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Speaker 1: A lot of people have pointed out Steve that he

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429
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Speaker 1: go out and try and practice and something gives to me.

430
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 1: Those physical practices, while they're valuable, you get too many

431
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 1: of them in the same in the row. Three days

432
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,920
Speaker 1: after that, you got six guys hurt for something else.

433
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: That's where your analytics and your load management come into play,

434
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: and based on how maybe one practice went one day

435
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: and the data that comes from it, that's where the

436
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 1: sports science people come to coach mcderman and say, hey,

437
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,880
Speaker 1: that's why you got all these intensity of yesterday's practice

438
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 1: was up in the red for a long stretch of time.

439
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Speaker 1: You may want to back off. You may want to

440
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,439
Speaker 1: just go in shells today instead of going second day

441
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,560
Speaker 1: in a row in pads, or you may want to

442
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: take them out of everything, or yeah, or it could

443
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: be this. You know, we got all these guys they

444
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: all right, you know, they give self evaluations and all

445
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 1: that as well. They say, you know what, it was

446
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,439
Speaker 1: pretty good everything, everybody's pretty good. But there are like

447
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: three guys who were in the red yesterday for a

448
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 1: prolonged period of time. Just for whatever reason, those three

449
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: guys are sitting down and that's that's in there as well.

450
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,159
Speaker 1: So it's I'm a big fan of that and I

451
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,159
Speaker 1: know that it helps. And I don't know how that,

452
00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 1: you know, affects these guys in this game, But if

453
00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,679
Speaker 1: they go out playing this game hard and stuff, you

454
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: can bet that they're gonna have some time off in

455
00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 1: the next week. We have to step aside here to

456
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 1: take a break. When we come back, though, we are

457
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 1: going to be joined by Bill's former receiver Stevie Johnson,

458
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: who's got an interesting new project that involves the debut

459
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: of a children's book put together by Stevie with some

460
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: authors helping them out. Title of the book, There's Always

461
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: a Way with Stevie j new children's book. Will talk

462
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: to him about that, along with his thoughts on the

463
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: Bills for the twenty twenty two season. Here next on

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Speaker 1: One Bills Live, presented by Collot of Health, It's Buffalo

465
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bills Live.

466
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, and happy to be

467
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,680
Speaker 1: joined now by former Bills wide out Stevie Johnson, who

468
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: now has a new title to put in front of

469
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: his name, and that is author Stevie. How you doing man,

470
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,439
Speaker 1: and good to have you with us same good to

471
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:42,320
Speaker 1: be home man. Thanks for the introduction. Yeah, so that

472
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:47,919
Speaker 1: that title wouldn't be possible without my guys. Yeah, I know,

473
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: roberts it's a Robertson Johnson production. I guess we will say,

474
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: but why don't you start with how this idea was

475
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: spawned in the first place? To come up with this

476
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: children's book. There's always a way with Stevie J. Yeah,

477
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,040
Speaker 1: and so just like the name of the book, there's

478
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 1: always a way. It was real unorthodox. I was actually

479
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 1: working on a coloring book with my good friend Zachary

480
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: McCay and he, you know, while we was doing a

481
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,000
Speaker 1: coloring book, Charles end up hitting me up randomly on

482
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: our social media and he said he had an idea

483
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,360
Speaker 1: for you know, the next generation for the kids, and um,

484
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: you know, I'm open for anything. I'm a creator. He

485
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: was a creator, And we went over to the script

486
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: and you know, we just came about it and put

487
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: together There's always a way with Stevie J. We linked

488
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 1: up with Imagine We publishers, and now we're in production

489
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: and launching our book tour and what's next on the

490
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: book tour or are you gonna come to buffal I

491
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: know you've been to Buffalo already launch it and all

492
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: of that, So what's next with it? And what's the

493
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 1: response you've gotten about it? Yeah, it's been it's been great.

494
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 1: We had our first launch it was it was it

495
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: was awesome at the North Park Theater um. And now

496
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,959
Speaker 1: we're going to circle back, you know, since seasons around.

497
00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: You know, now now it's a lot of a lot

498
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 1: of fans and the out of the family members out

499
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: there with the kids. It's a great time to get

500
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: out there and do a tour for the elementary schools

501
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: and you know, just teach them ways on overcoming obstacles

502
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 1: and you know, so what we've done is created some

503
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: social media buzz to where you just contact us on

504
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: any of our social media's and um, you know, send

505
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 1: your school and we'll put it in our list and

506
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: which will show up with books to read and have

507
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: some fun with them. I know that when you used

508
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 1: to sign your autographs for kids, you used to always

509
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: write HBHF, which is hand stands for handle business have fun.

510
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: Is that kind of the overriding theme of this book

511
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: for kids, Like, maybe just kind of explain how you

512
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: break down that message in the book for kids. Yeah, well,

513
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: it's mainly for like kids to understand that you can't

514
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 1: just jump to the fund for in the simple terms,

515
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: you can't just come home and get on video games

516
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,040
Speaker 1: all day. You know, there's some work that has to

517
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,479
Speaker 1: be done before you get to that fun side. And

518
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: that's where the business part of it is, where you

519
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: where you studying, listening to your elders, being respectful, um,

520
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: even when you're going through um phases in life, where

521
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: is it may not be as good, which I have

522
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: in there with through my career. You know, I've had

523
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 1: ups and downs and I've exposed that to where kids

524
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: and understand we all go through these emotions and there's

525
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: there's ways to get around it through community, UM and

526
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: being open and what some of the you know, the

527
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: value system you said you were working on a coloring

528
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: book too, and I imagine it has also has the

529
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: same kind of message to instilling responsibility and accountability and

530
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: values to the kids who color in the book. Yeah.

531
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 1: So our coloring book is called Visions, and that's the

532
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: illustrator that there's always a way with steviej is also

533
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: the guy who I created the Visions coloring book with

534
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 1: and you know, it was something pretty cool. He was

535
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: open to creating um. And the main thing on that

536
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: one is I can be I have a vision that

537
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 1: I can be pretty much anything in the world. Anything

538
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,239
Speaker 1: you put your mind to, you can actually do that.

539
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,160
Speaker 1: You can you can be that or you can create that.

540
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: And so I have different phases of aliens in a

541
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: as a librarian, as an architect, you know, as a doctor,

542
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 1: as a police officer, firefighter, you know, just something fun

543
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: and subtle for the kids to enjoy it, because you know,

544
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: I liked I like the color, and all my kids

545
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: they they're artists, so it was just perfect time and

546
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: for everything, it was natural. And so these started almost

547
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: there's two different things, but you kind of pulled them together. Um,

548
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: I know you said you use the same illustrator for

549
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: both projects start to finish. How long did this kind

550
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: of take you guys to pull it all together to

551
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: see what we see now? Uh, it was it was

552
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: probably about a month. You know, when we when we

553
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: get on when we first got the product, when he

554
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: first Charles first presented to me, it was, Um, Stevie

555
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: styles always smiles, and I didn't want to go with

556
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: that one. So we had a revision UM and turned

557
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: into There's always a Way with Stevie j one reason

558
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: to be simple. I didn't want to be corny or

559
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: cheesy with you know I always smile because I didn't.

560
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 1: I don't always smile. That's that's a part of life,

561
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: you know, It's always not always good, you know what

562
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,479
Speaker 1: I mean? So, UM, I wanted to switch it up

563
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,479
Speaker 1: and make something that's more optimistic and UM. And so

564
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: we end up going with There's Always Away and UM.

565
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: And now you know, with our with our connection, would

566
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: imagine we publishers, we've been able to we're working on

567
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: a cop I mean, not a coloring of a book,

568
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: but ah alphabet book and um, we're working on fred

569
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: Jackson's uh children's book. So you know, we're just trying

570
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: to spread it out and you know, giving our proceeds

571
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 1: annually to you know, charities of their choice. Yeah. One

572
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: of the things about your career here in Buffalo you

573
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: hooked up with with Freddy Jackson was here then and

574
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: also with Fits as well. You and before we came on,

575
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: you were talking about Fits. Uh, probably gonna he's pursuing

576
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: the uh, the the broadcasting career and all that. You

577
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: you have a thought about whether he may stay retired

578
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: or not. What are your thoughts about Fits maybe coming back? Yeah,

579
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: because because Fits is different man. You know, hell, I

580
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: think he'll I mean, he had a long sea, he

581
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: had a long career. You gotta think I've been out

582
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: I've been swimming with the sharks about six years now,

583
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: you know, six and he's been playing before I got

584
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,479
Speaker 1: to Buffalo, and you know, this was his first year

585
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: year off. I think he'll just enjoy with the family, um,

586
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: you know, maybe have some fun with broadcasting, and then

587
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: he who knows, he might jump back out there, you know.

588
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: And I feel like that that can happen with Fits

589
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 1: because he's he's smart. He can take care of his

590
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: body in situations. What what was the conversation like when

591
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: you saw that he retired and you know you kind

592
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: of reached out to him to kind of say, hey,

593
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: you know, nice career. Yeah, yeah, I mean that's just it.

594
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: You know, I didn't want to overdo anything. Just he knows.

595
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: I got love for him, big love for him. He

596
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 1: gave me a lot of opportunity to be who I

597
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: am through the community and just told him congratulations on that,

598
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: on everything. Man. Uh, you know, I just felt like,

599
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: you'll you'll come back again. You'll probably play another a

600
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: couple of seasons and then and then you'll hang him

601
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: up for good. But he's always a gamer. You know,

602
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: he's that type, he's that type of spirit. You know

603
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: you can jump out and do and handle it, and

604
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 1: you know he's good for handling his business. I know

605
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 1: you live out well, and we've been kind of gratified

606
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: and happy about the national attention the team's gotten around

607
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: the country. Everybody thinks they can win the Super Bowl.

608
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: They're the favorites to do it. It's been a lot

609
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: of fun to watch them through training camp. We got

610
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 1: word today that they're gonna Josh is gonna play during

611
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: the preseason. What are you what has been your observation

612
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: from out west? And I know you come back every

613
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 1: once in a a while, you come back once or twice

614
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: a year to Buffalo and certainly to see a game.

615
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about the team upcoming season? To

616
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: piggyback off of what you said is awesome seeing this red,

617
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,160
Speaker 1: white and blue all over the place from the West coast.

618
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: When I'm going through airports going to training kids in

619
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: different states, I'm seeing the Bills logo. So it's beautiful,

620
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: you know, and I can only imagine how it feels

621
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: to be living in Buffalo right now. From an outside

622
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: perspective looking at the team, I'm I'm in awe, really,

623
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 1: you know. I feel like that's why a Ward has

624
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,759
Speaker 1: had like the puzzle pieces shout out my guy, we

625
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: saw Buffalo and rich. But I feel like this team

626
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: has all the pieces, you know, and all it is

627
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: is out there and making it happen. We don't know

628
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen each week, we don't know if we'll

629
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: go to the super Bowl. But when you look at it,

630
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, we got a solid unit pretty much

631
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 1: in every room, and then you bring in playmakers, solidified playmakers,

632
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: and so you know, it just seems like everything's there,

633
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: all the pieces of the puzzles there. But I'm just

634
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing them having fun out there because

635
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,480
Speaker 1: i know it's gonna be an awesome season. I know

636
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: on Draft weekend, you were down there in Vegas two

637
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 1: announced the Bills second round pick, and so you got

638
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: to announce James Cook, who Bills fans are very excited about.

639
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: I know you've already seen what his older brother Dalvin's

640
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 1: done in this league. Did you see I know you're

641
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: an SEC guy, I know you're not rooting for Georgia,

642
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,439
Speaker 1: but did you see enough of what Cook did down

643
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 1: there for the Bulldogs to kind of have a feel?

644
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: So yes, yes, absolutely. When I've seen we had James Cook,

645
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 1: I was like surprisedly. Then we kept getting you know,

646
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: the trades we was trading back. Yeah, And I don't

647
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: know how I worked back there in the back. I

648
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 1: didn't know if if we trade, will we be able

649
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: to lose this player, if somebody else get him, or

650
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: if it's already a lock, you know. But I was

651
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: just hoping nobody else got him because we kept getting

652
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 1: traded back. And I'm like, man, we just added James

653
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 1: Cooked to our offense, Like that's that's crazy. I've seen

654
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: this dude, Like shout out to Kentucky. They know I'm

655
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: Kentucky forever. But I mean he was he was unstoppable,

656
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. He was like that X

657
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,959
Speaker 1: factor and now you add him on a team full

658
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:29,359
Speaker 1: of X factors, Like is that's kind of unfair, like

659
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: like that's my matting team right there. Officially, we're cooked

660
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: back there. We we've been talking about that, and I

661
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: know you haven't been a training camp like we have,

662
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: but the entire draft class from the first round all

663
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: the way through have really at times played well. And

664
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: then even in fact in this last first the first

665
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 1: preseason game a week ago, all of them played and

666
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,799
Speaker 1: played well and showed people here in Buffalo what we've

667
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: been watching a training camp. They really got a good

668
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: bunch of draft picks. How give us an idea that

669
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: because you're not you're not out of attle longer than

670
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: not as long as I have been. Give us an

671
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 1: idea of how great it is when you see young

672
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,919
Speaker 1: players get drafting and have a bunch of them come

673
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 1: in and contribute right away, and how difficult it is

674
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: and what it means to the team. Dude, that's awesome.

675
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: So from the outside looking in, it's great because it's

676
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: like the fans us we've been hoping, like we need

677
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: this piece, we need this piece all year, that's what

678
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,479
Speaker 1: we've been thinking, and then we get a draft pick,

679
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 1: and then when that draft pick fits in, like like

680
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: we're seeing now, it's like, oh man, that's great. You

681
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 1: know what I mean, it's smooth. So that's from the

682
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: outside looking at it, but on an inside, from an

683
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:37,720
Speaker 1: inside player's perspective, um, it's it's even it's even better

684
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,759
Speaker 1: now because you see the leadership within the teams and

685
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: it's more vocal. You know. Um, you may not have

686
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: a captain sign on your chest, but everybody has that

687
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: sense of leadership and they they've been welcoming, you know,

688
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,879
Speaker 1: these these rookies in as as if like, hey, look,

689
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: we need you. It's not know you show me what

690
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,680
Speaker 1: you need to do like a cop, like, uh, you

691
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: got to prove yourself. No, you've proven yourself. We know,

692
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: we believe in our front office. Um, we got you

693
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: here for a reason. Now do what you do. And uh,

694
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: that's a that's a great energy to have around And

695
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: I feel like that's what's going on out there in Buffalo,

696
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,399
Speaker 1: especially on the defensive backside. You know, Um, I think

697
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 1: that's that's that's a great energy for them. Stevie. Do

698
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 1: you you know the kickoff game is out at so

699
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: far being out that way, are you gonna are you

700
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 1: gonna make your way down and and try to catch

701
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: that game live or yeah, yeah, I'm trying to I'm

702
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: trying to work on getting out there. I heard we

703
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 1: always gonna have some you know, community interaction, and that's

704
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 1: what I'm about, man, I'm about interacting with the community

705
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 1: and and if if there's a spot for me somewhere

706
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: then then yeah, I'm I'm gonna be up there representing

707
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: for the for the Bills. I don't know best Coast. Well, Steve,

708
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: it's great talking to us. Congratulations on the release of

709
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,839
Speaker 1: the book and all of them and and and your

710
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: projects in the future. Hope to see you guys in LA.

711
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: I hope you can make it down to catch that

712
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: opening game. And thanks for being on with us today. Yeah,

713
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,879
Speaker 1: and do you know, Stevie, do you know when you're

714
00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: gonna be back out here in Buffalo for an ape

715
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: arans with your with your book. There's always a way

716
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 1: with TVGA. Yes, sorry, September sixteen through the twenty first

717
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: is when we'll be out there, and um yeah, we'll

718
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: just be touching different different schools, um and different libraries

719
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: and you know mom and pop bookstores, you know. So

720
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,239
Speaker 1: just contact us on the social media you can, you

721
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 1: can hit me directly Stevie Johnson thirteen. Um and then yeah, yeah,

722
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: well we'll set up a our tour for you, all right, man. Well,

723
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 1: congrats on the project. Book looks great. Love to cover

724
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: it looks pretty sweet. So congrats on that and good

725
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: luck getting that out to the schools. Thank you, and

726
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: shout out to Hilbert your son and tasker out there. Coach.

727
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, he's helping him out. He's helping him out.

728
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: I can't believe he turned to the dark side and

729
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: became a coach. But I know you can only raise them.

730
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: You get a little bit experienced under this belt, all right.

731
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: You can only raise him. You can't live their lives before.

732
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: Take care Stevie. Always a pleasure to talk to you.

733
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: One love, all right man, all right, that's Stevie Johnson

734
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: joining us here on One Bill's Live. Great dude, man,

735
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 1: great dude. One of my favorites to cover when he

736
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: was here. He is. He had a gift of no

737
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 1: and Fitz was the perfect was really the only quarterback

738
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: that could have worked with him because Stevie was you know,

739
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: he's like a sixth round draft pick, a seventh round

740
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 1: draft pick, so you know, he had some getting in

741
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: you're kind of up to your shoulders in everybody else's athleticism. Right,

742
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: So Stevie comes in and he had the ability to

743
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: get open. And if they called an out route, and then,

744
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe everybody's already heard all this stuff,

745
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 1: But Stevie, you run an out route. That means you

746
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: run down the field ten to twelve yards or whatever

747
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,439
Speaker 1: the depth is, take a speed cut out and head

748
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: to the sideline. You should be there when the ball

749
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 1: gets there, Stevie. And this is why Fitz was so brilliant.

750
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: Stevie would run the outride. He'd be where he was

751
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 1: supposed to be at the time he was supposed to

752
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: be there. But he might have ran an in cut

753
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: to get there, right, he might have run a comeback,

754
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 1: he might have a ton of stuff. But when he

755
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: was there, by the time he got there on time,

756
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: he was by himself, and he dropped the guy off somewhere,

757
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: and DB's had a hard time guarding him. In fact,

758
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: he had a really good, good success against great corners

759
00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: because corners read routes. Stevie was brail. You couldn't read

760
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 1: that guy because he never ran a rounds right, He

761
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 1: never ran a route like anybody else in the league.

762
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: So these corners out there kind of getting their reads

763
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 1: on their routes. Stevie gets out there, they're they're got,

764
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: they're blindfolded. They don't know what they're doing. So that's

765
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: why he would he was crying good games against Revas. Right.

766
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: I was one of the only guys that Revas couldn't

767
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 1: figure out because there was no There was no roadmap

768
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 1: that's on how to cover Steve. There was no telltale

769
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: sign of what he was gonna do. You didn't know

770
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: where he was supposed to be, and you couldn't tell

771
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: before he got there. Um, Stevie turned Revas in circles

772
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: and not not not anybody else could do it. And

773
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 1: but here's the thing too, as a quarterback. Quarterbacks go

774
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: out there and if you kind of glance over there

775
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: before he's done running the route, you're like going, oh,

776
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: he's done. He ain't getting there right because he's not

777
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: in the spot you think he should be. But Fitz

778
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: would say, Okay, I'm gonna just he would see it

779
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: on film. He said, Okay, I know he's gonna get

780
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: to where he's supposed to be. I shouldn't look at

781
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: him before that because I'm not gonna like what I see. Right.

782
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 1: Quarterbacks get scared off of throws because the guys out

783
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:32,240
Speaker 1: there running in circles are doing jukes and all this stuff,

784
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: so they don't throw it. They think he's covered, or

785
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: he missed the route, or he's doing something wrong, or

786
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,040
Speaker 1: he made a mental mistake running the wrong route. Fitz

787
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: was like, now I got you, and he threw it

788
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: and they were a great combination. He's still the only

789
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: Bills receiver in team history to have three consecutive one

790
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 1: thousand yard seasons. Stefan Diggs has a chance to match

791
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 1: that this year, after back to backs his first two

792
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 1: years into Bill's uniform. I think most of us would

793
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: anticipate he'll get to match Stevie's record, But right now

794
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: he is still the only Bills receiver in team history

795
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: to have that accomplishment. I'll tell you what, man, consistency

796
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: is an underrated commodity. Yeah, we have to take a

797
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 1: break when we come back. More of your phone calls

798
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 1: and your comments on the tweet sheet. Josh Allen is

799
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 1: playing in Saturday's preseason game. What do you think? Let

800
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 1: us know. We'll talk to you next here on one

801
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:28,399
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

802
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: Pigs Day returns to him Mark Stadium as the Bills

803
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:52,440
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804
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,560
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805
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808
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Speaker 1: year popcorn, ice cream, cotton candy, snow cones, root beer floats,

810
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: and a Kid's Lunch deal featuring a hot dog, chips

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00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,800
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812
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:23,359
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00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 1: get back to the phones at eight oh three oh

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00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,319
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815
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: as we are asking you, Josh Allen is playing in

816
00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 1: Saturday's preseason game. What do you think? Going to the

817
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: phones now and leading us off this segment is Bob

818
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: in Hamburg. What do you got for us? Bob? No

819
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:48,440
Speaker 1: way Josh Allen plays two words, Zach Wilson. What happened?

820
00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:52,440
Speaker 1: Josh Allen makes one move left or right in one

821
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 1: of those indirect moves and blows his knee out. I

822
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 1: don't think he needs to play at all. I think

823
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: it's a big mistake. So are you genuinely concerned? You're worried?

824
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 1: I am? Yeah? Why does he need to play? I

825
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 1: mean I think he's proved himself all last year. I mean,

826
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: what is he is? They're going to practice and they're

827
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 1: they're running through their play sets. It's hard this to

828
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: do a step on the field. It has to make

829
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: one player run, which is in his DNA got in

830
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 1: bed and he cuts the left and what happens? The

831
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: season's over. I'll tell you this, Bob. Here's the thing

832
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: he's not. It's not about proving himself. It's about getting

833
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: ready for Week one against the Rams. Two. If you're

834
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: a fan and you love the Bills, this is bonus Josh.

835
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: You to watch him more, and particularly at a time

836
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 1: when maybe he's gonna play do something awesome. M Sure,

837
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: it's a risk, but every game he's gonna play as

838
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: a risk. It doesn't matter whether he gets hurt in

839
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,399
Speaker 1: the first preseason game or in the first regular season game.

840
00:45:56,680 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 1: Season's over anyway. So if he needs to get ready,

841
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: get him ready, because we don't want to enter the

842
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:08,959
Speaker 1: season with the expectations we have not ready to play

843
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: the season. So that's it. Consider it, bonus Josh, and

844
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:18,800
Speaker 1: bonus Digs and bonus all the other guys, and enjoy it.

845
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: It's fun. It's gonna be great, and you're gonna you

846
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: can enjoy this game as much as into the others,

847
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: even though it's an exhibition. I think what is exacerbating

848
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 1: the trepidation on the part of Bills fans is the

849
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 1: expectations for the season, like this is the year that

850
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: it's all supposed to come together and happen. I don't

851
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: want to put the guy that is quintessential to getting

852
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:53,360
Speaker 1: there in any kind of harm's way, be it real

853
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:57,240
Speaker 1: or imagined. And I think that's where Bob and Hamburg

854
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 1: is coming from it, and I get it. Josh is

855
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: the single most important factor in this team getting to

856
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:08,839
Speaker 1: the super Bowl, So if they don't want to put

857
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 1: him in harm's way, I get it. But as you

858
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 1: pointed out, there is something to be said for getting

859
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: ready for the regular season opener. It's not like you're

860
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 1: it's not like you're a college football team. And this

861
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: is Georgia playing against Samford. You know you're playing the

862
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champs in week one on the road.

863
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 1: Ain't slippery Rock. You know, it's not no offense to

864
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 1: slippery Rock, no hit. Right, Yeah, you gotta get him ready.

865
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 1: They were flat opening day last year. They struggled with

866
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh pass rush. And I think and given the

867
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:47,880
Speaker 1: fact that the offensive line has been shoveled right now,

868
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 1: you haven't even mentioned that has nothing to do with Josh,

869
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 1: but all the starters are gonna play for a while,

870
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: so it's good for the goose, is good for the gander.

871
00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:58,760
Speaker 1: You gotta get them all ready, so let him play.

872
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:03,440
Speaker 1: And I'm and also I had one, you know, one

873
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: person on our notifications here, you know, he said, Hey,

874
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:10,439
Speaker 1: trust the process, and I'm perfectly willing to do that. Yeah.

875
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,040
Speaker 1: I can't believe we're an hour into the show. We

876
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: haven't mentioned how the starting offensive line could use the work.

877
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:20,400
Speaker 1: I don't think that's even a question. And there's obviously

878
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:24,680
Speaker 1: injury risk there too for those Just for a practice note,

879
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: Spencer Brown was back practicing after general soreness kept him

880
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: off the field yesterday, So that was a good sign,

881
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:37,920
Speaker 1: and hopefully he's good to go for the game on Saturday.

882
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: Because I think we can all agree that the projected

883
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: starting five for Buffalo's offensive line could use the work

884
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: together in a game like setting. So it's gonna be

885
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:53,040
Speaker 1: very interesting to see how long coach McDermott goes with

886
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,439
Speaker 1: that group. His description of how much time they're going

887
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: to get was, quote a healthy amount. What it What

888
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: I take from that they're gonna play past halftime? Oh

889
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,800
Speaker 1: you think so? Half? I think they'll come and because

890
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:11,920
Speaker 1: here's why, with all the new faces and stuff, they

891
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 1: want to get these guys in a game, playing a

892
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: bunch of series, getting getting a good ladder up, having

893
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: to come back, react to game plans, react and adjust

894
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 1: the play calling, have conversations with the coordinators upstairs, with

895
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: your position coaches, with each other quarterbacks, saying hey, what

896
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: do you see? What are we doing? Play it like

897
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 1: a regular game, Go in a halftime, adjust, do all

898
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:34,799
Speaker 1: that stuff, come back out like you got to play,

899
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:37,799
Speaker 1: play a series, and then sit down. So it'll be

900
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: exactly like a real game, except for the third and

901
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. So I'm I think that's what teams usually

902
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,759
Speaker 1: like to do because halftime is a real thing. You

903
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:50,280
Speaker 1: gotta get used to doing a twelve It's not like college.

904
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 1: It's a twelve minute a halftime. Go in, you know,

905
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: you go to the bathroom, you might put a dry

906
00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 1: t shirt under your pads, that kind of thing. Come

907
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:03,360
Speaker 1: back out, maybe adjust your tape, all of that stuff,

908
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: get retaped, maybe get somebody eat, and head back out.

909
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: You got to get into a routine, find out what

910
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:15,240
Speaker 1: works for you. Plus you're in a routine with other

911
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 1: guys who have their routines, So you got to fit

912
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:20,720
Speaker 1: your routine with everybody because there may not be anybody

913
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:23,280
Speaker 1: who tape you because you might have you know, Josh

914
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: is getting retaped, Well, me is a kick cover. I

915
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:29,280
Speaker 1: don't get taped ahead of Josh. Josh gets tap. Then

916
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: they have time for me, right kind of thing. So

917
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: all of that needs to be under their belt and

918
00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: they get through it so that they come out on

919
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: day one and they know what to expect all the

920
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:45,280
Speaker 1: way throughout the game. I just wonder if the length

921
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 1: of playing time in the eyes and minds of coaches

922
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: take care of how far away the opener is like

923
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,320
Speaker 1: if they only came out and played three series on Saturday,

924
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: the starters, and then they don't play for almost three weeks.

925
00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,360
Speaker 1: Three series isn't enough work? If you play a half,

926
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: is that significantly more work to the point where you

927
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,560
Speaker 1: feel better about the layoff between that game and they

928
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,359
Speaker 1: do you know what I'm asking? Get Yes, I think, yeah,

929
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:24,239
Speaker 1: there's something in there. Yeah. It's interesting though, because that's

930
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: a long time between days, isn't it nineteen days? It's crazy.

931
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:31,400
Speaker 1: They may have to play a little bit in the

932
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: third period, and they may they and and he'll do

933
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: it just like a series. He'll have a plan for it.

934
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 1: Now maybe they will have a Maybe they'll just get

935
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: dropped in for a series or two in the second

936
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:41,439
Speaker 1: in the third game. Yeah, you know what I mean,

937
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 1: because like you said, it's like it seems like a month.

938
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: It's a long stretch and it's hard to stay there.

939
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,240
Speaker 1: They're not gonna stop practicing. I mean, they're gonna keep practicing,

940
00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: staring up and all that. And they can go hard

941
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 1: and practice, you know, and they can like they did

942
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 1: for the first preseason game, the starters the ones can

943
00:51:57,360 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: go against each other on Thursday, Friday and then the

944
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:06,839
Speaker 1: twos and threes can play on Saturday. Yeah, so you can.

945
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 1: It'll be like a game week. But you know you're

946
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 1: gonna have that thing going off and when you're gonna

947
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 1: go through the bye week and when that other week

948
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 1: comes up, when that last week comes up, The Sunday

949
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 1: of that week before the opening game is really the

950
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 1: Wednesday before the game because it's on Thursday. So you

951
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:31,680
Speaker 1: have Wednesday, Thursday, Thursday's Monday. Friday is Tuesday. Wednesday. You're

952
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:37,439
Speaker 1: on the road that week, so which is a normal Saturday. Yeah,

953
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: so you got all that going on, but you know,

954
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 1: we got to get out in front of and have

955
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:44,120
Speaker 1: a plan for it. But and I no, there's no

956
00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:47,760
Speaker 1: question that plan for week once starts on Saturday. Break

957
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: time for us here. When we come back, we'll get

958
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: some post practice comments from some members of Buffalo's secondary

959
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,399
Speaker 1: We'll let you know who those are when we return here.

960
00:52:57,400 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 1: On One Bills Live presented by Collid to Health, It's

961
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:23,560
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. At a Steve Tasker who has been

962
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: all over the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind

963
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: of a dual role player for you. Stave, Steve a blimp.

964
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:38,359
Speaker 1: We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy. All right,

965
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 1: our number two here on a Thursday, Chris Brown, Steve

966
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:45,640
Speaker 1: Tasker with you one Bills Live, and we had some

967
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:52,080
Speaker 1: members of Buffalo's secondary addressing the media after practice today,

968
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:55,000
Speaker 1: a shortened practice as we get closer and closer to

969
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:59,560
Speaker 1: preseason game number two against Denver on Saturday, one pm kickoff,

970
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: and first up was defensive back Cam Lewis, who has

971
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:09,279
Speaker 1: been spending an awful lot of time inside on the

972
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: defense and he's been there before. And it's hard to believe,

973
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: but the former undrafted rookie out of ub is entering

974
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:25,120
Speaker 1: his fourth NFL season, so he was at the lectern

975
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 1: after practice today. Here is Cam lewis contraption. You got

976
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 1: kind of right arm back out of bone bruise um,

977
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: not bone bruise I'm sorry, bone infection when I broke

978
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 1: my farm my junior year at college and it's been

979
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,960
Speaker 1: sticking around for like the last four years. So some

980
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:46,400
Speaker 1: not denal with but being able to play through it.

981
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 1: I saw this. Ky's been the vibe among the dbs.

982
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:56,000
Speaker 1: You know, this jury pre season and how would you evaluate,

983
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:58,040
Speaker 1: you know, the way you guys played against the cold

984
00:54:58,480 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 1: it's just gone out there and trying to get better

985
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: to day. You know, we brought ourselves on being the

986
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: best of the world, trying to go out there and

987
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 1: show it every time we get a chance to. So

988
00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 1: last week I think we played pretty good as a whole.

989
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: You know, we had to take away as well. It's

990
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 1: always big. You know. Our defense proed ourselves on being

991
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:16,319
Speaker 1: able to take the ball away and uh yeah, like

992
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 1: I said, just going out there, just playing our best,

993
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:21,600
Speaker 1: playing as one unit, and it's trying to be the

994
00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:23,920
Speaker 1: best in the world. Like we brought ourselves on, have

995
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: a game on your belt. Are there anything different that

996
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: the coaches are emphasizing this week? I don't. I don't

997
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:33,439
Speaker 1: think so just going out there. Game plans pretty simple.

998
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: Just go out there, have fun, play fast, and you know,

999
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:38,839
Speaker 1: make place and trying to win. For sure. Fact your

1000
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,799
Speaker 1: game cam that you really kind of honed in on

1001
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:46,280
Speaker 1: through the spring and maybe now like something that stuck

1002
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 1: out to you on film where you almost said to yourself, Hey,

1003
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, I am going to be doing

1004
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 1: that a lot better. Yeah, I think a big thing

1005
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:58,399
Speaker 1: for me just Axasen's man coverage. Feel like I can

1006
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,720
Speaker 1: playing Nickel. I feel like I can tackle and field

1007
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,359
Speaker 1: an A gap, B gap, whatever I need. But you know,

1008
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,879
Speaker 1: it's always a six inchest thing in this in this league,

1009
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 1: So just trying to get tighter, uh and better man coverage,

1010
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,160
Speaker 1: and I feel like I've gotten better than man coverage

1011
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 1: this campus. Well, yeahs coming in Now, what's it like,

1012
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: tops when you can just trying to tell them about

1013
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: my experiences, you know, Um, you know, I've been through

1014
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 1: it a couple of times, been on the Privact squad

1015
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:31,080
Speaker 1: a couple of times as well, so I know the

1016
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:34,160
Speaker 1: kind of ups and downs that this league can give you.

1017
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:37,399
Speaker 1: So just trying to give my honest opinion and then

1018
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:39,800
Speaker 1: trying to help them out. I've been around the system

1019
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:42,319
Speaker 1: for a while, so I kind of know where you

1020
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: need to be and all that good things. So we

1021
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,200
Speaker 1: got some good rookies this year as well, Kayer, Christian

1022
00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 1: JaMarcus Um. You know, and the boys can play. So

1023
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,480
Speaker 1: it's always good when you know guys can go out

1024
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 1: there and compete and show that they're able to play

1025
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,160
Speaker 1: at this level and then picking up the system like

1026
00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:04,319
Speaker 1: they are, it's really good. Make sure path's making the

1027
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: team and they're harder. Um how do you approach that

1028
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 1: knowing that once again it seems like the deck maybe

1029
00:57:09,680 --> 00:57:14,560
Speaker 1: stacked us. Yeah, it just comes, but you know the nature. Uh,

1030
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 1: I don't kind of look at like a number column.

1031
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to go out there and compete, put

1032
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:21,800
Speaker 1: my best foot forward every day. And uh, like I said, uh,

1033
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 1: chip's gonna fall where they you know where they're gonna fall.

1034
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:26,360
Speaker 1: So I try not to worry about that. Just trying

1035
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: to control, walk and control which is my play, my attitude. Uh.

1036
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 1: I interact with my teammates, you know, being a good

1037
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: teammate as well, because you know that goes a long way.

1038
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:38,440
Speaker 1: You know, you never know what coaches end up somewhere

1039
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:41,600
Speaker 1: else thirty one other teams out here. So um yeah,

1040
00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,240
Speaker 1: like I said, just trying to put my best foot forward,

1041
00:57:43,320 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: compete each and every day and on game day, trying

1042
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 1: to put my my stuff on tech like superware. But

1043
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: not normal to have a guy played pro ball in

1044
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: the place, especially small place like Buffaloe. I know, the

1045
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:57,120
Speaker 1: coaching establishment, but you still kind of stay in contact

1046
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:58,600
Speaker 1: with the program over there. A lot of you can

1047
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 1: sort Uh definitely, I was over there this past summer,

1048
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: you know, talking to the guys work out with him

1049
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: a couple of times, just giving my insight on different things,

1050
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 1: you know, playing pro football and then being in that

1051
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:14,400
Speaker 1: position back and you be playing in the mac uh,

1052
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: I know, with the guys going through and you know,

1053
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 1: I've been there and I experienced it. So um Like

1054
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:23,120
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm just giving my support always a

1055
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:24,920
Speaker 1: phone call away. That a lot of guys have my

1056
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 1: phone number. So whenever I need, you know, help with

1057
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,920
Speaker 1: coverages or man coverages or something like that or anything,

1058
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 1: they you know, give me a call. So it's been

1059
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:37,160
Speaker 1: pretty cool. Now he's he's really he's really good, uh energetic,

1060
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,720
Speaker 1: which is which is good. The guys over there really

1061
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:44,480
Speaker 1: like his culture and him you know and amp up

1062
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 1: the guys and stuff like that. So it's pretty cool.

1063
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:49,800
Speaker 1: I like it about Dane Jackson and just one are

1064
00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: the sort of the things that he's passed along to

1065
00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: you by straps. He can he can cover his ass off. Now,

1066
00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 1: Dan's a really good corner man. Um. He came in

1067
00:58:58,720 --> 00:59:03,360
Speaker 1: a year after me, but um his u I said,

1068
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: his football IQ and his knowledge of the game is

1069
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:08,880
Speaker 1: is good and he's getting better each and every day.

1070
00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:13,200
Speaker 1: Like I said, his man coverage is good, like, like

1071
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:17,400
Speaker 1: really good. So it's always good to see that in film.

1072
00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:19,800
Speaker 1: See what he's doing it's different from mine and stuff

1073
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:22,400
Speaker 1: like that. And he has god given ability with long

1074
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,000
Speaker 1: arms and kind of longer legs, longer than me. So

1075
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:27,560
Speaker 1: I try to use a little different things that he

1076
00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:29,600
Speaker 1: does to try to fit into my game as well.

1077
00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:36,080
Speaker 1: Behind the scenes assistant coach Trey, that's that's what he

1078
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:38,680
Speaker 1: called him. Nah, he's been good man. Uh. You know,

1079
00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: Trey's going through you know, his battle trying to get

1080
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:44,160
Speaker 1: back in. But he's always been a good guy to

1081
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 1: talk to. He's always in our ears, critiquing us and

1082
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So it's always been good, you know,

1083
00:59:49,720 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 1: having that that all pro you know, Trey in your

1084
00:59:52,960 --> 00:59:58,080
Speaker 1: ear giving you uh pointers each and every time. Now,

1085
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 1: I don't think that's possible now, not a guy. It

1086
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: has been successful as he has. I don't think it's

1087
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:07,000
Speaker 1: too much, you know what I'm saying. So that's cam

1088
01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 1: Lewis addressing the media after practice today, and I found

1089
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 1: this is what I find interesting. I know a lot

1090
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 1: of people have spent a lot of time focusing on

1091
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,439
Speaker 1: the Bills Receiving Corps, which is a deep position group

1092
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: as we know Steve and trying to ascertain who is

1093
01:00:25,840 --> 01:00:29,919
Speaker 1: going to make the roster and how many receivers this

1094
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 1: team is going to keep. Suddenly there is a bounty

1095
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 1: of talent at the cornerback position for the Bills, particularly

1096
01:00:37,320 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 1: with the addition of kier Elam and the emergence of

1097
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 1: Christian Benford the sixth round pick. And this is a

1098
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:49,200
Speaker 1: team that has not historically under coach McDermott kept a

1099
01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:52,960
Speaker 1: lot of numbers at the cornerback position. There was a

1100
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 1: year where they only had four corners on their fifty

1101
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,960
Speaker 1: three man roster and then carried one or two on

1102
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 1: the practice squad. I don't foresee that this time because

1103
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:06,640
Speaker 1: of the two draft choices now. But here's the thing.

1104
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:11,240
Speaker 1: You're only surefire guys to be on the roster, like

1105
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:15,240
Speaker 1: no doubters, you know what I mean. Tradevious White, assuming

1106
01:01:15,280 --> 01:01:18,040
Speaker 1: he's healthy and doesn't have some reserve designation at the

1107
01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:23,880
Speaker 1: beginning of the year, Tarn Johnson, Dane Jackson, and Sir

1108
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:27,520
Speaker 1: Ran Neil, who signed a big offseason contract primarily for

1109
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,840
Speaker 1: his special team's exploits, but looks like he may be

1110
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:36,960
Speaker 1: serving a more important reserve role on defense for this team.

1111
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 1: So right there, that's one, two, three, four, five, that's

1112
01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 1: five already. Then you get to the next the next tier,

1113
01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:55,560
Speaker 1: which for me is Christian Benford, Cam Lewis, Nick McLeod.

1114
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,480
Speaker 1: Nick McLeod is listed as a safety on the depth chart,

1115
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,600
Speaker 1: but he's a guy that has played corner as well

1116
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:09,680
Speaker 1: every place and because of his position flexibility it's huge.

1117
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,080
Speaker 1: I think he has an advantage, right, exactly some of

1118
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:17,080
Speaker 1: this decision making exactly right. So how many corners are

1119
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:20,560
Speaker 1: you gonna keep? You know what I mean? Like, there's

1120
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,800
Speaker 1: some good players here, well you want them to keep, certainly,

1121
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:26,720
Speaker 1: and they got it. They have three on the field

1122
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:29,360
Speaker 1: ninety percent of the time, right, So if you're going

1123
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,760
Speaker 1: to back each of those three up unless you have

1124
01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:33,800
Speaker 1: one guy that can go outside and inside and be

1125
01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:36,200
Speaker 1: the next best guy in. For instance, if you go

1126
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:40,200
Speaker 1: with who they're going now, you got Tradavious and say whatever,

1127
01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:45,800
Speaker 1: Kyer Elam and tarn next guy in is who Dane Jackson? Okay,

1128
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:50,280
Speaker 1: who can play Nickel Suran Ken Suran and he's a

1129
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,480
Speaker 1: special team's stud and cam can and all right, well

1130
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:57,840
Speaker 1: you didn't say anything about Christian Benford. He's out. So

1131
01:02:58,600 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 1: but they're not going to do that right, not with

1132
01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: the way he's played, right, you can't put him on

1133
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,400
Speaker 1: the practice squad. I don't get poached unless you protect

1134
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:10,880
Speaker 1: him every single week. Yeah, I don't know that you're

1135
01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 1: doing that, but you might. It might be too that

1136
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,960
Speaker 1: if if Tredavious doesn't come along, then he's on, and

1137
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: you know, well that changes the conversation, that changes the equation,

1138
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: and it's all who knows how it's going to work.

1139
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: We still have three weeks to go, so we've been

1140
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:30,480
Speaker 1: talking about so yeah, it's an issue, great issue, Oh,

1141
01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: great problem to have. But man, I gotta I've We've

1142
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:37,440
Speaker 1: never asked Brandon this, but it's really got to grind

1143
01:03:37,520 --> 01:03:41,720
Speaker 1: his gears when he finds talent like some of what

1144
01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:45,680
Speaker 1: is on the cornerback roster, and you don't have room

1145
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:48,640
Speaker 1: to keep him, well, you know you can, and here's

1146
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:51,120
Speaker 1: the best way out of it. Particularly and now we're

1147
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:54,040
Speaker 1: not talking about you know, Wyatt Teller, you know that

1148
01:03:54,080 --> 01:03:59,320
Speaker 1: they traded away or we're not talking about the left

1149
01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:05,000
Speaker 1: tackle they trade to Cincinnati, Um Corty Glenn. You know

1150
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:07,120
Speaker 1: they're not talking about we're talking well left tack where

1151
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:10,280
Speaker 1: you are. We're talking about a money spot, a corner. Yeah,

1152
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,040
Speaker 1: if you got a bunch of those, you've got some

1153
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:17,280
Speaker 1: capital that you can get something back for Dane Jackson

1154
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:24,120
Speaker 1: can play soaking cam Lewis and obviously soaking Christian Benford

1155
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:29,080
Speaker 1: and kier elam Let alone, Tredavious and Tarn and Dane.

1156
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:33,840
Speaker 1: So there are teams out there standing there going we're

1157
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:37,120
Speaker 1: gonna go to We're gonna play a season with these

1158
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:42,320
Speaker 1: guys like the Chiefs, you know, Yeah, we're gonna go.

1159
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:44,760
Speaker 1: We're gonna go to the season with these guys. And

1160
01:04:44,840 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 1: the Bills can sit there going, well, you don't have to. Yeah,

1161
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: And that's where you're you're talking about maybe trading, and

1162
01:04:51,160 --> 01:04:52,720
Speaker 1: the Bills have done it before. I mean, we're gonna

1163
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:55,600
Speaker 1: see we're gonna see Ron Darby this weekend. Who Bill

1164
01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:59,880
Speaker 1: this regime traded in their first year on the job

1165
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:04,280
Speaker 1: and he's still in the league. So when you got

1166
01:05:04,320 --> 01:05:06,720
Speaker 1: too much of a good thing, get something for it.

1167
01:05:07,400 --> 01:05:09,560
Speaker 1: It's and I don't but I mean they put Nick

1168
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:12,320
Speaker 1: Nick McCleod on their practice squad last year and Cincinnati

1169
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:16,760
Speaker 1: scooped him up put him on their active roster. Yeah,

1170
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,480
Speaker 1: you gotta trade those man. That was just yeah, Well

1171
01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:22,240
Speaker 1: they may have to have that kind of a conversation

1172
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: and here's what you're gonna trade the guy. It's just like,

1173
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:30,680
Speaker 1: it's just like the you know AJ McCarron. Throw him

1174
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:34,320
Speaker 1: in the game, hope he shines, shine him up, and

1175
01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:37,120
Speaker 1: trade him. Yeah, you know, that's what they did. In

1176
01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:41,440
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. AJ McCarron had his the high mark of

1177
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:46,800
Speaker 1: his athletic career at the four touchdown drives against the Bears.

1178
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,480
Speaker 1: So that he was worth something that the Bills could

1179
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:51,440
Speaker 1: get from the Raiders, they traded him to the Raiders

1180
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:57,000
Speaker 1: for a seven. Yeah. So yeah, that's that's what you

1181
01:05:57,000 --> 01:06:00,360
Speaker 1: gotta start thinking about. If you're Brandon Bean and I

1182
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:04,000
Speaker 1: don't know whether he picks up the phone or wait,

1183
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:08,040
Speaker 1: or whether they're calling him one of the two. Maybe

1184
01:06:08,080 --> 01:06:11,080
Speaker 1: he's picked calling somebody and other guys are calling him.

1185
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:13,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. But man o, man, that's always a

1186
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 1: delicate balance though when you start those calls, because yeah,

1187
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:18,840
Speaker 1: the other team anyway, Yeah, the other team's got to

1188
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:20,800
Speaker 1: be thinking that, oh, he's probably gonna cut him anyway.

1189
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:22,720
Speaker 1: I'll just wait un till he does that. Well, but

1190
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:26,640
Speaker 1: if you're really desperate, you don't want to compete with

1191
01:06:26,720 --> 01:06:30,040
Speaker 1: thirty other NFL teams for that player. You may cove it.

1192
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:31,840
Speaker 1: So maybe you are willing to part with the late

1193
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:34,040
Speaker 1: draft round and late draft and you know who he's

1194
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 1: you kne who they call first is Brian Dable Yeah,

1195
01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:42,080
Speaker 1: and then they call Joe Shane yeah, and then they

1196
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:45,080
Speaker 1: call you know whoever, and then they once those conversations

1197
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:48,000
Speaker 1: start happening, then they can truthfully when these other teams

1198
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:49,760
Speaker 1: call said, well, we've already got calls about him, and

1199
01:06:49,800 --> 01:06:51,959
Speaker 1: dad da da da da da da by the way,

1200
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:53,880
Speaker 1: so then you you drum up a market for the guy.

1201
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: By the way, I misspoke about the a J. McCarron

1202
01:06:56,560 --> 01:07:02,080
Speaker 1: trade being got a fifth for that guy was wearing

1203
01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:04,240
Speaker 1: Was he wearing a ski mask when he did that?

1204
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:12,120
Speaker 1: And he got a fifth for that guy? Whoa So yeah,

1205
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:14,480
Speaker 1: this is really this is that time of year and

1206
01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 1: you always think that, you know, they go to it's

1207
01:07:16,800 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 1: gonna be unbelievable. At the end of this training camp,

1208
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:21,320
Speaker 1: by I'm starting to get like, oh my gosh, what

1209
01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:24,600
Speaker 1: are they? You know, because you always figured like half

1210
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:28,920
Speaker 1: your draft class is gonna stink seriously or or or

1211
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:32,320
Speaker 1: at least not be ready to contribute at least in

1212
01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:34,440
Speaker 1: any way at least not be ready. Some of them

1213
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,920
Speaker 1: are just outright, you know, we got no shot. You

1214
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,040
Speaker 1: know you can't you can't polish it up right. I mean,

1215
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:43,120
Speaker 1: that guy, he's gonna stink, and no matter who sees him,

1216
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:46,880
Speaker 1: they're gonna think he stinks too. Not this draft class.

1217
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:51,520
Speaker 1: Not this draft class. They could get something for Specter.

1218
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:55,080
Speaker 1: For goodness sake, they are this singular reason. The draft

1219
01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:59,360
Speaker 1: class is the singular reason why you have these difficult

1220
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:03,240
Speaker 1: decisions on the roster right now, because every one of

1221
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:07,120
Speaker 1: these draft choices has shined to a point where they say,

1222
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:10,640
Speaker 1: oh man, this kid looks to be on the fast track.

1223
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:12,360
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to carry him on the fifty three.

1224
01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:15,440
Speaker 1: We can't hide him on the practice squad. There's too

1225
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:18,120
Speaker 1: much good film out there on him. Now. Yeah, and

1226
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 1: so now you've got to make some decisions that maybe

1227
01:08:21,479 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: you weren't anticipating you would have to make. And let's

1228
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,240
Speaker 1: not forget this either, Steve. With the way the Bills

1229
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:32,080
Speaker 1: have drafted the last five years, there's a reputation out

1230
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 1: there where people are going through Buffalo's cuts from their

1231
01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:39,719
Speaker 1: roster to get to fifty three with a fine tooth

1232
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:44,280
Speaker 1: comb yeah, they're already scouting their preseason tape right. Oh yeah,

1233
01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:46,599
Speaker 1: think about this too. I mean, you've got and think

1234
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:52,240
Speaker 1: about this. You got Jakwon Johnson, Damrem Damar Hamlin, Josh Thomas,

1235
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:58,120
Speaker 1: Nick McLeod and Cam lewis, well not Cam Lewis, but

1236
01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:03,479
Speaker 1: Josh Thomas, Damar Hamlin, Nick McCloud, Jiquan Johnson. Those guys

1237
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:07,640
Speaker 1: can play, and they never see the field because of

1238
01:09:07,680 --> 01:09:10,439
Speaker 1: poor year in Hide. Yeah, we never see the field.

1239
01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:15,000
Speaker 1: Another team don't think Other teams don't get that. They're thinking, well,

1240
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:17,120
Speaker 1: this guy could be pretty good, but he can't. You know,

1241
01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 1: he's not gonna take out He's gonna gonna take Mike

1242
01:09:18,920 --> 01:09:22,439
Speaker 1: a Hide spot or Jordan Jordan Paul your spot after

1243
01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 1: he was the best safety in the league last year.

1244
01:09:25,000 --> 01:09:27,400
Speaker 1: They're not getting you know, they know, so they you know,

1245
01:09:27,439 --> 01:09:29,680
Speaker 1: they'll come in, they'll fly in and saying, listen, I

1246
01:09:29,720 --> 01:09:31,920
Speaker 1: know you got these guys. You know this guy Damar Hamlin,

1247
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:34,040
Speaker 1: I know you like him a little bit in Jiquan Johnson.

1248
01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:36,920
Speaker 1: How about you know we package him up and we'll

1249
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:38,599
Speaker 1: get the guy on the field and help him out.

1250
01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:44,519
Speaker 1: You know that's gotta be happening. That's gotta be happening. Oh,

1251
01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:46,800
Speaker 1: it definitely is. I don't think there's anything out in

1252
01:09:46,800 --> 01:09:48,439
Speaker 1: my mind that that's happened. Because you get it. Two,

1253
01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:50,120
Speaker 1: you get two guys with poor year in hide that

1254
01:09:50,120 --> 01:09:54,880
Speaker 1: are absolute fixtures on your defense, number one, top three,

1255
01:09:55,000 --> 01:10:00,479
Speaker 1: top five defense. Every single year that they're together. People

1256
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:02,519
Speaker 1: are saying, well, you know, those guys are great, and

1257
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:06,880
Speaker 1: then they start thinking, you know, NFL personnel are paid

1258
01:10:06,920 --> 01:10:09,320
Speaker 1: to think like this, well they must. You got those guys,

1259
01:10:09,320 --> 01:10:11,560
Speaker 1: who's behind them? Are they any good? Yeah? You know

1260
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:14,280
Speaker 1: what I mean. And even if even if they are

1261
01:10:14,280 --> 01:10:18,720
Speaker 1: really good, they're not gonna play. They're they're looking at

1262
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:25,760
Speaker 1: this film like crazy. These other NFL teams. It's it's tough.

1263
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable how good this draft class has been. I'm

1264
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:31,639
Speaker 1: not saying they're all gonna start, because you know, as

1265
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Speaker 1: soon as the regular season starts, we're gonna say, well,

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01:10:33,720 --> 01:10:36,320
Speaker 1: where's Shaki Where you know Shakier, Why isn't he on

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01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 1: the You know, he's not ahead of Mackenzie or maybe Crowder,

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01:10:42,040 --> 01:10:44,040
Speaker 1: and certainly not Davis or Diggs. He's got to sit

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01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 1: and wait his turn. But in the preseason you get

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01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:50,000
Speaker 1: an idea that guys can really play. It's gonna be

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01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:53,120
Speaker 1: fun to see. It's really intriguing how they're gonna get

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01:10:53,120 --> 01:10:55,639
Speaker 1: this roster to fifty three. We knew it was gonna

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01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:57,439
Speaker 1: be hard, but we thought it was gonna be easier

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01:10:57,439 --> 01:10:59,120
Speaker 1: with the draft class. Anyway. There'd be some of them

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01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:01,639
Speaker 1: that were like, I don't know, he hasn't really shown

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01:11:01,680 --> 01:11:04,519
Speaker 1: anything there. He's you know, he shouldn't flat whatever, you know,

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01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:09,599
Speaker 1: But man, oh man, it's been fun to watch him. Yeah,

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01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:12,560
Speaker 1: and it's gonna lead to a lot of interesting decisions

1279
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,280
Speaker 1: coming down the pike. Here, what's gonna they gotta get

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01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:19,400
Speaker 1: the roster down to eighty first on the twenty eight,

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01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:22,160
Speaker 1: on the twenty third, Yeah, after this game, and then

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01:11:22,439 --> 01:11:25,479
Speaker 1: a week later, it's got to get down to fifty three.

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01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,120
Speaker 1: And you know that what that is when the rubber

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01:11:28,160 --> 01:11:30,040
Speaker 1: meets the road. Here's what's gonna happen. And this is

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01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:32,040
Speaker 1: what really crushes you. You got these guys that are

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01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:37,280
Speaker 1: all proven in the league, like Josh Well, like like McKenzie, Davis,

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01:11:37,439 --> 01:11:43,000
Speaker 1: digs Knocks, you know, Milano Edmonds. All these guys are

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01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:45,240
Speaker 1: out there playing and they've all been proven, and then

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01:11:45,240 --> 01:11:47,080
Speaker 1: they go out and the whole team stinks on a

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01:11:47,160 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 1: preseason game when the other guys actually look pretty good,

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01:11:51,960 --> 01:11:54,519
Speaker 1: then you got to start the going down. You know, now,

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01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:57,160
Speaker 1: what are we doing? They're not ready? Where do they

1293
01:11:57,200 --> 01:11:59,200
Speaker 1: go out there in stink in this first preseason game

1294
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:02,000
Speaker 1: just before whatever reason, you know, the timing was bad.

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01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:04,880
Speaker 1: They could you know, a bad piece of pizza or whatever,

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01:12:06,080 --> 01:12:09,240
Speaker 1: you know, and they stink, and then you gotta like, now,

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01:12:09,280 --> 01:12:12,679
Speaker 1: what are we gonna do? That's what that's the grosser.

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01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:15,519
Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna happen. I don't either, but

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01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,000
Speaker 1: you know, you'll get individual performances or guys will play

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01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:21,320
Speaker 1: the whole first half and maybe into the third quarter

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01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:22,880
Speaker 1: and you never see them or talk about them, and

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01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:26,120
Speaker 1: they just disappear, and you're thinking, what's wrong? You know,

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01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:31,479
Speaker 1: maybe nothing, maybe something. It's gonna be pretty compelling, I

1304
01:12:31,520 --> 01:12:34,400
Speaker 1: gotta tell you, like, because there's some guys at the

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01:12:34,439 --> 01:12:37,080
Speaker 1: back half of the roster that are probably gonna show

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01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:39,559
Speaker 1: up and show out, maybe not only in the latter

1307
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:41,880
Speaker 1: stages of this game this week, but in that final

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01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:46,040
Speaker 1: preseason game and really make a case for themselves. And

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01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:48,519
Speaker 1: I know a lot of head coaches, to their credits

1310
01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:52,920
Speaker 1: say this. They tell the players, Hey, we know this

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01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:57,320
Speaker 1: is a tough roster to make here. Remember the tape

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01:12:57,320 --> 01:12:59,839
Speaker 1: you're putting out there is not just for our coaches

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01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:01,880
Speaker 1: and our evaluation. It's for thirty one other teams to

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01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:04,519
Speaker 1: take a look at two. And they are looking. They

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01:13:04,520 --> 01:13:09,760
Speaker 1: are unquestionably looking. Not only looking, they're shopping. Yeah, and

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01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 1: that's what you heard cam Lewis just say a few

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01:13:11,439 --> 01:13:14,679
Speaker 1: minutes ago. He knows what his situation is. He's no dummy.

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01:13:15,080 --> 01:13:17,400
Speaker 1: He realizes he's got a scrape and claw to make

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01:13:17,400 --> 01:13:20,200
Speaker 1: this roster. Every year he's managed to do it, either

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01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:22,600
Speaker 1: on the practice squad or the active roster each of

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01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: the last three years. He knows he's up against it again.

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01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:28,520
Speaker 1: He sees how well Christian Benford's playing. He knows Kyierriatlim's

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01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,760
Speaker 1: a first round draft choice, so siran Neil's is Stunn

1324
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:33,840
Speaker 1: on special teams. He knows what he's up against. But

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01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:38,439
Speaker 1: you can't change those things. Those are facts. There are

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01:13:38,479 --> 01:13:41,280
Speaker 1: events that have happened. They were draft choices by this club.

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01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:43,200
Speaker 1: All you can do is go out and play your

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01:13:43,240 --> 01:13:45,240
Speaker 1: best every day. Hope it's good enough, if not here,

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01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: but for somewhere else, And you know, that's where it stands,

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01:13:52,439 --> 01:13:54,840
Speaker 1: that that's the cutthroat nature of the NFL. That's just

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01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:57,439
Speaker 1: the way it is. Yeah, there's there's no getting around it.

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01:13:57,479 --> 01:14:00,760
Speaker 1: And it's it's gonna be. I said, we're all going

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01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,960
Speaker 1: to be sitting here on you know that Tuesday or

1334
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:10,320
Speaker 1: whenever it is, watching our phones to see who got cut. Yeah,

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01:14:10,720 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 1: we will step aside here when we come back. More

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01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,360
Speaker 1: of your thoughts on the tweet sheet about the starters playing,

1337
01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:21,320
Speaker 1: including Josh Allen in Saturday's preseason game. What do you

1338
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:23,679
Speaker 1: think about that? You can let us know. Got open

1339
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:25,519
Speaker 1: lines for you at eight o three five fifty. We

1340
01:14:25,520 --> 01:14:28,280
Speaker 1: will get back to the phones one eight fifty two

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01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:31,160
Speaker 1: five fifty, but we will get some of your comments

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01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,439
Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet. Next here on one Bills Live,

1343
01:14:33,479 --> 01:14:48,280
Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

1344
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:51,479
Speaker 1: we're back here on one Bills Live. Wanted to get

1345
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:53,320
Speaker 1: to some more of your comments on a tweet sheet

1346
01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:57,120
Speaker 1: to see just where you stand knowing that Josh Allen

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01:14:57,280 --> 01:15:00,479
Speaker 1: is playing in Saturday's preseason game for the Bills. You

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01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:03,920
Speaker 1: go back ten years, This isn't even a second thought.

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01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:10,440
Speaker 1: But now with the advent of more high profile players

1350
01:15:10,479 --> 01:15:15,080
Speaker 1: sitting out the entire preseason. The thought of Josh Allen

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01:15:15,160 --> 01:15:19,599
Speaker 1: taking the field, knowing the expectations for this team this year,

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01:15:21,200 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 1: it's got some fans a little nervous, little anxious, and

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01:15:25,439 --> 01:15:27,920
Speaker 1: I understand why. But we go back to the tweet

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01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:32,920
Speaker 1: sheet for some more of your comments here and JW.

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01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:37,080
Speaker 1: Socks says they'll be playing the Super Bowl champs the

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01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:39,240
Speaker 1: first week of the season. I think it's better to

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01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 1: play a little in the preseason. But no, Josh runs

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01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:45,840
Speaker 1: to the end zone. I don't know how you curb

1359
01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:49,120
Speaker 1: that unless they're walk ins. How do you curb that?

1360
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:51,120
Speaker 1: I I don't think there's any way that you can.

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01:15:51,200 --> 01:15:53,040
Speaker 1: In the natural flow of a game, you can't be

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01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,160
Speaker 1: afraid to play. Just go play. There's no reason to

1363
01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:56,320
Speaker 1: think you can't go out there and all of a

1364
01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:58,720
Speaker 1: sudden everything is going to come crashing down. Just go

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01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:01,880
Speaker 1: out and play. It's happened, yes, don't be chicken little,

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01:16:02,200 --> 01:16:05,760
Speaker 1: Yeah it's happened. Yeah. Yeah. It becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Then,

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01:16:05,840 --> 01:16:10,360
Speaker 1: you know, just go play. Nothing's gonna happen, you know,

1368
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:12,760
Speaker 1: just just go out and play like you believe that

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01:16:12,800 --> 01:16:17,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna play win. Certainly, it's a risk, and Josh

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01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:19,920
Speaker 1: may get hurt, and so my deskf digs and so Mike,

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01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:23,360
Speaker 1: Mitch Morris and all the other guys. But there you

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01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:25,840
Speaker 1: pay him to play football. They're gonna play seventeen weeks

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01:16:25,840 --> 01:16:28,680
Speaker 1: of the regular season, and it's a roll of the

1374
01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:32,479
Speaker 1: dice every moment. So you can't be afraid of one

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01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:36,360
Speaker 1: moment then more than another just because you don't get

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01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: to keep score in the standings. Yeah, just play. You

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01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:45,840
Speaker 1: know this is certainly you don't get anything in return

1378
01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:48,160
Speaker 1: for risking him here except to get him ready to

1379
01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:50,559
Speaker 1: win the games that really matter. And that's what it's about,

1380
01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:54,280
Speaker 1: get him ready. So let's see Connor on the tweet

1381
01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:56,479
Speaker 1: sheet says, I think this is a great idea. Let

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01:16:56,479 --> 01:16:58,680
Speaker 1: the first team get some reps against another team to

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01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:01,160
Speaker 1: help knock some of the rust off. It seems that

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01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:04,160
Speaker 1: most of the notes coming out of training camp is

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01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:05,920
Speaker 1: that the offense has been up and down so far.

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01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:07,720
Speaker 1: To me, that sounds like they need to get some

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01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:10,200
Speaker 1: reps go bills. Yeah, and it's interesting too. I wonder

1388
01:17:10,240 --> 01:17:13,880
Speaker 1: if there's anything to the fact that mcdermot's looking at

1389
01:17:13,880 --> 01:17:16,080
Speaker 1: Dorsey and Dorsey's looking at McDermot going here. We're not.

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01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:18,479
Speaker 1: It's not as good as you know. They need some reps.

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01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:21,080
Speaker 1: You know, they need some more work. Live work. Yeah,

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01:17:21,160 --> 01:17:23,680
Speaker 1: we need to see how this works live, see how

1393
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:28,200
Speaker 1: they're doing. Herb on the tweet sheet says, I say,

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01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:31,799
Speaker 1: let's go. Josh needs game reps, as does every player.

1395
01:17:32,160 --> 01:17:34,840
Speaker 1: I look forward to watching this game from the fifty

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01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:37,479
Speaker 1: yard line. Kid's day. Let's go. We'll see you there.

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01:17:37,520 --> 01:17:42,080
Speaker 1: Her run them up man, Yeah, yeah, reps help you.

1398
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 1: The more you play, the better you get. And it's

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01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:49,320
Speaker 1: that simple. So we'll see you get them ready. I

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01:17:49,439 --> 01:17:51,880
Speaker 1: absolutely do not have a problem with him playing. But

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01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:55,320
Speaker 1: like I told you, from a player's perspective, tell them

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01:17:55,320 --> 01:17:59,360
Speaker 1: how long they're gonna play, and don't pulling the punch.

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01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:03,960
Speaker 1: Just bel yeah, and just be real and just tell

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01:18:04,040 --> 01:18:05,320
Speaker 1: them how long they are Because when you go out

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01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:06,400
Speaker 1: there and you don't know if you're gonna be in

1406
01:18:06,439 --> 01:18:08,120
Speaker 1: there the next play, you run the plane, you look

1407
01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:10,000
Speaker 1: over the sidelines, see if you can still get to play.

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01:18:10,200 --> 01:18:14,000
Speaker 1: That's crazy. That's when you that's when your tempo drops

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01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:16,280
Speaker 1: and the other team's tempo doesn't, and then you're then

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01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:22,280
Speaker 1: you're in Jeopardy. Yeah, Nick says, I don't mind to

1411
01:18:22,439 --> 01:18:24,920
Speaker 1: drive to shake some rust off, but it needs to

1412
01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:27,719
Speaker 1: be very conservative in the play calling. Can't risk anything

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01:18:27,760 --> 01:18:30,720
Speaker 1: happening to our starters. So there's a little bit of

1414
01:18:30,720 --> 01:18:33,400
Speaker 1: trepidation starters. I mean, no, you gotta play, and I

1415
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: mean I get it, Nick, but you gotta call the

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01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:40,479
Speaker 1: plays and let it roll. It's probably gonna be relatively

1417
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:44,120
Speaker 1: vanilla anyway. I don't know, you know, I mean, well,

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01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:47,760
Speaker 1: this offense is vanilla. Is not vanilla for some other teams. Well,

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01:18:48,000 --> 01:18:54,559
Speaker 1: this is vanilla for some swirling chocolate swirl. Jack says,

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01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:57,960
Speaker 1: I don't like it. You can get enough work in practice.

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01:18:57,960 --> 01:19:00,120
Speaker 1: And he's no longer a rookie. We know he knows

1422
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:03,599
Speaker 1: how to prepare. Why take any risks and meaningless football.

1423
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:06,040
Speaker 1: Better to keep them on the sidelines and let the

1424
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:08,000
Speaker 1: young guys try to make the roster. That said the

1425
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:14,559
Speaker 1: old lines should get a few snaps together. Oh that's

1426
01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:16,960
Speaker 1: a good one. It's and it's true. We all tend

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01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:21,080
Speaker 1: to do it. It's like the offensive lineman throw them

1428
01:19:21,080 --> 01:19:23,960
Speaker 1: to the wolves, but Josh, be careful put them in

1429
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,719
Speaker 1: bubble rapping night. So that's I get it. But that's

1430
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:30,280
Speaker 1: that's hilarious. That's the way it goes. You're not gonna

1431
01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:32,559
Speaker 1: do that. They're all every guy's important, and then they

1432
01:19:32,560 --> 01:19:34,639
Speaker 1: do need some rips. This is gonna the more if

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01:19:34,640 --> 01:19:37,080
Speaker 1: they play. Let's face it, if they went out there

1434
01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:40,280
Speaker 1: and played the entire game, play it start like opening,

1435
01:19:40,360 --> 01:19:43,559
Speaker 1: kicked off the final gun and came out without a scratch,

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01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:46,200
Speaker 1: we'd be all for it. Yeah, and that's how I

1437
01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:48,720
Speaker 1: think I would advise most people to think about it. Hey,

1438
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:51,680
Speaker 1: it's bonus football from your number ones. Let's watch him

1439
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:53,599
Speaker 1: play because at the end of the season, you're gonna

1440
01:19:53,600 --> 01:19:57,640
Speaker 1: be sad it's over, So enjoy this one unless they

1441
01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:00,479
Speaker 1: win the whole kit and caboodle. Andrew on the tweet

1442
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:02,680
Speaker 1: sheet says, I like it. It keeps him up to

1443
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:04,880
Speaker 1: speed with the new additions on the team. There is

1444
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:07,519
Speaker 1: something to be said for that live action with the

1445
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:12,680
Speaker 1: new additions, whether it's James Cook, Jamison Crowder, even some

1446
01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:14,920
Speaker 1: of the linemen you know, getting used to the line

1447
01:20:14,960 --> 01:20:19,959
Speaker 1: calls up there, Roger Saffold chief among them. So yeah,

1448
01:20:20,280 --> 01:20:22,720
Speaker 1: I think there's Khalil Shakir. I mean, there's something to

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01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:27,479
Speaker 1: be said for that. You can replicate as much as

1450
01:20:27,479 --> 01:20:30,000
Speaker 1: you want in practice, but in a live game setting, yeah,

1451
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,680
Speaker 1: this maybe we talk about this a lot. And back

1452
01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:35,400
Speaker 1: in the old days it was like this, you know,

1453
01:20:35,720 --> 01:20:38,160
Speaker 1: in back in the Super Bowl days with Jim Kelly

1454
01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:40,519
Speaker 1: and Thurman, there was a lot of continuity, not only

1455
01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:44,000
Speaker 1: with the coaching staff, the GM you know, and all that,

1456
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:48,360
Speaker 1: but also on the field. That's not the case these days.

1457
01:20:48,720 --> 01:20:53,280
Speaker 1: Crowder's new, Mackenzie's stepping into a bigger role, Gabe Davis

1458
01:20:53,280 --> 01:20:55,760
Speaker 1: is stepping into a bigger role. James Cook is new,

1459
01:20:56,040 --> 01:21:05,479
Speaker 1: Shakiir is new, Howard is new, Roger Saffold is new,

1460
01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:09,120
Speaker 1: Dave Kesson Berry is new, Bates is starting. You know,

1461
01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:11,479
Speaker 1: you've got a lot of new faces. And on defense,

1462
01:21:11,479 --> 01:21:13,840
Speaker 1: I mean, where do we start up front? They're all new, right,

1463
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:18,000
Speaker 1: So it's not like it was where you go out

1464
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:19,120
Speaker 1: there and you think, well, it's going to be the

1465
01:21:19,120 --> 01:21:21,599
Speaker 1: same cast of characters. It's not. And I think one

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01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:26,599
Speaker 1: of the reasons that this club has the Buffalo Bills

1467
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:30,040
Speaker 1: have emerged as these perennial contenders, you know, for the

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01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:33,280
Speaker 1: last three years they've been at the top of it,

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01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:36,680
Speaker 1: is because they bring refreshed new people in who are

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01:21:36,760 --> 01:21:39,040
Speaker 1: highly motivated to play either on one year contracts or

1471
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:43,000
Speaker 1: short term deals or in a contract years or that's

1472
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:44,760
Speaker 1: just kind of guys they are. But they got a

1473
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: team full of motivated guys. But to do that, they

1474
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:50,400
Speaker 1: run through the roster. They wash through the roster quite

1475
01:21:50,439 --> 01:21:55,120
Speaker 1: a bit. Starlotulele's gone, Harrison Phillip's gone. You know, go

1476
01:21:55,200 --> 01:21:59,280
Speaker 1: down the list of guys who are not here. These

1477
01:21:59,280 --> 01:22:01,880
Speaker 1: guys need some reps. And I think it's one of

1478
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,840
Speaker 1: maybe getting these guys on the field with Josh in

1479
01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:07,320
Speaker 1: the starting role, you know in live action, is part

1480
01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:11,759
Speaker 1: of the side effects of having that philosophy of getting

1481
01:22:11,800 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: new players that are highly motivated by a one year

1482
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:17,680
Speaker 1: deal or have come over and really want to make

1483
01:22:17,680 --> 01:22:20,679
Speaker 1: a splash. Maybe this is part of the side effects

1484
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:23,840
Speaker 1: of doing your having a roster philosophy the way the

1485
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:26,840
Speaker 1: Bills have done it. This with Brandon Bean Danielle on

1486
01:22:26,840 --> 01:22:30,120
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet has full blown anxiety. Why why why

1487
01:22:30,240 --> 01:22:32,719
Speaker 1: play Josh? I get it, he can't be in bubble

1488
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:36,840
Speaker 1: rap forever. There just isn't a need for him to play.

1489
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:39,000
Speaker 1: I mean, it just speaks to the fact that he

1490
01:22:39,120 --> 01:22:43,280
Speaker 1: is a proven performer. It's not about what he's done

1491
01:22:44,120 --> 01:22:46,200
Speaker 1: I know that, but that's what fans think. It's not

1492
01:22:46,240 --> 01:22:47,960
Speaker 1: about what he's done in the past. It's about getting

1493
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,280
Speaker 1: him ready to play on Thursday night, opening Day. I

1494
01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:53,000
Speaker 1: guess the defending Super Bowl champs. That's what this is about.

1495
01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:56,000
Speaker 1: It's not about what he's done already. It's about what

1496
01:22:56,040 --> 01:22:59,479
Speaker 1: he's got to do in three weeks. Yeah, that's what

1497
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:03,080
Speaker 1: this is about. Anthony says, like three weeks from today. Yeah.

1498
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:06,320
Speaker 1: Anthony says, without joint practices with another NFL team, this

1499
01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,240
Speaker 1: should help the Bills get ready for the season. The

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01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:11,320
Speaker 1: Bills don't need to be rusty, especially with a new

1501
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:13,599
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. If it looks too rough in the game,

1502
01:23:13,640 --> 01:23:16,240
Speaker 1: pull the starters. Looking forward to a great run and

1503
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:19,519
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl win. Tom on the tweet sheet says,

1504
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:24,040
Speaker 1: remember Josh admits to early game jitters. This will help

1505
01:23:24,240 --> 01:23:27,479
Speaker 1: settle them. What do you think about that was part

1506
01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:30,040
Speaker 1: of getting ready? Yeah, getting used to it coming out

1507
01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:32,040
Speaker 1: of there, no one you're gonna take that opening snap

1508
01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:36,000
Speaker 1: and getting used to that feeling again and having a

1509
01:23:36,080 --> 01:23:38,240
Speaker 1: root a mental routine to get you out of it

1510
01:23:38,280 --> 01:23:39,920
Speaker 1: and get you into the game. You know, always says No,

1511
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:41,360
Speaker 1: I want to get hit first, or I want to

1512
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:44,000
Speaker 1: complete in some guys, I want to complete that first pass.

1513
01:23:44,680 --> 01:23:46,840
Speaker 1: Just need one play under my belt. No matter what happens,

1514
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:49,680
Speaker 1: I need the pass rush once, I need whatever. You know,

1515
01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:51,880
Speaker 1: there's always that little thing where they say, once this happens,

1516
01:23:51,920 --> 01:23:54,880
Speaker 1: I feel okay. Then right, well, yeah, let's get into

1517
01:23:54,880 --> 01:23:57,720
Speaker 1: that mindset and let it happen once and so we

1518
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 1: can get comfortable. I can't believe I wasn't aware of

1519
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 1: this story, Steve. I can't either. You kind of shed

1520
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:07,240
Speaker 1: some light on it for me. I don't know how

1521
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:10,880
Speaker 1: I missed it. But Tom Brady has not been at

1522
01:24:10,960 --> 01:24:17,000
Speaker 1: Buck's training camp since August tenth. He has an excused absence,

1523
01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:21,280
Speaker 1: according to head coach Todd Bowles, who initially said he

1524
01:24:21,320 --> 01:24:23,439
Speaker 1: was going to be away from camp for a few days.

1525
01:24:24,160 --> 01:24:28,640
Speaker 1: But we're it a week now, over a week and

1526
01:24:28,680 --> 01:24:31,320
Speaker 1: he's supposed to miss a few more days dealing with

1527
01:24:31,360 --> 01:24:36,880
Speaker 1: a personal situation. And naturally, the speculation has run the

1528
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:40,920
Speaker 1: gamut as to what it could be. You and I

1529
01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:43,920
Speaker 1: both think it's some kind of business dealing that has

1530
01:24:43,960 --> 01:24:46,920
Speaker 1: to get closed and Tom needed to come in to

1531
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:50,320
Speaker 1: close it or something. I mean, what else could it be.

1532
01:24:50,479 --> 01:24:55,960
Speaker 1: Maybe he's getting plastic surgery or oh my gosh, getting

1533
01:24:55,960 --> 01:25:00,080
Speaker 1: a little tummy tuck in a facelift. I don't know. Yeah,

1534
01:25:00,240 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 1: avocado TOAs can only keep you young for so long.

1535
01:25:03,360 --> 01:25:07,080
Speaker 1: My gut feeling tells me this. He retired for forty days,

1536
01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:09,120
Speaker 1: and during that forty days he said an agenda for

1537
01:25:09,120 --> 01:25:12,719
Speaker 1: that offseason, this agenda Pete. The item never got taken

1538
01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:15,439
Speaker 1: off when he came back after forty days in the

1539
01:25:15,479 --> 01:25:18,880
Speaker 1: desert of retirement. And when he came back, he said, listen,

1540
01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:20,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna come back, but I got this thing going

1541
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:24,800
Speaker 1: on in August between August eighth and August twentieth, and

1542
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:29,200
Speaker 1: I gotta be there. Yeah, And they said, fine, that whatever.

1543
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:34,600
Speaker 1: According to NFL Networks, he and Rappaport, Brady is fine

1544
01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:37,559
Speaker 1: and the team is on board with his reasons for

1545
01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:40,519
Speaker 1: being absent. What the hell are they gonna say, right, No,

1546
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:43,080
Speaker 1: you can't go. You're gonna anger the only guy that

1547
01:25:43,160 --> 01:25:47,519
Speaker 1: can play quarterback on your roster. They're not finding him. Yeah,

1548
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:52,200
Speaker 1: you know, he's expenders to be away from the team

1549
01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:55,559
Speaker 1: until after the Bucks preseason game against the Titans on

1550
01:25:55,600 --> 01:25:58,040
Speaker 1: August twentieth. We were laughing about it. Not gonna be

1551
01:25:58,120 --> 01:26:00,519
Speaker 1: back until Monday. We're gonna find out he comes back.

1552
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:05,960
Speaker 1: He owns twenty five percent of the Cincinnati Bengals, he

1553
01:26:06,040 --> 01:26:11,439
Speaker 1: owns fifteen percent of Jacksonville Jaguars or something like that.

1554
01:26:11,479 --> 01:26:15,360
Speaker 1: You know, maybe he's buying an English Premier League team overseas.

1555
01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:18,920
Speaker 1: You know that. Think about it now. I will say,

1556
01:26:19,200 --> 01:26:23,360
Speaker 1: Giselle is a Brazilian native. Maybe he's down there buying

1557
01:26:23,360 --> 01:26:25,280
Speaker 1: a Brazilian soccer team. Who the heck knows what he

1558
01:26:25,320 --> 01:26:27,960
Speaker 1: could be. He could buy just about anything, him and

1559
01:26:28,040 --> 01:26:31,200
Speaker 1: her together. Yeah, yeah, she makes more than he does.

1560
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 1: He got some cashe got some money in the bank. Yeah,

1561
01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:37,320
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. And this is an investor. We're gonna

1562
01:26:37,400 --> 01:26:40,240
Speaker 1: find Yes, of course it's a business deal, I would think,

1563
01:26:40,920 --> 01:26:42,960
Speaker 1: and we'll find out about it. And you know it,

1564
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:48,559
Speaker 1: man in the arena, next episode? Is that still going?

1565
01:26:48,600 --> 01:26:52,080
Speaker 1: I thought that was this a finite thing that one

1566
01:26:52,160 --> 01:26:55,080
Speaker 1: might be done with. They will have another season two

1567
01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:58,479
Speaker 1: season two gold, So you know that's what's gonna be.

1568
01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:01,600
Speaker 1: I guess when you win seven championships, you can pull this,

1569
01:27:03,200 --> 01:27:05,960
Speaker 1: you know, be gone for what, in essence will be

1570
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:09,280
Speaker 1: ten days more than that, it's gonna be almost two

1571
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:12,679
Speaker 1: weeks it's either seven championships or like Aaron rodgering three

1572
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:16,240
Speaker 1: MVPs and you can kind of dictate. All right, we

1573
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:18,599
Speaker 1: gotta take a break here, Steve and I will close

1574
01:27:18,640 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 1: things up as we seek out the weirdest and whackies

1575
01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:24,920
Speaker 1: story of the day that's coming up next here on

1576
01:27:24,920 --> 01:27:43,200
Speaker 1: one Bill's Live from the Wild and the Wacky. Steve

1577
01:27:44,360 --> 01:27:50,000
Speaker 1: cops have a prime suspect in San Luis Obispo County, California.

1578
01:27:51,720 --> 01:27:56,360
Speaker 1: What does it get? Where they received call? Yeah, they

1579
01:27:56,400 --> 01:28:02,080
Speaker 1: received anine one one call from the local zoo. So

1580
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:07,800
Speaker 1: dispatch sends out a unit because they tried to call

1581
01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:10,479
Speaker 1: back the number, after a hang up, tried to text back,

1582
01:28:10,600 --> 01:28:15,280
Speaker 1: no response. Deputy sent to investigate. They go to the zoo.

1583
01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:19,479
Speaker 1: There is no one there because the call was made

1584
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:25,920
Speaker 1: from a phone at the zoo. They after an investigation,

1585
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:31,400
Speaker 1: find out the prime suspect is a capuchin monkey that

1586
01:28:31,479 --> 01:28:34,960
Speaker 1: apparently picked up the zoo's cell phone out of a

1587
01:28:35,120 --> 01:28:39,840
Speaker 1: golf cart used on the property. And he dialed nine

1588
01:28:39,960 --> 01:28:46,320
Speaker 1: one one, seriously dial nine one and then and then

1589
01:28:46,320 --> 01:28:47,800
Speaker 1: he went back up into the tree and watched the

1590
01:28:47,840 --> 01:28:50,519
Speaker 1: can then hung up and watched the get came apparently

1591
01:28:50,600 --> 01:28:52,200
Speaker 1: This guy's been sitting in a tree for like the

1592
01:28:52,280 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 1: last two weeks, watching the guy in the golf cart

1593
01:28:54,439 --> 01:28:56,040
Speaker 1: use the cell phone. Figure out, let me give a

1594
01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:59,479
Speaker 1: crack at it when everybody's gone. Unfortunately, he called nine

1595
01:28:59,560 --> 01:29:02,679
Speaker 1: one one, caused a whole lot of problems. No words

1596
01:29:02,760 --> 01:29:06,800
Speaker 1: on whether the Capuchin monkey is being charged. But there

1597
01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:10,200
Speaker 1: he is for you. No phone responds, Yeah, he's got

1598
01:29:10,200 --> 01:29:13,960
Speaker 1: his phone privileges completely taken away. That's it for us today.

1599
01:29:13,960 --> 01:29:17,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking Bill's Broncos tomorrow with the Athletics

1600
01:29:17,240 --> 01:29:29,640
Speaker 1: Nick Kosmier, who covers Denver. We'll see it one