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Speaker 1: This One Bills Live presented by Callida Health. All right,

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Speaker 1: how is everybody on a Friday? Chris Brown Maddi clab

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Speaker 1: with you on this edition of One Bill's Live and

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Speaker 1: every Friday. As you know, the OBL Fan Friday Mailbag

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Speaker 1: is open for us to answer any of your pressing

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Speaker 1: us a call at three oh five fifty one eighty eight,

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Speaker 1: five fifty two five point fifty where we have open

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Speaker 1: lines for you to chime in. It did become official today.

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Speaker 1: We all saw the reports yesterday and the night before,

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Speaker 1: but Taylor Rap has officially signed his three year contract

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Speaker 1: with the Bills. So he is back in the fold

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Speaker 1: officially after signing his contract today, and that helps refortify

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Speaker 1: a position that was looking pretty barren just a day

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Speaker 1: knowing Micah Hi's a free agent, Cam Lewis is a

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Speaker 1: free agent, Rap was another one of those free agents.

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Speaker 1: But he is back in the fold now, and you

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Speaker 1: know the first, you know, the first player to sign

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Speaker 1: like a three year deal or more. David Edwards signed

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Speaker 1: a two year deal the other day, Matt Hawk a

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Speaker 1: one year deal, So this is the longest contract term

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Speaker 1: we've seen amongst Buffalo's free agent players, or at least

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Speaker 1: projected to be free agents. So he does not get

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Speaker 1: to the market, Taylor Rap decides to take the contract

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Speaker 1: in hand with the team for whom he played last year.

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Speaker 1: And we've talked about this a lot, Maddie. It's a

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Speaker 1: safety market that is expected to be very depressed, with

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Speaker 1: supply far out weighing demand. Once again, because I crunched

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Speaker 1: the numbers. Last year, there were eighteen starters in free

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Speaker 1: agency at the safety position. This year there are twenty

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Speaker 1: eight twenty eight and that was blown up by some

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Speaker 1: the last few days, but it's still ten more starters

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Speaker 2: That is wild to think about that there's that many

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Speaker 2: more than there were compared to last year. Last year

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Speaker 2: we were all talking about, oh, the safety market, you

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Speaker 2: can get a great safety and free agency, Well you

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Speaker 2: can do that this year as well, even more, and

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Speaker 2: the Bills re signed Taylor Rap to that three year deal.

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Speaker 2: They lose Jordan Poyer and release Michael Hida, set to

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Speaker 2: become a free agent next week. If Micah Hide does

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Speaker 2: not come back, if he decides to retire, you're losing

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Speaker 2: two players who were a safety tandem on this team

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Speaker 2: for seven seasons. So it makes sense why they would

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Speaker 2: want to bring back Taylor Rap on a three year deal.

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Speaker 2: You probably want somebody in that position group who understands

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and we'll talk a little bit more about free

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Speaker 1: Henry McKenna, AFC East reporter for Foxsports dot Com in

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Speaker 1: the second hour of the show. So we look forward

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Speaker 1: to that conversation Rap. Meanwhile, we'll be addressing the media

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Speaker 1: in about twenty five minutes, so we will carry that

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Speaker 1: press conference live for you. He's being made available on Zoom,

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Speaker 1: so we will carry that press conference here on one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live at the bout the bottom of the hour,

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Speaker 1: provided it starts on time. There was one bit of ground,

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Speaker 1: Maddie that we didn't get a chance to cover yesterday

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Speaker 1: concerning all the player moves off the roster that happened

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Speaker 1: earlier this week on Wednesday, and it's concerning special teams.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about Mitch Morris, Tredevius White, Jordan Poyer,

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Speaker 2: siran Neil has played for the Bills for six seasons.

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Speaker 2: He is a familiar face on this roster, almost been

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Speaker 2: And you wonder how they retool that group knowing that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that teams that have to cut costs

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Speaker 1: and his cap figures too high. I get all that,

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Speaker 1: your coverage team's importance, I think is diminished. Perfect example,

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Speaker 1: Sam Martin last season thirtieth in the league in total punts.

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Speaker 1: He punted fifty one times. That's three times a game

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Speaker 1: All you need on kickoff is a guy that can

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Speaker 1: many ways you can work around not being exposed on

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Speaker 2: And I wouldn't want to be investing in a special

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Speaker 2: You don't need that guy running down the field forty

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Speaker 1: Speed is always going to be a part of this game,

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Speaker 1: run well, you know you're fine. If the kickoff rules

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Speaker 1: But you got Matt Hawk here. Now, what's going on

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Speaker 1: And I look, I'll be the first to tell you Poyer,

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Speaker 1: White Morse, they deserve the headlines what they did here

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Speaker 1: But we didn't get a chance to cover that ground

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Speaker 1: understand this roster is probably going to undergo a good

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Speaker 1: degree of change, But right now, your odds on favorite

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Speaker 1: shape and form. So yeah, I once they franchised him,

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Speaker 1: I was like, okay, things are probably like that's either

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Speaker 1: really can get a contract done with him. But after

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Speaker 1: hearing what we heard about the trade and everything, the

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Speaker 1: trade requests last during last season. I was like, are

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Speaker 1: they gonna be able to get him back like or

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Speaker 1: are they just franchising him to trade him? So yeah,

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Speaker 1: that one, That one surprised me a little bit, but

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Speaker 1: it's probably better for the Bears in the end getting

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Speaker 1: their number one corner back in the fold. We've got

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Speaker 1: to take a break here. Reminder that it is obl

447
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Speaker 1: fan Friday Mailbag. Any question you have about the roster,

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Speaker 1: free agency, the draft, you let us know at eight

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Speaker 1: a one Bills Live. When we come back, we should

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Speaker 1: have Tailor Rap after it became official today he signed

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Speaker 1: his three year contract with the Bills. He is going

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Speaker 1: to be addressing the media when we return here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by a Lot of Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, back here on One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Matti glab with you. Want us to also

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Speaker 1: remind you we've got an updated mock draft watch coming

458
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Speaker 1: up about an hour from now. Bump Bump Bump. But

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Speaker 1: we pivot now to the press conference that Taylor Rap

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Speaker 1: is having with the Western New York media. Let's go

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Speaker 1: there now, Tyler, it's a rap we meet again.

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Speaker 4: Lookie Hagans sports today. He congratulations, Thank you so much.

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Speaker 5: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 6: It's so much of a difference than last year when

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Speaker 6: we were talking about, you know, you're coming here to

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Speaker 6: Buffalo and you know, just just taught me a little

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Speaker 6: bit more how Buffalo was able to a lot some

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Speaker 6: of your special talents that you were able not to

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Speaker 6: do up in uh when you were with the Rams.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: You know, I think even so for for myself on

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Speaker 7: the field this past year with Buffalo's you know, looked

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Speaker 7: a little different in terms of playing time and you know,

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Speaker 7: you my usage throughout the season compared to when you know,

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Speaker 7: the rest of my career with the Rams and stuff.

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Speaker 7: And you know, but you know, any opportunity I got

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Speaker 7: to see the field, and you know, I I tried

478
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Speaker 7: to make the most of it, and uh, you know,

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Speaker 7: it was it was a special year. And obviously, you know,

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Speaker 7: I feel, you know, very confident this organization, this team,

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Speaker 7: and you know, felt like, you know, it would be

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Speaker 7: the best move to uh to come back here and

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Speaker 7: you know, spend spend the next few years here. So

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Speaker 7: I'm super pumped about, you know, making it happen. Super

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Speaker 7: pumped about, you know, getting back to work, and you know,

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Speaker 7: we got some unfinished, unfinished, unfinished business to take.

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Speaker 6: Care of, absolutely man. And you know, what is some

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Speaker 6: of the things that you know, learning from Jordan Employer

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Speaker 6: and Michael Hyde that you know you're definitely going to uh,

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Speaker 6: you know, show out there. You know obviously you know

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Speaker 6: what the nature of the business of the game. You know,

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Speaker 6: you're the guy, you know that's handlin in the back end.

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Speaker 6: So what are some of the things that you learned

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Speaker 6: from two of the best and Hide Employee.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, first of all, I can't I can't

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Speaker 7: say enough good things about both those guys. And you know,

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Speaker 7: coming into last year, you know, I didn't know how

498
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Speaker 7: you know, the dynamic of the room was going to be,

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Speaker 7: how how I was going to be viewed, as you know,

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Speaker 7: coming in coming in last year on the on a

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Speaker 7: one year deal. And but I mean those guys took

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Speaker 7: me in right away, that took me under their wing.

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Speaker 7: You know, I can't, like I said, I can't, I

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Speaker 7: can't say enough great things about them. And you know,

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Speaker 7: if you want to really you know, they're there are

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Speaker 7: two of the definition of true pros. And you know

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Speaker 7: how they approach this game, how they approach you know,

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Speaker 7: their their preparation. You know, obviously they're they're great players

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Speaker 7: on the field, but you know even even better men,

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Speaker 7: better teammates, and you know, uh, they're they're my brothers.

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Speaker 5: Man. I I can't say enough great things about those

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Speaker 5: two guys.

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Speaker 6: One more if I can. Tyler, you coming in on

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Speaker 6: a proved deal, and you proved in and obviously now

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Speaker 6: you're getting the contract. What would you say to all

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Speaker 6: those guys you know that's in free agency this year,

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Speaker 6: that's you know, that got something to prove about coming

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Speaker 6: to Buffalo.

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Speaker 4: What do you have to say about to those guys?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean Buffalo is a special place.

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Speaker 7: So I think the rest of the league, and you know,

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Speaker 7: the rest of the world is starting to see, you know,

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Speaker 7: over over the last few years especially, you know what

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Speaker 7: what this organization and what this.

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Speaker 5: Team is capable of.

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Speaker 7: You know, we're uh this this locker room is tighter

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Speaker 7: than ever and you know, I obviously that was you know,

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Speaker 7: one thing I was looking forward to and in free

529
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Speaker 7: agency last year was you know, a place that fit

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Speaker 7: me culture culture wise, but also you know, fit my

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Speaker 7: talents and my strengths on the field, and you know,

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Speaker 7: I I think I found uh the place that you know,

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Speaker 7: I want to be here for the rest of my career.

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, Man, Buffalo is contagious. Congratulations Thanks again, Hey Taylor.

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Speaker 3: Eric Kathy from the Buffalo News, Congratulations.

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Speaker 8: I just wanted to ask first, what have the last

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Speaker 8: couple of months been like for you, you know, since

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Speaker 8: we last saw you at the end of the season.

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Speaker 7: Uh. Yeah, you know, just obviously a tough way to

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Speaker 7: end the season, and especially for me too because you know,

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Speaker 7: I wasn't able to get back on the field, you know,

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Speaker 7: with with the injury that I sustained against Miami the

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Speaker 7: last regular season game. So you know, obviously tough way

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Speaker 7: to end the season, and you know, uh in that

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Speaker 7: playoff loss against Kansas City. But for me personally, you know,

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Speaker 7: just because it was tough for me to you know,

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Speaker 7: be on the sidelines and you know, not not be

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Speaker 7: able to be out there with with my uh you know,

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Speaker 7: my teammates and you know play play for the city

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Speaker 7: and play for the organization.

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Speaker 5: It was it was tough for me.

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Speaker 7: But you know, ever since the season ended, kind of

553
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Speaker 7: just I headed back to the West Coast and you know,

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Speaker 7: been kind of just spending some downtime and some good

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Speaker 7: quality time with my my wife and you know, got

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Speaker 7: some plans to uh go see go see family up

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Speaker 7: and up in Washington and but but really just trying

558
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 7: to kind of recharge and you know, get ready for

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Speaker 7: this upcoming season because you know O O T is

560
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 7: right around the corner next month literally, so you know,

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Speaker 7: just trying to recharge and you know, get get ready

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Speaker 7: for this upcoming year.

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Speaker 8: Again, you mentioned just kind of what your role was

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Speaker 8: last season. What I when you're we're talking to the

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Speaker 8: bills ahead of this what did they say you know

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Speaker 8: that you can share about what your role will look

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Speaker 8: like for this upcoming year, Like what are they seeing

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Speaker 8: you as.

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Speaker 5: In terms of like playing time or or what do you.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, you know, I'm I'm gonna be obviously

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Speaker 7: you stepping into a bigger role and you know that's

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Speaker 7: something that you know, I take pride in and you know,

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Speaker 7: like I uh, you know, uh kind of touched on

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Speaker 7: the last few questions, is you know last year was

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Speaker 7: a little different for me looking than my the rest

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Speaker 7: of my career. You know, my first four years, you know,

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Speaker 7: I was I was used to you used to being

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Speaker 7: the guy in the in the starter, and you know,

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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to, uh, getting back.

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Speaker 5: Into that role.

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Speaker 3: What's your relationship like with Bobby Babbage.

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Speaker 8: I know he had switched from working to linebackers right

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Speaker 8: before you got there, but just with him stepping into

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Speaker 8: this bigger role, what's it going to be like working

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Speaker 8: more with him?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know, he's He's the type of

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Speaker 5: guy that you know, you can feel his energy.

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Speaker 7: You know the first first, second, first minute that you

589
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Speaker 7: spent spend with him, and you know, I I I

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Speaker 7: knew his uh energy and you know, everything was so contagious,

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Speaker 7: you know, the first first, first time I really spent

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Speaker 7: time with him during OTIS and his energy is just unmatched.

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Speaker 7: And you know, looking forward to you know, excited about

594
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Speaker 7: his uh, his opportunity, you know with the promotion and

595
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Speaker 7: uh you know, becoming the defensive coordinator and you know,

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Speaker 7: looking forward to working with him and you know, working

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Speaker 7: a little more closely to him. You know, obviously last

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Speaker 7: year with him being the linebarger's coach, you know, obviously

599
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Speaker 7: you have to spend time with him, and you know,

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Speaker 7: linebackers and DB's work very closely back seven. And but yeah,

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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to you know, the opportunity to work

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Speaker 7: with him from this dynamic.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Taylor, congrats again, Thank you, Hey Taylor, congrats.

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Speaker 9: Coming off Catherine's question, I was curious there's a bunch

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Speaker 9: of there's new coaches too in the secondary. Just have

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Speaker 9: you been able to have any conversations there kind of

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Speaker 9: what has that communication been like so far?

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Speaker 5: Uh? Yeah, I mean I I haven't got had a

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Speaker 5: new conversation with with the new Corners coach, but.

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Speaker 7: Looking looking forward to you know, meeting him and spend

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Speaker 7: some time with him. And I've heard great things about him.

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Speaker 7: So you know, obviously every season, you know, there's a

613
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Speaker 7: little bit of you know, coaching turnover and so just

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Speaker 7: just excited to you know, meet meet all the new

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00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 7: UH coaches and you know, excited to get get to

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Speaker 7: work with them.

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Speaker 9: I guess you kind of obviously talked about like Jordan

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Speaker 9: and Mica and the impact they had. But I'm curious,

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Speaker 9: like how do you kind of view maybe your role

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Speaker 9: going into this season with you know, those guys are

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Speaker 9: captains and that kind of thing, Like how do you

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Speaker 9: is it do you take on more of a leadership role,

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Speaker 9: Like do you view anythings in that way obviously as

624
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Speaker 9: a veteran coming back into this group.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, definitely, you know, I I've got to

626
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Speaker 7: be able to take a take take a more of

627
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Speaker 7: a leadership role, like you said, and you know that's

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Speaker 7: something that I'm looking forward to. And you know, last

629
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Speaker 7: year it looks looked a little different. Like I I

630
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Speaker 7: touched on the last few questions from you know, a

631
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Speaker 7: lot of different angles and you know, kind of just

632
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 7: feeling my feed and kind of being the new guy

633
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 7: and stuff like you you know, and they obviously, uh,

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00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 7: you know, Micah and Jordan's been been around you know, organization,

635
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 7: in the in the team for seven years, and so

636
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 7: you know, it just looked a little a little different

637
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Speaker 7: than last year.

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Speaker 5: But you know, definitely, you know, the.

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Speaker 7: Leadership role that I'm gonna have to take this year

640
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 7: is someone I'm looking forward to and you know, really

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00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 7: excited about.

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Speaker 9: Congrata, Thank you.

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Speaker 8: Hey, I just wanted to follow up a bit on

644
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Speaker 8: you know, you've mentioned how last year was different so

645
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Speaker 8: many times. What do you think are some things you

646
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 8: learned about yourself during that year.

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00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,239
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I think, uh, last year was was

648
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Speaker 7: one of the harder years that I've had to deal

649
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Speaker 7: with just just from a whole bunch of you know,

650
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Speaker 7: different angles, and you know, I had stuff going on

651
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 7: personally and family wise, but also you know with with

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Speaker 7: football and uh, you know, the role that I'm not

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Speaker 7: necessarily used to.

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Speaker 5: Uh that I was with it last year.

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Speaker 7: So you know, first of all, I don't think I

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Speaker 7: would have, you know, wanted any any different. You know,

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Speaker 7: I wouldn't want it any other way, just because of

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Speaker 7: you know, I'm a true believer, and you know, all

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Speaker 7: the adversity and all the hard stuff that you go

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Speaker 7: through is is going to pay off. And you know,

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Speaker 7: some of the things I was able to learn last

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Speaker 7: year about myself, you know, it's gonna pay huge dividends

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Speaker 7: for for my future, wisdom, future, you know, uh, basically

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Speaker 7: every everything coming up in the future. And so you know,

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Speaker 7: I went through a lot last year, and you know,

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Speaker 7: really really looking forward to you know, being able to

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Speaker 7: use those valuable lessons and valuable information that I gained

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Speaker 7: last year into you know, this next year, but also

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Speaker 7: uh for the rest of my career and even after football.

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Speaker 5: You know, some of some of the lessons I learned,

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Speaker 5: it's it's it was really incredible.

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Speaker 3: I think that's a really good perspective, but it can

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Speaker 3: be hard to get to that sometimes.

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Speaker 8: Is there a point during the season where you started

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Speaker 8: to feel that a bit more of like, hey, this

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Speaker 8: is hard, but it's going to help me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: I mean, you know, I I think it's it's very

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Speaker 7: human nature to to be resistant against, you know, opening

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Speaker 7: up to that growth. But I think some of the

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Speaker 7: some of the greatest growth that everyone will admit to

682
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Speaker 7: is when they went through the hardest times and the

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Speaker 7: toughest times they went through life. And you know, that's

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Speaker 7: kind of what I went through last year, and you know,

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Speaker 7: just the stuff that I was able to overcome, and

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Speaker 7: I know that I'm become a better player, better person

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Speaker 7: from it. And uh, you know, like you said, it was,

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Speaker 7: it's very hard to you know, get past that point.

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Speaker 7: It's very you resist it. But you know, I don't

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Speaker 7: remember exactly exactly a time throughout the season that I

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Speaker 7: went I did, but I knew that I was able

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Speaker 7: to break through that barrier.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, all good on that front.

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Speaker 3: Awesome. I appreciate that perspective. Thanks Taylor.

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Speaker 5: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: That's all the questions for today. Appreciate your time, Taylor.

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Speaker 5: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: So that is Taylor Rapp fresh off signing his three

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Speaker 1: year contract new contract with the Bills, and you heard

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Speaker 1: him there pretty much indicate that he is fully expecting

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Speaker 1: to be taking on a starting role, and sometimes the

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Speaker 1: money that a player gets on a three year contract

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Speaker 1: is indication of that, and I would tend to think

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Speaker 1: that is in fact the case here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I said, taking on that starter role, or going to

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Speaker 2: take on that starter role, is something that he takes

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Speaker 2: a lot of pride in and went into detail about

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Speaker 2: how last year was a little bit hard for him

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Speaker 2: to come from a team where he was a starter,

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Speaker 2: go into a situation with the Buffalo Bills where you're

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Speaker 2: behind Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde and have to learn

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Speaker 2: how to live life and in that position group not

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Speaker 2: being a starter. But I think it was a year

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Speaker 2: for him where he could learn the defense, learn under

716
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Speaker 2: mikeh and Jordan because he is a younger player than them,

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Speaker 2: and get ready. If he showcased, hey, this is what

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Speaker 2: I can offer this team. If the coaching staff liked

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Speaker 2: him enough and they did to now sign a three

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Speaker 2: year deal, Yeah, and.

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Speaker 1: You know, maybe more playing time is all this guy

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Speaker 1: needs to really shine And if that in fact happens, well,

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Speaker 1: then the Bills may have gotten themselves a nice deal

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Speaker 1: here bringing wrap back on a three year contract. We

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Speaker 1: want to get to some of your questions in the

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Speaker 1: OBL Friday fan mail bag. If you have any and

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Speaker 1: you want to give us a call, you can do

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Speaker 1: that as well at eight oh three oh five point

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

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Speaker 1: the toll free number to get on board, as we

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Speaker 1: do have lines open for you. But the first question

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Speaker 1: comes from Aaron and he asks is Hawk a better

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Speaker 1: holder than Martin? And could Martin be the reason for

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Speaker 1: Bass's kicking woes. I think the operation is always going

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Speaker 1: to come under scrutiny when the kicker doesn't have his

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Speaker 1: best season, and I think Tyler Bass would be the

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Speaker 1: first to tell you he did not have his best

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Speaker 1: season this year. So I think it's something that will

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Speaker 1: be under exam nation by the Special Teams coaches. It

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Speaker 1: will be something that undoubtedly was asked during exit interviews

741
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Speaker 1: for Tyler Bass, like hey, was the operation okay? Like

742
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: what do you attribute some of your struggles to this year?

743
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Speaker 1: They probably got his opinion on the matter, and I

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Speaker 1: can't say here today that the reason Hawk is back

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Speaker 1: on the roster is because he holds the ball better

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Speaker 1: than Sam Martin for Tyler Bass and makes him a

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Speaker 1: better kicker. I don't know that answer, but you can

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Speaker 1: certainly speculate. We'll have to wait and see. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's a wait and see right now. A lot of

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Speaker 1: people believe that because Hawk is back on the roster

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Speaker 1: it means Martin won't be because he's more expensive. And

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Speaker 1: the Bills are still trying to get into cap compliance

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Speaker 1: here because they still have about seven and a half

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Speaker 1: more million to go to get under and that's possible too.

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Speaker 1: You can't rule it out because of where Buffalo sits

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Speaker 1: on the case app right now.

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Speaker 2: We will see if Sam Martin is a part of

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Speaker 2: this roster in the coming weeks once free agency gets going.

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Speaker 2: Remember that negotiation period starts March eleventh at noon, and

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Speaker 2: the start of the new league gears March thirteenth at

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Speaker 2: four pm. Maybe we'll see some shift there at that

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Speaker 2: position group. But if not, then then maybe it's just

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Speaker 2: going to be a competition for training camp.

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Speaker 1: Right second question comes from j W Sox. Can you

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Speaker 1: please explain dead cab money. I think it's just a

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Speaker 1: figure the league uses to subtract from the amount of

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Speaker 1: money the team can spend on the cap. If it

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Speaker 1: is actual money, where does the money go. Dead cab

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Speaker 1: money is money that's already been paid. So the reason

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Speaker 1: it's called dead cab money is because it is money

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Speaker 1: that's already been paid to the player in the form

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Speaker 1: of a signing bonus or something else. So just as

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Speaker 1: an example, let's just say the Bills sign a player

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Speaker 1: to a two year, ten million dollar contract and five

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Speaker 1: million of that half of it is in a signing bonus. Well,

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Speaker 1: that goes into the player's pocket as soon as he

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Speaker 1: signs the contract. But what the salary cap rules allow

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Speaker 1: you to do is to spread that five million in

779
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Speaker 1: signing bonus money over the life of the deal. So

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Speaker 1: it's two and a half in signing bonus on the

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Speaker 1: cap this year and another two and a half in

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Speaker 1: signing bonus next year. But if you cut that player

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Speaker 1: and say, let's say he doesn't make the roster in August,

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Speaker 1: that five million total number goes on your cap this year.

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Speaker 1: Because you move that player off your roster, he's not

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Speaker 1: under contract next year, so all the bonus money that

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Speaker 1: you gave him accelerates into the year that you cut him.

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Speaker 1: So that's probably the simplest way that dead cap money

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Speaker 1: can be explained. We do have to take a break here,

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Speaker 1: but we're here to take your phone calls as well

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Speaker 1: and some more questions out of the mailbag when we

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Speaker 1: return here on One Bill's Live presented by Collida Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Maddy clab on a Friday obl

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Speaker 1: Fan Friday Mailbag. We'll get back to that in just

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Speaker 1: a second. Do want to recognize the fact that it

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Speaker 1: is International Women's Day today, and not only proud to

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Speaker 1: have Maddie on set here, but half of the people

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Speaker 1: in our control room are also women. So proud to

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Speaker 1: be able to say that. So Shannon and Addie Gianna

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00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 1: doing a great job in there every day with the

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Speaker 1: rest of our crew. So International Women's Day today. Did

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Speaker 1: you know that the official Everything's got a color?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 1: Do you notice that everything's got a theme color and

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Speaker 1: it's purple. Seems to be a lot of purple going

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Speaker 1: around though. Yeah, my wife Friday was trying to find

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Speaker 1: purple in her closet today before going to work, and

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Speaker 1: I gotta beef up the wardrobe. She's like, I don't

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Speaker 1: have anything purple. I love that, but yes, so Happy

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Speaker 1: International Women's Day to all the ladies out there, and

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Speaker 1: also a happy birthday to one of the women in

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Speaker 1: our control room, Shannon Brown's birthday.

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Speaker 10: Birthday.

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Speaker 1: A lot of March birthdays here on the show staff.

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Speaker 1: So it's crazy. We got like five of the seven

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Speaker 1: people that have birthdays in March.

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Speaker 4: It is.

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Speaker 1: It is a It is a majority rule for the

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Speaker 1: March month for birthdays as far as one Bill's live

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Speaker 1: is concerned. But let's get back to the questions that

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Speaker 1: we had on the mail bag or in the mail bag,

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Speaker 1: I should say, and this one comes from Rick. He says,

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Speaker 1: this is going to sound like a stupid question. Why

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Speaker 1: do people start like that?

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Speaker 2: Just ask the question I sometimes do that.

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Speaker 1: This is gonna question. This is going to sound like

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Speaker 1: a stupid question. Rick says, But why do teams overpay

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Speaker 1: free agents with guaranteed money knowing they'll soon regret it

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Speaker 1: and find themselves in salary cab jail with no easy

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Speaker 1: way out? Makes absolutely no sense to me. Days like

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Speaker 1: Wednesday would never have to happen. The reason why you

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Speaker 1: have to pay guaranteed money is because very often that

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Speaker 1: is what tips the scales in your favor to land

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Speaker 1: the player. As we have seen here firsthand, player careers

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Speaker 1: in football can get cut short like that. I'm rooting

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Speaker 1: for Tradevius White. We don't know if he's ever going

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00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: to play again. I mean, this is a guy that

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Speaker 1: had dreams of going to the Hall of Fame when

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Speaker 1: his career was over, and it might be over after

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Speaker 1: just seven years. The average NFL career lasts three and

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00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 1: a half years on average, So players and their agents

843
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Speaker 1: want as much money upfront as possible, and if it's

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Speaker 1: not going to come up front in the form of

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Speaker 1: a signing bonus, which as we explain the last segment

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Speaker 1: can cripple your cap. If you cut that player within

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Speaker 1: the form of dead money, then they want guarantee money

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Speaker 1: where even if they're cut, they get their money, and

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Speaker 1: so that is often why they have to be put

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Speaker 1: in contracts. You want to land the player, give him

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Speaker 1: guaranteed money.

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Speaker 2: Think about a player like von Miller. He received guaranteed

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Speaker 2: money when he signed according to spot track. But if

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Speaker 2: you want to be in on a big name like that,

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Speaker 2: you're gonna have to pay some money. You're gonna have

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Speaker 2: to sweeten up the deal for a player to come

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Speaker 2: to Buffalo, not just Buffalo. I'm not saying players don't

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Speaker 2: want to come to Buffalo. I'm saying, regardless of what

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Speaker 2: NFL team you are, if you're after a big shark

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Speaker 2: that's gonna be talking to multiple teams, you have to

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Speaker 2: do things to sweeten up the deal.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's just part of doing business. Unfortunately, now

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Speaker 1: you can try to structure it in a way that

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Speaker 1: makes it most beneficial to your cap, not only this year,

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Speaker 1: but next year, in the year after, or however long

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Speaker 1: the length of the contract is. But when if you're

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Speaker 1: in a bidding war and you're desperate to land the player,

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Speaker 1: sometimes teams do overpay and put too much gain guaranteed money,

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Speaker 1: or make the signing bonus too high, or don't structure

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Speaker 1: it properly because the player wants sixty million in the

871
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: first three years, which is what the Jalen Johnson contract was.

872
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,760
Speaker 1: He got a four year, seventy six million dollar contract,

873
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: sixty million of it in the first three years. So

874
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: that guy, even if he gets cut after the third year,

875
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: it's only going to be twenty eight years old. Could

876
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 1: go right back into free agency. He get another big

877
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: deal with sixty million in his pocket, no matter what

878
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: happens after year three. So that's the attractiveness and the

879
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:35,480
Speaker 1: demands that players and agents often put on clubs, especially

880
00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: one like Chicago who's trying to get out of irrelevancy

881
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,320
Speaker 1: and back to the playoffs. Ed asks, which was the

882
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:48,719
Speaker 1: most surprising move made by the Bills this week, I'd

883
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: probably say it's.

884
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,359
Speaker 2: Moose, right, Sane Moose for sure.

885
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:55,279
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think he was still thought of, certainly by

886
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: me as an important piece on this roster leadership wise,

887
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 1: playing wise, offensive line wise. I knew his cap figure

888
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: was not healthy for the team, so it put him

889
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 1: at risk. I guess I just thought they would try

890
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,400
Speaker 1: to make it work for one more year. I was

891
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: kind of the opinion that this was probably going to

892
00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: be Morse's last year in a Bill's uniform. Unfortunately, it

893
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,759
Speaker 1: came a year earlier than anticipated, and I think it's

894
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 1: due largely the fact that they could save eight and

895
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,040
Speaker 1: a half million by releasing it.

896
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 2: I thought, with how the offensive line played last season,

897
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 2: the level they played at. You heard Sean McDermott, you

898
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 2: heard Joe Brady, Josh Allen talk about how important the

899
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 2: offensive line was to what the offense was able to

900
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 2: do this past season, and knowing all five guys were

901
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:46,919
Speaker 2: coming back and under contract, I would think, why would

902
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 2: you want to rock the boat? You had something amazing

903
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 2: in that offensive line this past season. Why not running

904
00:48:53,480 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 2: back for year two? They could have something amazing in

905
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 2: the offensive line this upcoming season. We don't know how

906
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 2: that's going to look. Knowing that you knew what it

907
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,399
Speaker 2: looked like last year, let's do it again this year.

908
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 2: But we'll have to see what this year looks like

909
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:06,879
Speaker 2: for that group.

910
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 1: Right, We have to take a break here, but when

911
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Speaker 1: we come back, we will be joined by Henry McKenna,

912
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Speaker 1: AFC East reporter from Foxsports dot COM's got some interesting

913
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 1: write ups, not only on the AFC East and what

914
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,080
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are going to do with Tua, but what

915
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: the Bills should be looking at in free agency in

916
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Speaker 1: the wake of their player releases on Wednesday. That's coming

917
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Speaker 1: your way next here on One Bill's Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. This One Bills Live

919
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. Welcome into hour number two here

920
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,479
Speaker 1: on a Friday One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Matti glab

921
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:29,280
Speaker 1: with you and please to be joined now by AFC

922
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:33,200
Speaker 1: East reporter for Fox Sports. It is Henry McKenna joining

923
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 1: us here on the program. Henry, thanks for giving us

924
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Speaker 1: some time. We appreciate it. Just want to begin first

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Speaker 1: and foremost with the recent story that you had on

926
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Speaker 1: Fox sports dot com. Six free agents the Bills should

927
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: target in the wake of their roster moves, and we

928
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 1: know that it was kind of a black Wednesday here

929
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:57,160
Speaker 1: at One Bill's Drive, the most notable cuts coming at safety,

930
00:50:57,239 --> 00:51:01,720
Speaker 1: corner and center. I was interested did in your choice

931
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:05,000
Speaker 1: of Jalen Mills. I think there's a nice history there

932
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:09,280
Speaker 1: in terms of coverability, even though he's technically a safety,

933
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,440
Speaker 1: has even lined up at corner for Patriots for the

934
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: Patriots the last few years. What makes you like him

935
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 1: as a fit though? Is it more price or is

936
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: it more the skill set there? Knowing what Buffalo's cap

937
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:22,759
Speaker 1: situation is.

938
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 4: It's a little bit of both.

939
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,960
Speaker 11: It's it's this sort of profile of player that I

940
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 11: tried to identify for this article, and that's that's guys

941
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 11: that might be there in the second and.

942
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,520
Speaker 4: Third wave of free agency.

943
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 11: I'm not totally counting out one big splash from Brandon

944
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 11: being at the right position. One guy that I didn't

945
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:46,719
Speaker 11: put on this list that I think would you know,

946
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 11: get Bills fans excited, is Curtis Samuel as a guy

947
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 11: that might be you know, he underachieved on a passing

948
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 11: offense that was underachieving. Maybe he comes in and replaces

949
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 11: a guy like Dave Davis who didn't quite hit the

950
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 11: production levels at a consistent clip in Buffalo. But I

951
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 11: think he'll probably go somewhere else and make a lot

952
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 11: more money. So maybe that's another by low, but a

953
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,279
Speaker 11: guy that's still going to cost about nine million a year,

954
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 11: maybe ten million a year. So other than a big

955
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,479
Speaker 11: splash like that, you know, maybe they're looking at guys

956
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 11: who are still there Wave two, Wave three, and maybe

957
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 11: even further deeper along Mills Is like you said, he's

958
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:34,520
Speaker 11: a versatile player that can start, whether it's at cornerback

959
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 11: or at safety. He got underutilized in New England, so

960
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 11: I think his market will be almost nil, and a

961
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,279
Speaker 11: team like Buffalo who's seen how well he can play,

962
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,600
Speaker 11: you know, first hand, how consistent he can be, might

963
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:50,520
Speaker 11: might bring him in as a guy that they can

964
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 11: put into their rotation at either or both defensive back position.

965
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,160
Speaker 2: Henry, there's several names on this list that you released.

966
00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 2: Are there any other names that you really I think

967
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,279
Speaker 2: would be a great fit for the Bills based on

968
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 2: the needs that they now have after releasing quite a

969
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:05,680
Speaker 2: few players.

970
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think. I mean the names are the familiar ones.

971
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 11: I do wonder if the Safeties Ployer and Hide whether

972
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 11: those two guys might actually circle back another guy that's

973
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,399
Speaker 11: on this list, but I want to, you know, bring

974
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 11: back up for those who didn't read it as tredevious White.

975
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:27,520
Speaker 11: Those are people who I think will hit the market

976
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 11: and find a hard time getting the money they want,

977
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 11: so then they have to make the decision right like,

978
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 11: take roughly the same or the same contract from Buffalo,

979
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:40,320
Speaker 11: go back to your home, go back to a defense

980
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:43,680
Speaker 11: and a head coach who knows exactly how to use,

981
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:46,840
Speaker 11: you know, to maximize really good defensive players.

982
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:47,759
Speaker 4: And Sean McDermott.

983
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:52,000
Speaker 11: Those three guys could potentially come back if the market

984
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 11: doesn't look like they expect it to. And and the

985
00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 11: Safeties are two guys that I think it depends what

986
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,839
Speaker 11: Brandon Bean had in mind in terms of a youth

987
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 11: movement at that position, because maybe he does want to

988
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:08,320
Speaker 11: get a little bit younger and try something new. But

989
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:12,360
Speaker 11: the safeties are currently flooding the free agency market. We

990
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 11: saw Justin Simmons, you know, leave Denver. I believe yesterday

991
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:19,000
Speaker 11: he got released. We're seeing a number of players at

992
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:22,280
Speaker 11: that position, which we saw last year in free agency

993
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:26,239
Speaker 11: got enormously devalued. Those were some of the best safeties

994
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:29,799
Speaker 11: on the market, sat for weeks before they found a home.

995
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 11: So it's possible that if the Bills want to go younger,

996
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,920
Speaker 11: they could They could go after maybe not Justin Simmons

997
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:41,880
Speaker 11: level safeties, but other guys that that you know, Gino

998
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,719
Speaker 11: Stone from Baltimore, he might also still make good money.

999
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,680
Speaker 11: Jeremy Chin out of out of Carolina, guy that played

1000
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 11: very well, but maybe won't you know, he's I think

1001
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:56,040
Speaker 11: he's about twenty six, but maybe won't get that big money.

1002
00:54:57,480 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 4: These are the types of guys that you.

1003
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 11: Know, you haven't heard of them. Maybe the most hardcore

1004
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,560
Speaker 11: Bills fans have heard of them. But they were sort

1005
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 11: of like good, not yet great players that maybe McDermott

1006
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:14,120
Speaker 11: can elevate. And if they are going the way of youth,

1007
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 11: there are a fair amount of twenty six ish year

1008
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,239
Speaker 11: old safeties that'll be on the market two three weeks

1009
00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 11: into free agency.

1010
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:25,759
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, I'm really expecting a depressed market here.

1011
00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,680
Speaker 1: And one of the main reasons why, Henry is to

1012
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: your point, there were eighteen starters at safety and free

1013
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:35,360
Speaker 1: agency last year, and we saw how that depressed the

1014
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:38,920
Speaker 1: demand because the supply was so plentiful. This year, you

1015
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 1: have twenty eight starting safeties from this past season. That's

1016
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,080
Speaker 1: ten more than you had last year, not to mention

1017
00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 1: all the backup. So to me, I think the Bills

1018
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: can hold their water here a little bit and just

1019
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 1: wait and see what the market bears early. To your point,

1020
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 1: there might be one or two guys that get big money,

1021
00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 1: just like Jesse Bates did last year. That I think

1022
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,600
Speaker 1: you're going to be having guys looking for deals and

1023
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: ready to take less money. And I'll and I like

1024
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 1: the Chin guy. I like Chin a lot. I think

1025
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: he could be an option, you know, if the market

1026
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: is depressed. Another guy I'll throw in there that I

1027
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 1: saw twice last season in person, just because the Bills

1028
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,319
Speaker 1: played them twice, was Mike Edwards with the Chiefs Now.

1029
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,400
Speaker 1: Granted he wasn't the slated starter from week one, but

1030
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:25,279
Speaker 1: I thought he put a lot of nice tape out there.

1031
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 1: What do you think of his market value after playing

1032
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:29,440
Speaker 1: for just three million dollars last year?

1033
00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:34,239
Speaker 11: Yeah, I always worry a little bit about a guy

1034
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 11: like that who just won a Super Bowl. Some teams

1035
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:40,000
Speaker 11: want they will pay like a million extra year or

1036
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:45,000
Speaker 11: something like that for a super Bowl winning experienced guy.

1037
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:47,800
Speaker 11: It happened all the time when I was covering the

1038
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 11: Patriots where these guys were they were sort of like,

1039
00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:53,920
Speaker 11: not the top market player, but they were getting a

1040
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:56,480
Speaker 11: little bit more than you would have expected, if only

1041
00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,320
Speaker 11: because they have that experience. I don't think that's the

1042
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 11: kind of player that Brandon Bean wants to chase, or

1043
00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 11: at least that's not the value that he's interested in chasing.

1044
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:07,880
Speaker 11: But I do think, like you're saying, if it's if

1045
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 11: that super Bowl bonus so to speak, isn't doesn't end

1046
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 11: up coming to fruition because because.

1047
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,560
Speaker 4: Of the market, the realities of the safety market.

1048
00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,800
Speaker 11: You're right, like, that's a good player to put in

1049
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 11: a rotation with Taylor Rapp and maybe even a guy

1050
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:24,880
Speaker 11: like Jalen Mills, Right, And I think this year it's

1051
00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,520
Speaker 11: gonna it might be about getting creative at the position

1052
00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 11: and rethinking how they deploy safety. So I think previously

1053
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 11: it made a lot of sense when you had two

1054
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:37,640
Speaker 11: of the you know, basically one of the best safety

1055
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,200
Speaker 11: tandems in the NFL. You kind of set it and

1056
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 11: forget it. Maybe this year, you know, the Bill's experiment

1057
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:47,920
Speaker 11: with a three four man rotation. Guys who have specific

1058
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:54,280
Speaker 11: roles can play on specific downs, situational players that cost less,

1059
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:57,040
Speaker 11: and then an injury is less impactful on the defense

1060
00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,320
Speaker 11: because then you can ask, you know, your other three

1061
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,600
Speaker 11: starters toechnically at the position to compensate.

1062
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 2: A lot of these holes live in the defense. With

1063
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 2: players set to become free agents in less than a week,

1064
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,560
Speaker 2: the biggest hole is the defensive line, with eight players

1065
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,920
Speaker 2: set to become free agents. Henry, do you think there's

1066
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 2: any good fits out there for Buffalo on the defensive

1067
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:21,720
Speaker 2: line unit, knowing that they'll probably have to do some

1068
00:58:21,880 --> 00:58:24,200
Speaker 2: work in free agency and the draft.

1069
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's tricky.

1070
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:32,000
Speaker 11: Anytime you talk about edge, you're talking about generally like

1071
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:34,959
Speaker 11: pretty expensive players. This is where I think Josh Allen

1072
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 11: really needs to come into play. He is, you know,

1073
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,000
Speaker 11: one of the top three quarterbacks in the league. And

1074
00:58:42,120 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 11: you hear about New York the Jets using Aaron Rodgers

1075
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 11: as you know, free agency bit, and it's working. They're

1076
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 11: going to get players, veteran players at a discount, and

1077
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:57,479
Speaker 11: players that want to chase the Super Bowl.

1078
00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:58,600
Speaker 4: Now, I think the.

1079
00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 11: Three of us probably know that the Bills are much

1080
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 11: closer to winning a Super Bowl than the Jets. Let's

1081
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:06,760
Speaker 11: just look at the Jets offensive line and we can

1082
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:11,680
Speaker 11: see how many problems they have there. But Josh Allen

1083
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:14,840
Speaker 11: is a top three quarterback, right, Let's let's start getting him,

1084
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,600
Speaker 11: you know, if he's not already a part of this

1085
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 11: discussion to say, hey, veterans like Gidevian Clowney, like, let's see,

1086
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 11: I can't think of many right off the top of

1087
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,440
Speaker 11: my head, but I literally just did this list so

1088
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 11: for each team, so I'm sort of swimming with names,

1089
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 11: but Clowney is a name that will be out there.

1090
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:39,400
Speaker 11: Klais Campbell, that's another example of a guy who can

1091
00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:44,560
Speaker 11: play multiple positions along along the defensive line. Older players

1092
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 11: that Fletcher Cox, now they're coming to me, they're flooding back.

1093
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 11: Those are three defensive linemen that I think on the

1094
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:53,800
Speaker 11: older side, but still playing at a high level and

1095
00:59:53,920 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 11: can be situational, rotational players for that defensive line and

1096
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,160
Speaker 11: the defensive tackle spot, especially right you know, that whole

1097
01:00:04,560 --> 01:00:07,800
Speaker 11: position outside of Ed Oliver is really set to hit

1098
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 11: free agency, from Daikwon Jones to Pooniford, to Jordan Phillips, Alynval.

1099
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 4: Joseph, the whole, the whole unit.

1100
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 11: So they really need to figure out how they can

1101
01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:22,120
Speaker 11: maximize themselves as Super Bowl contenders to get some of

1102
01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 11: these veteran guys I think, you know, interested in chasing

1103
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:29,040
Speaker 11: a ring, less interested in making five, six, seventy eight, nine,

1104
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:29,680
Speaker 11: ten a year.

1105
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,080
Speaker 4: Maybe you find a guy that can make three or

1106
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:33,600
Speaker 4: four on a one year deal.

1107
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: Let's flip it over to the AFC since that's kind

1108
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,880
Speaker 1: of the division that is your specialty. And you know,

1109
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:44,080
Speaker 1: everybody's talking about the cap issues that the Bills had

1110
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: and how they were gonna have to work hard to

1111
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 1: get into compliance. I mean, the Dolphins were right there

1112
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,400
Speaker 1: with them, and they have I would argue, more big

1113
01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:55,440
Speaker 1: name free agents than Buffalo does to try to get

1114
01:00:55,560 --> 01:01:00,000
Speaker 1: back under contract, and even bigger names on the horizon

1115
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,120
Speaker 1: and like Jalen Waddle a year from now. So they're

1116
01:01:03,160 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 1: going to have to be really strategic with how they

1117
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 1: structure an extension for Tua. Christian Wilkins, as we know,

1118
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 1: was not franchised. I think he's as good as gone

1119
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:14,480
Speaker 1: because I think somebody's gonna jump all over that guy

1120
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:16,960
Speaker 1: for over twenty million, and it's gonna be too much

1121
01:01:17,400 --> 01:01:20,160
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins to stomach. So how do you see

1122
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:25,080
Speaker 1: the strategy of the Dolphins here going forward if they're

1123
01:01:25,120 --> 01:01:27,640
Speaker 1: going to keep a guy like Tua and still be

1124
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,280
Speaker 1: able to, for example, keep a guy like Waddle next year.

1125
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:32,880
Speaker 1: I'm not even counting Wilkins in the equation here right now.

1126
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:36,600
Speaker 11: No, I think you're exactly right. Wilkins, I think is

1127
01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 11: as good as gone. And then you look at the

1128
01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:43,560
Speaker 11: offensive line for Miami. Toron Armstead is considering retirement, Robert

1129
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 11: Hunt is headed to free agency, Isaiah Win is headed

1130
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:50,200
Speaker 11: to free agency. Connor Williams is headed to free agency.

1131
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 11: So that's four positions basically that are uncertain along that

1132
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 11: offensive line, and that's a lot of money to try

1133
01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 11: and retain all those guys.

1134
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:02,320
Speaker 4: So yeah, I think they've got it.

1135
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 11: Like you said, focus on if they're going to extend

1136
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 11: to a structuring that deal in a favorable way, not

1137
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,680
Speaker 11: just this year, but maybe next year too.

1138
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:15,080
Speaker 4: That deal, to me might be.

1139
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:20,600
Speaker 11: The most challenging situation in football right now, just given

1140
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:24,520
Speaker 11: how much money to a want, how much money quarterbacks

1141
01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:28,440
Speaker 11: are getting, how little money the Dolphins have. What I

1142
01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:31,200
Speaker 11: think will happen might be a little bit scary for

1143
01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:34,400
Speaker 11: the folks in Miami because they're probably going to give

1144
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:37,240
Speaker 11: to a lot of money and it might impact, like

1145
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:40,480
Speaker 11: you're saying, their ability to retain a guy like Jalen Waddle,

1146
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:44,320
Speaker 11: and if they do keep Waddle, it will mean major sacrifices.

1147
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:44,800
Speaker 4: On the offensive line.

1148
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:49,080
Speaker 11: I think Chris Greer, the Dolphins GM knows as well

1149
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:52,280
Speaker 11: as anyone Tua has the fastest time to throw in

1150
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:55,200
Speaker 11: the NFL. That's I think two point three five seconds

1151
01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:57,560
Speaker 11: faster than anyone else in the NFL.

1152
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 4: Now, that alleviates sort of like what Tom did for

1153
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,680
Speaker 4: his offensive line for so many years in New England.

1154
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:08,320
Speaker 11: That alleviates the you know, how well they have to play,

1155
01:03:08,440 --> 01:03:12,920
Speaker 11: how long they have to block their opposition. So I

1156
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:16,200
Speaker 11: think maybe that's where the sacrifices come into play, is

1157
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,680
Speaker 11: on the offensive line. But again, you're basically gonna have

1158
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 11: to start asking to a guy who doesn't play that

1159
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:25,920
Speaker 11: well in pressure to play super well in pressure. And

1160
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:29,720
Speaker 11: if you don't end up, you know, investing in receiver

1161
01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:31,960
Speaker 11: in Jalen Waddell, and you let him go, then maybe

1162
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 11: that money can stay on the offensive line. But then

1163
01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:37,560
Speaker 11: you only have one option for Tua, and he's going

1164
01:03:37,640 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 11: to have to elevate the supporting cast at receiver and

1165
01:03:40,520 --> 01:03:42,480
Speaker 11: tight end, which we haven't really seen him do yet.

1166
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:47,200
Speaker 11: So it is a really dangerous time, I think for

1167
01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:51,680
Speaker 11: Miami in a team building sense, I think it seems

1168
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,720
Speaker 11: like a lot of people feel like, oh, the Dolphins

1169
01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:55,440
Speaker 11: and the Bills are in a similar spot with the

1170
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:56,080
Speaker 11: cap crunch.

1171
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:57,040
Speaker 4: I don't think so.

1172
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,959
Speaker 11: I think the Bills have this like pretty well under control,

1173
01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:03,480
Speaker 11: and it's largely because they have a quarterback who knows

1174
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:05,880
Speaker 11: how to make the whole team better. And I'm not

1175
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:08,480
Speaker 11: sure Tua is even there yet. And then there's even

1176
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:10,400
Speaker 11: greater uncertain pep that'll ever get there.

1177
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of if if he's even there yet or

1178
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 2: ever will get there. Has he done enough to ask

1179
01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:21,280
Speaker 2: for the money that he might ask for to reset

1180
01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:24,720
Speaker 2: the quarterback market? Has he done enough in terms of

1181
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:27,960
Speaker 2: proving it in games that sure, we're gonna pay him

1182
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 2: this much money, and if you think so, why and

1183
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 2: if not, why as well?

1184
01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:36,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, yeah, So he's like trying to make Joe

1185
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 4: Burrow money.

1186
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:41,880
Speaker 11: That's fifty five million dollars a year ish, and like,

1187
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:44,560
Speaker 11: I think like a great place to settle would be

1188
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 11: like forty to forty five million for both sides. But

1189
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:50,760
Speaker 11: obviously that's just not the reality of how quarterback market works.

1190
01:04:51,200 --> 01:04:53,800
Speaker 11: It's a game of sort of opportunity cost. Like if

1191
01:04:53,840 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 11: the Dolphins look at Tua, who was one of the

1192
01:04:56,200 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 11: most prolific quarterbacks in the league this year, the problem

1193
01:05:00,320 --> 01:05:02,440
Speaker 11: is he wasn't most prolific in the games where it

1194
01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:05,000
Speaker 11: mattered most, right, Like, that's what football is about.

1195
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:05,880
Speaker 4: That's what you know.

1196
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,640
Speaker 11: I think is why I really value Josh Allen at

1197
01:05:09,640 --> 01:05:11,600
Speaker 11: a premium is that he's at his best sort of

1198
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:12,720
Speaker 11: in these clutch moments.

1199
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:16,640
Speaker 4: But Tua seems to shrink a little bit.

1200
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 11: And that's a problem as they decide whether he's worked

1201
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:24,160
Speaker 11: that fifty five million. The problem is, let's say the

1202
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:27,000
Speaker 11: Dolphins get wandering eyes, right, Like, let's say they start

1203
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:28,920
Speaker 11: to look around at what their other options on.

1204
01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:31,280
Speaker 4: It's not pretty.

1205
01:05:31,320 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 11: You can't guarantee necessarily that anyone will excel in this

1206
01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:40,600
Speaker 11: offense any better than to a I could potentially see,

1207
01:05:41,040 --> 01:05:43,520
Speaker 11: you know, Mike McDaniel having a level of confidence that

1208
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:44,760
Speaker 11: Kyle Shanahan has.

1209
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:46,040
Speaker 4: Right, it's a similar system.

1210
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:49,080
Speaker 11: That's where Mike Daniel, Mike Daniel, Mike McDaniel came from

1211
01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:52,800
Speaker 11: in San Francisco, and Shanahan is sort of famous or

1212
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:56,080
Speaker 11: infamous for kind of shuffling through quarterbacks and having success

1213
01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:59,520
Speaker 11: with a number of them. Maybe McDaniel thinks he can

1214
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:03,280
Speaker 11: do something similar, but I've seen sort of the opposite.

1215
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,840
Speaker 11: I think McDaniel is very attached to Tua and so

1216
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:11,000
Speaker 11: I think that relationship stays in place, and I think

1217
01:06:11,200 --> 01:06:15,280
Speaker 11: that they don't see another quarterback out there, even if

1218
01:06:15,320 --> 01:06:17,240
Speaker 11: it means paying to a big money I don't think

1219
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:20,440
Speaker 11: they want to take the risk of potentially trying and

1220
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:25,080
Speaker 11: failing to replace him with someone else. It's like a

1221
01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:27,360
Speaker 11: marriage of necessity rather than like.

1222
01:06:28,840 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 4: True love.

1223
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:34,320
Speaker 1: Last one for me, Jets and New England have some

1224
01:06:34,440 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 1: building to do, New England far more. But to your point,

1225
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:42,480
Speaker 1: the Jets have a lot of offensive line work to

1226
01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:47,240
Speaker 1: do here. I was done. They didn't address it last

1227
01:06:47,320 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: year going into a season with an injury riddle, Mackay

1228
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:53,560
Speaker 1: Beckton and a thirty eight year old Dwayne Brown and

1229
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:56,360
Speaker 1: feeling good about that. Now you've got Elijah Vera Tucker

1230
01:06:56,440 --> 01:06:59,160
Speaker 1: coming off as season ending injury. You don't know when

1231
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:02,439
Speaker 1: he's going to you ready. And Brown is a free

1232
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:08,080
Speaker 1: agent probably thankfully. And Becton, I don't know what his

1233
01:07:08,240 --> 01:07:13,200
Speaker 1: future holds. Is it offensive line and free agency three

1234
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:16,720
Speaker 1: four times over? And then offensive line in the draft. Also,

1235
01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:20,560
Speaker 1: I mean it seems that that pressing to me for them.

1236
01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:22,760
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1237
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:26,400
Speaker 11: So so Mackay Beckton is said to be a free agent,

1238
01:07:26,480 --> 01:07:29,520
Speaker 11: I don't sometimes he's not listed on the free agent websites.

1239
01:07:29,600 --> 01:07:33,560
Speaker 11: But so, yes, I think that that plan of like

1240
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:38,720
Speaker 11: aggressively pursuing free agent options for the Jets is smart.

1241
01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:41,760
Speaker 11: Like they have I think twenty five maybe thirty million

1242
01:07:42,160 --> 01:07:45,960
Speaker 11: in cap space right now, that's enough.

1243
01:07:45,840 --> 01:07:48,960
Speaker 4: I think for them to be to be bold.

1244
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:52,320
Speaker 11: Tyron Smith, that's that's a guy that I think will

1245
01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:56,600
Speaker 11: probably make about ten ten plus if they sign him

1246
01:07:56,640 --> 01:07:58,640
Speaker 11: to a one year deal, you know a few more

1247
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:01,080
Speaker 11: million than ten ten million, or maybe they get him

1248
01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:02,800
Speaker 11: on a two year deal and it's it's a.

1249
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 4: Two year twenty right something like that. To shore up

1250
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:06,840
Speaker 4: the left side.

1251
01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 11: I joked when I was writing about you know, a

1252
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:13,919
Speaker 11: similar column of targets for the Jets. He is sort

1253
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 11: of like, you know, an upgraded Mackai Becton in the

1254
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:19,080
Speaker 11: sense that he has injury history of his own and

1255
01:08:19,400 --> 01:08:22,080
Speaker 11: sort of relying on him can be troubling. The difference

1256
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:24,840
Speaker 11: between him and Becton, of course, is that Tyron Smith

1257
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:27,799
Speaker 11: is is a sort of a Pro Bowl caliber player,

1258
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:31,519
Speaker 11: whereas Becton never really got there, and maybe he'll he'll

1259
01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:33,000
Speaker 11: figure out a way to do it somewhere else. But

1260
01:08:33,400 --> 01:08:36,160
Speaker 11: the Jets can't keep betting that he'll develop when they

1261
01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:38,400
Speaker 11: when they have not seen him do so in the

1262
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,599
Speaker 11: in the prior years. So let's say you get Tyron

1263
01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:44,599
Speaker 11: Smith on the left side, they still need a left guard.

1264
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:48,360
Speaker 11: That's another position that maybe they can find, you know,

1265
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 11: in in free agency. The two names I think that

1266
01:08:52,080 --> 01:08:56,160
Speaker 11: are interesting when it comes to Aaron Rodgers, John Runyon,

1267
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:59,600
Speaker 11: who's a left guard for the Packers, and David Bachtiari,

1268
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:02,800
Speaker 11: who left tackle for the Backers. Bachiari not yet a

1269
01:09:02,840 --> 01:09:06,000
Speaker 11: free agent but potentially could be a cap casualty and

1270
01:09:06,200 --> 01:09:09,000
Speaker 11: Runyon slated to be a free agent.

1271
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:11,680
Speaker 4: You know, next week. So those are two guys that

1272
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:14,519
Speaker 4: both really good players, both.

1273
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:18,400
Speaker 11: Potentially want to come come play for Rogers, who you know,

1274
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:21,600
Speaker 11: there's jokes that is that he is the GM in

1275
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:24,920
Speaker 11: New York, na Cho Douglas Uh, so that you know,

1276
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:27,360
Speaker 11: you know, two of those three guys that I just

1277
01:09:27,479 --> 01:09:29,400
Speaker 11: mentioned could help you on the left. And then I

1278
01:09:29,479 --> 01:09:33,400
Speaker 11: think they're picking at tenth overall, why not just take

1279
01:09:33,439 --> 01:09:36,439
Speaker 11: a tackle? There are really good tackles in this draft.

1280
01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:41,639
Speaker 11: Joe Halt probably won't be there, Olu Fashanu maybe he's there,

1281
01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:45,439
Speaker 11: not really sure. And then there are some really consistent

1282
01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:51,000
Speaker 11: right tackles uh to Leise Fuaga for moregon State, Amarius

1283
01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:53,920
Speaker 11: Mims from Georgia. A number of good players that you

1284
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:57,559
Speaker 11: can probably just draft plug play. And then I think,

1285
01:09:57,960 --> 01:09:59,880
Speaker 11: you know, you're probably out of money, but you have

1286
01:10:00,240 --> 01:10:02,920
Speaker 11: an offensive line that can help Aaron Rodgers, you know,

1287
01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:05,320
Speaker 11: make the Super Bowl run that he thinks he can make.

1288
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:08,599
Speaker 2: One quick question for me before we wrap this up,

1289
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 2: what should the Patriots do with that third overall pick?

1290
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:14,040
Speaker 2: A lot of newness in New England.

1291
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:18,000
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean to me, it's a no brainer. You

1292
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:22,200
Speaker 11: take a quarterback? Do you just some people say maybe

1293
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:26,200
Speaker 11: you trade back. I think the problem with trading back

1294
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:28,640
Speaker 11: is you don't know what's gonna come to you in

1295
01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:31,599
Speaker 11: twenty twenty five in the draft, right, Like, if you're

1296
01:10:31,600 --> 01:10:34,400
Speaker 11: trading back, presumably it's to get more first round picks

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Speaker 11: in future drafts.

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Speaker 4: The twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 11: Draft early reviews show that there are not many elite

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01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:46,280
Speaker 11: quarterback prospects. There are a number of really highly touted

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01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 11: quarterback prospects.

1302
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,120
Speaker 4: In this draft class.

1303
01:10:49,920 --> 01:10:52,760
Speaker 11: So in this case, you know, one in the hand

1304
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,240
Speaker 11: is better than two, three, four in the bush. I

1305
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:59,200
Speaker 11: think you've got to take quarterback. There's also talk of

1306
01:10:59,360 --> 01:11:04,560
Speaker 11: tackle or Arvin Harrison junior receiver. How many organizations have

1307
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:10,120
Speaker 11: rebuilt at those positions? Very few, right, So I think

1308
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 11: you look at Marvin Harrison and Joel you kind of

1309
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:14,200
Speaker 11: cross them off the board.

1310
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:15,480
Speaker 4: You got to go with the quarterback.

1311
01:11:16,600 --> 01:11:20,040
Speaker 11: The question is which quarterback will be there, And I

1312
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 11: don't know if it's gonna be Drake May Jaden Daniels. Now,

1313
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:27,040
Speaker 11: all of a sudden, you know, JJ McCarthy has entered

1314
01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:31,120
Speaker 11: the chat, so to speak. So, uh, you know, I

1315
01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:33,680
Speaker 11: I think if Jaden Daniels is on the board, it's

1316
01:11:33,720 --> 01:11:36,240
Speaker 11: a no brainer. You know, that he's he's my favorite

1317
01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 11: quarterback after Caleb Williams in this draft.

1318
01:11:39,160 --> 01:11:42,120
Speaker 4: Drake May and JJ McCarthy scare me a little bit more.

1319
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:44,439
Speaker 11: And I honestly need to do a little bit more

1320
01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:47,800
Speaker 11: studying of JJ McCarthy now that he's starting to enter

1321
01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:50,720
Speaker 11: the conversation, because I think previously people thought that the

1322
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:53,439
Speaker 11: Patriots would just go Drake May at three if that's

1323
01:11:53,479 --> 01:11:56,479
Speaker 11: who they got. H and McCarthy's starting, you know, as

1324
01:11:56,920 --> 01:12:00,880
Speaker 11: I believe Mel Kuiper said it yesterday or today, starting

1325
01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:05,600
Speaker 11: to begin and potentially could win a battle for that

1326
01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:08,040
Speaker 11: third QB spot against.

1327
01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:10,800
Speaker 1: Drake mac henry. Thanks for the time, We appreciate it.

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01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:12,400
Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you down the line here in

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01:12:12,479 --> 01:12:13,800
Speaker 1: the off season. Thanks very much.

1330
01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:16,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I appreciate you all. Have a good day.

1331
01:12:17,640 --> 01:12:20,479
Speaker 1: We are going to step aside here and take a break,

1332
01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:22,320
Speaker 1: but when we come back, we got more for you

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01:12:22,479 --> 01:12:25,360
Speaker 1: here on free agency and draft prospects here on one

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Stay tune all right, As promised, it is

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Speaker 1: that time in the show for Mock Draft Watch three

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Speaker 1: point zero, which is presented incidentally buy Ticketmaster. Mock Draft

1337
01:12:51,280 --> 01:12:55,120
Speaker 1: Watch and Buffalo Bill's Draft coverage presented by ticketmasters. So

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01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:58,600
Speaker 1: Mattie is here to do the honors as she has

1339
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:04,240
Speaker 1: been compiling and compartmentalizing the different choices by mock drafters

1340
01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:09,960
Speaker 1: all over God's creation. And we had an unprecedented lopsided

1341
01:13:10,400 --> 01:13:14,760
Speaker 1: favoritism towards the wide receiver position in the last installment,

1342
01:13:15,439 --> 01:13:18,960
Speaker 1: and I understand it has gotten even more pronounced. It's crazy.

1343
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:21,920
Speaker 2: I thought after the combine we would maybe see some

1344
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:26,320
Speaker 2: more defensive linemen in there, just knowing that wide receivers

1345
01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,200
Speaker 2: were going to start moving up people's boards start getting

1346
01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,759
Speaker 2: mocked a little bit earlier because of the quick forty

1347
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:35,439
Speaker 2: times that some of these guys ran. But no, it

1348
01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:38,400
Speaker 2: was wide receiver heavy. We tracked seventeen mock drafts and

1349
01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:40,040
Speaker 2: set the table.

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01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:42,479
Speaker 1: In terms of the difference between mock draft two point zero,

1351
01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 1: because that was like nineteen to two right in favor

1352
01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:48,479
Speaker 1: of receiver. In nineteen to three, I think it was

1353
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:53,760
Speaker 1: one linebacker, two linemen nineteen to three, yeah, nineteen to three,

1354
01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:54,400
Speaker 1: and two.

1355
01:13:54,439 --> 01:13:58,880
Speaker 2: Defensive linemen, one offensive lineman. Nineteen wide receivers mock draft

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01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:01,920
Speaker 2: watched two point zero three point oh three point zero

1357
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:08,560
Speaker 2: seventeen mock drafts tracked seventeen wide receiver. It wasimous, it

1358
01:14:08,640 --> 01:14:12,360
Speaker 2: was unanimous believable. And if you look at all the

1359
01:14:12,479 --> 01:14:14,520
Speaker 2: mock drafts that we have now tracked.

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01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:16,120
Speaker 1: Fifty four in total.

1361
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:24,280
Speaker 2: Of those fifty four, forty four times, wide receiver Brian

1362
01:14:24,360 --> 01:14:29,000
Speaker 2: Thomas Junior has been mocked to the Bills eighteen total times.

1363
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:33,040
Speaker 2: Next up is Keon Coleman at ten, then Troy Franklin

1364
01:14:33,120 --> 01:14:36,160
Speaker 2: being mocked to the Bills eight times, and Adam I.

1365
01:14:36,280 --> 01:14:39,439
Speaker 2: Mitchell is a new favorite, being mocked to the Bills

1366
01:14:39,760 --> 01:14:40,679
Speaker 2: seven times.

1367
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:43,280
Speaker 1: Like the Jeffersons, He's moving on up, moving on us.

1368
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:46,840
Speaker 1: He's moving on up. Yeah. I like ad Mitchell a

1369
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:53,240
Speaker 1: lot after Brian Thomas. I think he's my next favorite

1370
01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:56,840
Speaker 1: receiver of the bunch in terms of what works best

1371
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:00,360
Speaker 1: for the Bills. I know a lot of people like

1372
01:15:00,479 --> 01:15:04,439
Speaker 1: Keon Coleman. I think they need a different type of receiver.

1373
01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:08,880
Speaker 1: He's not a separator. Ad Ni Mitchell can separate, he

1374
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:13,680
Speaker 1: can win in contested situations, and he is a clutch performer.

1375
01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:17,600
Speaker 1: He plays his best in the biggest games. Proof of

1376
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:21,800
Speaker 1: that is he played in five college football playoffs in

1377
01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:25,080
Speaker 1: his college career between Texas and Georgia. He had a

1378
01:15:25,200 --> 01:15:30,759
Speaker 1: touchdown in every one of those games. For my money,

1379
01:15:32,479 --> 01:15:34,960
Speaker 1: if Brian Thomas is off the board, I think this

1380
01:15:35,200 --> 01:15:38,759
Speaker 1: guy could help the Bills the most in a wide

1381
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:43,519
Speaker 1: receiver two role sooner rather than later. Six ' four

1382
01:15:44,479 --> 01:15:49,479
Speaker 1: one two And we told everybody last week he was

1383
01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:53,160
Speaker 1: going to kill it in the testing at the Combine,

1384
01:15:53,240 --> 01:15:55,800
Speaker 1: and he did. I got it right here. He ran

1385
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:59,559
Speaker 1: the third fastest forty time among receivers at the Combine

1386
01:15:59,840 --> 01:16:03,200
Speaker 1: three four, and he had a thirty nine and a

1387
01:16:03,240 --> 01:16:08,599
Speaker 1: half inch vertical which among the wide receivers was one

1388
01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:15,200
Speaker 1: two three, tied for fourth best. And he broad jumped

1389
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:22,400
Speaker 1: eleven four, which was the best, which was the highest.

1390
01:16:22,439 --> 01:16:27,879
Speaker 1: He broad jumped the furthest eleven four. So yeah, as expected,

1391
01:16:27,960 --> 01:16:32,320
Speaker 1: he killed it in the testing and I really like

1392
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:36,639
Speaker 1: what he has to offer. The thing that I think

1393
01:16:36,720 --> 01:16:40,120
Speaker 1: he does best with his route running is his separation

1394
01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: at the stem. As our msgviewers just saw on that route,

1395
01:16:43,400 --> 01:16:46,760
Speaker 1: he gets to the stem of his route and he

1396
01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:50,200
Speaker 1: loses the dB much of the time, not all the time,

1397
01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:53,680
Speaker 1: but much of the time. He has a series of

1398
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:58,000
Speaker 1: jab steps and fakes that eludes coverage at the top

1399
01:16:58,080 --> 01:17:03,920
Speaker 1: of the route. All I'm gonna say is, you know,

1400
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:06,640
Speaker 1: I talked about how he's a clutch player. He had

1401
01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 1: the go ahead touchdown and the UGA title game win

1402
01:17:09,479 --> 01:17:12,280
Speaker 1: over Alabama as a true freshman, had the game winning

1403
01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:15,640
Speaker 1: touchdown in the national semifinal for UGA against Michigan with

1404
01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:18,439
Speaker 1: fifty four seconds left in the game. And he had

1405
01:17:18,439 --> 01:17:21,200
Speaker 1: the go ahead touchdown and the final touchdown in Texas's

1406
01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:25,680
Speaker 1: upset at Alabama last season. So here's the other thing

1407
01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:30,439
Speaker 1: that I like. One of every five receptions last season

1408
01:17:30,520 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 1: for Texas went for a touchdown. One out of every five.

1409
01:17:35,080 --> 01:17:37,560
Speaker 1: He had eight touchdowns. He had fifty five catches, so

1410
01:17:38,960 --> 01:17:43,519
Speaker 1: or sorry, eleven touchdowns on fifty five receptions. He's got

1411
01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: great body control to adjust to off target throws because

1412
01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:51,479
Speaker 1: yours is not known as a laser accurate guy, and

1413
01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:53,679
Speaker 1: he has the body control to adjust to the ball,

1414
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:59,679
Speaker 1: great balltracker on deep throws. And for those that are wondering,

1415
01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:02,040
Speaker 1: did he transfer to Texas if he was at Georgia

1416
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:05,439
Speaker 1: and win national titles, he transferred to Texas because he

1417
01:18:05,560 --> 01:18:08,640
Speaker 1: is from Texas. He's a Texas native, and he has

1418
01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:10,760
Speaker 1: a daughter and he wanted to be closer to his

1419
01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:14,280
Speaker 1: young daughter. That was the main reason that he transferred.

1420
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:16,840
Speaker 1: Because he admitted it was a difficult decision because he

1421
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:19,799
Speaker 1: wanted to win a third straight national title with Georgia,

1422
01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:23,200
Speaker 1: but he wanted to be closer to his young daughter.

1423
01:18:24,320 --> 01:18:26,320
Speaker 1: There is some injury history there. He missed most of

1424
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two season of the high ankle sprain.

1425
01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:33,280
Speaker 1: But beyond that, I think he's got everything you want.

1426
01:18:35,320 --> 01:18:39,160
Speaker 1: So to me, you get ad and I Mitchell at

1427
01:18:39,200 --> 01:18:41,320
Speaker 1: twenty eight for the Bills, you should be very happy.

1428
01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:41,639
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1429
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:46,400
Speaker 2: He played in thirty five career games, had ninety three

1430
01:18:46,520 --> 01:18:50,080
Speaker 2: catches for over fourteen hundred receiving yards, eighteen total touchdowns.

1431
01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:52,080
Speaker 2: And when I watched his tape, what stood out to

1432
01:18:52,160 --> 01:18:53,920
Speaker 2: me was he's got a big body frame and I

1433
01:18:54,040 --> 01:18:56,280
Speaker 2: think he can use that to his advantage as he

1434
01:18:56,439 --> 01:18:59,760
Speaker 2: grows in his game. He's a big play receiver, a separator.

1435
01:18:59,840 --> 01:19:02,439
Speaker 2: Like Chris said, he does a great job at tracking

1436
01:19:02,520 --> 01:19:05,000
Speaker 2: the ball. He has nice build up speed. I love

1437
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:08,800
Speaker 2: how he can adjust to adjust his route to make

1438
01:19:08,840 --> 01:19:12,200
Speaker 2: a catch, and he makes catches that that seem like

1439
01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:15,000
Speaker 2: they're outside of his catch radius. He's he's got a

1440
01:19:15,080 --> 01:19:17,360
Speaker 2: great catch radius and he does a great job of

1441
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:20,200
Speaker 2: adjusting his body to make a catch. Like you were

1442
01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:23,479
Speaker 2: saying he's got a nice change of direction, and analysts

1443
01:19:23,479 --> 01:19:26,479
Speaker 2: say he can become a more polished route runner and

1444
01:19:26,560 --> 01:19:29,479
Speaker 2: become an overall consistent player, and I think a good

1445
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:32,160
Speaker 2: coach can get that out of him. Adam Henry is

1446
01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:35,479
Speaker 2: a great wide receivers coach with the Bills. I think

1447
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 2: he can get some good stuff out of ad Ni Mitchell.

1448
01:19:38,880 --> 01:19:41,320
Speaker 2: And I also wanted to talk about a couple other

1449
01:19:41,439 --> 01:19:45,679
Speaker 2: wide receivers in this segment because we've talked about Kean Coleman,

1450
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:49,240
Speaker 2: Brian Thomas Junior, and Troy Franklin at length already, So

1451
01:19:49,840 --> 01:19:52,880
Speaker 2: let's start to talk about some other guys who we

1452
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:55,400
Speaker 2: have talked about on the show, but not at length yet.

1453
01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:58,040
Speaker 2: And I think these two names are starting to get

1454
01:19:58,040 --> 01:20:02,000
Speaker 2: a little bit more pub I've them inch forward into

1455
01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:05,439
Speaker 2: mock drafts at the bottom of the first round, and

1456
01:20:05,520 --> 01:20:08,840
Speaker 2: if there's a run on wide receivers early before the

1457
01:20:08,880 --> 01:20:11,680
Speaker 2: Bills are up, and if they still want to go

1458
01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:14,600
Speaker 2: after a wide receiver, here are a couple names that

1459
01:20:14,720 --> 01:20:17,360
Speaker 2: could be available. So let's start with one of the

1460
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:21,000
Speaker 2: wide receivers out of Georgia, Lad mcconkee, who has been

1461
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:24,240
Speaker 2: talked about quite a bit, six feet tall, one eighty

1462
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:27,719
Speaker 2: six red shirt junior coming out of college football thirty

1463
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:31,599
Speaker 2: nine games played in three seasons. Last year, he had

1464
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:34,960
Speaker 2: thirty catches for four hundred and seventy eight receiving yards

1465
01:20:35,000 --> 01:20:39,519
Speaker 2: two touchdowns, averaged fifteen point nine yards per catch. He

1466
01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:42,280
Speaker 2: had a back injury and an ankle injury that allowed

1467
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:44,639
Speaker 2: him to only play in nine games last season.

1468
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:47,400
Speaker 1: He ran a four three nine forty.

1469
01:20:47,479 --> 01:20:51,439
Speaker 2: This guy is quick. He played in big games at Georgia.

1470
01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,200
Speaker 2: He has experienced as a punt returner as well, which

1471
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:56,559
Speaker 2: I like when you turn on the film about him.

1472
01:20:57,360 --> 01:21:01,240
Speaker 2: A shifty, quick receiver who's a good route runner. He

1473
01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:04,639
Speaker 2: can trick defenders with his quick feet and soft feet.

1474
01:21:05,000 --> 01:21:08,639
Speaker 2: The speed shows up on tape. He's a dynamic route runner.

1475
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:11,439
Speaker 2: He knows how to find the creases and get open.

1476
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:15,400
Speaker 2: He understands the game. When you watch this guy on film,

1477
01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:19,400
Speaker 2: you see a high IQ football player in the way

1478
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:21,880
Speaker 2: that he operates, in the way that he gets open,

1479
01:21:21,960 --> 01:21:24,320
Speaker 2: in the way that he finds open space on the field.

1480
01:21:24,840 --> 01:21:27,040
Speaker 2: His size and play strength might be a little bit

1481
01:21:27,080 --> 01:21:31,280
Speaker 2: of a question at the next level. One eighty six, Yeah,

1482
01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:33,040
Speaker 2: what do you think, Brownie?

1483
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:35,680
Speaker 1: I think he projects as a slot for a lot

1484
01:21:35,760 --> 01:21:38,200
Speaker 1: of people because of that size that you mentioned or

1485
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:44,639
Speaker 1: lack thereof. He he gets separation early in the route.

1486
01:21:44,680 --> 01:21:47,000
Speaker 1: That's another reason why I think he'll be good for

1487
01:21:47,080 --> 01:21:49,800
Speaker 1: the slot. But this is to your high football IQ point.

1488
01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:52,760
Speaker 1: He understands the leverage of the defense and how to

1489
01:21:52,880 --> 01:21:56,400
Speaker 1: exploit it to get open and make himself available early

1490
01:21:56,520 --> 01:22:00,519
Speaker 1: in the down for his quarterback, and he is excellent

1491
01:22:00,680 --> 01:22:06,000
Speaker 1: at maximizing yards after the catch in tight spaces. I

1492
01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,439
Speaker 1: watched a lot of Georgia games the last two years,

1493
01:22:08,640 --> 01:22:11,240
Speaker 1: and I don't know what it is. He's like a

1494
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:15,040
Speaker 1: bloodhound with the first down marker. He knows where it

1495
01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: is and he finds it. I can't tell you how

1496
01:22:17,960 --> 01:22:20,160
Speaker 1: many times it looks like the defense has him dead

1497
01:22:20,200 --> 01:22:23,479
Speaker 1: to rights after he's made the reception, and somehow, some

1498
01:22:23,720 --> 01:22:26,439
Speaker 1: way he gets past the first down marker and gives

1499
01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:31,559
Speaker 1: the offense a fresh set of downs. And the character

1500
01:22:32,000 --> 01:22:36,320
Speaker 1: off the field is literally off the charts. Actually, CBS

1501
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:40,720
Speaker 1: during this past season did a specific feature on him

1502
01:22:42,640 --> 01:22:46,559
Speaker 1: with a kid that was a huge Maconkee fan family,

1503
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:51,080
Speaker 1: you know, not the most fortunate, and on Christmas Day,

1504
01:22:52,120 --> 01:22:54,720
Speaker 1: he was told from the athletic department about this kid.

1505
01:22:54,800 --> 01:22:57,760
Speaker 1: It's Christmas Day, and he realizes the kid is only

1506
01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:00,400
Speaker 1: three blocks away from his house. No way, He drove

1507
01:23:00,479 --> 01:23:02,640
Speaker 1: over to his house on Christmas Day, gave the kid

1508
01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:07,160
Speaker 1: a jersey. You know, ten fifteen pictures Christmas Day. The

1509
01:23:07,200 --> 01:23:09,120
Speaker 1: guy's like going out of his way to like make

1510
01:23:09,160 --> 01:23:12,439
Speaker 1: a kid's Christmas because you know the way it sounded

1511
01:23:12,479 --> 01:23:14,479
Speaker 1: and the way the story was presented, it was gonna

1512
01:23:14,479 --> 01:23:15,960
Speaker 1: be kind of a lean Christmas for the kids. So

1513
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:17,320
Speaker 1: we want to make sure he got over there, got

1514
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:19,840
Speaker 1: him a jersey. Kid's never going to forget that Christmas.

1515
01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:21,760
Speaker 1: But it's just one of the many things he does

1516
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:25,720
Speaker 1: in the Georgia community down there. Very well thought of

1517
01:23:26,840 --> 01:23:31,840
Speaker 1: human being, like off the charts character stuff. So I

1518
01:23:31,920 --> 01:23:33,679
Speaker 1: think he can help it. He can help a team

1519
01:23:33,760 --> 01:23:36,560
Speaker 1: right away in the slot just with his separation and

1520
01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:37,880
Speaker 1: rout savvy. He's really good.

1521
01:23:38,040 --> 01:23:40,280
Speaker 2: And one other player that I've really fallen in love

1522
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:43,280
Speaker 2: with that when you watch the tape, I really like him.

1523
01:23:43,439 --> 01:23:46,559
Speaker 2: Xavier Logette out of South Carolina six one, two eleven.

1524
01:23:46,720 --> 01:23:49,800
Speaker 2: He's a senior. Played in fifty three games, made thirty

1525
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:52,320
Speaker 2: two starts over five years. He was a first team

1526
01:23:52,400 --> 01:23:56,160
Speaker 2: All SEC player in twenty twenty two, a Senior Bowl

1527
01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:59,200
Speaker 2: All American in twenty twenty three, actually not twenty twenty two.

1528
01:24:00,160 --> 01:24:03,800
Speaker 2: His career over one hundred receptions, over sixteen hundred receiving yards,

1529
01:24:03,800 --> 01:24:07,400
Speaker 2: twelve touchdowns, averages fourteen point eight yards per catch. So

1530
01:24:07,560 --> 01:24:09,439
Speaker 2: a big catch guy. He ran a four to three

1531
01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:10,120
Speaker 2: nine forty.

1532
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:11,960
Speaker 1: He is tall and he is fast.

1533
01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:15,519
Speaker 2: He has nice hands and can make the tough catches.

1534
01:24:15,800 --> 01:24:19,080
Speaker 2: He's got really good build up speed as well. He

1535
01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:22,960
Speaker 2: has such good strength to him and can break through defenders.

1536
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:24,680
Speaker 2: I saw a couple stiff.

1537
01:24:24,479 --> 01:24:25,800
Speaker 1: Arms and hurdles in there.

1538
01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:28,880
Speaker 2: He isn't afraid of press coverage or contact and he

1539
01:24:29,080 --> 01:24:31,120
Speaker 2: uses it as a strength. He likes to get a

1540
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:34,519
Speaker 2: little dirty. He reminded me of Josh Allen. How he

1541
01:24:34,680 --> 01:24:37,759
Speaker 2: plays the quarterback position. Might be the number isn't afraid

1542
01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:41,920
Speaker 2: to stiff arm guys, jump over guys. That is Xavier Lagett,

1543
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:45,120
Speaker 2: and I love that. I love that attitude about him

1544
01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:47,200
Speaker 2: when he's playing the game. I like his catch radius

1545
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:49,360
Speaker 2: a lot as well. He can add more to his

1546
01:24:49,520 --> 01:24:51,720
Speaker 2: route tree. I think at the next level he can

1547
01:24:51,760 --> 01:24:53,919
Speaker 2: be a good run blocker too with his strength.

1548
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:57,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, he he was a guy that had to play

1549
01:24:57,120 --> 01:24:59,400
Speaker 1: quarterback in high school because he was the best athlete

1550
01:24:59,439 --> 01:25:02,080
Speaker 1: on his team. The coach usually puts that guy a quarterback.

1551
01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:04,679
Speaker 1: And then he had to kind of weigit his turn

1552
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:07,920
Speaker 1: at South Carolina and he decided to stay there. I'm

1553
01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:10,720
Speaker 1: not gonna transfer. I'm gonna weigh my turn. Because people

1554
01:25:10,760 --> 01:25:12,320
Speaker 1: are like, why is he only got one year of production?

1555
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:14,320
Speaker 1: Is he a one year wonder? It's like, no, he

1556
01:25:14,479 --> 01:25:16,040
Speaker 1: just he couldn't get on the field because of the

1557
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:19,840
Speaker 1: people in front of him. He weighed two twenty one

1558
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:22,280
Speaker 1: and he is a ball of muscle. He weighed two

1559
01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:24,200
Speaker 1: twenty one at the combine. He's only six to one,

1560
01:25:24,280 --> 01:25:26,200
Speaker 1: but he is built like a brick you know what,

1561
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:28,760
Speaker 1: and ran a four to three to nine to two

1562
01:25:28,840 --> 01:25:31,680
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty one pounds and jumped forty inches on

1563
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:36,760
Speaker 1: the vertical. He is an explosive, explosive athlete. A lot

1564
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:40,240
Speaker 1: of people compare him to Deebo Samuel because of his build.

1565
01:25:40,280 --> 01:25:42,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's as loose an athlete as Samuel,

1566
01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:45,800
Speaker 1: but he does offer similar traits in terms of fighting

1567
01:25:45,880 --> 01:25:48,560
Speaker 1: for the football and contested situations. He can do the

1568
01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:51,560
Speaker 1: jet sweeps in the end, a rounds and power through contact.

1569
01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:54,800
Speaker 1: And the other thing is and you notice this on

1570
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:59,439
Speaker 1: his tape right away when he makes the play, he

1571
01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:02,320
Speaker 1: can break away from defenders. I mean, I'm watching a

1572
01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:05,400
Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty one pound guy pull away from

1573
01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:09,439
Speaker 1: dbs in the ACC and the SEC that look like

1574
01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:12,799
Speaker 1: track athletes, and he is out running them and putting

1575
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:16,280
Speaker 1: distance between himself. You want a home run hitter in

1576
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:18,439
Speaker 1: Buffalo's offense. I think this is a guy that's going

1577
01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:20,880
Speaker 1: to grow on people as we get closer to the draft.

1578
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:25,479
Speaker 1: So I think he is firmly in the mix at

1579
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:28,160
Speaker 1: the bottom of round one, not for the Bills, but

1580
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:30,000
Speaker 1: for some other teams that could be in the market

1581
01:26:30,560 --> 01:26:33,360
Speaker 1: for a receiver and all pluses on this kid's character.

1582
01:26:33,439 --> 01:26:35,960
Speaker 1: He's persevered through a lot. He's lost both of his parents,

1583
01:26:36,479 --> 01:26:39,720
Speaker 1: So just a kid that's really kind of fought through

1584
01:26:39,760 --> 01:26:42,760
Speaker 1: a lot of adversity. If that's not Bills DNA, I

1585
01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:46,200
Speaker 1: don't know what is. So yeah, it's going to be interesting.

1586
01:26:46,680 --> 01:26:48,639
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a late riser here

1587
01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:49,400
Speaker 1: up boards.

1588
01:26:49,640 --> 01:26:51,479
Speaker 2: He is one of my new favorites. I would be

1589
01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:54,600
Speaker 2: so happy if the Bills drafted him, even in the

1590
01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:57,120
Speaker 2: first round. I think you got a lot in a

1591
01:26:57,200 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 2: receiver like this, and I think he can learn more

1592
01:26:59,280 --> 01:26:59,960
Speaker 2: at the next level.

1593
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 1: All right, we got to take a break. That is

1594
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:05,679
Speaker 1: mock Draft Watch three point zero. We'll try to squeeze

1595
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:07,280
Speaker 1: in a question or two when we come back here

1596
01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:26,080
Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live C two. All right, back here

1597
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:28,320
Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live one segment ago. Let's quickly go

1598
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:31,439
Speaker 1: to the phones where we have Tom on the west side.

1599
01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:32,320
Speaker 1: What do you got first? Tom?

1600
01:27:33,400 --> 01:27:36,360
Speaker 10: Hey, kids, I just wanted to say I've talked about

1601
01:27:36,439 --> 01:27:39,639
Speaker 10: this before, but it comes down to the Bills bringing

1602
01:27:39,720 --> 01:27:43,120
Speaker 10: in people that are injury prone. Doesn't matter whether it

1603
01:27:43,240 --> 01:27:47,680
Speaker 10: happens in high school, college or in the pros. If

1604
01:27:47,760 --> 01:27:51,000
Speaker 10: you have one major injury and you overcome it, that's

1605
01:27:51,080 --> 01:27:54,800
Speaker 10: a great thing, because sometimes those are hard to overcome,

1606
01:27:55,320 --> 01:27:58,040
Speaker 10: but one you have two or two in a year.

1607
01:27:58,320 --> 01:28:00,840
Speaker 10: Just look at what happened at TRADEVI wh we had

1608
01:28:00,880 --> 01:28:05,080
Speaker 10: to release him, you know, And it's happened multiple times

1609
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:08,360
Speaker 10: with the Bills, where we even bring in free agents

1610
01:28:08,960 --> 01:28:13,360
Speaker 10: and their injury prone because they're coming off major injuries.

1611
01:28:14,800 --> 01:28:19,360
Speaker 10: Von Miller there's another one, Okay, And I could go

1612
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:22,240
Speaker 10: on and on about this. With the history of the Bills.

1613
01:28:22,680 --> 01:28:24,440
Speaker 10: I want to hear your comment.

1614
01:28:24,200 --> 01:28:28,120
Speaker 1: Though, Yeah, I mean von Miller. I believe his last

1615
01:28:28,240 --> 01:28:34,200
Speaker 1: ACL injury was in twenty sixteen. He was six years

1616
01:28:34,280 --> 01:28:39,760
Speaker 1: removed from it when the Bills signed him. I don't

1617
01:28:39,800 --> 01:28:43,600
Speaker 1: think it makes him any more injury prone because he

1618
01:28:43,640 --> 01:28:46,320
Speaker 1: had an ACL injury. Tredavious White didn't miss a game

1619
01:28:46,439 --> 01:28:50,240
Speaker 1: in college, didn't have anything more than a sprained ankle,

1620
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:57,160
Speaker 1: and has two major year long injuries and rehabilitations. That

1621
01:28:57,240 --> 01:28:59,720
Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's injury prone. That means football is a

1622
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:07,599
Speaker 1: bar sport. So I'll respectfully disagree with you, Tom. I mean,

1623
01:29:07,640 --> 01:29:09,360
Speaker 1: you want to give me a guy that's had three

1624
01:29:09,439 --> 01:29:12,000
Speaker 1: major surgeries and they sign him to a contract. I'll

1625
01:29:12,040 --> 01:29:15,040
Speaker 1: listen to that. I understand the risk, but that wasn't

1626
01:29:15,080 --> 01:29:17,880
Speaker 1: Trudeavious White at all. He came in squeaky clean.

1627
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:21,120
Speaker 2: I also think our medical staff and department does a

1628
01:29:21,240 --> 01:29:23,360
Speaker 2: really good job of doing their homework on players when

1629
01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:26,360
Speaker 2: it comes to injuries, both in free agency and the draft.

1630
01:29:26,439 --> 01:29:28,640
Speaker 2: I don't think they would take somebody who has this

1631
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:31,280
Speaker 2: crazy injury history and isn't even worth it.

1632
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:34,640
Speaker 1: Yeah. So, because especially with money being tight, you got

1633
01:29:34,760 --> 01:29:36,839
Speaker 1: to gotta have guys that are going to be available

1634
01:29:37,479 --> 01:29:40,360
Speaker 1: and on the field. That's it for us here on

1635
01:29:40,520 --> 01:29:43,680
Speaker 1: a Friday. You guys make it a great weekend. I

1636
01:29:43,800 --> 01:29:45,880
Speaker 1: will be back next week. Maddie, thanks for all your

1637
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:48,240
Speaker 1: help this week. You went wire to wire. We appreciate it.

1638
01:29:48,439 --> 01:29:49,320
Speaker 1: We'll see on Monday.