1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Light, your alternate discussion space for 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: all things Bills. Coming up, how much does Josh Allen's 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: contract extension help the Bills remain a perennial contender and 4 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: are there any other ripple effects from such a commitment 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: NFL On CBS analyst Charles Davis joins us to talk 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Bill's Super Bowl contender status, and we ask our one 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: burning Russian lat's row at a Steve Taster who has 8 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: been all over our fields kind evenique he was kind 9 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: of a dual role player for you, state Steve a blimp. 10 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy, and thanks 11 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: for joining us here on One Bill Light, your bonus 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: Bills coverage that is fresh and different from our daily show, 13 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,080 Speaker 1: One Bills Live. We are now in the throes of 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: the preseason, and although Josh Allen has yet to play 15 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: a preseason game after Sean McDermott confirmed he would not 16 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: play in the preseason opener at Detroit, his impact both 17 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: on the field and off will be paramount in Buffalo's 18 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: president in future, and not just because he's the quarterback, 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: but because he's going to be paid like a franchise 20 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,760 Speaker 1: quarterback going forward, which, as we know, Steve changes the 21 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: dynamics of how Brandon, being in his staff, will need 22 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: to build the roster going forward. The six year extension, 23 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: which essentially ties ties Allen to the Bills for the 24 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: next eight seasons, has its pluses for both Allen and 25 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: the form of guaranteed money for the team in terms 26 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: of cap flexibility. So Steve have the Bills and Josh 27 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: Allen achieved cap nirvana with this contract. Oh yeah, nirvana 28 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: might be an overstatement, but certainly it's a cap friendly 29 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,560 Speaker 1: deal for the Bills. It's eight it's a six year extension, 30 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: but the money's spread over eight years. That's a big help. 31 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: And it also gets signed while the Bills have a 32 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: roster that is built around Josh Allen. Now, so this contract, 33 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: as it gets closer and closer and deeper deep deeper 34 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: into it will get better and better for the Bills. 35 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: So now with the current roster in place, where they're 36 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: going to take a swing for the fence this year, 37 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: no question about it, and probably next year and the 38 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: year after, yes, three years down the road, the cap 39 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: will be significantly higher, and all that higher cap money 40 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: goes towards other players they're gonna it's gonna give them 41 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: more and more space to refurbish the roster and keep 42 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: the talent around Josh Allen healthy and up to snuff 43 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: so that they can make a run for it every year. 44 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: And I think the big benefit of getting the quarterback 45 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: done first is now you know what the hard and 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: fast numbers are on the guy that's making the most 47 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: money on your roster, or you know what those numbers 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: are going to be, so it allows you to effectively 49 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: plan for the rest of the roster around him. And 50 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to get too deep in the weeds 51 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: on the numbers, that's not what this discussion is about. 52 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: But I did find it interesting that the cap hit 53 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: for Josh in year two next year twenty twenty two 54 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: actually goes down from what it originally was under his 55 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: rookie deal. It you know, it's supposed to be twenty 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,399 Speaker 1: three five with that fifth year option, it's not. It's 57 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,519 Speaker 1: it's sixteen point three now. So that's an extra seven 58 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: point two million, which may not sound like much, but 59 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: until you realize it can probably sign a second tier 60 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: free agent, you know, or even better, or first tier 61 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: depending on the position. Yeah, first tier offensive lineman. I 62 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: mean that's what Yeah, that's what you've done with some 63 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: of the room that you have created. And as Steve mentioned, 64 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: by getting Josh signed to a longer term deal, they 65 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: can give him more guaranteed money up front and then 66 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: keep the cap from getting them in a cost prohibitive 67 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: situation where they can't keep the roster flush with high 68 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: end talent. It's really a win even down the road, 69 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: there's not There isn't one of those. You know, there's 70 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: are years where he gets a lot of money, but 71 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: it's not a big boo boom and cap because the 72 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: money will be spread out over the remaining years. So 73 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,839 Speaker 1: even at the end of this contract where you think 74 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: like we've seen with Philip Rivers, with Peyton Manning when 75 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: he left Indianapolis and went to Denver, there's no twenty 76 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: eight million dollar balloon payment. Now he'll get a chunk 77 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: of money like that, but it will never count against 78 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: the cap like it has for some of these other players, 79 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: and it'll give the team the ability to do that 80 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: and still get under the cap. Well, there's a forty 81 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: two million dollars roster bonus either next year the year after. 82 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: I can't remember but you can spread that over the 83 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: last seven years because it's a roster, it's a bonus. 84 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: Even his base salary, which goes up to like twenty 85 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: seven and a half million in twenty twenty three, that's 86 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: in the year where the cap is supposed to take 87 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: a giant leap forward when the media deals that they 88 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: just sign now will be reflected in the salary cap 89 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: number or the league going forward. And the thing that 90 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: I like there is, even though it's a probability Steve 91 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: that the salary cap jumps significantly in that year when 92 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: the media deals and the revenues they're in kick in 93 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: to the revenues for each of the thirty two teams, 94 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: it's a probable scenario, it's not a certainty. So they 95 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: even protected themselves against that because that's the year where 96 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: Josh gets twenty seven and a half million base salary 97 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: and you say, oh my gosh, is that bad. What 98 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: if the cap doesn't go up in the way they anticipate. 99 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: If you put a giant payment in base salary, you 100 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: can restructure that. You can't restructure the big bonuses. So 101 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: that was smart too in doing that. So really, you know, 102 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: Jim overdoorf Kevin Meaghank and Brandon being a bang up 103 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: job on that. So now, Steve, not that the Bills 104 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: needed it, but how much more goodwill does it give 105 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: this organization when the players see quite possibly the most 106 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: talented player on the roster get compensated for being the 107 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: player that he is. I think there are a lot 108 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: of people on this roster that are in a very 109 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: good place with the organization. But doesn't this just reinforce 110 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: everything they talk about? Well, it's good on a number 111 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: of levels. First of all, we know Josh is going 112 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: to continue to work hard. I mean, the guy put 113 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: his foot on the pedal. He said he's getting paid 114 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: for what he's gonna do, not for what he has done. 115 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: That's a good message for your guy to send. And 116 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: I think there's a little bit of well in recent weeks, 117 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 1: it's like a little Aaron Rodgers thing. If you've got 118 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: a guy like Josh Allen who's getting all these guys 119 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: in the football, he's winning games and he is he's 120 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: a rock star in the NFL by any standard. Like 121 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers says, Listen, guys don't go to Green Bay 122 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: to retire, they go to their play with me. Well, yeah, 123 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna have guys wanting to busting down the door. Said, 124 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: you know what, I might want to go to Buffalo. 125 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: I've heard about their culture. Manuel Sanders is an example already. 126 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: And the guys that they resigned in, John Feliciano and 127 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: Darryl Williams, guys who didn't want to hit free agency. 128 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: Milano didn't want to hit free agency. There's no doubt. So, yes, 129 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: there is. They get a lot of benefit from signing, 130 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: just certainly to keep him happy because of what he's 131 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: done and what he's going to do, but also because 132 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: it lives up to the culture that they put out 133 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: there that listen, if you earn it, we'll get it. 134 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: You can get it here in Buffalo. Not only will 135 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: you get what you deserve playtime, practice time, a roster spot, 136 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: move up the ranks of our roster inside the season. 137 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 1: If you're working hard and doing it, you're gonna get 138 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: rewarded for it now, not in next the connect contract, 139 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: in two years down the line, but right now that 140 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: flies in the NFL, particularly in the players level. They 141 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: are sitting there going to listen, if I work hard 142 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: and do what I'm supposed to do, I'm gonna get 143 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: it right now. That's huge, And I think this is 144 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: another indication that whatever the Bills say they're going to 145 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: do for these players, they come through in a big way. Yeah. 146 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: They put their money where their mouth is, quite frankly, 147 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: their money and their playtime and the opportunities. And I 148 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 1: think also what this contract does is it tells everybody 149 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: else on the roster or anybody looking at the Bills, Hey, 150 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: in this era of unprecedented quarterback movement, We're not going 151 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: to have an Aaron Rodgers situation here. We're not going 152 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: to have a Carson Wentz relationship deterioration to the point 153 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: where he wants out. We're not going to have a 154 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson situation where he's going through the motions at 155 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: training camp so he doesn't get fined. That's not going 156 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: to happen here. And I think that's what this contract reinforces. 157 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: I did see and I want to credit the proper 158 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: peep with here. Jay Hart from Yahoo Sports did present 159 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: an interesting stat on highly paid quarterbacks. He said, since 160 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: twenty ten, the only qbs in top ten in salary 161 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: in the league to even make a Super Bowl since 162 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: twenty ten, Tom Brady Matt Ryan, Eli Manning, Patrick Mahomes, 163 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning. I think that's kind of like, oh, well, 164 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: just because you pay the guy doesn't mean you're going 165 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. I don't think that's what this 166 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: stat says to me. What it says to me is 167 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 1: you can have the all world quarterback and you can 168 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: pay him, but your job's not done. If you don't 169 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: surround him with the proper support in terms of talent coaching, 170 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: you're still unlikely to get to the promised Land. Well, 171 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: here's the thing. Twenty five percent of the possible quarterbacks 172 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, which mean there's there's last the 173 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: last ten years has been twenty quarterbacks. Five of them 174 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 1: have been in the top ten, four them one it 175 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: so almost of the Super Bowls were won by guys 176 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: in the top ten salary cap. I don't think there's 177 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: any question you need one to get there, but that 178 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: doesn't guarantee anything if you don't do right by the 179 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: rest of the roster. Right, it's just you know, to me, 180 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 1: it's almost like, well, yeah, of course, it's almost like 181 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: a no brainer. But too often if you don't structure 182 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: those contracts right or you get into a habit of 183 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: kicking the can down the road, Rams, Saints. You make 184 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: it that much more difficult for the franchise quarterback to 185 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: succeed because there is lesser talent around him, because you 186 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: simply can't afford it with your cap situation. Time now 187 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: for our numbers game, where we test Steve's razor sharp 188 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: memory and quiz him on all things football and with 189 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: quarterbacks the topic of discussion here, Steve, I thought I 190 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: would try to lob you one that would be relatively easy. 191 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: I've given you some tough ones over the past couple 192 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: of weeks. So I want you to name for me 193 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: the top ten leaders in passing yards from last season. 194 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: Are you ready? And no particular order? Just fire away here, okay. 195 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: I anticipate you will be able to get all of these. Yes, 196 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: In fact, you want to go in order. You want 197 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: to up the annie here. I got a chance to 198 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: get an needs in order? Who I got a chance? Okay, 199 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: all right here, Let me just get my boat. Let 200 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,679 Speaker 1: me look off into the business here him. All right here, 201 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: we got first one to Shaun Watson right led the 202 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: lead egan passing on a four win team. Two Pat Mahomes, Yes, 203 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: forty seven hundred forty yards three. Joshy Boy, Nope, Josh, 204 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: Josh is on the list. He's fifth. Josh Allen is 205 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 1: not it. He's fifth. So Watson with forty eight twenty three, 206 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: Mahomes with forty seven, forty, Allen forty five forty three. 207 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: I will say Justin Herbert, Nope, Justin Herbert sixth. Though 208 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: he is on the list, he's right behind Josh. How 209 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: about this, I mean Justin Herbert forty three thirty six 210 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: in fifteen games. Okay, he missed. You know, Tyrod started 211 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: the first game right last year for the Chargers. He's 212 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: he's in the top ten. He only played fifteen games. 213 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: I will say Holmes also only played fifteen games. Philip Rivers, 214 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is tenth forty one sixty nine. That's a 215 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: good one. Steve the guys out of the league. You 216 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 1: might not be thinking about him. That was a good get. 217 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say car David Carr. David Carr just outside 218 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: the top ten. He was eleventh, forty one oh three. 219 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: I get all. Even come on, you're you're missing some 220 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: obvious names here. Brady Brady was third, forty six thirty three. 221 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, Tannehill, Oh, Tannehill, fifteenth on the little 222 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: bit down there. Come on, there are some big name 223 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: quarterbacks you have not mentioned yet. Okay, hold on it. 224 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,959 Speaker 1: Russ Wilson. Russell Wilson is ninth, forty two twelve. How 225 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: many I got left? You have one, two, three left, Steve, 226 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: you've got seven out of ten. Come on, make it 227 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: a sweet here you go. Huh. Matthew, Matthew, Matthews, Matthews, 228 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: Detroit Um Stafford, Stafford twel He's Cloth not Stafford. I 229 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: would I would say two of these guys are known 230 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: for throwing for a lot of passing yards almost every year. 231 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: Brees not Drew Brees. Uh. They're known for throwing for 232 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: a lot of passing yards just about every Kyler Murray. 233 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: But they don't Nope, not Kyler Murray. But they don't 234 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: get to they don't get to the playoffs, at least 235 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: the last few years. Drew Lock not Drew Lock. Big 236 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: gang guys ask for a lot of yards every year, 237 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: but their teams have not been very successful the last 238 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: few years in terms of playoff birds. And then there's 239 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: one guy that you haven't gotten yet. That's a little 240 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: odd I'm I'm oh Matt Ryan, Matt Ryan. There you go. 241 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: There's one of them. Eighty one, he was fourty. That's one. Now, 242 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: think of another guy that throws for a lot. Of 243 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: the numbers look great every year, but for some reason 244 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: they just can't get to the postcamp. It can't be 245 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. It's because he's you know, he got her, 246 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: gonna missed almost the whole year. Oh, Kirk Cousins, Kirk Cousins. Now, 247 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: the one you have left is what I thought you 248 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: would have gotten, either first or second. With your guests, 249 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: he's staring you in the face. He's laughing at you. 250 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: Mitch Rubisky, not Mitchell standing here. He's got to be 251 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: around the bl No, no, hold on, all right, I'm 252 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: going down the listen, I'm going down here. Okay, it's 253 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: not Goff, not golf, it's not he says, not Goff. 254 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: You can't buzz me for saying it's not him. Um oh, skin, 255 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: I hate to do this, dude. You're gonna kick yourself 256 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: if you're not fits is it? It's not? Wait, don't 257 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: tell me. Gets back to the upper echelon of quarterbacks, 258 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: and don't say I'm I got going down to like 259 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: thirty two my list of thirty two teams, so you 260 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: have just to review. You have guessed Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes, 261 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert Kirk, Cousins, 262 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, Philip Rivers. I said Brady too, And yeah, 263 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: pretty did I say that? I think I'm right, Um, 264 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: you are missing one from this list to make it 265 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: a clean sweep. It's not Carolina. And oh Jimmy Garoppolo. 266 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: Not Jimmy Garoppolo. Oh, Steve, it's not It's not Darnald. 267 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: This is if I if I asked you the questions, team, 268 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: I can't meant think of the team. If I asked 269 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: you the question you have three picks to start your 270 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: franchise with a quarterback. This guy would easily be one 271 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: of your choices, not Joe Burrow, one of your three choices. 272 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: If you did not have a franchise quarterback and you 273 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: had a chance to get this guy, I think he 274 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: would be one of your three answers. That could be wrong. 275 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: And I'm not talking about to play for ten years 276 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: to win you a game this year. Oh Aaron Rodgers, 277 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: there you go. Aaron Rodgers, the league FVP complete A zero. 278 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: Oh he saves the best for a lasts. That is 279 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: just the way of Steve Tasker. A good job. You 280 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: gotta clean sweep here, I hate myself. Time for our 281 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: featured guest of the week. It's NFL on CBS analyst 282 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: Charles Davis, who took in Bill's training camp this past week. 283 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: Charles talks Bill's Super Bowl contention, the value of continuity, 284 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: and more. Here's Charles, Charles. Thanks for getting us some 285 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: time and your busy schedule. We appreciate it. Hey, thanks 286 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: for having me as always always great to talk of 287 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: you guys, see you and actually see you, right, because 288 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 1: last year everything was like this if we did it 289 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 1: at all. Right, So I'm really I'm really excited about this. 290 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: Always great, great to be back here in Western New York. 291 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: Always great to be a Buffalo. And I gotta tell 292 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 1: you as a great vibe around this place, fantastic vibe. 293 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: And I'm really looking forward to this season. Yeah, actually 294 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: it's we Actually you and I got a chance to 295 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: talk for about ten minutes before Sean McDermott did his 296 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: lot AS media conference today, and you're right, it is 297 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: nice to be able to shake hands and sit there 298 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: and talk face to face instead of over a zoom 299 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,959 Speaker 1: like this. However, absolutely, what were you what were your 300 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: what are your impressions? I know we spoke about the 301 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: culture that's been built here and all that. What about 302 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: the nuts and bolts? What did you see on the 303 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 1: field that struck you about this particular edition of the bills? 304 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: Very efficient practice, And when I go around to different places, 305 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: people do things a little bit differently everywhere, but you 306 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,159 Speaker 1: can always feel like teams you expect to be good 307 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: by how they go about their business and practice. You know, 308 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: Steven Jay. One of the things that I did not 309 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: hear any of today, which to me is always a 310 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: telltale indicator. I didn't hear back in the Hoddle back 311 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: in the Hoddle, okay, meaning the call didn't come in right, 312 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: the wrong personnel was in the game, you know all 313 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: those things. I didn't hear. Run it on the line 314 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: of screen, but put it, put it on the last kars, 315 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: run it again. I didn't hear that. You know, there's 316 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: not a lot of bumbling and stumbling through its. Very 317 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:37,680 Speaker 1: efficient players were called, they were snapped dispatch, and these 318 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: guys know how to practice. I think we all know 319 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: now the story in Carolina with the young safety trying 320 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: to make the team went right through the receiver in 321 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: a drill and was cut before they got back to 322 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: the locker room because he didn't understand how to practice 323 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: and protect his teammates in a practice situation. We had 324 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: none of that today, So I'm just talking about the basics. 325 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: But the basics are a big bank because they tell 326 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: you a lot about a program, a team and what 327 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott as a head coach and has stafford demanding 328 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 1: and coaching, and speaking of that coaching staff, I think 329 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: it kind of has quietly gone by the board, Charles. 330 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: I mean, everybody's talking about the talent on this roster, 331 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: and understandably so, but you had two guys that were 332 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: coordinators on this staff who were up for head coaching jobs, 333 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: did not land them, and they're back here. I mean, 334 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: this is Brian Dable's fourth straight season, It's Leslie Fraser's 335 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: fifth straight season with this club. Even Heath Farwell, the 336 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: special team's coordinator, is entering his third season. Can you 337 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: just speak to the value of that for a team 338 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: that is a contender like the Bills, Oh, the value 339 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: is here, just immense. And just think about if you're 340 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: talking about this is Debrian Dables fourth the year, what 341 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: year is it for the starting quarterback? Josh Allen? Yeah? 342 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: Four four? Okay. See they're they're they're hand in hand, hip, lockstep, 343 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. It's no accident that 344 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: as Josh makes his jumps, Brian Dayble is right there 345 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: for every step. You know, you gotta give Josh all 346 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: of his credit for taking the coaching, for putting in 347 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: the extra work, for becoming a more accurate thrower, developing 348 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: as a player leader, all those things. But at the 349 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: same time, now he for lack of a better term, 350 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: he speaks Brian day Ble very well, okay, and it 351 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: doesn't have to be full form sentences now. I bet 352 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 1: they speak shorthand each other now, meaning they understand what 353 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: the other one is thinking, what you're trying to get to, 354 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: what you're saying, and they can do it in a 355 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: very short order. And I think that's a huge part 356 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: of what's going on now. When the play call comes 357 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: in from buying day Ball, I will bet you more 358 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,959 Speaker 1: times than not, Josh Allen has that play call in 359 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: his head already and expects it to come in. So 360 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: you're right about the continuity on all sides, offense, defense, 361 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: and special teams. And that's what makes good teams good programs. 362 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: Now you can understand because they have that, they have 363 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 1: that continuity, but they have it because they've had success. 364 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: They've had they have it because these people are very 365 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: good at what they do. You're not gonna have a 366 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: lot of continuity if you're going to and too and whatever, 367 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: because it'll be new people in there. What are your 368 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 1: thoughts on, you know, the Josh Josh Allen extension with 369 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: you know, the way the landscape of the quarterbacks, he's 370 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: the second highest paid guy behind h Pat Mahomes. Now 371 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: you've got that twenty eighteen quarterback class, they're all kind 372 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: of standing in line Lamar Jackson and h Baker Mayfield, 373 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, so what are your thoughts on 374 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: how the rest of this is going to play out 375 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: for these other quarterbacks because the top two guys, while 376 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 1: they did make a ton of money, did lay out 377 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: their contract in a way that the team is going 378 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: to be able to put some pieces around them. Yeah, 379 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: you know, I mean Tom Brady gets a lot of 380 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: credit for a lot of things do we dare say 381 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: Tom Brady effect here with these guys talking about Mahomes 382 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: talking about Josh Allen, meaning they saw what Tom Brady 383 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: did where he did, you know how famously for how 384 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,919 Speaker 1: many years helped restructure contracts by taking less money or 385 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: moving his money around or whatever. I'd noticed that there's 386 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: an article that moved today about Russell Wilson saying that 387 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 1: he was willing to do that to help out Duwayne 388 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: Brown as left tackle and maybe even kJ Right the defender. 389 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: So these players understand, Yeah, making the money's a big deal. 390 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: Taking care of my family is a huge deal, and 391 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 1: they're not leaving a ton of money on the table 392 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 1: quote unquote, but they're making enough for themselves at the 393 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 1: same time, How can I help my team? Mahomes did 394 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: it with the way he structured his contract. Josh Allen 395 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:46,200 Speaker 1: followed suit. Now Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray Right, Daniel Jones, 396 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield next in line. If they indeed get this, 397 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised to hear about similar type of 398 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 1: contracts in order to do this, because once these guys 399 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: get a taste of winning in this league, they want 400 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: to keep going and how can I continue to do that? 401 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: Brady Russell Wilson, those guys said a great example because 402 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: they gave up money quote unquote, but what did it 403 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: pay off? With? Playoff appearances, super Bowls, the whole thing. 404 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,520 Speaker 1: So I think it's the right way to go about 405 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: looking at it. But like John Houseman used to say 406 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: on the old Smith Barney commercials, you have to earn it. 407 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: And these young quarterbacks who are next in line, how 408 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: do they earn it? Josh Allen got to an Nancy 409 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: Championship game, Fashion mahone has been back to back Super Bowls. 410 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: Can Lamar Jackson getting the breakthrough? Can Kyler Murray make 411 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 1: the playoffs? Can Daniel Jones have his Giants team have 412 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: a winning record if not the playoffs? Baker Mayfield, can 413 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: they advanced in the playoffs? That's how you earn it 414 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: by leading your team to go to greater heights. Speaking 415 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: of earning it, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with Charles Davis here, 416 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,479 Speaker 1: you being a defensive back, I wanted to get your 417 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: thoughts on this a former defensive back, because Levi Wallace, 418 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: as an undrafted guy, has come in and basically has 419 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: earned a starting job deposite Trudevious White, for the better 420 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: part of the last three years, has taken on all 421 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: comers in competition every single training camp and has come 422 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: out on the right side of it. He is in 423 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: that again, although he seems to have a stranglehold on 424 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: the starting job yet again. As his fiercest challengers Dane Jackson, 425 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 1: the former seventh round pick from last season, but he's 426 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: really not made a dent in trying to challenge Levi 427 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: for that role. Steve and I look at Levi as 428 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: that perfect steady eddie player. He may not make the 429 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:37,360 Speaker 1: spectacular game breaking play, but he's gonna make good, solid 430 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: decisions out there on the field, and it's clear that 431 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: the coaching staff trusts him. Can you maybe just quantify 432 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 1: the value of that kind of player and how he 433 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: fits on a roster that maybe still has some high 434 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,400 Speaker 1: end talent back there with him, like a Micah Hyde 435 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: or a Jordan Poy or Trudevious White. Oh, that's a 436 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: great question, Chris, And look, bottom line with all of 437 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: that is you have to have an organization that is 438 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: willing to say, maybe we drafted guys higher, or we 439 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: signed a free agent we thought was better, but guess 440 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 1: what the guy we didn't expect is actually the best player. 441 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: You have to be willing to eat. I wouldn't call 442 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: it necessarily in this case, but a lot of organizations 443 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: have trouble saying, Okay, the undrafted guy beat out the 444 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: guy drafted. Oops, Okay, if that's the case, my team's better. 445 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: But a lot of people say, oh no, no, no, no, 446 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: I can't do that because then I look like a 447 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: lousy evaluating. You don't have that kind of ego here 448 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: with Brandon Bean and Sean McDermot and the rest of 449 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: that great PR personnel staff. They're going to play the 450 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: best player for the spot, and you noted how how 451 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: does that fit in? Well, guess what if you have 452 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: a lima leave by Wallace win the job before the 453 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,320 Speaker 1: big money kicks in. It allows you to do things 454 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: in other spots as well. But I give the Bills 455 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: organization a ton of credit because coaches will stand up 456 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: in front of their teams all the time. Steve knows 457 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: this really well, Hey, the best player is gonna play. 458 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: But if you don't put the best players out there, 459 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: the team knows it pretty quickly. If you put the 460 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,199 Speaker 1: guy out there who shouldn't be after you told them, Hey, 461 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna play the best players, you'll lose confidence in 462 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: your coaching staff. You don't have that issue here at all. 463 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: And give Lea by Wallace a ton of credit because 464 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: it wasn't just here. As you guys now get to 465 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: walk onto Alabama too, give this guy a ton of 466 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: credit for who he is. Well, as this season gets underway, 467 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,479 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a little different in a couple of ways. One, 468 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: there's an extra regular season game, seventeen game schedule, and 469 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 1: there's only three preseason games. Do you sense any seismic 470 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: shift as to how teams will approach their preseason and 471 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:49,959 Speaker 1: how they're gonna play these guys, when the starters will 472 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: get sharp, when they'll sit down that kind of thing. 473 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: Is there're gonna be a seismic shift, or it's just 474 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: just forget it. We're just skipping one preseason game. That's 475 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: a great question, Steven, And my gut tells me no 476 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: seismic shift this year. But I feel like this year 477 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: would be a shakedown year for it because we're going 478 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 1: from four to three. But it's not just the four 479 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: to three because remember we had none last year, so 480 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: that was a whole different ball game. But it's not 481 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 1: just the four to three, it's when the third game's 482 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: being played. Because we remember when we did the third 483 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: game before, it was rough unless you were in the 484 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: Thursday night opener, right, it was roughly ten days before 485 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,880 Speaker 1: you play. Now we're talking about a full two weeks. 486 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,160 Speaker 1: Some coaches may have some trepidation about sharpness right last 487 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 1: time they played, but I think most people are gonna 488 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 1: air on the side of keeping my guys healthy and 489 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: we'll deal with, you know, some rustiness out of the start, 490 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 1: but we'll find out because look, let's be honest about it. 491 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 1: Are any of us betting that this three will become 492 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,040 Speaker 1: two sooner rather than later in the preseason. Absolutely, you 493 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen. Yeah, you know what's gonna happen. Charles, 494 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: there's always We thank you for the time. We know 495 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: you've got a busy schedule, so thanks for arev an 496 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: out ten minutes for us. We appreciate it. And I 497 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: know you got your fingers crossed that you and your 498 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: broadcast team are up here week one for Bill Steelers. 499 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 1: We'll keep our fingers crossed too, and hopefully we cross 500 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: pass then. Well, you guys are the best. Thanks for 501 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: having me on, Chris, Steve, you take care of yourselves, 502 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: keep kicking butt like you always do, and make sure 503 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: if you're playing golf with Steve Tasker, either have your 504 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: wallet loaded because it will be lighter at the end 505 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: of the round, or just be as caddy because that 506 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: way you can actually make a little bit on the route. 507 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: Because you're playing it, you're losing everything you got in 508 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: your pocket. Love man's got a serious sticks. You're killing me. 509 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: Thanks Man, Talk to you travel guys. Be good. All right. 510 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: We wrap up this week's episode with our one burning question. 511 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: Do we expect Buffalo's third preseason game Steve to be 512 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: the dress rehearsal for the starters as it's always been, 513 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: even though there are only three preseason games. I'm gonna 514 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: say yes. I think you're gonna see Josh a lot 515 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: in that game. It's gonna be a home game against 516 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. I think you're gonna I think 517 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: the coaching staff and they'll give Josh a'll chance to 518 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: for the fans to love on him a little bit. 519 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 1: It's two weeks before you're opener, plenty of time to 520 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: get ready, and I just think I think it's a 521 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: smart way to go. They'll still have two weeks to 522 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: get ready. It'll be close enough to the start game. 523 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: They'll have these two games, this Detroit game on the road, 524 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: the Chicago game on the road at one o'clock to 525 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 1: get the young guys on a one o'clock kind of 526 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: time frame game day schedule. Let let the big guys 527 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: go in that third game and let them play past halftime. 528 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: The thing that that says this is probably going to 529 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: stay the same as it did when they had four 530 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: preseason games. To me is this it's the two week 531 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: yeah run up to the regular season. If you play 532 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: these starters and use the dress rehearsal in your second 533 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: preseason game, that's three weeks removed from the season opener. 534 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: I think coach McDermott and a lot of other coaches 535 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: around the league are going to be concerned about much 536 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: like Charles Davis said, how sharp these players are, Like, 537 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: you worry about them being on their p's and queues 538 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: in every aspect of what they have to do out 539 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: on the field. You don't play a game for two weeks, 540 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: it's hard to you know, I mean that's even a stretch. 541 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: So I think, yeah, the dress rehearsal is week three 542 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: of the preseason, as it has always been, and then 543 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: you just do what you need to do between that 544 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: time and the regular season opener to have your guys ready. 545 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: But you go three weeks, I think any coach would 546 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: tell you, oh, that makes me a little nervous. That's 547 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: a long layout, even at the end of the year 548 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: when you're trying to get guys healthy. And rarely do 549 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: you even teams that I mean, there were a team 550 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: I was on that we shut it down like week thirteen, 551 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: you know, after we were twelve and two or something. Yeah, 552 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: those kind of spot you don't really want to take 553 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: your foot off the gas too much even then, because 554 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: you know you're going to meet a team that's really 555 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 1: hitting on all cylinders and you've got to be ready 556 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: for it. Yeah. So what does that mean you think 557 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: for the second preseason game, any playing time for the 558 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 1: starters who saw no action in the first one A 559 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: series or two, Yeah, a little bit, right, Yeah, they 560 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: get a smack of first quarter action, they'll get two series. 561 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,640 Speaker 1: They'll probably want them to get thirteen or fourteen plays 562 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: in and that's it. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, I think 563 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,040 Speaker 1: it's a slow ramp up. It's a slow burn to 564 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: the third preseason game. That's probably how you forget they 565 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: handle it. They're playing a lot of football during the week. 566 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: They're playing a lot of foot they're taking a lot 567 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 1: of snaps Monday through Friday or Saturday or wherever the 568 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: game is, you know, and it's they're going to get 569 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: a lot of football in. But the real challenge for 570 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: most of the players is the fact that Josh Allen 571 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: is still getting a line's share that snaps a quarterback 572 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: Steph Diggs. When and when these guys are healthy, they're 573 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: getting all the reps with the number ones they're going 574 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: to and they're practicing a lot. You'll get these guys 575 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: playing in this first and second preseason game who have 576 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: not had that many reps. Certainly they may play some 577 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: have some plays called in the huddle they haven't run 578 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: as at full speed because you know, Steph Diggs ran it, 579 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: or Cole Beasley ran it, or you know Devin Singletary 580 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: ran it or whoever. And they may run plays that 581 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: they've actually never run since camp started. Because there's such 582 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: a long menu of plays. When they get in there 583 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: to do their reps, they do other plays and you know, 584 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: so that's a challenge for the young guys in these 585 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: early preseason games. The other thing too, and you pointed 586 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: out the practice scenario and the reps that they get 587 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: in practice through the course of the week. Coach McDermott 588 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: said it this past week. He said, look, we determined 589 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: playing time in the preseason games and also factor in 590 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: how much time have they gotten on the practice field 591 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: through the course of the week. They have all those 592 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: rep counts for every player documented. They know like, oh, 593 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: this guy got a ton of work in practice this week. 594 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: He's good. And when you factor in the reality that 595 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: the Bills have a pretty unique tempo here on the 596 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: practice field, it's not like this everywhere else in the league. 597 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: It's efficient. You heard Charles Davis, who sees a lot 598 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: of different training camps. They have a unique efficiency to 599 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: the way they get things done. It's at a tempo 600 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: that it as close to a preseason or a regular 601 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: season game as you will find in the league. And 602 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 1: that pays dividends and it probably affords this coaching staff 603 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: the opportunity to say, you know what, this vet's good. 604 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: He's gotten quality reps in practice this week. We don't 605 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: need to risk injury in a preseason game for him, 606 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: he's ready, he'll be ready. Yeah, And it's also fluid 607 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 1: because it'll move along like for instance, this week, you know, 608 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: Steph Diggs gets his knee ding, he's out for a 609 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: couple of days. John Feliciana gets his shoulder ding, he's 610 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: out for a couple of games. Dion Dawkins has been 611 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: walking around, he's been saying he can't play. So all 612 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 1: of this stuff goes on and that's fluid and there's 613 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: no control over, no anticipating it. So that will get 614 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,760 Speaker 1: thrown into the mix as well. For every position, not 615 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: just the ones I mentioned, there's a you know, every 616 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: guy's got a little bit of a tweak he's dealing with. 617 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: Most of them are nothing, just like most even the 618 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: ones I mentioned or nothing. But if they don't get 619 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 1: a chance to practice a couple of days before the game, 620 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:14,480 Speaker 1: it's like, h let's wait, you know, um. But if 621 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,399 Speaker 1: they do and they're back in there and they're looking 622 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: good and feeling one hundred percent, then that changes things. 623 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 1: But all the the injuries and the nagging things you 624 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,080 Speaker 1: get during training camp, that kind of, you know, it's 625 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,439 Speaker 1: kind of like a you know, when you're playing golf 626 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: and you get a light sprinkle, it kind of dampens 627 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:35,320 Speaker 1: things a little bit. You gotta likes, So that's that 628 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: will remain to be seen. They may have a plan 629 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:38,799 Speaker 1: in place of who they're gonna play and what they're 630 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: gonna do, but as always that's up for grabs. When 631 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: when you talk about injuries and sore muscles and extra 632 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: reps in practice because another guy wasn't there. After no 633 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: preseason last year, I think people realize there is some 634 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: value to preseason as it returns this summer. That'll do 635 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 1: it for this episode of One Bill's Life. Be sure 636 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,880 Speaker 1: to subscribe on whatever podcast play from you use so 637 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: you know when our next episode drops, or you can 638 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,760 Speaker 1: watch and listen to us on the Bills YouTube channel. 639 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: And always remember when there isn't enough time to listen 640 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 1: to our daily show, One Bills Live, there's always enough 641 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: time for One Bill's Life. For Steve task Around, Chris Brown. 642 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: We'll see you next week. Everybody,