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Speaker 1: even in the strated beer of normalcy. Tuning up Bills

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Speaker 1: fans for a Friday edition of One Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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Speaker 1: Steve Tsker are here and we are ready. We're here too,

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Speaker 1: and Tower Chaine. You a full board of show material

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Speaker 1: three hours is Steve and I are with you here

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Speaker 1: on One Bills Live, broadcasting from the Seneca Studio at

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Speaker 1: One Bills Drive. Players got off the practice field probably

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Speaker 1: about a half hour ago, and it was a full speed,

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Speaker 1: non padded practice first of this summer, and they'll have

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Speaker 1: So we got lots of stuff for the show. We

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Speaker 1: sound bites from him. Jim Nage's coming up at one o'clock,

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Speaker 1: the director of the Senior Reese's Senior Bowl. Bill's got

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Speaker 1: stuff to talk about there. Like you said, a mail

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Speaker 1: questions about stuff we can answer. Yeah, we will be

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Speaker 1: and all that stuff. And Tasker another Tasker's Team. That's

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Speaker 1: right bottom of the hour, the latest edition. This is

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Speaker 1: the sixth installment of Tasker's Teammate. I got a good

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Speaker 1: stumper here. This time should be good. We'll see if

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Speaker 1: Steve was was it was like, name that tune, Steve,

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Speaker 1: you were like, remember that show named that tune? I

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Speaker 1: I'm watching this show. I'm like seven, eight, nine years old.

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Speaker 1: My parents used to watch the show all the time.

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Speaker 1: I'm watching this show with them. And the and it's

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Speaker 1: going back and forth between the two contestants, and the

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Speaker 1: It's a hoax. You cannot name a song in one note.

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Speaker 1: For me, the show was over, like it lost all

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Speaker 1: done done with Name that too. So but I mentioned

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Speaker 1: that show because Steve was killing it on Tasker's Teammate,

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Speaker 1: Like for three weeks in a row, he went from

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Speaker 1: And then there was the John Fena fiasco. Well, yes,

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Speaker 1: And what happened was you'd set it up for us

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Speaker 1: last year. His significant other is about to give birth. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I mean that's a touchdown, right there? Is it not

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Speaker 1: it's a great feeling. Like he said, it's it's almost

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Speaker 1: that point. And he never broke the bank. He was

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Speaker 1: somewhere between sixteen and twenty second highest paid quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the league after winning three Super Bowls. And I'll say

427
00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,960
Speaker 1: this too, the Mahomes contract is structured way back in

428
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: he sees the bulk of his money in twenty twenty seven.

429
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 1: He gets a chunk of like sixty seven million dollars

430
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: of that money in twenty twenty seven. Now, a quarterback

431
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,160
Speaker 1: has a better chance of seeing the end of their

432
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:04,600
Speaker 1: contracts than most other positions, especially with the added protections

433
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,200
Speaker 1: that are in the game now four quarterback in terms

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Speaker 1: of where you can hit him and where you can

435
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,359
Speaker 1: hit him and all of that stuff. So the odds

436
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,840
Speaker 1: are greater that these quarterbacks get to the end of

437
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: their contracts barring a horrific injury like an Alex Smith,

438
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:22,160
Speaker 1: for example. So I think there are there are quarterbacks

439
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,679
Speaker 1: in this league that see the example that Tom Brady

440
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,880
Speaker 1: set saying all right, well, you know, I'm gonna make

441
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 1: enough money and endorsements, maybe they'll let me just take

442
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 1: a little bit less here from the team so that

443
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: money can be used to keep some of my best

444
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 1: weapons around. UM, And that's what they're doing. That's what

445
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,040
Speaker 1: they're doing in Kansas City. But for a long time,

446
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: that's what they did in New England, where there it

447
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,880
Speaker 1: was getting Randy Lost via trade and getting him on board. UM.

448
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:54,159
Speaker 1: You know, or making other decisions to keep the roster strong,

449
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,840
Speaker 1: you know, giving Gronk a long term extension. You know,

450
00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,919
Speaker 1: in New England there were there were a myriad of

451
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,639
Speaker 1: example so right, and I think that just set a

452
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: good example for these young quarterbacks coming up now. Right.

453
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,040
Speaker 1: But I also think that the mindset's evolving. The players

454
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: have an understanding of what it takes to win, and

455
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: it takes cash space, cap space. And if you can,

456
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: if you can give me what I think I'm worth

457
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: in whatever way you deem necessary, fine, as long as

458
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it. Let's get

459
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,640
Speaker 1: some guys in here to play. And I think that's

460
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 1: an evolving mindset that's expanding because the cap has gotten

461
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,760
Speaker 1: so big and up until this next year, but I

462
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: think that's a mindset that's a that's coming into play here.

463
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 1: Interesting to see if it gains even more attraction as

464
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: the years go along here with more NFL clubs. We

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Speaker 1: do have to take a break, but when we come back,

466
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Speaker 1: it is installment numbers six of Tasker's teammate. Can we

467
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: stump Steve this time? We'll find out On the other

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Speaker 1: side of the break, it's one Bills Live, presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalid of Health Here on Buffalo Bill's Radio. Back on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you on

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Speaker 1: a Friday, And it's that time and the show where

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Speaker 1: we try to stump Steve with the sixth edition. It

473
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 1: is time for Tasker's teammates. Got a look at this

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Speaker 1: for our MSG viewing audience. We got graphics for our

475
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: listening audience. We got game show music. This is like,

476
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: this is high end now, it's like a real thing.

477
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: So are you ready Steve to play? I am ready, Okay,

478
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 1: so my notepad to write down. Yeah, right right. You're pathetic,

479
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: pathetically insufficient clue. Yeah, they're cryptic on purpose us. The

480
00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:00,600
Speaker 1: first clue for Tasker's teammate, I was born in Mobile, Alabama,

481
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,240
Speaker 1: and I am just one month younger than Steve. I

482
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: know that doesn't give you a whole lot, but at

483
00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,399
Speaker 1: least you can pick an age. Bruce Smith. It is

484
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 1: not Bruce Smith. It was Mata that bad he was

485
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:18,360
Speaker 1: John Fena. It's not John d all Right, you knew

486
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: Bruce was born in Virginia. Come on, um. Clue number two.

487
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: I was a teammate of Steve's for five seasons, and

488
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,479
Speaker 1: I was on the Bill's roster prior to Steve's arrival.

489
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: You know the wheels are turning now. Five seasons. But

490
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: he was here before you got here. Dwight drink. It

491
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 1: is not Dwight Drink. I can. I can guess more

492
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: than one right now. You don't want to throw another

493
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: one out there. Sure before I got here, yep, on

494
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: the roster before you were here five years. So that's

495
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: eighty six ninety one one. I don't know. Go ahead, okay,

496
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: Clue number three, and I believe I'm incorrect. It's four seasons, Steve, sorry,

497
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: four seasons he was for teammate nineties, all right, Clue

498
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: number three. Despite a college career in which I changed

499
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 1: sides of the ball, I was still a first round

500
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: draft choice. God, these are pretty cryptic. I'm I'm trying

501
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: to be evasive on purpose to make this hard on Steve.

502
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 1: H Oh cornerback I can't remember. Oh wait, I had

503
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: to quit play because he got hurt. Um oh, Steve

504
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: thinks he has it on the tip of his tongue.

505
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 1: The corner got hurt in the Houston game. Gosh, he

506
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 1: was a great Well, I know it. I can picture

507
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: his face in front of me right now. Not Kenny

508
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 1: Kenny Burrows, No, it's uh. Do you want to give

509
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: me a first or last name, Kenny Kennic? Come on,

510
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,560
Speaker 1: I got it. I know who it is. Got hurt

511
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: in the Houston game and I can't remember his name.

512
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: Now he is, I can. He's a first round draft pick,

513
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: good player, really good player, and got unfortunately had to

514
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 1: spinal Senosas had to quit playing because an injury brought

515
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,479
Speaker 1: it to light. He was paralyzed for a minute and

516
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 1: had to quit. Burrows, Derek Burrows, you are correct, st

517
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: well done. I wanted to give you time to get it,

518
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: Derek Burrows. So it only took him three clues this week, Steve,

519
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: Derek Burrows, well done. Yes, and I believe we have

520
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,040
Speaker 1: Derek on the line. Hey, Steve, I would have never

521
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: I would have never thought you would Derek. Are you there?

522
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: I am here, Yes, I'm here. Is Derek on the line?

523
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 1: Can you hear him? Steven? You gotta do I have

524
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: loose wire? Is he there? Yes, Derek is here. So

525
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: just to fill in the rest of the blanks here.

526
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: Derek became a full time starter in his third season

527
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: with the Bills remained in the starting lineup for the

528
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: last couple of years he was here, and then got

529
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: into coaching after his playing career was over. Even coached.

530
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: His first pro coaching was in NFL Europe for Amsterdam

531
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: and Berlin. Right now, I can hear him. Go ahead, man, hey, Steve,

532
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: how are you? I'm doing great? Now? How are you doing?

533
00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have never guessed in a million years, considering

534
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: your time we have not I talked or spoken, you

535
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: would ever guessed. Oh I could I And I remember

536
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: the day when you had to quit playing. I remember

537
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,479
Speaker 1: you were a great voice in the locker room. You

538
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: lived through, Uh, you lived through that nineteen ninety season,

539
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: and I remember you. You were one of the voices

540
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: that would sit there next to Bruce and tell him

541
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: to sit down and be quiet. Yeah you were a

542
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: yeah you were. You were a great guy. I'll tell

543
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: you what. The entire roster was sick when you couldn't

544
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: play football anymore. And I know, I know it's a

545
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,880
Speaker 1: tragedy and it's something that you did because of your health.

546
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: But man, oh man, we missed you. Man, we really

547
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: really missed you. And you know, I want to say this, Uh,

548
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: and I know our time is short. But you know, Steve,

549
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: I never appreciated how good you actually were until we

550
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: weren't teammates, and I got a chance to watch you,

551
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: uh from a fan's perspective. Um, and then I when

552
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: I got hurt, I watched us go to four straight

553
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 1: Super Bowls, and I watched you on special teams and

554
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: I got to say, bro, you are by far one

555
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: of the best special team guys I've ever I've ever

556
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: saw in my life. Well, I appreciate it, but but

557
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: but I didn't. I didn't understand that. And I didn't

558
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: realize that until after you after after I got hurt,

559
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: and I got a chance to watch you uh as

560
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: a fan, and uh, I wish I could have I

561
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: wish I could have appreciated it as a teammate. Well,

562
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: that's I appreciate you. I know this too. I was well,

563
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 1: I got plopped into the into the mix midway through

564
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: eighty six and uh when well, my first game was

565
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: Mark's first game, and uh so I came in, I

566
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: didn't know anybody, and I started in the middle of

567
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: the season. So it's kind of one of those deals

568
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: where you know, it was kind of like a weed

569
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: grown up out of the cracks of the season, right

570
00:33:53,560 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: because nobody you know what I mean. And I thought

571
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: I was gonna be a Buffalo bill for about four

572
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: months and then ended up. You know, you and I

573
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: played together. For guys, that's a long time. Five years.

574
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:09,880
Speaker 1: That's a long time. Five years. And I vividly remember

575
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: bar teaching us. We were coming off the edges, you know,

576
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: trying to learn how to block kicks. Yeah, and and

577
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: and and it took me about four steps, it took

578
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: you five. But yet you were doing it correct more

579
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: correctly than I was. It's funny. I remember, I remember

580
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: those those those uh, those uh good moments of being

581
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: a teammate. But I really, I really wish I could

582
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,399
Speaker 1: have appreciated being your teammate, uh a little bit more.

583
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: Uh and and uh you're a hellible player. Brother. Well

584
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: I tell you, let me tell you ask you that.

585
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,759
Speaker 1: What are you doing? You said? Brownie said you were

586
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: you got into some coaching after you're done. What are

587
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 1: you doing now? And director? Are you still the athletic director? Well, yes,

588
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: yes i am. I I've been coaching twenty seven years.

589
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: I decided to step down last year as as the

590
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 1: head football coach. But I but I was. I've been

591
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:00,359
Speaker 1: the head football coach and athletic director at the same

592
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: time at this small HBCU Division two school called Lane

593
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: College here in Jackson, Tennessee. But it just got too

594
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,240
Speaker 1: much for me to do both. So I'm I'm, I'm,

595
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: I'm I'm still the ashlet director. Uh. They always said,

596
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: never too late to go back to school. I'm in

597
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 1: school getting my master's degree in the sports science. Um.

598
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: So um, everything is going well. I you know, I

599
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: just uh, you know, everything is going good. And and uh,

600
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:34,719
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. I don't miss. I don't miss

601
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 1: coaching or playing at all, twenty seven years of coaching that.

602
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 1: Do you have any you know, long lasting uh you

603
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 1: know effects from what ended your football career? Is that

604
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 1: all as long as you stay? I did. For a

605
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: long time, I had, I had a lot of uh

606
00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 1: of neck issues. Uh. And then for for years as

607
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: I had, I had been getting h different types of

608
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 1: therapy and injections and my neck and then eventually moved

609
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: down to my back. So I'm still bothered with with

610
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:19,920
Speaker 1: those issues. But I'm living a good, productive life by

611
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: the grace of God. So so Derek, how This is

612
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: a challenging time for athletic directors in college sports. So

613
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: how are you guys navigating this very difficult situation with

614
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: a pandemic and all of the issues. I mean, we've

615
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: seen it more on the Division one college landscape, but

616
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,760
Speaker 1: I have to imagine a Division two it's just as challenging. Well,

617
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,359
Speaker 1: you know, of course, we don't have the we don't

618
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: have the resources and the money that the big schools have.

619
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 1: So this this whole thing is really not for us. Uh,

620
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: it's really for the big, bigger schools to to to

621
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: fight over. But uh, you know, I have nothing on

622
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: my resume, uh, and knowing how to deal with COVID nineteen,

623
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody does, right, So I'm just kind of,

624
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,839
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just kind of going by the seat

625
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 1: of my pants, waiting on the NCAA to give us direction.

626
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: And then you know, now the NCAA is that, you know,

627
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,800
Speaker 1: they seem to be so afraid they're not giving any direction.

628
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: So I don't know what I'm doing. We don't know

629
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,959
Speaker 1: what we're doing, to be honest, and we're just trying

630
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: to figure this thing out. Let me ask you, Derek,

631
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 1: you're an ad and you coach for a long time.

632
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 1: There's a sentiment among mostly among coaches and coaching staffs

633
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 1: and people who've been involved like that that in the

634
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: even in the Power five conferences. And it's my estimation

635
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Speaker 1: that's probably this belief at the lower levels as well

636
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: of college, you know, in Division three, Division two, and

637
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: you name it, that most of these college athletes, particularly

638
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 1: in the football side of it, would be better off

639
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,760
Speaker 1: in the program being taken care of by the coaching staff,

640
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: the medical people, the trainers and all that. What's you're

641
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 1: feeling on that? Because I kind the lean that way

642
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: a little bit, that it's a better environment at the

643
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:06,439
Speaker 1: colleges than it would be to send these guys home.

644
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: Let me tell you this. I read that the other

645
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Speaker 1: day that Nick Saban said that, and you know, and

646
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: I got to thinking, you know, my god, if I

647
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,320
Speaker 1: was in a student athlete and you're talking about sending

648
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Speaker 1: me back home to Mobile, oh no, you know, I mean,

649
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: you know, you know, he hit the nail on the

650
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: head and and and he resentated with me because I

651
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: put myself in that situation. What I had been better,

652
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: damn right, I would have been better at school. I

653
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: went to Memphis, Right, Yeah, I went to University of

654
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: Memphis and uh and you damn right, I would have

655
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: been better if I stayed at school or you know,

656
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 1: I knew if I stayed at school, I would have

657
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,919
Speaker 1: been eating three meals a day, right, So so absolutely,

658
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,760
Speaker 1: no question. Yeah, I think there's still and that's still

659
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: prevalent even at the power of five schools. Am I right?

660
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 1: Absolutely that much hadn't changed. See I think this too, Derek,

661
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,720
Speaker 1: And I know that there's multiple not at Lane College

662
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 1: of course, but at an Alabama, LSU, Clemson and those

663
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: schools of that ilk U. There is a lot of

664
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: cynicism about how much money those coaches make and how

665
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,840
Speaker 1: much money that is driven by that. But I believe

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00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,240
Speaker 1: the best coaches and the ones that are at those schools,

667
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: you know, are good, great coaches. They get those jobs

668
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: because they do go down and get to know their players,

669
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: they do have personal relationship, They are good leaders of

670
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: those guys, and they do care about those kids welfare.

671
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: That's why they believe that they're the better option in

672
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 1: this scenario than sending these kids back to their homes.

673
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: I'm not one of the cynical things that I think

674
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: these coaches are all doing it for the money. If

675
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: they're doing it for the money, they don't last very long.

676
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: So even the guys like Nick Saban and Dabbos Sweeney,

677
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: they care about their kids and that's why they believe

678
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 1: like you do, that those kids are better off with them. Well,

679
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: you know, being one of those athletes, being one of

680
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,879
Speaker 1: those athletes they were talking about, I can, I can.

681
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: I can relate to that, to be honest, and and

682
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Speaker 1: any athlete that come from a similar environment that I

683
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: came from. Uh absolutely. You know when I read it,

684
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 1: when Nick Saban said it, and I read it, and

685
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: I'm saying to myself, you damn right, I would. I

686
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: would definitely have been better. I would have been safer,

687
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: uh you know, in a in a better environment than

688
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: sending me back to Mobile. That was the worst thing

689
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:28,399
Speaker 1: you could have done for me. Uh so uh so, uh,

690
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: I don't think it hasn't you know, I don't. I

691
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: don't want people to read more into that it. I mean,

692
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean that that that it's all about football,

693
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: But it's the truth is most of those kids are

694
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: aren't aren't from great environment is yeah, So so I

695
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: didn't I didn't I didn't read that as as uh

696
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 1: as uh. You know, they were being Nick was being

697
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,800
Speaker 1: selfish or devil was being selfish and wanted to play football.

698
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: I read it is a faith the issue, all right,

699
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: you know. Yeah, so Derek, listen, we appreciate you taking

700
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: the time to call in and play along with us

701
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: here in this addition to Tasker's teammate. I know, Steve

702
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: got to kick out of getting catching up with you

703
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:14,839
Speaker 1: a little bit, and we're glad you're doing well and

704
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: we wish you the best, and who knows, maybe we'll

705
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: catch up with you down the line. Here. Good luck

706
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,879
Speaker 1: with everything you got to handle there at lane. Thank

707
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 1: you very much, sir, Thank you. Derek's great talking to you.

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00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. All right, take care. All right.

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00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: That's Derek Burrow's former first round draft choice of the

710
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in nineteen eighty five. You know, went through

711
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: the two and fourteen season in eighty five. And glad

712
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: he's doing well because his career unfortunately came to a

713
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: premature end, but glad he's doing well. That was Steve.

714
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: Good job, man. Those were very vague clues and you

715
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 1: once you got to once you said Burrows, I didn't

716
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: want to give it to you, but then I was like,

717
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: all right, just give me a first name or a

718
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: last name and we'll go from there. And you got

719
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: it finally clicked in. So good job on you. Derek

720
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: Burrow's career in it all too soonest. We got to

721
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: take a break, but when we come back, we'll probably

722
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 1: maybe take an initial peek at the mail bag. Who knows,

723
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: we'll see we might get to some of that. We

724
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,839
Speaker 1: also got plenty more in the second hour as both

725
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 1: coordinators spoke to the media today, Leslie Frazier and Brian Dable.

726
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,560
Speaker 1: We'll get to someone what they had to say a

727
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,359
Speaker 1: little bit later on in the show as well. One

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

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00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you

730
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: as we get closer and closer to the top of

731
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: our number two of the show. But we've got a

732
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,720
Speaker 1: little business to take to take care of here before

733
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Speaker 1: we get to the top of the hour, and that

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00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 1: deals with you the fan. As it's time for our

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00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: One Bills Live fan mail bag. So if you have

736
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 1: not sent a question in as off yet, please do so.

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00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: Steve and I are happy to answer at anything and

738
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: everything about the bills. As today was the first day

739
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:09,719
Speaker 1: of full speed practice out of pads, they will have

740
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: another day of that on Sunday and then it's full

741
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: steam ahead pads on on Monday, and we will be

742
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: providing uh access to that practice via live stream. Um,

743
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: we're gonna do that again. Yeah, we're gonna do that

744
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: again on our streaming. Well it's in the morning, so

745
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: it's me and Maddie that'll be doing that, and um,

746
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: we'll have that on our streaming platforms. So we're excited

747
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: to bring that to the fans, especially knowing that they

748
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: can't attend training camp this year. So yeah, we'll be

749
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: excited to be there and we'll have future installments of that.

750
00:43:45,760 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: And I know you'll be taking part in that too.

751
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 1: You probably haven't been briefed on that yet, but it

752
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: will be happening. Sounds like I'm being right now, Just

753
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,160
Speaker 1: mean I have to drag myself out of bed earlier

754
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,799
Speaker 1: in the morning. You may you may see, um, you

755
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: may have to do that. Yeah, So am I gonna

756
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: have to like be on someplace like on Zoom or something.

757
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: How We're gonna yeah, we'll we'll be streaming and I

758
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: be sitting right here in this chair to do this. No,

759
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: you will be on location in the one area of

760
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: the practice field that we're allowed to stand. That all.

761
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: I got to go out to practice too, I believe, Yeah,

762
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: for the for the time you'll be streaming, I have

763
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 1: to get an allergy shot. Then I'm allergic to practice.

764
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 1: So I thought that was Bruce. Yeah, uh yeah, all right, Okay,

765
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 1: so we're looking forwards, just starting well, I believe it's

766
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 1: ten am. Uh, I can do that, so I think

767
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta be out there around nine thirty

768
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: or so. So we'll be sending out alerts and whatnot

769
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,840
Speaker 1: to let people know what they can watch. All right,

770
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: let me ask you this now that we're having this

771
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,799
Speaker 1: and I'm getting briefed, I have question, questions and concerns. Sure,

772
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: I don't know that I have all the answers, but okay,

773
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: I'll try. Are any other the media going to be

774
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: out there, like, yeah, I'm sure to intermingle with their coup. Yeah,

775
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: I'm sure they will be out there, and and we'll

776
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,839
Speaker 1: be doing this live stream with masks on. I mean,

777
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: there's just no other way to do it. So we'll

778
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 1: have our microphones situated where people can clearly understand us

779
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: as we and kind of take them through the particulars

780
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: of what's going on out there. Probably nobody else is

781
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 1: going to be doing alive though, Oh no, no no, no,

782
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: no one else will be doing that. We will be

783
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 1: bringing exclusive access they trust, as we have in previous

784
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:24,320
Speaker 1: training camps. As you remember, Steve, we've done this before.

785
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, I remember that. We did it from

786
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 1: on top of the Saint John Fisher. Yeah, the grass fields.

787
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 1: Because our cameramen know when to point their cameras at

788
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 1: the ground right correct when they're doing They know what

789
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 1: to show and what not to show. Double super secret

790
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,720
Speaker 1: as stuff directed by the coaching staff, and for good reason.

791
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: I mean they you know, they have certain things they

792
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:46,520
Speaker 1: don't want made public or privy to the thirty one

793
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: other teams in the league, and we respect that and

794
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: completely understand that. So we operate within their parameters and

795
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: bring as much of the action as we can to

796
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: the fans who want to see how things are going.

797
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,439
Speaker 1: So we're looking forward to that on Monday. But real quick,

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00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 1: we go to the mail bag, and our first question

799
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: comes from Ryan, how do you think the Dawkins extension

800
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 1: affects a possibility for Matt Milano to get extended. Now,

801
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:16,760
Speaker 1: in reality, they're probably mutually exclusive, but technically one bottom

802
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,319
Speaker 1: line impacts the other because they're all operating on the

803
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:24,839
Speaker 1: same salary cap. So how does it affect the possibility, Well,

804
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,319
Speaker 1: it means there's less money in the pool. I think

805
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 1: you can safely say that, But I think you're at

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00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: a place where you know you would tend to believe

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00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: that separate from anything that's happened here with Dion in

808
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 1: the last twenty four hours. It doesn't change the fact

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00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,359
Speaker 1: that I think they'd like to bring Matt Milano back

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00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:50,760
Speaker 1: into the fold. Absolutely, it doesn't change anything as face value.

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Speaker 1: If the number that Matt Milano was looking for is

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00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: greater than they can afford, or that that more than

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00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: the club is willing to give him, that's what affects it.

814
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,799
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins won't affect it, and I don't think because

815
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: Matt Milano, at his position and his spot on the

816
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 1: field and on the team and around the league is

817
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: not to the point where it would impact your cap

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00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 1: all that much. His deal is not going to be

819
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: a four year, sixty million dollars. The only place that

820
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: could get a little hairy is Matt Milano, as an

821
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: outside linebacker, is in the same position as three four

822
00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:34,759
Speaker 1: outside linebackers who rushed the passer. They're in the same category.

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00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: So he's technically in the same category as like a T. J. Watt,

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00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 1: for example. And so while you might see linebacker numbers

825
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: that are in the stratosphere, I would hope that Matt

826
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Speaker 1: Milano's agent and the Bills can come to an agreement

827
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Speaker 1: that that's not who he is in this defense. Therefore,

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00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: he should not be expecting upwards of twelve, thirteen, fourteen

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Speaker 1: million dollars a season. Yeah, his number is going to get.

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Speaker 1: It's set by the market and what he's done to

831
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Speaker 1: this point. He has not made the Pro Bowl, he

832
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: has not been All Pro. He's not one of those

833
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: guys that's gotten fifteen sacks in a season. He's you know,

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Speaker 1: he's got a couple of interceptions, no question, and the

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Speaker 1: guys around the football and he's really good player. He's

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00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: a good player, no question about it. He's a starting

837
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:23,879
Speaker 1: caliber lineback different football league, and they want him. So

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00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 1: whatever this contract is going to be, even if it's

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00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: not astronomical. It's gonna be life changing for Matt Milano.

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00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:31,840
Speaker 1: I ain't no question about it. All right, We do

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Speaker 1: have to take a break because coming up after the

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Speaker 1: break is one Jim Naggy, the executive director of the

843
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. We want to talk with him not only

844
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 1: about how his game might be changed by this pandemic

845
00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: and what it's done to college sports, chiefly football, but

846
00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: how that game might be even a bigger showcase for

847
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:55,839
Speaker 1: college players who won't have a chance to play this fall.

848
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: We want to talk to him about that, how this

849
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: interrupts the scouting process, and the long list of Bill's

850
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: draft choices over the last three or four years that

851
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,359
Speaker 1: have played in this game. We'll cover all of that

852
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,000
Speaker 1: with Jim Naggy. Next on One Bill's Live, presented by

853
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:27,840
Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio at a

854
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker who has been all all other fields, kind

855
00:49:31,560 --> 00:49:33,440
Speaker 1: of unique. He was kind of a dual role players

856
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: for you state, Steve a blimp. We're not even in

857
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: the strated beer of normalcy. Now. We're number two of

858
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:49,480
Speaker 1: a Friday edition of One Bill's Live. As we're broadcasting

859
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Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studio here at one Bill's Drive in

860
00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 1: Orchard Park, New York, and please to be joined by

861
00:49:57,360 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: one Senior Bowl executive director. We're still waiting. Okay, we

862
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: don't have Jim quite yet, but Jim Naggi is gonna

863
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: be on the program here as we're really interested to

864
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:11,399
Speaker 1: talk to him. Because with college football pretty much turned

865
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,880
Speaker 1: on its ear with some major conferences pulling out along

866
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,760
Speaker 1: with the Mountain West Conference and the Mid American Conference,

867
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:22,360
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl could look a whole lot different, especially

868
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 1: if some of these teams pushed their seasons to the

869
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: to the spring. I don't know if players are gonna

870
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,919
Speaker 1: play in that game, But then on the other hand,

871
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: if seasons get wiped out completely, it might be the

872
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 1: people are gonna be dying to play in this game, right,

873
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 1: so maybe they'll expand it or It's really kind of

874
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:43,719
Speaker 1: made for an interesting scenario for Jim Nagge and the

875
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:46,400
Speaker 1: game that he puts together each and every year. And

876
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 1: also not for nothing, but the last couple of years

877
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: since Sean McDermott has taken over with the Buffalo Bills,

878
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: this game the Senior Bowl. I mean, let's get the

879
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: list right here. Undrafted free agents Tyree Jackson and Davids

880
00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:04,320
Speaker 1: Siran Neil, Tarren Johnson, Harrison Phillips, Wyatt Teller, Josh Alan,

881
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:10,640
Speaker 1: Turdavious White, Dion Dawkins, Zay Jones, Dane Jackson, Tyler Bass,

882
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:12,880
Speaker 1: and Zack Moss. Three of this year's draft picks. All

883
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,879
Speaker 1: those guys played in the Senior Bow fourteen total guys, Yeah,

884
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 1: all of them. And so the Senior Bowl means something

885
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: to the Bill's talent evaluators. They're down there big time.

886
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:27,440
Speaker 1: And that's why, you know, we feel like having Jim

887
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: Nageeon And I'm hoping, I'm kind of hoping now that

888
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 1: we're talking about it, like this brown out, this game

889
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: gets expanded, like maybe have two weeks of practices or

890
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 1: you know, two and a half weeks of practice. Bring

891
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:40,040
Speaker 1: those guys down there and let them take part. If

892
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,640
Speaker 1: you have enough players, two games or you know what

893
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: I mean, have one game in late January, maybe have

894
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,520
Speaker 1: another and early February, like a week or two later,

895
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: as long as it doesn't interfere with the Super Bowl,

896
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,400
Speaker 1: Like what's keeping you from doing that. You've got NFL

897
00:51:53,520 --> 00:51:57,439
Speaker 1: scouts that are gonna be flocking, desperate. They won't miss

898
00:51:57,520 --> 00:52:01,399
Speaker 1: to see them in a competitive situation in anywhere, right,

899
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: forget about mobile. You could have the game out in

900
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: the Gulf of Mexico on an aircraft carrier and they'll

901
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,320
Speaker 1: be scouts rowing to get there and listen. They this

902
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:11,880
Speaker 1: The reason is that they can stand right there and

903
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: watching practice. It's not like just the game is the thing.

904
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:17,759
Speaker 1: I mean, they can hang out, listen to these guys talk.

905
00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: I mean think a stand in line with them. Yeah. Um,

906
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:24,879
Speaker 1: it's a hands on game that is that is huge

907
00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:28,279
Speaker 1: in May. And now that Jim Nage is gonna join

908
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,839
Speaker 1: us Jim Nagie, executive director that Reese's Senior Bowl, Jim

909
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, Chris Brown here in Buffalo, what are your

910
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,520
Speaker 1: thoughts on the Senior Bowl? We were just tossing around.

911
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: Could this be like the best thing that ever happened

912
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: to the Reese's Senior Bowl because it may be the

913
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:48,400
Speaker 1: only opportunity to see these guys play football. Yeah, well,

914
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,319
Speaker 1: thanks for having me on again. Guys. Good to see you. God,

915
00:52:51,360 --> 00:52:55,320
Speaker 1: I hate I hate the circumstances obviously um with COVID,

916
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,880
Speaker 1: but but it could you know, I'm a huge believer

917
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,759
Speaker 1: in our game and our week in a normal year,

918
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:02,799
Speaker 1: you know, just coming down here in a scouting role

919
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:06,839
Speaker 1: for over twenty years before I came to the game. Um,

920
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: I just I know the value in it. I know

921
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,240
Speaker 1: what teams get out of this week because, like you said, Steve,

922
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 1: it's it's practice, it's real football. It's not guys running

923
00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 1: on in shorts. I mean, they're they're playing the game.

924
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: And then just the ability to connect in a in

925
00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: a way more laid back setting than at the combine,

926
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,920
Speaker 1: you know, less structured setting. Sometimes. Um, let's let's these

927
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 1: teams get to know these guys. So yeah, I do.

928
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 1: I do think. You know, if there's if there's abbreviated football, Um,

929
00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: if there's no football, I think more so than a

930
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:39,600
Speaker 1: normal year, it might take on even greater importance. So, Jim,

931
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,800
Speaker 1: you're still five months away from your event taking place

932
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:48,319
Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, how are you maybe doing

933
00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: your best to have your people and your event capable

934
00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:58,800
Speaker 1: of pivoting and you know, having a contingency plan in place.

935
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: I gotta imagine that's hard to do because of all

936
00:54:02,120 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: the unknowns that are involved here. We don't know what

937
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 1: this country is going to look like in five months,

938
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,080
Speaker 1: and we still don't know what college football is truly

939
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: going to look like yet, although we have some inkling

940
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,760
Speaker 1: of an idea based on the conferences that have scrapped

941
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,520
Speaker 1: the fall season. So how are you trying to put

942
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,360
Speaker 1: your people in a position where you can pivot nimbly

943
00:54:21,239 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: based on the unknown circumstances. Yeah, that's a that's a

944
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: great question. Again, we've we've had months and months right

945
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 1: to come up with contingency plans. And whether it's me

946
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 1: just being overly optimistic, which is kind of by nature,

947
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: or just being naive, I mean, that's part of it.

948
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:42,440
Speaker 1: I didn't foresee being here in August and really staring

949
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: a canceled football season in the face. I thought we would,

950
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,360
Speaker 1: thought we'd have a better handle on this thing. But

951
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:49,840
Speaker 1: now we're here and now, and that's what we stressed

952
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: to the staff is we have to be ready to adjust.

953
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:55,640
Speaker 1: And that's why one of the reasons, you know, we

954
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: put it out there yesterday on Twitter, we had we

955
00:54:57,680 --> 00:54:59,840
Speaker 1: had a zoom call yesterday with all thirty two teams.

956
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:04,400
Speaker 1: There was seventy director level GM guys uh on the

957
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 1: call yesterday and it was to get a feel for

958
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,000
Speaker 1: what you guys are doing out there in Buffalo. You

959
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 1: know we're not. Um, you know, we're here in mobile,

960
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: So I'm not I'm not in it in it like

961
00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:17,440
Speaker 1: these guys are like, so what what uh? You know

962
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 1: what COVID restrictions? You know what? What what's in place

963
00:55:20,120 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: at practice? What does football look like right now for

964
00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:24,000
Speaker 1: you guys? Um? What are you guys getting done on

965
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: the field? So I think we have to operate in

966
00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: the mode we are right now, at least that's the

967
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 1: mindset we have to be in. Hopefully we're all hoping

968
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 1: and praying that it's not that way, like you said

969
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:35,239
Speaker 1: five and as six months from now. Um, but if

970
00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,400
Speaker 1: it is, what what can practice look like? What can

971
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,719
Speaker 1: what do interview? What does the interview process look like? Um?

972
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: We might not. You know, do we bubble? Um? You know,

973
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,960
Speaker 1: do we go to a bubble concept? So there was

974
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:48,279
Speaker 1: it was it was about an hour long call. There

975
00:55:48,400 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 1: was so many great ideas, Um, you know, some really

976
00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:53,799
Speaker 1: smart people on the call. Um that helped us out.

977
00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 1: So now we've got a better idea of what they're

978
00:55:55,880 --> 00:55:58,520
Speaker 1: dealing with and the mode they're in. Um, we could

979
00:55:58,719 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: there's a lot of takeaways that we're probably gonna have

980
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 1: to implement here if we are still in the same place.

981
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,759
Speaker 1: But you know, and again I wanted to let them

982
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: know on the call that we are going to be

983
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:07,800
Speaker 1: we are going to be agile with this thing. We

984
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:10,919
Speaker 1: are going to adjust. So if that's moving back a month,

985
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: if they push the draft back a month, the league

986
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 1: office moves the draft calendar, we'll be ready to adjust.

987
00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:18,879
Speaker 1: We'll move back. Um. If that's extending the week out

988
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: and creating a two week eventum and giving these these

989
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,759
Speaker 1: players more of an opportunity to knock the rustoff, if

990
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,320
Speaker 1: you will, and acclimate them. And that's part of football, right, Steven,

991
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 1: mean you you take the pads that you take the

992
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,200
Speaker 1: pads off after the spring game every year and you

993
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:34,840
Speaker 1: show back up for fall camp in college, there is

994
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: you know, there's that there's that week where you're just

995
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: trying to get your football legs back under you. So

996
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:40,799
Speaker 1: we want all the players that come to the Senior

997
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,160
Speaker 1: Bowl to feel like they put their best foot forward.

998
00:56:43,239 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 1: So if that means extending out for the first time

999
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 1: ever do a two week event, we'll do that as well.

1000
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:49,960
Speaker 1: How difficult is it going to be to pick the

1001
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 1: players this year who are going to show up? You're

1002
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 1: not going to get a chance to see them play

1003
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: in a regular college football season. The rosters are going

1004
00:56:57,160 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 1: to be what conjured up almost. Uh. I know, you'll

1005
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: lean a little bit on what you saw last year,

1006
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:05,400
Speaker 1: and the NFL teams will tell you some of the

1007
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:07,520
Speaker 1: guys they'd like to see that kind of thing. But man,

1008
00:57:07,600 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 1: oh man, what a chore to sort through college football

1009
00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 1: rosters and come up with a you know, with a

1010
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:16,960
Speaker 1: list of players that you want to see in the

1011
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:21,400
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. Yeah, that's that's a good question, seve Um.

1012
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:24,920
Speaker 1: You know, I hate the I hate the term silver

1013
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 1: lining because I don't think there is a silver lining

1014
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 1: in what we've all been going through this pandemic. But

1015
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 1: what it's allowed, what's it allowed us to do here

1016
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: in house, is really just focus on the roster for

1017
00:57:34,640 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 1: the last you know, three, four or five months, whereas

1018
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,040
Speaker 1: in normal years we do a lot a lot of

1019
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,840
Speaker 1: things in our community. We had a seven on seven

1020
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: high school tournament plan, We've got an NFL Play sixty

1021
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 1: Flag league. Um, you know, we had our Hall of

1022
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 1: Fame event that that was going to go off this

1023
00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 1: spring with some some great Hall of Fame inductees and

1024
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 1: so all those things were we had to scrap. So UM.

1025
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 1: You know, we were all working remotely for a while there.

1026
00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 1: We're back in the office, but we've I'm staring at

1027
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: the board in front of me right now, and we've

1028
00:58:02,240 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 1: evaluated over nine hundred players for this game, and there's

1029
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: over five hundred names left on the board U emergency

1030
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 1: level or higher. UM. You know you always grade you

1031
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:14,360
Speaker 1: like teams do? We always grade glass half full? UM

1032
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:16,840
Speaker 1: off the junior tape. So you know, now we're in

1033
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:19,440
Speaker 1: the process of for these guys that that aren't going

1034
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 1: to be playing, we're going back in and watching more tape.

1035
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:23,920
Speaker 1: You know, let's really if this is all we have,

1036
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:27,040
Speaker 1: let's let's get it right. And like you said, Steve,

1037
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,840
Speaker 1: we've done that the last couple of years since I

1038
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 1: since I came to the game. We have fomal calls

1039
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:35,280
Speaker 1: with with the league. So last year it was seventeen teams. UM.

1040
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 1: The year before I think it was sixteen teams, and

1041
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:40,040
Speaker 1: we bounce our invite list off them. You know, do

1042
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: you agree with you know, you go position by position

1043
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:46,120
Speaker 1: and we'll do that again, UM, and again we're all

1044
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 1: we can do and all the teams can do right

1045
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,920
Speaker 1: now is look at pass tape. So you know, usually

1046
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:54,080
Speaker 1: you look at junior tape over the summer and then watch,

1047
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 1: you know, watch senior tape in the fall. So you

1048
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: have that two years fan. You know, you're right, you

1049
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:01,600
Speaker 1: have like a five to thirty game window, and you

1050
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 1: evaluated in that window, and two years gives you a

1051
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: pretty good idea on a player. Now, I think what

1052
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: a lot of teams are doing, and we've done in

1053
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: some mistresses, is go back to eighteen takee. You know,

1054
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:12,960
Speaker 1: so we do have that two year spread on a

1055
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,720
Speaker 1: guy and really to try to dig deeper because again

1056
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:18,439
Speaker 1: it's not perfect. You're gonna miss out on those guys

1057
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:21,400
Speaker 1: that are are risers their senior year. Like go back,

1058
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,920
Speaker 1: go back to last year. Everyone's using the Joe Burrow

1059
00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: example of what where Joe Burrow might have went. You know,

1060
00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:29,680
Speaker 1: we had him in the third round last year at

1061
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:32,840
Speaker 1: this time, so and he goes first overall, still would

1062
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:35,080
Speaker 1: have been invited to our game, but but not the

1063
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: same player like stay on his team. Clyde Edwards Hilaire

1064
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:41,160
Speaker 1: was a backup his sophomore year behind a guy Nick Brosett,

1065
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 1: who was an undrafted free agent. Like no one had

1066
00:59:43,320 --> 00:59:45,960
Speaker 1: really seen Clyde Edwards Hilaire a year ago, I mean

1067
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:49,200
Speaker 1: accepting spot duty. And now he's the first running back

1068
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 1: taken in this year's draft. So there are going to

1069
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 1: be guys like that that there's just no way you

1070
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: can account for him without a fall up, you know,

1071
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: without a fall season. We're talking to Jim Nagy, executive

1072
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:03,040
Speaker 1: director racist Senior Bowl, and you know, having the experience

1073
01:00:03,120 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: that you do in scouting, knowing that was kind of

1074
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:09,880
Speaker 1: your career before you took on this position, Jim, I'm

1075
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: curious on how if you could put yourself back in

1076
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 1: that position for a moment, how you would handle what

1077
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: these college scouting directors are going to be dealing with

1078
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:23,080
Speaker 1: this fall. I mean they can't just send their scouts

1079
01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:25,360
Speaker 1: out on the road to scout Big ten teams or

1080
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:29,160
Speaker 1: Mountain West teams or Pack twelve teams right now. So

1081
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:33,200
Speaker 1: how do you anticipate a lot of these college scouting

1082
01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:36,520
Speaker 1: departments are adjusting to try to still get the work

1083
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,520
Speaker 1: done that they need to accomplish. When you take away

1084
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:43,480
Speaker 1: a the travel, be any face to face contact or

1085
01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:47,920
Speaker 1: meetings with coaches, athletic trainers, the janitor that's in the

1086
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 1: locker room cleaning that somebody might want to talk to

1087
01:00:50,320 --> 01:00:52,600
Speaker 1: to find out what that kids really like. That's all

1088
01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,200
Speaker 1: gone now, So what do you think those guys that

1089
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,320
Speaker 1: are in that scouting community are trying to do to

1090
01:00:57,440 --> 01:00:59,560
Speaker 1: make up for all the time that they won't have

1091
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,440
Speaker 1: to face around the road. Yeah, they're they're in a

1092
01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:06,080
Speaker 1: difficult spot, you know. And those other guys I talked

1093
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:07,920
Speaker 1: to on a daily basis, those are guys that you

1094
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:09,400
Speaker 1: know in the league with for a long time and

1095
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,560
Speaker 1: are good friends. And and it's a it's a it's

1096
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: a huge challenge, it really is. And you mentioned the

1097
01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:17,480
Speaker 1: conferences that have canceled football. Well, even though they're still

1098
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:20,440
Speaker 1: playing in the SEC and the a SEC, those schools

1099
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,480
Speaker 1: aren't letting them in the building either. Um. So they

1100
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:27,000
Speaker 1: are at home, they're at no schools, they're on no campuses. Um.

1101
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:31,040
Speaker 1: And it sounds like maybe the possibility of some sideline

1102
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:33,160
Speaker 1: stuff during pregame if we do play in the fall.

1103
01:01:33,240 --> 01:01:36,520
Speaker 1: So yeah, tremendous challenges. What they've done is, you know,

1104
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: they've gone to a zoom format. Um, all these schools

1105
01:01:39,720 --> 01:01:42,040
Speaker 1: have and they've been gracious enough to let our step

1106
01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:44,840
Speaker 1: on the same calls. But again, as you know, if

1107
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:47,520
Speaker 1: you're on a zoom call um and you're a position

1108
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,200
Speaker 1: coach and they put you on the zoom call to

1109
01:01:49,240 --> 01:01:52,000
Speaker 1: talk about your player. I mean, if you're not going

1110
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:54,320
Speaker 1: to give the same information as if it was a

1111
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,600
Speaker 1: closed door meeting with a scout that you've known for

1112
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:58,760
Speaker 1: twenty five years, right Like, if you're just not going

1113
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 1: to get the same information, it's very watered down, it's

1114
01:02:01,240 --> 01:02:04,040
Speaker 1: very vanilla. The schools are doing a great job by

1115
01:02:04,080 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 1: the by the teams by doing, you know, even providing

1116
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:08,880
Speaker 1: that you know. So it is like all those people

1117
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 1: you just named, aside from the custodians we've seen on calls.

1118
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:14,800
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's the pro, it's the pro liaison,

1119
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: it's the trainer, it's the strength coach, it's position coaches.

1120
01:02:17,640 --> 01:02:20,880
Speaker 1: So they're getting time with these guys, but not like

1121
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: you would if you were in the building where you

1122
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:25,240
Speaker 1: could just maybe pop into the office and close the

1123
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,320
Speaker 1: door real quick. So that's another function. If we did

1124
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:30,840
Speaker 1: move to a two week format, it's so much more

1125
01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 1: valuable to the teams and the players. Because these teams

1126
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 1: come intomobile, they are going to be so far behind

1127
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: from an information gathering standpoint than they would be in

1128
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:44,400
Speaker 1: a normal years it's incredible. So they're gonna need more

1129
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: time to help figure these guys out, because I say

1130
01:02:47,160 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 1: this all the time, the longer you scout out the easier.

1131
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:52,440
Speaker 1: The easiest part is the tape. You know, watching the

1132
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:54,840
Speaker 1: tape and figure out if a guy can play is

1133
01:02:54,840 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 1: a heck of a lot easier than figuring out who

1134
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 1: the person is and if he's ready to be a pro,

1135
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,439
Speaker 1: he's ready to handle a locker room and a daily

1136
01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:05,000
Speaker 1: grind to the league, and you know, if he's mature

1137
01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:08,080
Speaker 1: enough and if he's intelligent enough. Figuring all that stuff

1138
01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:10,680
Speaker 1: out is really the challenging part of the draft process.

1139
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,760
Speaker 1: And without you know, having scouts on the road, I mean,

1140
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,320
Speaker 1: how do you do that? So that's that's what all

1141
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,800
Speaker 1: these guys are faced with right now. Jim, we've been talking.

1142
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:20,680
Speaker 1: Just before we got you on, we said there's a

1143
01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:23,400
Speaker 1: list over the last three years when Sean McDermott took

1144
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,000
Speaker 1: over as Buffalo Bill's head coach, fourteen players have been

1145
01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: in out and most of them on the roster right now.

1146
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:31,160
Speaker 1: A couple of high draft picks all played in in

1147
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,880
Speaker 1: the Reese's Senior Bowl, and it's it's got to be

1148
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:37,400
Speaker 1: the same for a lot of foot NFL teams around

1149
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:39,720
Speaker 1: the league. What have you heard from the NFL about

1150
01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:42,680
Speaker 1: when they would like the like the optimum time? And

1151
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:46,000
Speaker 1: I know you can refresh our memories when the Senior

1152
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 1: Bowl happens. How far from the from the combine? That is?

1153
01:03:49,600 --> 01:03:51,960
Speaker 1: Have you gotten any feedback about when the combine might

1154
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 1: be this year and how your game will relate to

1155
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:58,800
Speaker 1: that before or after or delayed or whatever. What are

1156
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:01,480
Speaker 1: your feedback what's your feedback from the league about how

1157
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:03,880
Speaker 1: your game will affect the combine when they will be

1158
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 1: in proximity to each other, and and and the testament

1159
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:10,480
Speaker 1: to the players on the Bill's roster alone is enough

1160
01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:13,920
Speaker 1: to make your game very important to NFL teams to

1161
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 1: make sure it happens. Yeah, Steve, So we haven't connected

1162
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:21,200
Speaker 1: officially with the league office yet. We've obviously put the

1163
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:23,520
Speaker 1: calls out there, but they are they are very concerned

1164
01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:27,160
Speaker 1: about getting the NFL season launched, and I completely understand

1165
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:29,600
Speaker 1: that that's where my focus would be as well. Um,

1166
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 1: so they haven't gotten to the whole college scouting NFL

1167
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:35,920
Speaker 1: draft calendar yet. You bring up a good point with

1168
01:04:36,320 --> 01:04:39,400
Speaker 1: the combine, so in normal years, you know, are we

1169
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:42,000
Speaker 1: are the last weekend in January. We are always its

1170
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 1: conference championship games, AFC, NFC championship games. Then you know,

1171
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:50,320
Speaker 1: then are our players report that day. There's usually they're

1172
01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:53,200
Speaker 1: usually eating dinner when those games are are finishing up,

1173
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,040
Speaker 1: which is kind of fun to have it on the

1174
01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,120
Speaker 1: TVs and the guys I'll sit and around watching and

1175
01:04:57,240 --> 01:04:59,120
Speaker 1: then our week is that week and then we play

1176
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 1: in between the AFC in NFC title games in the

1177
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and so we're usually about a month apart

1178
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: from the from the Combine. And now we have the

1179
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,600
Speaker 1: ability to move a little bit because this is this

1180
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: is the show in Mobile, Alabama, and we look forward

1181
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 1: to it every year. UM. I haven't talked to Jeff Foster,

1182
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,440
Speaker 1: who runs the who runs the Combine in Indianapolis yet,

1183
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:22,400
Speaker 1: but I intend to do so. Jeff and I need

1184
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:25,160
Speaker 1: to connect on this because you know, Indianapolis is a

1185
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 1: huge convention city. It's one of the biggest convention cities

1186
01:05:28,040 --> 01:05:30,720
Speaker 1: in the United States. So he might be way more

1187
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:34,280
Speaker 1: locked into his date um than we are. So that's

1188
01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:36,919
Speaker 1: something Jeff and I need to speak about. We would

1189
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: like to keep that window um like it normally is

1190
01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:43,080
Speaker 1: because it allows players to leave mobile and then become

1191
01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,680
Speaker 1: track you know, track participants for a little bit, they

1192
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 1: get with these trainers and they they become track athletes

1193
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:51,280
Speaker 1: then after they leave our games. So um, want to

1194
01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 1: give them enough time to do that and get ready

1195
01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:56,040
Speaker 1: for that forty yard dash that you know is so critical.

1196
01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:58,240
Speaker 1: So yeah, that's kind that's kind of where we're at.

1197
01:05:58,320 --> 01:05:59,960
Speaker 1: But I do feel like going back to, you know,

1198
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:03,280
Speaker 1: the first question. We would like to buy ourselves as

1199
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: much time as possible because we're you know, hopefully there

1200
01:06:06,680 --> 01:06:08,680
Speaker 1: is a vaccine, you know, and let's let's give us

1201
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 1: enough time where that think can be more widely distributed,

1202
01:06:12,280 --> 01:06:14,560
Speaker 1: you know, leading up to our game when when the

1203
01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:18,960
Speaker 1: time does come, Jim, where maybe the league, as you know,

1204
01:06:19,080 --> 01:06:22,960
Speaker 1: a partner in this, can maybe turn their attention to

1205
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:27,800
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl and it's successful operation. You know, you

1206
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:31,240
Speaker 1: mentioned the two week format and giving players an opportunity

1207
01:06:31,280 --> 01:06:33,520
Speaker 1: to ramp up. I like that because that would give

1208
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:37,040
Speaker 1: scouts across the league a full extra week to get

1209
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:41,200
Speaker 1: whatever access they need, whether it's via zoom and virtual

1210
01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:44,560
Speaker 1: you know, being just in their hotel at the Renaissance

1211
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:46,880
Speaker 1: or wherever, and the players set up in front of

1212
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:53,600
Speaker 1: a camera. What level of assistance. Can the NFL provide

1213
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:56,960
Speaker 1: your game, like, you know, technologically that's a big investment,

1214
01:06:57,440 --> 01:06:59,760
Speaker 1: and you know, I know you guys have a budget.

1215
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:04,200
Speaker 1: The NFL has far greater resources. I'm just wondering what

1216
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:07,560
Speaker 1: the partnership level can can get to for you guys

1217
01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:10,880
Speaker 1: to help so the league can help their own people

1218
01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:15,120
Speaker 1: be prepared for their draft by using your game as

1219
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:19,800
Speaker 1: a vehicle to accomplish that. Yeah, and those are those

1220
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:22,600
Speaker 1: are the conversations that need to take place again. If

1221
01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:25,560
Speaker 1: we extend out to a second week, I mean, that's

1222
01:07:25,560 --> 01:07:27,480
Speaker 1: a lot more. You know, you just think about the

1223
01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:30,880
Speaker 1: cost with that, right, In a normal year, we double

1224
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:32,720
Speaker 1: up the players in a room, you know, so there's

1225
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,840
Speaker 1: two to a room, got roughly you know, fifty fifty

1226
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:40,120
Speaker 1: five to sixty rooms. Well, you know, one of the

1227
01:07:40,200 --> 01:07:42,080
Speaker 1: things I'd like to ask the league for is maybe

1228
01:07:42,080 --> 01:07:44,560
Speaker 1: an expanded roster this year. But if we do that,

1229
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:47,840
Speaker 1: we're under the under the same COVID restrictions we are

1230
01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:50,320
Speaker 1: right now. Now players are all singling up, So we

1231
01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: go from you know, fifty five sixty rooms to one

1232
01:07:52,920 --> 01:07:56,400
Speaker 1: hundred and forty rooms. That's so in a week in

1233
01:07:56,840 --> 01:07:59,240
Speaker 1: feeding guys three times a day, you know, four times

1234
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:03,280
Speaker 1: a day with the night snacks, so you know, one

1235
01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:06,040
Speaker 1: more week of meals. So yes, we are. We are

1236
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 1: very cognizant of, you know, the added expense of adding

1237
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:14,000
Speaker 1: another week. But again, anything we do in terms of

1238
01:08:14,080 --> 01:08:16,439
Speaker 1: adding a week is just trying to have everyone's best interests,

1239
01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:19,639
Speaker 1: you know, involved, whether that's the players, that's the team,

1240
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 1: that's the league. It definitely changes the economics of it

1241
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:27,160
Speaker 1: for us. But those are those are conversations we haven't

1242
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:31,040
Speaker 1: had yet. Okay, well, Jim, thanks very much for the time.

1243
01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,519
Speaker 1: We wish you the best of luck in navigating your

1244
01:08:33,520 --> 01:08:35,479
Speaker 1: way through this. Hopefully you get a big assist from

1245
01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:39,080
Speaker 1: the league and they recognize the situation that you're in

1246
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:41,559
Speaker 1: down there and trying to make this work for all

1247
01:08:41,640 --> 01:08:45,040
Speaker 1: parties involved. We look forward to seeing how it all

1248
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 1: plays out for you. But I gotta tell you, I

1249
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:48,840
Speaker 1: think your game is going to be even even more

1250
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:52,720
Speaker 1: demand come the off season, so hopefully it means good

1251
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:54,679
Speaker 1: things for you guys down the line. We look forward

1252
01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 1: to talking to you soon. Yeah, guys, thanks for having

1253
01:08:58,040 --> 01:09:00,559
Speaker 1: me on. Be safe and hope to see you back

1254
01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,440
Speaker 1: down here in January if you need me. This ballum

1255
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:05,040
Speaker 1: to dalk bills. You know where you know where to

1256
01:09:05,080 --> 01:09:08,200
Speaker 1: find me. Thank you much, we appreciate it. Jim Nage,

1257
01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:12,120
Speaker 1: Senior executive director of the Reese's Senior Bowl. And uh,

1258
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:17,160
Speaker 1: we thought that that just paints a small couple of

1259
01:09:17,240 --> 01:09:21,240
Speaker 1: brushstrokes of the oil painting that he's going to have

1260
01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:24,799
Speaker 1: to somehow put together between now and the end of January.

1261
01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:28,479
Speaker 1: Because I'm going to tell you right now, this game

1262
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 1: and this operation the Senior Bowl is like a once

1263
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:35,680
Speaker 1: a year event, and they have other events that they

1264
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:38,040
Speaker 1: do in the spring to try to raise the funds

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Speaker 1: to help them put on the spectacle that that week

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Speaker 1: is down in Mobile. Those all got wiped out by

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Speaker 1: the pandemic. Uh. You know their little Hall of Fame

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01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,640
Speaker 1: ceremony that they do every year where they bring you know,

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01:09:49,760 --> 01:09:51,960
Speaker 1: former players down and duck them into the Senior Bowl

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01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:54,880
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. That's a fund raising event to help

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Speaker 1: them provide the means and to keep people on their

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01:09:58,040 --> 01:10:01,720
Speaker 1: payroll to do the scouting necessary. That all went out

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01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:04,880
Speaker 1: the window in the spring. So now this game and

1274
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:08,480
Speaker 1: the revenues generated from it take on even greater importance.

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01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:11,240
Speaker 1: And now you know, the league's like, oh well, it'd

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01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:12,640
Speaker 1: be great if we could do a second week so

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01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:14,439
Speaker 1: our guys could get a look at these players. Well,

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01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:16,679
Speaker 1: that is great. You want to help us, like they've

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01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:18,599
Speaker 1: got to. The NFL is going to have to step

1280
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:21,559
Speaker 1: in here and help them put on an event that's

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01:10:21,600 --> 01:10:24,760
Speaker 1: beneficial to their thirty two clubs so they can make

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01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:27,040
Speaker 1: the right decisions on these guys. And you don't even

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01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:28,960
Speaker 1: know if fall thirty two clubs feel the same way

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01:10:28,960 --> 01:10:31,680
Speaker 1: about it. Might not. Some clubs may say, you know what,

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01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:35,439
Speaker 1: we think we've got a pretty good scouting scouting department.

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01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:38,960
Speaker 1: We'd rather not have those teams that don't have good

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01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,120
Speaker 1: scouting departments get a break. Yeah, I and I get

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01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:44,200
Speaker 1: that thing. Yeah, and I get that the league's focus

1289
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:46,040
Speaker 1: is on just getting this season off the ground. I

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01:10:46,240 --> 01:10:48,640
Speaker 1: totally respect that. And so it's now is not the

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01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:51,559
Speaker 1: time for that. But you know, you start getting into November,

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01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 1: Jim's gonna be gripping a little bit. He's gonna be like, hey,

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01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:58,559
Speaker 1: we're gonna need some help here. Yeah. By the same token,

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01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 1: there's nothing for me to do except way because they're

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01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:04,000
Speaker 1: not you know, the NFL that college football season is

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01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:07,200
Speaker 1: not going to happen, So they're not missing there a

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01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:10,160
Speaker 1: chance to evaluate players in the league, is not you know,

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01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:13,280
Speaker 1: they're not missing their chance to get a look at

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01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:15,320
Speaker 1: which players are gonna show up. All they've got, all

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01:11:15,320 --> 01:11:18,080
Speaker 1: they're gonna need to virtually all they're gonna get to

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01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:20,040
Speaker 1: value who's going to be in the game. Because I mean,

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01:11:20,120 --> 01:11:23,559
Speaker 1: you were a gym saying everybody's no scouts are traveling

1303
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:28,280
Speaker 1: now because even where football still might happen sec acc

1304
01:11:28,760 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: they're not letting any extra people on campus right now.

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01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:35,080
Speaker 1: There's no way. Yeah, the Big twelve, no way. You know, Oklahoma,

1306
01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State, KU and those are all hot states too,

1307
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,120
Speaker 1: they're not going. They're not letting anybody else. And by

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01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:43,840
Speaker 1: the same token, I don't think there's any NFL teams

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01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:46,280
Speaker 1: that want to send their scouts into hot spot areas

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01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:49,400
Speaker 1: either for the run safety. Yeah you can, you can

1311
01:11:49,439 --> 01:11:50,960
Speaker 1: go to that hot spot state, but you're not coming

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01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:54,759
Speaker 1: back here quarantine, right You're gonna be have to quarantine

1313
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 1: for two weeks. That's it's a mess, but it's a

1314
01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:00,320
Speaker 1: mess that doesn't have to get to the you know,

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01:12:00,439 --> 01:12:05,080
Speaker 1: to the front burner until November December, and then they

1316
01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:07,040
Speaker 1: started they got to start to wind it up and

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01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:10,000
Speaker 1: in a in a year, and I know, we keep

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01:12:10,240 --> 01:12:15,559
Speaker 1: we keep talking about this, Brownie. It's a real thing. Yes,

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01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:19,439
Speaker 1: the NFL has a ton of resources, but just like

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01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:24,000
Speaker 1: everybody else, those resources are finite and they're gonna I

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01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:27,040
Speaker 1: would imagine that it's at some point the NFL is

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01:12:27,080 --> 01:12:30,920
Speaker 1: gonna start to say, you know what, We're not writing

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01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:34,680
Speaker 1: another check to keep somebody else afloat. You know what

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01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:38,200
Speaker 1: I mean, We're done, We're done. We're The Senior Bowl

1325
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:40,360
Speaker 1: is gonna have to go away for a year. You know,

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01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:43,840
Speaker 1: the Combine is gonna have to go away for a year. Um,

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01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 1: all of this stuff, you know, possibilities that it's just like,

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01:12:46,240 --> 01:12:48,240
Speaker 1: you know, we can't do it. We're gonna do something

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01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 1: else this year. Um, Combine, Senior Bowl, all that stuff is.

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01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,400
Speaker 1: And there's and it's not just the Senior Bowl. You

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01:12:57,439 --> 01:12:59,839
Speaker 1: have the East West Shrine Game, you have the nflp

1332
01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:02,799
Speaker 1: A Bowl. I mean, there are other All Star games,

1333
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: granted with some lesser senior talent, but still talent nonetheless,

1334
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:09,639
Speaker 1: and they're all heavily attended and they're in the same boat.

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01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:12,120
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting to see how it all

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01:13:12,160 --> 01:13:14,600
Speaker 1: plays out. Hopefully, the situation that our country is in

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01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:19,000
Speaker 1: gets dramatically better. Yeah, well it's gonna have to otherwise.

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01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:21,880
Speaker 1: Like I said, a lot of these institutions that we

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01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,519
Speaker 1: kind of the people in our business, like most people,

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01:13:24,520 --> 01:13:26,600
Speaker 1: that's not on their radar. That Senior Bowl, in the

1341
01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:30,519
Speaker 1: NFLPA Bowl, in the East West Shrine Game. We hear

1342
01:13:30,560 --> 01:13:33,000
Speaker 1: about it, but nobody's you know what I mean. So

1343
01:13:33,800 --> 01:13:37,760
Speaker 1: and to have all those goal away probably mean it's

1344
01:13:37,760 --> 01:13:40,639
Speaker 1: a loss. It's a loss mostly for the kids coming

1345
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:42,800
Speaker 1: out trying to make it in the NFL as he

1346
01:13:42,840 --> 01:13:45,519
Speaker 1: get looked at, and those Cinderella stories and the kids

1347
01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:47,519
Speaker 1: who have the great stories that are overcoming all kinds

1348
01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:50,400
Speaker 1: of odds and probably would have had they got a

1349
01:13:50,479 --> 01:13:51,920
Speaker 1: chance to play in one of those games. All Right,

1350
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: we have to step aside. We're up against the break here.

1351
01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:55,640
Speaker 1: We do have a caller on the line at eight

1352
01:13:55,680 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 1: oh three, five fifty. We'll get to that person when

1353
01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:01,240
Speaker 1: we return. We'll also listen an end to one offensive

1354
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:04,880
Speaker 1: coordinator Brian Dable, who addressed the media earlier today. We'll

1355
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,200
Speaker 1: hear some of what he had to say about the

1356
01:14:08,360 --> 01:14:11,000
Speaker 1: condensed training period and the ramp up to the season,

1357
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:13,960
Speaker 1: along with the starting OH line and how that's shaping

1358
01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:17,719
Speaker 1: up with John Feliciano out indefinitely, and we may also

1359
01:14:17,880 --> 01:14:20,320
Speaker 1: dip into the mail bag in the next segment. Stay tuned.

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Speaker 1: It's One Bills Live, presented by Kalida Help. This is

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01:14:22,800 --> 01:14:39,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio Chris Brown Steve Tasker with your One

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01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:42,160
Speaker 1: Bills Live. As we just passed the halfway point of

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01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:46,639
Speaker 1: the Friday edition of the show, and as we mentioned

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01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:48,280
Speaker 1: before we went to break, we had a caller on

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01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:52,559
Speaker 1: the line at eight fifty two, five fifty. You're always

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01:14:52,560 --> 01:14:55,439
Speaker 1: welcome to join the show, and so we welcome Reuben

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01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:58,240
Speaker 1: from California. And Reuben, it's Chris Brown, It's Steve Tasker.

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01:14:58,360 --> 01:15:01,800
Speaker 1: What do you have for us? Wow? Yes, good day

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01:15:01,800 --> 01:15:07,920
Speaker 1: to you. Is actually morning here where? Yeah? Um well,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to say here real quick. Two things. Number One,

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01:15:10,880 --> 01:15:13,000
Speaker 1: we did our little pickpole here me and the guys did,

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01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,640
Speaker 1: and we picked. I picked the Buffalo Bills has been

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01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 1: the AFCs. I like it. What did the other guys pick?

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01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:27,160
Speaker 1: You may not want to know. All okay, one of

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01:15:27,200 --> 01:15:30,800
Speaker 1: them picked that other team that you guys have relations with.

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01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:34,439
Speaker 1: I'll just leave it at that. Um. So, the other

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01:15:34,479 --> 01:15:36,360
Speaker 1: thing I wanted to talk about is this whole thing

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01:15:36,479 --> 01:15:40,439
Speaker 1: about sports, about the pandemic and sports and everything. I mean,

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01:15:40,680 --> 01:15:43,719
Speaker 1: I'm on two levels. I'm a fan and I'm also

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01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:47,920
Speaker 1: humanitarian as well as a human being. This disease is

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01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:50,360
Speaker 1: attacking everybody. It doesn't matter who you are. I mean,

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01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: whether you're in great condition or not, whether you're seventy

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01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 1: or seven. We need to all try to be safe

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01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:58,519
Speaker 1: and try to follow the guidelines within the science. But

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01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:03,559
Speaker 1: with that also being saying, as a fan, I want

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01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,040
Speaker 1: to see sports. I want to because I mean, be

1387
01:16:06,160 --> 01:16:09,360
Speaker 1: sitting at home being quarantine here is just driving me bananas.

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01:16:09,439 --> 01:16:12,559
Speaker 1: I want to see some sports. But at the same time,

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01:16:13,200 --> 01:16:15,920
Speaker 1: it is unrealistic for college football to do what it

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01:16:15,960 --> 01:16:18,080
Speaker 1: says it's gonna do, and everything you guys have been saying,

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01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:22,040
Speaker 1: I agree. One. I mean, they may have to delay

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01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:25,679
Speaker 1: for a year to combine, they might have to delay

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01:16:25,760 --> 01:16:30,280
Speaker 1: the draft. So you know this college name because it's

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01:16:30,360 --> 01:16:33,880
Speaker 1: not going to hurt the big five power conferences. They're

1395
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:35,719
Speaker 1: not gonna get hurt by this because they make billions

1396
01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:38,080
Speaker 1: of dollars a year. The ones I feel the worst

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01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:41,040
Speaker 1: for it's the smaller schools because they don't really get

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01:16:41,120 --> 01:16:44,880
Speaker 1: much money anyway. So they actually had to help and

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01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 1: benefit they would have come, it would be able to

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01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: make things a little bit more fair for everybody. But

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01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:51,840
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the NFL is gonna

1402
01:16:51,920 --> 01:16:53,799
Speaker 1: roll what it's gonna roll. We're gonna have our secial

1403
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:57,800
Speaker 1: champion crown on the first weekend of February before it's

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01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:01,800
Speaker 1: college football goals, go to the spring and just get

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01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:05,080
Speaker 1: it done there, all right. Well, Ruben, listen, we thank

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01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,680
Speaker 1: you for the call, and please stay safe out there

1407
01:17:07,720 --> 01:17:09,800
Speaker 1: because I know California is now in the lead for

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01:17:09,920 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 1: cases across the country. So just keep staying safe out there,

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01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,920
Speaker 1: all right. Best to you and your family. Yeah, best

1410
01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:18,479
Speaker 1: to you, and you have your folks as well. Man,

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01:17:18,560 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 1: you guys keep doing the good work, all right. So

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01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:23,320
Speaker 1: that's Ruben in California's got a point. Yeah, College football's

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01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:27,160
Speaker 1: We've made this case a lot. College football is vastly

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01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:30,160
Speaker 1: different than pro football, not only in the way it's

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01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: played and the players and the situations they're in, and

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01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:38,599
Speaker 1: you know, it's vastness, but it's yeah, but in the yeah,

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01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 1: they're everywhere. Colleges are everywhere. You know. We just had

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Speaker 1: Derek Burrows on the show Lane College. I mean Division

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01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:49,680
Speaker 1: two Historic Black cod of those one hundred of you know,

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01:17:49,800 --> 01:17:53,479
Speaker 1: Division two schools, and each one of them has one

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01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:55,559
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty kids on the team, you know. I mean,

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01:17:55,760 --> 01:18:02,360
Speaker 1: it's just vast. They got got no business doing that.

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01:18:03,800 --> 01:18:06,200
Speaker 1: The problem with that is the same a little bit

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01:18:06,479 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 1: same as it is with the NFL. That means thousands

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01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,360
Speaker 1: of people are gonna be out of work, thousands of

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01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:15,320
Speaker 1: people are gonna hit in their small business on game day,

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01:18:15,439 --> 01:18:19,280
Speaker 1: thousands of businesses, thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of

1428
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:21,839
Speaker 1: people will you know, will miss the game, but thousands

1429
01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:26,080
Speaker 1: upon thousands are gonna be hit financially, whether it's the

1430
01:18:26,240 --> 01:18:29,280
Speaker 1: parking attendants running the lots around the stadium, whether it's

1431
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:34,599
Speaker 1: the concessionaires that are in the concessions, hotelstam, hospitality business, UM,

1432
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:38,920
Speaker 1: airline industry. You know how many bills fans fly into

1433
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:41,479
Speaker 1: town for games. Why are you gonna pay an entire

1434
01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:45,560
Speaker 1: athletic department staff when there ain't no athletics. Yeah, I

1435
01:18:45,640 --> 01:18:47,679
Speaker 1: mean all those people will be furloughed or they're gonna

1436
01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:51,720
Speaker 1: take a hit sooner or later, and all of that.

1437
01:18:52,160 --> 01:18:54,719
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's an You think the NFL's

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01:18:55,360 --> 01:18:59,520
Speaker 1: the NFL is big, no question, but college football permeates

1439
01:19:00,439 --> 01:19:03,880
Speaker 1: everybody all the way across every It's not just thirty

1440
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:06,920
Speaker 1: two NFL teams, it's a hundred cities. And that's why

1441
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:10,280
Speaker 1: I said yesterday that I didn't want to get too political,

1442
01:19:10,360 --> 01:19:14,839
Speaker 1: but there is pressure for these colleges to press forward

1443
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:17,600
Speaker 1: with the season. They're getting political pressure because of the

1444
01:19:17,720 --> 01:19:21,320
Speaker 1: very thing you mentioned. The economy. I mean, especially in

1445
01:19:21,400 --> 01:19:24,200
Speaker 1: the Deep South. You know the SEC, and it's more

1446
01:19:24,439 --> 01:19:27,280
Speaker 1: you know along the Atlantic coast, but the ACC and

1447
01:19:27,439 --> 01:19:31,960
Speaker 1: even the Big Twelve they are in states where college

1448
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:38,360
Speaker 1: athletics is an economic engine exactly. And if that goes away,

1449
01:19:39,240 --> 01:19:42,400
Speaker 1: it just sucks even more life out of the economy

1450
01:19:42,479 --> 01:19:45,880
Speaker 1: in those respective regions. And that is why you have

1451
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:50,719
Speaker 1: people in political power pushing them to make a season

1452
01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:56,759
Speaker 1: happen with the consequences be damned. And there's something ethically

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01:19:56,840 --> 01:20:01,000
Speaker 1: wrong with that, I think at some level. Um Well,

1454
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 1: while I respect getting the economy off the ground as

1455
01:20:03,280 --> 01:20:06,960
Speaker 1: much as the next person, As as Rubin said himself,

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01:20:07,120 --> 01:20:11,360
Speaker 1: I am a humanitarian also, and what you're talking about,

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01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:14,320
Speaker 1: we gotta have respect for human life here. Yeah, you're

1458
01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:18,439
Speaker 1: talking about kids, college kids and and that stuff. About Well,

1459
01:20:18,479 --> 01:20:20,840
Speaker 1: they're probably it's like the flu to them. That doesn't fly.

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01:20:21,760 --> 01:20:28,280
Speaker 1: You know that it's not easy. Somebody might die. It's

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01:20:28,280 --> 01:20:31,960
Speaker 1: not easy. I'm not more not not just like one. Yeah,

1462
01:20:32,200 --> 01:20:34,040
Speaker 1: it's not easy. What don't you do this? Hey, whatever

1463
01:20:34,080 --> 01:20:36,320
Speaker 1: how you slice the ticket, you're talking about a couple

1464
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:41,080
Speaker 1: of hundred thousand people risking getting it and the deaths

1465
01:20:41,120 --> 01:20:43,680
Speaker 1: that are associated with that number statistic and earlier this

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01:20:43,760 --> 01:20:46,080
Speaker 1: week on the show, we talked about the lingering effects,

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01:20:46,439 --> 01:20:50,800
Speaker 1: whether it's hard problems with myocarditis um, there's all these

1468
01:20:51,120 --> 01:20:53,800
Speaker 1: things that we still don't even know. Nobody knows what

1469
01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:55,960
Speaker 1: the long term effects or COVID is. It's only been

1470
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Speaker 1: around for eight months. Nobody knows what the long term

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Speaker 1: effects are. I mean, we're learning as we go here,

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01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:07,479
Speaker 1: and that's understandably intimidating to a lot of people. We

1473
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:10,000
Speaker 1: have a lot of questions and not a whole lot

1474
01:21:10,040 --> 01:21:13,320
Speaker 1: of answers despite the best efforts of our medical and

1475
01:21:13,360 --> 01:21:16,040
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna financially for the country and for

1476
01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:19,160
Speaker 1: some of these industries like college football, it's gonna it's

1477
01:21:19,160 --> 01:21:22,519
Speaker 1: gonna be a devastating blow. Yeah, because you think about

1478
01:21:22,520 --> 01:21:26,240
Speaker 1: it that if they don't have a season in the fall.

1479
01:21:27,840 --> 01:21:31,160
Speaker 1: Even then, some of these businesses and small town community,

1480
01:21:31,200 --> 01:21:32,880
Speaker 1: they're going to be affected by it greatly. Even if

1481
01:21:32,880 --> 01:21:34,240
Speaker 1: they try and push it to the spring, it's not

1482
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,599
Speaker 1: going to be the same. Yeah, And if that doesn't

1483
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:38,760
Speaker 1: happen and you go all the way till next year,

1484
01:21:40,160 --> 01:21:43,720
Speaker 1: you know that's you know you're gonna you're gonna ruin

1485
01:21:43,800 --> 01:21:46,840
Speaker 1: some lives. And so there's a lot. Yeah, there's a

1486
01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:49,200
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on both sides of this issue. So

1487
01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:51,439
Speaker 1: we appreciate the call from Reuben, and you can chime

1488
01:21:51,520 --> 01:21:53,679
Speaker 1: in whenever you want an eighth, three, five fifty. Let's

1489
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:55,400
Speaker 1: try to lighten the mood just a little bit, because

1490
01:21:55,439 --> 01:21:58,080
Speaker 1: that is some heavy stuff. And we'll go back to

1491
01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:01,960
Speaker 1: the one Bill's live fan a bag and we'll see

1492
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,559
Speaker 1: what Dean has for us. He says the Bills lost

1493
01:22:05,000 --> 01:22:08,719
Speaker 1: a ton of experience at linebacker since last year behind

1494
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:12,600
Speaker 1: Edmonds and Milano. They're either new to the system or

1495
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:16,240
Speaker 1: returning from injury. How will that play for a relatively

1496
01:22:16,320 --> 01:22:20,880
Speaker 1: average run defense the Bills fielded last year. Well, that's

1497
01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:25,960
Speaker 1: a valid question for sure. Corey Thompson has experience. He's

1498
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:28,720
Speaker 1: the third year linebacker who was the first linebacker off

1499
01:22:28,800 --> 01:22:31,320
Speaker 1: the bench if there was an injury. Now he filled

1500
01:22:31,360 --> 01:22:34,200
Speaker 1: in for Milano two seasons ago. Milano got through last

1501
01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:38,800
Speaker 1: year without any major problems injury wise, and Edmonds played

1502
01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:43,040
Speaker 1: the whole year, and even Lorenzo was good. So because

1503
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:48,360
Speaker 1: of the unexpected good health of this roster from top

1504
01:22:48,439 --> 01:22:51,120
Speaker 1: to bottom, a lot of backups didn't get a lot

1505
01:22:51,160 --> 01:22:53,920
Speaker 1: of playing time on offense or defense. So you're right,

1506
01:22:55,720 --> 01:22:57,679
Speaker 1: there are a lot of guys that really are improven

1507
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:01,599
Speaker 1: that are in that second line of linebackers, Corey Thompson

1508
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:03,920
Speaker 1: being one of them. For Sean Joseph, the fifth round

1509
01:23:04,000 --> 01:23:06,519
Speaker 1: pick from twenty nineteen who never got on the field

1510
01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:09,559
Speaker 1: because he landed on ir I believe with a shoulder

1511
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:13,960
Speaker 1: injury of memory serves. And then Tyrrell Dodson was another guy,

1512
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:16,560
Speaker 1: an undrafted guy who they thought a lot of and

1513
01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:18,479
Speaker 1: is back on the roster this year, but never hit

1514
01:23:18,520 --> 01:23:22,120
Speaker 1: the field last year. So yeah, there are players in

1515
01:23:22,200 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: the mix, but they're largely unproven. So the depth is

1516
01:23:28,320 --> 01:23:32,599
Speaker 1: unproven depth, there's no question about it. I don't think

1517
01:23:32,680 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 1: you should dismiss Tyler Madekevich. Yes, he's here primarily to

1518
01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:39,639
Speaker 1: serve a major role on special teams. But that doesn't

1519
01:23:39,680 --> 01:23:43,000
Speaker 1: mean he cannot serve as a reserve linebacker as well.

1520
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:45,920
Speaker 1: So there's a guy with a little bit more experience.

1521
01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:50,040
Speaker 1: So there's one guy there. But yes, a J. Klein's

1522
01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:52,240
Speaker 1: got some experience in this. Yes he's expected to be

1523
01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:56,240
Speaker 1: a starter, I think for all intents and purposes, you know,

1524
01:23:56,360 --> 01:24:00,360
Speaker 1: as the replacement for Lorenzo in the base defense. Joseph right,

1525
01:24:00,640 --> 01:24:03,479
Speaker 1: and then you have Tyrell Dotson, del Sean Phillips, some

1526
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:09,720
Speaker 1: other people. So you've got um unproven players. So and

1527
01:24:10,360 --> 01:24:13,800
Speaker 1: he's concerned about the run defense. I'll say this, where

1528
01:24:13,880 --> 01:24:16,680
Speaker 1: they invested to improve their run defense was up front, right,

1529
01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:18,080
Speaker 1: it was the D line. That's why I was gonna

1530
01:24:18,080 --> 01:24:26,200
Speaker 1: say too, Quentin, Quentin, Vernon Butler, Quentin Jefferson, Uh, Mario Addison, Harrison,

1531
01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:29,360
Speaker 1: Phillips back on the line. Um. You know, Uh, now

1532
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:34,960
Speaker 1: Start lays opted out, But that doesn't that doesn't mean

1533
01:24:35,680 --> 01:24:38,439
Speaker 1: that's still have Vincent Taylor who got some time last year.

1534
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:41,960
Speaker 1: You can't hold the opt out of Start against the

1535
01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:45,320
Speaker 1: team that you know tried to fix that UM and

1536
01:24:46,439 --> 01:24:50,240
Speaker 1: defense last year. I mean, they weren't bad. The tenth um,

1537
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:53,280
Speaker 1: I would say the only game where they really got

1538
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:55,920
Speaker 1: run over was the Eagles game. That was that was

1539
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:59,040
Speaker 1: the only game where they really lost the battle at

1540
01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:01,560
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and terms of run defense, and

1541
01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,800
Speaker 1: it showed, but I thought they got it corrected in

1542
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:08,160
Speaker 1: short order. Now, Leslie Frazier, who we're going to hear

1543
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:10,880
Speaker 1: from a little bit later in the show, he was asked,

1544
01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:13,920
Speaker 1: you know, about not having Starr and him opting out,

1545
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:17,680
Speaker 1: and he admits it is a loss. You know, he

1546
01:25:17,800 --> 01:25:20,439
Speaker 1: reiterated Star does things that don't get noticed a lot,

1547
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:22,479
Speaker 1: but they're important to the success of our defense. And

1548
01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:25,280
Speaker 1: he's right. Someone is going to have to fill that

1549
01:25:25,439 --> 01:25:29,840
Speaker 1: void as capably at the very least, and that's a

1550
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:34,800
Speaker 1: big ask. So that might have a greater impact on

1551
01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:38,360
Speaker 1: what this run defense looks like than the depth behind

1552
01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:40,639
Speaker 1: the starting unit at linebacker, in my opinion. So you've

1553
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:45,880
Speaker 1: got like Vincent Taylor, Niles, Scott Harrison Phillips at Oliver

1554
01:25:46,200 --> 01:25:51,040
Speaker 1: Vernon Butler. Those are your four or five defensive tackles

1555
01:25:51,120 --> 01:25:54,640
Speaker 1: as listed on the debt on the roster, and you

1556
01:25:54,720 --> 01:25:58,160
Speaker 1: know they'll be rotating through. They'll probably keep at least

1557
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:01,519
Speaker 1: four of those guys active on game and put them

1558
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:04,640
Speaker 1: in there in different combinations. Plus you've got a Japanezza

1559
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:07,240
Speaker 1: who is the size of a defensive tackle. He's you know,

1560
01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:09,799
Speaker 1: he's a big dude, very tall, plays with good leverage.

1561
01:26:10,600 --> 01:26:12,560
Speaker 1: So all of that stuff is on the table. And

1562
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,920
Speaker 1: I agree, it's not their linebacking corps that I'm looking

1563
01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:17,920
Speaker 1: at when I'm saying they need to upgrade their running game.

1564
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:19,880
Speaker 1: Last year, I think it was their defensive line. They

1565
01:26:20,040 --> 01:26:22,880
Speaker 1: seem to have gotten better and made some efforts up there. Yeah,

1566
01:26:23,320 --> 01:26:24,920
Speaker 1: all right, we have to take a break, but we'll

1567
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:27,160
Speaker 1: have more from the mail bag. We still have Brian

1568
01:26:27,240 --> 01:26:29,600
Speaker 1: Dable and Leslie Frasier to hear from. We'll get to

1569
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:31,880
Speaker 1: all of that when we return here on One Bill's Live,

1570
01:26:32,000 --> 01:26:34,760
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio

1571
01:26:48,040 --> 01:26:51,559
Speaker 1: back on One Bill's Live, closing up the second hour

1572
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:54,080
Speaker 1: of the program. But we'll be hearing from offensive coordinator

1573
01:26:54,120 --> 01:26:57,479
Speaker 1: Brian Dabele and defensive coordinator Leslie Frasier an hour number three,

1574
01:26:57,560 --> 01:27:01,040
Speaker 1: so stay tuned for that. As they both addressed the

1575
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:03,360
Speaker 1: media today and we pulled some of their more interesting

1576
01:27:03,479 --> 01:27:05,760
Speaker 1: comments that we think you will find interesting as well.

1577
01:27:06,439 --> 01:27:10,679
Speaker 1: As they get set for the first padded practice on Monday,

1578
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:15,800
Speaker 1: full speed, non padded workout today first one and then

1579
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:18,080
Speaker 1: they'll have another one on Sunday before the pads go

1580
01:27:18,200 --> 01:27:22,400
Speaker 1: on on Monday. And we wanted to before we get

1581
01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:25,360
Speaker 1: to the top of the hour, get back to the

1582
01:27:25,439 --> 01:27:29,240
Speaker 1: OBIL fan mailbag, Steve. All right, here we go from Nick.

1583
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:32,800
Speaker 1: He says, in my opinion, the linebacker depth is a

1584
01:27:32,840 --> 01:27:35,639
Speaker 1: bit suspect outside the top three. Any chance they'll bring

1585
01:27:35,680 --> 01:27:38,519
Speaker 1: in more competition to ensure stability at the position. If

1586
01:27:38,600 --> 01:27:40,600
Speaker 1: Covid hit, our d could take a bad hit and

1587
01:27:40,720 --> 01:27:44,960
Speaker 1: go from a position of strength to weakness pretty quickly. No,

1588
01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:46,920
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think they're very happy with

1589
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:50,759
Speaker 1: their linebacker depth. I think they like these guys, Edmonds, Milano.

1590
01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:53,479
Speaker 1: Milano has been nicked up here and there. Aj Klein

1591
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:56,360
Speaker 1: gives them the ability with his experience to play any

1592
01:27:56,400 --> 01:27:59,479
Speaker 1: one of those three spots. Corey Thompson's been in this

1593
01:27:59,560 --> 01:28:02,960
Speaker 1: system for another year under his belt of a Sean

1594
01:28:03,120 --> 01:28:06,439
Speaker 1: Joseph is a guy who would probably be pressing to

1595
01:28:06,680 --> 01:28:09,160
Speaker 1: get some playing time on another team if he didn't

1596
01:28:09,200 --> 01:28:12,680
Speaker 1: back up you know, Tremaine Edmonds. So no, I think

1597
01:28:12,760 --> 01:28:16,200
Speaker 1: there they're back up their linebacking Corps is exactly where

1598
01:28:16,200 --> 01:28:19,120
Speaker 1: they want it. And I'll tell you what their roster.

1599
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:21,920
Speaker 1: I think their roster is what it's gonna be. I

1600
01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:24,280
Speaker 1: don't think you're gonna see you're not going out fishing

1601
01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:26,720
Speaker 1: for other people right now. With COVID and everything. You

1602
01:28:26,760 --> 01:28:28,360
Speaker 1: could say, Okay, all of a sudden, they're gonna make

1603
01:28:28,400 --> 01:28:30,280
Speaker 1: a trade for a guy they like or whatever, And

1604
01:28:30,280 --> 01:28:31,920
Speaker 1: I mean, okay, I don't know about any of that,

1605
01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:33,960
Speaker 1: but they're not gonna go out on the street now

1606
01:28:34,040 --> 01:28:35,960
Speaker 1: and find a guy any better than the ones they've

1607
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:38,000
Speaker 1: got in their training camp. Write this, and again, I'll

1608
01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:40,200
Speaker 1: go back to this, because we talk about this all

1609
01:28:40,280 --> 01:28:44,400
Speaker 1: the time. This is a coaching staff that isn't afraid

1610
01:28:45,120 --> 01:28:49,519
Speaker 1: to lean on their abilities to develop players. And as

1611
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:52,160
Speaker 1: Steve mentioned, yeah, Corey Thompson doesn't have a whole lot

1612
01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:56,360
Speaker 1: of time on the field, but this is third year

1613
01:28:56,400 --> 01:29:00,719
Speaker 1: in the system, so he's been around, found it, he's

1614
01:29:00,720 --> 01:29:03,360
Speaker 1: been in it, and he has played some games, albeit

1615
01:29:03,560 --> 01:29:06,679
Speaker 1: more in twenty eighteen than twenty nineteen when he filled

1616
01:29:06,720 --> 01:29:10,320
Speaker 1: in for Matt Milano when he broke his leg. But

1617
01:29:10,439 --> 01:29:13,439
Speaker 1: that guy's ready, Like if you need him, he'll be ready.

1618
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:15,519
Speaker 1: They'll have him ready. Yeah, and they'll have a lot

1619
01:29:15,560 --> 01:29:19,560
Speaker 1: of faith in him too, and for good reason, So no,

1620
01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:22,519
Speaker 1: I disagree. I get you. The linebacker depth is something

1621
01:29:22,600 --> 01:29:24,640
Speaker 1: we don't ever hear about him because you know, Milano's

1622
01:29:25,479 --> 01:29:27,880
Speaker 1: Edmonds is not going anywhere. He's there, so you don't

1623
01:29:27,920 --> 01:29:30,280
Speaker 1: even care about who the backup middle linebacker is, and

1624
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:33,760
Speaker 1: it might be Ajklin. I mean, Clin may prove to

1625
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:35,640
Speaker 1: move over and play the mic in the event of

1626
01:29:35,680 --> 01:29:38,080
Speaker 1: God forbidden Edmund's injury where he misses a week or two.

1627
01:29:38,640 --> 01:29:40,759
Speaker 1: And then because I mean, the guy's been in the system,

1628
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:42,200
Speaker 1: he knows how to make all the calls. And if

1629
01:29:42,240 --> 01:29:44,400
Speaker 1: Milano even has another place where he's out for a

1630
01:29:44,439 --> 01:29:46,400
Speaker 1: month or something, Clin may move over to that spot.

1631
01:29:46,600 --> 01:29:49,200
Speaker 1: And then you have of a Sean Joseph step in

1632
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:51,400
Speaker 1: and go in and out and take the repetitions that

1633
01:29:51,560 --> 01:29:54,160
Speaker 1: Lorenzo di Lorenzo was like forty percent of the snaps

1634
01:29:54,240 --> 01:29:57,439
Speaker 1: last year. That may be something that and Sean Joseph does.

1635
01:29:57,520 --> 01:30:01,320
Speaker 1: And let's not forget too that almost seventy percent of

1636
01:30:01,360 --> 01:30:03,080
Speaker 1: the time last year this team was in Nickel. I

1637
01:30:03,120 --> 01:30:05,920
Speaker 1: don't even have three linebackers on the field, so you're

1638
01:30:06,000 --> 01:30:09,880
Speaker 1: linebackers depth. I don't think it's as critical as it

1639
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:13,240
Speaker 1: was ten years ago because you play so much. Dang Nickel, right,

1640
01:30:13,800 --> 01:30:16,800
Speaker 1: you should more learn. We worry more about who's yeah

1641
01:30:17,160 --> 01:30:21,000
Speaker 1: Tarn Johnson. Yeah, who's backing up Tarn Johnson is a

1642
01:30:21,080 --> 01:30:24,080
Speaker 1: bigger question than who's backing up Matt Milano or a

1643
01:30:24,160 --> 01:30:25,920
Speaker 1: j Spin or Tourmaine Edmonds. The next one in the

1644
01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:27,840
Speaker 1: mail bag is from John. Do you think of a

1645
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:31,880
Speaker 1: team surprises the world this year? Their success will have

1646
01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:36,000
Speaker 1: a COVID asterisk by it. Bills are looking good. I

1647
01:30:36,080 --> 01:30:39,120
Speaker 1: don't want to hear naysayers put an asterisk on us, though.

1648
01:30:39,680 --> 01:30:42,120
Speaker 1: That's from John. That depends John on what the season

1649
01:30:42,200 --> 01:30:44,559
Speaker 1: looks like. Yeah, if the season goes off sixteen weeks,

1650
01:30:44,600 --> 01:30:47,160
Speaker 1: seventeen weeks without a hitch, you ain't gonna be no asterix.

1651
01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:50,760
Speaker 1: If it's eleven games. Yeah, if it's eleven games or

1652
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:53,840
Speaker 1: four games, two weeks off, three games, two weeks off,

1653
01:30:54,479 --> 01:30:58,160
Speaker 1: six games. Although I'll say this, Steve, samebody talk about

1654
01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:02,080
Speaker 1: how tainted the Washington football team's championships of the strike

1655
01:31:02,160 --> 01:31:04,120
Speaker 1: year in eighty two or the strike year in eighty seven.

1656
01:31:04,240 --> 01:31:07,400
Speaker 1: R I don't see any asterisks there. Yeah, that's true.

1657
01:31:07,479 --> 01:31:10,439
Speaker 1: When the year the eighty two strike, when Mark Mark

1658
01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:16,200
Speaker 1: Moseley was a sixteen team playoff right, no asterisk there? Yeah?

1659
01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:21,000
Speaker 1: Super Bowls, super Bowl man. So yeah, take my word

1660
01:31:21,040 --> 01:31:24,320
Speaker 1: for it. I think you're too worried about the asterisk. Granted,

1661
01:31:24,520 --> 01:31:26,400
Speaker 1: we don't know what this season's going to look like,

1662
01:31:26,520 --> 01:31:29,960
Speaker 1: and so I understand the concern. Take, but take the win.

1663
01:31:30,120 --> 01:31:32,599
Speaker 1: Hasn't come up in the past. Take the win, man,

1664
01:31:32,680 --> 01:31:35,400
Speaker 1: don't worry about his baby, and just win. From Tiffany,

1665
01:31:35,479 --> 01:31:38,639
Speaker 1: who's obviously a regular contributor, she says, with two well

1666
01:31:38,680 --> 01:31:43,080
Speaker 1: deserved contract extensions completed, how far down the road would

1667
01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:46,639
Speaker 1: you expect the Bills to look to lock in Brandon

1668
01:31:46,760 --> 01:31:50,080
Speaker 1: Bean and Trey White into long term deals. Yeah. Well,

1669
01:31:50,120 --> 01:31:52,160
Speaker 1: they bought themselves some time with Trey White because they

1670
01:31:52,200 --> 01:31:54,559
Speaker 1: signed him to his fifth year option, which is another year.

1671
01:31:54,640 --> 01:31:59,439
Speaker 1: This also includes next year. I would think that it

1672
01:31:59,520 --> 01:32:02,400
Speaker 1: would be twelve months from this very week that Tremaine

1673
01:32:02,760 --> 01:32:05,719
Speaker 1: or Tredavious White gets signed. Yeah, I would agree, almost

1674
01:32:05,760 --> 01:32:08,439
Speaker 1: twelve months of that. Twelve months of the day probably.

1675
01:32:09,400 --> 01:32:14,439
Speaker 1: I think it might be sooner. Srrandon Bean, Um, yeah,

1676
01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:16,439
Speaker 1: you know it wouldn't surprise me if we get to

1677
01:32:16,479 --> 01:32:19,240
Speaker 1: the early stages of the off season from from this

1678
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:23,120
Speaker 1: year when twenty twenty seasons put to bed, provided it

1679
01:32:23,240 --> 01:32:26,320
Speaker 1: goes off the way they wanted to and they're in

1680
01:32:26,400 --> 01:32:29,559
Speaker 1: the playoffs and they're in contention, you know, I think

1681
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:32,920
Speaker 1: I think ownership does right by the GM. Might be

1682
01:32:33,040 --> 01:32:36,559
Speaker 1: right after the draft, or right before, right before the draft,

1683
01:32:36,640 --> 01:32:38,800
Speaker 1: something like that. Yeah, so it could be any but

1684
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,960
Speaker 1: those those guys are in line. That's gonna happen. I

1685
01:32:41,000 --> 01:32:43,559
Speaker 1: think we'll have when. It's not a matter of if

1686
01:32:43,640 --> 01:32:45,679
Speaker 1: it's when. I would say they'd probably get Matt Milano

1687
01:32:45,720 --> 01:32:50,200
Speaker 1: out of the way first, um, because his you don't

1688
01:32:50,200 --> 01:32:52,840
Speaker 1: have as much time with him and it's not as

1689
01:32:52,920 --> 01:32:56,760
Speaker 1: big a deal. Yeah, easier to negotiate, right, is what? Right?

1690
01:32:56,800 --> 01:33:00,120
Speaker 1: The numbers are smaller? Right, Let's go to Nick t

1691
01:33:00,520 --> 01:33:03,320
Speaker 1: who says both Steph Diggs and John Brown had one

1692
01:33:03,400 --> 01:33:06,840
Speaker 1: thousand yard seasons last year. Can this be possible again

1693
01:33:07,080 --> 01:33:09,479
Speaker 1: this year now that they're on the same team, or

1694
01:33:09,560 --> 01:33:11,320
Speaker 1: do you think one of them will have to take

1695
01:33:11,360 --> 01:33:13,799
Speaker 1: a step back in terms of stats due to splitting targets.

1696
01:33:14,040 --> 01:33:16,439
Speaker 1: And it's not just them, it's Beasley too. I mean,

1697
01:33:17,160 --> 01:33:18,880
Speaker 1: you're gonna be spreading the ball around a whole lot

1698
01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:23,200
Speaker 1: more this year. And let's not forget too that your

1699
01:33:23,240 --> 01:33:27,720
Speaker 1: backs they're probably gonna catch fifty sixty balls combined. So

1700
01:33:27,880 --> 01:33:31,560
Speaker 1: that's another set of targets there, via swing passes and

1701
01:33:31,640 --> 01:33:34,679
Speaker 1: whatever whatever else. And you heard Josh Allen saying check down.

1702
01:33:34,840 --> 01:33:36,040
Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't know if you're gonna have

1703
01:33:36,040 --> 01:33:40,280
Speaker 1: two thousand yard receivers on the real question is what's

1704
01:33:40,360 --> 01:33:42,720
Speaker 1: Josh gonna be like. That's the question that can all

1705
01:33:42,760 --> 01:33:46,000
Speaker 1: be in. If they're gonna throw the ball five hundred times,

1706
01:33:47,120 --> 01:33:49,960
Speaker 1: could happen. I mean the you know, Warren Moon through

1707
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,840
Speaker 1: a one year you threw at six hundred and sixty

1708
01:33:51,920 --> 01:33:55,519
Speaker 1: times in a season, set the record for And I

1709
01:33:55,520 --> 01:33:57,400
Speaker 1: don't know if I don't think it's been broken yet,

1710
01:33:57,439 --> 01:34:00,600
Speaker 1: But if you're gonna throw the football enough, yeah it

1711
01:34:00,680 --> 01:34:03,519
Speaker 1: can happen. And if they're good enough at throwing it,

1712
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:05,360
Speaker 1: if Josh is on target good enough to throw it

1713
01:34:05,360 --> 01:34:07,800
Speaker 1: and they got getting separation and teams can't stop him,

1714
01:34:07,880 --> 01:34:10,400
Speaker 1: yeah it could happen. But it's going to take that

1715
01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:12,679
Speaker 1: kind of production from your quarterback to get that done.

1716
01:34:12,800 --> 01:34:15,000
Speaker 1: That's what it's going to be when these games are

1717
01:34:15,040 --> 01:34:17,080
Speaker 1: the game's going to dictate that the Bills are throwing

1718
01:34:17,120 --> 01:34:19,479
Speaker 1: it a lot more than they did last year and

1719
01:34:20,000 --> 01:34:23,400
Speaker 1: being more efficient at it. That's the question. But if

1720
01:34:23,479 --> 01:34:26,519
Speaker 1: that happens, absolutely they can have two thousand yard receivers.

1721
01:34:26,720 --> 01:34:28,479
Speaker 1: Right before we go to break, we'll get to wandering

1722
01:34:28,600 --> 01:34:30,760
Speaker 1: Jack's question. He wants to know who's going to win

1723
01:34:30,840 --> 01:34:33,639
Speaker 1: out at that defensive tackle position with Jordan Phillips gone

1724
01:34:33,680 --> 01:34:37,240
Speaker 1: and start opting out. He's wondering about horrible Harry's health,

1725
01:34:37,680 --> 01:34:41,120
Speaker 1: Vernon Butler and Quentin Jefferson. Who wins out is going

1726
01:34:41,200 --> 01:34:43,080
Speaker 1: to be determined on the field in the coming week.

1727
01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:45,280
Speaker 1: So I can't give you an answer there, but I

1728
01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:48,599
Speaker 1: can tell you that Harrison Phillips is healthy. There may

1729
01:34:48,640 --> 01:34:52,160
Speaker 1: be instances where he practices one day and then is

1730
01:34:52,240 --> 01:34:55,360
Speaker 1: off the leg the next day, knowing that he's less

1731
01:34:55,439 --> 01:34:58,160
Speaker 1: than a calendar year from tearing that ACL and it

1732
01:34:58,360 --> 01:35:00,439
Speaker 1: is his second ACL in his career. Year, I'll be

1733
01:35:00,479 --> 01:35:03,479
Speaker 1: at the other leg. So I think they're gonna be

1734
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:08,599
Speaker 1: careful in bringing Harrison along, But man, if he's good

1735
01:35:08,640 --> 01:35:11,320
Speaker 1: to go, I think he's a prime candidate to be

1736
01:35:11,439 --> 01:35:13,720
Speaker 1: that starting nose tackle but I think he is going

1737
01:35:13,760 --> 01:35:15,880
Speaker 1: to get pushed by Butler and Jefferson for sure. So

1738
01:35:16,200 --> 01:35:19,000
Speaker 1: it could very well be a compelling competition. Yeah, I

1739
01:35:19,080 --> 01:35:21,040
Speaker 1: think it will be. And and we're not gonna get

1740
01:35:21,040 --> 01:35:22,479
Speaker 1: to see any of it, so I can't even tell

1741
01:35:22,479 --> 01:35:25,160
Speaker 1: you how he's gonna look, you know, but they're gonna

1742
01:35:25,240 --> 01:35:28,760
Speaker 1: they'll handle him as they'll handle everybody they They want

1743
01:35:28,760 --> 01:35:32,479
Speaker 1: to give them the best chance to stay healthy. Very

1744
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:34,600
Speaker 1: methodical with players coming back from injury. And you can

1745
01:35:34,680 --> 01:35:37,080
Speaker 1: point right to Trent Murphy his first year here. He

1746
01:35:37,280 --> 01:35:40,360
Speaker 1: was over a year removed from his ACL and they

1747
01:35:40,479 --> 01:35:44,280
Speaker 1: still paced him through OTA's and mini camp before he

1748
01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:46,280
Speaker 1: kind of was full going training camp. You didn't have

1749
01:35:46,439 --> 01:35:48,320
Speaker 1: that this spring for Harry to kind of get back

1750
01:35:48,360 --> 01:35:51,080
Speaker 1: on the ball. So I think they're gonna be very

1751
01:35:51,200 --> 01:35:53,760
Speaker 1: deliberate in the way they ease him back into true

1752
01:35:53,840 --> 01:35:56,400
Speaker 1: football like stuff. You can look at all kinds of

1753
01:35:56,479 --> 01:35:59,320
Speaker 1: examples around the roster. Ty and Secki during camp last

1754
01:35:59,439 --> 01:36:02,400
Speaker 1: year taking days off, you know, and they give veteran

1755
01:36:02,520 --> 01:36:06,320
Speaker 1: days off constantly. You know, Lorenzo took days off. They

1756
01:36:06,400 --> 01:36:08,360
Speaker 1: give him days off during the week last year. All

1757
01:36:08,360 --> 01:36:09,920
Speaker 1: the guys that are long in the tooth will get

1758
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:14,080
Speaker 1: that benefit as well as guys who have just come

1759
01:36:14,160 --> 01:36:16,439
Speaker 1: off an injury, a major injury or whatever. And they

1760
01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:19,000
Speaker 1: it's not just because they do it for all these guys.

1761
01:36:20,560 --> 01:36:23,240
Speaker 1: They got their hands on these guys. How's your knee,

1762
01:36:23,280 --> 01:36:25,400
Speaker 1: what's it looked like, what's the you know, what you

1763
01:36:25,479 --> 01:36:28,120
Speaker 1: do yesterday? They've got the data of what they kind

1764
01:36:28,160 --> 01:36:31,240
Speaker 1: of activity they did. It's light years ahead of where

1765
01:36:31,560 --> 01:36:33,559
Speaker 1: used to be, where you know, you tape an aspir

1766
01:36:33,640 --> 01:36:37,000
Speaker 1: into your ankle and let's go. You know, they're light

1767
01:36:37,120 --> 01:36:39,080
Speaker 1: years ahead of that. I mean, it's not it's it's

1768
01:36:39,200 --> 01:36:42,400
Speaker 1: laughable the technology they use for the benefit of the

1769
01:36:42,439 --> 01:36:44,599
Speaker 1: players these days and how well it keeps them healthy.

1770
01:36:44,680 --> 01:36:46,360
Speaker 1: So there'll be on top of it and each guy

1771
01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:49,840
Speaker 1: will be absolutely have a tailor made schedule for keeping

1772
01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:52,120
Speaker 1: him healthy and getting him to game day healthy. So

1773
01:36:52,240 --> 01:36:54,920
Speaker 1: that's the one Bills Live Mailbag. Thanks for sending in

1774
01:36:55,000 --> 01:36:57,840
Speaker 1: your questions. Hopefully we provided some worthwhile answers to you,

1775
01:36:58,320 --> 01:37:00,840
Speaker 1: and don't hesitate to ever send those in. No matter

1776
01:37:00,920 --> 01:37:02,639
Speaker 1: what time of the week it is, you have a question,

1777
01:37:03,000 --> 01:37:04,880
Speaker 1: just fire it off to our Twitter handle at one

1778
01:37:04,920 --> 01:37:07,719
Speaker 1: Bill's Live and Steve and I will gather them together

1779
01:37:07,760 --> 01:37:10,280
Speaker 1: over the course of the week and then unveil the

1780
01:37:10,400 --> 01:37:13,760
Speaker 1: best answers we can when we run through the mail bag,

1781
01:37:13,800 --> 01:37:16,280
Speaker 1: which usually happens on Friday. But you got a question

1782
01:37:16,360 --> 01:37:18,400
Speaker 1: on your mind, don't hesitate to send it in. We

1783
01:37:18,479 --> 01:37:20,200
Speaker 1: got to take a break here, but when we come back,

1784
01:37:20,280 --> 01:37:23,240
Speaker 1: we will hear from offensive coordinator Brian Dable and from

1785
01:37:23,320 --> 01:37:26,080
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Leslie Fraser. Both of those men addressed the

1786
01:37:26,160 --> 01:37:29,240
Speaker 1: media today. We'll have some highlights of their comments coming

1787
01:37:29,280 --> 01:37:31,439
Speaker 1: your way. Next here on One Bills Live, presented by

1788
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:46,479
Speaker 1: Kalida Health, This is Buffalo Bill's Radio Bills Radio Network

1789
01:37:47,000 --> 01:37:50,719
Speaker 1: Sports Update. Here's sports update from One Bill's Drive. Dion

1790
01:37:50,880 --> 01:37:54,240
Speaker 1: Dawkins was next man up when it came to contract extensions.

1791
01:37:54,520 --> 01:37:57,760
Speaker 1: The Bills left tackle, entering his fourth season with the team,

1792
01:37:57,840 --> 01:37:59,640
Speaker 1: signed a new deal Thursday that will keep him in

1793
01:37:59,640 --> 01:38:03,360
Speaker 1: Buffalo through the twenty twenty five season. Dawkins has started

1794
01:38:03,760 --> 01:38:06,200
Speaker 1: forty three of the forty eight games that he has

1795
01:38:06,240 --> 01:38:09,760
Speaker 1: played in his three seasons. The four year extension was

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01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:13,400
Speaker 1: worth a reported sixty million dollars. First, it was George

1797
01:38:13,479 --> 01:38:15,439
Speaker 1: Kittle in the forty nine ers agreeing on a long

1798
01:38:15,600 --> 01:38:18,400
Speaker 1: term deal and It was quickly followed within hours by

1799
01:38:18,479 --> 01:38:21,320
Speaker 1: the Chiefs and their tight end Travis Kelsey. Kittle's deal

1800
01:38:21,439 --> 01:38:24,519
Speaker 1: was five years, seventy five million, while Kelsey signed a

1801
01:38:24,560 --> 01:38:29,479
Speaker 1: new four year, fifty seven million dollar extension. The lack

1802
01:38:29,560 --> 01:38:32,559
Speaker 1: of an offseason workout program due to the COVID nineteen

1803
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:34,960
Speaker 1: pandemic has left rookies and young players with an uphill

1804
01:38:35,040 --> 01:38:37,960
Speaker 1: battle in the fight for playing time during training camp.

1805
01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:41,160
Speaker 1: That's the case echoed by Patriots head coach Bill Belichick,

1806
01:38:41,200 --> 01:38:44,400
Speaker 1: who told reporters this week, quote, they're in deep water

1807
01:38:44,720 --> 01:38:48,679
Speaker 1: and turbulent water, and it's going to get rougher end quote.

1808
01:38:49,200 --> 01:38:51,320
Speaker 1: Entering his twenty first year as the Patriot's head coach,

1809
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:55,679
Speaker 1: Belichick compared this offseason to the twenty eleven lockout. NFL

1810
01:38:55,800 --> 01:38:59,439
Speaker 1: official opt out deadline came and went on Thursday, with

1811
01:38:59,600 --> 01:39:02,960
Speaker 1: a total of five on field NFL officials and two

1812
01:39:03,040 --> 01:39:06,160
Speaker 1: replay officials opting out for twenty twenty. The league is

1813
01:39:06,200 --> 01:39:08,479
Speaker 1: expected to add perhaps a half dozen more officials in

1814
01:39:08,560 --> 01:39:11,360
Speaker 1: the coming weeks to ensure it as enough personnel to

1815
01:39:11,520 --> 01:39:16,400
Speaker 1: cover for potential illnesses and quarantines over the next six months.

1816
01:39:16,960 --> 01:39:20,320
Speaker 1: Five more NHL Stanley Cup playoff games on tap today,

1817
01:39:20,600 --> 01:39:23,360
Speaker 1: starting right now, as the Coyotes and Avalanche just dropped

1818
01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:25,880
Speaker 1: the puck for Game two of their series, with Colorado

1819
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:28,880
Speaker 1: leading one game to none. Later on, it's the Canadiens

1820
01:39:28,920 --> 01:39:31,519
Speaker 1: and the Flyers, the Canucks and the Blues, and the

1821
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:35,080
Speaker 1: Islanders and the Capitols all game two series, and then

1822
01:39:35,120 --> 01:39:37,200
Speaker 1: the nightcap is the Stars and the Flames as they

1823
01:39:37,240 --> 01:39:40,200
Speaker 1: square off for Game three. That series is tied at one.

1824
01:39:40,280 --> 01:39:42,960
Speaker 1: And finally, the lights will be back on downtown at

1825
01:39:43,040 --> 01:39:45,400
Speaker 1: Salem Field as the Blue Jays will begin a three

1826
01:39:45,479 --> 01:39:48,519
Speaker 1: game set with the Tampa Bay Ray's first pitch set

1827
01:39:48,600 --> 01:39:51,679
Speaker 1: for six thirty seven. That is your sports update here

1828
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:55,479
Speaker 1: at one Bills Drive on One Bills Live broadcasting from

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01:39:55,560 --> 01:39:59,639
Speaker 1: the Seneca Studios, and it is time now to hear

1830
01:39:59,720 --> 01:40:03,679
Speaker 1: from the offensive and defensive coordinators for the Bills, Brian

1831
01:40:03,800 --> 01:40:06,920
Speaker 1: Dable and Leslie Frasier. We're gonna start with Dabele. Both

1832
01:40:06,960 --> 01:40:09,479
Speaker 1: of these men addressed the media today on zoom calls

1833
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:13,479
Speaker 1: and we've pulled some of their more poignant comments today

1834
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:18,799
Speaker 1: as they addressed a multitude of topics and for Daybell,

1835
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:24,120
Speaker 1: you know, I don't think there are any major surprises

1836
01:40:24,200 --> 01:40:28,400
Speaker 1: here in what he had to offer. I don't know

1837
01:40:28,439 --> 01:40:30,760
Speaker 1: where you come down on that, Steve, but you know,

1838
01:40:30,880 --> 01:40:33,720
Speaker 1: he's a guy that's pretty methodical with his answers. He

1839
01:40:33,880 --> 01:40:36,599
Speaker 1: comes from the Bill Belichick school, so I don't think

1840
01:40:36,640 --> 01:40:38,599
Speaker 1: he ever wants to be too revealing. He doesn't get

1841
01:40:38,640 --> 01:40:42,880
Speaker 1: anywhere near scheme and you understand why. But he had

1842
01:40:42,920 --> 01:40:44,519
Speaker 1: some good things to say, so we wanted to bring

1843
01:40:44,640 --> 01:40:49,120
Speaker 1: some of those to light. Chiefly among those was how

1844
01:40:49,320 --> 01:40:55,760
Speaker 1: he is handling the condensed practice schedule here, because if

1845
01:40:55,800 --> 01:41:01,320
Speaker 1: there's anything that's been really lost for an offense that's

1846
01:41:01,360 --> 01:41:04,200
Speaker 1: hard to get back in short order, it's timing in

1847
01:41:04,280 --> 01:41:07,040
Speaker 1: the passing game, which I know you can speak to,

1848
01:41:07,200 --> 01:41:09,000
Speaker 1: but let's first listen to coach Dabele and what he

1849
01:41:09,080 --> 01:41:10,599
Speaker 1: has to say, and then I want you to kind

1850
01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:14,479
Speaker 1: of react to his comments. I think there's always a

1851
01:41:14,560 --> 01:41:16,560
Speaker 1: sense of urgency for us that will never change, and

1852
01:41:16,640 --> 01:41:18,759
Speaker 1: there's always you know, we always aim to be fast paced,

1853
01:41:18,840 --> 01:41:21,880
Speaker 1: and everything that we do, from drill to drill, practice

1854
01:41:21,920 --> 01:41:24,560
Speaker 1: to practice, meeting to meeting, you need to have that.

1855
01:41:24,800 --> 01:41:27,720
Speaker 1: You know, regardless of the circumstances what they are, you

1856
01:41:27,960 --> 01:41:31,000
Speaker 1: need to have that as a professional, whether it's normal

1857
01:41:31,160 --> 01:41:33,240
Speaker 1: or whether you know, there's there's time cut a little bit.

1858
01:41:33,320 --> 01:41:35,800
Speaker 1: So again, we're really focusing on all the stuff that

1859
01:41:35,880 --> 01:41:39,080
Speaker 1: we can we can control and trying to get better

1860
01:41:39,160 --> 01:41:41,760
Speaker 1: every day. So I mean a lot of what he

1861
01:41:41,840 --> 01:41:45,840
Speaker 1: said was was generalized in nature, Steve, But earlier in

1862
01:41:45,880 --> 01:41:47,200
Speaker 1: the off season, we had a chance to talk to

1863
01:41:47,280 --> 01:41:49,439
Speaker 1: coach McDermott and we had a chance to talk to

1864
01:41:49,479 --> 01:41:52,200
Speaker 1: coach Dabele. We said, what is the biggest thing that's

1865
01:41:52,280 --> 01:41:55,800
Speaker 1: missed by not having OTAs, by not having mini camp

1866
01:41:55,880 --> 01:41:59,040
Speaker 1: and by having a truncated training camp schedule, And they said,

1867
01:41:59,080 --> 01:42:02,240
Speaker 1: timing in the passing gap. Yeah, it's right now, it's

1868
01:42:02,320 --> 01:42:05,559
Speaker 1: an academic exercise. They're sitting in meetings watching film, they're

1869
01:42:05,600 --> 01:42:08,479
Speaker 1: talking it over, they're watching themselves on films, watching plays

1870
01:42:08,520 --> 01:42:12,320
Speaker 1: from last year. They're watching you know, x's nose move

1871
01:42:12,360 --> 01:42:15,479
Speaker 1: around on a sheet, that kind of stuff. It's all

1872
01:42:16,400 --> 01:42:19,559
Speaker 1: school learning. It's all in classroom learning. And I got

1873
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:22,760
Speaker 1: on the field today, full speed, no pads, so maybe

1874
01:42:22,760 --> 01:42:24,960
Speaker 1: it looked a little bit more like real football today

1875
01:42:25,080 --> 01:42:28,280
Speaker 1: and that and it goes and you quickly learn why

1876
01:42:28,320 --> 01:42:31,160
Speaker 1: they say, well, it's an academic exercise anyway, Well it's

1877
01:42:31,360 --> 01:42:34,599
Speaker 1: way different when you line up and try to run

1878
01:42:34,680 --> 01:42:38,000
Speaker 1: the thing, even when you're running against air. It's a

1879
01:42:38,200 --> 01:42:40,839
Speaker 1: it's a big step from getting out of the classroom

1880
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:42,920
Speaker 1: getting on the field, lining up and watching the ball

1881
01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:45,400
Speaker 1: come out. And then when you put in a defense,

1882
01:42:47,120 --> 01:42:49,360
Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, it changes one hundred percent

1883
01:42:49,439 --> 01:42:52,760
Speaker 1: again where you've got guys physically trying to keep you

1884
01:42:52,880 --> 01:42:55,080
Speaker 1: from doing the thing that you think you just learned

1885
01:42:55,160 --> 01:42:59,360
Speaker 1: and haven't really run through yet. And this is in

1886
01:42:59,479 --> 01:43:04,719
Speaker 1: a time and in a normal year, Brownie. And today,

1887
01:43:05,200 --> 01:43:07,680
Speaker 1: by the way, is the Bills in a normal year

1888
01:43:07,720 --> 01:43:09,479
Speaker 1: would be in Baltimore getting ready for a game tonight,

1889
01:43:10,520 --> 01:43:13,600
Speaker 1: right right, this is last night or tonight was the

1890
01:43:13,680 --> 01:43:16,839
Speaker 1: first preseason game? Yeah, tonight, I believe right, They're supposed

1891
01:43:16,840 --> 01:43:18,880
Speaker 1: to be in Baltimore today getting ready to play tonight.

1892
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:24,120
Speaker 1: And it's it happens constantly in preseason games. And I

1893
01:43:24,200 --> 01:43:26,720
Speaker 1: remember going through this a number of times where you

1894
01:43:26,840 --> 01:43:28,760
Speaker 1: get to get in and even guys like me got

1895
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:33,439
Speaker 1: reps in a game at wide receiver. When you're in

1896
01:43:33,479 --> 01:43:37,479
Speaker 1: there running a wide receiver, they're calling plays, you're running

1897
01:43:37,560 --> 01:43:39,719
Speaker 1: plays you have not even had a chance to practice,

1898
01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:44,040
Speaker 1: not once. That's in a normal year, because you know

1899
01:43:44,120 --> 01:43:46,280
Speaker 1: they In my case, it was Andre Reid and Don

1900
01:43:46,360 --> 01:43:48,160
Speaker 1: Beebe and James Loft, and they ran this play a

1901
01:43:48,240 --> 01:43:50,400
Speaker 1: couple of times, and then it was a third group

1902
01:43:50,479 --> 01:43:52,960
Speaker 1: of guys or the fifth, fourth group, or the second

1903
01:43:53,000 --> 01:43:55,000
Speaker 1: group of guys that I wasn't a part of. They

1904
01:43:55,120 --> 01:43:56,960
Speaker 1: ran it with the guys. Then I got out and

1905
01:43:57,000 --> 01:43:59,360
Speaker 1: they called it. They called different plays for me, but

1906
01:43:59,439 --> 01:44:01,120
Speaker 1: when we got in the game, they called their plays.

1907
01:44:01,920 --> 01:44:04,679
Speaker 1: So I'm running through in an actual game of plays

1908
01:44:04,720 --> 01:44:07,120
Speaker 1: I've never practiced with, and certainly not with the quarterback

1909
01:44:07,160 --> 01:44:11,120
Speaker 1: that's thrown it tonight. You know, So that happens in

1910
01:44:11,160 --> 01:44:14,880
Speaker 1: a normal year. What do you think, God, what are

1911
01:44:14,880 --> 01:44:17,320
Speaker 1: you doing now? What are you doing now? You'll probably

1912
01:44:17,360 --> 01:44:22,600
Speaker 1: see these players run through a tenth of the playbook

1913
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:26,160
Speaker 1: live on the field against a defense. And there's less

1914
01:44:26,439 --> 01:44:29,640
Speaker 1: experimentation on the part of coordinators too, like, Hey, we

1915
01:44:29,720 --> 01:44:34,120
Speaker 1: put these new things in for this year. I'm curious

1916
01:44:34,200 --> 01:44:36,560
Speaker 1: to see how they look. I don't know if we

1917
01:44:36,640 --> 01:44:39,920
Speaker 1: really have time to see if it's gonna work well.

1918
01:44:39,920 --> 01:44:41,680
Speaker 1: I don't really have time to see if the new

1919
01:44:41,760 --> 01:44:43,280
Speaker 1: guy can do the new stuff. I want to see

1920
01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:45,559
Speaker 1: the guys who are actually gonna run it do it. Yeah,

1921
01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:47,439
Speaker 1: so the new guys can just wait their turn and

1922
01:44:47,520 --> 01:44:53,479
Speaker 1: run the basic stuff. Yeah, it's it's a real it's

1923
01:44:53,520 --> 01:44:56,800
Speaker 1: a real problem. I think that's I think it's these

1924
01:44:56,960 --> 01:45:01,000
Speaker 1: problem for all training camps reps. Now. If there is

1925
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:03,360
Speaker 1: a feather in the Bill's cap, it was the fact

1926
01:45:03,400 --> 01:45:06,080
Speaker 1: that they were bringing all five starters back from last

1927
01:45:06,160 --> 01:45:08,680
Speaker 1: year's offensive line. That is out the window now as

1928
01:45:08,720 --> 01:45:12,160
Speaker 1: well as John Feliciano is out indefinitely with the torn

1929
01:45:12,200 --> 01:45:16,439
Speaker 1: pectul muscle that required surgery right as players were reporting

1930
01:45:16,520 --> 01:45:19,439
Speaker 1: back to One Bill's Drive. He's hoping to be back

1931
01:45:19,520 --> 01:45:22,439
Speaker 1: by week four, but the beginning of the season is

1932
01:45:22,479 --> 01:45:25,160
Speaker 1: going to go on without him. So here is coach

1933
01:45:25,240 --> 01:45:29,400
Speaker 1: Dabele on evaluating the five starting offensive linemen and how

1934
01:45:29,479 --> 01:45:33,080
Speaker 1: things might shape up at right guard. You got to

1935
01:45:33,160 --> 01:45:36,560
Speaker 1: make the most out of this training camp with what

1936
01:45:36,680 --> 01:45:39,240
Speaker 1: we have, which is fine. We have plenty of time

1937
01:45:39,400 --> 01:45:41,880
Speaker 1: to go ahead and go out there and practice, but

1938
01:45:42,320 --> 01:45:44,400
Speaker 1: we have to do a great job as coaches and

1939
01:45:44,479 --> 01:45:46,920
Speaker 1: are planning and our preparation for it, and the players

1940
01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:48,479
Speaker 1: are going to have to do a great job of

1941
01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:50,960
Speaker 1: going out there day by a day and really laying

1942
01:45:51,000 --> 01:45:53,040
Speaker 1: it on the line. So we get a full evaluation

1943
01:45:53,200 --> 01:45:55,280
Speaker 1: of all the guys, and then you know, once that

1944
01:45:55,439 --> 01:45:57,760
Speaker 1: settles in, we figure out who the best five are

1945
01:45:57,800 --> 01:45:59,600
Speaker 1: for us, and then you know you're always going to

1946
01:45:59,680 --> 01:46:02,680
Speaker 1: have to mix and match lineman because you never know

1947
01:46:03,800 --> 01:46:05,680
Speaker 1: when you're gonna need one to play another spot. So

1948
01:46:05,920 --> 01:46:08,600
Speaker 1: there's always a challenge every year when we get to

1949
01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:11,400
Speaker 1: this time of year in terms of you know, well,

1950
01:46:11,439 --> 01:46:13,120
Speaker 1: he's playing right guard. He played right guard today, but

1951
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:14,599
Speaker 1: now I play left guard and I played right tackle.

1952
01:46:14,640 --> 01:46:16,160
Speaker 1: Where's he going to play? Like a lot of them

1953
01:46:16,240 --> 01:46:18,919
Speaker 1: play a lot of positions, and versatility is really important

1954
01:46:19,720 --> 01:46:23,280
Speaker 1: for that spot, and he was addressed. He was asked

1955
01:46:23,320 --> 01:46:27,120
Speaker 1: specifically about the newest edition at guard, which is Brian Winter.

1956
01:46:27,200 --> 01:46:29,080
Speaker 1: So let's get right that. Right to that from coach

1957
01:46:29,160 --> 01:46:31,080
Speaker 1: table before Steve and I kind of react to some

1958
01:46:31,160 --> 01:46:35,320
Speaker 1: of these comments. He's a veteran who's been working really

1959
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:41,000
Speaker 1: hard to pick up our playbook, studies, ask good questions, articulate.

1960
01:46:41,240 --> 01:46:43,960
Speaker 1: You know, he has experience playing, particularly in our division,

1961
01:46:44,640 --> 01:46:46,519
Speaker 1: so it'll be it'll be good once the pads come

1962
01:46:46,560 --> 01:46:49,120
Speaker 1: on to really get a good evaluation above all our

1963
01:46:49,160 --> 01:46:51,640
Speaker 1: offensive lineman and see where they fit and who the

1964
01:46:51,760 --> 01:46:54,240
Speaker 1: best five are. I think he's going to be right

1965
01:46:54,280 --> 01:46:56,439
Speaker 1: in that mix it right guard a veteran player of

1966
01:46:56,600 --> 01:47:02,120
Speaker 1: Hit with his experience and his ability and his mobility Steve,

1967
01:47:02,200 --> 01:47:05,679
Speaker 1: which we've talked about the lack of screenplays in this offense,

1968
01:47:06,320 --> 01:47:09,200
Speaker 1: this guy can execute that stuff. He's nimble. Yeah, people

1969
01:47:09,240 --> 01:47:10,880
Speaker 1: have watching us on MSG. They got a picture of

1970
01:47:10,960 --> 01:47:12,599
Speaker 1: him in the Jet uniform. He's got that a huge

1971
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:14,640
Speaker 1: shoulder harness on, which was one of the things the

1972
01:47:14,720 --> 01:47:18,120
Speaker 1: hallmarks of his later career in with the Jets is

1973
01:47:18,160 --> 01:47:20,240
Speaker 1: that he was a warrior. He played hurt and he

1974
01:47:20,400 --> 01:47:23,640
Speaker 1: was in there battling and then finally he succumbed to

1975
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:25,080
Speaker 1: the pain of the shoulder, had to get it fixed.

1976
01:47:25,720 --> 01:47:28,280
Speaker 1: But yeah, that is the kind of guy that is

1977
01:47:28,320 --> 01:47:30,760
Speaker 1: an I think it is an absolutely brilliant pickup and

1978
01:47:30,840 --> 01:47:33,720
Speaker 1: certainly was fortuitous that the Jets had to kick him

1979
01:47:33,720 --> 01:47:37,240
Speaker 1: to the curb because of salary considerations, because of cap considerations.

1980
01:47:37,280 --> 01:47:40,439
Speaker 1: But man, oh man, he's a really good player. It's

1981
01:47:40,479 --> 01:47:43,200
Speaker 1: that he came at the perfect time when John Feliciano

1982
01:47:43,280 --> 01:47:45,479
Speaker 1: tores Peck. I'm not sure that they wouldn't have grabbed

1983
01:47:45,560 --> 01:47:49,400
Speaker 1: him anyway, even if John Feliciano was one hundred percent healthy.

1984
01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:51,040
Speaker 1: That's how good he is. And if you want to

1985
01:47:51,080 --> 01:47:53,760
Speaker 1: get better, you need good players, and he certainly fits that. Bill.

1986
01:47:53,880 --> 01:47:57,760
Speaker 1: The fact that he's a veteran is puts him light

1987
01:47:57,840 --> 01:47:59,920
Speaker 1: years ahead of the other guys that are of iron

1988
01:48:00,040 --> 01:48:02,559
Speaker 1: for that position, the young guys. Yeah, and Daryl Williams

1989
01:48:02,640 --> 01:48:05,080
Speaker 1: is another guy that we anticipate might be over there

1990
01:48:05,160 --> 01:48:07,120
Speaker 1: and in the mix, and who knows, maybe some of

1991
01:48:07,160 --> 01:48:09,200
Speaker 1: the young players will be in there too. We'll know

1992
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:12,000
Speaker 1: for sure on Monday when we get our first look.

1993
01:48:12,040 --> 01:48:14,960
Speaker 1: And we should remind fans that we intend to be

1994
01:48:15,880 --> 01:48:20,559
Speaker 1: streaming the first early portions of practice that we can

1995
01:48:20,600 --> 01:48:22,680
Speaker 1: be out there to bring some of the action to you,

1996
01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:25,720
Speaker 1: knowing you the fans can't attend practice, so keep a

1997
01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:29,439
Speaker 1: look out for that on our streaming platforms at Buffalo

1998
01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:33,680
Speaker 1: bills dot com. We'll be Maddie glab and myself out

1999
01:48:33,720 --> 01:48:37,200
Speaker 1: there on the field bringing you the action at least

2000
01:48:37,240 --> 01:48:39,960
Speaker 1: in the early goings, much like we've done in past years.

2001
01:48:40,040 --> 01:48:43,439
Speaker 1: So stay tuned for that coming your way Monday morning. Yeah,

2002
01:48:43,479 --> 01:48:47,040
Speaker 1: this has all been so unusual, even talking to the coordinators,

2003
01:48:47,080 --> 01:48:48,720
Speaker 1: that we're getting a chance to hear their sound with

2004
01:48:48,760 --> 01:48:51,519
Speaker 1: Brian day bole and we're here from Leslie Frazier here

2005
01:48:51,520 --> 01:48:53,280
Speaker 1: in a moment as well. But usually it's every day

2006
01:48:53,320 --> 01:48:55,600
Speaker 1: you didn't come out there to training camp and you

2007
01:48:55,640 --> 01:48:59,519
Speaker 1: just stand as close as you are, even closer than

2008
01:48:59,520 --> 01:49:02,840
Speaker 1: you are. I'm bringing my binoculars on Monday, going to

2009
01:49:02,920 --> 01:49:06,439
Speaker 1: be the practice is gonna yeah, practice is gonna be

2010
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:08,840
Speaker 1: an event that you're not invited to even though you're

2011
01:49:08,880 --> 01:49:12,360
Speaker 1: inside the fence. I mean yeahs and everything, masks on

2012
01:49:12,640 --> 01:49:16,639
Speaker 1: and binoculars. It's gonna be different. It's gonna be very,

2013
01:49:16,760 --> 01:49:21,040
Speaker 1: very dear. It's already completely different. But these guys, uh

2014
01:49:21,160 --> 01:49:23,760
Speaker 1: and in some respects that some of them probably like

2015
01:49:23,920 --> 01:49:26,800
Speaker 1: it because it it does take something off their plate

2016
01:49:26,920 --> 01:49:28,920
Speaker 1: during training camp with they've got a thousand things on

2017
01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:33,080
Speaker 1: their plate um. Getting up and going over and standing

2018
01:49:33,080 --> 01:49:35,400
Speaker 1: in front of a scrum of media guys every morning

2019
01:49:35,800 --> 01:49:38,880
Speaker 1: is something that they could probably do without. But for

2020
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:41,599
Speaker 1: all of us, it's just normal everyday occurrence, and it's

2021
01:49:41,760 --> 01:49:43,639
Speaker 1: and it's been taken away and it's gonna be different.

2022
01:49:43,720 --> 01:49:47,679
Speaker 1: But I can't wait to get into a live, padded

2023
01:49:47,720 --> 01:49:50,360
Speaker 1: practice again. And that's Monday, so we're all looking forward

2024
01:49:50,360 --> 01:49:53,360
Speaker 1: to it. That'll really signal that we're closer. Coach Frasier

2025
01:49:54,360 --> 01:49:59,759
Speaker 1: also addressed the media, and he had a very enlightening

2026
01:50:00,280 --> 01:50:03,960
Speaker 1: that he shared with the media today. He was asked about,

2027
01:50:04,520 --> 01:50:06,840
Speaker 1: you know, everybody's talked about how the players have had

2028
01:50:06,920 --> 01:50:09,800
Speaker 1: to deal with this condensed schedule and getting up to

2029
01:50:09,920 --> 01:50:13,240
Speaker 1: speed and the ramp up period and making adjustments after

2030
01:50:13,320 --> 01:50:15,400
Speaker 1: having no time on the field in the spring. Well,

2031
01:50:15,439 --> 01:50:19,760
Speaker 1: what about the coaches. How are they going to make

2032
01:50:19,920 --> 01:50:24,440
Speaker 1: do with less time to get players ready to evaluate

2033
01:50:24,520 --> 01:50:26,960
Speaker 1: and make the right decisions for the roster. How are

2034
01:50:27,000 --> 01:50:30,800
Speaker 1: they going to handle all that? Well, they tapped in

2035
01:50:31,800 --> 01:50:34,080
Speaker 1: to a Hall of Fame coach who's done it before,

2036
01:50:34,800 --> 01:50:38,479
Speaker 1: one Joe Gibbs, who has three Super Bowl titles, one

2037
01:50:38,560 --> 01:50:42,479
Speaker 1: of which was one during the strike shortened nineteen eighty

2038
01:50:42,520 --> 01:50:46,200
Speaker 1: two season. So Coach Frasier tells us about how they

2039
01:50:46,320 --> 01:50:49,679
Speaker 1: got in contact with Joe Gibbs and how he addressed

2040
01:50:49,720 --> 01:50:53,920
Speaker 1: the entire Bills coaching staff. You know, it's funny you

2041
01:50:53,960 --> 01:50:57,360
Speaker 1: bring up the eight to two season. We had coach

2042
01:50:57,520 --> 01:51:00,880
Speaker 1: Joe Gibbs to come in and talk to our staff

2043
01:51:00,960 --> 01:51:04,280
Speaker 1: on Zoom during the off season about that eighty two season.

2044
01:51:04,320 --> 01:51:06,519
Speaker 1: Of course, they ended up winning the Super Bowl, So

2045
01:51:06,600 --> 01:51:09,160
Speaker 1: we wanted to get a field from him. You know

2046
01:51:09,280 --> 01:51:12,080
Speaker 1: what it was like, the preparation all the time apart

2047
01:51:12,200 --> 01:51:14,080
Speaker 1: as a staff, from your players, kind of what we've

2048
01:51:14,120 --> 01:51:17,200
Speaker 1: gone through, and then once you come back together, you know,

2049
01:51:17,320 --> 01:51:19,840
Speaker 1: what's the message to the guys. And he did a

2050
01:51:19,880 --> 01:51:22,400
Speaker 1: really really good job of just impressing upon all of

2051
01:51:22,520 --> 01:51:25,800
Speaker 1: us just to embrace this moment and look at it

2052
01:51:25,880 --> 01:51:29,720
Speaker 1: as an opportunity, because you know, some teams aren't going

2053
01:51:29,760 --> 01:51:31,479
Speaker 1: to prepare as well as other teams, and we want

2054
01:51:31,520 --> 01:51:33,760
Speaker 1: to be one of those teams who's best prepared and

2055
01:51:33,880 --> 01:51:36,920
Speaker 1: that gives you the best chance to succeed. So yeah,

2056
01:51:36,960 --> 01:51:39,040
Speaker 1: we tried to draw some of those experiences of what

2057
01:51:39,120 --> 01:51:41,320
Speaker 1: we went through in eighty two and what we experienced

2058
01:51:41,360 --> 01:51:44,720
Speaker 1: in twenty eleven as well, and try to incorporate that

2059
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:48,479
Speaker 1: into this without having in a sense of panic, because

2060
01:51:48,640 --> 01:51:51,439
Speaker 1: eventually things will work out in the teams that do

2061
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:54,400
Speaker 1: embraced this and approach it the right way, those are

2062
01:51:54,400 --> 01:51:56,519
Speaker 1: the teams that will have the best chance to succeed

2063
01:51:56,600 --> 01:52:02,000
Speaker 1: in this new environment. This is where the way coach

2064
01:52:02,120 --> 01:52:07,280
Speaker 1: McDermott sweats the details puts this team ahead of probably

2065
01:52:07,400 --> 01:52:11,320
Speaker 1: two thirds of the league from the drop. I mean,

2066
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:16,519
Speaker 1: just having enough presence of mind to stop and think

2067
01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:21,640
Speaker 1: to himself what other coaches have had to deal with

2068
01:52:23,320 --> 01:52:28,640
Speaker 1: a truncated offseason, seeing practice schedules completely wiped off the

2069
01:52:28,720 --> 01:52:32,120
Speaker 1: map in the spring. Who's done that? And he went

2070
01:52:32,200 --> 01:52:34,479
Speaker 1: all the way back to the eighty two strike season.

2071
01:52:34,520 --> 01:52:37,479
Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about something that's thirty five years

2072
01:52:37,520 --> 01:52:39,760
Speaker 1: in the rearview mirror. Yeah, Joe Gibbs is a Hall

2073
01:52:39,800 --> 01:52:44,519
Speaker 1: of Famer for a good reason. That guy's a great organizer, manager, leader.

2074
01:52:45,200 --> 01:52:46,640
Speaker 1: He not only did it in eighty two, he did

2075
01:52:46,680 --> 01:52:49,000
Speaker 1: it again in eighty seven, which was the other strike here,

2076
01:52:49,400 --> 01:52:51,559
Speaker 1: and won a Super Bowl. Yeah. So if you want

2077
01:52:51,560 --> 01:52:53,320
Speaker 1: to talk about a font of knowledge and for a

2078
01:52:53,439 --> 01:52:55,559
Speaker 1: situation like this, it's that guy. I don't know if

2079
01:52:55,560 --> 01:52:57,599
Speaker 1: you can think of anybody better. Yeah. Then he also

2080
01:52:57,680 --> 01:53:00,320
Speaker 1: did it in NASCAR as well, did these same thing,

2081
01:53:00,439 --> 01:53:03,080
Speaker 1: go went over and switched sports and was highly successful

2082
01:53:03,120 --> 01:53:06,000
Speaker 1: there too. He Uh, it's a great idea to bring

2083
01:53:06,120 --> 01:53:08,160
Speaker 1: him in and give him some insight as to how

2084
01:53:08,200 --> 01:53:11,880
Speaker 1: it happened. And and and Coach Frasier's right, Leslie's right.

2085
01:53:12,920 --> 01:53:17,400
Speaker 1: The teams they've embraced this and exploit it are the

2086
01:53:17,439 --> 01:53:19,880
Speaker 1: ones that are gonna be please find a way and

2087
01:53:20,240 --> 01:53:25,160
Speaker 1: uh it's it's gonna be um so interesting to see

2088
01:53:25,280 --> 01:53:28,920
Speaker 1: this season kick off because I it is gonna kick off,

2089
01:53:29,200 --> 01:53:31,280
Speaker 1: and you're gonna know real quick who was ready and

2090
01:53:31,320 --> 01:53:35,479
Speaker 1: who wasn't? Yeah right, oh man, are you right? That's

2091
01:53:36,479 --> 01:53:39,000
Speaker 1: think about it. This is gonna be two or three

2092
01:53:39,080 --> 01:53:41,000
Speaker 1: teams with their pants down because you think about this

2093
01:53:41,280 --> 01:53:43,000
Speaker 1: and we're in this, we're in this thing. We see

2094
01:53:43,040 --> 01:53:45,479
Speaker 1: how air tight it is here one Bills drive. You

2095
01:53:45,600 --> 01:53:48,280
Speaker 1: see how air tight it is. You know on on

2096
01:53:48,600 --> 01:53:51,760
Speaker 1: hard knocks with La Chargers in La Rams. You see

2097
01:53:51,960 --> 01:53:54,720
Speaker 1: they've got video surveillance in Seattle, caught that guy just

2098
01:53:54,840 --> 01:53:57,479
Speaker 1: cut him. Forget it. Let me tell you something. It's

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01:53:57,520 --> 01:54:03,439
Speaker 1: getting more and more real to me. There ain't no pipe.

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01:54:03,600 --> 01:54:05,719
Speaker 1: They are gonna get to the first week of the season.

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01:54:05,760 --> 01:54:08,120
Speaker 1: They are gonna kick it off and the NFL is

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01:54:08,120 --> 01:54:12,599
Speaker 1: gonna happen live and how long it lasts. I don't

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01:54:12,640 --> 01:54:15,280
Speaker 1: know what's gonna look like in Monday when guys get

2104
01:54:15,360 --> 01:54:17,920
Speaker 1: tested again. How the you know how the hotel went,

2105
01:54:18,439 --> 01:54:20,760
Speaker 1: all of that stuff. But it's gonna kick off and

2106
01:54:21,080 --> 01:54:25,639
Speaker 1: we aren't gonna see a down of it. Until they do. Yeah,

2107
01:54:25,760 --> 01:54:30,519
Speaker 1: we're not gonna see a single live snap until they

2108
01:54:30,680 --> 01:54:33,760
Speaker 1: kick it off on that Thursday night game Chiefs Texans.

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01:54:35,600 --> 01:54:39,280
Speaker 1: That is amazing going because the end like going from

2110
01:54:39,360 --> 01:54:41,400
Speaker 1: zero to one hundred and like drop of a hat,

2111
01:54:41,480 --> 01:54:45,480
Speaker 1: the NFL is, I mean, it is a million layered

2112
01:54:45,640 --> 01:54:48,920
Speaker 1: business man. You got nuts and bolts down on the field,

2113
01:54:48,960 --> 01:54:53,400
Speaker 1: and you've got this cat. You know, this stratospheric financial

2114
01:54:53,920 --> 01:54:56,320
Speaker 1: thing going on at the top. I mean, it is unbelievable,

2115
01:54:57,440 --> 01:55:02,880
Speaker 1: and it is dark until September thirteenth, we don't know it.

2116
01:55:03,000 --> 01:55:05,480
Speaker 1: And usually they're using this as content. They're pumping it

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01:55:05,600 --> 01:55:07,800
Speaker 1: up ESPN in the games. They got trailers and they

2118
01:55:07,880 --> 01:55:11,080
Speaker 1: got teases, and they got interviews with players and they're live.

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01:55:11,200 --> 01:55:13,840
Speaker 1: They got guys yucking it up on the practice field

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01:55:13,840 --> 01:55:17,040
Speaker 1: and none of it. It's zero. Yeah, you get guy

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01:55:17,160 --> 01:55:20,480
Speaker 1: faces on computer screens. Do you want me to get

2122
01:55:20,480 --> 01:55:25,160
Speaker 1: your helmet? It's ready. I cannot, I cannot go back

2123
01:55:25,200 --> 01:55:28,120
Speaker 1: to hard about it is. They're gonna flip the switch

2124
01:55:28,200 --> 01:55:32,080
Speaker 1: and it's gonna go. It's gonna take off, and I

2125
01:55:32,120 --> 01:55:33,880
Speaker 1: don't know whether it's gonna be a jet engine on

2126
01:55:33,960 --> 01:55:37,760
Speaker 1: an aircraft carrier or one of those old NASA rockets

2127
01:55:37,840 --> 01:55:42,160
Speaker 1: that went and went right back down to the ground. Right,

2128
01:55:44,400 --> 01:55:48,000
Speaker 1: Something's gonna happen, all right, and I just cannot I

2129
01:55:48,040 --> 01:55:49,480
Speaker 1: don't know if you're gonna make it. I mean, at

2130
01:55:49,560 --> 01:55:51,920
Speaker 1: this taste, Steve, you're gonna be exhausted before we even

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01:55:51,960 --> 01:55:54,520
Speaker 1: get to September. And listen, that's just We're gonna get

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01:55:54,560 --> 01:55:57,240
Speaker 1: a sip of water in this desert. On Monday, they're

2133
01:55:57,240 --> 01:55:59,400
Speaker 1: gonna be in pads. They're gonna actually do some football.

2134
01:55:59,400 --> 01:56:01,080
Speaker 1: So how good is I got a feel for the players?

2135
01:56:01,120 --> 01:56:05,000
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, finally something. Let's just get there, something normal.

2136
01:56:05,680 --> 01:56:08,200
Speaker 1: I know we're tight on time. So guys in the

2137
01:56:08,280 --> 01:56:10,520
Speaker 1: control room, let's skip bite number two and go right

2138
01:56:10,600 --> 01:56:16,240
Speaker 1: to number three. Leslie Frasier addressed the cornerback competition opposite

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01:56:16,320 --> 01:56:19,200
Speaker 1: Trey White, which is chiefly expected to be between Josh

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01:56:19,280 --> 01:56:22,360
Speaker 1: Norman and Levi Wallace. Here are coach Frasier's thoughts on that.

2141
01:56:24,360 --> 01:56:27,680
Speaker 1: With the experience that Josh brings to the table, I

2142
01:56:27,760 --> 01:56:29,920
Speaker 1: mean that really sets him a part in a lot

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01:56:30,000 --> 01:56:32,520
Speaker 1: of ways. But he's coming in with a chip on

2144
01:56:32,560 --> 01:56:35,080
Speaker 1: the shoulder. Things didn't end the way he wanted them

2145
01:56:35,120 --> 01:56:38,680
Speaker 1: to end in Washington, So hopefully that'll bowl well for us.

2146
01:56:39,400 --> 01:56:41,560
Speaker 1: Levi has done a really good job for us. He's

2147
01:56:41,600 --> 01:56:44,200
Speaker 1: continued to improve every year, and so I think it's

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01:56:44,240 --> 01:56:47,160
Speaker 1: gonna be a really good competition and we're gonna benefit

2149
01:56:47,320 --> 01:56:50,920
Speaker 1: from that competition, looking forward to when we start going fast,

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01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:53,000
Speaker 1: when we get the pads on, and just see how

2151
01:56:53,000 --> 01:56:55,440
Speaker 1: it all plays out. And and that's what it's going

2152
01:56:55,480 --> 01:56:57,920
Speaker 1: to come down to. And obviously they have a much

2153
01:56:58,000 --> 01:57:02,440
Speaker 1: bigger book on Levi Wallace and they do on Josh Norman,

2154
01:57:02,560 --> 01:57:06,960
Speaker 1: although coach McDermott has a prior book, but that was

2155
01:57:07,000 --> 01:57:10,360
Speaker 1: a much different Josh Norman that was franchise tag worthy

2156
01:57:10,520 --> 01:57:13,360
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen as opposed to the one that's walking

2157
01:57:13,400 --> 01:57:15,520
Speaker 1: in the door now in twenty twenty. Can he get

2158
01:57:15,600 --> 01:57:18,280
Speaker 1: back to that level of play is the big question

2159
01:57:18,360 --> 01:57:21,920
Speaker 1: on his side. And Levi has done a lot, as

2160
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:25,480
Speaker 1: we know, to improve his physical stature, adding ten pounds

2161
01:57:25,520 --> 01:57:28,800
Speaker 1: a lean muscle. How much better a player is he?

2162
01:57:29,840 --> 01:57:32,440
Speaker 1: Think about it. You've got two and you can say

2163
01:57:32,440 --> 01:57:34,040
Speaker 1: this about Levi wall We kind of still think of

2164
01:57:34,080 --> 01:57:36,160
Speaker 1: him as a young player here. He's a two year

2165
01:57:36,280 --> 01:57:40,080
Speaker 1: starter in the National Football League at corner. That's big.

2166
01:57:40,520 --> 01:57:43,000
Speaker 1: That's a lot of experience, that's a lot of snaps,

2167
01:57:43,720 --> 01:57:46,360
Speaker 1: and it's a lot of confidence that he's probably gotten

2168
01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:48,560
Speaker 1: now that he maybe didn't have, you know, when he

2169
01:57:48,680 --> 01:57:52,240
Speaker 1: was an undrafted rookie free agent. This is a guy

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01:57:52,440 --> 01:57:55,400
Speaker 1: that deserves to be right in the middle of this competition.

2171
01:57:55,480 --> 01:57:57,400
Speaker 1: And if he goes to another team, he's a type

2172
01:57:57,440 --> 01:57:58,920
Speaker 1: of guy that's, like, you know what he elevate, He's

2173
01:57:58,960 --> 01:58:01,080
Speaker 1: going to start for them too. That's just the kind

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01:58:01,120 --> 01:58:04,240
Speaker 1: of guy he is. He's This is not any by

2175
01:58:04,280 --> 01:58:08,280
Speaker 1: any stretch of the imagination, a foregone conclusion, but they

2176
01:58:08,320 --> 01:58:11,360
Speaker 1: did bring competition in for him because I think they

2177
01:58:11,440 --> 01:58:15,280
Speaker 1: want to get better. I think that's going to be

2178
01:58:15,360 --> 01:58:19,760
Speaker 1: a really intriguing thing to watch because you heard Leslie Frasier.

2179
01:58:20,640 --> 01:58:22,880
Speaker 1: Josh Norman has got a chip on his shoulder. He

2180
01:58:23,080 --> 01:58:26,920
Speaker 1: wants to be on the field. And but a lot

2181
01:58:26,960 --> 01:58:28,640
Speaker 1: of guys have tried to get Levi Wallace out of

2182
01:58:28,680 --> 01:58:30,080
Speaker 1: that spot and they can't do it. And I'm just

2183
01:58:30,160 --> 01:58:33,920
Speaker 1: gonna say, I've talked to some people that you know,

2184
01:58:34,120 --> 01:58:36,000
Speaker 1: kind of serve in the same role that I do

2185
01:58:36,200 --> 01:58:41,560
Speaker 1: here down in Washington, and they told me that you

2186
01:58:41,600 --> 01:58:43,680
Speaker 1: don't want to have any kids by the sidelines when

2187
01:58:43,760 --> 01:58:46,880
Speaker 1: Josh Norman's at practice, which we don't have to worry

2188
01:58:46,920 --> 01:58:49,880
Speaker 1: about because we don't have fans at training camp. But

2189
01:58:50,040 --> 01:58:53,960
Speaker 1: the jaw jacking that Josh Norman engages in, and sometimes

2190
01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:56,080
Speaker 1: this is just to get yourself juiced up. A lot

2191
01:58:56,120 --> 01:58:58,040
Speaker 1: of players do that just to get themselves juiced up.

2192
01:58:58,040 --> 01:59:00,440
Speaker 1: Apparently that's what Josh Norman does. There's gonna be a

2193
01:59:00,440 --> 01:59:03,200
Speaker 1: lot of jaw jacking on the field when Josh Norman's

2194
01:59:03,200 --> 01:59:06,760
Speaker 1: out there in team going against the offense, because that's

2195
01:59:06,800 --> 01:59:09,160
Speaker 1: just how he works, right, and he will talk people

2196
01:59:09,200 --> 01:59:14,200
Speaker 1: down into the ground. Apparently you're gonna hear him out

2197
01:59:14,240 --> 01:59:18,000
Speaker 1: on the field. Hopefully his playbacks it up. One Do

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01:59:18,120 --> 01:59:19,880
Speaker 1: we have time for one more? Guys? I know it's

2199
01:59:19,880 --> 01:59:21,440
Speaker 1: a long one. We can wait till the next segment

2200
01:59:21,440 --> 01:59:22,840
Speaker 1: if you want. Let me know what you guys want

2201
01:59:22,880 --> 01:59:27,160
Speaker 1: to do here, because real quick evaluation of the roster

2202
01:59:27,360 --> 01:59:32,360
Speaker 1: with no preseason games. Leslie Fraser on that that's exactly

2203
01:59:32,440 --> 01:59:34,800
Speaker 1: the dilemma that we've been talking about all along, you know,

2204
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:38,200
Speaker 1: being able to properly evaluate this roster and then you

2205
01:59:38,320 --> 01:59:41,560
Speaker 1: consider the fact that you're down from ninety to eighty guys.

2206
01:59:41,680 --> 01:59:45,120
Speaker 1: So the rep count situation really makes a difference, and

2207
01:59:45,720 --> 01:59:47,800
Speaker 1: you can't just take the approach that we've taken when

2208
01:59:47,840 --> 01:59:49,800
Speaker 1: we were up at Saint John's Fisher because the numbers

2209
01:59:49,840 --> 01:59:52,800
Speaker 1: are a lot different. So it's a little bit of

2210
01:59:52,800 --> 01:59:54,320
Speaker 1: a dilemma, but it's something that we have to be

2211
01:59:54,360 --> 01:59:57,400
Speaker 1: able to figure out because there are so many factors

2212
01:59:57,480 --> 02:00:01,600
Speaker 1: that go into having your backups properly prepared. You just

2213
02:00:01,760 --> 02:00:05,840
Speaker 1: don't know if you're gonna lose someone for circumstances that

2214
02:00:05,840 --> 02:00:09,520
Speaker 1: are completely out of control beyond an injury on the field.

2215
02:00:10,040 --> 02:00:12,640
Speaker 1: So we've got to make sure we're giving those young

2216
02:00:12,720 --> 02:00:15,600
Speaker 1: guys they're reps and at the same time getting the

2217
02:00:15,760 --> 02:00:18,000
Speaker 1: vets the reps that they need to be prepared for

2218
02:00:18,280 --> 02:00:21,680
Speaker 1: September thirteenth. So it's something that we're trying to balance

2219
02:00:21,720 --> 02:00:24,480
Speaker 1: and trying to work through as we go. We think

2220
02:00:24,520 --> 02:00:26,600
Speaker 1: we have a pretty good plan, but you know, we'll

2221
02:00:26,680 --> 02:00:29,560
Speaker 1: tweak that, you know, as we need to. But it's

2222
02:00:29,600 --> 02:00:32,400
Speaker 1: going to be important for us to strike that balance

2223
02:00:33,520 --> 02:00:37,440
Speaker 1: the proper number reps for evaluations and yet being able

2224
02:00:37,520 --> 02:00:40,360
Speaker 1: to get our veterans the reps they need as well.

2225
02:00:40,760 --> 02:00:42,440
Speaker 1: And then the other part of that because you don't

2226
02:00:42,480 --> 02:00:46,600
Speaker 1: have preseason games, how much are you gonna allow contact,

2227
02:00:46,680 --> 02:00:49,840
Speaker 1: full contact and practice compared to what you would have

2228
02:00:49,920 --> 02:00:52,400
Speaker 1: done if you had a preseason game. So you know,

2229
02:00:52,440 --> 02:00:54,040
Speaker 1: we got to work through that as well. And I

2230
02:00:54,080 --> 02:00:56,960
Speaker 1: would imagine, you know, just in talking with with Sean,

2231
02:00:57,080 --> 02:00:59,480
Speaker 1: and we're probably going to have more full contact drills

2232
02:00:59,480 --> 02:01:02,800
Speaker 1: than we've had the past for that reason. And so

2233
02:01:03,120 --> 02:01:04,720
Speaker 1: you know, you hold your breath a little bit when

2234
02:01:04,760 --> 02:01:07,920
Speaker 1: you when you do that in practice, but it's probably

2235
02:01:08,000 --> 02:01:11,080
Speaker 1: something that's necessary this year. So we gotta work through

2236
02:01:11,120 --> 02:01:13,040
Speaker 1: all of those things which are a little bit different

2237
02:01:13,080 --> 02:01:14,680
Speaker 1: than what we've had to deal with in the past.

2238
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:17,240
Speaker 1: So after he said that this morning, I did tweet

2239
02:01:17,320 --> 02:01:20,480
Speaker 1: that out that the plan is for more full contact

2240
02:01:20,560 --> 02:01:22,440
Speaker 1: practice because you have to do it. You got to

2241
02:01:22,480 --> 02:01:24,840
Speaker 1: callous up your players, get them used to hitting again,

2242
02:01:25,280 --> 02:01:27,640
Speaker 1: and you don't have the preseason to do that, right,

2243
02:01:28,000 --> 02:01:32,520
Speaker 1: which raises the risk because at least in a preseason game, Steve,

2244
02:01:33,040 --> 02:01:35,040
Speaker 1: you only have half your guys out there at any

2245
02:01:35,120 --> 02:01:38,080
Speaker 1: point in time going against the opponent. When you do

2246
02:01:38,240 --> 02:01:41,240
Speaker 1: full contact in practice, it's all of your guys, right,

2247
02:01:41,720 --> 02:01:44,960
Speaker 1: and that is unnerving to coaches. Two guys get hurt

2248
02:01:45,200 --> 02:01:46,840
Speaker 1: one on each side of the ball, and they're both

2249
02:01:46,880 --> 02:01:50,320
Speaker 1: on your team. Yeah, right, So it's unnerving for coaches

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02:01:50,440 --> 02:01:57,440
Speaker 1: and the players I have. It's rare in the NFL,

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02:01:57,640 --> 02:02:00,560
Speaker 1: particularly with the preseason games. It's rare that you would

2252
02:02:00,600 --> 02:02:03,560
Speaker 1: ever have a full ghost scrimmage where you're tackling guys.

2253
02:02:04,080 --> 02:02:07,000
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, even even as a player

2254
02:02:07,040 --> 02:02:09,440
Speaker 1: when I when I played, I remember thinking that to

2255
02:02:09,640 --> 02:02:15,200
Speaker 1: see a full scrimmage in practice is awkward. When you

2256
02:02:15,280 --> 02:02:18,800
Speaker 1: see the guys get tackled, it's awkward. It's like whoa

2257
02:02:19,080 --> 02:02:22,920
Speaker 1: you know, like hey, yeah, it's like and it's it

2258
02:02:23,120 --> 02:02:26,800
Speaker 1: makes you cringe almost because both sides of it. In

2259
02:02:26,920 --> 02:02:30,520
Speaker 1: a game that kind of goes away. But you can't

2260
02:02:30,600 --> 02:02:33,160
Speaker 1: go into a game and that's the first time you've

2261
02:02:33,200 --> 02:02:35,720
Speaker 1: tackled somebody in eight months, since the last week seventeen

2262
02:02:35,840 --> 02:02:39,240
Speaker 1: or the wildcard game last year. It's gonna have to

2263
02:02:39,320 --> 02:02:41,920
Speaker 1: be to the ground certain extent, to a certain extent.

2264
02:02:42,040 --> 02:02:45,120
Speaker 1: You gotta get ready to do that. And and that's

2265
02:02:45,160 --> 02:02:49,240
Speaker 1: exactly what guys don't want to do without having it

2266
02:02:49,360 --> 02:02:54,840
Speaker 1: mean something. Yeah, this is strictly just to get through

2267
02:02:54,920 --> 02:02:56,960
Speaker 1: it so you can get used to it again. It's

2268
02:02:56,960 --> 02:03:01,000
Speaker 1: a it's yeah that that makes you think about it.

2269
02:03:01,080 --> 02:03:03,800
Speaker 1: It was an effective way that coach Frasier kind of

2270
02:03:03,800 --> 02:03:05,840
Speaker 1: painted the picture. It is what these coaches are looking

2271
02:03:05,880 --> 02:03:07,680
Speaker 1: at and what they have to get accomplished here in

2272
02:03:07,720 --> 02:03:10,960
Speaker 1: a very shortened run up to the regular season, absent

2273
02:03:11,080 --> 02:03:14,480
Speaker 1: four preseason games to boot, so it will be a challenge.

2274
02:03:14,480 --> 02:03:17,240
Speaker 1: Everybody's talked about the challenge at the player's face. The

2275
02:03:17,320 --> 02:03:19,320
Speaker 1: coaches might even have a more uphill battle. They got

2276
02:03:19,400 --> 02:03:21,640
Speaker 1: to make the right calls on the roster, make the

2277
02:03:21,800 --> 02:03:24,960
Speaker 1: right evaluations. With less time to evaluate players and get

2278
02:03:25,160 --> 02:03:28,640
Speaker 1: the team ready for the regular season without four preseason

2279
02:03:28,760 --> 02:03:31,360
Speaker 1: games that everybody forgets about the job the coaches have,

2280
02:03:31,480 --> 02:03:33,400
Speaker 1: they might have the biggest uphill battle of them all.

2281
02:03:34,080 --> 02:03:35,760
Speaker 1: We gotta take a break, but when we come back,

2282
02:03:36,040 --> 02:03:39,720
Speaker 1: a little NFL True false for Steve and I to digest.

2283
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Speaker 1: We'll have that for you next. Here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health, This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

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02:03:57,760 --> 02:04:01,000
Speaker 1: Is NFL True False time. Here on One Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you as we are motoring

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Speaker 1: our way up to the top of the hour and

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Speaker 1: the end of the show and as we know. NFL

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Speaker 1: True Falls. Steve Steelers are a Super Bowl contender if

2292
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Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger is healthy. What say you? I gotta think yeah,

2293
02:04:22,640 --> 02:04:25,280
Speaker 1: he throws it. They've got a good defense. They almost

2294
02:04:25,320 --> 02:04:27,680
Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year without him. In Week two,

2295
02:04:27,920 --> 02:04:30,440
Speaker 1: they have a top five defense. There go. Their defense

2296
02:04:30,560 --> 02:04:33,760
Speaker 1: was top five last year with almost no offense. They

2297
02:04:33,800 --> 02:04:35,920
Speaker 1: were kind of like the Bills in twenty eighteen. And

2298
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Speaker 1: I think they've got I think Juju Smith Schuster is

2299
02:04:38,360 --> 02:04:40,640
Speaker 1: a better, much better receiver than we've seen him be

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02:04:40,800 --> 02:04:44,360
Speaker 1: without Ben. And let's remember this, Tonio Brown when the

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Speaker 1: Bills beat him last year and they're building seventeen ten

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Speaker 1: No Roethlisberger. Juju was out that week, and so was

2303
02:04:52,120 --> 02:04:56,040
Speaker 1: James Connor. Yeah, so there you go. Yes, I think

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Speaker 1: they are. I think they're good. I think they're Ben

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Speaker 1: Roethlisberger makes them great. Their defense is keeping them in

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Speaker 1: ball game five. And I bet you with Ben in

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Speaker 1: the in the game, they're gonna say, listen, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: win this division. Forget about the Baltimore Ravens, and they

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Speaker 1: got every reason too, So yes, I say true. I

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Speaker 1: say true. I've got a lot of faith in Ben Roethlisberger.

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Speaker 1: I think he's he's a difference maker, and I think

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Speaker 1: he'll be hungry this year after missing all the last

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Speaker 1: year for the most part, So yeah, as long as

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Speaker 1: he's got his horses around him. Now that division is

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Speaker 1: a little different now. I mean, Baltimore just took the

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02:05:33,280 --> 02:05:36,960
Speaker 1: league by storm last year with their MVP, so you

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Speaker 1: can't dismiss that. And I think most people would still

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Speaker 1: consider Baltimore the favorite to win the division. So now

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02:05:43,120 --> 02:05:45,920
Speaker 1: you're looking at a wild card. But there's an extra

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Speaker 1: spot to be had that you have seven playoff spots,

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Speaker 1: and I think you can say that Pittsburgh should be

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Speaker 1: one of those seven teams, right, and then it's a

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Speaker 1: matter of where you're spinning Romlisberger in a one game

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Speaker 1: season at the end of the year. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I liked their chance, So I will say true as well, um,

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Speaker 1: provided that team stays healthy and Roethlisberger looks like the

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Speaker 1: old Roethlisberger. Right, True falls number two. Steve Amy Trask

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Speaker 1: had the best shade for the kamassiverand situation. As we know,

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Speaker 1: he's the undrafted rookie who tried to sneak a woman

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Speaker 1: into the Seahawks team hotel, and after it was discovered,

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Speaker 1: he was promptly cut. Now, Amy Trask said, well, if

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Speaker 1: she would addressed as Marshawn Lynch and stood on a

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Speaker 1: marker that said one yard line, they would have ignored her,

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Speaker 1: whoa obviously referencing, told Amy Trask and I are very

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Speaker 1: well acquainted. She's a wonderful lady. She worked for CBS

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Speaker 1: Sports when I was there. She was a former executive

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Speaker 1: for the Raiders. So she's gone, Davis, She's got no

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02:06:50,200 --> 02:06:53,360
Speaker 1: love loss for the Seahawks. But yeah, the old AFC

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02:06:53,520 --> 02:06:57,600
Speaker 1: West rivals now in the n ZINGA. They're referring obviously

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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl when Marshawn Lynch marches the team

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02:07:03,960 --> 02:07:05,960
Speaker 1: to beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl and they're

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02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:09,000
Speaker 1: on the one yard line and and they tell Russell

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02:07:09,080 --> 02:07:11,280
Speaker 1: Wilson to throw a slant instead of just handing him

2344
02:07:11,320 --> 02:07:13,960
Speaker 1: the ball again, they throw a slant route picked off,

2345
02:07:14,520 --> 02:07:20,360
Speaker 1: game over, Patriots win. So she said, well, fee ad

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Speaker 1: dressed like they ignored her point as they ignored Marshawn

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02:07:23,760 --> 02:07:26,280
Speaker 1: Lynch on the one yard line and it cost him

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. Yeah, it costs Siband. It's too good.

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Speaker 1: It's a very good burn by Amy. So is that

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02:07:32,120 --> 02:07:34,360
Speaker 1: the best one? By the way, very good Twitter follower

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02:07:34,360 --> 02:07:37,280
Speaker 1: if you're into that kind of thing, I would says burn.

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02:07:38,560 --> 02:07:40,120
Speaker 1: It's the best one I heard. It's the best one

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02:07:40,120 --> 02:07:44,960
Speaker 1: I saw too. They come on all right, last one

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02:07:45,000 --> 02:07:49,880
Speaker 1: on NFL true falls. The Saints soft bubble could be

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02:07:50,000 --> 02:07:53,960
Speaker 1: the model for a hard bubble if the NFL makes

2356
02:07:54,000 --> 02:07:58,720
Speaker 1: it to the playoffs. So basically, what what they've done

2357
02:07:58,960 --> 02:08:02,680
Speaker 1: is they've put with their entire team in a bubble

2358
02:08:02,760 --> 02:08:06,120
Speaker 1: like atmosphere in a hotel in the French Quarter, which

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02:08:06,280 --> 02:08:08,600
Speaker 1: may not be the best place to do that. Um,

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02:08:09,400 --> 02:08:12,400
Speaker 1: They're in the Loew's Hotel in downtown New Orleans and

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02:08:12,560 --> 02:08:15,840
Speaker 1: it's for the team only on four floors during camp

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02:08:16,960 --> 02:08:19,720
Speaker 1: in an effort to keep them kind of quarantine. It

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Speaker 1: is bubbled up. It is voluntary bubble. So Drew Brees

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02:08:23,600 --> 02:08:29,240
Speaker 1: and Cam Cameron, they're defender. I came. They're not in it,

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02:08:29,360 --> 02:08:31,640
Speaker 1: Cameron Cameron Jordan is not in the bubble. They're not

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02:08:31,720 --> 02:08:33,520
Speaker 1: in the bubble. So players can opt out. If they're

2367
02:08:33,600 --> 02:08:35,680
Speaker 1: local guys and they want to stay, they don't have to,

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02:08:35,840 --> 02:08:37,760
Speaker 1: so it's not an airtight bubble. They got more than

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Speaker 1: two thirds of the players on the roster in there,

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Speaker 1: more than two thirds of the players, which is what

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02:08:41,800 --> 02:08:48,000
Speaker 1: fifty guys, probably sixty guys, sixty guys. So it's good

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02:08:48,080 --> 02:08:50,920
Speaker 1: idea and it could be you. You would kind of

2373
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:54,080
Speaker 1: think that as the playoffs start to near, get nearer

2374
02:08:54,200 --> 02:08:56,960
Speaker 1: and nearer, that the league would start to say, hey, listen,

2375
02:08:57,120 --> 02:08:59,440
Speaker 1: you know, and teams would do it themselves. You can

2376
02:08:59,480 --> 02:09:02,520
Speaker 1: imagine you get to this point you've been you're living

2377
02:09:02,560 --> 02:09:04,240
Speaker 1: at home and coming to the stadium and going you

2378
02:09:04,800 --> 02:09:07,240
Speaker 1: get this last couple of weeks when the pressure is

2379
02:09:07,280 --> 02:09:10,360
Speaker 1: really on, and the teams might say, guys, we're gonna

2380
02:09:10,400 --> 02:09:12,440
Speaker 1: we're gonna huddle up at the hotel here, and you

2381
02:09:12,480 --> 02:09:14,000
Speaker 1: can see the bills going down to the you know,

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02:09:14,120 --> 02:09:18,000
Speaker 1: the Harbor Center, you know, and holding up in the

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02:09:18,040 --> 02:09:21,080
Speaker 1: west and down there for a couple of weeks. Yeah,

2384
02:09:21,280 --> 02:09:23,720
Speaker 1: and busting back and forth between there and Orchard Park,

2385
02:09:23,840 --> 02:09:27,520
Speaker 1: staying together, keeping the bubble tight and uh and going

2386
02:09:27,520 --> 02:09:31,880
Speaker 1: to the playoffs like that. But I don't know that, Yeah,

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02:09:31,960 --> 02:09:34,400
Speaker 1: I mean it could happen. I could see that, all right,

2388
02:09:34,440 --> 02:09:36,960
Speaker 1: So you're going true on that, I might say true, yeah, yeah,

2389
02:09:37,360 --> 02:09:39,360
Speaker 1: but they're not gonna go like that way of NHL

2390
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Speaker 1: or NBA where all the playoff teams end up in

2391
02:09:41,440 --> 02:09:44,280
Speaker 1: one city. Yeah. Well yeah, I understand though, what coach

2392
02:09:44,320 --> 02:09:45,960
Speaker 1: Payton's trying to do here. He's trying to reduce the

2393
02:09:46,040 --> 02:09:49,520
Speaker 1: variables as much as possible, and it is a more

2394
02:09:49,600 --> 02:09:53,040
Speaker 1: controlled environment than sending sixty guys home. It's a more

2395
02:09:53,120 --> 02:09:56,000
Speaker 1: controlled environment. Um. And the guys that aren't going home,

2396
02:09:56,080 --> 02:10:00,640
Speaker 1: that are going home are like down, lock it down there.

2397
02:10:00,760 --> 02:10:02,840
Speaker 1: They're veterans who've got a lot on the line. And

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02:10:02,920 --> 02:10:04,920
Speaker 1: we should point out at this point in time, yes,

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton was one of the three NFL coaches who

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Speaker 1: contracted COVID albeit it back in the spring is when

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02:10:10,800 --> 02:10:14,800
Speaker 1: Peyton went through it. But the Saints to this point

2402
02:10:15,160 --> 02:10:17,760
Speaker 1: have only had two positives and they both proved to

2403
02:10:17,840 --> 02:10:22,040
Speaker 1: be false positives for COVID, So they've been squeaky clean,

2404
02:10:22,120 --> 02:10:24,520
Speaker 1: knock on wood to this point for them. So at

2405
02:10:24,560 --> 02:10:28,800
Speaker 1: this point it's working. So I think the NFL does

2406
02:10:28,880 --> 02:10:30,280
Speaker 1: take a look at this, and I think it could

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Speaker 1: happen for the postseason, absolutely, because if you get that far,

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Speaker 1: the one thing you don't want derailed are your playoff

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Speaker 1: games because that's where you're pulling in the most revenue

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02:10:39,720 --> 02:10:42,040
Speaker 1: from the television networks. You don't want that to go

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Speaker 1: sideways if you manage to get through a sixteen game season.

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02:10:45,200 --> 02:10:47,400
Speaker 1: So yeah, I could see them taking the additional step

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Speaker 1: and bubbling them up. And I will say, do you

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Speaker 1: think it will come? You know the player I just said, like,

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02:10:52,000 --> 02:10:53,760
Speaker 1: you could see the Bills saying, hey, guys, all right

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02:10:53,800 --> 02:10:55,160
Speaker 1: here for the last couple of weeks, we're gonna go.

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Speaker 1: You see questern all that. Do you think the league says, Hey,

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Speaker 1: playoff teams a couple of weeks of the regular season,

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02:11:01,200 --> 02:11:02,640
Speaker 1: they said, if you're in the playoffs, you got a

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Speaker 1: plan up for getting bubbled up. Yeah, and there's a

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Speaker 1: very good chance you still don't have fans in the

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02:11:07,760 --> 02:11:09,480
Speaker 1: stands at that point. So if there are no fans

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Speaker 1: in the stands, why not set up a couple of

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02:11:11,760 --> 02:11:14,560
Speaker 1: bubbles for the AFC and the NFC and here let's go,

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Speaker 1: let's make it happen. Yeah. Maybe maybe you know, you

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Speaker 1: can might be able to do it in cities that

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Speaker 1: have more than one stadium, you know, And I'm trying

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Speaker 1: to think off the top of my head who has that?

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Speaker 1: And I don't know that many do because the New

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02:11:26,600 --> 02:11:31,080
Speaker 1: York teams playing in the same stadium. But I don't know,

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02:11:31,360 --> 02:11:33,040
Speaker 1: but it's it's something to think about, and I think

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Speaker 1: the NFL will consider it, so I say true too.

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Speaker 1: All right. That's NFL Truth's False. Brought to you by

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Speaker 1: before we get to what we have learned from today's

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Speaker 1: show that's coming up next here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: slappy on a Friday here as we're closing up the

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Speaker 1: show with what have we learned from today's show? Presented

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Speaker 1: by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And we had a little fun at the

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Speaker 1: bottom of the first hour where Steve guest Tasker's teammate

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Speaker 1: on clue number three, que him up. Come on, I

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Speaker 1: got it. I know who it is. Got hurt in

2445
02:12:28,840 --> 02:12:30,920
Speaker 1: the Houston game and I can't remember his name, nows

2446
02:12:31,040 --> 02:12:33,720
Speaker 1: I can bring He was a first round draft pick

2447
02:12:35,720 --> 02:12:39,480
Speaker 1: good player, really good player and got unfortunately had spinal

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Speaker 1: senosas had to quit playing because an injury brought it

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02:12:42,080 --> 02:12:44,880
Speaker 1: to light. He was paralyzed for a minute and had

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Speaker 1: to quit. Burrows, Derek Burrows, you are correct. Stay well done, Hey, Steve,

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Speaker 1: how are you? I'm doing great? Now? How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't have never guessed, million years, considering your time

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02:13:02,680 --> 02:13:06,280
Speaker 1: we have not talked, spoken, you would have ever guessed.

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02:13:06,480 --> 02:13:09,320
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, feel good. He made him feel good by

2455
02:13:09,440 --> 02:13:11,640
Speaker 1: guessing him. There. That's always gotta feel good when a

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Speaker 1: teammates from thirty some odd years ago. I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: what he was. There's I got a ton of stories,

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Speaker 1: a million stories, and I don't have time to tell him.

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Speaker 1: But he was one of the guys. We were in

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02:13:19,200 --> 02:13:21,840
Speaker 1: a cland we were in Cleveland. He got into a

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Speaker 1: fight and we all apologized to him because he was

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02:13:24,120 --> 02:13:25,360
Speaker 1: at the bottom of the pile. We didn't know he

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Speaker 1: was there. So on Monday, Oh bro, I am so

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02:13:28,440 --> 02:13:31,880
Speaker 1: sorry we left you hanging like that. So uh. Derek Burrows,

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Speaker 1: great player, great buffalo bill. Unfortunate into his career, but

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Speaker 1: he was a great player, great teammate. Good weeks of

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Speaker 1: shows more for you next week, including a look at

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Speaker 1: practice padded, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, One Bill's Live. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for watching. We'll see you on Monday.