

731
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 1: rookie touchdown passes, greatest rookie seasons for a quarterback of

732
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 1: all time. Now it could be a trend where we

733
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: start seeing that a little more, but I don't believe

734
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: in the situations these guys got drafted into that any

735
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: of them will have the kind of success that Justin

736
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: Herbert had last year, or Joe Burrow for that matter,

737
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 1: before he was injured. I wonder about Justin Fields a

738
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: little bit. There are some pieces in place there for

739
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: him to have success. And you know that that front

740
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: office is under pressure to win games and go forward

741
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: with a new guy, and I think they're gonna be

742
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: anxious to get him on the field sooner rather than later.

743
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: But is that good for him is what remains to

744
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 1: be seen. Same can be said for Trey Lance, who

745
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: you know, seventeen starts at the FCS level. Now it's

746
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Yeah, I don't know. And then you

747
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: look at Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson. They're not really on

748
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: teams that are ready to compete yet, so they're gonna

749
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: be getting the tar knocked out of him. And then

750
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,240
Speaker 1: you go to Mac Jones and it's kind of unclear

751
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 1: as to when he might get on the field. Although

752
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,360
Speaker 1: if he does, Trevor Lawrence, if he stays healthy and

753
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: on his feet, yeah he's gonna have He'll be successful,

754
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: may you know, more successful than the Jaguars have been.

755
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: But you know, you look at all these teams, Chicago

756
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 1: justin fields maybe one. He was one of the top

757
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: two or three quarterbacks in this draft for a lot

758
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 1: of people, even though he was off of radar for

759
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: a little bit. In the great words of Jim McMahon,

760
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 1: former Chicago Bears quarterback, Chicago's where quarterbacks go to die.

761
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: You know, that's that's a tough place to win as

762
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: a quarterback. Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence has got a chance to

763
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: be good. It all depends on how Urban Meyer and

764
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: his coaching staff adjust to the NFL game coming into it,

765
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: how what they can give Trevor Lawrence to make him

766
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,959
Speaker 1: successful and the tools around him Trevor Lawrence, that team

767
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: may be a little bit more successful, but I don't

768
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: know that Trevor Lawrence is going to be able to

769
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: put together a season the way those guys did last

770
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: He might be productive individually, but they still may not

771
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: win enough games. That's the rub there with Jacksonville and

772
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: probably a couple of the other teams on that fun

773
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: to watch though it will be and they'll be front

774
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 1: and center every single week. And if Aaron Rodgers doesn't

775
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: play in Green Bay and it could be different, the

776
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: landscape of the NFC North for Justin Fields could be

777
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: dramatically different. That'll do it for this edition of One

778
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,280
Speaker 1: Bill's Life. Don't forget to subscribe on YouTube, Apple, podcast,

779
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts so you know

780
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 1: what our next episode is released. And remember when there

781
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: isn't enough time for One Bills Live, there's always enough

782
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: time for One Bill's Life. For Steve task around, Chris Brown,

783
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: We'll see you next week. Everybody sust