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Speaker 1: The One Bills Live presented by Callida Health. Hey, how's

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Speaker 1: everybody doing today? Chris Brown, Matty Glab here with you

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Speaker 1: on a Wednesday edition of One Bill's Live. And this

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Speaker 1: of the NFL for years decades, United Way had their

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Speaker 1: United Way Day of Caring and the Bills, as always

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Speaker 1: is their custom, if they took part. Today. Maddie and

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Speaker 1: As part of the United Ways Day of Caring, we

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Speaker 1: around the NFL. Brought to you by Kalida Healthy, official

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Speaker 1: healthcare system of the Buffalo Bills. So we all remember

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Deontay Johnson. He's in Carolina, the team's not

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Speaker 1: So in free agency this offseason, he signs with the Browns.

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Speaker 2: That's just a red flag to a lot of teams.

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Speaker 1: the Bills this offseason? You tell us next here on

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Speaker 1: one Bill's Live presented by Collide Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: In your opinion, what's been the biggest storyline surrounding the

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Speaker 1: Bills this off season? Eight O three oh five point

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

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Speaker 1: numbers to get on board, got open lines for you

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Speaker 1: there or you can hit us up on the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheet and this could be on the field, could be

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Speaker 1: off the field. It's your opinion, so you let us know.

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Speaker 1: We lead off today with Judy and Buffalo. What's up, Judy.

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Speaker 3: No, you had a guest last week who ranked his

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Speaker 3: top one hundred players and included just three Bills. One

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Speaker 3: obviously Josh you and and I think he raight of

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Speaker 3: him is number four, way down near the end of

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Speaker 3: the list, Dean Dawkins. I'm with him on that. I

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Speaker 3: think that's underestmates and our quarterback.

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Speaker 1: For here we are.

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Speaker 3: There's no mention of James Cook, no mention of Shakure

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Speaker 3: our tight ends. I'm making one. How are the Bills

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Speaker 3: doing this? How the Bills end up as one of

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Speaker 3: the top four teams in the league with an absence

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Speaker 3: of talent according to these experts. One thing I did

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Speaker 3: want to say. He did say that our draft looked

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Speaker 3: very good. I got that. I appreciate that. I think

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Speaker 3: that is true too. But hopefully some of our players

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Speaker 3: are going to have a standout season. They're going to

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Speaker 3: start playing as well as our quarterback does, because we

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Speaker 3: will not finish as well as as everybody says that

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Speaker 3: we're going to do without.

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Speaker 1: The right I get what you're saying, Judy, and look,

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Speaker 1: I think we also have to remember it's one journalist's opinion.

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Speaker 1: And if you remember Judy when we interviewed him, I

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Speaker 1: even asked Pete Prisco, how close did James Cook get

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Speaker 1: to being on this list? And he said he was close,

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Speaker 1: but he didn't have him there. I think he said

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Speaker 1: something about how he doesn't have as large a workload

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Speaker 1: as some of the other backs, you know, like a

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Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs who did make the list in the seventies

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Speaker 1: or eighties somewhere, which is kind of where I thought

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Speaker 1: James would be. And look, I it is a concern.

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Speaker 1: Coach McDermott even said it back in January. I remember

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Speaker 1: he said you have to have two to three elite

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Speaker 1: players on offense and two to three elite players on

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Speaker 1: defense to really put yourself in a position to win

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. So he recognizes it. But I think

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Speaker 1: you can make the argument Josh and James are two

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Speaker 1: on offense because I think James is an elite physical talent.

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Speaker 1: And then on defense, let's see what happens. I mean,

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Speaker 1: is Bosa healthy? Can he play seventeen games? Because when

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Speaker 1: he's on he's a borderline elite talent. Greg Grusseau, I

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Speaker 1: believe is approaching elite talent status. I don't think he's

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Speaker 1: there yet, but I think he's got a really good

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Speaker 1: chance for his first double digit SAX season in first

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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. And I think Benford is borderline. I think

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Speaker 1: the only reason people don't give Benford even more credit

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Speaker 1: is because he doesn't have the interceptions, which is usual.

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Speaker 1: Much like pass rushers and sacks are the end all

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Speaker 1: be all sits, it's interceptions for corners, right or wrong,

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Speaker 1: And personally, I think it's wrong because that doesn't really

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Speaker 1: tell the whole story all the time. If your corner's

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Speaker 1: so good because he covers everybody, he's not getting thrown out,

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Speaker 1: he's not going to get interceptions. Yeah, and that happens

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Speaker 1: with Benford a lot as far as what I see

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Speaker 1: on the field. So I think there are a handful

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Speaker 1: of players who could mature into elite talent as well,

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Speaker 1: and for all intents and purposes, we all hope they're

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Speaker 1: on the fast track for that. But I understand the concern, Judy,

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Speaker 1: I get it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's, like you said, a Russo, a Benford,

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Speaker 2: guys who can grow into something like that. We'll see

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Speaker 2: you about Shakir too, hit a great season last year.

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Speaker 2: Let's see what his role is on this offense this season.

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Speaker 2: And then Dion Dawkins I think falls into that category

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Speaker 2: on offense too. I know offensive linemen aren't looked at

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Speaker 2: as being crazy difference makers. Left tackles certainly, and I

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Speaker 2: think Dawkins does fit that category of being elite on offense.

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Speaker 2: He's protecting Josh Allen and his done so several seasons,

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Speaker 2: and the Bills have never thought about, let me look

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Speaker 2: elsewhere for a left tackle because he's not doing his job.

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Speaker 2: Dean Dawkins has shown up with every contract extension that

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Speaker 2: he's gotten and has continued to play at a very

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Speaker 2: high level.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good ad on the offensive side of

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Speaker 1: the ball, for sure. And we'll see what happens on

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Speaker 1: the defensive side because we know how much change there

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Speaker 1: has been on that side of the ball. We know

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Speaker 1: the influx of youth that has been added to the roster.

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Speaker 1: Is there a rookie that's on a fast track and

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Speaker 1: just explodes onto the scene in year one? We'll have

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Speaker 1: to wait and see. Eight oh three five point fifty

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two, five point fifty.

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Speaker 1: In your opinion, what's been the biggest storyline surrounding the

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Speaker 1: Bills this offseason. To Jim and Jamestown next, what's up, Jim?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I've been a Bill fan, so does Jim Kelly days.

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Speaker 1: Yep.

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Speaker 5: And now I look at the schedule, I think if

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Speaker 5: they further bye week went four out of the five games,

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Speaker 5: I think it's just a roller coaster ride for the

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Speaker 5: ACES Championship. And it is true if they win that

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Speaker 5: sky's limit.

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Speaker 1: So so you like the schedule and that's kind of

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Speaker 1: your big storyline this offseason, how they could really turn

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Speaker 1: it into something special. Yeah, okay, Yeah, I'll agree with you.

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Speaker 1: It's stacked up very favorably. To your point. The first

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Speaker 1: six weeks. I mean, Baltimore is your toughest game Week one.

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Speaker 1: By the time you get to Halloween, it's still your

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Speaker 1: toughest game.

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Speaker 2: WHOA, that's a crazy thing to think about. By the

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Speaker 2: time you get to Halloween, your toughest game is going

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Speaker 2: to be September seventh, Week one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, because Jets, Dolphins, Saints, Patriots, Falcons. Now there might

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Speaker 1: be some plucky teams in there. You know, we expect

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Speaker 1: the Patriots to be better. I think the Falcons are

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Speaker 1: a better team than they demonstrated last year, So those

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Speaker 1: two games could be a little tricky. And you know,

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, they probably probably played their best game against

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Speaker 1: the Bills in Week nine last year than we've seen

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Speaker 1: in probably two or three years. It took a sixty

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Speaker 1: one yard field goal from Tyler Bass to win the game, Like,

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Speaker 1: let's not forget about that. So, yes, you can make

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Speaker 1: an argument for I think those three games in the

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Speaker 1: first six, but to me, the rubber doesn't meet the

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Speaker 1: road until you get, you know, to Week nine with

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, and even that game is here, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then you have Tampa Houston's a playoff team on

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Speaker 1: the road, Pittsburgh, we got to see what they look like.

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Speaker 1: Bengals is usually a tough game because they can score points,

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Speaker 1: and then the Eagles at the end. But it's a

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Speaker 1: very favorable schedule. I know. You and I did the

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Speaker 1: Instant Reaction show streaming live on the Bills YouTube channel

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Speaker 1: or Twitter, Facebook wherever, and we even marveled that the

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Speaker 1: toughest games on their schedule not only are they all

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Speaker 1: at home, they're all spread out like we've seen schedules

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Speaker 1: in years past, Maddie, where they've got to play the

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Speaker 1: Niners the Chiefs, you know, like right after one, right

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Speaker 1: after another, and you've got Baltimore at the front, Kansas

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Speaker 1: City in the middle, and the Eagles at the end.

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Speaker 1: Like you could not have asked it to line up anything.

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Speaker 2: The Eagles game may not even matter by the time

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Speaker 2: if we get there, both teams could have secured a

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Speaker 2: spot in their division or are at the top of

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Speaker 2: their conference, and maybe it won't even matter. So you

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Speaker 2: could be looking at two really tough games if you

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Speaker 2: get to week seventeen and it's like, okay, it's time

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Speaker 2: to rest starters. Yeah, the beginning of the season is

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Speaker 2: going to be a perfect time for Buffalo to figure

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Speaker 2: out who they are on each side of the ball,

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Speaker 2: with so many new faces on defense. And then you

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Speaker 2: get Larry Ogan, Joby and Michael Hoyt back for week

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Speaker 2: eight because they have that by week seven, as are

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Speaker 2: bi correct seven week seven, so then you'll get them

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Speaker 2: back week eight, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Where they play Carolina and not for nothing, the Bills

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Speaker 1: are eight to zer coming off the bye under Sean McDermot.

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Speaker 2: So perfect old tune up to get into November.

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Speaker 1: Football to Corey in Arkansas and next what's up?

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Speaker 6: Corey I think right now, the biggest storyline, at least

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Speaker 6: for the off season even into the season, is the

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Speaker 6: final season at High Mark. You know, I've been a

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Speaker 6: fan since nineteen eighty eight and I've every game I've

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Speaker 6: been to has been away game for Buffalo. But I

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Speaker 6: decided this year I'm going to try to come to

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Speaker 6: the Kansas City game. I guess that's a big storyline

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Speaker 6: for me. But I guess another question is like, if

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Speaker 6: I want to get autographs from, you know, veteran players,

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Speaker 6: you know, like Jim Kelly, the Therma Thomas, Am I

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Speaker 6: going to find them like tailgating or or what?

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Speaker 1: Well, Jim Kelly does tailgate, but it is a closed tailgate,

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I suppose you could walk by and

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Speaker 1: maybe if you're lucky enough to catch him outside his RV,

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Speaker 1: he may accommodate you. Steve is kind of a he's

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Speaker 1: kind of a hop He's kind of world hopper. In pregame,

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Speaker 1: he's just about everywhere before the game.

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Speaker 2: He lives the best life before the game.

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Speaker 1: That's why when people say how you doing, and he

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Speaker 1: says everyone should be me, he's one hundred percent right.

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Speaker 1: So he's he's a floater pre game, so you don't

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Speaker 1: know where you're going to run into him. And Thurman

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Speaker 1: is here at most of the home games, but crossing

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Speaker 1: paths with him in a parking lot is kind of

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Speaker 1: like a needle in a haystack kind of situation. I

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Speaker 1: think all three of those guys would be very accommodating

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Speaker 1: with an autograph. You just have to be lucky enough

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Speaker 1: to bump into them. And I would tell you because

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Speaker 1: and I feel like I'm safe in saying this, If

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Speaker 1: you want an autograph from Steve, just send it to

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Speaker 1: one Bill's Drive, addressed to his attention, and just put

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Speaker 1: a self address stamped envelope in the envelope you send

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Speaker 1: to him, and he'll sign something, drop it in the

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Speaker 1: mail back to you.

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Speaker 2: So watch, Steve's gonna get like thirty pieces.

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Speaker 1: And then I'll get yelled at why is this happening?

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Speaker 1: Oh jeez, I don't know, Steve.

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Speaker 2: You were out last week.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. It's bizarre how that happened.

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Speaker 1: What's been the biggest storyline surrounding the Bills? This offseat? Now?

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Speaker 1: He mentioned the James Cook thing too. I think that's

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Speaker 1: died down though it was carrying the day for a while,

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Speaker 1: but then mandatory Mini Caamp happens. He's here. I think

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Speaker 1: in his press conference he says all the right things,

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Speaker 1: and it's been it's kind of been neutered. The story

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Speaker 1: isn't as sensationalized as it was even by the national

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Speaker 1: media earlier this offseason. Now and all indications are he's

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Speaker 1: going to show up to training camp just like he

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Speaker 1: did from mandatory Mini Caamp. Like Brandon Bean said it,

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Speaker 1: James indicated he will. So I think this story kind

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Speaker 1: of fizzled away.

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Speaker 2: I think people on the outside, like national media members,

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Speaker 2: I think, sometimes want to make it bigger than it is,

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Speaker 2: and it's like, ooh, talks aren't going right because James

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Speaker 2: Cook hasn't showed up yet. Well, he shows up. He

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Speaker 2: has this press conference where he describes how important it

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Speaker 2: is to be here for his teammates and for the

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Speaker 2: bigger goal to win a Super Bowl. Brandon Bean then

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Speaker 2: has a press conference the next day and also comments

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Speaker 2: on it and says, I expect James Cook to be

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Speaker 2: they are talking to each other. Brandon Bean wouldn't go

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Speaker 1: They don't negotiate through the meeting.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they don't like flub on negotiations, and one

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Speaker 2: of their strengths is figuring out how can we get

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Speaker 2: a fair deal for both sides of this party. You

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Speaker 2: haven't heard over the last eight seasons that Brandon Bean

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Speaker 2: is not good at re signing his own players. He's

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Speaker 2: done it several times. We saw it happen to so

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Speaker 2: many of our current players this offseason in Khalil Shakir

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Speaker 2: and Christian Benford and Greg Russo and Terrell Bernard. They're

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Speaker 2: going to try and get something done. They value James Cook,

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Speaker 2: and I think James Cook also enjoys being here and

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that those are all very accurate things

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Speaker 1: right before the season starts. Spencer Brown signed an extension

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Speaker 1: you know, and Benford. So you look at that, and

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Speaker 1: I think people also interpreted that as, oh, James was

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Speaker 1: they do business here. And yes, it's a business. It

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Speaker 2: And that's one thing you hear feedback from the players

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Speaker 1: All of that.

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Speaker 2: You don't get that from every single team. Different general

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. In your opinion, what's been

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Speaker 1: We got to take a break here, but more of

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Speaker 1: Pills Live, Chris Brown Maddy Glad with you and asking

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Speaker 1: your opinion, what was the biggest storyline for the Bills

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Speaker 1: off season? Because we are careening towards training camp, which

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Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills, and Bill says James Cook,

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Speaker 1: because it's the only real distraction other than the two

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Speaker 1: ped suspensions of guys who shouldn't be as impactful of players.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I would completely agree with that.

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Speaker 1: I realize it's harder to make an impact when you're

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Speaker 1: I think Hoyt is a player that has the potential

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Speaker 1: he's going to rush off the edge, but I think

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Speaker 1: opposing offenses aren't going to know where he's lining up.

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Speaker 1: I think he proved that versatility in LA and it's

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Speaker 1: free agent. So is it a shame he's not there

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Speaker 1: for the first six games, Yes, but I think his

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Speaker 1: and to his James Cook point though, Mandy, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's a distraction.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't call it a distraction. Yes, and I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: call it a distraction from the beginning. It's It may

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Speaker 2: be a distraction of people on the outside and people

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Speaker 2: covering the team and fans of the team. But you

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Speaker 2: speak to players about James Cook wanting a new contract,

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Speaker 2: and Dion Dawkins spoke about it to the media. Dawkins

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Speaker 2: was very clear on this is this is a business,

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Speaker 2: this happens for all players. We're going to support James Cook.

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Speaker 2: And Josh Allen commented on it too, like we hope

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Speaker 2: a deal gets done for him. But I don't think

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Speaker 2: Deon Dawks shows up to OTAs and you know it's

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Speaker 2: in his brain about James Cook needing and wanting a

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Speaker 2: new deal. They just go about their day and just

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Speaker 2: know this is a part of the process, something you're

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Speaker 2: going to have to deal with, but it doesn't take

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Speaker 2: away from your nine to five inside of the building,

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Speaker 2: especially in the offseason. Sure, if this would have dragged

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Speaker 2: into the season, then I can talk about it being

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Speaker 2: a distraction, but not now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Dean on the tweets sheet says, Joey Bosa's health

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Speaker 1: because we need a game wrecker on defense, and I

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Speaker 1: think with his injury history, just from his prior years

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Speaker 1: in the league, that would be a concern for a

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Speaker 1: lot of fans, not only because of what games he

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Speaker 1: has missed in his career, but also because how their

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Speaker 1: last attempt in landing a veteran pass rusher to augment

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Speaker 1: the fortunes of the defense didn't go well either, with

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Speaker 1: Von Miller tearing his ACL after eight sacks in his

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Speaker 1: first twelve games and never being the same for the

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Speaker 1: Bills again. He was effective at times, but he was

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Speaker 1: not a game wrecker. I think that's safe to say.

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Speaker 1: When Bosa is on he can be an elite player,

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Speaker 1: and then he has the CAF injury in the spring

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Speaker 1: non contact and it just sets off alarm bells of

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Speaker 1: worry for the Bills fan base all over again.

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Speaker 2: The key question here with Joey Bosa and being a

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Speaker 2: game wrecker on defense is what games do we need

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Speaker 2: Joey Bosa to be a game wrecker Because the answer

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Speaker 2: is not every single game. And I think Buffalo's coaching

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Speaker 2: staff learned from dealing with Von Miller and the injuries

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Speaker 2: that he faced. An older player who can be a

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Speaker 2: game wrecker at times. But I think what they learned

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Speaker 2: is the conversation piece of let's set some expectations here,

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Speaker 2: let's figure out what works for you, what our expectations

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Speaker 2: are for you, and then we'll meet in the middle

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Speaker 2: in however we need to. Because Joey Bosa is not

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Speaker 2: going to be out there one hundred percent of the snaps,

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Speaker 2: they are going to use him in certain situations on defense,

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Speaker 2: and you better believe they're going to be ramping it

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Speaker 2: up as the Bills get into the playoffs, right And I.

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Speaker 1: Would say there is one major difference between the von

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Speaker 1: Miller acquisition and the Bosa acquisition. First of all, the

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Speaker 1: contract isn't nearly as big. But second of all, Joey

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Speaker 1: Bosa is four years younger at signing than Von Miller was.

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Speaker 1: Von Miller was a thirty three year old at signing

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Speaker 1: and he signed a six year deal, which I think

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Speaker 1: but they did that to spread out the money maybe

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Speaker 1: more than anything else. Bosa signs a one year deal

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Speaker 1: and he's only twenty nine at signing, So I think

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Speaker 1: they're hoping that being a little bit younger might make

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Speaker 1: him a little more durable. But again with the calf

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Speaker 1: injury here in the spring that forced him to miss

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Speaker 1: all the spring practices, including mini camp, an understandable concern

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Speaker 1: all over again because I can just see Bills fans

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Speaker 1: Ah hasn't even played a game yet, Bob, I get like,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You have that portion of

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Speaker 1: the fan base that just gets concerned and then fed up.

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Speaker 1: But he's supposed to be good to go for the

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Speaker 1: start of camp. Let's all cross our fingers hope he

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Speaker 1: gets through campfine. And to your point, Matty, yes, I've

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Speaker 1: said from the jump, I think he's going to be

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Speaker 1: used in a similar fashion to that of von Miller

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Speaker 1: to reduce the wear and tear on him because they

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Speaker 1: know his injury history and his likelihood of playing seventeen

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Speaker 1: games fifty snaps a game I think is unrealistic, even

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Speaker 1: at age twenty nine, where you would say there's still

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Speaker 1: mileage left on the tires for him, it might be

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Speaker 1: a game. That might be the best course of action

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Speaker 1: to get the absolute best out of Joey Bosa going forward.

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Speaker 1: That's the hope I believe.

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Speaker 2: I also think it says a lot about Joey Bosa

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Speaker 2: the person and the player to be here throughout OTAs

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Speaker 2: even though he was not practicing. Yes, there is rehab

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Speaker 2: that you have to do in the building, but Bosa

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Speaker 2: at the stage that he is at in his career,

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Speaker 2: he probably could have said, you know what, I'm going

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Speaker 2: to go back to California or wherever I live and

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Speaker 2: I'm going to rehab with my guy over there. Because

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Speaker 2: it is not mandatory to be around for OTAs. But

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Speaker 2: if he was just working off to the sides or

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Speaker 2: to be here. He wants to know the defense, he

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Speaker 2: wants to learn it, he wants to be in the classroom,

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Speaker 2: he wants to get accustomed to his new teammates, and

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Speaker 1: Yeah. He's a guy that usually trains in Florida. That's

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Speaker 1: where his folks live and he trains down there with

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Speaker 1: his brother Nick, usually in the off season when he's

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Speaker 1: away from his team's facility. We have to take a

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Speaker 1: break here, but when we come back, our number two

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Speaker 1: is going to begin with ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler

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Speaker 1: Matty Lab with you One Bill's Live. Thanks for making

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Speaker 1: us a part of your afternoon. We're gonna catch up

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Speaker 1: with ESPN senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler in just a bit,

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Speaker 1: but in the meantime, we are asking you what is

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Speaker 1: your opinion the biggest storyline this offseason for your bills?

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Speaker 1: Eight three, five point fifty one, eight and eight five

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Speaker 1: fifty two, five fifty the numbers to jump on board

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Speaker 1: who says, will the defense finally be a to play

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Speaker 1: up to par with the offense? If you're talking about

864
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:09,080
Speaker 1: on the field storylines, that is a biggin. We know

865
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 1: the offseason that they had in terms of addressing the

866
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, but we won't know until

867
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,360
Speaker 1: we get to the games if it's really going to

868
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: be dramatically better, because it does have to take a

869
00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: noticeable stripe up.

870
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,279
Speaker 2: The way they kept up with the offense last year

871
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 2: was all those takeaways, which was held because they scored

872
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 2: so many points off of those takeaways. But there were

873
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 2: holes within the defense last year that I believe was

874
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:37,919
Speaker 2: addressed in the off season. Now it's the waiting game.

875
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,040
Speaker 2: What does it look like once we get to training camp.

876
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 2: You know, we spend so much time talking about OTA's

877
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 2: and mantroy mini camp, but these guys don't have pads

878
00:49:46,080 --> 00:49:49,719
Speaker 2: on yet. It's it's shorts, T shirts and helmets, So

879
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 2: it's really hard to make out what the defense is

880
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 2: going to look like, especially what the defense is going

881
00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 2: to look like. You can watch the wide receivers run

882
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 2: their routes and catch passes, but it it really doesn't

883
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 2: become real for the defense until the pads go on.

884
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 2: You're in thud so much during practices and you're not

885
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 2: really you're not doing any tackling, So we may not

886
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 2: get a full clue until the pads go on, which

887
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 2: is usually after the first few practices. So they did

888
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 2: the work in the offseason. Now it's about putting it

889
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:23,320
Speaker 2: together on the field.

890
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:27,080
Speaker 1: And even week one, Week two, week three, you could

891
00:50:27,160 --> 00:50:29,120
Speaker 1: argue you may not get the full picture of what

892
00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,279
Speaker 1: this defense looks like because Hoyd and Ogen Jobe being

893
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 1: out on suspension on the reserve suspended list. Like when

894
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: those guys come back in week seven, there could be

895
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 1: another morphine change and iteration of this defense that we

896
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 1: did not anticipate. So just as we might be getting

897
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: a handle on how it's looking through the first six weeks,

898
00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 1: there could be another tweak and change, hopefully for the better,

899
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 1: I would think for the better, you know, even then,

900
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,319
Speaker 1: and we're talking like mid season now, so it may

901
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,279
Speaker 1: take some time before we get a firm grasp on

902
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 1: how much improvement that side of the ball can make.

903
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 1: We have made contact now with ESPN NFL senior reporter

904
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 1: Jeremy Fowler, who joins us here in hour number two,

905
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 1: and Jeremy is always thanks for the time. We appreciate

906
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:15,799
Speaker 1: it and wanted to kind of pick your brain because

907
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,520
Speaker 1: we know this time of the year you're making calls

908
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:21,400
Speaker 1: to execs and personnel people around the league, and this

909
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,040
Speaker 1: time around you did it with regard to off season

910
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: moves here in twenty twenty five, and I'm sure you

911
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:31,400
Speaker 1: had your own, like top three list, But when it

912
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 1: gets right down to it, what did you feel were

913
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: the overwhelming picks of those scouts and execs that you

914
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,879
Speaker 1: talked to in terms of the ones that really kind

915
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:39,959
Speaker 1: of stole the show.

916
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:44,919
Speaker 4: As far as the offseason moves league wide, I would

917
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 4: say the Aaron Rodgers move, you know, it was largely expected,

918
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 4: but the fact that they do have a capable quarterback

919
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 4: really for the first time since Ben Roethlisberger. I shouldn't

920
00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:59,320
Speaker 4: say capable is the wrong word. Russell Wilson obviously was

921
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,520
Speaker 4: a great player point in time, but there's a four

922
00:52:01,560 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 4: time MVP and even though he's forty two years old,

923
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,319
Speaker 4: I mean, he can still throw the ball really well.

924
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:08,839
Speaker 4: He gives them the best chance to win that they've

925
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 4: had in a while. It is a band aid, it's

926
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,279
Speaker 4: a one year experiment, but it's the best option they had.

927
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:15,959
Speaker 4: You're only as good as your options, and there aren't

928
00:52:15,960 --> 00:52:18,920
Speaker 4: a lot of Josh Allens out there, Joe Burrows. I mean,

929
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:22,839
Speaker 4: there's a clear tier one, and then there's a tier two,

930
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:24,880
Speaker 4: and then there's a pretty big drop off at quarterback.

931
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,120
Speaker 4: So you just got to kind of make it work

932
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,160
Speaker 4: for you. Get the running in gone, and you know

933
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:32,800
Speaker 4: you have at least a passer that can, you know,

934
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,399
Speaker 4: play hero ball two or three four times a game,

935
00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 4: maybe still at this stage, can win on third down

936
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 4: for you and make that sort of heroic play that

937
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:40,640
Speaker 4: you need at the right time.

938
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,920
Speaker 2: It is the best option for the Steelers. But how

939
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:48,279
Speaker 2: much do you believe Aaron Rodgers elevates that team as

940
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:48,840
Speaker 2: a whole.

941
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 4: At this stage. I don't know if elevate is the

942
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:59,000
Speaker 4: right word, but you know he didn't elevate the Jets.

943
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 4: I will say this though, the Jets coaches I've talked

944
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,839
Speaker 4: to that were with Rogers last year feel like year two,

945
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 4: coming off the Achilles stare, he will be better his

946
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:10,239
Speaker 4: mobility will improve a little bit. You know, he's never

947
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 4: going to be the mobile quarterback that he was ten

948
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:16,480
Speaker 4: years ago, but he can still function. And the Steelers

949
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 4: are just excited about his field vision, what he can

950
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 4: do with the line of scrimmage, with the arm strength.

951
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 4: They do feel like in those ways he can elevate

952
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:26,200
Speaker 4: them from what they've had. You know, ever since Ben

953
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 4: Roethlisberger left, they've just had a revolving door of quarterbacks

954
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:31,200
Speaker 4: that haven't quite panned out in the last three to

955
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,919
Speaker 4: four years. So this is at least a stable option.

956
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 4: They know what they're getting from a pedigree standpoint, which

957
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 4: is a lot.

958
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 1: Speaking of quarterback moves, Seattle made multiple moves at the

959
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:45,240
Speaker 1: most important position. I mean, I'm not telling you anything

960
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 1: you don't know, but you flip Geno Smith, you get

961
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold in, and then you draft Jalen Milroe. So

962
00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,239
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if anyone was busier at

963
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, maybe with the exception of the Browns

964
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:03,719
Speaker 1: than Seattle in terms of their starting quarterback, who it

965
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:07,919
Speaker 1: is and then who it could be in the future. Yeah,

966
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:09,439
Speaker 1: how do you see that play?

967
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:13,280
Speaker 4: This is the situation where, yeah, the Seattle in Vegas

968
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 4: trade for Gino Smith and then Seattle swapping Smith for

969
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:19,920
Speaker 4: Darnold and Jalen Milroe is kind of the rare win

970
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 4: win situation that you can get out of a trade

971
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 4: or a transaction between two teams, because you know, Gino

972
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,879
Speaker 4: Smith wasn't getting a contract he wanted from Seattle, even

973
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 4: though they did try to negotiate and figure something out.

974
00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 4: So he goes to a place where he's with Pete Carroll.

975
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 4: Pete Carroll desperately needs that pedigree at quarterback. He needs

976
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,600
Speaker 4: somebody that he can trust, and he can trust Gina

977
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 4: from the time together in Seattle, especially as he's trying

978
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,120
Speaker 4: to build that culture there in Vegas. And then from

979
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,359
Speaker 4: Seattle side, you get a quarterback that through thirty five

980
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 4: touchdowns last year, You get him for a couple million

981
00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:52,880
Speaker 4: less than you would have paid Geno Smith based on

982
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 4: the deal he got in Vegas, and you get Jalen

983
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,200
Speaker 4: Milroe as the third round pick in that trade. So

984
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 4: Seattle feels pretty good about the value the This is

985
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 4: a team that with Pete Carroll gone, it's clearly John

986
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,439
Speaker 4: Schneider's show the GM there, and he's made some pretty

987
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 4: bold moves I mean, you've got Cooper Cup there, now,

988
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 4: you got Sam Darnold, you got Gino Smith and DK

989
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:14,279
Speaker 4: metcalf out new players in and you know that's a

990
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,120
Speaker 4: team that figures, hey, look, if we don't have that

991
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:20,600
Speaker 4: sixty million dollar top tier quarterback that I was just

992
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,120
Speaker 4: talking about, then you know we're not going to overpay

993
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 4: for say the eighteenth best quarterback. You know, we're going

994
00:55:26,560 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 4: to make it work for us. And they got a

995
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 4: little more of a team friendly deal on Darnald than

996
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 4: they would.

997
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:30,919
Speaker 7: Have with Gino.

998
00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 2: One big storyline this offseason has to do with the

999
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns and what they're going to do at the

1000
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 2: quarterback position. Who's going to be the starter for Week one,

1001
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 2: who's going to be the starter for Week eight and beyond.

1002
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 2: They go and get two players in the draft, and

1003
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:47,400
Speaker 2: then you have Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett. What did

1004
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:55,760
Speaker 2: NFL execs have to say about the quarterback position in Cleveland, Well.

1005
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 4: It's probably one of the worst situations right now, unfortunately,

1006
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 4: because this is a team that, based on their raft

1007
00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:03,600
Speaker 4: is clearly looking at twenty twenty six and a loaded

1008
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:07,960
Speaker 4: quarterback class there as a potential solution for them long term.

1009
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 4: At the position because they now have two first round

1010
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:13,800
Speaker 4: picks after that Jacksonville trade. So this year is about

1011
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:17,080
Speaker 4: just seeing what they have in the quarterback room. They

1012
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:20,799
Speaker 4: have four different options. They clearly don't have a long

1013
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,719
Speaker 4: term solution. They're most likely unless the Shore Sanders or

1014
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 4: Dylan Gabriel really emerge. My sense at least early is

1015
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 4: that Flacco probably is the favorite going into camp. That

1016
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 4: is just a since after asking around, the Browns have

1017
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:37,759
Speaker 4: not gone that far to know or commit to that.

1018
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 4: But you know, based on who ran with the first team,

1019
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,720
Speaker 4: you know, like what the reps meant in the spring,

1020
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:48,720
Speaker 4: Like for instance, Shor Sanders had great stats in OTA's

1021
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 4: and mini camp based on what was out there, but

1022
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:53,360
Speaker 4: he was thrown against a lot of third teams, a

1023
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 4: lot of seven man work, no pass rush. Like the

1024
00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 4: context of that kind of thing is always important. I

1025
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:00,920
Speaker 4: just get the sense that they're of the young quarterbacks

1026
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 4: is developmental right now. They're not pushing either guy to

1027
00:57:03,520 --> 00:57:07,080
Speaker 4: really start, and you know, they can keep four quarterbacks.

1028
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 4: They can try to find a way to do that.

1029
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 4: Maybe they can stash run on the practice squad potentially,

1030
00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 4: but you know Flacco has the ability. You know he

1031
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 4: stows the arm strength, he knows the offense. He's had

1032
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 4: success there. You know, I'd be at least mildly surprised

1033
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:22,479
Speaker 4: if he doesn't take hold of that job fairly early.

1034
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:27,480
Speaker 1: We've seen skill position players, in particular Jeremy move on

1035
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh and do anything but flourish. Several have crashed

1036
00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 1: and burned, Antonio Brown being the biggest example. But you

1037
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:38,480
Speaker 1: can throw Le'Veon Bell in there. The latest with Deontay

1038
00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:43,040
Speaker 1: Johnson has not played out too well either. Can George

1039
00:57:43,120 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: Pickens change that narrative in Dallas?

1040
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:49,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a great point you bring up, because they

1041
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:51,960
Speaker 4: know how to cut bait and when to cut bait.

1042
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:52,600
Speaker 5: They've shown it.

1043
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 4: They get maximum value out of these players, and then

1044
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 4: when they feel like there's going to be a drop off,

1045
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:00,840
Speaker 4: they trade them or they move on. I mean, Antonio

1046
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 4: Brown's a classic example. You know, they kind of had

1047
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 4: to find a way to get him to Sundays to

1048
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 4: kick off, you know, and he was a problem during

1049
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 4: the week, but he was so good and they moved

1050
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,440
Speaker 4: on and it just wasn't the same for him after that.

1051
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:16,880
Speaker 4: So you know, that's sort of the precedent that the

1052
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:19,560
Speaker 4: Steelers have set, and that would suggest that George Pickens

1053
00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:22,480
Speaker 4: would fall in that same line. The difference is this,

1054
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:26,520
Speaker 4: He's His ability is all world.

1055
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it just is he's.

1056
00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 4: He might be even though he doesn't have the accomplishments,

1057
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:34,160
Speaker 4: he might be the best contested catcher in the league

1058
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:37,360
Speaker 4: as far as just those one on ones jump ball

1059
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 4: body contorted. Can you make the play? He's right there

1060
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:44,120
Speaker 4: with some of those top guys, and you pay him

1061
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,000
Speaker 4: a cde Lamb, you pair him with a good quarterback

1062
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 4: in Dak Prescott, it can work. He's a young guy

1063
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 4: in a contract year. It's just the maturity issue has

1064
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,160
Speaker 4: been an issue. It was an issue in Pittsburgh. It

1065
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 4: is part of the reason why he's gone. But you know,

1066
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:00,520
Speaker 4: some players, if they can find a way to be

1067
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:02,400
Speaker 4: on their best behavior in a contract you're gona produce,

1068
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,520
Speaker 4: then they can maximize the fruits of that labor. So

1069
00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 4: I tend to think he'll be a little different and

1070
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 4: he won't just be the same story. But some of

1071
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:15,840
Speaker 4: the concerns that the Steelers had and that the rest

1072
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 4: of the league has about sort of the work ethic

1073
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,920
Speaker 4: and the maturity is something he's going to have to overcome.

1074
00:59:21,400 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 2: The Bills aren't a part of this article that has

1075
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 2: the NFL execs and scouts picking their favorite twenty twenty

1076
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,920
Speaker 2: five offseason moves, but Buffalo made several moves of this offseason.

1077
00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:35,080
Speaker 2: They go defense heavy in the draft. Six defensive players

1078
00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:37,959
Speaker 2: is what they drafted out of nine total draft picks,

1079
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 2: and then you see them kind of revamp their defensive

1080
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 2: line in free agency as well. What are people saying

1081
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:50,200
Speaker 2: about Buffalo and those offseason moves, Well.

1082
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 4: They're saying that it's probably a draft that Buffalo fans

1083
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 4: and Buffalo diehards will be happy about, you know, like

1084
00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:59,760
Speaker 4: noticing that they it's fun to get the shiny new

1085
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:02,440
Speaker 4: toy on offense. But really, when you dig down into it,

1086
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 4: you know, this is a team that need to needed

1087
01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 4: to replenish on defense from just a depth standpoint, a

1088
01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 4: explosion standpoint, maybe a pass rush explosion standpoint, and just

1089
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:17,440
Speaker 4: you know, players of an edge getting some new ideas

1090
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:19,760
Speaker 4: in there, some new life. You know, Max Harrison the

1091
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 4: corners really fast, so you can play him in that

1092
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:23,840
Speaker 4: system that he plays with an edge, you know, and

1093
01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 4: he'll get in there and be physical.

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01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:25,960
Speaker 5: You know.

1095
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:29,600
Speaker 4: Landon Jackson was considered a player that could have gone

1096
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 4: a little higher than he did, so that's probably good

1097
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:34,840
Speaker 4: value for where they got him. I forget the exact

1098
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:38,200
Speaker 4: pick number, but sort of a welcome draft, you know.

1099
01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:41,400
Speaker 4: It's it's a defense that is certainly established and not

1100
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 4: in transition, you know, but they could take some flyers on,

1101
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:46,720
Speaker 4: some playmakers that might have some high end potential that

1102
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 4: could be stars or Pro bowlers down the road. Like

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01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:50,640
Speaker 4: it was sort of a fitting time to do that

1104
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:53,120
Speaker 4: last one I've got for you, Jeremy.

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01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:56,240
Speaker 1: I'm sure you heard the Brain and Being press conference

1106
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 1: during Mini camp, and there was one comedy made which

1107
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:02,680
Speaker 1: kind of perked up everyone's ears when in regard to

1108
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 1: James Cook and whether or not he would be a

1109
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 1: training camp, he said he would be a training camp

1110
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:11,720
Speaker 1: whether he has a contract or not, and that obviously

1111
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:15,080
Speaker 1: had all of us with the antennas up say, oh,

1112
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:19,520
Speaker 1: so are they talking? Maybe they are talking? And if so,

1113
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: and we've seen Brandon Bean do this before, Spencer Brown,

1114
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: Tyler Bass, these are all guys that sign contract extensions

1115
01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:29,600
Speaker 1: homegrown talent right before the season starts. So do we

1116
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:32,520
Speaker 1: still think the door is open on an extension with

1117
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:33,120
Speaker 1: the Bills.

1118
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:39,120
Speaker 4: I still think the door is open. That's one I

1119
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:43,160
Speaker 4: haven't checked on today necessarily, but last I checked, there

1120
01:01:43,280 --> 01:01:45,280
Speaker 4: wasn't a lot of progress, but there was still like

1121
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 4: some optimism in the big picture that maybe they could

1122
01:01:48,320 --> 01:01:51,600
Speaker 4: figure something out and they have four or five weeks

1123
01:01:51,680 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 4: to do it whatever it is, before training camp, and

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01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:56,400
Speaker 4: then he still have camp. That doesn't have to be

1125
01:01:56,440 --> 01:02:00,240
Speaker 4: a deadline, right, still negotiate weeks into that process. I

1126
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 4: sense Buffalo would probably like to get that kind of

1127
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 4: thing done before week one. But you're right, they've shown

1128
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,120
Speaker 4: a pension for resigning their own. They're dedicated to it,

1129
01:02:07,520 --> 01:02:12,000
Speaker 4: they've been aggressive. It's sort of a similar model that

1130
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:14,720
Speaker 4: Philadelphia has followed, Like if you have a really good player,

1131
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,919
Speaker 4: just sign them early, sign them now, and you'll get

1132
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:21,280
Speaker 4: value down the road and the cap goes way up

1133
01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:24,240
Speaker 4: and players are getting overpaid elsewhere. You know, the teams

1134
01:02:24,280 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 4: that wait typically you pay more of a premium. So

1135
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:29,280
Speaker 4: get a guy early, like the James Russeau deal. You

1136
01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:32,040
Speaker 4: know he still has some upside, Like that's a good deal.

1137
01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:33,840
Speaker 4: I forget what the number was, but it wasn't a

1138
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:37,040
Speaker 4: gargantuan contract number, Like he should be able to hit

1139
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:40,240
Speaker 4: that number and satisfy that deal. So the problem with

1140
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,880
Speaker 4: I do think James Cook is the most challenging of

1141
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:46,480
Speaker 4: all the deals that they've done recently because of the

1142
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:50,800
Speaker 4: running back position. He's been ultra productive. But the only

1143
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 4: running backs that are really getting paid at a high

1144
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:55,920
Speaker 4: clip as we're seeing is the top of the top Saquon,

1145
01:02:56,080 --> 01:02:59,240
Speaker 4: Derrick Henry, Christian McCaffrey a year ago. I guess you

1146
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:00,720
Speaker 4: could say, but that was even sort of like a

1147
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:03,959
Speaker 4: bridge third contract. So really at Sakuwan and Derrek Henry

1148
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 4: getting that real money right now, you know, James Coke

1149
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 4: would probably argue, hey, look, I have a lot of touchdowns,

1150
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:11,800
Speaker 4: I'm ultra productive, I'm perfect in this offense. I'm a

1151
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:14,520
Speaker 4: lot younger than those guys, so I should be up

1152
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:16,800
Speaker 4: in that clip. You know, at least I think guaranteed

1153
01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 4: money's going to be important for him. You know, he

1154
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:21,640
Speaker 4: just saw Ashton Jent get a pretty much a fully

1155
01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 4: guaranteed contract of thirty plus million dollars a year as

1156
01:03:24,680 --> 01:03:26,439
Speaker 4: a top ten pick. I know that's a rookie deal,

1157
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,320
Speaker 4: but that does probably help his market a little bit.

1158
01:03:30,480 --> 01:03:34,480
Speaker 4: So it's just a question of whether Buffalo's front office

1159
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:36,439
Speaker 4: at some point says, hey, we have a walk away

1160
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:38,680
Speaker 4: number here that we're not going to go crazy on.

1161
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:40,960
Speaker 4: You know, we're not gonna pay running back, say eighteen

1162
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:42,840
Speaker 4: million dollars a year. But I still think there's a

1163
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:47,040
Speaker 4: sweet spot that there will be enough optimism there where

1164
01:03:47,080 --> 01:03:49,080
Speaker 4: they can reach it eventually. So I would bet on

1165
01:03:49,160 --> 01:03:51,840
Speaker 4: Buffalo getting that done or at least giving their best

1166
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 4: effort to.

1167
01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:54,520
Speaker 2: Try one more. For me, the Bills look to be

1168
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,520
Speaker 2: the favorites in the AFC East again this season. Which

1169
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:02,320
Speaker 2: AFC East team do you think could try to contend

1170
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:05,640
Speaker 2: with them? I know there may not be a team

1171
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:09,200
Speaker 2: that can push Buffalo, but which AFC East team improved

1172
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:09,560
Speaker 2: the most.

1173
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:15,520
Speaker 4: You know, I'm probably gonna go New England. I just

1174
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:18,040
Speaker 4: think they have a sneaky chance to push for the division.

1175
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 4: And you know, if I had to pick a division

1176
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:22,040
Speaker 4: winner in the preseason, I would pick Buffalo, But Miami's

1177
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 4: in transition. New York Jets are in transition. The Jets

1178
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:29,000
Speaker 4: are tricky because they've had talent in recent years as

1179
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 4: you've seen, you know, Garrett Wilson, Sauce Gardner, Breisee Hall,

1180
01:04:32,440 --> 01:04:35,959
Speaker 4: that got some pass rushers, They've got Quinn Williams, They've

1181
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:39,440
Speaker 4: got pieces and you know Justin fields at least his

1182
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:44,240
Speaker 4: you know, his floor is pretty high. You know you're

1183
01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:46,600
Speaker 4: not gonna get miserable play from Justin fields Like He's

1184
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:48,720
Speaker 4: gonna be productive and run the ball and move the

1185
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:51,040
Speaker 4: ball a little bit. The question is can he be

1186
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,480
Speaker 4: you know, a functional passer in the pocket. That's sort

1187
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,200
Speaker 4: of the question with him. But I think with his

1188
01:04:56,760 --> 01:04:59,480
Speaker 4: ability to run the ball dual threat, he'll be what

1189
01:04:59,640 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 4: Aaron go and the new head coach once and they'll

1190
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 4: have a vision for how they want to do things

1191
01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:06,400
Speaker 4: from a toughness standpoint. So the Jets are intriguing to me,

1192
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:10,760
Speaker 4: but I think the Patriots might have the best. Well

1193
01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 4: I wouldn't say Drake May is better than Tua, but

1194
01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 4: they have the most intriguing quarterback option with the highest

1195
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,880
Speaker 4: upside in that division outside of Buffalo. With what Drake

1196
01:05:19,960 --> 01:05:21,360
Speaker 4: May can do, what he can be, and he does

1197
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 4: have like shades of Josh Allen a little bit. I'm

1198
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 4: not saying he's him, but you know, he's a bigger

1199
01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:29,360
Speaker 4: guy that can run, big arm, you know, a galvanizer,

1200
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:32,800
Speaker 4: big personality that brings people together. So there's some traits

1201
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:35,320
Speaker 4: there and they've gotten a lot better their draft was

1202
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:37,680
Speaker 4: really good. Their draft got high marks from people with

1203
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:40,680
Speaker 4: other teams they tell to around the league. And the defense,

1204
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:41,960
Speaker 4: you know, is going to be pretty good. So I'm

1205
01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:45,120
Speaker 4: gonna pick New England. And you know they've loaded up

1206
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:47,920
Speaker 4: on the defensive line too, with some pass rushers and

1207
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,040
Speaker 4: d tackles. Question for them is always can they get

1208
01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:54,640
Speaker 4: like a solidified thousand yard receiver. They haven't had that

1209
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:56,960
Speaker 4: in a long time, so can somebody emerge and do

1210
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:57,400
Speaker 4: that for them?

1211
01:05:57,440 --> 01:06:00,440
Speaker 1: As the question Jeremy thanks for the time is always

1212
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 1: enjoy your summer because we're gonna blink and we'll be

1213
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:04,960
Speaker 1: back at training camp. So enjoy the time off you

1214
01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:05,720
Speaker 1: got left.

1215
01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:09,120
Speaker 3: No doubt.

1216
01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:10,920
Speaker 4: Hey, thanks for having me. Everybody happy summer.

1217
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:13,760
Speaker 1: Sure thing to you too. At ESPN NFL senior reporter,

1218
01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 1: Jeremy Fowler, door is still open. The door is still open.

1219
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:22,200
Speaker 1: I kind of felt that way, Yeah, But just knowing

1220
01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:24,480
Speaker 1: all the people that he talks to in and around

1221
01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:26,640
Speaker 1: the league, you know, it's nice to kind of get

1222
01:06:26,680 --> 01:06:32,360
Speaker 1: it solidified confirmed to some degree, and you know, just

1223
01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:34,760
Speaker 1: with us being here boots on the ground, we kind

1224
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:40,160
Speaker 1: of know Brandon Bean's history of getting draft picks locked

1225
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:43,120
Speaker 1: up to second contracts right before the season starts. I

1226
01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:46,520
Speaker 1: don't think it's happening before training camp, but I think

1227
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:48,960
Speaker 1: as we get closer to the end of the preseason

1228
01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 1: and the start of the regular season, history has shown

1229
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: us that that's when the rubber meets the road. So

1230
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:56,840
Speaker 1: be nice if it happened.

1231
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:59,240
Speaker 2: It would be really nice if it happened. And I

1232
01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:02,000
Speaker 2: think it's a very positive sign that James Cook showed

1233
01:07:02,040 --> 01:07:03,400
Speaker 2: up for mandatory mini camp.

1234
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,280
Speaker 1: Right And I think also the other thing that Fowler

1235
01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:11,200
Speaker 1: pointed out was the fact that guaranteed money is going

1236
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:14,000
Speaker 1: to be very important to James Cook, especially if it's

1237
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:17,120
Speaker 1: a shorter term, long term deal, like if it's not

1238
01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:20,439
Speaker 1: a four year deal or a five year deal, which

1239
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 1: I am not anticipating, and it's only a three year deal,

1240
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:27,640
Speaker 1: where the guaranteed money is going to be well, it

1241
01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:29,880
Speaker 1: will be important. I think he's going to be looking

1242
01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:32,200
Speaker 1: at his agent's probably gonna be looking for front loaded money.

1243
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:34,240
Speaker 1: The Bills are going to want to push as much

1244
01:07:34,280 --> 01:07:37,000
Speaker 1: money into the future as they can. But you can

1245
01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,560
Speaker 1: both have that if you give him a big signing

1246
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 1: bonus because he signs the contract, that money goes in

1247
01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:44,400
Speaker 1: his pocket and the bills can spread it out. So

1248
01:07:45,040 --> 01:07:47,920
Speaker 1: maybe some of the guaranteed money or most of the

1249
01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:50,120
Speaker 1: guaranteed money that he's looking for comes in the form

1250
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:52,440
Speaker 1: of a signing bonus. Maybe have an option bonus the

1251
01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:56,360
Speaker 1: second year, you know where again you hit a certain

1252
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:58,680
Speaker 1: date you're on the roster, it goes into your pocket.

1253
01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:03,160
Speaker 1: So there are ways. There are creative enough avenues, I believe,

1254
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:06,760
Speaker 1: where they can find the common ground necessary to find

1255
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,600
Speaker 1: something amenable to the Cook camp to get the deal done.

1256
01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:15,400
Speaker 1: There is some NFL news out there right now. Former

1257
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:19,880
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl corner Shaq Griffin is signing with the Seahawks.

1258
01:08:20,360 --> 01:08:22,400
Speaker 1: He played for the Vikings last season, where he had

1259
01:08:22,439 --> 01:08:29,200
Speaker 1: two interceptions and six pass breakups. So the Seahawks sign

1260
01:08:29,360 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 1: another corner for the back end. And they had one

1261
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:37,360
Speaker 1: really good outside corner and Riek Woolan even though Keon

1262
01:08:37,439 --> 01:08:39,280
Speaker 1: Coleman beat him for a touchdown in the game back

1263
01:08:39,320 --> 01:08:42,600
Speaker 1: in Week eight last year, and they have Witherspoon on

1264
01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:46,160
Speaker 1: the other side. I wonder where they would use Shack

1265
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:48,880
Speaker 1: Griffin or if he's just veteran insurance. I would assume

1266
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:52,280
Speaker 1: he's veteran insurance because they have two starters there so

1267
01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 1: and both of them, you know, were top picks. Now

1268
01:08:56,439 --> 01:08:59,760
Speaker 1: Wooland wasn't a first round pick, but Witherspoon. Witherspoon was

1269
01:08:59,760 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: a ten pick. But they've got guys capably manning down

1270
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 1: the manning the outside. So it sounds like an insurance

1271
01:09:06,360 --> 01:09:10,080
Speaker 1: policy there for the Seahawks, who I think are going

1272
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:12,880
Speaker 1: to be a very interesting team. They're going to look

1273
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:15,400
Speaker 1: a lot different and I and you know, we asked

1274
01:09:15,439 --> 01:09:18,639
Speaker 1: Jeremy about it, because you get rid of the quarterback

1275
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:20,559
Speaker 1: that's been starting for you, you bring in a new

1276
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:24,040
Speaker 1: veteran in Sam Donald, who had a career year, and

1277
01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:26,280
Speaker 1: then you have a quarterback of the future in Milrow,

1278
01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:31,240
Speaker 1: which to me says even they're not completely convinced that

1279
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:33,280
Speaker 1: Donald's going to be able to do everything he did

1280
01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:37,800
Speaker 1: in Minnesota last year in Seattle. And I think the

1281
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,320
Speaker 1: reason why there are people that believe that, because I'm

1282
01:09:40,320 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: in this camp Kevin O'Connell is a quarterback whisperer, like

1283
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,600
Speaker 1: he gets the best. Sam Donald was left on the

1284
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:51,120
Speaker 1: scrap heap from the twenty eighteen draft class of quarterbacks,

1285
01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 1: bounced around to a couple of teams, got traded for

1286
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:56,439
Speaker 1: a song to Carolina. It didn't work out. There, he

1287
01:09:56,479 --> 01:10:00,519
Speaker 1: gets moved again. He's out in San Francisco as a backup,

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Speaker 1: and then he signs with Minnesota as a free agent,

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Speaker 1: and bang, he's in the starting lineup because at JJ

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Speaker 1: McCarthy's injury and he just kills it. He looks like

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Speaker 1: a different player at least until they got to the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and then it kind of all went up and smoke,

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Speaker 1: and that, at least for me, was what set off

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Speaker 1: the alarm bells. Like, you know, when it gets down

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Speaker 1: to crunch time, does this guy fold like a tent

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Speaker 1: or you know, does he learn from that? And is

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Speaker 1: he better without O'Connell. I think the jury's out on that.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel the same way, Like, I just don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if he can duplicate

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Speaker 1: what he did last year in Minnesota. I mean, they

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Speaker 1: went fourteen and three, like, and.

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Speaker 2: All season you were you were wondering when is it

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01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:50,040
Speaker 2: gonna blow up? When is it gonna blow blow up?

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Speaker 2: This is this cannot this train cannot stay on these

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Speaker 2: tracks through the playoffs. Something is going to go wrong.

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Speaker 2: And in the playoffs it did kind of fall apart

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Speaker 2: for San Darnold, which makes you wonder can another team

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Speaker 2: get that out of him? Because of his story leading

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Speaker 2: up to the Minnesota Vikings. Was it like, this is

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Speaker 2: a player who has had a lot of success on

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Speaker 2: a couple of teams. No, he was jumping around different

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Speaker 2: teams and found something in the Vikings for one season.

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Speaker 1: I mean you're asking, You're you're legitimately asking, and it's

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Speaker 1: totally fair to ask. Is he a one year wonder?

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Speaker 5: See?

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Speaker 1: I certainly is hoping he is not. But even their

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Speaker 1: structure of that contract I think tells you how convinced

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Speaker 1: they are, because from what I understand, it amounts to

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Speaker 1: a one year deal. So it's like, all right, we'll

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Speaker 1: take a flyer. We'll see if he can duplicate what

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Speaker 1: he did last year in Minnesota. Because if he's going

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01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:49,000
Speaker 1: for thirty five touchdowns and twelve picks and forty three

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Speaker 1: hundred yards, we're in business. We're in the playoffs. Like

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Speaker 1: that done deal, Lucille forget it? So I don't. I'm

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Speaker 1: just I'm having a hard time getting there though, and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be able to do it somewhere else in

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Speaker 1: a new offense, with a new coordinator and a new

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Speaker 1: cast of characters.

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Speaker 2: Around exactly new coordinator and your head coach is a

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Speaker 2: newer head coach in his second season right at the Seahawks,

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Speaker 2: So we got to.

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Speaker 1: Take a break here. When we come back, more of

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Speaker 1: your comments on what you believe the biggest off season

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Speaker 1: storyline for the Bills has been eight h three zero

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

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Speaker 1: five fifty the numbers to join us. We're going to

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Speaker 1: check out some more of the comments on the tweet

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Speaker 1: sheeet when we return here on One Bill's Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right back

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Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Maddy lab here

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Speaker 1: with you, and we wanted to get back to some

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Speaker 1: of the comments on the tweet sheet. So we've been

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Speaker 1: asking you today what in your opinion has been the

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Speaker 1: biggest storyline surrounding the Bills this off season and where

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Speaker 1: are we left off? Was with Dre who says the

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Speaker 1: youth they will be relying on for their defense with

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Speaker 1: two ped suspensions, the d line will rely heavily on

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Speaker 1: Sanders Walker and Jackson Buffalo Joe as a primary backup

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Speaker 1: at Mike linebacker Hairston as a potential starting CB two

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Speaker 1: and Bishop as a potential starting strong safety, big risk,

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Speaker 1: especially if they don't develop. Well, if they don't develop,

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Speaker 1: they're not starting in an ideal world. Yes, Maxwell harriston

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Speaker 1: starting at corner cole Bishops starting at safety. I'm more

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Speaker 1: interested with the initial comment about Sanders, Walker and Jackson

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Speaker 1: and the roles they're going to have to fill in

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Speaker 1: the absence of Ogunjobi and Hoyt. Who takes on primary

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Speaker 1: roles or does the coaching staff attack it with numbers,

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Speaker 1: because they're probably going to keep nine or ten defensive linemen,

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Speaker 1: and they're going to probably keep a couple of guys

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Speaker 1: that may not have made the roster without those suspensions.

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Speaker 1: So now you've got guys on for at least the

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Speaker 1: first six weeks, and what if they blow up and

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Speaker 1: do awesome. It's a good problem, still a problem, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So I'm really curious to see how they solve that

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Speaker 1: issue without Ogunjobi and without Hoyt at the outset of

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Speaker 1: the season for the first six games. Do they just

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Speaker 1: plug one of these young players into one of those

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Speaker 1: roles because they've been that good, or do they not

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Speaker 1: want to put that much on the plate of one

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Speaker 1: player and say let's attack it in numbers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the numbers thing seems to make sense to me

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Speaker 2: because we've seen it done. Speaking about the defensive line position,

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Speaker 2: we've seen it done with the defensive line position over

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Speaker 2: the last several years. This is a defensive line that

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Speaker 2: likes to shift, that likes to move things around, rotate,

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Speaker 2: rotate quite a bit. So it would make sense to

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Speaker 2: see some of those rookie defensive lineman rotating and maybe

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Speaker 2: they'll do some mixing and matching in the first few

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Speaker 2: weeks to figure out Okay, obviously they're gonna do that

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Speaker 2: during training camp, but once the games start to figure out, Okay,

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Speaker 2: who works well together, what are our best for who

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Speaker 2: can we rotate? Maybe inside or outside. There was a

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Speaker 2: quote that Sean McDermott had during OTA's I can't remember

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Speaker 2: where when it was during OTAs it was in June.

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Speaker 2: At some point he was asked about TJ. Sanders and

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Speaker 2: how he was integrating himself in Buffalo's system. McDermott had

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Speaker 2: good things to say about Sanders, but he finished the

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Speaker 2: quote saying this, We're going to play a lot of

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Speaker 2: young guys on defense. That's the way I see it

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Speaker 2: right now. At least, there's going to be some youth

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Speaker 2: to our defense, and we're going to be counting on

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Speaker 2: a number of those guys to step up for us.

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Speaker 2: It's going to happen. We don't know what it's going

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01:15:52,439 --> 01:15:54,960
Speaker 2: to look like, but we know there's gonna have to

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Speaker 2: be some young guys who make up this defense.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's a byproduct of two things. One,

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Speaker 1: I think they felt that all of our attempts over

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Speaker 1: the years to scoop up veteran players in free agency

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Speaker 1: that we think can give us a good year or two,

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Speaker 1: like they have a good year or two left in

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Speaker 1: their career to help us and upgrade our defensive front,

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Speaker 1: for the most part, has not panned out. Leonard Floyd

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Speaker 1: is an exception, and there are a couple of others,

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Speaker 1: but it's a short list. So I think they came

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Speaker 1: to the conclusion that we have to get younger. Younger

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01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:38,920
Speaker 1: bodies tend to hold up a little bit better too,

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Speaker 1: through the course of a grinding season. You know, when

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Speaker 1: you're a twenty two year old, you snap back quicker

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Speaker 1: than when you're thirty two and you have ten years

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Speaker 1: of NFL football on your body. So I think they

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Speaker 1: recognized they needed to get young for two reasons, One

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Speaker 1: to try to stay healthier and recover quicker. Two because

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Speaker 1: taking older players and using that as the majority of

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Speaker 1: the way in which you augment your roster was not working.

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Speaker 1: So that's why we saw the heavy defensive slant to

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Speaker 1: the draft, because that's where they wanted to add the

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Speaker 1: majority of the new additions in the draft, young talent

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Speaker 1: and then couple of older players you know, in the market.

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Speaker 1: And even Hoyt is not old. What is he twenty seven?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So.

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Speaker 1: I think there was a philosophical shift there, similar to

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Speaker 1: the philosophical shift we saw last year at this time

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Speaker 1: with the receiving court. Totally they throw the number one,

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Speaker 1: the you know, the true number one alpha receiver overboard

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Speaker 1: and do not replace him with a comparable talent and

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Speaker 1: instead say, we're going to have a collection from receiver

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Speaker 1: one through six of very good players, but maybe not

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Speaker 1: an elite player. And we believe if we approach it

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Speaker 1: this way, we're more difficult to defend because defenses don't

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Speaker 1: know where the hell the balls going on any given

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Speaker 1: play series game. And it worked to the tune of

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Speaker 1: scoring more points than anybody in the league. I hope

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Speaker 1: they are just as correct in what I believe is

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Speaker 1: this philosophical shift on defense.

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Speaker 2: With youth adding veteran players through free agency on defense

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Speaker 2: over the last few seasons. One thing that you get

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Speaker 2: in a veteran is you've been there, You've done that,

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Speaker 2: you know what life is in the NFL. But one

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Speaker 2: thing that can be hard with veterans is they're not

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Speaker 2: as moldable. You may be at the point in your

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Speaker 2: career where you are what you are. Yes, you can

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Speaker 2: learn the system, you can learn the defense, but maybe

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01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:42,960
Speaker 2: you can't shift and morph as much as the defense

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01:18:43,000 --> 01:18:46,120
Speaker 2: of coaching staff wants you to within the system that

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Speaker 2: you're playing in. With rookies, you can do that. You

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Speaker 2: get the inexperience, which is challenging at challenging at times.

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Speaker 2: But what you do get is you get a player

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Speaker 2: with a blank slate to where you can mold them

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Speaker 2: and you can create them into the player that you

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Speaker 2: want them to be. Another thing with deciding to go

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Speaker 2: younger on defense for Buffalo, because you're paying a lot

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Speaker 2: of guys on this team. You're paying some some big

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01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:17,960
Speaker 2: caliber players in a Josh Allen, in a Dion Dawkins

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Speaker 2: in the several new younger players that we just signed

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Speaker 2: to contract extensions. That money is going somewhere, so you

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Speaker 2: have to free up the other money by going into

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Speaker 2: the draft to say, we're gonna have to hit a

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Speaker 2: home run here because these guys are gonna have to play.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, totally makes sense. Eight oh three, five fifty one,

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two, five fifty. What's been the biggest

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Speaker 1: story line surrounding the Bills this offseason? Back to the

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Speaker 1: phones we go and to Adam in Silver Creek. What's up? Adam?

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Speaker 7: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. I appreciate it.

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Speaker 7: You know, with all the storyline and we've heard all

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Speaker 7: about them. You know, you have Josh MVP, you know

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Speaker 7: the James Cooks situation. I hate to say contract dispute,

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Speaker 7: because I mean it.

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Speaker 1: Is what it is, you know.

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Speaker 7: But really, to me, with this coaching staff and this organization,

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Speaker 7: you know, we're favored in every single game this year

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Speaker 7: in the regular season.

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Speaker 6: That's like unheard of.

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Speaker 7: And you know, really this year is set up to

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Speaker 7: be the year for this team and this franchise to

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Speaker 7: get over the hump, get over Kansas City, get to

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Speaker 7: the super Bowl. To me, that's still the same storyline,

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Speaker 7: and every year we go into the same season talking

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Speaker 7: about how this is the most loaded we've ever seen

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Speaker 7: this team, and we continue to fall short. So that's

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Speaker 7: what I'm looking for. You know, are they going to

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Speaker 7: dominate the regular season like we anticipate, lock up the

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Speaker 7: number one seed hopefully, and then get to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 7: If not, then what's next? Because other than that, we

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Speaker 7: just continue to bang our heads against the wall and repeat.

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Speaker 7: So I hang up, then listen to their comments.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks, Adam. I mean I would say that that

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Speaker 1: is one way to try to change the path in

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Speaker 1: getting over the hump, and that is the number one seed.

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Speaker 1: You have a schedule that is arguably more favorable than

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Speaker 1: some of the ones you've had in the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years. There are hard games, but the way they

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Speaker 1: are laid out appears on the surface to be favorable.

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Speaker 1: So you hope you rack up more wins because of that.

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Speaker 1: And yes, I think you have to gun for the

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01:21:33,400 --> 01:21:36,599
Speaker 1: number one seed and be superior to teams like Kansas

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Speaker 1: City or Baltimore who are expected to be their most

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Speaker 1: ardent challengers. So you get the number one seed, that's

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Speaker 1: one less playoff game. You have to play. That means

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Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about something wild happening that

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Speaker 1: was unexpected, you don't have to worry about some miracle

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01:21:54,000 --> 01:21:57,360
Speaker 1: play that gives the underdog the victory, and you don't

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01:21:57,400 --> 01:22:00,439
Speaker 1: have to worry about anybody getting injured, which we've seen

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01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:04,479
Speaker 1: in the playoffs the last couple of years, less so

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01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:07,960
Speaker 1: last year, although Benford goes out in the first quarter.

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01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:12,040
Speaker 1: The year Bernard the year before that, Terrell Bernard, Rasuell

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01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: Douglas like run down the list, Taylor rap like run

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01:22:15,240 --> 01:22:19,160
Speaker 1: down the list. So there's a reason why Kansas City

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01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:21,840
Speaker 1: has gotten to what is it for the last five

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01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:24,000
Speaker 1: Super Bowls. It's because they've had the number one seed.

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01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:26,800
Speaker 1: They're playing one less playoff game than everybody else, and

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01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:29,280
Speaker 1: then when they do finally suit up and play, they're

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Speaker 1: playing the lowest remaining seed left in the postseason. And

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01:22:32,479 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 1: they've been that way every single year. So there's value

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01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:39,960
Speaker 1: in that number one seed, and I think that is

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01:22:40,080 --> 01:22:43,479
Speaker 1: what they should be gunning for without question, because you

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01:22:43,600 --> 01:22:47,960
Speaker 1: make your path easier playing one fewer game to get there.

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01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:51,240
Speaker 1: It's invaluable, and there's only one team in a conference

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01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:54,600
Speaker 1: that gets it, and Kansas City has been the beneficiary

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01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:57,080
Speaker 1: time and time and time again, and people are like,

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01:22:57,120 --> 01:22:58,680
Speaker 1: how they keep getting back to the super Bowl, they

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01:22:58,720 --> 01:22:59,720
Speaker 1: keep getting the number one seed.

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01:22:59,760 --> 01:23:02,719
Speaker 2: That's yes, our color talked about banging your head against

1523
01:23:02,760 --> 01:23:04,479
Speaker 2: the wall. It's trying to figure out what to do

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01:23:04,640 --> 01:23:07,599
Speaker 2: to get to the super Bowl. It's getting that number

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01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:10,439
Speaker 2: one seed. And it has been a goal for this

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01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:14,479
Speaker 2: team in the last five years to get that number

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01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:17,439
Speaker 2: one seed. And because they know how valuable it is.

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01:23:17,560 --> 01:23:21,760
Speaker 2: We talk about the press conferences in the beginning of

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01:23:21,800 --> 01:23:24,960
Speaker 2: the season where Sean McDermott and Josh Allen are talking

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01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:28,639
Speaker 2: about their goals for the season. You hear them talk about,

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01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:32,320
Speaker 2: we want the playoffs to run through Buffalo. We want

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01:23:32,400 --> 01:23:35,920
Speaker 2: to be the number one seed. I think they've done

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01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:39,519
Speaker 2: enough to this roster in the off season. Couple that

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01:23:39,720 --> 01:23:42,400
Speaker 2: with what the schedule looks like to get there. Now

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01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:46,080
Speaker 2: it's just about actually doing it. You've done the work

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01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:49,960
Speaker 2: leading up to it. Now when it comes to Week one,

1537
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:52,200
Speaker 2: you just have to go out there and perform.

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01:23:52,479 --> 01:23:57,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. And I think and again,

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01:23:57,160 --> 01:23:59,280
Speaker 1: with the way the schedule lays out, it would seem

1540
01:23:59,439 --> 01:24:05,000
Speaker 1: to end itself in helping the Bills do just that.

1541
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 1: Seth On the tweet, she says, seventeen tie on the knot.

1542
01:24:09,479 --> 01:24:11,120
Speaker 1: He's taking the next step in life and now he

1543
01:24:11,160 --> 01:24:12,880
Speaker 1: will do the same on the football field. I think

1544
01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:15,200
Speaker 1: he's settled into himself as a man and a quarterback.

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01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:17,680
Speaker 1: Just needs that second ring and he's poised to do

1546
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:19,760
Speaker 1: it this season. Just need the defense to force some

1547
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:22,560
Speaker 1: dang punts. Getting off the field on third down was

1548
01:24:22,560 --> 01:24:23,599
Speaker 1: a problem for the defense.

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01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:24,040
Speaker 5: We know this.

1550
01:24:25,479 --> 01:24:30,479
Speaker 1: Here's a question. We all know that Josh's better half

1551
01:24:31,080 --> 01:24:35,599
Speaker 1: has a very busy schedule herself, but you know they

1552
01:24:35,680 --> 01:24:40,640
Speaker 1: are a married couple. Now, how do we expect the

1553
01:24:40,720 --> 01:24:44,439
Speaker 1: scheduling to work in the fall? Like Haley going to

1554
01:24:44,479 --> 01:24:45,680
Speaker 1: be in every game? Is she going to be in

1555
01:24:45,760 --> 01:24:48,559
Speaker 1: town like from September through December? And you know she's

1556
01:24:48,560 --> 01:24:50,240
Speaker 1: got to go off on a movie shoot. She's gone

1557
01:24:50,280 --> 01:24:52,680
Speaker 1: for a month and comes back as soon as possible. Like,

1558
01:24:52,760 --> 01:24:56,719
Speaker 1: how is this? What is the arrangement here? Somewhat curious?

1559
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:58,160
Speaker 1: I know my wife is very curious.

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01:24:59,120 --> 01:25:01,280
Speaker 2: You think you try to be at every single game,

1561
01:25:01,439 --> 01:25:05,560
Speaker 2: but you got a career, and I'm sure just the

1562
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:08,519
Speaker 2: way that you know, Josh Allen is somebody who is

1563
01:25:08,680 --> 01:25:11,599
Speaker 2: going to try his hardest to be the best quarterback

1564
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:13,760
Speaker 2: he can be. I'm sure he would expect that of

1565
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:17,240
Speaker 2: his wife in her field, right, I just.

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01:25:18,720 --> 01:25:21,000
Speaker 1: I think we can all agree that daily life for

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01:25:21,080 --> 01:25:22,720
Speaker 1: them is not the same as it is for you

1568
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:26,400
Speaker 1: and I not at all. So I wonder with people

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01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:29,000
Speaker 1: that live in that stratosphere.

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01:25:28,760 --> 01:25:30,640
Speaker 2: It's kind of like, hey, I'll see you when I

1571
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:31,600
Speaker 2: see you, right, Like?

1572
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:34,400
Speaker 1: Is it that way? Maybe it is because they have

1573
01:25:34,479 --> 01:25:39,720
Speaker 1: two very demanding professions, or are they like cut from

1574
01:25:39,760 --> 01:25:42,160
Speaker 1: their own mold and say no, we're we're gonna be

1575
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:43,439
Speaker 1: in the same house together every day.

1576
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:44,200
Speaker 2: Set the boundary.

1577
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:46,000
Speaker 1: I get called away to work. I get called away

1578
01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:49,960
Speaker 1: to work. So I'm I'm not as curious. My wife

1579
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:50,960
Speaker 1: is supremely curious.

1580
01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:52,759
Speaker 2: I know she spends a lot of time in Buffalo.

1581
01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:57,080
Speaker 1: Yes, so we'll see if if it increases based on

1582
01:25:57,160 --> 01:26:00,519
Speaker 1: the fact that they are, you know, now official. We

1583
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,600
Speaker 1: have to take a break. One final segment to go.

1584
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:04,439
Speaker 1: We'll get some final thoughts on the tweet sheet next

1585
01:26:04,479 --> 01:26:05,679
Speaker 1: year on One Bill's Live Stay.

1586
01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:05,840
Speaker 4: With Us.

1587
01:26:18,320 --> 01:26:21,080
Speaker 1: All right, some final thoughts on the tweet sheet concerning

1588
01:26:21,280 --> 01:26:24,920
Speaker 1: what you believe to be the biggest storyline for the

1589
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:29,160
Speaker 1: Bills this off season Believer on the tweet sheet says,

1590
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:32,360
Speaker 1: in my opinion, it's the Hard Knocks announcement. I didn't

1591
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:35,000
Speaker 1: expect that at all. Apparently they constantly change the rules

1592
01:26:35,040 --> 01:26:38,320
Speaker 1: on eligibility, but it was shocking to me as a fan.

1593
01:26:38,479 --> 01:26:40,640
Speaker 1: My heart will love every second of the coverage, but

1594
01:26:40,720 --> 01:26:43,000
Speaker 1: my head is telling me this is absolutely awful.

1595
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:46,719
Speaker 2: Wow, it's a lot going on your head, Believer.

1596
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:49,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's torn. Clearly he or she is torn.

1597
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:52,760
Speaker 2: I'm most interested in who is going to be that

1598
01:26:53,040 --> 01:26:57,920
Speaker 2: random player that somehow has a funny line or two

1599
01:26:58,120 --> 01:27:02,040
Speaker 2: that turns into that having his own like ten minutes

1600
01:27:02,160 --> 01:27:05,000
Speaker 2: on the show, because we've seen it in other seasons

1601
01:27:05,080 --> 01:27:08,840
Speaker 2: where you get a bigger name that's miked up, and

1602
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:12,439
Speaker 2: then maybe a non starter is next to the guy

1603
01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:16,400
Speaker 2: who's miked up and they're just talking shop and you realize, oh,

1604
01:27:16,479 --> 01:27:19,560
Speaker 2: this guy who's not miked up has an incredible personality.

1605
01:27:19,960 --> 01:27:22,439
Speaker 2: Now we're going to follow this storyline.

1606
01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:24,760
Speaker 1: Steals the show. Kind of guy. They usually have a

1607
01:27:24,840 --> 01:27:27,479
Speaker 1: guy scraping to make the roster that's a subject of

1608
01:27:27,600 --> 01:27:31,880
Speaker 1: at least one episode usually, So who is that on

1609
01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:33,200
Speaker 1: the bills roster that will be?

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01:27:33,479 --> 01:27:36,000
Speaker 2: That's a good tweet sweet tweet cheet question.

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01:27:36,280 --> 01:27:38,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, for you know, that's not a right idea.

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01:27:38,560 --> 01:27:41,320
Speaker 1: We should give that some serious consideration in the next

1613
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,960
Speaker 1: week or so. Jack on the tweet sheet says, has

1614
01:27:44,040 --> 01:27:46,280
Speaker 1: to be the James Cook situation. Will he get his

1615
01:27:46,320 --> 01:27:49,599
Speaker 1: payday or will this be his swan song with the bills?

1616
01:27:49,680 --> 01:27:51,680
Speaker 1: Him coming in for mini camp was maybe a good

1617
01:27:51,760 --> 01:27:54,400
Speaker 1: faith negotiation, but will it get done? He is clearly

1618
01:27:54,920 --> 01:27:57,680
Speaker 1: our second most dynamic player and he's a huge part

1619
01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:59,920
Speaker 1: of our offense. Yes, and we've kind of covered that,

1620
01:28:00,680 --> 01:28:02,360
Speaker 1: so we'll go to the next one. Joey says, I

1621
01:28:02,479 --> 01:28:05,360
Speaker 1: think maybe Hard Knocks we will show the world how

1622
01:28:05,439 --> 01:28:09,400
Speaker 1: teams should operate, from ownership, coaches, front office, players and

1623
01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:12,160
Speaker 1: everyone else involved with doing whatever is necessary to win games.

1624
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:14,840
Speaker 1: No drama, no domestic violence, no distraction of any kind.

1625
01:28:14,960 --> 01:28:16,160
Speaker 1: Team fun.

1626
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:19,160
Speaker 2: We're gonna have fun together and we're gonna.

1627
01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:23,439
Speaker 1: Like it no matter what. Now it sounds like my mom,

1628
01:28:24,720 --> 01:28:28,840
Speaker 1: you kids are gonna have fun and you're gonna like it. Yeah,

1629
01:28:30,160 --> 01:28:35,200
Speaker 1: there's a part of me that wonders, how thrilled are

1630
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:39,080
Speaker 1: they that some of their inner workings are going to

1631
01:28:39,160 --> 01:28:42,160
Speaker 1: be revealed to the masses, Because there are other teams

1632
01:28:42,320 --> 01:28:45,120
Speaker 1: trying to figure that part of the equation out. Miami,

1633
01:28:45,479 --> 01:28:48,600
Speaker 1: for example, we tried a culture change last year, but

1634
01:28:48,680 --> 01:28:51,000
Speaker 1: we were just kind of going through the motions. That's

1635
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:54,400
Speaker 1: what Bradley Chubb said last week. The Jets for fifty

1636
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:57,840
Speaker 1: years have tried to enact a culture change and it

1637
01:28:57,880 --> 01:28:58,240
Speaker 1: hasn't all.

1638
01:28:58,320 --> 01:29:00,360
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson saying he now wants to hang out with

1639
01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:01,600
Speaker 2: the teammates.

1640
01:29:01,160 --> 01:29:07,479
Speaker 1: Off the field. Yeah, I don't get it. So I

1641
01:29:07,680 --> 01:29:11,000
Speaker 1: hope that some of those secret.

1642
01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,200
Speaker 2: Things that competitive advantages yeah.

1643
01:29:13,439 --> 01:29:16,600
Speaker 1: Don't get unearthed. Yeah, that's my hope. Connor says the

1644
01:29:16,680 --> 01:29:19,760
Speaker 1: influx of rookies on the roster, the expectation is that

1645
01:29:19,840 --> 01:29:23,920
Speaker 1: most of these rookies will have to make an immediate impact. Hairston, Sanders,

1646
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:26,200
Speaker 1: and Jackson, in my opinion, need to have strong training

1647
01:29:26,280 --> 01:29:29,799
Speaker 1: camps as well as the preseason. I think if Hairston starts,

1648
01:29:30,080 --> 01:29:33,640
Speaker 1: Sanders is a reliable rotational player inside, and Jackson can

1649
01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:37,400
Speaker 1: maybe play on rundowns pretty good, that would be a

1650
01:29:37,439 --> 01:29:39,479
Speaker 1: pretty good return on the initial investment.

1651
01:29:39,640 --> 01:29:42,280
Speaker 2: I think we'll see something out of those three. Definitely.

1652
01:29:42,600 --> 01:29:44,280
Speaker 1: That is it for us today. Maddie and I have

1653
01:29:44,360 --> 01:29:47,439
Speaker 1: an early obl fan mail bag, so get your questions

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01:29:47,439 --> 01:29:48,400
Speaker 1: in now. We'll see you tomorrow.