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Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role player.

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Speaker 1: Steve Steve a blimp. We're not even in the straded

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Speaker 1: beer of normalcy. Welcome to a Thursday edition if One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. Steve busily

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Speaker 1: navigating his way through the different creative schedule release videos

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Speaker 1: until this year. But it's like thirty two of them

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Speaker 1: chuckling at even as we speak. So, uh, how's come?

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Speaker 1: I couldn't hear Jane my ear, Peach, are you out there?

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Speaker 1: He's there? I didn't know he's there on the whole,

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Speaker 1: but absolutely Trance, you were, oh somewhere else. But the

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Speaker 1: first blush, Steve is, there's something that that stands out

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Speaker 1: And turns out the Charges were a pretty good football

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Speaker 1: You know you're gonna get your shot at them the

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Speaker 1: post Drew Brees. They also had other losses besides the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You know, Trey Hendrickson probably their most prolific pass rusher,

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Speaker 1: knowing Cameron Jordan's now long in the tooth. Hendrickson is

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Speaker 1: in Cincinnati now. They lost him in free agency. They

433
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Speaker 1: had to gut their roster. They were over one hundred

434
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Speaker 1: million dollars over the cap and had to make a

435
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: lot of tough decisions. Genorris Jenkins, their second cornerback, is gone.

436
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 1: He is now in Tennessee, so that roster is going

437
00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: to look a lot different. They still have Kamara, who

438
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Speaker 1: I think is one of the most dynamic. I mean,

439
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 1: he is today's modern day Marshall Falk and that's who

440
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,640
Speaker 1: he is in this league, and he is still there,

441
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Speaker 1: and I think they will lean on him more, more

442
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Speaker 1: heavily than maybe they ever have before. But Michael Thomas

443
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: should be back healthy. Him against Trey White is must

444
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Speaker 1: see football. But man, the trigger man is is going

445
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: to be in star contrast to what we've become a customer.

446
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: It's going to depend a lot. It's going to depend

447
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Speaker 1: on who's taken snaps, Taysom Hill or Jamis Winston or

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Speaker 1: somebody else. But I will say this, there's no doubt

449
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Speaker 1: that you look at what the way their roster is built,

450
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Speaker 1: you look at their head coach and the guys they

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Speaker 1: have that they can depend on, like Kimara, like Michael Thompson,

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Speaker 1: Michael Michael Thomas. There, what do you think, Brownie. I

453
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,000
Speaker 1: think their philosophy is gonna say, listen, we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: score to win, We're gonna go, we're gonna air it

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Speaker 1: out and we're gonna go for it. Well, they were

456
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 1: a top ten past defense last year, but Genoras Jenkins

457
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,239
Speaker 1: isn't part of the equation anymore. Their pass rush took

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00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: a hit without Hendrickson anymore. You know, David Marcus Davenport

459
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Speaker 1: was a first round pick. I don't know that he's

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Speaker 1: lived up to expectations. Is he going to start now?

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00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 1: I mean Hendrickson, a sixth round draft choice, beat him

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Speaker 1: out for a starting job and had a giant year

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Speaker 1: last year for them. What does that look like on

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Speaker 1: their defensive front, they've had to I think I think

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Speaker 1: they had upwards of ten players restructure contracts and they

466
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Speaker 1: still had to release people. So I think their depth

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Speaker 1: has taken a major hit. Who knows what that roster

468
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: is gonna look like come Thanksgiving. If they run into

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Speaker 1: a rash of injuries, they could potentially be a shell

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Speaker 1: of the perennial playoff contender they've been in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: But we're watching, We're watching as we speak, highlights of

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, the guys, the guys awesome. Yeah, But I

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Speaker 1: agree with you. They're gonna have to outscore opponents. They

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Speaker 1: have put up thirty every week. And that's Sean Payton

475
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Speaker 1: to win more than mentality, it's score, go for it,

476
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: you know all of that stuff. And I think that's

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Speaker 1: gonna that's how they're gonna win games. And I think

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Speaker 1: there if you think about like that, I don't think

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Speaker 1: there's any way Tayson Hill is the guy that takes

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Speaker 1: the majority of snaps at quarterback. I think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be Jamis Winston. His live arm and his desire and

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Speaker 1: willingness to push the ball down the field in every situation.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna need that to keep in gain, to stay

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Speaker 1: in games with teams when their defense has been you know,

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Speaker 1: they lost a pass rusher their their corner. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're just they were so far over the cap. I

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Speaker 1: didn't I didn't know if they could have actually keep

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Speaker 1: enough players, enough players to qualify as you know what

489
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Speaker 1: I mean. I thought they're gonna have to go down

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Speaker 1: to thirty two guys to make you know, to have

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Speaker 1: the cap to fit under the cap. It's they got

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Speaker 1: some problems they had or had some problems. So it's

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Speaker 1: it's very much a patchwork situation with their roster. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I think for the most part, they made

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Speaker 1: a lot of the right decisions in terms of who

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Speaker 1: to restructure, who to keep, who to part ways with.

497
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 1: But that roster is going to look dramatically different. Yeah,

498
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: that's what people have become accustomed to seeing. And it

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Speaker 1: goes well beyond the quarterback position. So and and don't

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Speaker 1: get me wrong, New Orleans is always tough to beat

501
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Speaker 1: down there in the Superdome. They have one of the

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Speaker 1: best home field advantages over the years. It's gonna be

503
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Speaker 1: as you know, you never know what you're gonna get

504
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 1: emotionally from the crowd or the players. I think the

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00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: Bills will probably look forward to that. I don't know,

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00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 1: what do you think there's you think there's gonna be

507
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 1: a ton of people that throwing the family under the

508
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: bus and then headed on a trip instead of going

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Speaker 1: to having Let's just think about this traditional Okay, I'll

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Speaker 1: play along with you here. It's Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which

511
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: nationwide is a big bar night to begin with. You

512
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: wake up fuzzy. You have the opportunity to undertake said

513
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: event in the French quarter the day before a Bill's

514
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Speaker 1: game that doesn't kick off until eight twenty pm the

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Speaker 1: next day. Yeah, I think there is going to be

516
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount of motivation to tie one on. Get

517
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Speaker 1: to bed in the wee hours in the morning, knowing

518
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Speaker 1: you can wake up at four in the afternoon and

519
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: still be four hours ahead of kickoff. Go get a

520
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: turkey sandwich, somewhere and call that Thanksgiving and onto the game,

521
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:56,239
Speaker 1: you go, knowing full well that after the game you

522
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Speaker 1: can go out again because probably nobody's working on Friday.

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00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: I mean, you could make it a five. You could

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Speaker 1: go there for the week. So are you and I going?

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00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: I hope? So are we going? Are we gonna? Hope?

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Speaker 1: So I'm not staying for the week, but we see

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00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: the show from down there. So I just wanted to

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Speaker 1: check two. Not to make too much of the Saints matchup,

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Speaker 1: but in terms of the players, they were able to

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Speaker 1: get back under contract. Cornerback p J. Williams we know,

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Speaker 1: Jameis Winston resigned the one year deal for twelve and

532
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: a half million, their offensive tackle James Hurst, and then

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00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 1: a couple of running backs that back up Kamara. But

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Speaker 1: they lost corner Justin Hardy, linebacker alexands Alone, defensive end

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Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson as we mentioned, and then they released guard

536
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Speaker 1: Nick Easton, two tight ends. They also released Jared Cook. Okay,

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00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: they're punter Thomas Morstead. Emmanuel Sanders, as we know, was released.

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00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: He's now in Buffalo. Kwan Alexander Genors, Jenkins and Nick

539
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: van at the night end too has since signed in Denver,

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00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: they signed they resigned Noah Spence to a new deal.

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00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 1: They traded defensive tackle Malcolm Brown to Jacksonville, and they

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00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: signed Tanno Passano, the free agent from Kansas City. So

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00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: they've tried to retool a little bit, but it's been

544
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: a lot more subtraction than addition because of their cap situation.

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00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: So I think that's a win for Buffalo, even though

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Speaker 1: it's not easy to win in the Superdome. We have

547
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: to take a break, but when we come back, we'll

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00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: get to Clarence and Buffalo for his thoughts on the schedule.

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Speaker 1: So hang tight there. Clarence will get to you and

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Speaker 1: others at eight oh three oh five fifty Open line

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Speaker 1: for you there one eight eight five fifty two five

552
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Speaker 1: fifty give us your takeaways on the Bills twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one regular season schedule. Back in a minute, Welcome back

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Speaker 1: to one Bills Live. Chris Brown, Seacaster with you, asking

555
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Speaker 1: you for your biggest takeaways from the Bills twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one schedule release. And we're doing that at eight oh

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Speaker 1: three five fifty one fifty two five fifty Open line

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Speaker 1: for you there, and on the tweet sheet at one

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Speaker 1: bills Live. So send us your comments or give us

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Speaker 1: a call. We go back to the phones into Clarence

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Speaker 1: and Buffalo Clarence. What do you have for us? You're

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Speaker 1: on one bills Live. Good afternoon, how are you doing

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00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: to do good? I'm a little disgusted, and I'm disgusted

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Speaker 1: because we have four games wherein which we only play

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Speaker 1: one at home. And so I'm talking about the eight

566
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Speaker 1: o'clock games, nine o'clock games or whatever they are, and um,

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00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: we only had one game at home. And we're a

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Speaker 1: division winner, we're number two team in the in the

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Speaker 1: in the AFC. But I'm quite sure if you look

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Speaker 1: at the schedule, other teams that even finished Lord and

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Speaker 1: not not even making the playoffs may have two games

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00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: where they're playing, and we we had one game at home.

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Speaker 1: I can't understand it. You mean one game out of

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Speaker 1: the home of the four primetime games like the Sunday night,

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Speaker 1: Monday night, Thursday. That's exactly what I'm talking about. And

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Speaker 1: the other thing is because of that, I'm looking at

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Speaker 1: economically too, because you know, when we when we go somewhere,

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00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: we have to go and spend our money and travel

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00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: where we could This money could be refurnished right back

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Speaker 1: into Buffalo. So this is my that's my discuss with it.

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Speaker 1: So um, let me let me give you my pory.

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Speaker 1: Let me give you my theory, Clarence, and thanks for

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00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,760
Speaker 1: the call. Let me give you my theory on why

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Speaker 1: three of the four primetime games are on the road.

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Speaker 1: If you look at Buffalo's schedule from a television network perspective,

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Speaker 1: I think you would make the argument that the most

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00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: attractive games fitting of a prime time time slot would

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00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 1: probably be the following Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Tennessee, maybe Indie,

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00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: maybe because they're a winning team like the Bills, New Orleans,

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00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: New England, Tampa. Those are probably the seven most attractive

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00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: games in which to put in a primetime slot. So

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Speaker 1: could they have put Pittsburgh in primetime with the Bills

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00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 1: in Week one? Yes, they could have done that because

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Speaker 1: as we know, Pittsburgh has five primetime games on their

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Speaker 1: schedule already. One of them could have been Pittsburgh Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: But the other games Kansas City, Tennessee, New Orleans, Tampa,

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00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:47,879
Speaker 1: Bay four the most attractive games for primetime slots. They're

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Speaker 1: all road games on the Bill schedule this year, and

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00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: the Bills don't have, and the schedule makers don't make that.

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Speaker 1: That's done two years in advance, all right, that's I

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00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: don't determent home or away. So with the most attractive

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00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: games for prime time, the majority of them are away

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00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 1: games in terms of opponent, maybe market size, whatever. Because

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Speaker 1: of that, I think the schedule maker said, well, this

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00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: is a very attractive game for our network partners. We're

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00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: gonna put Tampa and Buffalo in prime time. The game

607
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: just happens to be played in Tampa. They like the

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Speaker 1: Saints Bills as a primetime event. It's an away game

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00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: for the Bills. They put him there. Okay. So I

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00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 1: think it's more about the attractive teams on Buffalo's schedule,

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Speaker 1: most of which happened to be away games, more than

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Speaker 1: anything else. And so the I mean, it could have

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00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: been all four preseason games away if they chose the

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Speaker 1: Bills Patriots road game for Buffalo. Fortunately, they chose the

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Speaker 1: home game for Buffalo against the Patriots December sixth as

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Speaker 1: their fourth and final primetime game on the schedule. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're thinking the game, you think in Carolina, Houston, Washington,

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Speaker 1: there's three games nobody wants to see those teams against Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Take those off, then you take the three games with

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Speaker 1: all the division opponents. Maybe you can make an argument

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Speaker 1: for Dolphins at home for prime time. I would sign

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00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: up for that. Yeah, yeah, we ten win team last year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: New England, Okay, one of them. That's only one of

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Speaker 1: the games. I don't know. You can make a case

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00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 1: really the one that's missing on this If you wanted

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00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: to trade out, you know, a game, you'd be the

627
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: cult game, right, But that flies in the face of

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00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: what the networks like to do because they don't like

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Speaker 1: two small market teams facing each other in prime time.

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Speaker 1: Cults are a small market in Indie, Bills are a

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Speaker 1: small market in Buffalo. They want at least one larger

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00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: market as part of the Equation television market we're talking

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00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: to drive the rating up. Bill's Colts is unlikely to

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00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,840
Speaker 1: ever happen in primetime. It rarely does. I remember I

635
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: was around for one of them back in the late nineties.

636
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: Was the last time the Colts and Bills played in

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00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 1: prime time? And the game was nine to six I

638
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: think it was nineteen ninety six or ninety seven, somewhere

639
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: in there. But we had Mike North on yesterday and

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00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: even speaking to him about the the thought process that

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Speaker 1: goes into the schedule and all the you know, the

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Speaker 1: priorities they have. It's a list that's very different from

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Speaker 1: obviously from each fan base in every city. You get

644
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Speaker 1: an idea that nobody is trying to disrespect anybody else.

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Speaker 1: The disrespect comes from the TV people saying, I don't

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Speaker 1: want to see Jacksonville and Houston on primetime on Opening

647
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: Night and Monday Night football. I just don't want to

648
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Speaker 1: see it, you know that kind of thing. And that's

649
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Speaker 1: using the two nearest examples you can of small market

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00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: teams and also teams that are struggling win and not

651
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Speaker 1: expected to win. And I don't know if there's any

652
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Speaker 1: validity to this, but Mike North did bring it up

653
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Speaker 1: yesterday when we had them on the air. There are

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Speaker 1: teams that make requests and say, hey, if you're putting

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Speaker 1: us in prime time, please don't give us a home

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00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: primetime game. We have problems with crowd control, or there's

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Speaker 1: unruly stuff that goes on that we'd prefer just to

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Speaker 1: avoid all together. So if you have us in prime

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00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: time several times, if more of them are on the road,

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00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 1: we don't have a problem with that, and I know

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00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,880
Speaker 1: this as well in years past. I said this to

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Speaker 1: you yesterday. The Bills have always been an organization that

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00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: really puts a lot of stock in Sunday one o'clock

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Speaker 1: games at home throughout the season, particularly even later in

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Speaker 1: the season, because because of the nature of Buffalo and

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00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,399
Speaker 1: the fan base, you know, the Mafia come in from

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00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: the entire region, some coming you know, fly in. I mean,

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00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 1: they have a wide reaching footprint that people have to

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Speaker 1: travel the get here. A large partian portion of the

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Speaker 1: people travel. They don't you know, they don't live across

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Speaker 1: the street from the stadium, So the one o'clock game

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00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: on Sunday gives them a chance to watch the game

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Speaker 1: and then get a leg up on the travel home

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Speaker 1: if need be. That's always been a big thing here

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00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: in Buffalo that maybe isn't an issue for other clubs

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00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: everywhere else. So the club has always told the at

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Speaker 1: least in years past, I don't know if they still

678
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Speaker 1: do it, have always told the schedulemakers like, we'd love

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00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,879
Speaker 1: all our home games, in this case, nine of them

680
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: this year, we'd love them to be at one o'clock

681
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: on Sunday if they can be. Last year, they were

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00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: up until except for the Chiefs home game. And I

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00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: know I've read on social people are going, hey, we

684
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Speaker 1: had to go to Kansas Cey last year. Well, the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs played in Buffalo on Monday Night football in Buffalo

686
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: last year, so we hosted them last year. And it

687
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: was the week after the Tuesday game in Tennessee, and

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00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 1: that was really the dark stretch of the season last year,

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Speaker 1: those ten days. But that has always been and that's

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Speaker 1: been on the forefront of the Bill's schedule makers. And

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Speaker 1: the request that the club has always made to the

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Speaker 1: guys in New York is that they like home games

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Speaker 1: at one o'clock. So when you start getting really good

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Speaker 1: and they want you on primetime, usually the Bills are

695
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: the first people say, yeah, okay, put us on the road. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: break time for us when we come back. More of

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on the schedule. We'll get to some of

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Speaker 1: your comments on the tweet sheet, and coming up second

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Speaker 1: hour the show, about fifteen minutes away from Bill six

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Speaker 1: round draft choice Marquez Stevenson, wide receiver out of Houston.

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Speaker 1: We'll get a hold of him in a little bit

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Speaker 1: here on one. Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health

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Speaker 1: it's Buffalo Bill's Radio. Welcome back to One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and anything else that

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Speaker 1: you kind of looked at on the schedule. Steve, I

706
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: thought it was, um, this was kind of just a

707
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 1: quirk more than anything else. For the first time ever,

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Speaker 1: the Bills are going to play all three Florida teams

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Speaker 1: on the road in one season. They're going to Tampa,

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00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: They're going to Jacksonville. We know they're always making it's

711
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: a it's a Sunshine State tour, Steve. I know a

712
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans were disappointed that none of those

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00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: Florida away games were back to back. There were a

714
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Speaker 1: lot of Bills fans looking to spend an entire week.

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00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 1: Well they got down there. Think about this though, bye

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Speaker 1: week week seven, Yeah, Miami Dolphins up here, yeah, and

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00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 1: then Jacksonville down there that it doesn't work with the

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00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: road just missed. Yeah, they were looking for back to

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Speaker 1: back roadies in the Sunshine State and they didn't get it.

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Speaker 1: But they can't they're all spread out. Yeah, they can't

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Speaker 1: go at Tennessee. Then the bye week, I mean, you know, hey,

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00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: the bye week works for fans too, well true, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I already know a few people who I've already booked

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Speaker 1: their trip to Nashville again. Naville is Buffalo fans seem

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00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:11,280
Speaker 1: to like Nashville, Alah, popular popular destination, so that that'll, uh,

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00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:14,479
Speaker 1: they will. Bills fans will be well represented at that game,

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00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 1: much like they were in Week five back in twenty

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00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,279
Speaker 1: nineteen when they won that game fourteen to seven, I think,

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00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,759
Speaker 1: thanks in large part to three miss field goals by

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Speaker 1: Cairo Santos. Was I was I working for CBS. I

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Speaker 1: think I was. I was. I did that game. That

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00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,840
Speaker 1: was the game where Lee Smith caught it caught the

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00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: I think it was the go ahead touchdown pass or

734
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Speaker 1: the first I had a game where I was the

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00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: sideline reporter for CBS in Nashville when the Bills were

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Speaker 1: down there, and obviously before COVID, so the mafia showed up,

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Speaker 1: and and of course I had, you know, a number

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Speaker 1: of acquaintances and friends that were down there for the game.

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Speaker 1: Um so I stopped by one of the local establishments

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00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:03,080
Speaker 1: to say to some friends and in order to get there,

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00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: I mean, it was like it was like going into

742
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: a home game. I mean, Jerseys the attitude, you know,

743
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: the attitude they were out. It was a Saturday morning, Yeah,

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00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:19,320
Speaker 1: it was. It was, and not for nothing. This is

745
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: the third consecutive season the Bills are traveling to Nashville

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Speaker 1: to face the Titans. They won a Tennessee as I said,

747
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen fourteen to seven, lost the rescheduled COVID

748
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: outbreak game last year forty two to sixteen, and they've

749
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: played each other in each of the last three seasons.

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Speaker 1: Because the Bills hosted the Titans in twenty eighteen and

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00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 1: that was the Stephen Housh could game winning field goal

752
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: game at you know, at the end of the game

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00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: they win thirteen to twelve and beat the Titans there.

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00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think the Titans are going to take

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00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,919
Speaker 1: a step back this year. They really had to gut

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00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: their roster, especially in the secondary, and they had a

757
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 1: lot of pieces to fit together. And I think Week

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00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 1: six is still pretty early in the season where you're

759
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: not gonna have all your ducks in a row. I know,

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00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,439
Speaker 1: we got to get to break here because we got

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00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,399
Speaker 1: mark Quez Stevenson coming up, Bill six round draft choice

762
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 1: at the University of Houston. We will get to him

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00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: when we return here. On one Bill's Live presented by

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00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 1: Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio at a Steve Tester

765
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: who has been all over the field. Kind of unique.

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00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for state.

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00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:46,200
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the strategyre of normalcy.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to our number two, the Thursday edition of One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. Please to be joined now by the newest

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00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:00,439
Speaker 1: receiver on Buffalo's roster in his sixth round RAF choice,

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00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: Markquez Stevenson out of the University of Houston, now a

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill and Markquest Thanks first of all for giving

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00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 1: you giving us some time here during what is a

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00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,720
Speaker 1: busy week for you, your first week of like real

775
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: hardcore football here in Buffalo. What kind of started you

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00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 1: off to here? Because today was kind of like day one, right, Yesterday?

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00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,240
Speaker 1: Excellent Day one. You know, I'm just getting all the takeups,

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00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, doing the photos, shooting all the good thing,

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00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, tasting out the wings, just staying like that.

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00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:30,800
Speaker 1: Yes day was pretty smooth, right, nice snack of wings.

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00:46:30,800 --> 00:46:33,279
Speaker 1: That's good. Yeah, go ahead, start, yeah, give us give

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00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,239
Speaker 1: us a little insight as to how it's gone. I mean,

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00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:37,839
Speaker 1: is it just are they just getting you acclimated. I'm

784
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: like showing you what meeting rooms you're in, where the

785
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 1: weight room is getting you know, it's basically giving you

786
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: the nickel tour. Or did they sit you down and

787
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,760
Speaker 1: put you to work and start showing you the playbook

788
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 1: that kind of thing or both. There's our boat, I'll

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00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: say both on the back. Before then got down here.

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00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,759
Speaker 1: You know, we all were one over the playbook, you know,

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00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:55,279
Speaker 1: me and every day at one o'clock. But when I

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00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 1: got died here there was some like, you know what

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00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,319
Speaker 1: the weight room bade the meaning wrong, you know, being

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00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: fitted for my head element, things like that. And then

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00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: Mark Quez, I'm sure you took a look at the

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00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:09,880
Speaker 1: Bills schedule, and knowing you are a Shreveport native, I

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00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 1: have to imagine you are very happy to see that

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00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 1: the Bills will be playing the Saints on Thanksgiving. That

799
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: was probably a day you figured you'd be away from

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00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: your family, and now here on Thanksgiving in your rookie year,

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00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:25,760
Speaker 1: you're probably gonna have what how many how many family

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00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: members in the stands for that game? You think, man

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00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,879
Speaker 1: at a lot. You know, when that schedule came out,

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00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: everybody's seen that game. You're about tapping my line saying

805
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: they're gonna be down there. I mean, my high school

806
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: football coaches even said they canceling practis for the day.

807
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,760
Speaker 1: As a whole, I have a whole lot of family

808
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 1: dying off for certain. It's got to tell you, Marquez.

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00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: When I was playing I rarely. I grew up out West,

810
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: and when the Bills finally got a game in Denver,

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Speaker 1: I got and the schedule came out, I got one

812
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:53,840
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six ticket requests for I had to

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00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: get one hundred and eighty six tickets. I want you

814
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 1: to keep track of how many requests you have to

815
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: get out. Tell them you don't get free tickets, but

816
00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:03,839
Speaker 1: you get it for That's the key. Don't get left.

817
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,439
Speaker 1: Don't get left holding that bag. That's my one tip

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00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: to you. Make sure they know you don't get them

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00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: for free. And number two, get somebody to handle that

820
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: for you so you don't have to worry about it.

821
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: You can just focus on the game plan that week

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00:48:15,960 --> 00:48:18,279
Speaker 1: and let somebody else handle your tickets for you, whether

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00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,280
Speaker 1: it's your agent or somebody else. I'm not telling you anything.

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00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: You probably don't know. Um, So so lay this out

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00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: for me, because I I found these connections fascinating. You

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00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: kind of shared with us after you got drafted that

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00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 1: you were at Oliver's roommate at Houston dorm, you know,

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00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,319
Speaker 1: dorm together, so you already had that relationship walking in

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00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 1: the door, and then you blew us away when you talk,

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00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 1: I mean us being up north. We don't know how

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00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: big Shreveport is is you know, is it a small town,

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00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 1: is it a big town. We don't know how many

833
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: people are in Shreveport. But to find out that you

834
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 1: were like best buds with tradevious White's brother growing up,

835
00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: I mean that was just mind blowing for us. So

836
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 1: how how crazy is it for you to not have

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00:49:01,080 --> 00:49:04,400
Speaker 1: one connection on this Bill's roster but two walking in

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00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 1: the door. I mean, I feel like best above worlds,

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Speaker 1: you know, man having type of relationship we had to

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00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:11,880
Speaker 1: men to Daves, having type of relationship we had, you know,

841
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: me growing up, I mean not to Davis, you know,

842
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 1: since I was eight years old. So I mean I

843
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: just sept at this house before all, and and just

844
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 1: mean to end up in college, know, being roommates with

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00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,359
Speaker 1: him before he decided to declare to the NFL. I mean,

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00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,960
Speaker 1: just having those two guys to learn from and also

847
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: being like older guys already in the league. I mean,

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00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: it means a lot. Give us an insights to what

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00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:32,360
Speaker 1: what did Tavias say to you? I mean, I know

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00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 1: you guys spoke right away and he sent you a

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00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 1: video probably what what are some of the conversation more

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00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 1: concrete conversations about what you can expect, what to do,

853
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 1: what to stay away from? What? What advice is to

854
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 1: Davia's giving you already? I mean, just keep your head

855
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:47,880
Speaker 1: down and just keep working. You know, you don't have

856
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: some good days. You're gonna have some bad days, but

857
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 1: don't let your bad days carry over, you know, just

858
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:53,840
Speaker 1: keep going and keep looking forward and just no matter what,

859
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: just keep your head down and keep fighting. I gotta believe, though, Markquez,

860
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 1: that is a resource for you as a receiver to

861
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: tap into that. A lot of rookies are just not

862
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:07,399
Speaker 1: going to feel comfortable. You know. I picture yourself as

863
00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: a rookie somewhere else going against veteran corners in practice

864
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 1: that that you don't know very well. You're probably not

865
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: going to approach them and say, hey, when I did this,

866
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: what are you looking to do? From a defensive perspective

867
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: as a corner there to keep me from staying on

868
00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 1: the timing of my route or something like that. You

869
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:29,239
Speaker 1: feel comfortable bouncing that off Tradavious, who's seen it at

870
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:32,759
Speaker 1: this level for four years? How valuable a resource do

871
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 1: you think he can be to kind of help you

872
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 1: shorten your learning curve as a rookie. I mean real value,

873
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:40,840
Speaker 1: were real value? But no, you mentioned in the video. No,

874
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna be We're gonna be together every day practice,

875
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: no for so long, getting each other better. I know.

876
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 1: So you're gonna make me that a better player, and

877
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try my best and make him a better playeroffs. Yeah,

878
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:50,879
Speaker 1: when you and you come up here, have they given

879
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:52,839
Speaker 1: you advice? Like are they saying, hey, you can you

880
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: can hold up at my place for a while or whatever?

881
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 1: I think? I mean this is because this is it's

882
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: a different life up you. I mean, you don't have

883
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: a dorm to just check into. You gotta go find

884
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,360
Speaker 1: a place, you gotta get comfortable. It's a big adjustment

885
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 1: from Cotton. No matter what college you went to, what

886
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,440
Speaker 1: atmosphere you were in, it's a big adjustment. Have they

887
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 1: given you is like, hey, I'm gonna take care of

888
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,239
Speaker 1: you all that kind of thing. Are they giving the

889
00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 1: advice how to go down having just as I having

890
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: an acting yet? You know, can I stand? I know?

891
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: I mean and to David like I said, I mean,

892
00:51:22,719 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 1: we got a crazy relationship to get I know it

893
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,120
Speaker 1: won't be a problem. Sure, right, And then mark quest

894
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 1: with respect to your position specifically, is there one position

895
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:37,720
Speaker 1: they're having you focus on out the gate here? Because

896
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: we know in time Brian Dable, the offensive coordinator, likes

897
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: receivers to learn all the positions so he can deploy

898
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,800
Speaker 1: you wherever he sees fit in a given game week.

899
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 1: I'm just curious where they might be starting you at

900
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 1: right now, right now on the extraceive. You know, they

901
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: told me they want me to get the extraceiver downpeck,

902
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 1: you know, just master that one further then up, I'm

903
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:02,880
Speaker 1: messing down. Then we can move on from there. Gotcha,

904
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:07,799
Speaker 1: Wide receivers coach Chad Hall, what's your relationship been, what's

905
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:10,040
Speaker 1: your conversation's been like with him? I know he's the

906
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,360
Speaker 1: guy that you deal with on a day to day basis,

907
00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 1: him and Brian dayball. Have you had a chance to

908
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 1: sit down with Chad Hall's for sure? Like I said,

909
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: I mean, we will meet every Monday. I mean, well, yeah,

910
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,399
Speaker 1: every day at one o'clock. You know, we're just going

911
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,800
Speaker 1: over the plage. You know, he give me quiz. You know,

912
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:26,759
Speaker 1: I'm telling back my feedbacks, just trying to see how

913
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,839
Speaker 1: good I can learn. And then Mark quest it's hard

914
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 1: not to notice three kick returns for touchdowns in your

915
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,959
Speaker 1: last two years of school, all of them real long ones.

916
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:42,160
Speaker 1: So maybe just talk to me about your approach on

917
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,879
Speaker 1: kick return. Are you just like a stick your foot

918
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,920
Speaker 1: in the ground, one cut and go guy, or do

919
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: you find that you tend to have more success we

920
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 1: even in and out of traffic. I mean, just either one.

921
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: You know what's able to play? My brain me? I

922
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,120
Speaker 1: feel like you know my speed and my play makability.

923
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,880
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like that's not depend on you know,

924
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,480
Speaker 1: just no matter offense. Are on special team now, like

925
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 1: get the ball, I'm looking to score. What are you

926
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:05,759
Speaker 1: looking to do this the rest of this week? What

927
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,799
Speaker 1: have they got planned for you? Is this rookie mini

928
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,360
Speaker 1: camp it comes to a close and then down the

929
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,279
Speaker 1: road a month or two? What's your What does your

930
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: agenda look like? So I think I don't recommend it

931
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:17,719
Speaker 1: can actually start tomorrow so I'm trying to, you know,

932
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: go out there and do what I know I can do,

933
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:20,719
Speaker 1: you know, just to play fast, you know, and just

934
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:24,000
Speaker 1: make plays. Just after that, you know, just whatever whatever

935
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 1: it brings, you know, from workouts to live things, just anything.

936
00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: And so Mark has as you come out of Rookie

937
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:34,920
Speaker 1: Mini Camp, what what do you think would be a

938
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:36,800
Speaker 1: good week for you, Like at the end of this

939
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:40,680
Speaker 1: week and when Rookie Mining Camp wraps up, what are

940
00:53:40,719 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 1: you hoping you can say about what you've kind of

941
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:47,800
Speaker 1: put in the memory bank and basically absorbed and applied.

942
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: I mean, just want to just by Sunday, I want

943
00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,040
Speaker 1: to just not to myself like I went out there

944
00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: and idea that I wanted to do. Let's make plays

945
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:57,920
Speaker 1: and do what I do what I know I'm capable

946
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:02,600
Speaker 1: of doing. One more ques. It's congratulations on sixth round

947
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 1: pick of the Buffalo Bills. It's you came into a

948
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:07,000
Speaker 1: really good culture. We wish you all the best. I

949
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:09,440
Speaker 1: know that you've got a lot on your plate right

950
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:11,440
Speaker 1: now and we appreciate you setting aside some time to

951
00:54:11,480 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: come in and talk with us. And we're gonna hopefully

952
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,320
Speaker 1: get a chance to speak with you during the regular

953
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: season as well. Good luck to you man, Yes, for sure,

954
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:21,760
Speaker 1: appreciate you. All right. That's Marquez Stevenson, Bills wide receiver,

955
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: newest Bills wide receiver on the roster, sixth round draft

956
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:28,600
Speaker 1: choice out of Houston. And when you have that built

957
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:32,320
Speaker 1: in support system, I mean, this is a very welcoming

958
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,360
Speaker 1: locker room to begin with. They put their arms around

959
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: new guys, especially young players. They don't mind mentoring guys

960
00:54:37,680 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 1: like that. But when you could walk into a locker

961
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,439
Speaker 1: room and there's a guy you played two three years

962
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,919
Speaker 1: of college with and dorned with, you know it wasn't

963
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:50,319
Speaker 1: just well, I was his teammate on the field after

964
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 1: practice and after you hit the showers, you're getting a

965
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:54,799
Speaker 1: bite to eat with Ed and then you're going back

966
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:56,440
Speaker 1: to your room for the night and you're studying or

967
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: doing whatever, watching TV. Together. This that I mean he

968
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: lived with that guy like on a daily basis. He

969
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:04,279
Speaker 1: grew up at he grew up in Tradavious White's house.

970
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:07,000
Speaker 1: I mean he's best buddies with his little brother. Yeah,

971
00:55:07,040 --> 00:55:08,719
Speaker 1: I mean you know how that is. I mean you've

972
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:11,400
Speaker 1: you've it's like probably had dinners over right, He's like

973
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: you you know him and you've had jokes that have

974
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: nothing to do with foot You have jokes about your

975
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,279
Speaker 1: families together, right, I mean it's like that, that kind

976
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: of deep relationship and you both came from the same

977
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:24,240
Speaker 1: place to get to this level. Yeah, it's connect amazing.

978
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: What a what a lucky guy Mark Quez is to

979
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 1: be in this situation. He's got to feel ten times

980
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: more comfortable. I remember what it was like for me.

981
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 1: You know, it was a I mean, it happened. Rookie

982
00:55:36,719 --> 00:55:39,759
Speaker 1: mini camps happened almost. It was way faster than they

983
00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 1: do now. You get a couple of weeks from the

984
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,840
Speaker 1: draft to the mini camp. We had like seven days.

985
00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: It was the next weekend that you were You almost

986
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:50,359
Speaker 1: didn't have time after the draft. Yeah, you didn't even

987
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:52,440
Speaker 1: have time to pack. You were off and running and

988
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 1: the you know, the just the you're in over your

989
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 1: head right away, because you know they do. They they

990
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:01,879
Speaker 1: throw you in the pool and expect you to swim

991
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:04,040
Speaker 1: through the information they're giving you. Part of that is

992
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:07,319
Speaker 1: an exercise to see how much you can handle. Oh yeah,

993
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 1: and process and apply and yeah, they make it impossible

994
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:16,360
Speaker 1: to see what is possible. And but you know, you

995
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: want to be a part of that team so badly,

996
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:22,719
Speaker 1: and every small shortcoming that you have where you miss

997
00:56:22,760 --> 00:56:25,799
Speaker 1: a play or miss a question or some innocuous thing whatever,

998
00:56:25,880 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 1: you just feel like it's going to get you cut.

999
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,919
Speaker 1: It feels gigantic, it feels huge, and even like he said,

1000
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 1: when you want to get it, they're gonna get on

1001
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,399
Speaker 1: the field and get into some pleads actually and got

1002
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:41,719
Speaker 1: out and run around. The adrenaline and nervous energy will

1003
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:45,000
Speaker 1: be palpable for those guys there. You're gonna have to

1004
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 1: peel them off the walls just to go a walk through. Yeah,

1005
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:52,319
Speaker 1: it's just that's how excited and energize those young guys

1006
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: are when they get out there. And I remember when

1007
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 1: we talk to our good friend Greg Cosell about Stevenson,

1008
00:56:57,560 --> 00:57:00,359
Speaker 1: he talked about him being very much a straight line

1009
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: speed guy, not necessarily a get in, get out guy.

1010
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 1: And so it's no surprise to me anyway that you

1011
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: know Marquez is telling us, Yeah, they got me lining

1012
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:12,839
Speaker 1: up at X right now. But you know he's got

1013
00:57:13,160 --> 00:57:16,440
Speaker 1: he's if you look at his stature, you would say, oh,

1014
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: probably a slot receiver, but I think he plays big

1015
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:24,480
Speaker 1: enough outside and he's kind of a long legged guy.

1016
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 1: He's a long legged guy. I mean he's all legs.

1017
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:30,120
Speaker 1: His torso is not big at all, but he's all legs,

1018
00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: which speaks to his speed. So it's not surprising to

1019
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: hear you know, I'm learning X first, but you know Dable,

1020
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: he's gonna have them learn all three spots. I mean,

1021
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:40,880
Speaker 1: that's what they did with Kay Brill Davis. But I

1022
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: think this guy's an x or Z. Probably in this offense,

1023
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,760
Speaker 1: you got Cole Beasley already as your primary slot. Sanders

1024
00:57:47,880 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: is probably your next in line slot, you know, if

1025
00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:54,080
Speaker 1: something happens to Beasley, and then even then after that,

1026
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:57,800
Speaker 1: Isaiah Hodgins did a lot of work inside as a

1027
00:57:57,840 --> 00:58:01,040
Speaker 1: taller player, but still a slot guy. This guy's probably

1028
00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:03,880
Speaker 1: factoring in somewhere at x or Z. I would think, yeah,

1029
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:06,520
Speaker 1: they'll start him slow. And one of the things too,

1030
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:08,800
Speaker 1: is the coaches don't want to crush their spirit, you know,

1031
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:12,200
Speaker 1: like like they can't do anything right. So what they

1032
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: do is they start him, give them one position, and

1033
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,040
Speaker 1: then branch out from there. And that's it's like teaching

1034
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:19,520
Speaker 1: anything master this starting on to the next thing. Start

1035
00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:23,600
Speaker 1: with the basics, build on that and uh and start

1036
00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,440
Speaker 1: to expand as they get as a master certain aspects

1037
00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:28,960
Speaker 1: of the offense. It's it's gonna take a while. And

1038
00:58:29,680 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 1: like he said, it is day one. They're not even

1039
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:33,640
Speaker 1: on the field yet. I know I'm not telling you

1040
00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:35,560
Speaker 1: anything that you don't know. But the more you can do,

1041
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,080
Speaker 1: the better chance you have. Is sticking, especially on a roster,

1042
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,880
Speaker 1: is tough to make. Is this one and his kick

1043
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 1: return ability alone, it's the kicker, well, yes, that's that's big.

1044
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:48,880
Speaker 1: It's really big. And like I said, too, he shows

1045
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: the athleticism and you know, the speed to be a

1046
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,680
Speaker 1: dangerous kick returner. And I said this, one of the

1047
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:58,080
Speaker 1: reasons that Andre Roberts was such or is a Pro

1048
00:58:58,200 --> 00:59:01,080
Speaker 1: Bowl kick returner is the decision making back there when

1049
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:04,400
Speaker 1: to fair catch, when to bring it out, and how

1050
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 1: productive you are when the ball when you catch the

1051
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 1: ball right. And so it's we'll see how that how

1052
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 1: that goes for him. But man, oh man, whenever you've

1053
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 1: got a highlight film that lasts as long as his

1054
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:17,080
Speaker 1: does hit right, I was gonna I was gonna double

1055
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:19,400
Speaker 1: check this because I think my memory is right on this.

1056
00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:23,400
Speaker 1: But I believe he has twenty two touchdowns the last

1057
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:28,000
Speaker 1: three seasons at Houston m I'm gonna double check that now,

1058
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 1: and my computer isn't the fastest in the West, so

1059
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:34,520
Speaker 1: i'll see if I'm right about that. But I want

1060
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: to say he had a total of twenty three or

1061
00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 1: twenty two touchdowns in the last Yeah, yeah, there it

1062
00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 1: is twenty two touchdowns in the last three seasons. So

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00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:52,280
Speaker 1: that's production. Boy, yeah it is. And good for him.

1064
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,680
Speaker 1: I mean, that's it's it's gonna be fun. Um, there

1065
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:58,440
Speaker 1: is gonna be surprisingly And we've been talking about this

1066
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:01,440
Speaker 1: about you know how the Tennessee Titans you kind of

1067
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,400
Speaker 1: think they might be taking a step back. The Pittsburgh

1068
01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 1: Steachers aren't quite the same roster a team that they've been.

1069
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:12,439
Speaker 1: The Bills are in a spot where they have, through

1070
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 1: careful planning and precise execution of their contract situation, their

1071
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 1: free agents, their position groups, who they're paying, what they're paying,

1072
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:26,680
Speaker 1: how they're paying them, they have not gotten to a

1073
01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:29,040
Speaker 1: point where you can even look down the horizons say

1074
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:30,840
Speaker 1: next year is going to be vastly different than this

1075
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,160
Speaker 1: year was. This year the cap crushed them, Otherwise it

1076
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:36,400
Speaker 1: might have been a very different offseason, but they were

1077
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:38,880
Speaker 1: no different than a lot of other teams that were

1078
01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: you know, everybody got chopped thirty million dollars. So the

1079
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: Bills seem to be in this spot where they can

1080
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:52,840
Speaker 1: their windows going to remain open and competitive going forward.

1081
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 1: Other teams are in the same position. The Colts have

1082
01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: been in this position for about three years. And I

1083
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:01,640
Speaker 1: think it takes careful plan and the ability, like I

1084
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:06,960
Speaker 1: said earlier in the week, to a say goodbye to

1085
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:12,640
Speaker 1: really good players that maybe get overpaid or outpriced outside

1086
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:17,600
Speaker 1: your envelope of comfort, and b your knowledge and confidence

1087
01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 1: that you're going to get guys to replace him that

1088
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:21,160
Speaker 1: are as good or better or at least have a

1089
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,280
Speaker 1: couple of options to replace that guy. That's been the

1090
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:28,040
Speaker 1: real key with free agency. It's not that you're losing

1091
01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:31,200
Speaker 1: good players. It's that you pick precisely the guys that

1092
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 1: fit your scheme and that have a chance to really

1093
01:01:33,720 --> 01:01:36,360
Speaker 1: make you better. And I think Brandon Being applied that

1094
01:01:36,440 --> 01:01:38,880
Speaker 1: in the draft as well. Remember he said we're drafting

1095
01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,200
Speaker 1: long term, not short term. And then look at the

1096
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:46,960
Speaker 1: first four picks, two pass rushers, two offensive tackles. If

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01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 1: you're a veteran at those positions and you're making a

1098
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:53,760
Speaker 1: lot of money, it lights aspire this might be your

1099
01:01:53,840 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: last year on the roster, just from a pure cost perspective,

1100
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,400
Speaker 1: not even a performance perspective. And that's you know, that's

1101
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 1: the reality cost of doing business. But it is the

1102
01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:04,080
Speaker 1: cost of doing business. But you can't, you know, it's

1103
01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:06,320
Speaker 1: nothing you should feel bad about those guys. They signed

1104
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 1: really good deals. No, it's not, and it should not

1105
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: negative person should not negatively reflect on the abilities of

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01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:17,560
Speaker 1: the veteran players at all. It's a matter of we're

1107
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,080
Speaker 1: gonna have to pay a quarterback upwards of forty to

1108
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:23,760
Speaker 1: forty two million dollars a year starting next season, and

1109
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to pay the starting middle linebacker who

1110
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,880
Speaker 1: runs our defense upwards of twelve to thirteen a year

1111
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:34,200
Speaker 1: on a long term deal. And that's fifty two million

1112
01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:38,320
Speaker 1: dollars a year for two players. So we're gonna have

1113
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:43,280
Speaker 1: to subtract from somewhere else and find capable players on

1114
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: rookie contracts to step into starting roles as early as

1115
01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:52,680
Speaker 1: next year. So it's not a mistake that they drafted

1116
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: two pass rushers and two offensive tackles with their first

1117
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:58,200
Speaker 1: four draft choices. I mean they not. They may not

1118
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:01,720
Speaker 1: have necessarily gone as heavily in those two position areas.

1119
01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:04,800
Speaker 1: But because of the value on their board and what

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01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 1: they may be facing financially in twenty twenty two, you

1121
01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 1: can understand why they did exactly, and it also colored

1122
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:18,480
Speaker 1: their thinking when free agency opened up and their ability

1123
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:21,800
Speaker 1: to stand strong when they had really good players who

1124
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 1: might leave to say, well, we'd love to have you,

1125
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:28,560
Speaker 1: but we're here's our number. And you get guys like

1126
01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:32,560
Speaker 1: Matt Milano and you know, John Feliciano and Darryl Williams saying,

1127
01:03:32,560 --> 01:03:34,760
Speaker 1: you know what, that's good enough for me. I'm ready

1128
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:36,040
Speaker 1: to come back and be a part of what you're

1129
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:39,080
Speaker 1: building here. So not only is Brandon Bean staying disciplined

1130
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:43,120
Speaker 1: in his finances, Sean McDermott is cultivating an atmosphere in

1131
01:03:43,160 --> 01:03:44,600
Speaker 1: a culture the guys want to be a part of.

1132
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 1: And just for the record, those twenty two touchdowns by

1133
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: Marcus Stevenson, those are all receiving touchdowns. We're not even

1134
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:54,439
Speaker 1: counting his three kick returns for touchdowns. So twenty five

1135
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:59,880
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the last three seasons. That's good production, Steve. Yeah,

1136
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:02,800
Speaker 1: and the big thing with him protection, It gets you

1137
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:04,960
Speaker 1: to the next level. Yeah. The big thing with him is,

1138
01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:07,480
Speaker 1: like we were saying, He's not a stutter step, juke

1139
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:09,840
Speaker 1: and jive guy that's gonna shake you out of your

1140
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:13,800
Speaker 1: shoes at the line of scrimmage. But all the scouting,

1141
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: I've read more than one scouttering report on him, and

1142
01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:18,160
Speaker 1: I've seen this to a certain degree on film. But

1143
01:04:18,280 --> 01:04:19,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the first to admit I don't have

1144
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:22,000
Speaker 1: the trained eye for this. But after reading it and

1145
01:04:22,040 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 1: then watching his film again, I'm like, oh, yeah, they're right,

1146
01:04:24,920 --> 01:04:29,120
Speaker 1: I see it now. One step acceleration to top speed.

1147
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:31,720
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what makes him valuable as a kick returner,

1148
01:04:31,760 --> 01:04:33,840
Speaker 1: as you well know, but that's what also makes him

1149
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:37,400
Speaker 1: valuable outside getting off the line of scrimmage. You give

1150
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 1: this guy a free release, you're gonna have a major,

1151
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 1: major problem. Yeah, And that's you can see it all

1152
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:44,840
Speaker 1: around the league, more so this year maybe than others.

1153
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 1: The premium not only on speed, but having enough speed

1154
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:53,440
Speaker 1: on your team that you have at least one of

1155
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:56,560
Speaker 1: those guys on the field all the time. You got

1156
01:04:56,680 --> 01:05:00,360
Speaker 1: to have a guy that stresses the defense vertically. When

1157
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:01,760
Speaker 1: you're on offense, You've got to have a guy that

1158
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:06,280
Speaker 1: stresses the defense vertically constantly. Especially with the loss of

1159
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:11,040
Speaker 1: John Brown, Now, Gabriel Davis is not necessarily an elite

1160
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 1: speed guy, but he does find ways to get behind

1161
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:15,080
Speaker 1: defenses to make plays down the fields. He did it

1162
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,200
Speaker 1: last year as a rookie in the absence of John

1163
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:20,000
Speaker 1: Brown when he missed seven games. This guy is another

1164
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:24,479
Speaker 1: another guy from a depth perspective that fills the bill

1165
01:05:24,640 --> 01:05:28,640
Speaker 1: in that regard. Yeah. Now, Mark Quez is a guy

1166
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:31,360
Speaker 1: that could take a top off a defense. Yeah, And

1167
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,520
Speaker 1: whether you throw it to him or not, you gotta

1168
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 1: put a guy on him. You got to. And that's

1169
01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:39,560
Speaker 1: what it does is and people will, you know, why

1170
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 1: do they have to? They cover him? And what happens

1171
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:44,000
Speaker 1: is you take the top off the defense and the

1172
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:48,480
Speaker 1: space becomes apparent to the quarterback because he backs the

1173
01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:52,400
Speaker 1: defense off. And as you've seen in recent years, it's

1174
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:55,040
Speaker 1: become in vogue and a smart way to do it.

1175
01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:58,840
Speaker 1: That teams are not only stretching them from the line

1176
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:01,240
Speaker 1: of scrimmage to the far back end zone at the

1177
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,160
Speaker 1: other end, they're stretching him sideline to sideline right at

1178
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:07,720
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. So when you start to get

1179
01:06:07,800 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 1: your defense that thinly spread, a guy like Josh Allen

1180
01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: makes hey like he did last year and is able to,

1181
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:18,320
Speaker 1: you know, take a big step up in his production.

1182
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: But you've got to have guys like that. I think

1183
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,040
Speaker 1: the Bills were as far out in front of anybody

1184
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:28,600
Speaker 1: quote finger quotes technologically speaking as any because they Week one,

1185
01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:31,840
Speaker 1: boom four wides, let's go, and they did it with

1186
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:34,760
Speaker 1: a rookie wide receiver. And I don't want to give

1187
01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:36,560
Speaker 1: it away or anything, but did you know who caught

1188
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:40,320
Speaker 1: the first pass of the twenty twenty season? Caught the

1189
01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 1: first pass of the twenty twenty season against the Jets

1190
01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:47,520
Speaker 1: in Week one last year? Who caught the first pass?

1191
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:55,320
Speaker 1: I don't mean to say Devin singled there, Gabe Davis.

1192
01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 1: Sabe Davis, rookie right out of the blocks. Nice that

1193
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:04,560
Speaker 1: you know it was, and hit Gabe David. You can't

1194
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:06,440
Speaker 1: say enough about the year he had, forget about the

1195
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:11,120
Speaker 1: touchdowns and all that. His ability to forge a place

1196
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,760
Speaker 1: on the roster, in the starting lineup on day one

1197
01:07:14,800 --> 01:07:18,560
Speaker 1: on that team says a lot about where his ceiling

1198
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:23,720
Speaker 1: could be. Just an outstanding testament to what he was

1199
01:07:23,800 --> 01:07:25,840
Speaker 1: as a rookie man. That's why they drafted him where

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01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:29,920
Speaker 1: they did. I don't know if it'll happen with seventeen games,

1201
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 1: but I think he might be able to flirt with

1202
01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:34,960
Speaker 1: a thousand yards. We know Diggs is gonna get his basily,

1203
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 1: he's gonna get his, and Sanders is probably gonna get his,

1204
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:41,320
Speaker 1: which may make it impossible for Davis to reach that mark.

1205
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:45,440
Speaker 1: But he's gonna see a lot of single coverage. He's

1206
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,600
Speaker 1: gonna see a lot of one on ones. Yes you will,

1207
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:51,960
Speaker 1: and Davis wins on those situations more often than not.

1208
01:07:52,520 --> 01:07:56,600
Speaker 1: And there's gonna be a lot of Well, they're not

1209
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:04,440
Speaker 1: gonna they're not gonna throw it less. I don't think. No, No,

1210
01:08:05,600 --> 01:08:10,520
Speaker 1: there were times last season where Josh Allen dropped back.

1211
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:14,240
Speaker 1: The only thing that could stop the Buffalo Bills passing

1212
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 1: attack was the Bills dropped past penalty what have you? Yeah,

1213
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:24,160
Speaker 1: that was it, because Josh would step back in the pocket.

1214
01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:26,920
Speaker 1: He would stand there and make a throw. If it

1215
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:30,840
Speaker 1: wasn't there and the pocket collapsed, he'd brake contain and

1216
01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:35,519
Speaker 1: they could not catch him on enough occasions to stop

1217
01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:38,080
Speaker 1: the drives. They just you couldn't get him off the field,

1218
01:08:38,800 --> 01:08:42,559
Speaker 1: and it looked like it looked like seven on seven.

1219
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:44,800
Speaker 1: That's why they were number one in the league on

1220
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:47,080
Speaker 1: third down conversions. Yeah, I mean, he couldn't get him

1221
01:08:47,080 --> 01:08:49,920
Speaker 1: off the field. Plus and we have toe tapping, like

1222
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,880
Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis is demonstrating right there between him, Jiggs and

1223
01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:57,400
Speaker 1: Beasley in my post season and now this, now, I

1224
01:08:57,400 --> 01:08:58,920
Speaker 1: guess we're in the pre or we're in the preseason,

1225
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:01,320
Speaker 1: or we're in the off season. My offseason film study

1226
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:05,679
Speaker 1: that I've been watching. The thing that gets me about

1227
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:08,920
Speaker 1: it is the Bills threw more than anybody on first down.

1228
01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:14,480
Speaker 1: What one of the reasons Josh Allen took the quantum

1229
01:09:14,600 --> 01:09:16,920
Speaker 1: leap that he did this last year. It wasn't just

1230
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:19,440
Speaker 1: a step, it was a quantum leap, was his willingness

1231
01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:24,000
Speaker 1: on particularly on those first down throws. For look, keep

1232
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:27,760
Speaker 1: his eyes downfield, downfield, downfield, and hits some downfield. But

1233
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:30,960
Speaker 1: he never got stuck with a ball in his hands.

1234
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:32,920
Speaker 1: And he would dump it off and it would be

1235
01:09:33,560 --> 01:09:36,800
Speaker 1: second and eight or I mean second and two, after

1236
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:39,400
Speaker 1: an eight yard game on second down and second and

1237
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:44,720
Speaker 1: two or second and three or first ten. Again they

1238
01:09:44,760 --> 01:09:50,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't he'd dump it off. Devin Singletary, whoever, digs Beasley, whoever.

1239
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:54,760
Speaker 1: After they get so deep in the play, Allan just

1240
01:09:55,080 --> 01:09:57,479
Speaker 1: finally finds a guy hits it, they accept a seven

1241
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:00,439
Speaker 1: yard game instead of an incomplete pass. And I think

1242
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,360
Speaker 1: Allan's ability and willingness to just dump it off and

1243
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:07,800
Speaker 1: take the completion was enormous as that season wore on

1244
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:09,960
Speaker 1: and it led to the kind of offensive year that

1245
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:14,880
Speaker 1: they had. But I think that was an underlying huge

1246
01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: aspect of the step forward Josh Allen took was his

1247
01:10:18,240 --> 01:10:21,960
Speaker 1: ability and desire on first down to take what they

1248
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:25,200
Speaker 1: gave him and set himself up for success in later downs.

1249
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:30,240
Speaker 1: I noticed it a ton in the early part of

1250
01:10:30,280 --> 01:10:32,760
Speaker 1: the season when he, you know, the second week of

1251
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:35,360
Speaker 1: the season in Miami, had four hundred and whatever yards

1252
01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:38,479
Speaker 1: and all sudden people were like, what what do you do?

1253
01:10:39,320 --> 01:10:42,000
Speaker 1: And that was a big reason why, no question about it.

1254
01:10:42,240 --> 01:10:44,880
Speaker 1: And if he doesn't drop those three touchdown passes. Last year,

1255
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:47,479
Speaker 1: Cape Davis has ten touchdowns and leads the team in

1256
01:10:47,560 --> 01:10:51,719
Speaker 1: receiving tds stead he finishes with seven, which I believe

1257
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:57,560
Speaker 1: was one behind Stefan Dix. I think about that, telling you,

1258
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:00,360
Speaker 1: man a lot of one on one cover for that

1259
01:11:00,439 --> 01:11:04,280
Speaker 1: young pup, Peak can blow up. Maybe fourteen wins is

1260
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:08,519
Speaker 1: the floor we could blow up. Maybe I'm telling you

1261
01:11:08,840 --> 01:11:11,280
Speaker 1: they're good, they will blow up. They're gonna be good

1262
01:11:11,320 --> 01:11:14,280
Speaker 1: again this year. How how healthy they stay and what

1263
01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:16,680
Speaker 1: the other teams they play, how big a step or

1264
01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:20,040
Speaker 1: forward or step back they take. But this Bill's team

1265
01:11:20,120 --> 01:11:24,120
Speaker 1: is going to be a load offensively. We are gonna

1266
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:27,160
Speaker 1: step aside and take a break here, but when we return,

1267
01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:29,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna get your thoughts on the tweet sheet for

1268
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:33,879
Speaker 1: your biggest takeaways on the Bills twenty twenty one regular

1269
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,439
Speaker 1: season schedule. It is out there for you to digest

1270
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 1: in all its glory, but we want to know what

1271
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Speaker 1: your biggest takeaway is from. It's something you're really happy

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Speaker 1: to see, something you're disappointed about, something that you think

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Speaker 1: is a little strange. With respect to the schedule, we'll

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Speaker 1: take all comers on it. We'll get to your comments

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Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet, but open lines for you at

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

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Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty Get on board. Let us

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Speaker 1: know what you think here on One Bill's Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by a Lot of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you.

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Speaker 1: We want to remind you that connect Life, one of

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Speaker 1: our proud partners here with the Bills, has declared a

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Speaker 1: blood emergency. They are in need of donors. For more information,

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Speaker 1: if you're interested in donating, you can call seven one

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Speaker 1: and there's a there's a button that you can click

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Speaker 1: on on the screen there to set up a donation

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Speaker 1: appointment as well. There is a major shortage. We understand that.

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Speaker 1: You know, with the pandemic, people have been reluctant, you know,

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Speaker 1: to go and give blood. But I just gave blood

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Speaker 1: last week. Everybody's man asked up. You know, they ask

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Speaker 1: you all the same questions. I know. In some cases

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Speaker 1: you can fill out your donation form online to reduce

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Speaker 1: the amount of time it takes when you go there

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Speaker 1: to donate blood, so you can fill it out beforehand

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Speaker 1: at your leisure and then go in and just do

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Speaker 1: the normal donation type deal where you're sitting on the

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Speaker 1: table and squeezing that ball and you know, getting a

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Speaker 1: pint out for everybody. So yeah, connect life dot org

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Speaker 1: help with the current blood emergency that Connect Life and

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Speaker 1: the American Cross are experiencing right now, So good on

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Speaker 1: you if you want to help your community and do that.

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Speaker 1: I did a couple of weeks ago, and I gotta

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Speaker 1: tell you it's not wall to wall people like some

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Speaker 1: of these blood donation centers. It's only a handful of

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Speaker 1: people there, so you get in and you get out,

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Speaker 1: So it's not a huge time commitment. So if you,

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Speaker 1: if you have the time and your schedule to do it,

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Speaker 1: please help out. They do have a blood emergency. We

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Speaker 1: wanted to get to the tweet sheet, and the tweet

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Speaker 1: Sheets Always is brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

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Speaker 1: the official equipment moving provider of the Buffalo Bills, and

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Speaker 1: we're asking you what your biggest takeaway from the Bills

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Speaker 1: twenty one schedule is. And we're gonna lead off here.

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Speaker 1: If my computer will catch up to me, I am

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Speaker 1: in need of updates, Steve Hi, gotcha, let me do it.

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Speaker 1: From Tiffany Terrible from Tiffany. Good teams get to show

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Speaker 1: who they are in primetime, and without a doubt, we're

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Speaker 1: a championship contender with an MVP candidate who slings the

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Speaker 1: ball all over the field. The rest of the nation

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Speaker 1: will get to see what we've known for a while

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Speaker 1: that we've got one heck of a squad. That from

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Speaker 1: our regular contributor Tiffany from Nick, he says, it looks

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Speaker 1: like a prime time looked like primetime games are here

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Speaker 1: to stay each year as long as we remain contenders.

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Speaker 1: While I personally prefer Sunday at one PM games, I

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Speaker 1: can at least appreciate that multiple primetime games are a

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Speaker 1: sign that our team is good and earned the spot light.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean Mike North confirmed that yesterday right

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Speaker 1: like like I said too, Nick is another one of

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Speaker 1: those people who bills fans thrive Sunday at one You

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Speaker 1: get outside of that, and there's a there's a larger

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Speaker 1: than other teams percentage of population of bills fans that

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Speaker 1: don't like games at funky times, and I get it.

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Speaker 1: Creatures that have it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But as we

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Speaker 1: heard Mike Northsick, you know, the NFL Vice president of

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Speaker 1: Broadcast Planning and one of the NFL schedule makers. He said,

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Speaker 1: oh no, the bills are being heavily requested by our

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Speaker 1: network partners. They want them in primetime windows. They know

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Speaker 1: they will draw eyeballs, they know they play entertaining football.

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Speaker 1: They've got one of the most exciting quarterbacks in the league,

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Speaker 1: so yeah, that they are heavily requested for primetime. It

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Speaker 1: was interesting you asked him that yesterday, said, Hey, is

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Speaker 1: it is it, you know, or the Bills a commodity

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Speaker 1: that that networks want on their screen? Is it something

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Speaker 1: that we're looking at the where the TV people are saying,

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Speaker 1: give us the Bills? And he said, correct, they want

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Speaker 1: they want to see the Buffalo Bills on primetime. So

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Speaker 1: that was that was kind of nice to hear from

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Speaker 1: the guy who actually pulls the trigger on the on

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Speaker 1: the scale, Rusty on the tweet sheets says, I like

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Speaker 1: that we got four nine games, but still feel like

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Speaker 1: the schedule makers or networks feel Bills Mafia and our

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Speaker 1: stadium as small potatoes. Why wouldn't we get a Sunday

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Speaker 1: night football game or a home four twenty five to

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Speaker 1: showcase our team and fans to the nation. No respect

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Speaker 1: for seven one six even when the Bills are good. Well,

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Speaker 1: you have the Monday night game against New England here

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Speaker 1: at home, but as we mentioned at home Monday night

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Speaker 1: game last year as well, and as we mentioned earlier

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Speaker 1: in the show, unfortunately, just the way the schedule worked out.

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Speaker 1: The most attractive opponents for prime time are away game

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Speaker 1: dates for the Bills, Chiefs away, Titans away, Bucks away,

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Speaker 1: Saints away. They just happened to play the most attractive

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Speaker 1: apps on their schedule on the road this year. And

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Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest reason why three of the

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Speaker 1: bills four primetime games are on the road. This is there,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know. I don't know the answer this.

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Speaker 1: I guess I should. But is there a team or

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Speaker 1: two teams or four teams that have multiple home Monday

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Speaker 1: night games. I'll have to take a look a Sunday

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Speaker 1: Sunday at home Monday game. I think the Steelers two

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Speaker 1: of their five are at home. I believe I have

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Speaker 1: to check Cleveland because I think Cleveland got a healthy

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Speaker 1: number of primetime games as well. So I've got Pittsburgh, No,

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Speaker 1: that's league hold onsurgh here. Yeah, so I think Cleveland's

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Speaker 1: got a number of primetime I'll look up Cleveland and

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Speaker 1: got a lot of four twenty five games. But they're

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Speaker 1: they're They're at home against Seattle and at home against

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Speaker 1: Chicago November eighth, and I don't know if November eighth

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Speaker 1: or the October seventeenth is um. Yeah, that's a Sunday

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Speaker 1: night game against the Seahawks, and it's got to be

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Speaker 1: a Monday night game, I guess against Chicago. So I

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Speaker 1: got a Sunday night, Monday night at home the Steelers do.

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Speaker 1: Then they're at LA on primetime, They're at Minnesota and primetime,

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Speaker 1: and they have a home against Cleveland on January third,

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Speaker 1: so they have three home primetime games. Yeah, Steelers. Browns

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Speaker 1: have three primetime games. Two of them are on the road.

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Speaker 1: They do have a lot of four o'clock window games though,

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Speaker 1: it looks like the networks they're all over the AFC

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Speaker 1: North with four o'clock window games. They have a four

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Speaker 1: o'clock window game week one against the Chiefs. You get

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Speaker 1: that one that's on the road for the Browns, and

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Speaker 1: then they have the Browns have a four o'clock window

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Speaker 1: game on the road against the Chargers. You understand that

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Speaker 1: one Herbert and Mayfield. And then they have a four

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Speaker 1: o'clock window game the following week as well, Cardinals at Browns,

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Speaker 1: so you know Murray and Mayfield again. So you know

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Speaker 1: the Browns are on the road a good deal too.

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Speaker 1: In their high visible windows state two. Yeah, the Ravens

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Speaker 1: have listen to this. The Ravens start out with three

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Speaker 1: of their first five on prime time. Yeah, they're at

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Speaker 1: at Vegas home against Kansas City. Then they've got a

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Speaker 1: one o'clock Sunday game, Then they're four to twenty five

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Speaker 1: at Denver, and then eight pm October eleventh against Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: They've got three of the first five on prime time,

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Speaker 1: and the fourth of the five is a four to

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Speaker 1: twenty five game, so they're on and then they have

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Speaker 1: an eight twenty at Miami, an eight twenty at home

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Speaker 1: against Cleveland, a four twenty against Pittsburgh. You're right, the

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Speaker 1: AFC North really pulls it in with the Steelers and

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Speaker 1: the Ravens both having multiple multiple prime games. Yeah, so yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna vary, but I really think that's the reason

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Speaker 1: the majority of Buffalo's primetime games are on the road.

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Speaker 1: Their most attractive opponents on their schedule this year just

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Speaker 1: happened to be road games this year. Sometimes you fall

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Speaker 1: victim to I think that's something I hadn't thought about

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Speaker 1: until you brought up. But you're really right. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the games people want to see. We knew they were

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Speaker 1: on the road. Yeah, a year and a half ago,

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Speaker 1: Andrew on the tweet sheet says, what I don't understand

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Speaker 1: is why do we have to play Kansas City in

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Speaker 1: Tennessee away? Since we played them away last season, we

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Speaker 1: should at least be having home field advantage this season. Well,

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Speaker 1: the schedule doesn't work that way. Well wait a minute, now,

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Speaker 1: we didn't play Kansas City Kansas City. Kansas City was

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Speaker 1: home in the regular season last year away. We played

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Speaker 1: Kansas City in the playoffs away, but that was because

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Speaker 1: of the season that both teams had. That had nothing

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Speaker 1: to do with the schedule maker, right, And the reason

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Speaker 1: the Bills played the Chiefs at home last year was

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Speaker 1: because the Bills were playing the AFC West Division and

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Speaker 1: the NFC West Division as their intra and inter divisional schedules,

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Speaker 1: aside from the playing their own division conference. Yes, thank you.

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Speaker 1: The reason they played the Titans on the road last

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Speaker 1: year was because that was one of their two crossover games,

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Speaker 1: where you play the opponent in your conference, you have

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Speaker 1: two games against opponents in your own conference that finished

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Speaker 1: in the same position in their division as you did

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Speaker 1: in yours. Titans finished second in the AFC South in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Bills finished second in the AFC East in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, so they had to play the Titans, and

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Speaker 1: then who was the other team that would have to

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Speaker 1: be the AFC North team that finished second in the

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Speaker 1: division last year, which was Pittsburgh, So they played They

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Speaker 1: play one of those teams at home, play the other

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Speaker 1: team on the road. So they played the Titans on

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Speaker 1: the road. They played the Steelers at home. And that's

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Speaker 1: just the way the schedule works out. It's based on

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Speaker 1: a rotational schedule where you finish in your division. In

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Speaker 1: determining some of these opponents, it's not based on, wow,

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Speaker 1: we played those guys away last year, we should have

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Speaker 1: to play him home this year. That's just the way

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Speaker 1: it is. A matter of fact, it's the third straight

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Speaker 1: year that the Bills are playing the Titans on the road.

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Speaker 1: They played them at home in twenty eighteen. But pay

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Speaker 1: and think about Pittsburgh. Yeah, they're sitting there thinking, we

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Speaker 1: got to go to Buffalo again, and this time on

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Speaker 1: Opening Day. Yeah, we played them in a night game

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Speaker 1: on the road last year. Now we come right back

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Speaker 1: and play them again on the road, and you know,

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Speaker 1: they've got to be kind of you know, thinking it's

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Speaker 1: more a fixture of the construct of the schedule than

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Speaker 1: it is saying, oh, we can't play them away again.

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Speaker 1: We just played them away last year. It's based on

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Speaker 1: the construct of the schedule. And and just to remind you,

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Speaker 1: so you play every other division in the AFC besides

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Speaker 1: your own every three years. So in twenty eighteen, the

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Speaker 1: Bills played the AFC South and they played the Titans

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Speaker 1: at home here in Buffalo won the game thirteen to

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Speaker 1: twelve on a last second field goal by Stephen Hauskin.

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Speaker 1: Here we are three years later now and they're playing

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Speaker 1: the AFC South again. They played them home in twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Now they have to play Tennessee away in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: just like they're gonna play Jacksonville away in twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one after playing them at home in twenty eighteen, and

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Speaker 1: the other two teams in that division. It flips now

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Speaker 1: after playing Indie on the road and Houston on the

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Speaker 1: road in twenty eighteen, they now get those two teams

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01:23:31,840 --> 01:23:35,400
Speaker 1: at home here three years later. So hopefully that provides

1482
01:23:35,560 --> 01:23:38,679
Speaker 1: some measures clarity on it. It seems when you explain

1483
01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:42,040
Speaker 1: it verbally it's kind of convoluted, but when you look

1484
01:23:42,080 --> 01:23:43,840
Speaker 1: at it on paper, and you see the divisions and

1485
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:47,720
Speaker 1: how worse it's. It's pretty straightforward, that's why. And it

1486
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:51,320
Speaker 1: really comes down to, you know, a year, you can

1487
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:53,080
Speaker 1: kind of go out and east. You know which divisions

1488
01:23:53,080 --> 01:23:54,800
Speaker 1: you're gonna play. You know your own division, so it's

1489
01:23:54,840 --> 01:23:57,519
Speaker 1: going to be interesting as all it comes down to

1490
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,600
Speaker 1: is what's the order the other of finish of the

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01:24:00,680 --> 01:24:02,599
Speaker 1: four teams and that other division that you're gonna play.

1492
01:24:02,680 --> 01:24:07,840
Speaker 1: That tells you who you're going to play. So it's

1493
01:24:08,240 --> 01:24:11,360
Speaker 1: complicated to explain, very simple when you see it on paper,

1494
01:24:11,439 --> 01:24:18,200
Speaker 1: and that's why these really the only the only you know,

1495
01:24:18,600 --> 01:24:20,880
Speaker 1: arbitrary thing that happens is which ones they want to

1496
01:24:20,920 --> 01:24:24,320
Speaker 1: show on primetime. And when you come down to it,

1497
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:27,880
Speaker 1: the big games for Buffalo tend to be on the

1498
01:24:27,960 --> 01:24:31,640
Speaker 1: road this year, Alan on the tweet sheet says, Patriots

1499
01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:33,479
Speaker 1: after a ten day rest the Bills. He used to

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01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:35,200
Speaker 1: get on the other end of that against the Pats.

1501
01:24:35,240 --> 01:24:37,360
Speaker 1: He is right about that, but that is one of

1502
01:24:37,400 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 1: the Actually, both both of the games in which the

1503
01:24:40,120 --> 01:24:43,840
Speaker 1: Bills get extra rest before facing an opponent are division games,

1504
01:24:44,120 --> 01:24:46,800
Speaker 1: which I think is a nice advantage to have and

1505
01:24:46,960 --> 01:24:49,439
Speaker 1: one that Buffalo was often on the other end of

1506
01:24:50,120 --> 01:24:52,120
Speaker 1: that is not the case this year. They get to

1507
01:24:52,160 --> 01:24:55,040
Speaker 1: play the Dolphins the second time after their bye week

1508
01:24:55,080 --> 01:24:58,439
Speaker 1: in week seven, and the Dolphins do play a game

1509
01:24:58,479 --> 01:25:01,000
Speaker 1: in Week seven against the Falcons, and then they get

1510
01:25:01,240 --> 01:25:04,439
Speaker 1: a mini buy coming off the Thanksgiving Day game against

1511
01:25:04,479 --> 01:25:09,719
Speaker 1: the Saints to prepare for the Patriots. And I gotta

1512
01:25:09,760 --> 01:25:12,960
Speaker 1: say this too, steve the bye weeks in week seven, Okay,

1513
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:17,879
Speaker 1: So then you get all the way down to week twelve,

1514
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:20,680
Speaker 1: five weeks later, and you get a mini buy there.

1515
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,760
Speaker 1: So if you think about how things are spaced out,

1516
01:25:24,640 --> 01:25:27,160
Speaker 1: it's pretty favorable. You get the buye at week seven,

1517
01:25:27,600 --> 01:25:30,000
Speaker 1: and then you get that mini buy after the Thanksgiving

1518
01:25:30,080 --> 01:25:33,160
Speaker 1: game in week twelve, you get a little bit of

1519
01:25:33,200 --> 01:25:35,559
Speaker 1: a break to kind of heal up for that stretch

1520
01:25:35,680 --> 01:25:38,240
Speaker 1: run of the last six games there. Yeah, and you

1521
01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:41,679
Speaker 1: think about it, They've got three preseason games, six regular

1522
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:44,240
Speaker 1: season games. That's nine. Then you get a bye week,

1523
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,840
Speaker 1: then you got eight through eighteen. There's ten games there,

1524
01:25:46,960 --> 01:25:48,800
Speaker 1: and in the middle of that you've got the little

1525
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:51,639
Speaker 1: mini buy. So it's spaced out. It couldn't be spaced

1526
01:25:51,680 --> 01:25:55,280
Speaker 1: out more perfectly and ensure one of the more favorable scales. Really,

1527
01:25:55,479 --> 01:25:58,240
Speaker 1: it really is, and of course the opponents, which are

1528
01:25:58,240 --> 01:26:02,640
Speaker 1: all predetermined due to your own division and the divisional

1529
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:06,679
Speaker 1: rotation of the schedule. You never know what those divisions

1530
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:08,680
Speaker 1: are gonna look like year to year. Like last year,

1531
01:26:08,760 --> 01:26:11,040
Speaker 1: it looked really bad for the Bills. It looked like

1532
01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:14,280
Speaker 1: a gauntlet of a schedule. They won thirteen games a

1533
01:26:14,360 --> 01:26:16,720
Speaker 1: regular season, that's how good that season was. This year

1534
01:26:16,920 --> 01:26:19,640
Speaker 1: is kind of the opposite. You got some divisions that

1535
01:26:19,720 --> 01:26:23,240
Speaker 1: have been down. There's maybe one good. You know, Indianapolis

1536
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:25,080
Speaker 1: is good in the AFC South. The other three teams

1537
01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:29,519
Speaker 1: are at least in rebuilding mode. So yeah, you'd never

1538
01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:33,200
Speaker 1: know how that's gonna look year to year, particularly two

1539
01:26:33,320 --> 01:26:36,120
Speaker 1: years to two years. But this is a schedule I

1540
01:26:36,160 --> 01:26:40,720
Speaker 1: think the Buffalo Bills fans are pretty happy about at

1541
01:26:40,800 --> 01:26:43,519
Speaker 1: first glance. Yeah, no question about it. Break time here

1542
01:26:43,600 --> 01:26:45,559
Speaker 1: for us. But when we come back, more of your

1543
01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:48,880
Speaker 1: thoughts on the tweet sheet, your comments on your biggest

1544
01:26:48,920 --> 01:26:51,559
Speaker 1: takeaway from the Bills twenty twenty one schedule, and then

1545
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:53,960
Speaker 1: about fifteen minutes time, we're gonna catch up with former

1546
01:26:54,280 --> 01:26:57,439
Speaker 1: Jets safety Eric Coleman, who was a Jets analyst and

1547
01:26:57,840 --> 01:27:00,880
Speaker 1: radio host on ESPN Radio in New York for his

1548
01:27:01,040 --> 01:27:05,080
Speaker 1: thoughts not only on the Jets draft, but the Jets

1549
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:07,960
Speaker 1: schedule as well. We'll talk to him about fifteen minutes

1550
01:27:08,000 --> 01:27:09,840
Speaker 1: here on One Bills Live presented by Kalid of Health.

1551
01:27:09,840 --> 01:27:23,960
Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio starving up the Bills twenty twenty

1552
01:27:24,000 --> 01:27:31,080
Speaker 1: one schedule seventeen different ways, but on the whole, it's

1553
01:27:31,120 --> 01:27:33,920
Speaker 1: a pretty favorable schedule, and not just because the Bills

1554
01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:36,840
Speaker 1: are a good football team. I think things have been

1555
01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:40,280
Speaker 1: positioned quite well for them. As we've mentioned, the three

1556
01:27:41,800 --> 01:27:44,680
Speaker 1: home games in the first four weeks, the three home

1557
01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:48,760
Speaker 1: games in the last four weeks, a pretty well positioned buy,

1558
01:27:49,360 --> 01:27:52,080
Speaker 1: including what amounts to a mini buy coming off of

1559
01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:56,599
Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving game in week twelve. The rest is spaced

1560
01:27:56,640 --> 01:28:01,920
Speaker 1: out well. They only have two games against teams coming

1561
01:28:01,960 --> 01:28:04,720
Speaker 1: off extra rest, and it's minimal rest at that for

1562
01:28:04,840 --> 01:28:07,200
Speaker 1: one of those teams, just a day extra of preparation

1563
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:12,200
Speaker 1: for Tampa before the Sunday four twenty five game. Not

1564
01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:15,519
Speaker 1: a lot of travel. The Furthest West they're going to

1565
01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:18,479
Speaker 1: travel as Kansas City. The Furthest South, they're going to

1566
01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:21,280
Speaker 1: travel as Miami, although you know you go pretty far

1567
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:25,160
Speaker 1: south for New Orleans as well. But nothing in the

1568
01:28:25,240 --> 01:28:27,880
Speaker 1: Western time zone, nothing in the Mountain time zone. I

1569
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:29,760
Speaker 1: hope the longest trip you have is to LA for

1570
01:28:29,800 --> 01:28:34,240
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. But there you go. You know, Um, yeah,

1571
01:28:34,920 --> 01:28:37,040
Speaker 1: this is I mean, Steve, this is as good as

1572
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:39,680
Speaker 1: schedule as we've poured over a lot of these over

1573
01:28:39,760 --> 01:28:43,040
Speaker 1: the years. We I mean the back in twenty thirteen

1574
01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:45,840
Speaker 1: when the Bills had five teams coming off the by

1575
01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:47,680
Speaker 1: and three of them were in the division I mean

1576
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:54,280
Speaker 1: extra rest off thy yeah and yeah, things are different.

1577
01:28:54,640 --> 01:28:58,679
Speaker 1: Um and as you get the idea. And we spoke

1578
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:00,439
Speaker 1: to Mike North and I'll say it again the tone

1579
01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:03,080
Speaker 1: of his conversation. What they're looking for is has nothing

1580
01:29:03,160 --> 01:29:06,839
Speaker 1: to do with disrespecting any franchises or whatever. Now, certainly

1581
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:09,360
Speaker 1: the television people have an input, but we all know

1582
01:29:09,479 --> 01:29:11,240
Speaker 1: we can all look at the schedule for ourselves, and

1583
01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:14,120
Speaker 1: we've all done it. Your show last night, the live stream,

1584
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:18,280
Speaker 1: the show last night on NFL Network, the Reveal show,

1585
01:29:18,400 --> 01:29:24,559
Speaker 1: all that. We all have opinions about which matchups are good.

1586
01:29:25,240 --> 01:29:30,880
Speaker 1: So don't criticize the networks for recognizing the exact same

1587
01:29:30,960 --> 01:29:34,479
Speaker 1: thing you do. They know the matchups which that they want,

1588
01:29:34,600 --> 01:29:36,080
Speaker 1: they go out and get them and whether it's home

1589
01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:38,400
Speaker 1: or a way, none of us have any say over.

1590
01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:41,360
Speaker 1: It's already set in stone which ones are away at home.

1591
01:29:41,479 --> 01:29:43,320
Speaker 1: So if you get one at home and three on

1592
01:29:43,400 --> 01:29:45,240
Speaker 1: the roads, that's the way it goes. That's the way

1593
01:29:45,240 --> 01:29:47,679
Speaker 1: those matchups fell, and in any given year it could

1594
01:29:47,680 --> 01:29:50,639
Speaker 1: be reversed. Certainly. There's a lot of teams out there,

1595
01:29:50,720 --> 01:29:54,000
Speaker 1: like most notably in our research here we did last

1596
01:29:54,040 --> 01:29:58,480
Speaker 1: segment Baltimore and Pittsburgh. They got a ton of primetime

1597
01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:02,240
Speaker 1: games and a whole U four twenty five games. They

1598
01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:05,960
Speaker 1: earned it with consistent competition and they got and there's

1599
01:30:06,120 --> 01:30:09,479
Speaker 1: some stars mixed in there as a former mv a

1600
01:30:09,479 --> 01:30:13,800
Speaker 1: couple of former MVPs on those teams. So that's how

1601
01:30:13,960 --> 01:30:17,719
Speaker 1: that's the formula, and we've seen it changed for Buffalo.

1602
01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:20,599
Speaker 1: Now they've got another year where they got four primetime games.

1603
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:24,440
Speaker 1: It's changing for Buffalo as they become and remain consistently

1604
01:30:24,520 --> 01:30:26,920
Speaker 1: competitive and particularly at a high level like they did

1605
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:29,759
Speaker 1: last year. So it's it's kind of what you expect.

1606
01:30:29,840 --> 01:30:31,880
Speaker 1: But I think the break that you get is the

1607
01:30:32,000 --> 01:30:34,800
Speaker 1: divisions you're playing this year and the fact that you've

1608
01:30:34,840 --> 01:30:39,080
Speaker 1: got a number of teams that are their expectations are

1609
01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:46,479
Speaker 1: significantly lower than the expectations in Buffalo. It's it's shaping

1610
01:30:46,600 --> 01:30:49,000
Speaker 1: up to be a lot of wins getting wracked up.

1611
01:30:49,200 --> 01:30:51,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want us to get ahead, but

1612
01:30:51,760 --> 01:30:53,360
Speaker 1: I mean, I know you and I said it at

1613
01:30:53,400 --> 01:30:55,360
Speaker 1: the top of the show. We're not just saying it

1614
01:30:55,439 --> 01:30:58,320
Speaker 1: to get Bills fans excited. I mean, as Steve has

1615
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:01,000
Speaker 1: said several times over, this was a really good football

1616
01:31:01,120 --> 01:31:04,599
Speaker 1: team last year. They've kept the vast majority of it intact.

1617
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:07,280
Speaker 1: They've added some pieces that they think will even raise

1618
01:31:07,400 --> 01:31:09,920
Speaker 1: the level of the performance on the field on both

1619
01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:14,200
Speaker 1: all three sides of the ball. And the schedule is very,

1620
01:31:14,400 --> 01:31:17,880
Speaker 1: very very favorable. So I mean, that's why we're talking

1621
01:31:17,920 --> 01:31:23,600
Speaker 1: about the floor being twelve wins. Yeah, it's and you

1622
01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:25,360
Speaker 1: can say what you want. There's a lot of football

1623
01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:27,320
Speaker 1: to be played and a lot of things changed throughout

1624
01:31:27,360 --> 01:31:29,800
Speaker 1: the season. You look last year the San Francisco game,

1625
01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:31,439
Speaker 1: when the Bills went out there and played on Monday night,

1626
01:31:31,439 --> 01:31:33,080
Speaker 1: it looked like it was going to be a really

1627
01:31:33,200 --> 01:31:34,760
Speaker 1: tough matchup, and you go out there and all of

1628
01:31:34,760 --> 01:31:37,639
Speaker 1: a sudden, they got twelve or thirteen starters on IR

1629
01:31:38,160 --> 01:31:39,840
Speaker 1: and their shell of what they should have been, and

1630
01:31:39,880 --> 01:31:42,960
Speaker 1: the Bills make them look like it. That kind of

1631
01:31:43,000 --> 01:31:45,439
Speaker 1: stuff happens during the season, and there are gonna be

1632
01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:48,120
Speaker 1: teams that take in a big step forward. You know.

1633
01:31:48,240 --> 01:31:51,960
Speaker 1: You can look at the Washington Redskins, the Dolphins, the

1634
01:31:52,120 --> 01:31:58,439
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars, those teams three. It's just those three teams

1635
01:31:58,439 --> 01:32:03,719
Speaker 1: alone could take significant steps forward that we can't anticipate. Also,

1636
01:32:04,640 --> 01:32:06,519
Speaker 1: it's the other side of that. You get a team

1637
01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:08,599
Speaker 1: like the Dolphins have won ten games last year, they

1638
01:32:08,680 --> 01:32:12,800
Speaker 1: may not this year. The Patriots probably take a big

1639
01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:15,880
Speaker 1: step forward this year. Do the Bucks come back and

1640
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:21,880
Speaker 1: bounce back and repeat Father Time's undefeated and they went

1641
01:32:21,960 --> 01:32:24,439
Speaker 1: through even in their Super Bowl year, they went through

1642
01:32:24,479 --> 01:32:30,240
Speaker 1: a three game losing streak. Everybody's gettable. Does Kansas City

1643
01:32:30,320 --> 01:32:31,960
Speaker 1: go back to its third Super Bowl in a row,

1644
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:35,439
Speaker 1: It's fourth AFC Championship in a row. It's a big gap,

1645
01:32:35,479 --> 01:32:38,040
Speaker 1: it's a big ask, but they may All of that

1646
01:32:38,080 --> 01:32:39,800
Speaker 1: stuff's on the table, and by the time you get

1647
01:32:39,840 --> 01:32:44,080
Speaker 1: to the play of these teams, you know, like last year,

1648
01:32:44,120 --> 01:32:46,439
Speaker 1: I mean, three guys may have COVID and they're a

1649
01:32:46,520 --> 01:32:49,240
Speaker 1: shell of what they should have been. You know, Pat Mahomes,

1650
01:32:50,160 --> 01:32:55,720
Speaker 1: you know Cam Newton last year got COVID, so it's

1651
01:32:55,760 --> 01:32:58,920
Speaker 1: impossible to tell the future. But sitting here looking at

1652
01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:02,320
Speaker 1: this in April or I'm sorry, mid May, working pretty good.

1653
01:33:03,120 --> 01:33:05,519
Speaker 1: You don't really have any excuses on the schedule. Yeah,

1654
01:33:06,080 --> 01:33:08,760
Speaker 1: for why you're not gonna have a good season. Break

1655
01:33:08,840 --> 01:33:11,160
Speaker 1: time for us here. When we come back for the

1656
01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:14,960
Speaker 1: third hour of the show. Former Jets safety Eric Coleman,

1657
01:33:15,360 --> 01:33:17,400
Speaker 1: who played for the Jets for four seasons, had a

1658
01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:21,759
Speaker 1: nine season NFL career. Now a radio host on ESPN

1659
01:33:21,840 --> 01:33:24,840
Speaker 1: Radio New York and a Jets analyst, Eric Coleman will

1660
01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:27,840
Speaker 1: join us next to talk about the Jets draft class

1661
01:33:28,400 --> 01:33:32,040
Speaker 1: and about that Jets twenty twenty one schedule and how

1662
01:33:32,080 --> 01:33:35,760
Speaker 1: they're shaping up as they get ready under year one

1663
01:33:36,080 --> 01:33:38,800
Speaker 1: of Robert Salem. When we return here on One Bills

1664
01:33:38,840 --> 01:33:58,280
Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Had

1665
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:01,840
Speaker 1: a Steve Taster who has been all over the fields,

1666
01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:03,519
Speaker 1: kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role

1667
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:10,040
Speaker 1: player for you, Steve a blimp. We're not even in

1668
01:34:10,120 --> 01:34:16,320
Speaker 1: the strated here of normalcy here. Well, because yeah, our

1669
01:34:16,439 --> 01:34:19,000
Speaker 1: number three the Thursday edition of One Bills Live, Chris

1670
01:34:19,120 --> 01:34:23,799
Speaker 1: Brown Steve Tasker with you. Joined now by former NFL

1671
01:34:23,920 --> 01:34:28,400
Speaker 1: safety for nine seasons, four of those with the New

1672
01:34:28,520 --> 01:34:31,120
Speaker 1: York Jans. He's also a Jets analyst and radio host

1673
01:34:31,200 --> 01:34:33,479
Speaker 1: on ESPN Radio New York. It is one Eric Coleman

1674
01:34:33,560 --> 01:34:35,240
Speaker 1: joining us on the line. Eric, could to have you

1675
01:34:35,360 --> 01:34:37,479
Speaker 1: back with us. Thanks for getting some time. How you doing.

1676
01:34:39,000 --> 01:34:40,880
Speaker 1: I'm doing great. You know, it's great to be on

1677
01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:43,040
Speaker 1: with you guys. A lot of excitement in the air

1678
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:46,400
Speaker 1: with the schedule being announced. I'm excited to talk some ball. Yeah.

1679
01:34:46,800 --> 01:34:48,360
Speaker 1: What what's the word in New York? How do they

1680
01:34:48,439 --> 01:34:50,519
Speaker 1: like their schedule? Any anything that grabs you? The thing

1681
01:34:50,640 --> 01:34:52,400
Speaker 1: got me first off, as four out of your first

1682
01:34:52,479 --> 01:34:55,240
Speaker 1: six is on the road, you got an early bye week. Well,

1683
01:34:55,320 --> 01:34:58,800
Speaker 1: what are the thoughts overall for Jet fans? Well, well,

1684
01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:00,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you, as you think of it

1685
01:35:00,920 --> 01:35:03,479
Speaker 1: as a player, the early bye week doesn't really help

1686
01:35:03,560 --> 01:35:05,960
Speaker 1: you much. You know, that's gonna be tough to have

1687
01:35:06,040 --> 01:35:08,519
Speaker 1: a buy that early in the season. Obviously, there's the

1688
01:35:08,600 --> 01:35:12,080
Speaker 1: game in London that that sticks out. You know, that's

1689
01:35:12,120 --> 01:35:14,360
Speaker 1: going to be exciting. Everyone's kind of excited about, you know,

1690
01:35:14,479 --> 01:35:17,719
Speaker 1: taking a trip across the pond. But you know, Another

1691
01:35:17,760 --> 01:35:20,360
Speaker 1: thing that stands out is starting off the season against

1692
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:23,879
Speaker 1: Stam Darnold, the quarterback. Whop you draft the number three overall.

1693
01:35:24,720 --> 01:35:26,120
Speaker 1: Now you got rid of him and they have to

1694
01:35:26,120 --> 01:35:29,160
Speaker 1: face him the first game. So that's something that stands out.

1695
01:35:29,360 --> 01:35:31,880
Speaker 1: And of course in the season with the Buffalo Bills,

1696
01:35:32,080 --> 01:35:34,519
Speaker 1: I think we're all tired of ending the season with

1697
01:35:34,680 --> 01:35:37,080
Speaker 1: you guys, so you know, hopefully it'll be a better

1698
01:35:37,120 --> 01:35:39,840
Speaker 1: outcome this time for the Jets. Yeah, I mean, the

1699
01:35:40,520 --> 01:35:45,080
Speaker 1: back half of that schedule, eric looks pretty daunting, you know.

1700
01:35:45,200 --> 01:35:47,719
Speaker 1: For the Jets, I mean, I'm sure that coach sala

1701
01:35:47,880 --> 01:35:50,280
Speaker 1: is probably hoping that his team is rounded into form.

1702
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:53,200
Speaker 1: They're a little more competitive as the season wears on

1703
01:35:53,320 --> 01:35:56,680
Speaker 1: and they get accustomed to his systems, respectively on the

1704
01:35:56,760 --> 01:36:00,320
Speaker 1: offensive and defensive sides of the ball. But aside from

1705
01:36:00,479 --> 01:36:06,160
Speaker 1: the Jags, I mean, you go Saints, Dolphins, Jags, Bucks, Bills.

1706
01:36:06,640 --> 01:36:09,000
Speaker 1: I mean, those are like four out of five double

1707
01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:14,320
Speaker 1: digit win teams from last year. Yeah, I mean, it's

1708
01:36:14,360 --> 01:36:17,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough stretch, you know, but the hope is, uh,

1709
01:36:17,760 --> 01:36:19,439
Speaker 1: you know, by the end of the by the second

1710
01:36:19,479 --> 01:36:22,680
Speaker 1: half of that season, everything will be running clicking on

1711
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,240
Speaker 1: all cylinders. You know, you have a young quarterback, a

1712
01:36:25,320 --> 01:36:28,000
Speaker 1: young offensive line, got some great, some nice pieces that

1713
01:36:28,040 --> 01:36:30,040
Speaker 1: they added in the draft and in free agency. So

1714
01:36:30,200 --> 01:36:33,320
Speaker 1: hopefully the machine starts to run well and by that

1715
01:36:33,400 --> 01:36:35,439
Speaker 1: back half of the season, they're they're hitting on all

1716
01:36:35,439 --> 01:36:38,320
Speaker 1: cylinders and playing some good football. So it's definitely a

1717
01:36:38,439 --> 01:36:41,120
Speaker 1: tough stretch, you know, going down that that back half

1718
01:36:41,160 --> 01:36:43,840
Speaker 1: of that that that season. I mean, playing against the

1719
01:36:43,880 --> 01:36:46,200
Speaker 1: Bills and the Dolphins starting off in the second half,

1720
01:36:46,560 --> 01:36:48,559
Speaker 1: I mean, that's tough right there. You know, those are

1721
01:36:48,600 --> 01:36:52,120
Speaker 1: two hard nosed football games. You know, we know each other.

1722
01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:55,400
Speaker 1: It's always tough playing within the division. But now that

1723
01:36:55,600 --> 01:36:59,200
Speaker 1: you know you guys in Buffalo Miami, everyone's really stepped

1724
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:02,400
Speaker 1: their game up and it's gonna be a tough division

1725
01:37:02,439 --> 01:37:05,360
Speaker 1: to get through. What has new head coach Robert Slow

1726
01:37:05,439 --> 01:37:09,439
Speaker 1: said about the schedule, if anything, Uh, you know, I

1727
01:37:09,680 --> 01:37:12,800
Speaker 1: have not heard much, but but I'm sure, you know,

1728
01:37:12,920 --> 01:37:14,840
Speaker 1: just like getting the other coach, he's probably saying, one

1729
01:37:14,880 --> 01:37:17,240
Speaker 1: game at a time, whoever lines up in front of

1730
01:37:17,320 --> 01:37:18,960
Speaker 1: us is going to be the team that we focus

1731
01:37:19,040 --> 01:37:22,759
Speaker 1: on and put our energy to. You know, the energy

1732
01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:26,360
Speaker 1: around the facility in New Jersey has been infectious. You know,

1733
01:37:26,439 --> 01:37:30,200
Speaker 1: coach Solo has has a vibrant personality. He wants to

1734
01:37:30,360 --> 01:37:33,320
Speaker 1: the guys who work hard. The energy is great, just

1735
01:37:33,439 --> 01:37:35,880
Speaker 1: really a lot of positivity over there. So I think

1736
01:37:35,880 --> 01:37:37,560
Speaker 1: they're excited to get a lot of their guys in

1737
01:37:37,640 --> 01:37:41,519
Speaker 1: the building. Um, you know, through free agency, through the draft. Uh,

1738
01:37:41,680 --> 01:37:46,200
Speaker 1: you know, the atmosphere around there has definitely changed for

1739
01:37:46,280 --> 01:37:50,040
Speaker 1: the good. Speaking of the draft, Eric, we should we

1740
01:37:50,120 --> 01:37:53,040
Speaker 1: should address that here. I think we you know, the

1741
01:37:53,360 --> 01:37:56,200
Speaker 1: headliners all took place on the offensive side of the ball,

1742
01:37:56,240 --> 01:37:59,960
Speaker 1: and understandably so, uh, you know, with Zach Wilson, Very

1743
01:38:00,120 --> 01:38:02,519
Speaker 1: Tucker and Elijah Moore, heck, even Michael Carter to start

1744
01:38:02,640 --> 01:38:06,559
Speaker 1: Day three, and then it finally flipped to the defensive

1745
01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:08,439
Speaker 1: side of the ball, where I think outside of the

1746
01:38:08,520 --> 01:38:10,920
Speaker 1: defensive line, we would all agree that back seven was

1747
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:13,280
Speaker 1: going to need a lot of attention on that side

1748
01:38:13,320 --> 01:38:15,800
Speaker 1: of the ball, and they did it. Every one of

1749
01:38:15,840 --> 01:38:19,000
Speaker 1: their picks on Day three, aside from you know, the

1750
01:38:19,120 --> 01:38:22,000
Speaker 1: running back Michael Carter at the top around four went

1751
01:38:22,080 --> 01:38:24,839
Speaker 1: to the defensive side of the ball, including three corners.

1752
01:38:24,920 --> 01:38:27,439
Speaker 1: But the one I want to ask you about, being

1753
01:38:27,479 --> 01:38:30,839
Speaker 1: a former safety yourself, is the sixth round pick of Hampson,

1754
01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:34,559
Speaker 1: a cyril dean out of Florida State, was a safety,

1755
01:38:34,720 --> 01:38:37,120
Speaker 1: but they list him as a linebacker. Do you know

1756
01:38:37,280 --> 01:38:40,479
Speaker 1: what their plans are for him in terms of where

1757
01:38:40,520 --> 01:38:42,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna line up. I know, he's two hundred and

1758
01:38:42,200 --> 01:38:44,160
Speaker 1: twenty six pounds in sixty three, so he'd be a

1759
01:38:44,200 --> 01:38:48,439
Speaker 1: big safety in today's game. But is linebacker what they're

1760
01:38:48,479 --> 01:38:52,920
Speaker 1: planning for with him? Yeah, I mean, they're definitely planning

1761
01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:55,479
Speaker 1: on using him as linebacker. You know, you look at

1762
01:38:55,560 --> 01:38:58,200
Speaker 1: guys like you know on the forty nine Ers, Fred Wagner,

1763
01:38:58,600 --> 01:39:01,760
Speaker 1: who's become one of the premier linebackers in the league.

1764
01:39:01,800 --> 01:39:04,880
Speaker 1: He was a former former kind of nickelback, rover kind

1765
01:39:04,920 --> 01:39:07,120
Speaker 1: of guy before he got to San Francisco, and they're

1766
01:39:07,160 --> 01:39:09,120
Speaker 1: hoping to put keep him in that mold. A guy

1767
01:39:09,160 --> 01:39:11,599
Speaker 1: who's athletic, who can cover tight ends, who can blitz,

1768
01:39:11,640 --> 01:39:13,920
Speaker 1: who can fill in the run game. And coach sala

1769
01:39:14,040 --> 01:39:16,760
Speaker 1: Is his whole thing that he's been preaching is all gas,

1770
01:39:16,960 --> 01:39:20,519
Speaker 1: no brakes. He wants speed on that team, whether it

1771
01:39:20,600 --> 01:39:22,800
Speaker 1: be on you know, the first level, second level, or

1772
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:26,120
Speaker 1: that third level. He wants speed. So converting some of

1773
01:39:26,200 --> 01:39:28,840
Speaker 1: those safeties into linebackers is a big part of his deal,

1774
01:39:29,160 --> 01:39:31,479
Speaker 1: and it's definitely going to be a fast unit. First

1775
01:39:31,520 --> 01:39:33,719
Speaker 1: four picks of the draft for the Jets were offense,

1776
01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:36,479
Speaker 1: you know, Zach Wilson and Elijah Vera Tucker of course,

1777
01:39:36,520 --> 01:39:39,240
Speaker 1: Elijah Moore, and then running back Michael Carter. The last

1778
01:39:39,840 --> 01:39:42,760
Speaker 1: six picks all on the defensive side in a three

1779
01:39:42,920 --> 01:39:46,439
Speaker 1: corners and they got some corners that you know, they

1780
01:39:46,479 --> 01:39:48,479
Speaker 1: got him in the late rounds, but they got some traits.

1781
01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:51,160
Speaker 1: I mean, the speed you talked about is certainly evident

1782
01:39:51,200 --> 01:39:55,960
Speaker 1: in those guys. Absolutely. I mean, speed is definitely key

1783
01:39:56,720 --> 01:39:59,240
Speaker 1: in that secondary. And he got a lot of guys

1784
01:39:59,280 --> 01:40:02,280
Speaker 1: who can play multiple positions. Guys who can play safety,

1785
01:40:02,280 --> 01:40:04,639
Speaker 1: you can play nickel back, got some speeds, some guys

1786
01:40:04,680 --> 01:40:06,920
Speaker 1: who can play outside. We all know that that coach

1787
01:40:06,960 --> 01:40:09,639
Speaker 1: Solid likes to play that cover three one free safety.

1788
01:40:09,720 --> 01:40:11,280
Speaker 1: So are there gonna be a lot of man free

1789
01:40:11,400 --> 01:40:13,680
Speaker 1: a lot of Cover three coverage, So you gotta need

1790
01:40:13,720 --> 01:40:16,599
Speaker 1: speed out there, guys who can cover ground, versatile players,

1791
01:40:16,640 --> 01:40:19,080
Speaker 1: and I think that he definitely addressed that on the

1792
01:40:19,200 --> 01:40:21,080
Speaker 1: on the cup last couple of days of that draft.

1793
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:23,479
Speaker 1: Of those last six picks, you know, it was exciting

1794
01:40:23,560 --> 01:40:26,160
Speaker 1: for me as a defender, you know, going through the

1795
01:40:26,240 --> 01:40:29,639
Speaker 1: first you know, fourth picks, and it was like offense, offense, offense,

1796
01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:32,280
Speaker 1: and then to get all the defense and to look

1797
01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:34,320
Speaker 1: at these guys, these are guys who you know, I

1798
01:40:34,360 --> 01:40:36,559
Speaker 1: don't know if it was because of the process, uh,

1799
01:40:36,720 --> 01:40:38,479
Speaker 1: you know, would not being able to get hands on

1800
01:40:38,920 --> 01:40:43,000
Speaker 1: players to go evaluate them physically as easy as you

1801
01:40:43,120 --> 01:40:45,280
Speaker 1: have in the past. But I felt like a lot

1802
01:40:45,320 --> 01:40:47,400
Speaker 1: of these players that were drafted later in the rounds

1803
01:40:47,760 --> 01:40:50,240
Speaker 1: could have been earlier picks. So you know, hopefully they

1804
01:40:50,280 --> 01:40:53,280
Speaker 1: played well, hopefully they fit into the scheme and uh

1805
01:40:53,320 --> 01:40:56,519
Speaker 1: and making big impact on his defense. Of those three

1806
01:40:56,600 --> 01:40:59,960
Speaker 1: corners that they drafted, Eric Michael Carter, the second Jay,

1807
01:41:00,120 --> 01:41:02,880
Speaker 1: and Pinnock, Brandon Ecles. Was there one in that group

1808
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:05,800
Speaker 1: that maybe turned your head a little bit more after

1809
01:41:05,920 --> 01:41:10,200
Speaker 1: reviewing some of their college film, Well, you know, I

1810
01:41:10,360 --> 01:41:12,560
Speaker 1: did like Jason Pinnock out of Pit. You know, I

1811
01:41:12,640 --> 01:41:14,640
Speaker 1: thought that he was a corner who when he was

1812
01:41:14,720 --> 01:41:17,320
Speaker 1: at Pit, he was the guy who covered their main receiver.

1813
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:19,720
Speaker 1: You know, he traveled around the field, he can play

1814
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:23,120
Speaker 1: multiple positions. He's big, he's long, I believe he's six

1815
01:41:23,200 --> 01:41:26,640
Speaker 1: two long arms, likes to press, and I think that

1816
01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:29,679
Speaker 1: he fits right in that scheme. So you know, Brandon Ecles,

1817
01:41:29,880 --> 01:41:31,920
Speaker 1: you know, obviously just a freak athlete. I mean, the

1818
01:41:31,960 --> 01:41:34,640
Speaker 1: guy jumped forty three inches in the vertical. He can

1819
01:41:34,720 --> 01:41:37,360
Speaker 1: play nickel back. He's tough enough to play a nickel

1820
01:41:37,400 --> 01:41:39,880
Speaker 1: he can go outside and play corner. So you know,

1821
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:42,800
Speaker 1: hopefully he makes the transition. You know, it's tough with

1822
01:41:42,920 --> 01:41:45,559
Speaker 1: all these young guys. When you make picks in the draft,

1823
01:41:45,800 --> 01:41:48,800
Speaker 1: it's all based on potential, right, and so these guys

1824
01:41:48,880 --> 01:41:51,320
Speaker 1: have good attitudes, are good people, they love football, and

1825
01:41:51,400 --> 01:41:53,240
Speaker 1: I think that they'll fit right in with the scheme

1826
01:41:53,400 --> 01:41:55,439
Speaker 1: and hopefully add a lot of value. It's hard for

1827
01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:58,000
Speaker 1: i know, the Jets to do anything in New York

1828
01:41:58,120 --> 01:42:00,920
Speaker 1: draft or otherwise without getting criticized by the media. But

1829
01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:03,080
Speaker 1: from here five hundred miles away, like we are in

1830
01:42:03,160 --> 01:42:05,920
Speaker 1: Western New York, they seemed to have a really good

1831
01:42:06,040 --> 01:42:08,360
Speaker 1: plan in this draft and carried it out. They got

1832
01:42:08,439 --> 01:42:10,360
Speaker 1: some guys to help him at their cornerback spot where

1833
01:42:10,360 --> 01:42:12,120
Speaker 1: they looked thin. Now they got plenty of guys to

1834
01:42:12,240 --> 01:42:14,599
Speaker 1: choose from and let them compete for it. They got

1835
01:42:14,680 --> 01:42:17,400
Speaker 1: some quality players at the top of this draft, and

1836
01:42:18,040 --> 01:42:20,599
Speaker 1: they had to feel really good about the way their

1837
01:42:20,640 --> 01:42:22,800
Speaker 1: board fell for them and the guys they were able

1838
01:42:22,840 --> 01:42:25,560
Speaker 1: to walk away with. They'd seemed to come away with

1839
01:42:25,720 --> 01:42:29,840
Speaker 1: a really nice plan and they executed it really well. Yeah,

1840
01:42:29,880 --> 01:42:32,519
Speaker 1: they did, you know, and especially when you talk about

1841
01:42:32,600 --> 01:42:36,160
Speaker 1: the Barrett Tucker pick, they didn't expect him to be there.

1842
01:42:36,560 --> 01:42:38,439
Speaker 1: They traded up, they moved fast on him. He was

1843
01:42:38,479 --> 01:42:41,200
Speaker 1: a guy who they had rated very highly. The same

1844
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:44,240
Speaker 1: with Elijah Moore. You know a receiver who's had you know,

1845
01:42:44,360 --> 01:42:47,280
Speaker 1: a great career at Old Miss. I think he led

1846
01:42:47,320 --> 01:42:50,640
Speaker 1: the nation and receptions. He was durable, He's shifty guy

1847
01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:53,000
Speaker 1: who can add a lot of value in that slot position. So,

1848
01:42:53,200 --> 01:42:55,479
Speaker 1: you know, I think when you look the overall picture,

1849
01:42:55,479 --> 01:42:58,720
Speaker 1: they're very excited. And you know, listen, when you talk

1850
01:42:58,760 --> 01:43:01,439
Speaker 1: about draft, you look at your competition in the division.

1851
01:43:01,760 --> 01:43:04,000
Speaker 1: On defense, they needed to add some speeds. You know,

1852
01:43:04,080 --> 01:43:06,799
Speaker 1: playing against Buffalo, playing against all that speed, Josh Allen

1853
01:43:07,120 --> 01:43:09,639
Speaker 1: is throwing the ball around the field, They're running the ball. Well,

1854
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:11,960
Speaker 1: he can run around the field. You need guys who

1855
01:43:12,040 --> 01:43:15,360
Speaker 1: can cover space and play in the open space on defense.

1856
01:43:15,439 --> 01:43:19,720
Speaker 1: So that was something they needed to address obviously offensive offensively,

1857
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:22,280
Speaker 1: they needed to add some firepower, some help on that

1858
01:43:22,400 --> 01:43:25,400
Speaker 1: offensive line, and I thought that they addressed most of

1859
01:43:25,439 --> 01:43:29,000
Speaker 1: those issues with the free agency and the draft. Talking

1860
01:43:29,040 --> 01:43:31,559
Speaker 1: to former Jet safety and current analysts for the Jets,

1861
01:43:31,640 --> 01:43:35,679
Speaker 1: Eric Coleman here and Eric, we know that the Jets,

1862
01:43:36,040 --> 01:43:37,840
Speaker 1: by virtue of the fact that they have a new

1863
01:43:37,920 --> 01:43:41,240
Speaker 1: head coach, were able to hold their rookie minicamp last week,

1864
01:43:41,320 --> 01:43:44,240
Speaker 1: So they're already done deal Lucille in terms of getting

1865
01:43:44,280 --> 01:43:50,440
Speaker 1: their young players acclimated. Was what was the general consensus

1866
01:43:50,640 --> 01:43:54,600
Speaker 1: from the media on Zach Wilson in the throws of

1867
01:43:54,960 --> 01:43:57,760
Speaker 1: his first rookie miniicamp. What were the returns, what were

1868
01:43:57,760 --> 01:44:01,000
Speaker 1: the reviews on him coming out of it? Well, you know,

1869
01:44:01,120 --> 01:44:04,000
Speaker 1: I think after that that rookie minicamp, everyone saw the

1870
01:44:04,439 --> 01:44:06,720
Speaker 1: pop in his arm. You know, you hear about it.

1871
01:44:06,760 --> 01:44:09,280
Speaker 1: You've seen the pro day workout, you see you know,

1872
01:44:09,360 --> 01:44:11,479
Speaker 1: you hear about he can make every throw. But this

1873
01:44:11,600 --> 01:44:14,479
Speaker 1: guy has a very strong and accurate arm, and you

1874
01:44:14,560 --> 01:44:17,720
Speaker 1: saw that anter rookie mini camp. You know, he's very competitive,

1875
01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:20,920
Speaker 1: he's athletic, he can move, which is something that the

1876
01:44:21,040 --> 01:44:23,360
Speaker 1: Jets need. You know, I know that up in Buffalo

1877
01:44:23,400 --> 01:44:25,880
Speaker 1: you got Josh Allen, who has an absolute cannon who

1878
01:44:25,960 --> 01:44:28,560
Speaker 1: can make every throw. He's athletic, he moves around. This

1879
01:44:28,720 --> 01:44:30,560
Speaker 1: is something that the Jets were looking for. You know,

1880
01:44:30,640 --> 01:44:32,840
Speaker 1: this is the new breed of quarterback where you have

1881
01:44:32,920 --> 01:44:34,799
Speaker 1: to be athletic, you have to be able to avoid

1882
01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:37,519
Speaker 1: pressure while keeping your eyes down the field and making

1883
01:44:37,560 --> 01:44:41,080
Speaker 1: those throws. So I think that everyone was excited about

1884
01:44:41,080 --> 01:44:44,439
Speaker 1: the Zach Wilson acquisition, and I think that after that

1885
01:44:44,560 --> 01:44:46,920
Speaker 1: first mini camp, everyone's a little a little bit more

1886
01:44:47,000 --> 01:44:50,000
Speaker 1: excited about the potential of this young player. Before they

1887
01:44:50,160 --> 01:44:53,040
Speaker 1: drafted Zach Wilson and before they traded Sam Darnald, was

1888
01:44:53,080 --> 01:44:56,840
Speaker 1: there any thought about keeping Donald and and going ahead

1889
01:44:56,840 --> 01:45:01,160
Speaker 1: and picking Zach Wilson just to make sure that they

1890
01:45:01,240 --> 01:45:03,920
Speaker 1: had some you know what I mean? One of those guys,

1891
01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:06,720
Speaker 1: Sam Darling under a new coaching staff could flourish. He's

1892
01:45:06,720 --> 01:45:09,840
Speaker 1: only twenty three. Zach Wilson could be the next best

1893
01:45:09,960 --> 01:45:11,920
Speaker 1: thing to ever hit in New York. But you don't

1894
01:45:11,960 --> 01:45:14,040
Speaker 1: know unless you've got both of them on your roster.

1895
01:45:14,200 --> 01:45:16,960
Speaker 1: Was there any thought that you've heard about that they said, listen,

1896
01:45:16,960 --> 01:45:20,639
Speaker 1: you know what, Let's keep Sam and Zach. Take Zach

1897
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:23,040
Speaker 1: Wilson because then even if one of them doesn't work out,

1898
01:45:23,960 --> 01:45:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, we can trade him to somebody else and

1899
01:45:25,680 --> 01:45:27,920
Speaker 1: then do that afterwards after we find out which guy's

1900
01:45:27,920 --> 01:45:29,599
Speaker 1: gonna play better for us this year. Was there never

1901
01:45:29,640 --> 01:45:34,280
Speaker 1: any thought to that in Jets in the Jets building, Yeah,

1902
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:35,960
Speaker 1: you know, there was a lot of talk about that,

1903
01:45:36,080 --> 01:45:38,760
Speaker 1: you know, possibly keeping Sam. You know, there were there

1904
01:45:38,760 --> 01:45:41,200
Speaker 1: were thoughts about, you know, keeping Sam and maybe trading

1905
01:45:41,240 --> 01:45:44,439
Speaker 1: back and getting some more value in the draft because Sam,

1906
01:45:44,560 --> 01:45:46,800
Speaker 1: you know, he's been playing these last three years, hasn't

1907
01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,280
Speaker 1: had a lot of support. The kid definitely has a

1908
01:45:49,320 --> 01:45:51,880
Speaker 1: lot of potential. But I think in the overall picture,

1909
01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:53,599
Speaker 1: they looked at you know, listen, this is the new

1910
01:45:53,640 --> 01:45:55,439
Speaker 1: coaching staff. You know, we want to start off with

1911
01:45:55,520 --> 01:45:59,280
Speaker 1: the new quarterback, a new opportunity for this for this team.

1912
01:45:59,640 --> 01:46:02,960
Speaker 1: And is tough because you understand that that picked number two,

1913
01:46:03,120 --> 01:46:05,519
Speaker 1: he's going to be playing and to have a guy

1914
01:46:05,640 --> 01:46:08,320
Speaker 1: like Sam Darmer around who next year, I want to say,

1915
01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:10,559
Speaker 1: is going to have to make thirty three million dollars.

1916
01:46:11,120 --> 01:46:13,519
Speaker 1: I think that would be a tough position to put

1917
01:46:13,560 --> 01:46:16,120
Speaker 1: the team in. They wanted to get some value for it,

1918
01:46:16,439 --> 01:46:18,479
Speaker 1: and you know, listen, let's be real. They wanted to

1919
01:46:18,520 --> 01:46:21,920
Speaker 1: give Sam an opportunity to go make that to have

1920
01:46:22,080 --> 01:46:25,120
Speaker 1: that success. You know, Joe Douglas has been very vocal

1921
01:46:25,160 --> 01:46:27,400
Speaker 1: about you know, he didn't do enough to support Sam.

1922
01:46:27,600 --> 01:46:30,240
Speaker 1: You know, the offensive line situation was tough, the wide

1923
01:46:30,240 --> 01:46:33,400
Speaker 1: receiver situation, it was just a tough scenario to be in.

1924
01:46:33,720 --> 01:46:36,040
Speaker 1: A for a young quarterback to come into that atmosphere

1925
01:46:36,280 --> 01:46:39,240
Speaker 1: and we all I think we're Sam the best. Hopefully

1926
01:46:39,320 --> 01:46:41,240
Speaker 1: he doesn't get off to two fast of us start

1927
01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:44,080
Speaker 1: since we're playing a week one, but definitely looking forward

1928
01:46:44,080 --> 01:46:48,200
Speaker 1: to seeing him grow. Elijah Vera Tucker Eric was a

1929
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:51,559
Speaker 1: guy that played guard as a junior or his second year,

1930
01:46:51,640 --> 01:46:54,479
Speaker 1: and then went out to left tackle last year for USC.

1931
01:46:55,880 --> 01:46:59,080
Speaker 1: Some in the scouting community felt his arms were too

1932
01:46:59,160 --> 01:47:01,759
Speaker 1: short to play tackle at the NFL level, just barely

1933
01:47:01,800 --> 01:47:04,280
Speaker 1: over thirty two inches. I know he's not playing left

1934
01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:07,200
Speaker 1: tackle because you got McKay Beckton to do that. Where

1935
01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:10,240
Speaker 1: is he? Where did he line up during rookie minicamp?

1936
01:47:10,320 --> 01:47:12,160
Speaker 1: What's the plan for him? Is he gonna play right

1937
01:47:12,240 --> 01:47:15,720
Speaker 1: tackle or is he gonna play guard? I think the

1938
01:47:15,800 --> 01:47:18,240
Speaker 1: plan for for Elijah bre Tucker is to have him

1939
01:47:18,280 --> 01:47:21,000
Speaker 1: play that left guard all right, next to McKay Beckton.

1940
01:47:21,520 --> 01:47:23,920
Speaker 1: He's a he's a nasty, nasty player. He plays with

1941
01:47:24,000 --> 01:47:26,800
Speaker 1: the big main street. He's very physical, and I think

1942
01:47:26,840 --> 01:47:29,800
Speaker 1: that he would compliment McKay beckton on that left side

1943
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:32,920
Speaker 1: very well. Uh you know, you know he has a obviously,

1944
01:47:32,960 --> 01:47:34,680
Speaker 1: he has a lot of athleticism. He can go out

1945
01:47:34,720 --> 01:47:37,200
Speaker 1: and play tackle, he can play guard. But I think

1946
01:47:37,600 --> 01:47:39,960
Speaker 1: the best scenario for this team, I want to have

1947
01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:42,559
Speaker 1: him play next to McKay Beckton at that left guard

1948
01:47:43,160 --> 01:47:45,960
Speaker 1: as you see it now after the draft, post free agency,

1949
01:47:46,080 --> 01:47:48,720
Speaker 1: although you know the technically he's free agency is still

1950
01:47:48,760 --> 01:47:51,640
Speaker 1: going on. But what's what's next on the plate of

1951
01:47:51,720 --> 01:47:54,200
Speaker 1: Joe Douglas. I know certainly wants to sign these draft picks.

1952
01:47:54,280 --> 01:47:56,280
Speaker 1: But what is there a hole in this roster? Is

1953
01:47:56,280 --> 01:47:59,280
Speaker 1: the roster stands? Now? What are you thinking the Jets

1954
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:01,479
Speaker 1: still need maybe a little bit of shoring up in

1955
01:48:01,520 --> 01:48:06,000
Speaker 1: their roster? What spot? You know, if I'm scanning the roster,

1956
01:48:06,160 --> 01:48:09,479
Speaker 1: I'm looking for one weakness, it is probably the cornerback position.

1957
01:48:10,040 --> 01:48:12,800
Speaker 1: You know, you addressed the defensive line. The offensive line

1958
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:17,800
Speaker 1: has been been upgraded heavily. Linebacking corps, you know, I

1959
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:19,600
Speaker 1: think they can maybe add some depth there at the

1960
01:48:19,680 --> 01:48:22,040
Speaker 1: linebacker the address part of it at the draft, but

1961
01:48:22,200 --> 01:48:25,559
Speaker 1: the cornerback position, you don't have that that that brand

1962
01:48:25,680 --> 01:48:28,160
Speaker 1: name corner where you can just rely on that veteran

1963
01:48:28,200 --> 01:48:30,200
Speaker 1: who can go shut down a player get you off

1964
01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:32,919
Speaker 1: the field on third down. So I think maybe cornerback

1965
01:48:33,040 --> 01:48:36,960
Speaker 1: maybe in the future for this team, but well, who knows,

1966
01:48:37,120 --> 01:48:39,360
Speaker 1: you know, uh, you know, the way that the free

1967
01:48:39,400 --> 01:48:42,280
Speaker 1: agency goes with salary cap, there may be a corner

1968
01:48:42,320 --> 01:48:44,519
Speaker 1: who falls off of one of these rosters and the

1969
01:48:44,600 --> 01:48:46,840
Speaker 1: Jets are able to scoop them up. And then what

1970
01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:51,000
Speaker 1: has been you know, the talk from the coordinator, Micha

1971
01:48:51,120 --> 01:48:54,799
Speaker 1: Lafleur in terms of working with Zach the learning curve

1972
01:48:54,920 --> 01:48:59,800
Speaker 1: there um, the mentorship, Like, what are we looking at

1973
01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:02,479
Speaker 1: in terms of learning curve with him? I mean, we've

1974
01:49:02,520 --> 01:49:06,040
Speaker 1: seen young quarterbacks have some success in this kind of

1975
01:49:06,120 --> 01:49:09,519
Speaker 1: a system. But what's been kind of the give and

1976
01:49:09,600 --> 01:49:14,280
Speaker 1: take with la Fleur and Wilson in the early going here? Well,

1977
01:49:14,400 --> 01:49:15,760
Speaker 1: you know, I think, well, first of all, I think

1978
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:18,719
Speaker 1: they have a great relationship and they've they've had talks

1979
01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:22,599
Speaker 1: throughout this process leading up to the draft, and Zach

1980
01:49:22,640 --> 01:49:25,000
Speaker 1: Wilson is a He's a guy who's a big student

1981
01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:26,960
Speaker 1: of the game. He wants to come in and contribute,

1982
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:29,160
Speaker 1: he wants to be the leader. He loves the game

1983
01:49:29,200 --> 01:49:31,400
Speaker 1: of football. So I think that he and La Fleur

1984
01:49:31,800 --> 01:49:35,120
Speaker 1: have the perfect kind of chemistry going on. You know,

1985
01:49:35,560 --> 01:49:38,599
Speaker 1: obviously you want to play to his strengths. The floor

1986
01:49:38,640 --> 01:49:41,160
Speaker 1: has coached a lot of great quarterbacks along with his

1987
01:49:41,280 --> 01:49:44,759
Speaker 1: brother Shanahan, and they've all, you know, you see these quarterbacks,

1988
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:47,639
Speaker 1: we've had so much success in this offense. You can't

1989
01:49:47,680 --> 01:49:49,840
Speaker 1: help but be excited. And I think that with the

1990
01:49:49,880 --> 01:49:52,600
Speaker 1: pieces they put around Zach Wilson, with the relationship that

1991
01:49:52,680 --> 01:49:54,880
Speaker 1: these two are going to grow to have, I think

1992
01:49:54,920 --> 01:49:57,920
Speaker 1: it's going to be something special. What kind of expectations

1993
01:49:58,040 --> 01:50:00,240
Speaker 1: is Robert Sala put on this team this year year?

1994
01:50:02,720 --> 01:50:05,720
Speaker 1: You know what? I think that I don't know if

1995
01:50:05,760 --> 01:50:07,680
Speaker 1: he's I mean it definitely hasn't put a number on it,

1996
01:50:07,800 --> 01:50:10,840
Speaker 1: but he just expects guys, you know, guys that love

1997
01:50:10,880 --> 01:50:13,120
Speaker 1: football to go out there and work to play hard,

1998
01:50:13,200 --> 01:50:15,840
Speaker 1: be accountable to each other, and uh and I guess

1999
01:50:15,880 --> 01:50:18,000
Speaker 1: the chips will fall where they make, you know. I

2000
01:50:18,560 --> 01:50:23,240
Speaker 1: love the energy, the effort, the attitude that coach solid

2001
01:50:23,280 --> 01:50:26,400
Speaker 1: brings to this team. You know, they're fired up. Everybody's

2002
01:50:26,439 --> 01:50:28,800
Speaker 1: fired up. They love being that practice and listen. I

2003
01:50:28,840 --> 01:50:30,679
Speaker 1: don't mean I don't want to talk bad about anyone,

2004
01:50:30,760 --> 01:50:33,640
Speaker 1: but it's a very big difference than last year. Uh,

2005
01:50:33,720 --> 01:50:36,040
Speaker 1: you know where where coach Salad is very involved in

2006
01:50:36,120 --> 01:50:41,320
Speaker 1: every aspect of the team offense, defense, special teams. Everybody's

2007
01:50:41,400 --> 01:50:43,760
Speaker 1: really fired up. I know these veterans are chopping up

2008
01:50:43,760 --> 01:50:46,519
Speaker 1: a bit to get into mini camp to show these

2009
01:50:46,600 --> 01:50:49,360
Speaker 1: new coaches what they can do. Last one for me,

2010
01:50:49,479 --> 01:50:51,720
Speaker 1: what about the media, the fans, what do they think

2011
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:53,439
Speaker 1: about this Jet team? I know they think they've got

2012
01:50:53,479 --> 01:50:55,360
Speaker 1: to take a big step to get into contention, But

2013
01:50:55,479 --> 01:50:58,600
Speaker 1: how big a step are they expect? Well, you know,

2014
01:50:58,680 --> 01:51:00,560
Speaker 1: I think everybody you know this is that this is

2015
01:51:00,600 --> 01:51:02,679
Speaker 1: that part of the year where you know, the schedule

2016
01:51:02,760 --> 01:51:04,880
Speaker 1: comes out and everybody is like, man, we can go

2017
01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:08,559
Speaker 1: seventeen to know right now. So I do think everyone

2018
01:51:09,200 --> 01:51:12,720
Speaker 1: is looking for exactly So I think that everyone's looking

2019
01:51:13,040 --> 01:51:15,120
Speaker 1: for great things from the Jets. I think, you know,

2020
01:51:15,680 --> 01:51:18,519
Speaker 1: being a wild card team is an expectation that the

2021
01:51:19,040 --> 01:51:22,439
Speaker 1: media is putting on this team. If Zach Wilson can mature,

2022
01:51:22,520 --> 01:51:24,960
Speaker 1: if he can handle the load if he can handle

2023
01:51:25,040 --> 01:51:27,240
Speaker 1: being the quarterback in New York. You know, it's very

2024
01:51:27,320 --> 01:51:30,280
Speaker 1: difficult to be a quarterback of a team in New York.

2025
01:51:30,320 --> 01:51:33,439
Speaker 1: You know, the media is hot on you. They're they're

2026
01:51:33,600 --> 01:51:36,040
Speaker 1: critique and everything that you do, So you gotta have

2027
01:51:36,160 --> 01:51:38,040
Speaker 1: tough skin. And I think Zach Wilson is the right

2028
01:51:38,280 --> 01:51:40,120
Speaker 1: player to lead the charge. They have a lot of

2029
01:51:40,160 --> 01:51:43,240
Speaker 1: great veterans on this roster. C J. Mosley is coming

2030
01:51:43,280 --> 01:51:45,800
Speaker 1: back this year on the defense. He's had some great

2031
01:51:45,880 --> 01:51:48,439
Speaker 1: leadership in these meetings U and I think that he's

2032
01:51:48,479 --> 01:51:50,920
Speaker 1: going to bring a different aspect along with Marcus may So.

2033
01:51:51,560 --> 01:51:53,839
Speaker 1: I think there's enough. There's a nice mix of veterans

2034
01:51:53,920 --> 01:51:55,920
Speaker 1: on this team. There's a nice mix of some young

2035
01:51:55,960 --> 01:51:59,160
Speaker 1: players and some athleticism that they're going to be realistic

2036
01:51:59,160 --> 01:52:02,600
Speaker 1: about it. You know, Wildhart would be a huge accomplishment

2037
01:52:02,640 --> 01:52:04,479
Speaker 1: for this team coming off the last couple of years

2038
01:52:04,520 --> 01:52:06,920
Speaker 1: that they had, and you know, you do want to

2039
01:52:06,920 --> 01:52:09,840
Speaker 1: be realistic about it, but you can't help but be

2040
01:52:09,920 --> 01:52:12,920
Speaker 1: optimistic about whose teams going to go. Eric, thanks very

2041
01:52:13,000 --> 01:52:15,360
Speaker 1: much for the time. We appreciate you painting the picture

2042
01:52:15,400 --> 01:52:17,400
Speaker 1: on the latest with the Jets. We'll catch up with

2043
01:52:17,439 --> 01:52:19,880
Speaker 1: you down the line. Thanks Eric, appreciate it. Hi, thank

2044
01:52:19,920 --> 01:52:22,559
Speaker 1: you guys. All right, that's Eric Coleman, former Jet safety

2045
01:52:22,640 --> 01:52:27,559
Speaker 1: current radio analyst for the Jets. They are young at

2046
01:52:27,600 --> 01:52:30,320
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, Steve. You got Zach Wilson who is

2047
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:34,439
Speaker 1: expected to start his current backups on the roster, Mike White,

2048
01:52:34,760 --> 01:52:37,800
Speaker 1: a three year vet out of Western Kentucky. And then

2049
01:52:38,120 --> 01:52:44,599
Speaker 1: they also have the kid from West Virginia, James Morgan, sorry,

2050
01:52:44,640 --> 01:52:49,400
Speaker 1: Florida international James Morgan, a second year player who I

2051
01:52:49,479 --> 01:52:51,320
Speaker 1: believe they made like a fourth or a fifth round

2052
01:52:51,360 --> 01:52:53,800
Speaker 1: pick a couple of years ago, A big kid at

2053
01:52:53,800 --> 01:52:57,000
Speaker 1: six four two twenty nine. But man, I don't know

2054
01:52:57,080 --> 01:52:59,479
Speaker 1: if any of those guys have had an NFL start

2055
01:52:59,600 --> 01:53:02,320
Speaker 1: under their belt. Uh, they've seen some time in some

2056
01:53:02,439 --> 01:53:06,960
Speaker 1: blowout games. But man, yeah, that is that is young

2057
01:53:07,400 --> 01:53:09,960
Speaker 1: at the position. Here's the here's the thing. They've got

2058
01:53:10,080 --> 01:53:11,840
Speaker 1: a bunch of corners on there where he said their

2059
01:53:11,880 --> 01:53:14,960
Speaker 1: cornerback is they're kind of Achilles heeler at least someplace

2060
01:53:15,040 --> 01:53:17,200
Speaker 1: where they don't have a lead dog over there. They've

2061
01:53:17,240 --> 01:53:21,559
Speaker 1: got Blessed Austin, Corey Ballantine, Michael Carter, two draft pick

2062
01:53:22,680 --> 01:53:27,479
Speaker 1: Brandon eccles Um. Yeah, Bryce Hall from the draft last year,

2063
01:53:27,520 --> 01:53:32,519
Speaker 1: Bryce Hall, Javelin Guidry, Justin Hardy, Lamar Jackson not that

2064
01:53:32,680 --> 01:53:36,280
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, uh and Zane Lewis and then of course

2065
01:53:36,320 --> 01:53:40,360
Speaker 1: another draft pick, Jason Pennock. Um, Jason Pennock's six foot

2066
01:53:40,400 --> 01:53:42,320
Speaker 1: two h five. I know you like him, gys. Yeah,

2067
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:44,719
Speaker 1: I did, I tell you I like all the pick kids.

2068
01:53:44,960 --> 01:53:46,840
Speaker 1: They play with an edge down there. They got a

2069
01:53:46,880 --> 01:53:49,400
Speaker 1: good program down there. You want kids that work hard,

2070
01:53:49,520 --> 01:53:52,040
Speaker 1: play physical, have an edge to them. A lot of

2071
01:53:52,080 --> 01:53:54,519
Speaker 1: those pit kids come out of school with that Pitt

2072
01:53:55,320 --> 01:53:57,720
Speaker 1: here's the thing, and you can you can go down there.

2073
01:53:57,760 --> 01:53:59,720
Speaker 1: It used to be like Penn State linebackers, you know,

2074
01:54:00,240 --> 01:54:02,560
Speaker 1: but Pitt defensive players are a little bit to me

2075
01:54:02,720 --> 01:54:06,280
Speaker 1: like Iowa offensive linemen. You know, they just there. You

2076
01:54:06,280 --> 01:54:09,439
Speaker 1: always know what you're gonna get their pro body, pro ready.

2077
01:54:10,040 --> 01:54:12,840
Speaker 1: H Pitt defenders have the right attitude, if not the

2078
01:54:12,960 --> 01:54:15,120
Speaker 1: right physical skills, you know what I'm saying. Oh yeah,

2079
01:54:15,240 --> 01:54:20,360
Speaker 1: And so there's certain program Wisconsin offensive lineman, same kind

2080
01:54:20,439 --> 01:54:23,200
Speaker 1: of thing. You know. They churn those guys out and

2081
01:54:23,360 --> 01:54:24,960
Speaker 1: they always seem to come up with a couple of

2082
01:54:25,040 --> 01:54:28,080
Speaker 1: guys that scrap out really nice careers in the NFL.

2083
01:54:28,640 --> 01:54:33,560
Speaker 1: Pitt defensive the Pittsburgh defensive side of the football seems

2084
01:54:33,560 --> 01:54:37,960
Speaker 1: to do the same. That's right. I mean Alabama receivers, right,

2085
01:54:38,400 --> 01:54:41,400
Speaker 1: you know, um all of that. There just seems to

2086
01:54:41,440 --> 01:54:46,160
Speaker 1: be some schools that have a penchant for talented kids

2087
01:54:46,200 --> 01:54:48,880
Speaker 1: at certain position groups that come out in Pittsburgh on

2088
01:54:48,920 --> 01:54:50,600
Speaker 1: the on the entire defensive side of the ball, they

2089
01:54:50,640 --> 01:54:53,080
Speaker 1: play with a little bit of a grit. But I

2090
01:54:53,120 --> 01:54:57,080
Speaker 1: guess the point I'm making with quarterbacks Steve, when you

2091
01:54:57,160 --> 01:54:59,480
Speaker 1: know White and Morgan are your backups, they don't want

2092
01:54:59,480 --> 01:55:03,240
Speaker 1: anybody it's all Zach Wilson. They don't want anybody contesting.

2093
01:55:03,360 --> 01:55:06,800
Speaker 1: He's gonna sink or swim, and if he's sinking, he's

2094
01:55:06,840 --> 01:55:09,760
Speaker 1: gonna continue to sink until he gets it. There is

2095
01:55:09,760 --> 01:55:12,440
Speaker 1: gonna be no benching and turning to somebody else. And

2096
01:55:12,600 --> 01:55:15,040
Speaker 1: that might be very well by design to keep the

2097
01:55:15,120 --> 01:55:17,600
Speaker 1: New York media at bay, because it's not like you

2098
01:55:17,680 --> 01:55:20,240
Speaker 1: have Joe Flacco there or you know what I mean,

2099
01:55:20,600 --> 01:55:22,880
Speaker 1: or a Josh McCown. They can say, well, let's at

2100
01:55:22,960 --> 01:55:26,000
Speaker 1: least put this guy in to kind of stabilize the ship,

2101
01:55:26,200 --> 01:55:29,440
Speaker 1: and put fits in there. Yeah. Yeah, it's it's sink

2102
01:55:29,520 --> 01:55:31,680
Speaker 1: or swim with Zach Wilson, and if he sinks for

2103
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:33,600
Speaker 1: three weeks, they're gonna put him out there the fourth

2104
01:55:33,640 --> 01:55:35,440
Speaker 1: week in a row and see if he stops sinking.

2105
01:55:35,760 --> 01:55:40,120
Speaker 1: I still think it was and I get this too.

2106
01:55:40,200 --> 01:55:42,040
Speaker 1: They were in a tough spot with Sam Darnold in

2107
01:55:42,080 --> 01:55:44,760
Speaker 1: the thirty three million. They were gonna have to scooch him. Yeah,

2108
01:55:46,240 --> 01:55:48,800
Speaker 1: for you know, being a top five pick in the draft.

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01:55:49,720 --> 01:55:52,360
Speaker 1: That's a financial commitment to a guy that you're not

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01:55:52,480 --> 01:55:56,240
Speaker 1: real sure about. That's a tough spot to be in.

2111
01:55:57,920 --> 01:56:00,240
Speaker 1: Granted they put themselves in that spot by not boarding

2112
01:56:00,320 --> 01:56:04,080
Speaker 1: him and finding out for sure, that's on them. But nevertheless,

2113
01:56:04,280 --> 01:56:06,520
Speaker 1: trade it up from six to three. Let's not forget either.

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01:56:06,680 --> 01:56:10,320
Speaker 1: It's like it's like I've said, if you don't have

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01:56:10,600 --> 01:56:13,960
Speaker 1: that guy, in my opinion, you do it like the

2116
01:56:14,040 --> 01:56:16,160
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. Now they're still looking for that guy after

2117
01:56:16,400 --> 01:56:19,400
Speaker 1: or post Peyton Manning. They're looking for that guy. You

2118
01:56:21,080 --> 01:56:26,840
Speaker 1: shake the bushes, you bring in every veteran guy with

2119
01:56:26,960 --> 01:56:29,440
Speaker 1: trade whatever what. You bring tons of guys in, and

2120
01:56:29,560 --> 01:56:31,080
Speaker 1: you know what, you should know what you're looking at

2121
01:56:31,520 --> 01:56:33,560
Speaker 1: and find out about them and throw them out as

2122
01:56:33,600 --> 01:56:35,440
Speaker 1: they don't they prove not to be the guy, because

2123
01:56:35,480 --> 01:56:39,520
Speaker 1: you've got to find your guy. And I think the

2124
01:56:39,680 --> 01:56:41,640
Speaker 1: Jets being in a spot where they had to let

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01:56:41,720 --> 01:56:45,120
Speaker 1: Darnold go, I don't know that I would have if Yeah,

2126
01:56:45,880 --> 01:56:49,680
Speaker 1: I let him compete. The Caps a crusher, but yeah,

2127
01:56:49,720 --> 01:56:52,080
Speaker 1: but let him compete, and let him compete and let

2128
01:56:52,160 --> 01:56:54,360
Speaker 1: the best man win and then move the other guy

2129
01:56:54,440 --> 01:56:57,000
Speaker 1: off your roster after you've done that. It's exactly right.

2130
01:56:57,200 --> 01:56:59,760
Speaker 1: Um not to mention the fact you only got a

2131
01:56:59,760 --> 01:57:04,480
Speaker 1: two in a four for him, well, yeah, exactly. I mean,

2132
01:57:04,600 --> 01:57:06,280
Speaker 1: the guy was the third pick in the draft. I

2133
01:57:06,360 --> 01:57:08,760
Speaker 1: know he hasn't performed very well on the field, but

2134
01:57:08,880 --> 01:57:10,480
Speaker 1: he's twenty three years old. You got a two and

2135
01:57:10,560 --> 01:57:13,000
Speaker 1: a four for him for the third pick in the draft. Yeah,

2136
01:57:13,080 --> 01:57:16,120
Speaker 1: and he and he joins the list of Bill's first

2137
01:57:16,200 --> 01:57:19,480
Speaker 1: round or jets first round draft choices that did not

2138
01:57:19,680 --> 01:57:24,280
Speaker 1: get to their second contract with the Jets. I think

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01:57:24,320 --> 01:57:28,040
Speaker 1: it's six of the last seven. I think it's five

2140
01:57:28,120 --> 01:57:30,080
Speaker 1: of the last five or six of the last six. Yeah,

2141
01:57:30,240 --> 01:57:34,240
Speaker 1: I mean that's why they are where they are. And

2142
01:57:34,440 --> 01:57:39,000
Speaker 1: all due respect to Eric Coleman, but wild card, that's

2143
01:57:39,040 --> 01:57:41,640
Speaker 1: not happening this year. I mean, I get the expectations

2144
01:57:41,680 --> 01:57:43,720
Speaker 1: are high in New York and they you know, but no,

2145
01:57:45,080 --> 01:57:50,960
Speaker 1: that's no. I mean, sky the the positive spin you

2146
01:57:51,080 --> 01:57:53,120
Speaker 1: put on the Jets is they're gonna be you know

2147
01:57:53,640 --> 01:57:58,360
Speaker 1: what are we talking about? Seven and eight? Wait? What's

2148
01:57:58,440 --> 01:58:04,080
Speaker 1: fifty seven? Ten, eight and nine? Nine and eight? You

2149
01:58:04,160 --> 01:58:06,320
Speaker 1: know that would be a very successful season. I think,

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01:58:06,440 --> 01:58:08,480
Speaker 1: I think, I think if they can be you know,

2151
01:58:08,520 --> 01:58:11,000
Speaker 1: if they if they they are in the wrong division

2152
01:58:11,120 --> 01:58:14,560
Speaker 1: right now. They are last on the come up race.

2153
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:19,280
Speaker 1: They are um Bills are there already, Dolphins are coming

2154
01:58:19,880 --> 01:58:22,880
Speaker 1: and and the Patriots are starting to turn their situation around.

2155
01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:25,360
Speaker 1: We'll have to see how the quarterback plays out. The

2156
01:58:25,560 --> 01:58:29,720
Speaker 1: Jets are they are a distant third in the team's

2157
01:58:29,800 --> 01:58:33,640
Speaker 1: chasing the Bills. Yeah, in this division, a lot of

2158
01:58:33,720 --> 01:58:36,360
Speaker 1: ground to make up. And I get it too, and

2159
01:58:36,440 --> 01:58:41,600
Speaker 1: I've physically speaking, and you see Zach Wilson got the

2160
01:58:41,640 --> 01:58:45,440
Speaker 1: live arm Josh Allen, of course, but the two other

2161
01:58:45,520 --> 01:58:49,360
Speaker 1: quarterbacks Mac Jones and two a tongue of Iloa, not

2162
01:58:49,600 --> 01:58:53,320
Speaker 1: real big thrower, they're not no time arms. Wilson is.

2163
01:58:54,120 --> 01:58:57,560
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson is could make a difference, but here's the thing.

2164
01:58:58,520 --> 01:59:04,480
Speaker 1: Let's just say the Jets, you know, are mathematically in

2165
01:59:04,600 --> 01:59:10,280
Speaker 1: the hunt with like six weeks to go, and then

2166
01:59:10,800 --> 01:59:19,360
Speaker 1: the schedule completely does them in right, Saints, the DOLPHINSS

2167
01:59:20,640 --> 01:59:24,120
Speaker 1: Bills four of the last five games. I mean, they're

2168
01:59:24,200 --> 01:59:30,600
Speaker 1: just capital els in bold face for this Jets team, Saints, Dolphins, Bucks,

2169
01:59:30,720 --> 01:59:33,800
Speaker 1: Bills for the last five weeks. Are you kidding me?

2170
01:59:36,440 --> 01:59:38,640
Speaker 1: That's a death march. But you could get a break

2171
01:59:38,720 --> 01:59:40,440
Speaker 1: at the last of the part of the season if

2172
01:59:40,520 --> 01:59:42,960
Speaker 1: the Bucks and the Bills are playing really well and

2173
01:59:43,320 --> 01:59:45,600
Speaker 1: the Bills might not need that game and maybe get lucky.

2174
01:59:45,680 --> 01:59:52,800
Speaker 1: But you know, that's tough. That is a death march

2175
01:59:52,920 --> 01:59:56,800
Speaker 1: for the Jets. Death march. That's rough. That's a rough

2176
01:59:56,880 --> 01:59:59,080
Speaker 1: way to close out it close it out, all right.

2177
01:59:59,120 --> 02:00:00,960
Speaker 1: We have to take a break when we come back.

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02:00:01,080 --> 02:00:03,400
Speaker 1: Your final thoughts on the tweet sheet, your biggest takeaways

2179
02:00:03,440 --> 02:00:06,120
Speaker 1: from the Bills twenty twenty one schedule, Maybe some time

2180
02:00:06,160 --> 02:00:08,040
Speaker 1: for a little NFL true false. We'll get to all

2181
02:00:08,080 --> 02:00:09,760
Speaker 1: of that when we return here on One Bill's Live

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02:00:09,840 --> 02:00:23,240
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. We'll

2183
02:00:23,280 --> 02:00:25,720
Speaker 1: get back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown Steve Tasker

2184
02:00:25,800 --> 02:00:29,760
Speaker 1: with you motoring our way home here on a Thursday,

2185
02:00:30,640 --> 02:00:35,120
Speaker 1: and we want to get your final thoughts on the

2186
02:00:35,160 --> 02:00:39,920
Speaker 1: tweet sheet as we've been asking you for most of

2187
02:00:39,960 --> 02:00:43,160
Speaker 1: the day today your biggest takeaways from that twenty twenty

2188
02:00:43,200 --> 02:00:47,400
Speaker 1: one schedule. So we will go back to that at

2189
02:00:47,480 --> 02:00:51,440
Speaker 1: this time. And who are we up to here? I

2190
02:00:51,520 --> 02:00:55,640
Speaker 1: believe we finished with we left off with Rusty, and

2191
02:00:56,040 --> 02:00:58,280
Speaker 1: I really hate my computer. I'm going to throw it

2192
02:00:58,320 --> 02:01:01,120
Speaker 1: out the wind. I t is getting it from me

2193
02:01:01,240 --> 02:01:04,400
Speaker 1: this afternoon, and it can't. It can't. Rusty already went

2194
02:01:04,520 --> 02:01:07,320
Speaker 1: where we finished Rusty. We're on to the next person

2195
02:01:07,520 --> 02:01:10,480
Speaker 1: after Rusty, Andrew is what I don't understand is why

2196
02:01:10,720 --> 02:01:12,800
Speaker 1: do we have to play Kansas City in the Tennessee

2197
02:01:12,880 --> 02:01:15,800
Speaker 1: Titans away where we did that one too Patriots after

2198
02:01:15,880 --> 02:01:17,720
Speaker 1: a ten day rest. The Bills used to get the

2199
02:01:17,800 --> 02:01:22,160
Speaker 1: other end of that against the Patriots. And Mary kay,

2200
02:01:22,240 --> 02:01:24,640
Speaker 1: here we go. Would like to see more four twenty

2201
02:01:24,680 --> 02:01:26,600
Speaker 1: five games on the schedule. I consider those to be

2202
02:01:26,720 --> 02:01:29,360
Speaker 1: more elite. Cleveland has more of those. It's not a

2203
02:01:29,480 --> 02:01:32,680
Speaker 1: contest with who gets the better time slots. But yeah,

2204
02:01:33,120 --> 02:01:36,120
Speaker 1: the four twenty five game on Sunday is the slot.

2205
02:01:37,160 --> 02:01:39,600
Speaker 1: That's when you get the most eyeballs on you on

2206
02:01:39,720 --> 02:01:43,360
Speaker 1: your program. That and Sunday Night Football. But four twenty

2207
02:01:43,440 --> 02:01:47,640
Speaker 1: five is the game for fans of whatever team, and

2208
02:01:47,920 --> 02:01:52,280
Speaker 1: that is the sweet spot of football on television at

2209
02:01:52,320 --> 02:01:56,080
Speaker 1: four twenty five windows that gets enormous numbers. Yeah, there

2210
02:01:56,280 --> 02:02:01,560
Speaker 1: is some Bills roster signing news. They have announced their

2211
02:02:01,720 --> 02:02:05,879
Speaker 1: unundrafted free agent signings in the forms of two corners

2212
02:02:05,960 --> 02:02:09,600
Speaker 1: Elijah Griffin and Nick McLeod, tight end Quintin Morris, safety

2213
02:02:09,760 --> 02:02:13,320
Speaker 1: Terek Thompson, offensive lineman Cyrus to Hotel, and wide receiver

2214
02:02:13,440 --> 02:02:16,880
Speaker 1: Trey Walker. They have also signed five of their eight

2215
02:02:17,120 --> 02:02:22,200
Speaker 1: draft choices to four year contracts Bookie Basham, Tommy Doyle, Marquez, Stevenson,

2216
02:02:22,520 --> 02:02:26,320
Speaker 1: Rashad wild Goose, and Jack Anderson, which would leave the

2217
02:02:26,440 --> 02:02:31,720
Speaker 1: only unsigned players as Spencer Brown and Greg Rousseau and

2218
02:02:32,160 --> 02:02:35,840
Speaker 1: I think one other player. Oh yes, the safety from

2219
02:02:36,000 --> 02:02:43,880
Speaker 1: pitt Damar Hamlin. Thank you. So three undrafted draft choice

2220
02:02:44,040 --> 02:02:48,360
Speaker 1: or three draft choices still unsigned. Six undrafted players and

2221
02:02:48,440 --> 02:02:51,760
Speaker 1: then signed to one year contracts free agent offensive lineman

2222
02:02:51,760 --> 02:02:55,640
Speaker 1: Stephen Gonzalez and free agent linebacker Mike Bell. So a

2223
02:02:55,760 --> 02:02:59,200
Speaker 1: busy day upstairs here at one Bill's drive. Two corners

2224
02:02:59,240 --> 02:03:03,600
Speaker 1: in the safety they signed. Yeah, and some interesting news

2225
02:03:03,640 --> 02:03:06,960
Speaker 1: and notes on some of those players. Nick McLeod, interesting

2226
02:03:07,080 --> 02:03:11,720
Speaker 1: corner signed by the Bills as an undrafted rookie. Played

2227
02:03:11,840 --> 02:03:16,560
Speaker 1: for three seasons at NC State, starting cornerback there, then

2228
02:03:16,640 --> 02:03:19,920
Speaker 1: suffered a knee injury a senior year, red shirted, and

2229
02:03:20,080 --> 02:03:23,800
Speaker 1: then entered the transfer portal. Played last year for Notre Dame,

2230
02:03:24,400 --> 02:03:27,960
Speaker 1: starting corner for them. Obviously, it was a shortened season

2231
02:03:28,040 --> 02:03:31,600
Speaker 1: with the pandemic, but I think he was a third

2232
02:03:31,680 --> 02:03:37,040
Speaker 1: team All acc player, but very experienced player, very athletic player.

2233
02:03:39,400 --> 02:03:43,000
Speaker 1: So yeah, good, good stuff on him. Elijah Griffin is

2234
02:03:43,040 --> 02:03:47,600
Speaker 1: a corner from usc He's also the son of rapper

2235
02:03:47,640 --> 02:03:51,120
Speaker 1: and music producer Warren G. Steve, which I know is

2236
02:03:51,160 --> 02:03:53,520
Speaker 1: important to you, So I just wanted to mention that

2237
02:03:54,360 --> 02:03:59,080
Speaker 1: on your behalf, knowing you'd be interested in that fact. Yeah. Uh,

2238
02:03:59,280 --> 02:04:01,880
Speaker 1: he's an interesting guy too. He is the cousin of

2239
02:04:02,120 --> 02:04:07,040
Speaker 1: aj Epinessa. Yes, he is aj Epins's cousin. He grew

2240
02:04:07,120 --> 02:04:09,720
Speaker 1: up in California. Aj grew up in Iowa. But yeah,

2241
02:04:09,800 --> 02:04:13,280
Speaker 1: they are cousins. Uh. So that's an interesting fact that

2242
02:04:13,440 --> 02:04:17,520
Speaker 1: you may not have known. But they've got two their

2243
02:04:17,560 --> 02:04:20,680
Speaker 1: top two draft picks. No two of their top three

2244
02:04:20,880 --> 02:04:23,040
Speaker 1: draft picks are unsigned. Everybody else is signed and they

2245
02:04:23,160 --> 02:04:25,720
Speaker 1: and they're filling out their roster. Damar Hamlin not signed

2246
02:04:25,800 --> 02:04:28,280
Speaker 1: yet either. The sixth rounds safety from Pitt. It's the

2247
02:04:28,360 --> 02:04:30,400
Speaker 1: only other guy that has three eight three of the

2248
02:04:31,040 --> 02:04:33,120
Speaker 1: seven draft picks. Three the eight draft picks. Three the

2249
02:04:33,160 --> 02:04:36,320
Speaker 1: seven draft picks are not signed through the eight. Three

2250
02:04:36,360 --> 02:04:40,080
Speaker 1: of the eight. Steve there you yes, and you know,

2251
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:46,520
Speaker 1: just for a little background, and once again my computer

2252
02:04:46,680 --> 02:04:51,720
Speaker 1: blows because I had to do some research on the

2253
02:04:53,120 --> 02:04:56,760
Speaker 1: Bills undrafted rookie free agents, which I'm trying to open

2254
02:04:56,880 --> 02:05:02,480
Speaker 1: right now to pass along to our listening audience. It's

2255
02:05:02,560 --> 02:05:05,320
Speaker 1: just ripping out on the wall thrown across there. I

2256
02:05:05,400 --> 02:05:08,280
Speaker 1: really do, I really do, but I know I'm giving

2257
02:05:08,280 --> 02:05:11,480
Speaker 1: it to it. And if it's all busted up, it's

2258
02:05:11,720 --> 02:05:15,680
Speaker 1: you know, I'm gonna hear about it. So here we go.

2259
02:05:16,520 --> 02:05:19,680
Speaker 1: So Elijah Griffin, the cornerback from USC All Pac twenty

2260
02:05:19,760 --> 02:05:25,000
Speaker 1: twelve All PAC twelve Honorable mentioned corner at his only

2261
02:05:25,040 --> 02:05:29,200
Speaker 1: career interception this past year, also has some return game experience.

2262
02:05:29,800 --> 02:05:31,960
Speaker 1: Nick McLeod, the guy I mentioned who played at Notre

2263
02:05:32,000 --> 02:05:33,920
Speaker 1: Dame last year. Six foot one hundred and ninety three

2264
02:05:33,920 --> 02:05:39,320
Speaker 1: pound corner and basically for Notre Dame. Made eleven starts

2265
02:05:39,400 --> 02:05:41,800
Speaker 1: last year, led the team in pass breakups with nine,

2266
02:05:42,680 --> 02:05:47,280
Speaker 1: third team All acc good run support corner with forty

2267
02:05:47,320 --> 02:05:50,240
Speaker 1: time in the mid four fours. Also went to the

2268
02:05:50,280 --> 02:05:53,760
Speaker 1: same high school as former Builds corners Stefan Gilmour Rockhill

2269
02:05:53,800 --> 02:05:56,480
Speaker 1: in South Carolina. Here you go, also the same high school.

2270
02:05:56,520 --> 02:05:58,840
Speaker 1: I believe as Jeff Burrs, but I have to check

2271
02:05:58,880 --> 02:06:02,680
Speaker 1: on the world's getting smaller. Uh, tight end Quintin Morris

2272
02:06:02,720 --> 02:06:04,920
Speaker 1: had a bowling green. We know the Bills like mac

2273
02:06:05,040 --> 02:06:08,040
Speaker 1: tight ends. Remember who they had on the roster last

2274
02:06:08,120 --> 02:06:11,080
Speaker 1: year who made it as an undrafted That would be

2275
02:06:11,160 --> 02:06:15,200
Speaker 1: their tight end from Toledo. Oh, can Steve remember his name?

2276
02:06:15,560 --> 02:06:19,920
Speaker 1: Let's see, no, which one is it? Was it? I

2277
02:06:20,000 --> 02:06:22,720
Speaker 1: can't remember anybody's name. Yeah, I can't either, And I

2278
02:06:22,760 --> 02:06:28,160
Speaker 1: can't even remember my own name. Where mister and mister

2279
02:06:28,360 --> 02:06:32,680
Speaker 1: short term memory? Um, yeah, it's the Reggie Gilliam. That's

2280
02:06:32,680 --> 02:06:35,040
Speaker 1: who I'm thinking of. I got that. I suspected that

2281
02:06:35,280 --> 02:06:39,760
Speaker 1: I beat you to it. But Quinn Morris made the

2282
02:06:39,800 --> 02:06:43,680
Speaker 1: transition from wide receiver his first two years to tight

2283
02:06:43,840 --> 02:06:46,080
Speaker 1: end and then are in second and then first team

2284
02:06:46,120 --> 02:06:48,480
Speaker 1: All MAC honors his final two collegiate seasons when he

2285
02:06:48,560 --> 02:06:50,800
Speaker 1: led bowling, green and receiving at the tight end position.

2286
02:06:51,080 --> 02:06:54,440
Speaker 1: It's got ten and a half inch hand, Steve Quintin

2287
02:06:54,520 --> 02:06:58,160
Speaker 1: Morris mostly lined up detached or in the backfield. Thirteen

2288
02:06:58,240 --> 02:07:01,600
Speaker 1: guys they announced now that are on contract. Yeah, Terrek Thompson,

2289
02:07:01,720 --> 02:07:04,120
Speaker 1: the safety from San Diego State. You want to talk

2290
02:07:04,120 --> 02:07:07,320
Speaker 1: about experienced Steve. How does forty seven games in college

2291
02:07:07,360 --> 02:07:12,520
Speaker 1: grab you? Forty seven games for Terrek Thompson fantastic ball

2292
02:07:12,640 --> 02:07:16,280
Speaker 1: production In forty seven games at San Diego State, Steve

2293
02:07:16,840 --> 02:07:22,320
Speaker 1: thirty five pass breakups eighteen total turnovers, including twelve interceptions

2294
02:07:22,360 --> 02:07:26,080
Speaker 1: in his college career, All Conference honors all four years.

2295
02:07:26,600 --> 02:07:30,160
Speaker 1: Committed just three penalties in an entire career in college

2296
02:07:30,480 --> 02:07:35,480
Speaker 1: forty seven games, three penalties and thirty five pass breakups

2297
02:07:35,520 --> 02:07:37,920
Speaker 1: in eighteen total turnovers. I haven't read his bio about

2298
02:07:37,960 --> 02:07:41,919
Speaker 1: his story or whoever that's impressed to me that reeks

2299
02:07:42,160 --> 02:07:45,320
Speaker 1: of DNA that this team's looking for. I mean, he's

2300
02:07:45,320 --> 02:07:47,560
Speaker 1: got a you know what I mean, that's a certified ballhark.

2301
02:07:47,640 --> 02:07:50,040
Speaker 1: I mean he's got a he's a card carrying member

2302
02:07:50,280 --> 02:07:53,240
Speaker 1: of the Ballhawk club. There you go, thirty five pass

2303
02:07:53,320 --> 02:07:56,360
Speaker 1: breakups in forty seven games and eighteen total turnovers. He

2304
02:07:56,480 --> 02:07:59,680
Speaker 1: must not have traits or something, You know what I mean? Right,

2305
02:08:00,200 --> 02:08:04,040
Speaker 1: six foot two ten San Diego State. Right, that's one

2306
02:08:04,080 --> 02:08:06,640
Speaker 1: heck of an Aztec. As I mentioned the offensive lineman

2307
02:08:06,720 --> 02:08:10,080
Speaker 1: Cyrus to Attel, I believe that's how he pronounce. Is

2308
02:08:10,160 --> 02:08:13,000
Speaker 1: that I pronounce it because I saw a pronunciation that

2309
02:08:13,080 --> 02:08:17,040
Speaker 1: said otherwise. But anyway. Cousin of Bill's defensive end, aj Epinessa,

2310
02:08:17,320 --> 02:08:19,720
Speaker 1: started twenty six games at right tackle for the Bulldogs,

2311
02:08:19,800 --> 02:08:24,240
Speaker 1: second team All Mountain West Conference. Some NFL scouts projected

2312
02:08:24,320 --> 02:08:27,160
Speaker 1: him to guard, which is where he could line up here.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to wait and sing and then wide receiver

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Speaker 1: Trey Walker five eleven, one seventy eight San Jose State,

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Speaker 1: two time All Mountain West selection, third all time in

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Speaker 1: school history and receptions sixth all time in receiving yards.

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Speaker 1: In his breakout junior season, Steve Walker averaged one hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixteen receiving yards per game. Yump in minies. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: how do these guys do that? And did not get

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Speaker 1: it's five, eleven, one seventy eight. It's a little light

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Speaker 1: gott to be elusive, right, it would think. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: those are that's a thumbnail sketch. You're undrafted's If you

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Speaker 1: want more information, you can go to Buffalo Bills dot

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Speaker 1: com where we'll have all that info for you on

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Speaker 1: the undrafted signings confirmed along with five of the bills

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Speaker 1: eight draft choices now under contract. The only ones not

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Speaker 1: under contract right now Greg Rousseau, Spencer Brown, and Damar

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Speaker 1: Handling the sixth round safety out of pit Um. And

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Speaker 1: then they also signed free agents Mike Bell and Stephen Gonzalez.

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Speaker 1: So you are up to speed on the latest happenings

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Speaker 1: to it. I'm gonna call him to a tale until

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Speaker 1: I'm told differently by him anyway. You know what I

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Speaker 1: first thing I noticed about him, he's six five plus

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Speaker 1: playing guard. He's one of the He's another one of

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Speaker 1: these giant human beings. I'm I'm sensing a pattern. Big Yeah.

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Speaker 1: You let me think. The only attribute and Big Bean's

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Speaker 1: power right as far as running, I know, that's what

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about. Height is the only physical characteristic you

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02:10:11,320 --> 02:10:19,880
Speaker 1: can't improve or or erode. I guess if you're that's

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02:10:19,920 --> 02:10:23,480
Speaker 1: the only physical attribute that can't be changed is your height.

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02:10:24,800 --> 02:10:27,920
Speaker 1: Everything we've seen guys transform themselves from skinny guys to

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Speaker 1: thin guys, and from thin guys to heavy guys, and

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Speaker 1: from slow guys to fast guys, from weak guys to

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Speaker 1: strong guys. You know, we've we've seen all those kinds.

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Speaker 1: We've seen the whole rainbow of transformations. But you've never

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Speaker 1: seen a short guy go to a tall guy during

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Speaker 1: his pro football career. Right, Yeah, that's the only thing

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Speaker 1: you can't coach. You may as well get as much

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02:10:51,520 --> 02:10:54,720
Speaker 1: as it as you can. But they did another six

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Speaker 1: five plays, six five and a half and three level

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Speaker 1: three eleven. Another Biggie, We're gonna look great. I know

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Speaker 1: that we're gonna look getting off the bus. It's gonna

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02:11:07,160 --> 02:11:08,880
Speaker 1: be like, Wow, it's a big man's game. I don't

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Speaker 1: think there's any question about that. Sign me. There are exceptions,

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Speaker 1: but not many small exceptions. Oh, I see what you

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Speaker 1: did there? Break time for us. When we come back,

2357
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Speaker 1: we'll find out what the heck we learned from today's show.

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Speaker 1: That's next year on One Bill's Life presented by Kalida Health,

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. What have we learned brought to

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Speaker 1: you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment provider of the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And we learned just recently that five of

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Speaker 1: the eight Bills draft choices have signed their four years contracts.

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02:12:01,280 --> 02:12:05,040
Speaker 1: Only Greg Rousseau, Spencer Brown, and Damar Hamlet have are

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02:12:05,120 --> 02:12:07,520
Speaker 1: not signed to this point. And we have photos of

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02:12:07,600 --> 02:12:11,879
Speaker 1: these guys signing their contracts, and so we're gonna slide

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Speaker 1: on through. Here. Here's Boogie Basham signing his rookie contract.

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Speaker 1: Congrats to him, and uh, you know, we move along

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02:12:19,840 --> 02:12:25,600
Speaker 1: here and there's here's Tommy Doyle in full regalia right

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Speaker 1: in the middle of picture. Days big number seventy two

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Speaker 1: with his helmet on is strapped in all right. So

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Speaker 1: there's there's Tommy Doyle. Here's Marquez Stevenson. We had on

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Speaker 1: the show earlier today who will be wearing the same

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Speaker 1: number war in college. Was Stevenson right and left handed.

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Speaker 1: And there's the man from the all name team, Rashod

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Speaker 1: Wild Goose love a Goose is Loose. Thirteen players and

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Speaker 1: all signed were announced today is being signed for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: Six rookie free agents I believe, yes, six drafted rookies,

2378
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Speaker 1: two regular free agents linebacker Mike Bell, offensive lineman Stephen Gonsalids,

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Speaker 1: and it's amazing. As anticipated as the schedule was that

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Speaker 1: we got last night, we're kind of okay. Now, it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like you may as well chisel it in stone.

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Speaker 1: It's not going anywhere, and we're gonna live by it

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Speaker 1: for the next five or six months. If you want

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Speaker 1: to know more about the undrafted rookies, you can go

2385
02:13:13,960 --> 02:13:16,760
Speaker 1: to Buffalo Bills dot com for more information. The story

2386
02:13:16,920 --> 02:13:19,880
Speaker 1: is up there for you to digest at your leisure,

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02:13:20,440 --> 02:13:22,440
Speaker 1: So do that so you can get to know some

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Speaker 1: of the undrafted rookies a little bit better, and for

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02:13:26,560 --> 02:13:29,160
Speaker 1: that matter, some of the free agent signings Mike Bell

2390
02:13:29,200 --> 02:13:31,320
Speaker 1: and Stephen Gonzalez as well. That story is up there

2391
02:13:31,360 --> 02:13:34,440
Speaker 1: at Buffalo bills dot com two to get all you

2392
02:13:34,800 --> 02:13:37,760
Speaker 1: need to know. And we would be remiss if we

2393
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Speaker 1: did not mention after all this talk about the schedule,

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Speaker 1: you can go to Buffalo bills dot com Slash twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one tickets to get your tickets, which are on

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Speaker 1: sale now. For Steve Tasker, I am Chris Brown. Thanks

2397
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Speaker 1: for joining us here today. We will see you again

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Speaker 1: for a bang up Friday edition of one Bills Live,

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Speaker 1: See You Tomorrow. News