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Speaker 1: to get paid. And he needs to get paid. He

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Speaker 1: deserves every penny that he wants and asked for, and so,

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Speaker 1: Hil t J. Watt is that guy that should get

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Speaker 1: whatever he wants. So you want to talk about putting

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Speaker 1: the screws to the organization. Is it amazing what quarterbacks

433
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Speaker 1: feel comfortable doing? Nowadays, Aaron Rodgers like totally trolling his

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Speaker 1: own organization at a press conference in the Packers facility,

435
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Speaker 1: you know, laying it all out there. I mean, the

436
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:53,359
Speaker 1: cupboard was bare after Rogers was done. Carson Wentz was

437
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Speaker 1: pretty vocal before he left Philadelphia via trade. And now

438
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Speaker 1: you've got Ben Roethlisberger basically telling the organization pay the

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Speaker 1: man whatever he wants because he's that good a player,

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Speaker 1: make it happen. Right, Well, I understand him coming down

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Speaker 1: on the side of the player, right I'm just surprised

442
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: at the public nature and how free wheeling he was.

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00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 1: It's counts give him whatever he wants well, and it's

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Speaker 1: typical a little bit from from how far away we

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00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: are with Ben. Doesn't surprise me that he brought himself

446
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 1: into and said, hey, I took a pay cut, so

447
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 1: guys like that could stay yeah and get with it.

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Speaker 1: You know. Um, let me insert myself this argument here.

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Speaker 1: Let me remind you, Let me remind you of the

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Speaker 1: hero I am for taking less money. But that's typical,

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00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 1: that's typical teammates stuff. Ben knows he's got the TJ's

452
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Speaker 1: got to play well, and the organization will shrug that off.

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Speaker 1: They get it. It's this is that's fine, it's it's

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Speaker 1: fun stuff for us to talk about. How Ben's but

455
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Speaker 1: the club is secretly going yeah, no kidding. He's more

456
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Speaker 1: import to us than you are right now. Yeah, Ben,

457
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Speaker 1: So just sit down and shut up. Thanks for the update. Yeah, thanks,

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Speaker 1: thanks for letting us in on the negotiations. You don't

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Speaker 1: have any idea about so, you know. So that's the

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Speaker 1: organizations not even upset about it. They don't care. Yeah,

461
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Speaker 1: and we're still waiting to get an update on the

462
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,919
Speaker 1: situation because the word was that Watt was expected to

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Speaker 1: practice today. That was the comment from Mike Tomlin, and

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Speaker 1: from what I understood, practice was supposed to be a

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Speaker 1: twelve fifteen. Now, maybe the rules, the media rules in

466
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh are you can't tweet or do anything on social

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Speaker 1: media or report on practice until it is over. So

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Speaker 1: maybe that is the reason we haven't seen any news

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Speaker 1: coming out of Pittsburgh at this point, but I would

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Speaker 1: anticipate we'll get some before our show is over, so

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Speaker 1: we'll try to keep you abreast of that situation. It's

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Speaker 1: basically just another day. Not much has changed, at least

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Speaker 1: as far as we know, so we'll have to see

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Speaker 1: if a solution is reached between the Steelers and t J. Watt, who,

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Speaker 1: if he does not play on Sunday, is a gigantic

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Speaker 1: absence for their defensive game plan. You're convinced he's gonna play.

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Speaker 1: I am, I have nothing has is. I am unwavering

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Speaker 1: in my knowledge and belief that he is going to play,

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Speaker 1: even knowledge, but I M my belief that he's gonna play,

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Speaker 1: even though he has said. I mean, this is a

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Speaker 1: guy that's not even participating in the team portions of

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Speaker 1: practice to preserve himself against injury, didn't play in a

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Speaker 1: single preseason game. So you're convinced he's not going to

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Speaker 1: play on Sunday. Abs in a new contract? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think whatever, whatever the scenario is, whether he's got a

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Speaker 1: new contract or doesn't, he'll make himself available to play.

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Speaker 1: But he won't. He's he's gonna play. I just think

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Speaker 1: he's gonna play. Do you think he agrees to just

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Speaker 1: play third day? No? I think they're gonna get a

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Speaker 1: deal done. Oh you think it'll get done. If the

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Speaker 1: deal isn't done, that's my question. If a deal isn't done,

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Speaker 1: do you think he plays then? Maybe not? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: don't think he does. Maybe not, you're not going to

494
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Speaker 1: risk that. No, but this is the chances in the league. Steelers,

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Speaker 1: and get your knee ripped up. They're gonna pay him

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Speaker 1: the money in this contract anyway. But let's face it,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, and here's the thing. The Steelers are the

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Speaker 1: team that offered Levion Bell fourteen million bucks a year

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Speaker 1: and he turned it down because he was you know,

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Speaker 1: because whatever reason he didn't he held out that whole

501
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Speaker 1: year and it cost him fourteen to seventeen million bucks

502
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Speaker 1: over his career because he wouldn't come in and play

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Speaker 1: for that money. The Steelers, you know. So you think, well,

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Speaker 1: they didn't play hardball with Levon Bell. They made him

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Speaker 1: a really nice offer, but he refused it. Not that's

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Speaker 1: on lev Bell. If you're gonna put this on. We

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Speaker 1: don't know what they've offered or that it seems to be.

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Speaker 1: We've heard the guaranteed money that's guaranteed into the second

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Speaker 1: year of the contract is something the Steelers will not do. Now, Okay,

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Speaker 1: if that's what they're gonna do, that's that's shortsighted to me.

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Speaker 1: Because the league has moved past the taboo of guaranteeing

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Speaker 1: money into a second year, third year, fourth year. Everybody

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00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: else in the league is paying that one, right, so

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Speaker 1: you may you may want to change with the times

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Speaker 1: to get your best player under contract. I get it.

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Speaker 1: It's a roll of the dice, a little bit on

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Speaker 1: the club's on the organization's part, but he's got to

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Speaker 1: pick the right guys to do that with. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: found it interesting that NFLPA President JC Tredder of the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns listed a number of things in the latest

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Speaker 1: write up that he put forth for everyone to survey

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Speaker 1: and read and judge, and he said that the push

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Speaker 1: continues to demand daily COVID testing. They got it reduced

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Speaker 1: from once every two weeks to once every week for

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Speaker 1: vaccinated players. He wants he and the players Association want

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Speaker 1: everyone tested every single day, and that desire is rooted

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Speaker 1: in some of the breakthrough infections that we have seen

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Speaker 1: and the risks contained therein. Although it has been proven

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Speaker 1: through science that when a vaccinated player contracts the virus

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Speaker 1: and tests positive, they are not as contagious as unvaccinated

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Speaker 1: people who catch the virus. So I'm just going based

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Speaker 1: on what the New York Times was reporting this week

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Speaker 1: and they were quoting doctors for the Department of Health,

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Speaker 1: the CDC, and other federal agencies. So that's good enough

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Speaker 1: for me. I'm going with that. But still in all

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Speaker 1: I get the point. You want to eliminate the risk. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: test every day, So it's a matter of cost, probably

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Speaker 1: because I know that testing every day last year cost

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Speaker 1: the league upwards of one hundred and fifty million dollars,

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Speaker 1: and with no ticket revenue last year, they were still

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Speaker 1: in the black, but not nearly where they're used to being,

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Speaker 1: And I would imagine they're trying to mitigate costs contained

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Speaker 1: or connected to the pandemic. So we'll have to see

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Speaker 1: where it goes. He also said that it wasn't the

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Speaker 1: players Association that asked for a renewed emphasis on taunting,

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Speaker 1: basically to indicate, hey, it's not the players that get

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00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:25,840
Speaker 1: offended when somebody else is pointing in their face. Okay,

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00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: that's fine, but in the grand scheme of things, try

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00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,080
Speaker 1: to set a better example for you know, young kids,

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Speaker 1: youth players, so they're not doing the same thing. You

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Speaker 1: want to see your kid getting stood over by another

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Speaker 1: twelve year old pointing in his face after he knocked

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Speaker 1: him down with a good hit like, it's just not

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Speaker 1: necessary and you're promoting that by doing it at the

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Speaker 1: pro level, So just don't do it. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: You can talk about em I know it's an emotional

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00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: game and everything, but there's no need for that stuff.

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Speaker 1: You want to celebrate, go do it over there. Don't

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00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: do it in somebody's face. Go celebrate with your teammates. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I'm true best of and I think the league

561
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: is always well not always, but for the most part,

562
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: particularly with Roger Goodell, have known and decided and realized

563
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: they've got a hand in the legacy the football has

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Speaker 1: in the US and how far down the ladder things

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00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: from the pro game trickle. Yeah, And certainly when you

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Speaker 1: get down to the youth level, they mimic what they

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Speaker 1: see on Sunday afternoon. They mimic what their parents talk about.

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Speaker 1: They mimic what you know ESPN puts on you know,

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Speaker 1: on Sports Center, all the highlights shows and the and

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Speaker 1: the conversations and the social media highlights and all the

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Speaker 1: platforms that show highlights of games. Kids mimic that. And

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's not flattering. Yeah, break time for us here.

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Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll get your thoughts on whether

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Speaker 1: or not you believe the Steelers are a top five

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Speaker 1: opponent for the Bills on their schedule this season. So

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Speaker 1: what do you think of that team? Yes? No, maybe,

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00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: And we're also going to hear from Brian Dable and

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Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier, the two coordinators addressed the media today. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna give you some of their thoughts, including the one

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Speaker 1: player that Leslie Frasier believes can have a breakout season

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. We'll find out who that is

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Speaker 1: next Here on one Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, So we were telling

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Speaker 1: you about Stefan Diggs handling of his new role as

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Speaker 1: one of the team captains, one of the two on

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Speaker 1: offense along with Josh Allen. Brian Dabele, who spoke to

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Speaker 1: the media prior to practice today, was asked for his

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Speaker 1: thoughts on Stefan Diggs being named a team captain for

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Speaker 1: the offense. He's been really good since he's been here.

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Speaker 1: I know we've had talks about that last year. I

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00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: think he does everything that we need him to do

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Speaker 1: to be as good as he can be. He's a

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Speaker 1: hard worker, he practices. He's very talented. He speaks up

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Speaker 1: when he needs to speak up. I think he has

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Speaker 1: a respect of the coaching staff, to respect of the players,

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Speaker 1: you know, as well deserved. Captaincy happy to have him. So,

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Speaker 1: you know, Coach Dabel covered a number of topics today.

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Speaker 1: Somebody did wonder where Dion Dawkins is in his return

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Speaker 1: from the COVID infection that left him hospitalized for four days.

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Speaker 1: He talked about losing you know, sixteen pounds, trying to

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Speaker 1: get his conditioning back up to speed, and Coach Table

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Speaker 1: sheds some light on the work that Dawkins has put

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Speaker 1: in to ensure he is ready for a full slate

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Speaker 1: of work comes Sunday against the Steelers. Yeah, I think

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00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: he's worked really hard. You know, he's done a lot

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Speaker 1: of extra stuff too to try to get his wind up.

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Speaker 1: And you know, goes back to Mark's question, like, look,

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Speaker 1: the first game, they're gonna be you know, excited, and

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of adrenaline, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he's put himself in as good a position

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Speaker 1: as he can put himself in, working with our strength

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Speaker 1: staff and and getting ready with the extra conditioning. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's battled back. Obviously a tough deal to battle back from,

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Speaker 1: but he's done a good job and I think he's

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Speaker 1: in a good spot. So that was encouraging to hear

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Speaker 1: about Dawkins. It looks like he's ready to go, and

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Speaker 1: it's a pretty healthy group, you know, knock on wood,

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Speaker 1: especially on the offensive side of the ball. They're you know,

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Speaker 1: still hoping that Star Latu la Lake can be ready

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Speaker 1: in time for Sunday. Coach McDermot said yesterday he's trending

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Speaker 1: in the right direction, so we're just gonna have to

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Speaker 1: see where that goes the rest of the week. The

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Speaker 1: first injury report does come out today, but Terren Johnson's

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Speaker 1: you know, doing his thing, back out there practicing again.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it's encouraging in terms of the health of

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Speaker 1: the roster for Sunday's season opener. Yeah, that's everybody's trending

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00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,080
Speaker 1: in the right direction. Star kind of bothers me. He

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00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: hasn't been out there for a while, but and he's

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Speaker 1: you know, he had all the you know, he was

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Speaker 1: out for a training camp for a while and so

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Speaker 1: it's he's a big question mark and something that you

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00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,839
Speaker 1: know during the offseason we all hung our hats on

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Speaker 1: his return being kind of a bigger difference than we

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Speaker 1: might have thought when we heard that he opted out

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Speaker 1: last year. So I'd love to see that him get

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Speaker 1: back in there at one hundred percent. I've never really

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Speaker 1: worried about Dion Dawkins for whatever reason. I just think

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Speaker 1: the guy's gonna show up, He's gonna play, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: play well. But that's just me and my own kind

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Speaker 1: of personal perspective about what you know Dion Dawkins and

641
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 1: how offensive linemen operates. So you should be healthy week one.

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00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: We'll see if if all these guys can get back

643
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,359
Speaker 1: one hundred percent. Yeah, I mean they're pretty healthy all

644
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: things considered. You look around the league as some of

645
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: these other teams. Baltimore, my god, I mean, they are

646
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: decimated at the skills positions on offense. It's just been

647
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: one after another to the point where they're scrambling for

648
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: talent right now to sign so they have enough legs

649
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: to get through practice, let alone a game. Defensive coordinator

650
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser also addressed the media prior to practice, and

651
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: he was talking about all of the unknowns that exist

652
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: in Week one for everybody across the league. This is

653
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: why Week one is why coordinators across the league in

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00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: the preseason play it close to the vest so they

655
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: can use all of the stuff they want to make

656
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: use of in weeks one, two, three, and four and

657
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 1: maybe catch some opponents off guard as a result and

658
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,359
Speaker 1: get a leg up on somebody in a game. It

659
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: all comes down to Week one, so that organically exists

660
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: on its own, But then the Steelers bring it to

661
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: another level because they have a brand new offensive coordinator

662
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: in Matt Canada who's formerly from pitt He's now the

663
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 1: OC for the Steelers, and essentially what you have now

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Speaker 1: is a coordinator who is new at this level that

665
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 1: they don't have a ton of history on. So there

666
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: are even more unknown own in terms of how he

667
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 1: is going to call a game with this personnel that

668
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Speaker 1: he has at his disposal. So here is Coach Frasier

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Speaker 1: on diving into trying to uncover some of the things

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00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: they might be seeing on Sunday, knowing that Canada is

671
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: new to the Steelers coaching staff. Yeah, we've been trying

672
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: to figure that out, just trying to get a feel

673
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: for the new coordinator and his history and try to

674
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: get an idea what we can potentially expect. There's some

675
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,200
Speaker 1: unknowns for sure, not having any data of him calling

676
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: plays other than the preseason, and you don't know what

677
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 1: they're holding back in the preseason. So it's a little

678
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: bit of speculation on our part, but we're trying to

679
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 1: just gather them from Mason and trying to be a

680
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: step ahead. But we know more than likely we're going

681
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: to have to adjust at some point in the game

682
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: to some things that you know, unscouted. We just there's

683
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: some unknowns. Let's be one of the challenges because there

684
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: obviously his familiarity with a lot of personnel, but at

685
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: the same point, there is that new wrinkle of a

686
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: new coordinator and everything that comes from. Yeah, it definitely

687
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: presents some challenges. You know, we've tried to put our

688
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 1: players in different scenarios just guessing what they might want

689
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,240
Speaker 1: to do with the new coordinator. We know that there's

690
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: been a heavy emphasis on there getting back to getting

691
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: a run game going, and so that being the case,

692
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 1: you know, we're always talking about stopping a run and

693
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: being effective in that area. But they've got some explosive

694
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: receivers in the Hall of Fame quarterback as well, so

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00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: it's just it's a little bit of a guessing game

696
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: as to what they might do. And like I said earlier,

697
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: we just have to be ready to adjust as the

698
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 1: game goes on once we get a better handle of

699
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: how they want to proach things with their new coordinator.

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Speaker 1: And you know, while it's not I think unsettling is

701
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,240
Speaker 1: too strong a word to use once the game starts, like, oh,

702
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,760
Speaker 1: this is what they're gonna do. Okay, well, not totally

703
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: what we anticipated, but here's what we have to do now.

704
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Speaker 1: When you have veteran coordinators like Frazier and Dable, those

705
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: in game adjustments aren't a daunting One of the things

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00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: I noticed last year during the regular season was that

707
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 1: most teams had some early success against the Bills defense

708
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: in their early drives. Opening drives were tough to defend.

709
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: They'd make some hay, sometimes they'd have to put it away,

710
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 1: or sometimes they got points out of it, but you

711
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 1: always felt like, wow, those guys are really good. And

712
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: then after that first series, the Bills coordinators and their

713
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: defensive staff would come together and say, hey, here's what

714
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: they're doing to us. Let's do this and get out

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00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:24,399
Speaker 1: ahead of it. And then from that moment on you'd

716
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: have problems. Now. There was a couple of games and

717
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: I couldn't remember. I can't remember exactly which one where

718
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: the game they came out and they were ahead of

719
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: it already. You know, a couple of games the Bills

720
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,959
Speaker 1: defense did get out to another, particularly in the second

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Speaker 1: half of the season when they started, you know, playing better,

722
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: playing better, getting healthier and get and seeing the division

723
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: teams for the second time really helped them get out

724
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 1: in front of what they were going to do defensively.

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00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: But even so, always after the first series or two,

726
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: they're they're changing everything about their defense, or not everything,

727
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 1: but they're they're adjusting their game plan and their calls

728
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,240
Speaker 1: to what the offense is doing. So they have shown

729
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 1: the ability to really get out ahead tactically for their opponents,

730
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: and we'll see if that can use. That's one of

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00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 1: the reasons why having Leslie Frasier and Brian Dable be

732
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: back on the staff this year is such a huge plus. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, a lot of Bills fans were encouraged by

734
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: what they saw from Greg Russeau through the course of

735
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: the preseason. It seemed like he was getting better with

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Speaker 1: each and every opportunity he had out there on the field.

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00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 1: So Frasier, I think very effectively laid out Russeau's trajectory

738
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Speaker 1: as a rookie through the course of his first NFL offseason.

739
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Speaker 1: So here is Frasier's take on that his growth from

740
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: say rookie minicamp through the preseason has been tremendous. And

741
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: rookie minicamp you could see, you know, you didn't have

742
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: his sea legs under at all. He was just trying

743
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: to figure things out, and with such a long layoff

744
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: and he missed so much football, and you know, pushing

745
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: up against other people, you could see it. It was obvious.

746
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 1: But as training camp was going and we've watched him

747
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 1: perform in these preseason games, he's done a really, really

748
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 1: good job. You know, he's gotten us excited about some

749
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: of the things he's been able to accomplish, and we

750
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: expect big things from him. He's really set a high

751
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: bar in the way he's practiced and performed and handled

752
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: the defense and the information that we've given him. You know,

753
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 1: we're excited to watch him play on opening day, so

754
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: it's clear that Rousseau is going to have a role.

755
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:30,200
Speaker 1: They're encouraged by the progress he's making each week, and

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00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: I think they know that they're going to have something

757
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: pretty good on their hands sooner rather than later. The

758
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,719
Speaker 1: level of contribution, the frequency with which those splash plays come,

759
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: I think is the only question mark here, and it

760
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,879
Speaker 1: may be largely predicated on the caliber of opponent he's

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00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: facing and is one on one matchups. Yeah, he's I

762
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: think they've He's been one of these guys that has

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00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 1: taken tangible steps that you can see, and the coaching

764
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 1: staff has gotten excited about his play and his teammates

765
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,919
Speaker 1: as well. I think Rousseau as a guy, no matter

766
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: what his role is this week against the Pittsburgh Steelers

767
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 1: in Week one, pretty soon it's going to expand much

768
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: in the same vein as aj Epenessa did last year

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00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: when he was inactive for the first couple of games

770
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: and then got active and by the end of the

771
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: year he was full on in there in the most

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00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: critical times of the game. That's what Rousseau's going to happen. Now.

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00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: I don't think Russeau will be inactive over Week one,

774
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: but I just think that's where he started at a

775
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: higher level than aj Epenessa did, and and aj was

776
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: fighting against the weight thing too, that he had dropped

777
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: and he had a big change in a much bigger

778
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: physical adjustment for him than Rousseau. So but I think

779
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: that the parallel is the same. It's just the Rousseau's

780
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: starting from a much better place than AJ was able

781
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,240
Speaker 1: to last year. Preseason, we told you that Coach Frazier

782
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,720
Speaker 1: is excited about one player on defense that he believes

783
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: could be a breakout player in twenty twenty one. We'll

784
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: get to that comment when we return. We do have

785
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: to take a break right now. And also a reminder

786
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Speaker 1: that coming up in the second hour of the show,

787
00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: the guy doing the game for the NFL on CBS,

788
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,240
Speaker 1: Iron Eagle, will be joining us to preview the matchup,

789
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: and that's coming up in the second hour of the program.

790
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: Plenty more coming your way, so stay tuned. Here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

792
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 1: So we told you we had a player that Leslie

793
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:38,399
Speaker 1: Frasier believes could have a breakout season this year, and

794
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 1: we'll let Coach Frasier handle that. So here is Coach

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00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: Frasier on who he thinks is making tremendous strides in

796
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: his game for this season, He's definitely matured as a player.

797
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: You can see his growth. We're all watching his maturation.

798
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 1: It's been a process and it's been really good. You know,

799
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: you could see him really ascending as a player and

800
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: having an off season has been really good for Ed.

801
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 1: Having a chance to work with our d line coach

802
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: Eric Washington and his assistant Jocks. Is there something Ed

803
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: didn't have a chance to do last season or new

804
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: position coach, a new way of doing things and you're

805
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 1: kind of learning on the run as the season goes on.

806
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: So yes, we've seen tremendous growth throughout the entire all season.

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00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: He's had a really good training camp, good preseason, and

808
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: you know, expecting him to have a really good season

809
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:26,879
Speaker 1: as well. Isn't that organically happened or did you guys

810
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 1: have conversations? Did he and Eric have conversations? Wasn't something

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00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: just in general and exit meetings a year ago? Hey

812
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 1: this is we need we need more of from you

813
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: in this regard. Yeah, you know, when we at the

814
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 1: end of the season, we always go back and talk

815
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: with each one of our players about areas we think

816
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,879
Speaker 1: they can get better, what their strengths are, and there

817
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 1: were some things we pointed out with Ed. He's been

818
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 1: so good for us with his energy, his hustle, his effort.

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Speaker 1: But he's a very talented guy as well. So one

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00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 1: of the things we really challenged him to be able

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00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: to do is to consistently make those big plays for us,

822
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Speaker 1: using his ability to get off of blocks, chase the

823
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: ball down like he does, and just to be consistently

824
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: good at doing that. And he's done it. I mean,

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00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 1: he's taking upon himself. He has a strong desire to

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00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,880
Speaker 1: be good. He wants to be good. And when you

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00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 1: have talent and you have the work ethic and then

828
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: you have that mindset, you have a chance to really

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00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: become a really good player. And he's on his way

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00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 1: to doing that. So Coach Frasier basically said, Ed Oliver

831
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,439
Speaker 1: has a chance to open some eyes around the league

832
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: this year. I'm looking forward to him and having a

833
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: bust out season. So coaches usually don't say that and

834
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: put that on their players unless they believe they can

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00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 1: come through on it. And all indications he's gotten is

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Speaker 1: that Ed is prepared to do just that. Yeah, And

837
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Speaker 1: that's some of the things that we've been talking about

838
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 1: on the show for what six months, you know, since

839
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 1: we started talking about this offseason, about getting star Loot

840
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: lay back, having Ed not accept double teams, getting him

841
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: out to the three technique instead of the one technique

842
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,800
Speaker 1: where he was playing once in a while, and getting

843
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: him more snaps at a place where he gets one

844
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: on one on a guard with the ability to out

845
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: to athleticize the guy, get on and play on the

846
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: other side of the line of scrimmage. All that stuff

847
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,399
Speaker 1: is on the table, and yeah, I'm kind of with

848
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: Leslie on that. I have said, you know, there's three

849
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:21,479
Speaker 1: guys that are that are prime candidates that are coming

850
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: into that third year on both sides of the ball.

851
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: It's Ed Oliver on defense, and it's Dawson Knox and

852
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary on offense. Devn has certainly got some accolades

853
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 1: of this preseason for the way he transformed his body

854
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: and the training that he did in the offseason to

855
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,239
Speaker 1: help him be more explosive, and it seemed to show

856
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,520
Speaker 1: up some in the preseason ed Oliver, of course, the

857
00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 1: pass rush has shown up in a big way. Doesn't

858
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,720
Speaker 1: mean that Ed Oliver's not playing well, but the entire

859
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,399
Speaker 1: group has played much much better. And of course now

860
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: we have to wait and see if Dawson Knox is

861
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: the other one that can get get on the other

862
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: side of maybe what has been some disappointment by fans

863
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: and his ability to what catch the ball and the opportunity.

864
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: But I think Dawson's gonna create his own opportunities to

865
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,319
Speaker 1: do it. True, but Ed Oliver is going to get

866
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: a lot of snaps. You know, He's gonna get a

867
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: lot of snaps, and I think that is gonna be

868
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 1: his ticket to being the kind of guy that Leslie

869
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 1: Fraser has alluded to him being this year. There is

870
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:21,759
Speaker 1: another third year player that's kind of gone under the radar.

871
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: It's Cody Ford, who obviously is coming back from a

872
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: major injury situation, but it looks like he's got a

873
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 1: good chance to be in the starting lineup on Sunday,

874
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: and so you wonder what he can do to factor

875
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,480
Speaker 1: into that third year player equation from that draft class.

876
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 1: So I'm kind of interested to see where it goes

877
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,960
Speaker 1: for him as well as he can lump him into

878
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 1: the mix. So far that draft class. If he put

879
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,800
Speaker 1: Cody Ford in that mix, those four guys are huge

880
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:52,040
Speaker 1: contributors and have been since the beginning. But if they

881
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: can like maximize their potential this year, even if two

882
00:46:54,719 --> 00:46:56,919
Speaker 1: of them can maximize their potential out of the four

883
00:46:57,480 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: with all the talent they already have on this roster,

884
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,799
Speaker 1: man a lot like, well, who's stopping that? That's a

885
00:47:01,880 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: huge stopping that, And that's that's going to go down

886
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:06,759
Speaker 1: as one of the you know, if they do, If

887
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, Heaven forbid, all four of

888
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,640
Speaker 1: those guys spread their wings and all of a sudden,

889
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,919
Speaker 1: you've got this juggernaut going on both sides of the ball.

890
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: But that will go down as one of the really

891
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: good draft classes in the history of the team. If

892
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:21,200
Speaker 1: if all four of those guys take a step like that,

893
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: great time for us here when we come back though,

894
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 1: our number two of the program begins with NFL on

895
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: CBS play by play man I an Eagle, the bird

896
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,439
Speaker 1: Man who is calling Bill Steelers on Sunday with Charles

897
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 1: Davis for CBS. He joins us next here on one

898
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,759
Speaker 1: Bill's Line, presented by Kalid of Health. It's Buffalo Bill's

899
00:47:39,840 --> 00:48:00,320
Speaker 1: Radio at a Steve tester who has been all over

900
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: the fields kind of unique. He was kind of a

901
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: dual roll pleader for you, Steve a blimp. We're not

902
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:14,919
Speaker 1: even in the stragedier of normalcy here, all right, We're

903
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:17,919
Speaker 1: here our number two on a Wednesday, Chris Brown, Steve

904
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 1: Tasker with you and please to be joined now by

905
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,480
Speaker 1: play by play announcer for the NFL on CBS. Obviously

906
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: he does a ton of college work two CBSTNT TBS,

907
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:32,080
Speaker 1: but we're most interested in the fact that he is

908
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: going to be calling Sunday's season opener between the Bills

909
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,360
Speaker 1: and the Steelers. It is the Birdman, the one, the

910
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: only iron Eagle joining us on the show. And I

911
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:44,399
Speaker 1: know I don't have to tell you this because you've

912
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:47,760
Speaker 1: done a ton of games up here, But after the

913
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:50,920
Speaker 1: lack of fans in this building, the frothing at the

914
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: mouth that is going amongst the Bills fan base to

915
00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,440
Speaker 1: get into this building, I know that you're going to

916
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 1: fight not shouting into your microphone because of the cacophony

917
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 1: of noise that's going to be surrounding you. But it

918
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:06,239
Speaker 1: is going to be absolutely electric. You'd no doubt about it.

919
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:10,960
Speaker 1: The fact that you worked in cacophony early check. Okay, Steve,

920
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: you know I've known you since nineteen ninety eight, So

921
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 1: we go way back. I've actually known Chris longer. He

922
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: was a young, impressionable intern at WFAAN Radio. What year

923
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 1: was ninety three, nineteen ninety three, Steve or you guys

924
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:34,359
Speaker 1: were like six years old. Well, yeah, I know it's

925
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:38,760
Speaker 1: nearly thirty years, but I am excited. I know that

926
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: last year's experience was so surreal. I chalked it up

927
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 1: to this one year outlier that we all had. And

928
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,240
Speaker 1: the feeling now is there's going to be this release,

929
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:57,279
Speaker 1: This this genuine reaction from fans across the NFL, and

930
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: to be in Western New York to open up, you

931
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 1: can't for much better than that. Yeah, and not just

932
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 1: because it's us, but this is a pretty good game

933
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,320
Speaker 1: that you and Charles have. God, this is two really

934
00:50:08,360 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 1: good football teams. The Steelers starting off last year, they

935
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 1: stumbled down the stretch, but they want eleven straight to

936
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,800
Speaker 1: start the season a year ago. They're gonna be refreshed

937
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 1: and refurbished. Coming in Naji Harris is gonna have they

938
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,560
Speaker 1: got a new offensive line, new offensive coordinator, and of

939
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: course the Bills are sky high expectations. What are your

940
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,480
Speaker 1: thoughts coming into this first of all and and how

941
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:34,880
Speaker 1: this is gonna go and early in your preparation. Well,

942
00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:37,879
Speaker 1: what's been interesting for me the shift that we've seen

943
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:44,240
Speaker 1: now in the AFC, Because if under normal circumstances previous

944
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,280
Speaker 1: years I told people I'm doing the Bills and the Steelers,

945
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: the reaction would be, oh wow, Pittsburgh as the lead story.

946
00:50:52,560 --> 00:50:54,440
Speaker 1: They've got a chance to go to the super Bowl.

947
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:59,120
Speaker 1: And what I found so far this year, everybody basically

948
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,879
Speaker 1: has reacted the same way, Wow, you're doing the Bills game.

949
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:05,359
Speaker 1: And that just shows you how from a national perspective,

950
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,839
Speaker 1: things have altered in one year's time. A year ago,

951
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: I think Buffalo was thought of as a team potentially

952
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: on the rise. We thought Josh Allen was improving. We

953
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: thought this team could make some noise and take a

954
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:21,000
Speaker 1: next step in the development. And here we are a

955
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 1: year later, and there has been legitimate buzz about this

956
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:27,759
Speaker 1: being a super Bowl team, and rightfully so, this is

957
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,799
Speaker 1: not hyperbole. This team is built for that. They check

958
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:34,719
Speaker 1: all the boxes. The areas that you would question are

959
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,719
Speaker 1: areas that they have addressed, and they believe they're going

960
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: to be better rushing the quarterback. They believe they'll be

961
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: better interior line play on defense, the hope is they'll

962
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,760
Speaker 1: be better running the ball, creating a bit more balance.

963
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:51,279
Speaker 1: But this team is stacked, there's no getting around it.

964
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: They have a big time roster and there's a reason

965
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 1: why people are picking them to go to the super

966
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 1: Bowl because they have the makings of that type of team.

967
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:05,879
Speaker 1: Now it's about expectations, managing them, and just dealing with

968
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,719
Speaker 1: this animal week by week. As you guys know, it

969
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,760
Speaker 1: builds as the season goes and the fresher builds. It's

970
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 1: going to be a big story every week with this squad.

971
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,960
Speaker 1: So I am feeling that we have a good handle

972
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: on what we anticipate the Bills to be. How much

973
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,000
Speaker 1: uncertainty is there as to just what the Steelers are

974
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,359
Speaker 1: based on what Steve already laid out. They sprint out

975
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,800
Speaker 1: to eleven, and oh they stumble at the finish. People

976
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 1: are seemingly, in some respects ready to kick a little

977
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: dirt on this team, knowing that Ben is a thirty

978
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:38,879
Speaker 1: nine year old quarterback and probably not what it used

979
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,480
Speaker 1: to be. But that team is still laden with a

980
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: ton of talent, particularly at the skilled positions. I know

981
00:52:44,600 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: they've got a wholesale changes up on the offensive line.

982
00:52:48,040 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: So where do you kind of sit on that fence

983
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,879
Speaker 1: where there are people ready to bury that team as

984
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 1: a has been in their own division, let alone the AFC.

985
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 1: I just know from personal experience, I would never bury

986
00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:04,239
Speaker 1: a Mike Tomlin coach team. He'll get the most out

987
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: of this roster. The issue is that there are more

988
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:11,600
Speaker 1: question marks with this squad than I can remember. During

989
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,400
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin's tenure. You just alluded to it. With the

990
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,920
Speaker 1: offensive line, that was always a staple. They never had

991
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:20,479
Speaker 1: to worry even if they needed to make a change.

992
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 1: They always made the right change at offensive line. They

993
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:28,000
Speaker 1: developed talent, they would find talent and identified talent, and

994
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: they made it work. Defensively, I think they're going to

995
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,800
Speaker 1: be very competitive. There's still going to be a top

996
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:38,359
Speaker 1: flight defense. They've got all the pieces in place. Offensively,

997
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,720
Speaker 1: they couldn't run the football last year. For many many years,

998
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:44,560
Speaker 1: that was what they were known for. And the fact

999
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,880
Speaker 1: that they threw it more than any team in the

1000
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:51,040
Speaker 1: NFL last year, any team that's not Steeler Football. So

1001
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 1: that's why they went out drafted Naji Harris. That's why

1002
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:56,760
Speaker 1: they've made a commitment to him at the wide receivers

1003
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,399
Speaker 1: spot there. They're still loaded. They still have a lot

1004
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,600
Speaker 1: of talent and at Ben Roethlisberger, at the age of

1005
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:03,879
Speaker 1: thirty nine and his eighteenth year in the NFL, gets

1006
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: enough time to go out and operate this offense. Matt

1007
00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: Canada takes over as the offensive coordinator. They're still going

1008
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:15,319
Speaker 1: to be fairly prolific on offense. The questions, though, are

1009
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 1: going to come down to Ben over the course of

1010
00:54:17,719 --> 00:54:20,960
Speaker 1: a season, wear and tear, and then most specifically, that

1011
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:24,840
Speaker 1: offensive line a lot of changes. That's just so Unsteeler like,

1012
00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:29,279
Speaker 1: does t J Watt? Is he a great enough player

1013
00:54:29,320 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 1: to tip the scales one way or the other whether

1014
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: he's in or out because of his contract? He is.

1015
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 1: He's an impact guy, There's no doubt about it. I

1016
00:54:37,719 --> 00:54:40,640
Speaker 1: know that the goal is to get this thing done,

1017
00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 1: to avoid the drama, to avoid a major distraction, and

1018
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:49,399
Speaker 1: they're hoping that this thing has done Friday Saturday at

1019
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,840
Speaker 1: the latest. If it goes into the season. The Steelers

1020
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: credo has been we don't do that. We don't negotiate

1021
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:59,360
Speaker 1: during the year. I don't know if TJ will allow

1022
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: it to get to that point, if the Steelers will

1023
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 1: allow it to get to that point. But Yeah, to

1024
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:05,680
Speaker 1: answer your question, Steve, he is. He's that good. I've

1025
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: done so many of his games. He's a tireless worker.

1026
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,279
Speaker 1: He sets the tone for this defense. He's emerged as

1027
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 1: a leader for this defense, and they need to be

1028
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: the dominant unit that they believe they can be. He's

1029
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: got to be a part of it. Speaking to pass

1030
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,400
Speaker 1: rusher's eye, and the Bills made a heavy investment in

1031
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:26,400
Speaker 1: that area. How soon do you think it is in

1032
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: your Guys telecast that you and Charles are talking about

1033
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 1: that Buffalo pass rush and what it can be with

1034
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:36,759
Speaker 1: the influx of youth that they've made there. Yeah, I

1035
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: think when you tell the story of the Bills twenty

1036
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:42,360
Speaker 1: twenty compared to twenty twenty one, that's going to be

1037
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:44,840
Speaker 1: right at the top of the list. That's an area

1038
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 1: that they recognize they had to have market improvement. And

1039
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: the one thing we've seen during this regime with McDermott

1040
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:54,600
Speaker 1: and Bean is they address their needs. They don't just

1041
00:55:54,960 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: wait it out hoping it's going to change. They deal

1042
00:55:57,719 --> 00:56:00,120
Speaker 1: with it. If they have to get a player for

1043
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 1: a specific spot, they do it. Now with young defensive ends,

1044
00:56:04,680 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: edge rushers, you just don't know. You don't know how

1045
00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: they're going to adjust to the speed, to the strength,

1046
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: to the power of the game. The hope is that

1047
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: one of those two guys, whether it's bash Him or Rousseau,

1048
00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 1: can find it, can find something, and can deliver in

1049
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,919
Speaker 1: that category. Five sacks it's not enough for a team

1050
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:25,759
Speaker 1: leader for a defense that should be among the better

1051
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,319
Speaker 1: defenses in the league. And when I look back at

1052
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 1: last year, I had the Bills early, I had the

1053
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:32,799
Speaker 1: Bills middle of the season. I obviously had them late

1054
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,719
Speaker 1: in the playoff game against the Colts, and I ended

1055
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:39,000
Speaker 1: up doing the AFC Championship on radio. The defense since

1056
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 1: the week eleven by showed a lot of improvement. The

1057
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: numbers were better, and I just thought they were better collectively.

1058
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 1: There was just a better understanding of what Leslie Fraser

1059
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: was trying to do. So I believe the hope is

1060
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:53,080
Speaker 1: there will be carry over from the second half of

1061
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: twenty twenty into twenty twenty one with more consistency. One

1062
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,719
Speaker 1: of the things we've kept track of obviously here in

1063
00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: Buffalo is the AFCON. You look around at the quarterback

1064
00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: situation for the three other teams with Mac Jones in

1065
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:07,600
Speaker 1: New England, Zach Wilson, and two a Tonga Volo amazing

1066
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:12,120
Speaker 1: the Bills here in Buffalo, with Josh Allen and Mitch Trubisky,

1067
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:17,120
Speaker 1: they may have the best two quarterbacks, certainly the two

1068
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:20,200
Speaker 1: most proven quarterbacks in the division, not just the best

1069
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 1: one in Josh Allen. Yeah, that's pretty incredible to think

1070
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 1: because after his rookie year, I know people in Buffalo

1071
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:34,080
Speaker 1: felt confident that he could become a big time player Nationally.

1072
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:37,640
Speaker 1: There are a lot of questions about his mechanics, about

1073
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:41,080
Speaker 1: his accuracy, how is he going to handle a big moment.

1074
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: All of these questions were still there. He answered a

1075
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,960
Speaker 1: bunch of them in year two, and then that playoff

1076
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,480
Speaker 1: game some of those questions started to resurface. Year three,

1077
00:57:49,880 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: he has one of the best statistical seasons in NFL

1078
00:57:53,000 --> 00:57:56,440
Speaker 1: history for a quarterback. That's not hyperbole, that's real. Those

1079
00:57:56,560 --> 00:57:59,120
Speaker 1: numbers speak for themselves. So now going into year four,

1080
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:02,280
Speaker 1: you feel like you have that position locked down and

1081
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 1: he's going to be the guy. Similar to what the

1082
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 1: Steelers fans felt with Ben Roethlisberger for a decade, for

1083
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:11,840
Speaker 1: twelve years, for fifteen years. Now for eighteen years, we

1084
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,960
Speaker 1: know in the NFL if you've got the heart and

1085
00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:18,240
Speaker 1: the will and the desire, you can play that position

1086
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,760
Speaker 1: if you remain healthy for a long time. And Josh

1087
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:25,000
Speaker 1: Allen's a physical specimen. They by far have the best

1088
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: set up in the division at quarterback, and I would

1089
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:30,320
Speaker 1: venture to say if you start looking around the league,

1090
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:34,480
Speaker 1: they're also in that category of not having to worry.

1091
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:39,240
Speaker 1: And Mitch Drubisky is a very strong backup quarterback. I

1092
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,440
Speaker 1: saw enough of them in Chicago. There were flashes of

1093
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 1: moments where you thought he could be a really good

1094
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: pro and then there were moments where you realize maybe

1095
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,680
Speaker 1: the consistency wasn't there. But for what the Bills need

1096
00:58:50,240 --> 00:58:53,160
Speaker 1: big upgraded that position. And I know the Bills don't

1097
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 1: see the Jets until Week ten, but I know you

1098
00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:59,040
Speaker 1: do those preseason telecasts for them. What it looks from

1099
00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 1: the outside that they may have finally gotten this coach

1100
00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 1: and quarterback thing right for the first time. And well,

1101
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 1: I don't have to tell you a really, really long time.

1102
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 1: What are your early impressions having been around that team

1103
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: through the course of this preseason. I mean, I'm not

1104
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:16,680
Speaker 1: expecting them to be a juggernaut, but it looks like

1105
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,520
Speaker 1: coach and quarterback. They're on the right track here. What

1106
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 1: is your assessment there? Very similar to what you guys

1107
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:27,680
Speaker 1: felt when this regime took over. You want to give

1108
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:30,640
Speaker 1: them time. And let's face it, Sean McDermott, they won

1109
00:59:30,760 --> 00:59:33,080
Speaker 1: right away. Even though it was a transition year. They

1110
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 1: ended up making the playoffs and you thought to yourself, Wow,

1111
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:39,479
Speaker 1: this is working. The Jets needed to get that spot right.

1112
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:41,800
Speaker 1: They had to get the right man at head coach.

1113
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: Robert Sala, in my estimation, is the right man. You

1114
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 1: meet him and you walk away impressed with his emotional intelligence,

1115
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,400
Speaker 1: his ability to connect with people, and then, oh, by

1116
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,800
Speaker 1: the way, he knows his stuff what he did in

1117
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: San Francisco Top five defense each of the last two years.

1118
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:01,560
Speaker 1: Motivating players, creating a positive culture, and I know that

1119
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,600
Speaker 1: word gets thrown around a lot, but it is important

1120
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:07,040
Speaker 1: and you saw it firsthand. You could say it, you

1121
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:11,520
Speaker 1: could talk about creating an atmosphere that sets you up

1122
01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 1: for winning, but you have to actually go out and

1123
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:15,320
Speaker 1: do it, and I think they took the first step

1124
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,920
Speaker 1: in doing that. Zack Wilson actually met with him in person,

1125
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 1: So that was the first time I met with an

1126
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 1: NFL player since December of twenty nineteen and impressed, impressed

1127
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:30,040
Speaker 1: by how he carries himself, impressed by his already growing

1128
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:33,080
Speaker 1: knowledge base, but all the questions that he asks, the

1129
01:00:33,120 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 1: work that he puts in. He's already been elected a captain.

1130
01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:38,800
Speaker 1: There's a belief there from his teammates. So I think

1131
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:44,040
Speaker 1: the Jets feel like they can maybe set the tone

1132
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:46,400
Speaker 1: this year for what's to come. If you're going to

1133
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:48,920
Speaker 1: put a win total on it, you're probably looking at

1134
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:52,160
Speaker 1: about five wins this season with the idea that you

1135
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:55,160
Speaker 1: see improvement over the course of the year and maybe

1136
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:57,560
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two you see a bit of a jump.

1137
01:00:57,760 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 1: Now I know that you know Vit Sulloch came from

1138
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,680
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball to head coaching position

1139
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:07,360
Speaker 1: and forty out of the forty nine ers. Will the

1140
01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:10,919
Speaker 1: Jets defense be able to reflect maybe a little bit

1141
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:14,200
Speaker 1: of fat in an improved effort this year? I mean

1142
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:17,240
Speaker 1: they That's more about what I'm interested in about the

1143
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 1: Jets rather than Zach Wilson the offense. I think they're

1144
01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 1: going to struggle personally defensively to start up. Look at

1145
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 1: their secondary they are completely inexperience at the cornerback position.

1146
01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 1: They've accepted that they're taking a flyer on a bunch

1147
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:37,200
Speaker 1: of low drafted rookies, fifth round picks, undrafted free agents.

1148
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:42,560
Speaker 1: In my mind, that's the biggest risk in the NFL.

1149
01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:47,880
Speaker 1: When you don't have experience or savvyness at those positions,

1150
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: cornerback positions, it could get embarrassing, it could get ugly,

1151
01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:54,280
Speaker 1: and maybe over the course of the year they coach

1152
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 1: them up. They're also playing guys that were safeties in

1153
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:01,120
Speaker 1: college at linebacker. They believe that they found the formula

1154
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:03,360
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, and they're trying to do the same

1155
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: thing with a hybrid model here in New York slash

1156
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 1: New Jersey, and that's going to take some time. So

1157
01:02:09,800 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 1: Steve a nice way of answering your question. I think

1158
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 1: that side of the ball is going to be a

1159
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: struggle early. At least we do actually have an update

1160
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:20,920
Speaker 1: coming out of Pittsburgh here ion that TJ. Watt was

1161
01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:25,240
Speaker 1: back at practice today and fully participating even in team periods.

1162
01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:28,760
Speaker 1: So looks like things are heading in the right direction

1163
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:30,439
Speaker 1: for him to be in the game for you to call.

1164
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:33,200
Speaker 1: My biggest question though for you I and with respect

1165
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:36,040
Speaker 1: to the game, is this, do we have new material

1166
01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:41,000
Speaker 1: for long distance Tyler bass field goals because the Bills

1167
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:46,880
Speaker 1: Arizona game last year was fantastic with bassmatic and that's

1168
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:49,000
Speaker 1: good bass as you took a page out of the

1169
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:53,680
Speaker 1: dan Ackroid playbook. I did, Chris. I know my audience.

1170
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,160
Speaker 1: I think of you when I do these games, with

1171
01:02:56,320 --> 01:03:01,240
Speaker 1: the idea that you will get some rather unique eclectic

1172
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:07,000
Speaker 1: pop culture references. Yeah, I'll be ready. Okay, I don't

1173
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 1: wing these things, you know, I'm I'm ready just in

1174
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:14,959
Speaker 1: case there's a lot of in case of emergency, break glass. Yeah,

1175
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:17,240
Speaker 1: I can break the class. I had complete faith. I

1176
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:19,000
Speaker 1: was just checking the last one for me, and I

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01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 1: just want to ask you about your thoughts about the

1178
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,560
Speaker 1: entire league. It was. It was absolutely one of the

1179
01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:27,080
Speaker 1: incredible feats in American sports, getting two hundred and fifty

1180
01:03:27,120 --> 01:03:29,840
Speaker 1: six regular season games in a year ago. With the pandemic,

1181
01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:33,160
Speaker 1: certainly it's still a concern. Uh and it maybe And

1182
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:36,600
Speaker 1: we were kind of chuckling before the we came on

1183
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:38,920
Speaker 1: the air that man, it's it's almost harder this year

1184
01:03:38,960 --> 01:03:42,760
Speaker 1: because the rules are ever changing. But you look around

1185
01:03:42,800 --> 01:03:45,600
Speaker 1: the league. The Chiefs, yeah, the Bucks, yeah, the Packers,

1186
01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:47,920
Speaker 1: you have Bills are there, Cleveland has stepped up. The

1187
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:51,080
Speaker 1: rams are very intriguing. What are your thoughts about where

1188
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:54,080
Speaker 1: maybe some dark you know, outside of that handful of teams,

1189
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 1: you know, some teams that maybe that team that was

1190
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,560
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs last year that slides in this year,

1191
01:03:59,680 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 1: or maybe one of the four championship round teams and

1192
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:06,680
Speaker 1: the Packers, Bills, Bucks, and Chiefs, who doesn't go to

1193
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:10,439
Speaker 1: the playoffs this year. I think the Packers are really good.

1194
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:13,400
Speaker 1: I think this would be Aaron Rodgers last dance in

1195
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:16,080
Speaker 1: Green Bay, although now we're hearing some stories that maybe

1196
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,920
Speaker 1: they've been able to mend fences. So I would not

1197
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,400
Speaker 1: take Green Bay off that list. I would not take

1198
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 1: Buffalo off that list. I think there could be some

1199
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:28,280
Speaker 1: movement in the NFC with Tampa Bay. I don't know

1200
01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:30,960
Speaker 1: if they can recreate exactly what they did last year.

1201
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: They're going to be really good again, and Brady's motivated

1202
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:37,200
Speaker 1: as always. He finds things to fuel him. But I

1203
01:04:37,280 --> 01:04:39,520
Speaker 1: don't know if everything's going to fall exactly into place

1204
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 1: like I did a year ago for the Buccaneers AFC.

1205
01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:45,800
Speaker 1: It's hard not to look at Buffalo in Kansas City.

1206
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:48,480
Speaker 1: To me, they are clearly the two best teams in

1207
01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:50,600
Speaker 1: the conference. After that, there's a little bit of a

1208
01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:53,960
Speaker 1: drop off. If you're asking me for a surprise, maybe

1209
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,280
Speaker 1: someone that's flying under the radar right now. I just

1210
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,840
Speaker 1: think that Herbert has a chance to be a big

1211
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 1: time player. So the Chargers, although they've got a very

1212
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:07,640
Speaker 1: tough schedule, I think they could sneak up on some people.

1213
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,200
Speaker 1: They have to be better defensively based on who they

1214
01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:13,160
Speaker 1: decided to go with it head coach with Staley, and

1215
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 1: then offensively Herbert a year or two. Unless this is

1216
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:19,440
Speaker 1: just a sophomore slump and I'm misreading it, I think

1217
01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:24,000
Speaker 1: they can be dynamic offensively and maybe surprising people and

1218
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: squeak in in the AFC playoffs when the smoke clears. Yeah,

1219
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:31,200
Speaker 1: I like that pick. I'm on board with that one. Yeah.

1220
01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:33,560
Speaker 1: Herbert's the real We were really impressed with him when

1221
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:35,800
Speaker 1: he came through here last year. There's a couple of

1222
01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:38,200
Speaker 1: guys that caught her I Herbert was definitely one of them.

1223
01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 1: And what he did finding out he's going to start

1224
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:44,880
Speaker 1: against the Chiefs about five minutes before kickoff and taking

1225
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:47,520
Speaker 1: him to overtime. I think pushing him to overtime, I

1226
01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:52,640
Speaker 1: think that's spectacular. Yeah, and listen, you you understand what

1227
01:05:52,680 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: that means. I'm not sure fans always can grasp what

1228
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 1: that is. But to step into that spot and deliver

1229
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 1: the way that he did showed me a lot and

1230
01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:02,440
Speaker 1: gave me confidence that he was going to have an

1231
01:06:02,440 --> 01:06:05,200
Speaker 1: outstanding season. And he did. Yeah. I and as always,

1232
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:06,800
Speaker 1: thanks for the time. We look forward to hearing you

1233
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: on the broadcast on Sunday with Charles. Enjoy the game. Excited.

1234
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:13,520
Speaker 1: I know it's gonna be rough getting into the stadium.

1235
01:06:13,680 --> 01:06:16,160
Speaker 1: I'll trade that for the last year any day of

1236
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:18,080
Speaker 1: the week, and looking forward to it. Yeah. Amen to that.

1237
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:19,880
Speaker 1: Take care I and we'll catch up with you, see

1238
01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:21,800
Speaker 1: you guys. All right, that's I an eagle from NFL

1239
01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:24,240
Speaker 1: on CBS doing the game with Charles Davis Bill Steelers

1240
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:28,240
Speaker 1: on Sunday kickoff at one. And yeah, great guy, I

1241
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:31,400
Speaker 1: mean great. Yeah, it was I started my career at CBS.

1242
01:06:31,440 --> 01:06:35,240
Speaker 1: Tame year heated. CBS got the NFL back after losing

1243
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 1: it in ninety four, I guess or ninety three ninety four,

1244
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:41,960
Speaker 1: and they were just beginning to broadcast it again. They

1245
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,280
Speaker 1: got it, They've got the rights back. That year. It

1246
01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:47,400
Speaker 1: was the year I after I retired and all of

1247
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:50,040
Speaker 1: us kind of showed up at the same time together.

1248
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:52,760
Speaker 1: I an eagle me. You know, Gus Johnson was on

1249
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:55,240
Speaker 1: part of that class and a lot of fun, a

1250
01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:57,400
Speaker 1: lot of fun. Yuh. He was yeah, he was good.

1251
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:00,600
Speaker 1: I was a lowly intern. As he mentioned, you go

1252
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:03,680
Speaker 1: way ban and uh yeah, but he was. We used

1253
01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:05,440
Speaker 1: to have a blast though, because he used to do

1254
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:10,160
Speaker 1: this before Baseball Tonight existed on ESPN, where they'd go

1255
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:13,320
Speaker 1: literally around the league and you know, highlights all this stuff.

1256
01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:16,040
Speaker 1: We did it on radio, and so we would be

1257
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:21,160
Speaker 1: rolling tape on like sixteen baseball broadcasts across the country,

1258
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:24,680
Speaker 1: just pulling him in on frequencies and feeds and we'd

1259
01:07:24,680 --> 01:07:26,920
Speaker 1: cut it all up and then Iron would host the show.

1260
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:29,960
Speaker 1: And so I was one of the guys cutting all

1261
01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:32,760
Speaker 1: the tape for all the highlights to play while he

1262
01:07:32,840 --> 01:07:35,760
Speaker 1: was teeing everything up and you know, basically hosting the show.

1263
01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:38,640
Speaker 1: But man, we had a blast doing that. And you know,

1264
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:41,440
Speaker 1: for being a lowly intern, you know, you're asking questions

1265
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:43,400
Speaker 1: of people trying to learn about the business and stuff,

1266
01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:46,680
Speaker 1: and that guy always gave you time. Class act, class guy.

1267
01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:51,400
Speaker 1: And I am fully expecting some good field goal kicking

1268
01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:54,640
Speaker 1: calls because that Arizona game last year, the Hail Murray game,

1269
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:57,760
Speaker 1: which didn't end well for Bills fans. But remember Tyler

1270
01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:00,560
Speaker 1: had three over fifty three yards fifty three the first time,

1271
01:08:00,640 --> 01:08:04,360
Speaker 1: fifty eight and he was going bananas on the cars bastematic,

1272
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:07,960
Speaker 1: you know, like that's good bass, which is like if

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Speaker 1: you remember the SNL skit, Yeah, dan Ackroyd, you know

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01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: with the bassmatic blender and everything. Oh my god, it

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01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:21,800
Speaker 1: was that's good beasts. He said he'll be prepared, So

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Speaker 1: I am now eagerly anticipating what he's gonna have for Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm with him. Though, it's gonna be and we'll say

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01:08:26,880 --> 01:08:29,040
Speaker 1: it again, show up early. It's gonna be hard to

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01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:32,679
Speaker 1: get in the stadium. Um, it's hard. They they're struggling

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01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:34,559
Speaker 1: to get people to man the gates to let everybody in,

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01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:36,400
Speaker 1: so they're they're gonna be limited and how many gates

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01:08:36,439 --> 01:08:38,080
Speaker 1: are open, so it's gonna take a while to get in,

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01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:42,240
Speaker 1: and so make sure you make time. We miss it. Yeah,

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01:08:42,280 --> 01:08:45,280
Speaker 1: we have yet to get Steve to the tweet sheet today,

1285
01:08:46,280 --> 01:08:51,559
Speaker 1: which basically was asking you what you thought of the

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01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:54,759
Speaker 1: Steelers as an opponent on the Bills schedule this season.

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01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:57,120
Speaker 1: Are the Steelers a top five opponent for the Bills

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01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:00,720
Speaker 1: on their schedule? Because I think, as we were talking

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01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 1: about with Ian, there are some out there who believe, Ah,

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01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:09,000
Speaker 1: they're done, they faded last year. They're not even the

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01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:12,360
Speaker 1: best team in their division anymore. Kick dirt on him.

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01:09:12,479 --> 01:09:15,879
Speaker 1: Ben's old, he's rickety. They can't, they can't play anymore.

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01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 1: They're not even gonna be a playoff team. And then

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01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:20,599
Speaker 1: the other people that are like, hold on a second man.

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01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,720
Speaker 1: There is still an awful lot of talent at wide out. Now.

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01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:25,000
Speaker 1: They got Naji Harris in the backfield, they picked up

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01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:27,120
Speaker 1: that tight end in the second round, who's a co

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01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:30,719
Speaker 1: starter with Eric Ebron, and their defense was still top

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01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:33,880
Speaker 1: five last year and they led the league in sacks. Yeah,

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01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:38,600
Speaker 1: so it's it's gonna be a really good game. I

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01:09:38,600 --> 01:09:40,280
Speaker 1: think the Seaters are gonna come in and play extremely

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01:09:40,280 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: well and the Bills are gonna have to play well

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01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:43,559
Speaker 1: to beat them, no question about it. We're gonna take

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01:09:43,560 --> 01:09:46,200
Speaker 1: a break here because as we understand it, Cole Beasley

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01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:48,679
Speaker 1: is going to be addressing the media here after practice,

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01:09:48,720 --> 01:09:51,240
Speaker 1: So we will bring that to you when we return

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01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live presented by a lot of

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01:09:53,400 --> 01:10:08,160
Speaker 1: health It's Buffalo Bill's radio man. Welcome back to One

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01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:10,559
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve task Her here with you.

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01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:14,920
Speaker 1: We got word that one Cole Beasley was addressing the

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01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:20,640
Speaker 1: media after practice, so let's go there. Now, here's Cole Beasley.

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01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 1: I don't know what's been said about him, uh really,

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01:10:24,240 --> 01:10:27,040
Speaker 1: but you know, ever since he's been here, he's been

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01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:29,200
Speaker 1: great for us. I tell him all the time, he's

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01:10:29,280 --> 01:10:35,160
Speaker 1: he's my favorite number one receiver I've played with. Very unselfish. Um.

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01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 1: You know, he cares about working for his teammates and

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01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:39,920
Speaker 1: you see all the hard work. Um, he puts it

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01:10:40,000 --> 01:10:41,600
Speaker 1: out here. I mean there's a lot of guys, you know,

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01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:44,320
Speaker 1: when they're in that position where you know they can

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01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:46,160
Speaker 1: they can kind of take it easy, or they they

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01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:48,320
Speaker 1: think they're good or whatever. You know, but you know,

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01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:50,599
Speaker 1: he's always trying to get better and he leads by example.

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01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:57,599
Speaker 1: He feared he'd be the redheaded step child coming in here. Um,

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01:10:57,640 --> 01:10:59,800
Speaker 1: you know that was that was among his apprehensions because

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01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:02,559
Speaker 1: he didn't know what his reputation would be coming into here.

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01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:05,880
Speaker 1: So you know, and you talk about his selflessness, I

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01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:09,400
Speaker 1: mean what were your first impressions when you saw him.

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01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,040
Speaker 1: I believe it was probably with working on with Joshton.

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01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:16,880
Speaker 1: I mean, I love everything about the guy. So um,

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01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:19,519
Speaker 1: he's been nothing but spectacular since he's been here, on

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01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:22,400
Speaker 1: and off the field. Um, Like I said, you know,

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01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:25,160
Speaker 1: he's the favorite number one that I've ever played with.

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01:11:25,240 --> 01:11:29,200
Speaker 1: I love playing with the guy. Um, you know, I

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01:11:29,200 --> 01:11:32,080
Speaker 1: mean there's there's nothing bad I could I could ever

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01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:35,160
Speaker 1: really say about him on or off the field. So um,

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01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:36,920
Speaker 1: he's been awesome to happy here. I don't know why

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01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 1: he would think he'd be a step child here, but

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01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:42,320
Speaker 1: you know he came right in and and fit right in.

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01:11:42,439 --> 01:11:45,599
Speaker 1: So obviously, you guys had a lot of success last year,

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01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:48,280
Speaker 1: but now none of it matters. However, as an offense,

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01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:50,240
Speaker 1: do you think you guys need to evolve and maybe

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01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:53,559
Speaker 1: take another step? Yeah? I mean, you know, as an offense,

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01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,920
Speaker 1: you want to get to the point to where every

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01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:59,200
Speaker 1: time you step on the field, you're you know, you're

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01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,280
Speaker 1: getting points. I mean, I know that's that's hard to do,

1346
01:12:02,439 --> 01:12:04,920
Speaker 1: but you know, we come out there with the mentality

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01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:08,760
Speaker 1: that nobody's gonna stop us and and we're gonna score. Um.

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01:12:09,479 --> 01:12:12,120
Speaker 1: You know, I think that confidence has you know, built

1349
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:14,759
Speaker 1: some last year and even the year before, but even

1350
01:12:14,800 --> 01:12:18,639
Speaker 1: more so this year. So um, you know, we don't

1351
01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:21,080
Speaker 1: hope it will happen, we expect it to. So I

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01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:24,479
Speaker 1: think that's the difference. And um, but it's it's easier

1353
01:12:24,560 --> 01:12:26,679
Speaker 1: said than done. You know, it's easy to do in practice,

1354
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:29,200
Speaker 1: you got to carry it over to the game. All

1355
01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:32,000
Speaker 1: challenging to get in a rhythm when you've got so

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01:12:32,040 --> 01:12:36,880
Speaker 1: many different weapons and targets and mouse defeat quite frankly, UM,

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01:12:37,680 --> 01:12:39,120
Speaker 1: I don't know about that. I think I think it's

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01:12:39,120 --> 01:12:41,680
Speaker 1: easier to get in rhythm as an offense. Maybe as

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01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:44,040
Speaker 1: a player, U it may be a little harder, just

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01:12:44,040 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 1: because you've got so many dudes who can which is

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01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:47,479
Speaker 1: a good problem to have. You know, you've got so

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01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:49,160
Speaker 1: many dudes who can do different things with the ball,

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01:12:49,240 --> 01:12:51,840
Speaker 1: so um, you know there's a lot of targets for

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01:12:51,920 --> 01:12:54,880
Speaker 1: Josh to throw too. Um, So you know, the rhythm

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01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:57,040
Speaker 1: As an offense, I feel like we should be all right,

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01:12:57,120 --> 01:12:58,519
Speaker 1: you know, as long as we execute and we don't

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01:12:58,520 --> 01:13:02,240
Speaker 1: shoot ourselves in the foot, Um, we'll be fine. Steelers

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01:13:02,360 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: brought a lot of pressure last year in December Gate here. Um,

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01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,640
Speaker 1: just kind of how does that impact how do you

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01:13:09,720 --> 01:13:12,080
Speaker 1: view that, how does that impact to see your note,

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01:13:12,200 --> 01:13:14,760
Speaker 1: how does it impact your jat JAT? I mean that's

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01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:16,639
Speaker 1: that's really their calling card. They get to the quarterback,

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01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:18,800
Speaker 1: that's what they do. Um. You know, they led a

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01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:21,479
Speaker 1: league in a lot of those categories. So UM, it's

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Speaker 1: just my job to be decisive and get open fast

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01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:25,960
Speaker 1: for Josh and and you know, just make sure that

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01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:28,439
Speaker 1: he knows exactly what I'm doing with my body language.

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01:13:28,439 --> 01:13:30,720
Speaker 1: So I'm just being in the right spots for him

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01:13:30,760 --> 01:13:36,160
Speaker 1: and and getting there quick. Is there a sense of urgency,

1380
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:40,879
Speaker 1: especially he was a veteran who's tasted success to say,

1381
01:13:41,360 --> 01:13:44,160
Speaker 1: the opportunity is now. It may not be next year.

1382
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:47,519
Speaker 1: We need to embrace it and given all we have

1383
01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:50,240
Speaker 1: right now because this may be the best chance maybe

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01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:53,200
Speaker 1: everyone has to go get to rank. Yeah. I've expressed

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01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:55,800
Speaker 1: to a few guys that you know, I've never been

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01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:58,920
Speaker 1: on a team that's talented before, and um that's saying

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01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:02,440
Speaker 1: a lot have been on some talent teams. So UM,

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01:14:02,479 --> 01:14:04,360
Speaker 1: you know, you try to bring the young guys along

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01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:06,760
Speaker 1: as much as possible, because you know, when you first

1390
01:14:06,760 --> 01:14:08,720
Speaker 1: come in, your mind's in different places. You know, some

1391
01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:10,599
Speaker 1: guys are just trying to trying to make the team,

1392
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:12,920
Speaker 1: and other guys are are trying to find their role.

1393
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:15,760
Speaker 1: You know. But as you get older and older, you know,

1394
01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:19,240
Speaker 1: all that matters is getting the chips, so um. You know,

1395
01:14:19,240 --> 01:14:21,120
Speaker 1: you stress that important to the young guys and try

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01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:24,479
Speaker 1: to bring them along. Um. But you know, it's really

1397
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:26,400
Speaker 1: comes It really comes down to just staying in the

1398
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:32,840
Speaker 1: moment and taking advantage of each opportunity that comes. They

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01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:36,000
Speaker 1: played with Rollo I think four years and Dad three years.

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01:14:36,040 --> 01:14:38,920
Speaker 1: This is your third year with joh Josh. I mean,

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01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:46,240
Speaker 1: can you quantify how how much benefit there is to

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01:14:46,280 --> 01:14:49,200
Speaker 1: you now in year three? Uh, with you know at

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01:14:49,200 --> 01:14:52,519
Speaker 1: the same quarter. Yeah, I've been fortunate to play with

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01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:54,840
Speaker 1: a lot of good ones. So you know it's been

1405
01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:59,080
Speaker 1: cool to see, you know, one versus the other, you know,

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01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:01,000
Speaker 1: and they all bring different diferent things at the table.

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01:15:01,200 --> 01:15:03,240
Speaker 1: You know, some things they can do pretty similar. But

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01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:08,559
Speaker 1: you know, I've never really had to adjust much. You know,

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01:15:08,600 --> 01:15:12,400
Speaker 1: it's just repetition with those guys and you know, getting

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01:15:12,439 --> 01:15:14,200
Speaker 1: them used to my body language. And I told Josh

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01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:17,680
Speaker 1: this the other day that he gets the ball to

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01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:21,320
Speaker 1: me like way quicker now than he did in my

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01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:23,360
Speaker 1: first year out of any option routes that I run.

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01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:26,080
Speaker 1: It's like I have a set route and he throws

1415
01:15:26,080 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 1: it when I have multiple options. So whereas when I

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01:15:29,080 --> 01:15:30,479
Speaker 1: first got here, he would wait a little bit and

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01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:32,519
Speaker 1: he wouldn't trust it because you know, he didn't. We

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01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:36,400
Speaker 1: just didn't have that much time together. But now he's

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01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:39,000
Speaker 1: getting the ball quicker to me than any quarterback that

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01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:41,000
Speaker 1: I've been with. So it's been fun to be a

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01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:44,479
Speaker 1: part of him, watch him grow. So that's Cole Beasley.

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01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:47,679
Speaker 1: I thought that was an interesting question. He was asked,

1423
01:15:47,680 --> 01:15:49,759
Speaker 1: you know, do you guys feel this is your best

1424
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:54,879
Speaker 1: kick at it? Because knowing that some of Josh's contract

1425
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:57,760
Speaker 1: moneys are going to gobble up more of the cap

1426
01:15:57,960 --> 01:16:01,200
Speaker 1: in the not too distant future, some roster decisions may

1427
01:16:01,280 --> 01:16:03,280
Speaker 1: have to be made. The roster is probably not going

1428
01:16:03,320 --> 01:16:06,040
Speaker 1: to exist as it's currently constituted even a year from now.

1429
01:16:07,920 --> 01:16:11,439
Speaker 1: This is a loaded roster, loaded to win the whole thing.

1430
01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:16,479
Speaker 1: Now has that added any urgency? Now it might seem

1431
01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:18,840
Speaker 1: like a silly question. You gotta be urging every week

1432
01:16:18,880 --> 01:16:20,920
Speaker 1: in this league because you only play in seventeen games.

1433
01:16:22,840 --> 01:16:26,559
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I think there is a

1434
01:16:26,600 --> 01:16:29,320
Speaker 1: finite element to that question where you know you're not

1435
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:32,000
Speaker 1: going to get multiple shots at it. Look at Dan

1436
01:16:32,120 --> 01:16:35,960
Speaker 1: Marino got to the Super Bowl once, you know what

1437
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:41,720
Speaker 1: I mean, So best it's the best chance they've got

1438
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:43,880
Speaker 1: because it's the one they've actually got right now. Yeah,

1439
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:45,720
Speaker 1: you don't know what's going to happen. There could be

1440
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:48,479
Speaker 1: half this roster could be gone next year for whatever reason.

1441
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:51,360
Speaker 1: There's going to be turnover. And this year's team has

1442
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 1: nothing to do with last year's team. You got some

1443
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,600
Speaker 1: guys on it, Yeah, a lot of guys and a

1444
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 1: lot of coordinators and all that, but it's a different team.

1445
01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:00,720
Speaker 1: It's a different feelings, a different opportunity. It's you're going

1446
01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:04,120
Speaker 1: to be playing a different schedule. Everything is different. So

1447
01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:08,280
Speaker 1: I know it's easy to generalize and say, yeah, this

1448
01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 1: team had this many year good years to do it,

1449
01:17:10,560 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 1: or this team had this window to go and the

1450
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:15,559
Speaker 1: Packers are coming to the end of their window. There's

1451
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:18,080
Speaker 1: nobody in the Green Bay organization thinks this is gonna

1452
01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:24,120
Speaker 1: be their last shot at it. And yes, it's an

1453
01:17:24,120 --> 01:17:27,479
Speaker 1: important opportunity because they've got they went so far last

1454
01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:29,400
Speaker 1: year and they've got a lot of things going for him.

1455
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:30,840
Speaker 1: This year, and there's a lot of reason to think

1456
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:33,479
Speaker 1: they may be better in some ways than they were

1457
01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:36,320
Speaker 1: a year ago. But it's gonna be different, and it'll

1458
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:39,200
Speaker 1: be it's gonna be hard to win the same number

1459
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:41,759
Speaker 1: of games they did last year against a more difficult schedule,

1460
01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:43,840
Speaker 1: even though the schedule and this year is supposed to

1461
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:46,680
Speaker 1: be easier, it's gonna be hard, and there's too many

1462
01:17:46,680 --> 01:17:48,360
Speaker 1: things that canna go wrong. You got beat by it

1463
01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:51,439
Speaker 1: for me. You got beat by an inferior team in

1464
01:17:51,479 --> 01:17:56,920
Speaker 1: Arizona last year on a fluke. You know that can

1465
01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:01,800
Speaker 1: happen multiple weeks. So I've never been a believer in this.

1466
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,880
Speaker 1: Windows open, the windows closed, The windows stays open. As

1467
01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:07,320
Speaker 1: long as you've got a GM and a scouting staff

1468
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:11,640
Speaker 1: that can find guys. There's gonna be different guys. But

1469
01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:14,559
Speaker 1: just because one or two different guys are on the

1470
01:18:14,560 --> 01:18:17,479
Speaker 1: team doesn't mean it's a different team now or or

1471
01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:20,560
Speaker 1: the windows closing. Those guys. The new guys want to

1472
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:22,040
Speaker 1: win it just as bad as the old ones did.

1473
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:26,320
Speaker 1: So now I think Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean came

1474
01:18:26,360 --> 01:18:30,920
Speaker 1: in here and sold ownership and us on the fact

1475
01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: that they want to be competitive every single year, and

1476
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:38,240
Speaker 1: so far they've made good on that, no question about it,

1477
01:18:38,240 --> 01:18:40,080
Speaker 1: and I think they will continue to no matter what

1478
01:18:40,120 --> 01:18:43,920
Speaker 1: this year brings fair enough, And you heard Cole right

1479
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:46,040
Speaker 1: at the end. There also talk about the fact that

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01:18:46,120 --> 01:18:50,519
Speaker 1: now in year three, with the same quarterback in Josh Allen,

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01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:54,400
Speaker 1: he has already said it, like you can tell even

1482
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,200
Speaker 1: though Cole Beasley as an option route he could break left, right,

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01:18:57,280 --> 01:19:00,400
Speaker 1: or take it up the field. Josh, he's got the

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01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:02,599
Speaker 1: ball on him quicker than he ever has before because

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01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:06,320
Speaker 1: he knows Cole's body language. He knows when he's coming

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01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:09,439
Speaker 1: out of a break and which way he's going. Maybe

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01:19:09,479 --> 01:19:11,519
Speaker 1: there are little tells in the way he runs his

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01:19:11,600 --> 01:19:14,000
Speaker 1: routes for Josh where he says, Okay, he's breaking left here,

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01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:17,960
Speaker 1: I'm putting it there. Where two years ago he was like,

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01:19:18,720 --> 01:19:20,280
Speaker 1: is he going left? Oh? He is? Okay, now I'm

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01:19:20,320 --> 01:19:23,200
Speaker 1: gonna throw it. That's a valuable half second of time

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01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 1: that the ball is in the receiver's hands instead of

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01:19:25,920 --> 01:19:27,760
Speaker 1: still in the air. And I don't have to tell

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01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: you this, but that affords you far greater opportunity to

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01:19:31,000 --> 01:19:32,720
Speaker 1: get yards after the catch if the ball is on

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01:19:32,760 --> 01:19:35,320
Speaker 1: you faster right. Oh yeah, it gives you a chance

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01:19:35,320 --> 01:19:37,800
Speaker 1: to avoid first contact and get away from the first guy,

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01:19:37,840 --> 01:19:42,120
Speaker 1: and that always means space. So yeah, it's little details

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01:19:42,160 --> 01:19:44,040
Speaker 1: like that are what makes a good play into a

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01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:46,479
Speaker 1: great play, or a great play into a touchdown. That

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01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:50,400
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. Sometimes a quarterback has the time to

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01:19:50,439 --> 01:19:51,840
Speaker 1: do it, and other times he's just trying to get

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01:19:51,880 --> 01:19:53,599
Speaker 1: it out there and give yourself a chance because he's

1504
01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:56,200
Speaker 1: under duress all kinds of things, and we all know

1505
01:19:56,240 --> 01:19:58,080
Speaker 1: those million things that can go wrong on every play,

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01:19:58,360 --> 01:20:00,200
Speaker 1: and all you need is one lucky break for it

1507
01:20:00,240 --> 01:20:03,120
Speaker 1: all to be washed away and to go right. Same

1508
01:20:03,160 --> 01:20:05,880
Speaker 1: thing on defense. Everybody can do the wrong thing. If

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01:20:05,880 --> 01:20:07,960
Speaker 1: one guy makes a play, you all look like heroes.

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01:20:08,240 --> 01:20:13,160
Speaker 1: So it's having that ability to know a guy and

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01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:16,280
Speaker 1: see him takes out a lot of un know We

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01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:19,160
Speaker 1: talk about a lot this week about unknowns. Leslie Fraser

1513
01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:21,800
Speaker 1: talked about it, Brian Dable talked about it. This year,

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01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,400
Speaker 1: there are fewer unknowns each team has about their own guys.

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01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:29,800
Speaker 1: Last year that no preseason, no games, they didn't know

1516
01:20:29,960 --> 01:20:31,680
Speaker 1: live snaps. You know, if the guys are gonna be

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01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:34,719
Speaker 1: able to look like in live snaps, you know, couldn't

1518
01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:37,240
Speaker 1: tackle all of that stuff was off the table. Now

1519
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:39,200
Speaker 1: this year, at least you know that about your guys.

1520
01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:42,320
Speaker 1: You may not know about Matt Canada, the new offensive

1521
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:45,040
Speaker 1: coordinator the Steelers, or if t. J. Watt's gonna play,

1522
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:46,840
Speaker 1: or if their offensive line is gonna come together, but

1523
01:20:46,920 --> 01:20:49,280
Speaker 1: at least you know you know your guys are capable of.

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01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:53,599
Speaker 1: That helps. But as much as it helps Shoot also

1525
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:56,880
Speaker 1: helps everybody else. So I think the league is going

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01:20:56,960 --> 01:20:58,360
Speaker 1: to be in a different spot when they kick it

1527
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:02,640
Speaker 1: off this season football wise, and it's got all that

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01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:07,240
Speaker 1: going for it. But as for as for the Bills

1529
01:21:07,240 --> 01:21:09,920
Speaker 1: and all the stuff that's going on here, you know,

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01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:13,800
Speaker 1: it's great that it's just it's got to feel so

1531
01:21:13,880 --> 01:21:17,000
Speaker 1: much better formed that they don't have to ask those

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01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:20,000
Speaker 1: questions about themselves, let alone their opponents. It's the value

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01:21:20,040 --> 01:21:23,280
Speaker 1: of continuity. And twenty one of twenty two starters are

1534
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:26,160
Speaker 1: back from last year's team, so we can chew on that.

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01:21:26,479 --> 01:21:29,360
Speaker 1: Are the Steelers a top five opponent on the Bills

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01:21:29,400 --> 01:21:32,120
Speaker 1: schedule this season? That is the question we've posed to

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01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:34,680
Speaker 1: you on the tweet sheet today. So let's go to

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01:21:34,720 --> 01:21:36,799
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet, brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems,

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01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:39,000
Speaker 1: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and

1540
01:21:39,040 --> 01:21:43,000
Speaker 1: Seth says, yes, I'd say Chiefs, Bucks, Titans, Pats, and

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01:21:43,240 --> 01:21:47,080
Speaker 1: Steelers are the top five opponents, although Saints in primetime

1542
01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:50,160
Speaker 1: on the road will be tough too. That's a Thanksgiving

1543
01:21:50,240 --> 01:21:56,800
Speaker 1: Day game. Tiffany says, no questionable offensive line with an

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01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:59,920
Speaker 1: aging immobile quarterback puts them in my opinion, between ten

1545
01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 1: and in twenty, they probably should have drafted an offensive

1546
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:05,880
Speaker 1: lineman before running back. I'm on board with that one.

1547
01:22:06,439 --> 01:22:09,200
Speaker 1: Their defense is always solid. It's going to be a

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01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:13,360
Speaker 1: tough matchup on Sunday. There's fourteen opponent different opponents on

1549
01:22:13,439 --> 01:22:16,639
Speaker 1: the Bill schedule. Yeah, look at that, it's even voting.

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01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:21,040
Speaker 1: Still wow. I still think the Pittsburgh Steelers are well

1551
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:24,240
Speaker 1: within the top five, top three. But but Steve, I

1552
01:22:24,280 --> 01:22:27,400
Speaker 1: think this points to something that we suspected was out

1553
01:22:27,439 --> 01:22:31,519
Speaker 1: there among the Bills, can Base and presumably others. Nobody

1554
01:22:31,640 --> 01:22:34,320
Speaker 1: is taking this Steelers team, maybe as seriously as you

1555
01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:36,519
Speaker 1: have in the past, and there could be some reasons

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01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:40,599
Speaker 1: for that. I think first, I think people would venture

1557
01:22:40,640 --> 01:22:42,840
Speaker 1: to say that the Ravens. There are probably people out

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01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:44,400
Speaker 1: there that say the Ravens and the Browns are both

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01:22:44,439 --> 01:22:46,240
Speaker 1: better than that team. It might not even be the

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01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:49,400
Speaker 1: second best team in their division. When all is said

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01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:53,240
Speaker 1: and done. That's a Rockham sock'em division. And I think

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01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,160
Speaker 1: you could safely make that argument. Here's the other thing, Steve,

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01:22:57,320 --> 01:23:01,200
Speaker 1: When do you think the Steelers last on a playoff game?

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01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:03,519
Speaker 1: When do you think is their last playoff victory? What

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01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:05,920
Speaker 1: if you had to guess a year, what year would

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01:23:05,960 --> 01:23:10,360
Speaker 1: you pick? Like this season, the twenty whatever season was

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01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:15,120
Speaker 1: their last playoff No, it's not that far. Twenty sixteen.

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01:23:15,240 --> 01:23:19,080
Speaker 1: Season sixteen, they go eleven and five. They win their

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01:23:19,080 --> 01:23:21,920
Speaker 1: first two playoff games and lose the AFC title game

1570
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 1: to New England, who goes on and wins the Super Bowl.

1571
01:23:25,560 --> 01:23:28,880
Speaker 1: The year after that, they go thirteen and three lose

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01:23:28,920 --> 01:23:30,720
Speaker 1: in the first round of the playoffs. The next year

1573
01:23:30,840 --> 01:23:33,040
Speaker 1: nine and six and one don't make the playoffs. The

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01:23:33,040 --> 01:23:35,800
Speaker 1: next year eight and eight don't make the playoffs. Last year,

1575
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:38,479
Speaker 1: twelve and four lose the wild card game to the Browns.

1576
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:42,880
Speaker 1: They have not won a playoff game in the in

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01:23:42,920 --> 01:23:45,320
Speaker 1: the McDermott regime. Since he walked in the door as

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01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:47,760
Speaker 1: head coach here in Buffalo, they have not won a

1579
01:23:47,800 --> 01:23:51,000
Speaker 1: playoff game that's longer than I thought. Right, Here's the

1580
01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:56,200
Speaker 1: thing I think we're witnessing in our voting here about

1581
01:23:56,240 --> 01:23:59,000
Speaker 1: how many people are like discounting the Steelers of the group.

1582
01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:04,160
Speaker 1: I think we have a generation or generations of Bills

1583
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:08,440
Speaker 1: fans who have seen their own team, this Bill's franchise

1584
01:24:08,560 --> 01:24:10,920
Speaker 1: go into for seventeen years of seeing the Bills go

1585
01:24:10,960 --> 01:24:13,519
Speaker 1: into seasons with just as many question marks as the

1586
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:16,519
Speaker 1: Stealers have this year, and having the answers to those

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01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:21,080
Speaker 1: questions be no, right, right. And to think that it's

1588
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:22,800
Speaker 1: going to all go well for the Steelers with the

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01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 1: question marks they have. Is the running game? Is their

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01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:26,760
Speaker 1: offensive line going to be better as their past rush

1591
01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:30,679
Speaker 1: gonna maintain or they ben gonna hold up all these

1592
01:24:30,760 --> 01:24:34,720
Speaker 1: question marks that Bills fans have seen their own team

1593
01:24:34,760 --> 01:24:37,240
Speaker 1: go into the season with. And unless all those answers

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01:24:37,240 --> 01:24:40,519
Speaker 1: are yes, it's not going to be pretty right, or

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01:24:40,560 --> 01:24:42,760
Speaker 1: at least most of them being yes. It's still a

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01:24:42,840 --> 01:24:46,000
Speaker 1: top five defense, the quarterbacks still capable, but he does

1597
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:48,720
Speaker 1: but Tiffany's right, he does have to be protected. And

1598
01:24:48,760 --> 01:24:50,599
Speaker 1: if you want to talk about the biggest question mark

1599
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:53,960
Speaker 1: on that team, it's their revamped offensive line. We saw

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01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:56,800
Speaker 1: it here in twenty nineteen, four new starters on the

1601
01:24:56,840 --> 01:25:00,400
Speaker 1: offensive line. It took almost half the season for them

1602
01:25:00,439 --> 01:25:03,080
Speaker 1: to really hit their stride where they were playing at

1603
01:25:03,160 --> 01:25:08,759
Speaker 1: least consistent football, not even dominating or win consistently winning football,

1604
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:12,679
Speaker 1: just functional, right. It took them almost half the year.

1605
01:25:13,560 --> 01:25:15,720
Speaker 1: I'm having a hard time believing they're gonna come in

1606
01:25:15,720 --> 01:25:18,600
Speaker 1: here in Week one and roll up yards in the

1607
01:25:18,680 --> 01:25:21,880
Speaker 1: running game like it's no big deal. I don't know.

1608
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:24,600
Speaker 1: That's where I that's what I still struggle with. I

1609
01:25:24,600 --> 01:25:26,599
Speaker 1: think that's where we're seeing that this voting go where

1610
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:32,280
Speaker 1: people are saying they're top five. Now, the question is

1611
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:34,439
Speaker 1: still and you got to ask it. You can say, well,

1612
01:25:34,479 --> 01:25:36,240
Speaker 1: they're not even in the tip. If you're out there

1613
01:25:36,280 --> 01:25:37,920
Speaker 1: and you're saying, well, they're not even in the top

1614
01:25:37,960 --> 01:25:41,080
Speaker 1: five of the Bills opponent fourteen opponents, different opponents this year.

1615
01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:44,720
Speaker 1: Do you think the Bills can play better than that

1616
01:25:44,800 --> 01:25:47,160
Speaker 1: in their opening game of the season, when they're you're

1617
01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:49,120
Speaker 1: gonna have to peel them off the ceiling because of

1618
01:25:49,120 --> 01:25:51,280
Speaker 1: the emotion of the game. Yeah, you come out and

1619
01:25:51,320 --> 01:25:55,320
Speaker 1: get three off sides penalties and two roughing the passer penalties,

1620
01:25:55,360 --> 01:26:00,880
Speaker 1: and you know, yeah, outsides on the opening kickoff. You know,

1621
01:26:02,000 --> 01:26:05,120
Speaker 1: so the Bills still have to play well enough to

1622
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:08,280
Speaker 1: beat that team, whether they're top five on their schedule

1623
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:10,920
Speaker 1: or not. Yeah, that's why. Herbs says they have an

1624
01:26:10,920 --> 01:26:13,600
Speaker 1: awesome defense, possibly a top running game, and offense that

1625
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:16,680
Speaker 1: as receivers on the outside. Don't overlook this team. But

1626
01:26:16,720 --> 01:26:18,719
Speaker 1: I still don't believe there's a way the Bills lose.

1627
01:26:19,280 --> 01:26:22,599
Speaker 1: And that was where I expected most people to be, Hey,

1628
01:26:22,720 --> 01:26:25,080
Speaker 1: you better respect this team, but we know the Bills

1629
01:26:25,080 --> 01:26:28,920
Speaker 1: are better. So to see people saying not even in

1630
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:31,559
Speaker 1: the top five of the fourteen opponents the Bills will

1631
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:34,720
Speaker 1: face this year is a little startling to me. Eli says, no,

1632
01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:36,760
Speaker 1: they're not. Big Ben is not the once upon a

1633
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:39,400
Speaker 1: time Big Ben he was, and Juju is not Antonio Brown.

1634
01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:42,280
Speaker 1: He did have ninety two catches last year. The Bills

1635
01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:44,240
Speaker 1: have grown to be a juggernaut in the Steelers. Time

1636
01:26:44,280 --> 01:26:46,880
Speaker 1: of being top five, top ten team is fading fast.

1637
01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:49,800
Speaker 1: I would be more concerned about the Patriots, the Fins,

1638
01:26:49,800 --> 01:26:51,559
Speaker 1: the Cults are the Ravens. I'm not worried about the

1639
01:26:51,560 --> 01:26:54,920
Speaker 1: Dolphins at all. Pat's okay, Colts, okay, Ravens fine, But

1640
01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:59,679
Speaker 1: not the Dolphins, Jeff says, Miami, New England, Kansas City, Tennessee, Indie,

1641
01:26:59,680 --> 01:27:04,240
Speaker 1: wash Ington, Tampa, New Orleans, all better than Pittsburgh. Veto says, Hell, yes,

1642
01:27:04,360 --> 01:27:06,720
Speaker 1: Steelers went eleven and oh for a reason last year.

1643
01:27:06,760 --> 01:27:08,600
Speaker 1: They looked tired real quick down the stretch. But I

1644
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:12,280
Speaker 1: don't expect that to happen again this year. So there

1645
01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:13,800
Speaker 1: is a bit of a mixed bag, and that's why

1646
01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:16,519
Speaker 1: the voting was relatively closed, But the majority came down

1647
01:27:17,439 --> 01:27:19,880
Speaker 1: on the side of no, they're not one of Buffalo's

1648
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:22,360
Speaker 1: top five opponents this year. We will take a break

1649
01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:24,920
Speaker 1: here and wrap things up next here on One Bills

1650
01:27:24,960 --> 01:27:39,280
Speaker 1: Live presented by Klatta Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

1651
01:27:39,280 --> 01:27:41,840
Speaker 1: we're here to wrap things up on a wednes Day.

1652
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:45,160
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you One Bills Live. And

1653
01:27:45,680 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 1: maybe we learned today, Steve, I think we learned that

1654
01:27:49,320 --> 01:27:53,920
Speaker 1: there's a healthy amount of Bills fans that don't believe

1655
01:27:53,960 --> 01:27:59,000
Speaker 1: the Steelers are what we've known the Steelers to be. Yeah,

1656
01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:02,040
Speaker 1: winning team. Mike Tomlin has yet to have a losing

1657
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:04,639
Speaker 1: season as a head coach. That's right, He's come close

1658
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:07,479
Speaker 1: eight season. That was in nineteen he went eight and eight,

1659
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:12,200
Speaker 1: when nine six and one in eighteen m It's really

1660
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:15,559
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see what the transition is

1661
01:28:15,640 --> 01:28:20,360
Speaker 1: when Ben is done. I know you've been talking about

1662
01:28:20,439 --> 01:28:25,000
Speaker 1: how you think they'll trade for Rogers or something. What

1663
01:28:25,200 --> 01:28:27,840
Speaker 1: better place for him to go than a place that's

1664
01:28:27,840 --> 01:28:31,880
Speaker 1: got a great defense and some weapons and a winning tradition,

1665
01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:39,639
Speaker 1: an established head coach who's really smart. That's the that's

1666
01:28:39,640 --> 01:28:42,679
Speaker 1: the spot. He's out of the conference, away from Green Bay.

1667
01:28:42,720 --> 01:28:47,840
Speaker 1: They won't care about it, not that I can sinning organization.

1668
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:54,840
Speaker 1: You can see Rogers being amenable to it. Right, Gosh,

1669
01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:56,839
Speaker 1: do we need another guy like that in the AFC

1670
01:28:57,080 --> 01:29:01,000
Speaker 1: for God's sake? We do not. Gosh, we do not.

1671
01:29:02,400 --> 01:29:05,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, I find it interesting that you've got a

1672
01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:09,600
Speaker 1: healthy A majority of Bill's fans are respondents today on

1673
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:13,519
Speaker 1: the show who believe the Steelers are not the team

1674
01:29:13,560 --> 01:29:16,400
Speaker 1: they have been for so many years with Bennett quarterback.

1675
01:29:16,560 --> 01:29:20,360
Speaker 1: We'll find out on Sunday, Right, got another great show

1676
01:29:20,439 --> 01:29:23,240
Speaker 1: coming at you tomorrow. We'll have NFL Networks at d

1677
01:29:23,320 --> 01:29:26,479
Speaker 1: D King Kabwala, who covers the Steelers joining us, So

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01:29:26,640 --> 01:29:29,840
Speaker 1: join us tomorrow. One to three. It's one Bill's Live