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Speaker 1: This one Bill's Live, presented by Calllida Health.

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Speaker 2: All right, how are you doing here on this Wednesday?

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Maddy glab in with you as Steve takes

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Speaker 2: a couple of days off, and you know, deservedly so

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Speaker 2: I guess he deserves a break.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, we're kind of doing our thing here, and.

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Speaker 2: There's stuff to talk about obviously in the NFL free

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Speaker 2: agency wise, which we'll get to in just a minute.

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Speaker 2: And Steve and I kind of turned the page yesterday, Mattie.

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Speaker 2: Now that we are under a month away from the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five NFL Draft, it's interesting because we were

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Speaker 2: talking yesterday about how it's gonna be in Green Bay

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Speaker 2: this year, and we know our COO, Pee Gwelly, has

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Speaker 2: talked about being interested in trying to get the draft

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Speaker 2: to come to Buffalo sometime in the future after the

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Speaker 2: new place is opened. Chiefly I think he was thrown

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Speaker 2: out twenty twenty eight, twenty twenty nine as years to

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Speaker 2: target and hope that you can convince the league to

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Speaker 2: bring it to Buffalo. Do you have any thoughts on

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Speaker 2: what that would look like if we hosted the draft.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you don't need to give bills fans a

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Speaker 2: big reason to tailgate and three days of tailgating, Like.

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Speaker 1: Could you you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Like I could see people tailgating for like three days.

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Speaker 2: Nobody's working.

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Speaker 3: And it's funny you mentioned tailgate because like in other cities,

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Speaker 3: I viewed the NFL draft as like a show off

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Speaker 3: the city. Here's some of our cool spots. We're gonna

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Speaker 3: have gatherings here, gatherings there. And I could easily see

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Speaker 3: a Bill's NFL draft located in Buffalo, New York is

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Speaker 3: surrounded by tailgating for days and hopefully the weather would

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Speaker 3: decide to be sunny and nice and warm and whatever.

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Speaker 3: Because today we wake up to snow at the end.

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Speaker 2: Of the sideways. I look, so my bedroom window has

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Speaker 2: I have my front porch of my house roof at

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Speaker 2: the base of my bedroom window, and I lifted up

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Speaker 2: the shade and I was like, are you kidding me?

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Speaker 1: Like there was snow sitting on the roof.

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Speaker 2: But I think I'm very interested to see what it

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Speaker 2: looks like in Green Bay this spring, because I think

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Speaker 2: it could be a good precursor to what it might

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Speaker 2: look like here in Buffalo. Because green Bay, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's a nice little town and whatnot. But the stadium

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Speaker 2: is surrounded by a residential area, much like it is

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Speaker 2: here in Orchard Park, and I just I don't I'm

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Speaker 2: going to pretend to know what the setup's going to

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Speaker 2: outside lambeau Field and tailgaters surrounding them in the parking

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Speaker 2: lots that surround the stadium. And I'm thinking to myself,

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Speaker 2: it could look very similar here and you have people

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Speaker 2: taking a three day holiday for the.

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Speaker 3: Draft, RV's from here, there and everywhere parking outside of

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Speaker 3: the stadium. I think it would be a great way

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Speaker 3: for people all over the country to come experience what

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Speaker 3: not just for game day but for the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 2: I think it would be really cool because I'm very

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Speaker 2: interested to see what it looks like in Green Bay

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Speaker 2: in a month's time. Cleveland, you know, as we know,

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Speaker 2: city here on the Great Lakes rust belt, that whole thing,

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Speaker 2: but they have a stadium that's right on the waterfront.

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Speaker 2: At least for now, we know, the Haslams want to

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Speaker 1: I think think it is a suburb, but.

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Speaker 2: They tried to, you know, have the lake behind them

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Speaker 1: But I don't know that you need to.

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Speaker 2: It's like in Nashville, they stuck it downtown because you know,

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Speaker 1: So I get that.

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Speaker 2: I think it would be stadium oriented if it was here.

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Speaker 2: It would be right here in Orchard Park.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the the areas that we've gotten to

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Speaker 3: here's the mockups of what this space is going to

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Speaker 3: look like. That space is going to look like. You

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Speaker 1: I don't know, it's weird.

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Speaker 2: It's like, well, well, you know, it'd be nice to

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Speaker 2: a draft in twenty eight or twenty nine. But with

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Speaker 2: It'll be here before we know it. So, yeah, draft

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Speaker 2: agency wise, it has kind of sparked us to discuss

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Speaker 2: the AFC East and we'll get to the reasons why

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Speaker 2: here as we go around the NFL, which is presented

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Speaker 2: by Kalida Healthy, official healthcare system of the Buffalo Bills,

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Speaker 2: and it begins in the division because the New England

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Speaker 2: Patriots have added a veteran receiver to their ranks in

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Speaker 2: free agency, Stefan Diggs back in the AFC East, a

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Speaker 2: three year deal worth sixty nine million dollars.

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Speaker 1: With the Patriots.

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Speaker 2: Dig who turns thirty two this November, is said to

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Speaker 2: about well less than eight full games in a Texans

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Speaker 2: according to reports, that he could be cleared to play

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Speaker 2: as early as Week one. And look, I know there

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Speaker 2: are Stefan Diggs detractors, but there are few players who

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Speaker 1: Sooner rather than later.

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Speaker 2: But I don't think we can dismiss the fact, Maddie

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Speaker 2: older player now, and I need to take the reps

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Speaker 2: weeks one, two, three, and four. Because you look at

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Speaker 1: Bills, super productive.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty four, first half of the season with the

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Speaker 1: It's the second half of these seasons the last two.

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Speaker 2: Years that, if really kind of for me, made it

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Speaker 3: That's an interesting point because if you think about you know,

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Speaker 3: Stefan Diggs has been relatively a very healthy player throughout

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Speaker 3: his NFL career. This ACL injury is the first big

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Speaker 3: one that he's suffered in his now ten year career,

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Speaker 3: and maybe being in his thirties and suffering an injury

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Speaker 3: like this, he he turns a new page in how

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Speaker 3: he's covering from something. Maybe it is a little bit more. Hey,

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Speaker 3: I'm going to go into this new team thinking about

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Speaker 3: how kind of how von Miller did it with us, Like,

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Speaker 3: this is how I want to approach the beginning of

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Speaker 3: have imagined for myself. How can we work together on this?

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Speaker 3: And I think it makes so much sense that Patriots

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Speaker 3: May was talked about like a Josh Allen type player

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Speaker 3: help set him up in the offense. Now, the Patriots,

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Speaker 3: even in addition to Stephan Diggs, they have some nice

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Speaker 3: be interesting to see is he gonna be ready for

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Speaker 3: Week one? What is this going to look like, knowing

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Speaker 2: Yeah, here's I think in theory, in terms of what

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Speaker 2: Drake May and as it pertains to the offense, I

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Speaker 1: I just don't There's two things.

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Speaker 2: If I'm a Patriots fan that concerned me about this move.

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Speaker 2: When he got traded to the Texans, I put myself

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Speaker 2: in the texanshoes and it made perfect sense because the

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Speaker 2: maybe the number two option. But they already they also

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Speaker 2: they had a depth of talent there, both young and veteran,

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Speaker 2: to lean on, and so the pressure wasn't on Digs

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Speaker 2: to deliver every single week. Now, obviously that got a

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Speaker 2: little compromise when Nico Collins gets hurt in week five,

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Speaker 2: little bit there, and then by week eight he's done

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Speaker 2: for the year anyway, So I thought that the addition

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Speaker 2: there made more sense than it does in New England.

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Speaker 2: For this reason, Diggs goes to New England and he's

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Speaker 2: got twenty six million guaranteed twenty three million on average

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Speaker 1: I don't think he'll get to the end of the deal.

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Speaker 2: That notwithstanding, you look at the receiving corps. And yes,

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Speaker 2: And I think we can agree, having seen enough practices

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Speaker 1: He's not a stone cold killer, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: One thing that I'm excited to watch from AFAR is

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Speaker 1: So how does that mesh in the locker room?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so very curious to see how the team chemistry works.

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Speaker 1: It's really hard for.

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Speaker 3: and really think like, man, we're in this Matthew Stafford conversation. Man, Okay,

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Speaker 2: Well, I there's a part of me that wonders because

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Speaker 2: We're not getting that out what we're gonna do.

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Speaker 3: that defense, maybe the defense is you know, good enough

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Do you or do you believe in Travis Hunter?

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Speaker 3: Is Dable going to operate from a position of we've

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's see what happened. I think there's

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Speaker 1: We're not wishing that on Dable and shame.

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Speaker 2: We hope they do well.

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Speaker 2: This is a sign to me that they've kind of

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Speaker 3: to make hard decisions in your first couple of seasons,

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Speaker 3: but you may walk into a team where you the

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Speaker 3: draft class just aligned with your needs and you're in

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Speaker 3: a position to where you can pick whatever your need

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Speaker 3: is and that player works out for you. And then

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Speaker 3: some of these head coaches and gms walk into a

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Speaker 3: position where you're cornered into you're quartered, and you have

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Speaker 3: to make a decision or it's not what you wanted

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Speaker 3: it to be, and you're trying to make the best

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Speaker 3: of the situation that's in front of you. And we've

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Speaker 3: just seen them go through a couple of quarterbacks now

449
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Speaker 3: and here they are with Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston

450
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Speaker 3: trying to hold on to one last season. Can we

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Speaker 3: make this happen? Can we get to nine wins so

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Speaker 3: that we can reset and have a new plan in

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Speaker 3: place that hopefully.

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Speaker 2: Be part of and what really kind of set the

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Speaker 2: Apple card was they overachieved in year one. They made

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Speaker 2: the playoffs with Daniel Jones, won a playoff game, and

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Speaker 2: that set them all the way down at pick twenty four.

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Speaker 2: In the twenty three draft, which was a good quarterback draft.

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Speaker 2: They watched one of their division opponents, you know draft,

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Speaker 2: what was it was that the Jaden Daniels draft. That

461
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Speaker 2: was the Bryce Young draft. Sorry Bryce Young.

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Speaker 1: CJ.

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Speaker 2: Stroud go off the board along with Anthony Richardson who

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Speaker 2: still to be determined, but there were quarterbacks to be

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Speaker 2: had in that draft. And then after the first year

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Speaker 2: with Daniel Jones under the extension, you probably could have

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Speaker 2: drafted a quarterback there too. You would have had to

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Speaker 2: move up again, not nearly as far. But they're not

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Speaker 2: totally blameless in not having a quarterback. But it's almost

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Speaker 2: like doing so well in year one set them up

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Speaker 2: to keep a viable quarterback option for the long term

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Speaker 2: at arm's length from them, and they're trying, they're still

473
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Speaker 2: trying to scramble to get to that place where they

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Speaker 2: can have a long term answer, and it's it's not easy,

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Speaker 2: and they're still searching now. Other around the NFL news

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Speaker 2: that we have for you involves the NFL's Competition Committee,

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Speaker 2: they are likely to well. They have proposed to change

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Speaker 2: to the league's kickoff rules that could raise return rates

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Speaker 2: for this coming season. The proposal, which has been submitted

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Speaker 2: and will be presented at the owner's meetings in Palm Beach, Florida,

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Speaker 2: would spot touchbacks that land in the end zone or

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Speaker 2: go out of the back of the end zone, or

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Speaker 2: are downed in the end zone on a fly at

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Speaker 2: the thirty five yard line instead of the thirty which

485
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Speaker 2: was how it was originally drawn up Maddie, and then

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Speaker 2: they changed it in the eleventh hour last year in

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Speaker 2: like August.

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Speaker 3: And changed it to the thirty. Now it's going to

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Speaker 3: be the thirty five. If they decided to vote on

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Speaker 3: this and it passes through, I think it will. Pey'

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Speaker 3: I'm a fan of this. If this is if your

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Speaker 3: goal is to have this be a bigger part of

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Speaker 3: the game, I think this is They're on more returns. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: this is definitely going to help with more returns.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The thinking is that the thirty five yard line

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Speaker 2: for a drive start on a touch back in the

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Speaker 2: end zone is so punitive to the opposing defense that

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Speaker 2: coaches are going to tell their kickers to put the

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Speaker 2: ball in the landing zone, so it has to be

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Speaker 2: fielded and returned, and I think the thirty five will

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Speaker 2: do that for teams that don't have a top half

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Speaker 2: of the league defense, you better believe you're putting it

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Speaker 2: in the landing zone because you don't want to give

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Speaker 2: a team a sixty five yard field to reach the

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Speaker 2: end zone. So I think it will be punitive enough

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Speaker 2: to get more teams to put the ball in the

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Speaker 2: landing zone to be fielded for returns. The one other

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Speaker 2: proposal by the Competition Committee deals with an amendment to

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Speaker 2: Rule fifteen to expand instant replays ability to advise the

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Speaker 2: on field officials on specific objective aspects of a play

511
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Speaker 2: or to dress game administration issues when there is clear

512
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Speaker 2: and obvious video evidence that something went wrong. So a

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Speaker 2: flag would have to be thrown for this expansion of

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Speaker 2: purview to take place. So, just to provide you with

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Speaker 2: some details, we're talking about where do I have this?

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Speaker 2: I know I have this.

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Speaker 1: Hang on efforting.

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Speaker 2: Did I lose my place?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 2: Here it is penalty enforcement overlooking proper down.

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Speaker 1: So if they screw up the down and.

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Speaker 2: The guy upstairs the replay assistant upstairs recognizes that they

523
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Speaker 2: can buzz down and say, hey, it's third down, not

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Speaker 2: second down. Timing or spot of a foul, the game clock,

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Speaker 2: like who has possession on a loose ball completed or intercepted,

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Speaker 2: or the direction of any pass, touching of a loose ball,

527
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Speaker 2: boundary line, goal line, and line, so those kinds of things.

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Speaker 2: The interesting thing is they struck through things like and

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Speaker 2: eliminated things like roughing the passer hit to the head

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Speaker 2: or neck area. If a foul is called for intentional grounding,

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Speaker 2: those are getting eliminated from the replay assistance purview. So

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Speaker 2: it was it was not only interesting what it included, yeah,

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Speaker 2: but also what it excluded interesting because we heard after

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Speaker 2: last year that they wanted to kind of what's the

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Speaker 2: word here I'm looking for. They wanted to curtail a

536
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Speaker 2: little bit the roughing the passer. I think they felt

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Speaker 2: like it it went too far and protecting quarterbacks. So

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Speaker 2: I think in an effort to mitigate that a little bit,

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Speaker 2: they don't want the replay assistant to also have jurisdiction

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Speaker 2: over those kinds of things like, oh, Matt, there was

541
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Speaker 2: a finger that hit them on the helmet, like we

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Speaker 2: got to fix that.

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Speaker 3: That'll just be a fine that we see later in

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Speaker 3: the week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, kind of like we saw with the hip drop tackle.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see where it goes when the owners meet.

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Speaker 1: What is it next week?

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Speaker 2: I think?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, next week? So this weekend the yeah.

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Speaker 1: That's right, it's this weekend. It already is here.

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Speaker 2: So that'll take place later this week, over the next

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Speaker 2: few days, and we'll see what what gets past, what

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Speaker 2: gets ratified, what gets approved when the owners meet in

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Speaker 2: Palm Beach this weekend. Topic of discussion for you today

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Speaker 2: concerns the Bill's division the AFC East. Does the Stefan

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Speaker 2: Diggs signing with the Patriots move them up on your

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Speaker 2: threat list in the AFC East for the bills eight

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Speaker 2: oh three oh five point fifty one eighty eight five

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Speaker 2: fifty two, five fifty the numbers to get on board,

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Speaker 2: And we do have open lines for you, so if

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Speaker 2: you have time, give us a call let us know

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Speaker 2: what you think about that. If you don't have time

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Speaker 2: to give us a call, you can hit us up

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Speaker 2: on the tweet sheet at one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 1: We take a break here, but your phone calls are next.

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Speaker 2: Stay with us, all right, back here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown Many glad with you on a Wednesday, and

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Speaker 2: little AFC E's talked today. I want to know does

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Speaker 2: the dig signing with the Patriots move them up on

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Speaker 2: your threat list here in the AFC East as it

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Speaker 2: pertains to the bills going into the twenty twenty five

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Speaker 2: season eight oh three oh five point fifty one eighty

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Speaker 2: eight five fifty two five fifty. The number to join

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Speaker 2: us and we go to the phones, and leading us

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Speaker 2: off today is Ryan in Toronto.

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Speaker 1: What do you got for us? Ryan?

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Speaker 5: Chris Mandy love the show. To be honest, guys, I

578
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Speaker 5: know you're talking about a feast. I think the paycheoffs

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Speaker 5: are going to make some really really loud noises in

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Speaker 5: the fees. I think they have really good, I really

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Speaker 5: really soft and easy last place schedule at completely on

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Speaker 5: the bills then they have. The schedules are really tough.

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Speaker 5: And the addition of Sapan Dick, I think he's gonna

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Speaker 5: be he's gonna be a he's gonna be a really

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Speaker 5: good addition to the Patriots. And that's what I go

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Speaker 5: to say. I might be able to very good head coach.

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Speaker 5: We ask me, I'm both they're going to watch. I

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Speaker 5: think to the AFAST titles, it might be on the

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Speaker 5: line was the Patriot. I think, all right.

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Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Ryan, appreciate it. I do believe that.

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's any question about this. Mike Vrabel

592
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Speaker 2: is the most formidable coaching foe in the division for

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Speaker 2: Sean McDermott right now today. I think he's better than

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Speaker 2: Mike McDaniel, better leader of men, and I think he's

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Speaker 2: better than Aaron Glenn, who is completely unproven as a

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Speaker 2: head coach. So that guy your most formidable coaching foe

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Speaker 2: in the division already. Forget about what roster he has.

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Speaker 2: Then you think about all the money that they've spent

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Speaker 2: in free agency to fortify their roster. I mean, I

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Speaker 2: know people know that Mac Collins went over there, but

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Speaker 2: they got a linebacker and Robert Splaine, who's a tackling

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Speaker 2: machine from the Raiders. Milt Williams one hundred and four

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Speaker 2: million dollar contract, one of the rotational guys on the

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Speaker 2: defensive line in Philadelphia. He's there.

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Speaker 1: Now. They get Harold.

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Speaker 2: Landry, proven pass rusher gets about ten sacks a year

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Speaker 2: from Tennessee. He's under contract and has played for coach

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Speaker 2: Rabel before already knows the system. Then they get the

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Speaker 2: veteran center Garrett Bradberry, who was a cast off in Minnesota,

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Speaker 2: because they signed Ryan Kelly from Indianapolis to be their center.

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Speaker 2: So you get a veteran center who's better than anyone

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Speaker 2: they've had since David Andrews got hurt. And then they

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Speaker 2: signed Carlton Davis, the corner from Detroit to start opposite

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Speaker 2: Christian Gonzales on the outside. This team's going to have

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Speaker 2: a defense, there's no doubt about that. And if Christian

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Speaker 2: Barmore can come back from his blood clot issues, they

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Speaker 2: are really going to have a formidable front.

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Speaker 1: So they've got that. Vrabel knows how to coach defense.

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Speaker 2: I just think that they have the potential to be

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Speaker 2: a tough out. I don't think they're anywhere near their

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Speaker 2: bill to contend for the division. But I think the

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Speaker 2: two games again it's the Patriots are going to be

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Speaker 2: harder than the two games against the Jets and the

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Speaker 2: two games against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: We don't know schedules yet, that's going to happen sometime

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Speaker 3: in May after the NFL Draft. But home games that

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Speaker 3: the Patriots have this year Brown's Falcons, Giants, Panthers, Steelers, Raiders,

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Speaker 3: the AFC East obviously away games they have Bengals, Bucks, Saints,

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Speaker 3: Baltimore Ravens, and the Titans.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so Ryan's point is well taken.

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Speaker 2: When you're playing a last play schedule, that's a chance

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Speaker 2: for you to make marked improvements in how you play.

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Speaker 2: We saw the Houston Texans do it. They were at

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Speaker 2: the bottom of their division in the AFC South. They

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Speaker 2: draft CJ. Stroud, They come out and play a last

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Speaker 2: play schedule and win the division and go to the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Then this past year they play a first place schedule

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Speaker 2: and things change considerably.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So the Patriots are in a position with a last

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Speaker 2: play schedule to really improve their win total this season.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Mark in Jersey City next.

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Speaker 6: Let's tell Mark good afternoon, gust thanks for taking my call.

644
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Speaker 6: I'm opposite of you, Chris. I don't think all these moves.

645
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Speaker 6: I think there are a lot of band aid moves.

646
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Speaker 6: We have a lot of money to spend. One high

647
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 6: end free agent that they've named that Milton Williams, and

648
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 6: they had to swoop in and pay him six more

649
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Speaker 6: million dollars a year to get him to go up there.

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Speaker 6: They couldn't. They couldn't bribe or receive I mean they

651
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Speaker 6: were trying to bribe receivers to go there for two

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Speaker 6: years and they haven't. So they take a leftover corpse

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Speaker 6: of Stefan Diggs, who's nothing but a mercurial pain in that,

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Speaker 6: you know what, and everybody knows that. I know people

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Speaker 6: have to play kate and tiptoe, but now that's what

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Speaker 6: he is. They're going to put him in a room

657
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Speaker 6: with a guy who walks around barefoot, who's a really

658
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 6: nice guy, but he's a hard driving guy. Like you said, Ceb.

659
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 6: He's this oil and vinegar and Doug Marone, Josh McDaniels

660
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 6: and Stefan are all going to be in the same

661
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 6: room together at the same time. That should be interesting

662
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 6: to watch. Now you're gonna put him with Drake. May

663
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Speaker 6: I feel bad for the kid. I just think there's

664
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Speaker 6: too many cooks in the kitchen up there. There's remnants

665
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 6: of Belichick and now there's front office that came from

666
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,439
Speaker 6: Tennessee with the Vrabel. Yeah, when you're at the tail

667
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 6: end of a run like they've had, it was twenty

668
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 6: years of dominance and cheating and you know all the

669
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Speaker 6: stuff that they did up there. This is what you're

670
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Speaker 6: getting and I hope it flames out spectacularly. Thanks for

671
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Speaker 6: taking my call, guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, sure thing, Mark, And look, I get it. You

673
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Speaker 2: have a bull headed player in Stefan Diggs. You have

674
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 2: a bull headed offensive line coach and Doug Marone, and

675
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,800
Speaker 2: you've got a guy that's got pretty strong opinions himself

676
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 2: and Josh McDaniels who has failed twice as a head

677
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 2: coach in this league because of some pretty stubborn approach

678
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 2: to you know, the game and running a team. So yeah,

679
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 2: there is there is the potential for some things to

680
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 2: blow up. There is Rabel a strong enough leader to

681
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 2: tamp all that down. That might be a big ask.

682
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 2: It could be, but I think from a talent perspective,

683
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 2: they've done well to what they've added to their defense.

684
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Speaker 2: I do agree with Mark that Diggs is a little

685
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 2: bit of a desperation move because, as we said earlier

686
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Speaker 2: in the show, many I don't think they're getting what

687
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 2: they think they're getting in Diggs coming off in ACL

688
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 2: and set to turn thirty two in November.

689
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Speaker 3: I look at Mike Rabel. You talk about the different

690
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 3: personalities there on that team. And I don't know Mike

691
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Speaker 3: Rabel personally, but just seeing interviews that he does, seeing

692
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 3: how he kind of conducts a team from a head

693
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 3: coach's perspective, I think he is this guy who's who's

694
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 3: big enough and strong enough and has the personality to

695
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 3: be able to say this is how, this is how

696
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 3: we're gonna do things here. You can fall in line

697
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 3: if you want. If not, then then I will deal

698
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 3: with that. But at I looked at him being hired

699
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Speaker 3: as the head coach in New England and with the

700
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Speaker 3: roster that they currently had, and then what they did

701
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 3: in free agency, the money they still have to spend

702
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 3: where they are in the draft. I look at them

703
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 3: as a team who can make some noise in the

704
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,320
Speaker 3: AFC East this year. I'm not saying they're going to

705
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 3: be contending with the Bills to that number one spot,

706
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 3: but I think they could be a team that surprises

707
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 3: some people.

708
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they could be like an eight to

709
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 2: nine team, maybe even a nine to eight team. And

710
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Speaker 2: I don't think games against them are going to be easy,

711
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 2: and to me that's saying something because more often than not,

712
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 2: they wipe the floor with the Dolphins, the Bills do,

713
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,280
Speaker 2: and games against the Jets have been tough. They usually

714
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,919
Speaker 2: have to earn it, but more often than not they've

715
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 2: come out on the right side of that, with a

716
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 2: couple of exceptions the last couple of years, and with

717
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 2: a brand new head coach and new system all over again,

718
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 2: they're going to be learning on the job in year

719
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,439
Speaker 2: one again under Aaron Glenn, and so I think that's

720
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: going to take some time for them. And that's why,

721
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 2: and I realized Rabel's doing the same thing in New England.

722
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 2: I just think that guy's the best coach in the

723
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Speaker 2: division this side of Sean McDermott in comparison to Glenn

724
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 2: and Mike McDaniel. I think Mike McDaniel's a great play caller,

725
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,879
Speaker 2: I don't think he's a great head coach. And Aaron

726
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 2: Glenn is completely unproven. Right now, let's go to Peter

727
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: in Hamburg next.

728
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:36,959
Speaker 7: What's up, Peter, Hey, good afternoon. Something that's I don't

729
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 7: know if been said. With all the talk about the

730
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 7: draft and offense versus defense, there's an action that's been

731
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 7: in my mind for a long time, and that is

732
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:51,840
Speaker 7: that defense wins championships with the idea of Digg's signing

733
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Speaker 7: with New England. That's great for them, but I have

734
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 7: to look at our history. What happened with the thirteen

735
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 7: second game. Our defense did not do the job. Were

736
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 7: there lots of other opportunities for us to win that game, Sure,

737
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Speaker 7: but in the end it was the defense that didn't

738
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Speaker 7: stop them in thirteen seconds. You look at this year

739
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,920
Speaker 7: and the Super Bowl again, when the top quarterbacks in

740
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,360
Speaker 7: the league got shut down by defense. We need to

741
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,839
Speaker 7: build our defense up. I think that's been talked about

742
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Speaker 7: a lot. What defenses win championships. I'm anxious to hear

743
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 7: your comments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not going to deny for a second that

745
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 2: the only teams that beat Tom Brady in the Super

746
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 2: Bowl when he was on the top of the mountain

747
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 2: were the New York Giants two iterations of them with

748
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 2: one of the best pass rushing groups in football at

749
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 2: the time, and they beat the Patriots twice in the

750
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 2: Super Bowl because they had that. We saw how the

751
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 2: Super Bowl went this year with you the number one

752
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 2: defense in football pretty much shutting down what was a

753
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 2: Kansas City off that had a suspect offensive line. They

754
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 2: were the only team that was able to dominate them

755
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 2: from start to finish in a football game. And the

756
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,240
Speaker 2: only other time that Patrick Mahomes lost in the Super Bowl,

757
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 2: he lost to a dominant defensive front in the Tampa

758
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 2: Bay Bucks who had a great pass rushing group. So yeah,

759
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 2: there's history that proves that, for the most part, you

760
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 2: are correct, and I think we're all hoping that the

761
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 2: Bills take a supreme slanted look at the defensive side

762
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 2: of the ball in the draft this spring.

763
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Speaker 3: If you look at the mock drafts that we've been tracking,

764
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Speaker 3: very few offensive players have been mocked to Buffalo at

765
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Speaker 3: number thirty. It makes sense for what Buffalo needs, and

766
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 3: based on what they've done in free agency, we've seen

767
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 3: a lot of defensive players added to this roster through

768
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Speaker 3: free agency. The only offensive position that has been mocked

769
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Speaker 3: to Buffalo at number thirty what I've seen is wide

770
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 3: receiver and that is not even anywhere close to how

771
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 3: many defense of linemen who have been mocked to Buffalo

772
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:06,160
Speaker 3: or cornerbacks who have been mocked to Buffalo. So we

773
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 3: are people analysts, experts believe that that's where the Bills

774
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 3: are headed with their first pick in the draft, and

775
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Speaker 3: I think a lot of us would assume maybe their

776
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 3: first few picks in the draft.

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00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, just going off a lot of what

778
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 2: our callers have said over the last few weeks, they

779
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 2: most of them, most of them would be over the moon.

780
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 2: If the Bills come out of the first two rounds

781
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 2: with a corner and a couple of defensive line I

782
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 2: think for a lot of Bills fans that's an ideal scenario.

783
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Speaker 1: Not all because we do have our people out there

784
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:41,839
Speaker 1: that are.

785
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 2: Still on the receiver train, but I think the vast

786
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 2: majority of Bills fans realize this team probably needs a

787
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 2: starting caliber player out of the draft to line up

788
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 2: and play corner on the outside. They might need a

789
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 2: defensive tackle that can line up next to Ed Oliver

790
00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 2: as a starting caliber player, if not by week one,

791
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 2: by week eight, because the guy you have in there

792
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 2: now is a set to turn thirty four year old

793
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 2: Daikwon Jones, and then you've got Joey Bosa and Ajpanessa

794
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 2: in on one year contracts essentially essentially, so you need

795
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 2: a long range answer at edge rusher as well. So

796
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 2: hopefully defense carries the day. We will wait and see. Well,

797
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 2: no one less than a month got to take a

798
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Speaker 2: break here more of your phone calls when we return.

799
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Speaker 2: As we're asking you, says the Stefan dig signing with

800
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Speaker 2: the Patriots, move them up on your threat list in

801
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 2: the AFC East eight oh three oh five fifty to

802
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Speaker 2: get on board with us next year. On One Bill's Live,

803
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 2: presented boy Call Out of Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right back here on Wednesday edition at One Bill's Live.

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Speaker 2: Chris Brown Matty Glad with you and talking to little

806
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,280
Speaker 2: AFC East today in the wake of the Stefan signing

807
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 2: in New England three years, sixty nine million dollars. I'm

808
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 2: not convinced they're going to get what they hope they're

809
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 2: going to get from Digs at age thirty one, coming

810
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 2: off a major knee injury. But the question we pose

811
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,839
Speaker 2: to you is, does that dig signing with the Patriots

812
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 2: move them up on your threat list in the AFC

813
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 2: East As it pertains to the Bills as defending AFC

814
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 2: East Champs eight oh three five point fifty one eighty

815
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Speaker 2: eight five fifty two five fifty, then I'm going to

816
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:31,040
Speaker 2: jump on board.

817
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: We head back to the.

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Speaker 2: Phones and we go to Doc in Williamsville. What do

819
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 2: you got for us doctor on one Bill's Live.

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Speaker 8: Well, thanks for taking my call. Uh number one, who's

821
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 8: going to be throwing the ball to Diggs? And number two?

822
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 8: It doesn't scare me. As long as there's only one

823
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 8: football in the game. He again will wear as welcome

824
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 8: out in New England, just like he has at his

825
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 8: last three steps. So no concern on this part. Thanks

826
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Speaker 8: for taking my call.

827
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Speaker 2: All right, fair enough, Doc, I'll respectively tell you that

828
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 2: the guy throwing the football as Drake May, who was

829
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 2: the third pick in the draft last year, and I

830
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 2: thought had a very good rookie season and definitely showed

831
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:17,839
Speaker 2: signs that he can be a franchise quarterback for that team.

832
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 2: If there's one thing that I am resolutely confident in,

833
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 2: it's that the Patriots have their quarterback for the long term,

834
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 2: and that's Drake May. And if you listen to Mike Vrabel,

835
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 2: who knows a thing or two about football, he said

836
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Speaker 2: the number one attraction to the New England job was

837
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Speaker 2: Drake May. He doesn't have to worry about the quarterback position.

838
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 2: It's handled, it's settled. They have the guy and you

839
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 2: know his statistics. Without having too many reliable people to

840
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 2: throw to. Last year and virtually no running game because

841
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 2: their offensive line was abysmal.

842
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:51,720
Speaker 1: Did pretty well.

843
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 2: I mean, he completed almost sixty seven percent of his passes.

844
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,760
Speaker 2: He had fifteen touchdown passes, ten picks. You're gonna expect

845
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 2: mistakes from a rookie quarterback.

846
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,400
Speaker 1: And he can run around.

847
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 2: Some people in New England, and you know, people here

848
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 2: in Buffalo would called his Blasphemis even called him a

849
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 2: mini Josh Allen. I don't think he's quite as athletic

850
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 2: as Josh, but he can run around and make plays

851
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: with his legs and he did that last season. So

852
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,560
Speaker 2: I think the future is bright for Drake May and

853
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,960
Speaker 2: the quarterback position is solved as far as I'm concerned

854
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 2: for the Patriots.

855
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was impressed by Drake May during his rookie season.

856
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,359
Speaker 3: His completion percentage stuck out to me. His ability to

857
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 3: lead as a young player stuck out to me. And

858
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:36,200
Speaker 3: May's ability to move around in the pocket be a

859
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 3: mobile quarterback. Everybody wants that right now, and I think

860
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 3: the Patriots have that in May.

861
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,839
Speaker 2: Yeah. Ran for four hundred and twenty yards last season,

862
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 2: a couple of touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Let's not forget too.

864
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Speaker 2: He only started twelve games because they started the season

865
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Speaker 2: with Persett and then didn't flip over to him until

866
00:46:53,480 --> 00:47:00,479
Speaker 2: probably about late October. So yeah, I think he's after

867
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Speaker 2: Josh Allen. I think you could argue he's the next

868
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 2: best quarterback in the division. That's because I'm a major

869
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 2: detractor of two. I think he's very limited as a quarterback.

870
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Speaker 2: He's just fortunate to be in a system that caters

871
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,360
Speaker 2: to his abilities, and that's what coaches are supposed to do.

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00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:16,880
Speaker 1: And I realize too has got.

873
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 2: More proven statistics. This guy is more dangerous than to

874
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 2: a tongue of ioloa. And that's where I'll leave it.

875
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 2: And that's why I do feel like this Patriots team's

876
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 2: gonna be a tough out. You're gonna be a tough out.

877
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 2: Not saying they're at the Bills level by any means.

878
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 2: I think they are going to be markedly improved. They've

879
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 2: done a lot to try to improve their offensive line

880
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 2: and the dig signing I think they hope improves their

881
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 2: receiving corps.

882
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: We'll see.

883
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 2: But their defense is they loaded it up, spent a

884
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 2: lot of money on that side of the ball, and

885
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 2: I think they've got nine or ten picks to work with. Too,

886
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 2: so I think they're going to be the most formidable

887
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 2: opponent in the division for the next couple of years.

888
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 2: I think we're gonna start to see signs of it

889
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 2: this year, and then it's gonna be lock Stock and

890
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 2: Barrel the year after that and the year after that.

891
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:13,720
Speaker 2: I see them on the assent. I think the Jets

892
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,880
Speaker 2: will probably just be flat. And I don't know what

893
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,360
Speaker 2: to make of the Dolphins yet because they've got salary

894
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:24,560
Speaker 2: cap problems. We'll have to see what they do in

895
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 2: the draft. They have ten picks as well. Will they

896
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 2: finally invest in their offensive line?

897
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like, do.

898
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 2: You care about your quarterbacks health? Yeah, they keep drafting

899
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:37,799
Speaker 2: toys on offense. Indeed, I don't get it. Maybe that

900
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 2: changes this year. We'll see. But that's kind of why

901
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 2: I feel like the way I do about the Patriots.

902
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna be tough to play against.

903
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 3: With a head coach like Mike Rabel, I see this

904
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 3: team taking a step forward every year because he's a

905
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,840
Speaker 3: proven head coach. And I look at the way that

906
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,040
Speaker 3: he leads in his personality and how he demands a

907
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 3: lot of his players, and I think that turns into

908
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 3: a team that's going to improve year after year with

909
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:09,399
Speaker 3: the quarterback that they feel really good about in Drake May.

910
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,320
Speaker 3: And like you said, the Jets are rebuilding once again

911
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 3: with not their future quarterback in place. I mean, you

912
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 3: have Justin Fields there on a two year deal right now,

913
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,919
Speaker 3: but how are you going to pivot after that? Does

914
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 3: Justin Fields make it two years and it Jets uniform?

915
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:28,799
Speaker 8: Right?

916
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 3: And then the Dolphins are just I don't know what

917
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 3: to make of them either, because Tyreek Hill is saying

918
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 3: things at the end of the season and.

919
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 2: Quot on the team, Yeah, left the game in the

920
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 2: fourth quarter and he's like, yeah, I'm good, I'm done

921
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 2: here and then walk that back.

922
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:48,280
Speaker 1: It's not good down there. We have to take a break.

923
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 2: But when we come back, our number two is going

924
00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 2: to begin with CBS Sports senior NFL writer Pete Prisco,

925
00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:57,000
Speaker 2: what does he think the Bill's biggest positional needs are

926
00:49:57,080 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 2: after this first wave of a free agency and who

927
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 2: does he have going to the Bills in his latest

928
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,279
Speaker 2: mock draft at CBS sports dot com. We'll find out

929
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:06,480
Speaker 2: next here on One Bills Live, presented by Colida Health,

930
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:44,720
Speaker 2: It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

931
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 1: This is One Bills Live presented by Callida Health.

932
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 2: All Right, our number two here on a Wednesday, Chris Brown,

933
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 2: Maddy lab with you. Glad to be joined now by

934
00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 2: a CBS Sports in Your NFL writer Pete Crisco, who's

935
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,879
Speaker 2: doing his off season wheelings and dealings on cbsports dot

936
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:09,360
Speaker 2: com and has a late his latest mock draft up,

937
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 2: which we'll get to in a second.

938
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:12,719
Speaker 1: First of all, Pete, thanks for joining us.

939
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 2: We've seen the first wave of free agency kind of

940
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 2: come and go here. What is still stick out for

941
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 2: you position wise for the Bills in terms of things

942
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 2: they probably need to address, if not in what's left

943
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 2: of free agency coming up here in the draft.

944
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,320
Speaker 4: Well, I actually think they did a nice job in

945
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 4: free agency. I think you know, a lot of people

946
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:36,319
Speaker 4: will look at both and say, oh, but if he's

947
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 4: on the field, he's a good player. Now he has

948
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 4: to stay on the field. If you're the Bills, you

949
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:43,759
Speaker 4: keep him in bubble wrap until the postseason. I mean,

950
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 4: you know, within reason, if it's kind of you want

951
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,600
Speaker 4: him around to sack the quarterback late in the game

952
00:51:49,640 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 4: against the Chiefs, I mean, that's what you want him for.

953
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 4: They thought von Miller would be that guy didn't work out,

954
00:51:55,200 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 4: and so now you take another swing at a veteran

955
00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 4: pass rusher. I like the move. I think getting helps,

956
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 4: you know, and look, he's not a clear burner by

957
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,040
Speaker 4: any stretch of the imagination, but you look at those

958
00:52:06,120 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 4: yards per catch numbers the last couple of years. He

959
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,839
Speaker 4: can get down the field and that's something I think

960
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 4: they needed because everybody kind of played them in a

961
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 4: box last year. And I think Josh Allen needs to

962
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,000
Speaker 4: get the ball deeper down the field. I think he

963
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:20,799
Speaker 4: will with a guy like Palmer. So I think those

964
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,360
Speaker 4: are two good moves. You know, Michael Hoyt was a

965
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 4: nice signing and Okunjobi's a good guy to have around.

966
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,839
Speaker 4: But now they're suspended, so there's concern there. So I

967
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:34,520
Speaker 4: think a big body defensive tackle is still something they need.

968
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:37,120
Speaker 4: And they have to get a corner And if you

969
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 4: look at this draft where they're picking, I think they

970
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 4: have to draft a cornerback.

971
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:42,400
Speaker 2: I really do.

972
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 4: I think when you look at that position as a whole,

973
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 4: they need game changers on defense. They need guys that

974
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 4: you look at him and you say, you know what,

975
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 4: that guy's going to be a star at corner. And

976
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:54,720
Speaker 4: I think they have to address that in the draft.

977
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 3: You said the Bills need to go after cornerback in

978
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 3: the draft. Well, your latest mock draft has the Bills

979
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 3: drafting a Kentucky cornerback, Maxwell Harriston. How is Harriston a

980
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 3: game changer?

981
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 4: I think he might end up being him and Baron,

982
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 4: the kid from Texas, might end up being the two

983
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:14,080
Speaker 4: best corners in this class. And I know Will Johnson's

984
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 4: a guy. People love the kid from Michigan. I'm concerned

985
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 4: about his forty times when I watch Harston's tape. He's

986
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 4: a guy that not only can cover and man the

987
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 4: manned situations, but he's willing to go hit you. And

988
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 4: I mean that's something that you don't see a lot.

989
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 4: And I know the Bills are big on their corners

990
00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:33,560
Speaker 4: being able to tackle, and I think that's important. And

991
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 4: he does it. He's willing to do it. And you

992
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 4: can see here that's closing speed, makeup speed, and all

993
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 4: corners have to have that. He plays with a swagger,

994
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 4: he plays with an attitude, and I think he'd be

995
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:44,640
Speaker 4: a nice addition to their team.

996
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, looking at your mock in terms

997
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 2: of how you envision the first round, unfolding. And this

998
00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:55,399
Speaker 2: isn't a surprise because I would subscribe to this theory

999
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:59,319
Speaker 2: as well. Big guys go early because there just aren't

1000
00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 2: as many of them talking around on the planet, and

1001
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 2: you have a lot of the dts and what is

1002
00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:06,960
Speaker 2: a very good defensive tackle class coming off the board

1003
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 2: mid round. Some guys have these players lasting till the

1004
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:14,640
Speaker 2: bottom of round one. I don't foresee that happening either,

1005
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 2: So I guess to your point, you see the best

1006
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:23,520
Speaker 2: positional value at a position like corner, maybe even safety

1007
00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 2: at the bottom of round one too, because less of

1008
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,480
Speaker 2: them will be off the board than defensive linemen.

1009
00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:32,799
Speaker 4: Right absolutely. You know, those big guys go quickly, and

1010
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 4: you know everybody wants the bigger better, you know guys,

1011
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 4: and you take your chances on those big bodies. Particularly

1012
00:54:39,239 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 4: what we're seeing in the way the game is played now,

1013
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 4: you know, everybody wants to kind of emulate what the

1014
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 4: Eagles did, and they're physical on the offensive line, they're

1015
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 4: physical on the defensive line. You've got to counteract that.

1016
00:54:48,920 --> 00:54:50,320
Speaker 4: You got to be able to be physical in the

1017
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 4: middle of your line, and the Bills haven't been. I mean,

1018
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,719
Speaker 4: Ed Oliver could be so much of a better player

1019
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:56,719
Speaker 4: if you had a big power player next to him,

1020
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 4: a dominant guy. And now, having said that, this is

1021
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,319
Speaker 4: a deep defensive tackle class, and I'll give you an

1022
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:06,560
Speaker 4: example of the guy down the line that the Bills

1023
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:09,640
Speaker 4: could take I think would be a great addition. Caldwell

1024
00:55:09,719 --> 00:55:14,399
Speaker 4: the defensive tag Jamary Caldwell from Oregon. You know, he's

1025
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 4: a three hundred and thirty five pounder and plays in

1026
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 4: the middle of that line next to Harmon. And most

1027
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 4: people look at Harmon and they say, Okay, well, who's

1028
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:24,040
Speaker 4: the other guy? And I went to watch Harmon and

1029
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 4: I kept coming back to Caldwell and he's getting blown

1030
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 4: out against Ohio State late in the game. In the

1031
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 4: playoff game this year, the second to last play is

1032
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,680
Speaker 4: a run play wide and Jamari Caldwell, at three hundred

1033
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 4: and forty pounds, goes and chases the back down to

1034
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,000
Speaker 4: the sideline of the second to last play of the game.

1035
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 4: That's telling to me. So that's the kind of guy

1036
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:47,960
Speaker 4: the Bills could use in the middle of their defense.

1037
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's effort and the Bills love to chase. A

1038
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 3: player who can show that on tape. Kind of fits

1039
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,680
Speaker 3: that type of DNA that Sean McDermott is looking for

1040
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 3: if you go up to the first few picks in

1041
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 3: your mock. Mock drafts are funny because you do them

1042
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 3: and then something happens and then it's well, would I

1043
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 3: still keep this or would I change this? I'm looking

1044
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 3: at number three pick of the New York Giants. The

1045
00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:15,560
Speaker 3: Giants now have their quarterback in Russell Wilson. You had

1046
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:20,040
Speaker 3: the Giants picking Shador Sanders before the news came out

1047
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:22,880
Speaker 3: that the Giants were taking Wilson. Does this stay the

1048
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:24,880
Speaker 3: same for you or does it change?

1049
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:28,640
Speaker 4: You know, it probably changes again. I got to do

1050
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 4: another mock draft next week. I have to do another

1051
00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:35,000
Speaker 4: couple before the draft, one on the final day, and

1052
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,880
Speaker 4: then I do one who they should draft, which is

1053
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 4: one I like to do because this is kind of

1054
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 4: trying to predict it, and when I do it, I

1055
00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 4: like to do it based on what I think they

1056
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 4: should do. I put myself in the role of GM

1057
00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:47,680
Speaker 4: for every team, and I think that's the one I

1058
00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,560
Speaker 4: have the most fun with this one. First one, I

1059
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,839
Speaker 4: put names out there. You try to figure out what

1060
00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 4: guys are looking for. You hear some information around the league,

1061
00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 4: and you try and do it Now, if I'm the Giants,

1062
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:01,160
Speaker 4: I don't think this takes me out of this Shador

1063
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 4: Sanders situation. It just doesn't. And here's why. If I

1064
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 4: believe he could be a franchise quarterback, and I don't

1065
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 4: know where they stand on that, but if they truly

1066
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:12,520
Speaker 4: believe that, then I still think you have to pick him.

1067
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,920
Speaker 4: If they made these moves with the idea that they

1068
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:18,040
Speaker 4: think the Browns might take them and they won't get

1069
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 4: a chance at him, then you kind of give yourself

1070
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 4: the having two better quarterbacks. There's nothing that says they

1071
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 4: can't get rid of Jamis Winsdy. I mean, they paid

1072
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 4: him four million dollars this year. But you can take

1073
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,480
Speaker 4: it aheit if you want to go get Shador Sanders

1074
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 4: and you don't want them around. So I don't think

1075
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 4: it takes them out of it if they have a

1076
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:41,480
Speaker 4: belief in Sanders. Now that part we don't know. These

1077
00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 4: kind of send out the signals that they don't believe

1078
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 4: in Sanders, but you never know. Maybe they think the

1079
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:47,960
Speaker 4: Browns are going to take him at two.

1080
00:57:48,840 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, which kind of caters to my next question, because

1081
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 2: your guess is as good as mine as to what

1082
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 2: the hell Cleveland's doing because a lot of times they

1083
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,600
Speaker 2: do the exact opposite of what we all think they

1084
00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 2: should do. But they moved all all of Winston's money

1085
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:03,960
Speaker 2: to make it easier to move on from him as

1086
00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 2: soon as next year, which would you know, lead you

1087
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:12,520
Speaker 2: to believe that they're seriously eyeing quarterback now going forward. Plus,

1088
00:58:12,680 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 2: Winston's not gonna be ready to play anyway off the

1089
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:19,160
Speaker 2: Achilles re injury. So are they Are they going quarterback too?

1090
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 2: You know, all pulling out all the stops to do that?

1091
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:26,240
Speaker 4: You mean the Browns and the Browns. Yeah, yeah, with

1092
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 4: Watson's injury, Yeah, absolutely, I think. I mean, but here's

1093
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:33,720
Speaker 4: the other part of that equation. Could the Browns take Carter,

1094
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 4: pair him with you know, Miles Garrett and give yourself

1095
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 4: a one two combo in a division where you got

1096
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 4: to knock down Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson and then

1097
00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,840
Speaker 4: come back and wait until after the draft and make

1098
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,040
Speaker 4: a move to go get Kirk Cousins, who knows Kevin

1099
00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:50,800
Speaker 4: Stefanski and knows the offense very well. I mean, that's

1100
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:54,400
Speaker 4: another possibility. So yeah, yeah, there are you know, they

1101
00:58:54,440 --> 00:58:56,680
Speaker 4: have to address quarterback. I don't think there's any question

1102
00:58:56,760 --> 00:58:59,080
Speaker 4: now whether they do it at two, whether they do

1103
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:02,440
Speaker 4: it you know, through free agency still or try and

1104
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 4: sig maybe go get Kirk Cousins or come back into

1105
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 4: the draft and get another quarterback, because I think there's

1106
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 4: some guys in the third, second, third round that are

1107
00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 4: going to be interesting guys in the NFL. I think

1108
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,880
Speaker 4: Kyle McCord from Syracuse is one of those guys. I

1109
00:59:16,880 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 4: think Quinn Ewers from Texas is another one of those guys.

1110
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:22,560
Speaker 4: So I think you can come back and address that

1111
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:24,280
Speaker 4: position if you want to want to try and do

1112
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:25,000
Speaker 4: something like that.

1113
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 3: In doing a mock draft, you have to watch so

1114
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:30,360
Speaker 3: much tape on these guys. Is there one player or

1115
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 3: two players that you've absolutely fallen in love with that

1116
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:34,960
Speaker 3: you really can't wait to watch at the next level.

1117
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 4: Well, I think when you look at Travis Huner, I

1118
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:40,440
Speaker 4: mean the things that he could do on both sides

1119
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:43,120
Speaker 4: of the bar are phenomenal. And you know, I initially

1120
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:46,400
Speaker 4: thought he would be a corner. And I you know,

1121
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 4: because I think the position value it used to be

1122
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:53,640
Speaker 4: significantly more. It's not anymore. Because I think the wide

1123
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 4: receiver game has changed and the way the game is played,

1124
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:59,040
Speaker 4: the value of that position has really gone up. But

1125
00:59:59,080 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 4: I think he can be a wide receiver and I

1126
01:00:01,200 --> 01:00:03,440
Speaker 4: can think he could be a special corner. I mean,

1127
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:05,240
Speaker 4: this kid can do so many different things and the

1128
01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 4: instincts are there. And more than that, he loves football.

1129
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 4: I mean there are stories about him when he was

1130
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 4: a teenager going to seven on seven camps even though

1131
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:16,439
Speaker 4: he wasn't there with a team, and trying to hook

1132
01:00:16,520 --> 01:00:19,960
Speaker 4: up with teams to play. I mean that speaks a

1133
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,720
Speaker 4: lot about a player. And so I think he's won.

1134
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:24,720
Speaker 4: And when you watch his tape, boy, I'll tell you

1135
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:27,600
Speaker 4: what he really impresses you. He's one of those guys

1136
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 4: that stands out. I don't love running backs in the

1137
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 4: first round, but I'll tell you what, Genti is a

1138
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,840
Speaker 4: heck of a runner. I mean he really is. Having

1139
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:38,440
Speaker 4: said that, this is a deep class of running backs,

1140
01:00:38,440 --> 01:00:41,320
Speaker 4: there's probably fifteen guys in this class, and I think

1141
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 4: they're going to be major contributors in the NFL. So

1142
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 4: you have to kind of balance it out. Is it

1143
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,560
Speaker 4: worth taking a running back at that spot when you

1144
01:00:49,600 --> 01:00:51,760
Speaker 4: can get one in the third round that's going to

1145
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:54,640
Speaker 4: be a contributor and you know, five years from now,

1146
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:56,840
Speaker 4: you might be replacing that running back because we know

1147
01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:59,000
Speaker 4: the life expectancy of a back isn't very long.

1148
01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 1: That's when I've got four.

1149
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:03,280
Speaker 2: Your pede concerns Aaron Rodgers, who went from a very

1150
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:06,240
Speaker 2: coddling situation in New York the last couple of years

1151
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:09,000
Speaker 2: where they catered to his every need to a very

1152
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:13,320
Speaker 2: potentially very structured environment in Pittsburgh. Because the musical chairs

1153
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:15,000
Speaker 2: have all but stopped, it looks like he's going to

1154
01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:15,640
Speaker 2: land there.

1155
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:17,480
Speaker 1: How do you see that going?

1156
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 2: Because to me, that's a culture one point eighty for

1157
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,440
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers in terms of what he's walking into with

1158
01:01:23,520 --> 01:01:26,920
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin and that crew there, I.

1159
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:30,080
Speaker 4: Think there'll be mutual respect there. I do think that,

1160
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:33,680
Speaker 4: you know Aaron Rodgers, the players like him a great deal.

1161
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,800
Speaker 4: I mean, his teammates like him and so, and he's

1162
01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:38,760
Speaker 4: a guy who's going to put the work in. And

1163
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:41,200
Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin, I think will will be okay with that.

1164
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:43,960
Speaker 4: As long as you put the work in and do

1165
01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:46,240
Speaker 4: the things that you're supposed to do, then I think

1166
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:48,000
Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin will be okay with it. The things that

1167
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:50,200
Speaker 4: rub they rubbed Mike Tomlin the wrong way is when

1168
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,040
Speaker 4: you when you don't put the work in and when

1169
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:53,600
Speaker 4: you don't show up and do your job, and I

1170
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:56,680
Speaker 4: think Aaron Rodgers does that. Now there were times last

1171
01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:58,960
Speaker 4: year you hear he changed plays when they were sent in.

1172
01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:00,400
Speaker 4: You're not going to be able to you know, Mike

1173
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 4: Tomlin's not gonna put up with that, So he is

1174
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:04,440
Speaker 4: going to have to adjust a little bit. I think

1175
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:06,640
Speaker 4: the offensive scheme is a little bit different than what

1176
01:02:06,680 --> 01:02:09,280
Speaker 4: he's used to. Rogers doesn't like a lot of motion,

1177
01:02:09,560 --> 01:02:11,840
Speaker 4: so I think that's something they're gonna have to adjust to.

1178
01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:15,000
Speaker 4: But look, if he's going to play, and now there's

1179
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:16,840
Speaker 4: you know, some talk will he play. I think the

1180
01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:18,880
Speaker 4: Steelers are the last option for him, and I think

1181
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:20,680
Speaker 4: it makes sense for the Steelers because what else do

1182
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:22,840
Speaker 4: they have. I mean, if they don't have Aaron Rodgers,

1183
01:02:22,880 --> 01:02:23,480
Speaker 4: they have nothing.

1184
01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:28,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, and dovetailing off of that, JJ McCarthy, it seems

1185
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:32,160
Speaker 3: like the Vikings are looking at him as the guy

1186
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:35,760
Speaker 3: who's going to take over this next season. But JJ McCarthy,

1187
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 3: speaking this week to Kay Adams, said, Hey, I haven't

1188
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:41,440
Speaker 3: been told that. What are you hearing about how the

1189
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,520
Speaker 3: Vikings are approaching JJ McCarthy.

1190
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:46,200
Speaker 4: I think they want him to be the guy, and

1191
01:02:46,480 --> 01:02:49,000
Speaker 4: they were impressed with him last summer before he got hurt.

1192
01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:50,560
Speaker 4: I mean, in fact, that was going to be a

1193
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:53,040
Speaker 4: battle to see who won the job. And when you

1194
01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:55,120
Speaker 4: draft up, don't forget they traded up and it wasn't

1195
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:56,600
Speaker 4: a far I think they only traded up one, but

1196
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,080
Speaker 4: they did make a move to go get him, and

1197
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:01,640
Speaker 4: so they want him to be the quarterback. The question

1198
01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:03,720
Speaker 4: is is where is he from a health standpoint? He

1199
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,320
Speaker 4: says he's on You know, everybody at this time of

1200
01:03:06,320 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 4: the year is perfectly on pace to be ready for

1201
01:03:08,680 --> 01:03:11,320
Speaker 4: the season. We know that the operation was great, the

1202
01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 4: rehab has been going well, and then the reality comes.

1203
01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:16,000
Speaker 4: A lot of them, some of them don't make it back.

1204
01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:18,720
Speaker 4: But I think that's the thing with him, is the health.

1205
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 4: Where is he Is he healthy? Can he do the

1206
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,280
Speaker 4: things that he did before, Because we saw him during

1207
01:03:23,320 --> 01:03:25,400
Speaker 4: the season, remember that sideline shot of him and he

1208
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:27,640
Speaker 4: looked like he weighed about one hundred and fifty pounds

1209
01:03:27,920 --> 01:03:29,800
Speaker 4: and so that was concerning. But if he can get

1210
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:31,680
Speaker 4: back to where he was, I think that the plan

1211
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:33,120
Speaker 4: is for him to be the quarterback.

1212
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,439
Speaker 2: Pete, thanks for the time. As always, I do share

1213
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:39,040
Speaker 2: your affinity for Jamari Caldwell. Hell, I'd take the whole

1214
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 2: Oregon defensive line if I could with him.

1215
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 4: And Rab Birch. Birch and Birch might end up going

1216
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 4: in the first round. By the way, keep an eye on, right,

1217
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:50,880
Speaker 4: that's an impressive that's an impressive player. He was the

1218
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:53,520
Speaker 4: number one recruit in the country when he came out,

1219
01:03:53,560 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 4: and he's a big power and he kind of reminds

1220
01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:58,960
Speaker 4: me a little bit of Russo that's what he kind

1221
01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:00,920
Speaker 4: of reminds me of a little. But yeah, so keep

1222
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:02,120
Speaker 4: an eye on that. He might end up at the

1223
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:03,120
Speaker 4: back end of the first round.

1224
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:04,960
Speaker 1: So I like that whole crew.

1225
01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:07,440
Speaker 2: Pete, thanks for the time, as always, we appreciate it.

1226
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:08,760
Speaker 2: We'll catch up with you down the line.

1227
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 4: You got it. Take care, all right.

1228
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:16,400
Speaker 2: That's Pete Prisco, senior NFL writer for cbssports dot Com.

1229
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:19,840
Speaker 2: And uh yeah, I was driving Steve nuts at the

1230
01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 2: combine when we were there broadcasting the show because Jamari

1231
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 2: Caldwell was like my nose tackle guy, like the big

1232
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,200
Speaker 2: space eater guy, and I kept pounding him with it.

1233
01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 2: I'm like, go watch his tape, Go watch his tape,

1234
01:04:30,920 --> 01:04:33,240
Speaker 2: Go watch his tape and Steve's like, oh my gosh,

1235
01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:37,520
Speaker 2: enough already, like whatever. But the thing about Caldwell is

1236
01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:42,240
Speaker 2: he's a space eater. He goes three forty. He's really stocky, huh,

1237
01:04:42,480 --> 01:04:45,400
Speaker 2: And it's like trying to move a tree stump. You can't.

1238
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 2: You can't get underneath him leverage wise, and he holds

1239
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 2: the point of attack. And then with the point that

1240
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 2: Pete made, he's one hundred percent accurate. This guy has

1241
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:59,280
Speaker 2: got some uncommon athleticism, an effort for a player of

1242
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:02,600
Speaker 2: that side to chase down plays from the back side.

1243
01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:04,720
Speaker 2: You don't often see that from.

1244
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 1: A nose tackle.

1245
01:05:05,560 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 2: One that I remember doing it with regularity was Hellodi

1246
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:10,200
Speaker 2: Nada back in the day, and that guy was a

1247
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:13,160
Speaker 2: top ten pick. This Jamari calledwell because he's a little

1248
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:16,000
Speaker 2: bit shorter, is probably a guy you can get on

1249
01:05:16,120 --> 01:05:16,640
Speaker 2: day two.

1250
01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:16,920
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1251
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:19,120
Speaker 3: I was gonna say, where is he being projected right now?

1252
01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 1: Top of round three?

1253
01:05:20,800 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 2: But the Bills have two picks at the end of

1254
01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:24,640
Speaker 2: round two, so maybe you just grab him there.

1255
01:05:25,600 --> 01:05:28,760
Speaker 3: Another point that hit me about Pete Prisco just talking

1256
01:05:29,040 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 3: about the running backs and this draft class and how

1257
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 3: sure you can get an Ashton Genti in the first round.

1258
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:36,439
Speaker 3: Some other running backs in the first round. But there's

1259
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 3: gonna be guys that you can get in the second

1260
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 3: and third round that are going to be impactful players

1261
01:05:40,840 --> 01:05:43,919
Speaker 3: on whatever team they land on. I think about the

1262
01:05:43,960 --> 01:05:46,800
Speaker 3: future and how we looked at some of the wide

1263
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:51,080
Speaker 3: receiver classes over the last four years, and how some

1264
01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:54,000
Speaker 3: of those wide receivers have turned into some of the

1265
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:58,560
Speaker 3: playmakers of today's NFL. With this class of running backs,

1266
01:05:59,040 --> 01:06:02,520
Speaker 3: and maybe we will see more in the foreseeable future,

1267
01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 3: how could that shift the game in the next few

1268
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 3: years if you have a load of really talented running

1269
01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,680
Speaker 3: backs coming into the NFL. Yeah's the interesting thing to

1270
01:06:12,680 --> 01:06:13,160
Speaker 3: think about.

1271
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:15,960
Speaker 2: If they're in plentiful supply, Yeah, it can shift the

1272
01:06:16,040 --> 01:06:19,160
Speaker 2: teams thinking in terms of how they're gonna structure their

1273
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:22,280
Speaker 2: play calling, their offense, et cetera. And yeah, it is

1274
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:26,000
Speaker 2: a good group of running backs this year. I mean,

1275
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:27,840
Speaker 2: there are a lot of people saying as many as

1276
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:29,240
Speaker 2: three could go in the first round. I don't know

1277
01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:31,840
Speaker 2: if there'll be three. There could be two. Genty and

1278
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 2: Hampton from North Carolina. But there are guys dotted throughout

1279
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:40,600
Speaker 2: the draft board, you know, Day one, Day two, Day three,

1280
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:46,040
Speaker 2: and there are some guys that ran some blazing forty times.

1281
01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 2: Whether it's Jayden Blue who's gonna go a little bit later,

1282
01:06:49,040 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 2: or RJ. Harvey from UCF. I mean guys that can

1283
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:56,440
Speaker 2: catch the football as well. So you've got some multifaceted

1284
01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:00,880
Speaker 2: players that can really help your offense in a multitude

1285
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:03,280
Speaker 2: of ways. And with the resurgence of the run game

1286
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,720
Speaker 2: that we witnessed last year, not just with the Bills

1287
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:10,560
Speaker 2: but league, why I could see some running backs coming

1288
01:07:10,600 --> 01:07:13,200
Speaker 2: off the board Day two, Day three. You know that

1289
01:07:13,200 --> 01:07:17,680
Speaker 2: that range betweens round two and four. You're going to

1290
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,400
Speaker 2: see a lot of backs I think come off the

1291
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,800
Speaker 2: board in those three rounds of the draft. Like it's

1292
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:27,280
Speaker 2: just they're going to becoming hot and heavy, and teams

1293
01:07:27,320 --> 01:07:29,919
Speaker 2: that need one are going to grab one, and heck,

1294
01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:32,320
Speaker 2: teams that may not hold on to one that they

1295
01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:34,200
Speaker 2: have may consider that as well.

1296
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:37,960
Speaker 3: So and then defenses will be saying, we need a

1297
01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:40,280
Speaker 3: big nickel. Where's a big nickel? Where can we find him?

1298
01:07:40,280 --> 01:07:43,160
Speaker 3: Where can we find that run stopping big nipples, big nickel.

1299
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,440
Speaker 2: It's a good year to be Nick even warri Yes, yes,

1300
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 2: because he is he is the physical prototype from what

1301
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 2: you would want, you know, in a big Nickel and

1302
01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,760
Speaker 2: a guy that can also you know, play safety for

1303
01:07:56,800 --> 01:08:01,000
Speaker 2: you you know, more around the box, but you want

1304
01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:04,320
Speaker 2: to just leave him on the field and obvious passing

1305
01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:07,520
Speaker 2: situations on third down and then if they try to run,

1306
01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:10,720
Speaker 2: you know, a run play or a quarterback draw on

1307
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:13,320
Speaker 2: third and six, you got a guy that can bow

1308
01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 2: up and make a stop.

1309
01:08:14,360 --> 01:08:16,280
Speaker 1: So that's where he's valuable.

1310
01:08:16,280 --> 01:08:17,800
Speaker 2: And I think more and more teams are going to

1311
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 2: be playing three safeties in their sub packages than they

1312
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,080
Speaker 2: are five corner or three corners and two safeties.

1313
01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:28,080
Speaker 3: So Jday Barron is another name that comes to mind,

1314
01:08:28,120 --> 01:08:31,639
Speaker 3: and I just keep seeing his name being pushed higher

1315
01:08:31,720 --> 01:08:33,839
Speaker 3: and high. Yeah, these mock drafts.

1316
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:35,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, the more we see, he's a very I think

1317
01:08:35,760 --> 01:08:38,320
Speaker 2: it's because he's from what I understand, he's a pretty

1318
01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:41,639
Speaker 2: clean player too, like character wise and all that stuff.

1319
01:08:41,920 --> 01:08:43,000
Speaker 1: He's a clean player.

1320
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,040
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think he's gonna I think he's a

1321
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:51,560
Speaker 2: first round lock. And yes, you're right with some of

1322
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:53,360
Speaker 2: these latest micks. I know you track more of them

1323
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:55,760
Speaker 2: than I do. He's kind of creeping up into the

1324
01:08:56,160 --> 01:08:59,439
Speaker 2: into the high teams might even get to the dead

1325
01:08:59,560 --> 01:09:04,759
Speaker 2: center of round one, depending on how the board falls.

1326
01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:08,360
Speaker 2: Because with this proliferation of receivers to your point, the

1327
01:09:08,439 --> 01:09:12,439
Speaker 2: last four years, ninety guys that can cover those cats.

1328
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:14,320
Speaker 1: And if you can.

1329
01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:17,760
Speaker 2: Get a pretty clean corner prospect that you believe can

1330
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:21,320
Speaker 2: start on day one, well go take your swing. And

1331
01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:24,280
Speaker 2: I think he falls into that category. But that's the

1332
01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:27,400
Speaker 2: other thing too, Mat. It's a good corner class that

1333
01:09:27,560 --> 01:09:31,000
Speaker 2: I think goes all the way to like the end

1334
01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:33,960
Speaker 2: of round three, where you can get a guy that,

1335
01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:35,840
Speaker 2: if he's not going to start for you week one,

1336
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:41,280
Speaker 2: might be pushing to start by Halloween, you know, Week eight,

1337
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:47,040
Speaker 2: week nine. There are talented enough players in this class.

1338
01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:51,439
Speaker 2: I would say it goes probably ten deep at corner

1339
01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:53,600
Speaker 2: in terms of guys that could probably start at some

1340
01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:56,680
Speaker 2: point in their rookie season if you needed them to.

1341
01:09:57,080 --> 01:09:59,960
Speaker 3: Speaking of that, we talk about the Bills double dip

1342
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:03,679
Speaker 3: being at potentially the defensive line spot in the draft

1343
01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:06,360
Speaker 3: and maybe not going back to back, but picking up

1344
01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 3: multiple defensive linemen out of this draft class. Maybe they

1345
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:13,799
Speaker 3: do that at the cornerback spot too. If you're saying

1346
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:18,639
Speaker 3: it goes deeper, just like they did with Benford and Elam,

1347
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:21,040
Speaker 3: you pick a guy up maybe a little bit earlier

1348
01:10:21,080 --> 01:10:23,559
Speaker 3: and you pick another cornerback up a little bit later,

1349
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:28,320
Speaker 3: and then you have two options who can battle it

1350
01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:28,840
Speaker 3: out there.

1351
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:31,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, and if you look at what the Bills did

1352
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:34,080
Speaker 2: late in the draft when they took Benford, they took

1353
01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:38,840
Speaker 2: a guy with physical traits that translated to the NFL game.

1354
01:10:39,720 --> 01:10:42,840
Speaker 2: And then they also liked that Benford played with an edge,

1355
01:10:42,840 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 2: didn't back down from anyone. Villanova had a couple of

1356
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 2: games against FBS competition and he held his own. Like

1357
01:10:48,520 --> 01:10:52,080
Speaker 2: I think Villanova played against Maryland in an early season game,

1358
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:55,640
Speaker 2: and Villanova's an FCS program, They're going playing with a

1359
01:10:55,760 --> 01:10:59,120
Speaker 2: Big ten conference team, and he held his own in

1360
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:00,920
Speaker 2: that game. And I think that was very telling for

1361
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:03,960
Speaker 2: them as far as can the guy measure up against

1362
01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:07,160
Speaker 2: stiffer competition. So if they find a player like that,

1363
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:10,280
Speaker 2: you know in this class, I mean, there are some

1364
01:11:10,320 --> 01:11:12,519
Speaker 2: guys that I've looked at a corner and we'll go

1365
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:17,120
Speaker 2: over this position in depth tomorrow or sorry, Friday, when

1366
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:19,200
Speaker 2: we have Greg co Selon, because we're gonna cover corners

1367
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:20,280
Speaker 2: with him at the end of the week.

1368
01:11:22,240 --> 01:11:23,479
Speaker 1: Like guys that play.

1369
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:24,800
Speaker 2: With an edge that are gonna be there a little

1370
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:27,480
Speaker 2: bit later, like Quincy Riley from Louisville.

1371
01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:29,439
Speaker 1: That guy plays with an edge.

1372
01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:31,519
Speaker 2: I like his demeanor on the field, and he can

1373
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:34,640
Speaker 2: make plays and he has enough athleticism to hang in

1374
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:39,360
Speaker 2: the league. Darien Porter from Iowa State blew it up

1375
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:42,559
Speaker 2: at the combine. I think he ran like a four

1376
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:46,120
Speaker 2: to three flat and then leaped like thirty nine inches

1377
01:11:46,320 --> 01:11:48,759
Speaker 2: and had a broad jump of close to eleven feet,

1378
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:50,920
Speaker 2: So he's got and he had a short shuttle under

1379
01:11:50,960 --> 01:11:53,000
Speaker 2: four set like right around four seconds.

1380
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:55,240
Speaker 3: College with kid he's six'. Three oh my, god it was.

1381
01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:58,720
Speaker 2: Bananas So Darien porter was a guy AND i was

1382
01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:00,559
Speaker 2: just watching his tape the other day And i'm kind

1383
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:03,200
Speaker 2: of intrigued by. Him and people are saying he could be,

1384
01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 2: there you, know on the board still at the end

1385
01:12:06,520 --> 01:12:10,439
Speaker 2: of round, two early round. Three SO i think my

1386
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:14,559
Speaker 2: point there is as much as, people AND i think

1387
01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:17,080
Speaker 2: we're of the belief. Too and Obviously Pete prisco our

1388
01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:19,640
Speaker 2: guests just a moment ago believes the value will be

1389
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:22,760
Speaker 2: very good at corner at the end of round one

1390
01:12:22,800 --> 01:12:27,400
Speaker 2: because he envisions other positions getting plucked off the board.

1391
01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:30,120
Speaker 1: Faster it's not the end of.

1392
01:12:30,080 --> 01:12:32,840
Speaker 2: The universe if The bills don't get one at the

1393
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:34,759
Speaker 2: end of round, one BECAUSE i think the corner class

1394
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:37,800
Speaker 2: goes deep enough where you can find some bonafide talent

1395
01:12:37,880 --> 01:12:41,000
Speaker 2: that could help you in their rookie season even as

1396
01:12:41,080 --> 01:12:41,960
Speaker 2: late as the end of round.

1397
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 3: Two and if what, happens if What Pete prisco is

1398
01:12:46,240 --> 01:12:51,519
Speaker 3: projecting happens actually happens with defensive linemen getting taken in

1399
01:12:51,680 --> 01:12:55,360
Speaker 3: the teens right, there like The Kenneth, grants The Derek, harmon.

1400
01:12:55,720 --> 01:12:59,720
Speaker 3: Etc those safeties and cornerbacks might be pushed right into

1401
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:02,120
Speaker 3: buff his, lap right, yeah.

1402
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:04,080
Speaker 2: Because all those other positions are getting pushed down the,

1403
01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:09,879
Speaker 2: board so you may it becomes a weighted. Exercise, obviously

1404
01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:11,679
Speaker 2: their board is going to point them in the, direction

1405
01:13:11,800 --> 01:13:14,960
Speaker 2: but for people like us that don't know how they

1406
01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:18,559
Speaker 2: have them, stacked you're looking at it and, saying do

1407
01:13:18,600 --> 01:13:21,400
Speaker 2: you want the sixth best defensive tackle or do you

1408
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 2: want the second best corner in the entire? Draft AND

1409
01:13:25,439 --> 01:13:28,160
Speaker 2: i think in most cases you lean to the second. Corner,

1410
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:30,760
Speaker 2: now how they have those two players, graded obviously will

1411
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:33,240
Speaker 2: be the telling telling the. Tale but we don't know

1412
01:13:33,280 --> 01:13:35,559
Speaker 2: how they have those two guys. Graded so logic would,

1413
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:39,000
Speaker 2: say take the higher ranked, corner get the second best

1414
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:39,800
Speaker 2: corner in the entire.

1415
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:41,479
Speaker 1: Class, sure you're probably taking.

1416
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:42,320
Speaker 8: Them SO.

1417
01:13:43,800 --> 01:13:45,639
Speaker 1: I think they'd be pretty happy if.

1418
01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:49,800
Speaker 2: They were faced with a situation like. That because we

1419
01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:52,960
Speaker 2: Had Daniel jeremiah on when we were at the combine

1420
01:13:53,439 --> 01:13:57,240
Speaker 2: and he, said normally in the first three, ROUNDS i

1421
01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:01,200
Speaker 2: have twelve on average twelve defense of. Tackles in a decent,

1422
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:03,080
Speaker 2: year he, says this YEAR i have over.

1423
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:03,559
Speaker 1: Twenty.

1424
01:14:04,200 --> 01:14:07,960
Speaker 2: Wow SO i think defensive tackle is a position where

1425
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:11,320
Speaker 2: you can get help later and it's not catastrophic if

1426
01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:13,599
Speaker 2: you don't get one because the value doesn't fit in round,

1427
01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:16,479
Speaker 2: one there's a good chance it's going to fit in round,

1428
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:19,320
Speaker 2: two or you can move somewhere where it does make

1429
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:21,760
Speaker 2: sense for you with ten picks at your disposal to.

1430
01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:27,120
Speaker 2: Utilize SO i Think brandon and his personnel department have

1431
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:30,479
Speaker 2: done a good job of at least equipping them with

1432
01:14:30,600 --> 01:14:33,360
Speaker 2: the ability to maneuver around the board if the value

1433
01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:37,080
Speaker 2: doesn't fit when they're on the clock at, thirty or

1434
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:39,439
Speaker 2: if they see a run on a position and they

1435
01:14:39,479 --> 01:14:41,840
Speaker 2: want to get in on it to make a move,

1436
01:14:41,880 --> 01:14:45,360
Speaker 2: too so they have levers to, PULL i, guess is

1437
01:14:45,360 --> 01:14:47,240
Speaker 2: What i'm. Saying, yeah you, know they don't just have

1438
01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:49,680
Speaker 2: to sit there and hope what they want falls to.

1439
01:14:49,720 --> 01:14:53,679
Speaker 3: Them, YEAH i think, so you got a good amount

1440
01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:55,240
Speaker 3: of picks to work. With you have a good amount

1441
01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 3: of picks up front in this draft to where you

1442
01:14:58,320 --> 01:14:59,960
Speaker 3: can move around if you want. To you've got to

1443
01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:02,639
Speaker 3: bunch of fifth round picks you can you can package

1444
01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 3: those and do something with. THEM i think it's going

1445
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:07,559
Speaker 3: to be interesting to see How buffalo approaches the first

1446
01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:08,640
Speaker 3: round and beyond of this.

1447
01:15:08,720 --> 01:15:11,080
Speaker 2: Draft we have to take a break, here but we

1448
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 2: are going to crack open the tweets sheet when we,

1449
01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:15,519
Speaker 2: return as we are talking a LITTLE Afc east in

1450
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:18,360
Speaker 2: addition to the, draft does The Stefan diggs signing In

1451
01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:20,520
Speaker 2: New england move them up on the threat.

1452
01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:23,320
Speaker 1: List in THE Afc east for twenty twenty?

1453
01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:24,960
Speaker 2: Five you can tell us at eight h three oh

1454
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:27,800
Speaker 2: five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two five fifty

1455
01:15:27,840 --> 01:15:29,840
Speaker 2: as we're still taking your phone calls as. Well here

1456
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:32,240
Speaker 2: On One Bill's, live presented By Colida, Health It's Buffalo Bills.

1457
01:15:32,320 --> 01:15:49,880
Speaker 2: Radio all, right back On One Bill's, Live Chris, Brown maddy

1458
01:15:49,920 --> 01:15:52,759
Speaker 2: glab with you and talking a LITTLE Afc east today

1459
01:15:53,640 --> 01:15:58,120
Speaker 2: is A Stefan diggs? Signing change your opinion on maybe

1460
01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:01,520
Speaker 2: moving The patriots up the threat list in THE Afc

1461
01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:04,400
Speaker 2: east for twenty twenty five eight oh three oh five

1462
01:16:04,479 --> 01:16:06,960
Speaker 2: fifty one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty

1463
01:16:06,960 --> 01:16:07,640
Speaker 2: the number to get on.

1464
01:16:07,680 --> 01:16:09,920
Speaker 1: Board but let's go To eric In amherst. Next what

1465
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:10,280
Speaker 1: do you got For?

1466
01:16:10,439 --> 01:16:10,599
Speaker 2: Eric?

1467
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:11,280
Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's.

1468
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:17,120
Speaker 9: Live, Hi, Chris i'm a quick. QUESTION i don't know

1469
01:16:17,120 --> 01:16:21,200
Speaker 9: what FAS i know he got waived by The broncos last.

1470
01:16:21,240 --> 01:16:24,080
Speaker 9: Season is a hospital that those may have been Back

1471
01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:26,640
Speaker 9: Levi wallace depth.

1472
01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:32,960
Speaker 2: V, yeah it's, INTERESTING i WOULD i would lean towards no.

1473
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:35,160
Speaker 1: H here's Why number.

1474
01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:40,439
Speaker 2: ONE i think they already signed who they saw as

1475
01:16:40,439 --> 01:16:41,719
Speaker 2: a depth piece In Dane.

1476
01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:44,120
Speaker 1: Jackson could you sign another?

1477
01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:49,040
Speaker 2: One? Sure it was really interesting season For levi because

1478
01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:52,000
Speaker 2: he was on The broncos. Roster then On Christmas.

1479
01:16:51,439 --> 01:16:52,360
Speaker 1: Eve they wave.

1480
01:16:52,479 --> 01:16:56,880
Speaker 2: Him he'd been in a healthy and active the previous two.

1481
01:16:56,920 --> 01:17:00,240
Speaker 2: Games then they wave him with the, thought but of

1482
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 2: h if he clears, waivers will put him on our practice.

1483
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:06,599
Speaker 2: Squad so he clears, waivers which means nobody claimed.

1484
01:17:06,680 --> 01:17:09,040
Speaker 1: Him that could across the entire.

1485
01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:11,759
Speaker 2: League they go to sign up to the practice squad

1486
01:17:11,760 --> 01:17:16,240
Speaker 2: And levi, goes, yeah, no not, interested and now he's

1487
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:19,439
Speaker 2: a free agent and he's sitting out. There to, ME

1488
01:17:21,320 --> 01:17:24,559
Speaker 2: i think at this stage of his, career coupled with

1489
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:27,560
Speaker 2: the fact THAT i believe The bills are going to

1490
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:30,920
Speaker 2: play more man. Coverage we saw that the second half

1491
01:17:30,960 --> 01:17:34,800
Speaker 2: of the season last. YEAR i think that will continue this.

1492
01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:38,639
Speaker 2: Year although there were some extenuating circumstances as to why

1493
01:17:38,640 --> 01:17:40,479
Speaker 2: they played as much man coverage as they. Did their

1494
01:17:40,479 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 2: pass rush wasn't consistent, enough they had to blitz, more

1495
01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:47,000
Speaker 2: so that leads to more man coverage calls for some.

1496
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:49,680
Speaker 2: REASON i think man coverage is going to be a

1497
01:17:49,680 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 2: more popular thing league, wide AND i think The, bills

1498
01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:54,920
Speaker 2: who'd like to stay on the cusp of the cutting

1499
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:58,200
Speaker 2: edge will subscribe to that as. Well AND i don't

1500
01:17:58,240 --> 01:18:00,840
Speaker 2: Think levi has the skill set to do. THAT i

1501
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:02,400
Speaker 2: don't think he had. It at the beginning of his.

1502
01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:04,599
Speaker 2: Career it didn't matter as much here In buffalo because

1503
01:18:04,600 --> 01:18:07,559
Speaker 2: this was largely a zone coverage, defense and, now at

1504
01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:09,720
Speaker 2: age twenty, NINE i think it's even harder for. Him

1505
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:13,080
Speaker 2: those are the reasons WHY i don't See levi back

1506
01:18:13,080 --> 01:18:14,320
Speaker 2: in A bill's, Uniform BUT i could be.

1507
01:18:14,360 --> 01:18:17,000
Speaker 3: WRONG i think if they were interested In, wallace they

1508
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:19,719
Speaker 3: would have gone after him. Already and like you, SAY

1509
01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 3: i think them Signing Dan jackson to the roster kind

1510
01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:28,200
Speaker 3: of Kai bosh's the thought of Bringing Levi wallace to the.

1511
01:18:28,280 --> 01:18:32,599
Speaker 3: ROSTER i don't see them bringing two players back who

1512
01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:35,439
Speaker 3: used to be on this roster to compete for one.

1513
01:18:35,479 --> 01:18:40,439
Speaker 3: Spot that's just my. Sense but who. Knows we'll see what.

1514
01:18:40,479 --> 01:18:42,080
Speaker 3: Happens we'll see what happens in the draft.

1515
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:43,360
Speaker 1: Too that's a GUY i don't.

1516
01:18:43,400 --> 01:18:46,800
Speaker 2: Know that's a guy you can conceivably still get In

1517
01:18:46,880 --> 01:18:49,200
Speaker 2: may Or. June, true because he's probably still going to

1518
01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:51,519
Speaker 2: be out. There so maybe from that, standpoint let's just, say,

1519
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:53,840
Speaker 2: hypothetically The bills.

1520
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:54,320
Speaker 1: Don't come out with his.

1521
01:18:54,439 --> 01:18:56,760
Speaker 2: Mud maybe they wanted a draft two corners and they

1522
01:18:56,760 --> 01:18:57,439
Speaker 2: only landed.

1523
01:18:57,479 --> 01:19:00,280
Speaker 1: One you could do a lot worse Than Levi.

1524
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:03,519
Speaker 2: Wallace so maybe he gets into camp with the team that,

1525
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:07,040
Speaker 2: way as In may or A june signing THAT i could,

1526
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:08,920
Speaker 2: see but right NOW i don't.

1527
01:19:08,920 --> 01:19:12,040
Speaker 1: Think so let's go To bill and Ken more. Next what's?

1528
01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:12,200
Speaker 10: Up?

1529
01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 8: Bill thanks for thinking you call a couple of. Things Jordan,

1530
01:19:16,360 --> 01:19:19,800
Speaker 8: phillips everybody looks for a big defensive. Tackle he's six

1531
01:19:19,880 --> 01:19:21,880
Speaker 8: sixty three forty AND i remember that game against The

1532
01:19:21,960 --> 01:19:23,400
Speaker 8: rams a couple of years ago where he did a

1533
01:19:23,960 --> 01:19:26,280
Speaker 8: three sixty and teleport it on top Of stafford before

1534
01:19:26,280 --> 01:19:28,760
Speaker 8: they knew what. Happened and it seems to be kind

1535
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,639
Speaker 8: of a guy that would. Do is have, say he's

1536
01:19:31,640 --> 01:19:33,840
Speaker 8: not much of a run, stuffer but what's the deal

1537
01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:36,799
Speaker 8: with him that he's not better than you think he should?

1538
01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 8: Be and also With Sni, SAMUEL i guess he's kind of,

1539
01:19:38,960 --> 01:19:41,920
Speaker 8: small five ten one seventy, eight but he's. FAST i

1540
01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 8: guess they concern about injury or maybe. Tackling but those

1541
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 8: two guys, PARTICULARLY i just was wondering what your opinions

1542
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:47,599
Speaker 8: were those.

1543
01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:51,640
Speaker 2: Guys, yeah that's, Fair, Bill, Yeah Jordan phillips has had

1544
01:19:51,680 --> 01:19:57,400
Speaker 2: three go rounds with The. BILLS i think The bills

1545
01:19:57,439 --> 01:19:59,840
Speaker 2: would bring him back if he agreed to play a

1546
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,840
Speaker 2: the veteran. MINIMUM i think they bring him into camp

1547
01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:05,040
Speaker 2: and see if he's good enough to still make the.

1548
01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:10,560
Speaker 2: ROSTER i think he's thirty, now, right thirty.

1549
01:20:10,280 --> 01:20:11,439
Speaker 1: Two always even older THAN i.

1550
01:20:11,479 --> 01:20:14,600
Speaker 2: Thought and you're already got a guy that's long on

1551
01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:18,400
Speaker 2: the tooth In Daikwan, jones who STARTS i think they

1552
01:20:18,439 --> 01:20:21,120
Speaker 2: feel they need to get younger on the defensive. INTERIOR

1553
01:20:21,160 --> 01:20:28,679
Speaker 2: i think that's the main rub. THERE i believe if

1554
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:31,320
Speaker 2: he wants to play for the veteran, minimum they would consider.

1555
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:33,799
Speaker 2: IT i don't believe he wants to play for the veteran,

1556
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:37,080
Speaker 2: minimum and we also heard him say at the end

1557
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:40,880
Speaker 2: of this past, season IF i continue in my playing,

1558
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:42,720
Speaker 2: Career i'm only going to play for The. Bills he

1559
01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:45,400
Speaker 2: likes playing here better than anywhere in the, league and

1560
01:20:45,439 --> 01:20:49,240
Speaker 2: he's been in a few Stops, Miami, Dallas. Arizona he

1561
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:52,280
Speaker 2: likes it here the. Best so The bills know that

1562
01:20:53,439 --> 01:20:55,760
Speaker 2: because he's upfront about, it so there's no hurry to

1563
01:20:55,800 --> 01:20:59,200
Speaker 2: sign him again if they come out of this draft

1564
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,200
Speaker 2: without a couple of defensive. TACKLES i think this is

1565
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:06,160
Speaker 2: another guy you could see as A may Or june,

1566
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:11,639
Speaker 2: signing because realistically they have no competition for his services

1567
01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:12,960
Speaker 2: because he says he only wants to play.

1568
01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:17,160
Speaker 3: Here i'm sure the scouting department has a list of

1569
01:21:17,280 --> 01:21:20,320
Speaker 3: names of free agents who are currently available and a

1570
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:23,920
Speaker 3: list of free agents who they think will stay available Through,

1571
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:28,960
Speaker 3: may and address that list if they see that they

1572
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:32,360
Speaker 3: need to fill some other. Spots after THE Nfl, draft

1573
01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:33,080
Speaker 3: and then.

1574
01:21:33,040 --> 01:21:35,960
Speaker 2: As for A Sante Samuel, Junior, yes he is still

1575
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:38,599
Speaker 2: out there as a free. AGENT i think the problem

1576
01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:42,000
Speaker 2: for him is he believes his market value is higher

1577
01:21:42,720 --> 01:21:45,519
Speaker 2: than what teams are willing to pay for. HIM i

1578
01:21:45,520 --> 01:21:48,519
Speaker 2: think what's hurting him is his size to your, point

1579
01:21:49,120 --> 01:21:51,080
Speaker 2: BECAUSE i think some teams may only see him as

1580
01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:52,960
Speaker 2: a slot, corner not a guy that can line up.

1581
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:56,280
Speaker 2: Outside AND i think the other thing working against him

1582
01:21:56,320 --> 01:21:57,960
Speaker 2: is he didn't have a great season last year in

1583
01:21:58,040 --> 01:22:02,439
Speaker 2: terms of personal, play and SO i think his agent

1584
01:22:02,479 --> 01:22:05,559
Speaker 2: is probably convincing him at this point in, time you're

1585
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:07,280
Speaker 2: going to just have to sign a one year deal this,

1586
01:22:07,400 --> 01:22:10,000
Speaker 2: year knock it out of the, park have a good,

1587
01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:12,519
Speaker 2: season and then get back in the free agent market

1588
01:22:12,560 --> 01:22:14,880
Speaker 2: next year and hope you can sign a bigger and

1589
01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 2: longer term. Contract are The bills interested in?

1590
01:22:17,960 --> 01:22:18,160
Speaker 1: That?

1591
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:23,320
Speaker 2: MAYBE i think we do, know to our caller's, point

1592
01:22:23,800 --> 01:22:27,400
Speaker 2: that outside corners have to be strong and run support

1593
01:22:27,439 --> 01:22:30,439
Speaker 2: for this defense to function. Properly and at one hundred

1594
01:22:30,439 --> 01:22:34,400
Speaker 2: and eighty, pounds he's got to demonstrate. That and if

1595
01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:36,840
Speaker 2: he hasn't convinced The bills on, film they're probably looking.

1596
01:22:36,880 --> 01:22:40,040
Speaker 2: Elsewhere but we don't know what they're. Thinking we'll see

1597
01:22:40,360 --> 01:22:44,559
Speaker 2: maybe he's a one year contract. Option, again if he's

1598
01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:47,200
Speaker 2: still out there post, DRAFT i think it becomes a

1599
01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:51,280
Speaker 2: more viable option if The bills don't get enough opportunities

1600
01:22:51,320 --> 01:22:54,640
Speaker 2: to refortify the position in the. Draft let's go To

1601
01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:56,800
Speaker 2: Steven syracuse. Next what's, Up, Steve.

1602
01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:00,280
Speaker 11: I'd like to know what do you think ABOUT? Uh

1603
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:05,040
Speaker 11: as far as the draft is. CONCERNED i like that

1604
01:23:05,120 --> 01:23:11,160
Speaker 11: safety From South. Carolina if you can get him along with, uh,

1605
01:23:11,280 --> 01:23:12,720
Speaker 11: well you're gonna have to a couple of, rounds but

1606
01:23:12,760 --> 01:23:15,120
Speaker 11: you're gonna get him a couple of defensive tackles in edge.

1607
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:17,880
Speaker 11: Rusher you gotta made the draft when they were about

1608
01:23:18,240 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 11: corners till later and later in the, draft not that, late,

1609
01:23:21,439 --> 01:23:24,840
Speaker 11: you but you could get corners later on and uh

1610
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:28,320
Speaker 11: even a white out. Maybe BUT i got to concentrate, defense,

1611
01:23:28,439 --> 01:23:32,080
Speaker 11: defense defense all the. Way and one another question IS,

1612
01:23:32,840 --> 01:23:38,160
Speaker 11: uh as far AS uh the free agency is, concerned

1613
01:23:38,240 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 11: what do you see immediately within the next few days

1614
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:44,479
Speaker 11: or a week or so of them really picking somebody

1615
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:46,519
Speaker 11: up out of free agency they get their eye.

1616
01:23:46,560 --> 01:23:49,120
Speaker 1: On, yeah hard to, Say.

1617
01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:53,559
Speaker 2: Steve we don't have the crystal ball and you, know

1618
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:57,559
Speaker 2: negotiations with the way they. Work you, know we know

1619
01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:02,320
Speaker 2: they were last looking at a veteran defenseive, tackle Reportedly Lecky,

1620
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:05,000
Speaker 2: fotu who ultimately signed with The raiders the other. Day

1621
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:09,439
Speaker 2: so they're still looking at that position and they Are

1622
01:24:09,560 --> 01:24:09,800
Speaker 2: thinn a.

1623
01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: CORNER i don't think there's.

1624
01:24:11,080 --> 01:24:15,200
Speaker 2: Any debate about that because you've Got JaMarcus, Ingram Christian,

1625
01:24:15,240 --> 01:24:20,320
Speaker 2: Benford Tarren, johnson And Dane jackson under. Contract you got

1626
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:22,880
Speaker 2: a couple of guys on the reserve future free agent

1627
01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:26,080
Speaker 2: signings as, well you, know like A Tacorey, couch players like.

1628
01:24:26,120 --> 01:24:30,439
Speaker 2: That so if you can get a corner here on

1629
01:24:30,479 --> 01:24:32,720
Speaker 2: a one year, deal a veteran, PLAYER i think that's an.

1630
01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:35,439
Speaker 2: Option defensive, tackle a player on a one year, deal

1631
01:24:35,520 --> 01:24:39,559
Speaker 2: that's an option because numbers, wise you are light at

1632
01:24:39,600 --> 01:24:42,639
Speaker 2: those two positions that would be my guests in terms

1633
01:24:42,680 --> 01:24:45,760
Speaker 2: of a potential free agent signing before the.

1634
01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:48,680
Speaker 3: Draft and then just thinking about THE nfl calendar over

1635
01:24:48,680 --> 01:24:52,400
Speaker 3: the next couple, weeks the owners meetings are coming up

1636
01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:54,559
Speaker 3: in the next few, das so you have all the

1637
01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:58,759
Speaker 3: gms are going to be together In. Florida maybe something

1638
01:24:58,920 --> 01:25:01,320
Speaker 3: comes out of. That n just saying For, buffalo but

1639
01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:04,479
Speaker 3: for other, teams and then teams kind of start to

1640
01:25:04,520 --> 01:25:07,840
Speaker 3: turn their attention after that really to THE Nfl, draft

1641
01:25:08,120 --> 01:25:11,599
Speaker 3: because soon enough the thirty visits are going to, Start

1642
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:15,160
Speaker 3: so you're going to have these prospects in the. Building

1643
01:25:15,880 --> 01:25:19,800
Speaker 3: scouts and coaches are going to get to see him

1644
01:25:19,840 --> 01:25:22,000
Speaker 3: in an element of this is what he would be

1645
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:24,879
Speaker 3: like in A bills. Facility let's see how he meshes

1646
01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:27,719
Speaker 3: with the people that we have inside of this. Building

1647
01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:29,800
Speaker 3: SO i don't know how much more we're going to

1648
01:25:29,840 --> 01:25:32,200
Speaker 3: see before THE Nfl draft because it is quickly.

1649
01:25:32,240 --> 01:25:36,599
Speaker 2: Approaching And steve Mentioned nicki Min, worri who is going

1650
01:25:36,680 --> 01:25:38,360
Speaker 2: to be one of the first safeties off the, board

1651
01:25:38,360 --> 01:25:43,400
Speaker 2: maybe the very. First he has all the physical traits

1652
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:48,200
Speaker 2: that you. Want and in this era of position flex being,

1653
01:25:48,240 --> 01:25:52,280
Speaker 2: coveted he fills the bill and with where the league

1654
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:55,800
Speaker 2: is going, defensively with big nickel and three safety sub.

1655
01:25:55,920 --> 01:26:01,480
Speaker 2: Packages he's your perfect tonic if you have a vacancy

1656
01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:05,439
Speaker 2: at the. Position SO i think he's going to probably

1657
01:26:05,479 --> 01:26:06,599
Speaker 2: be a top twenty five.

1658
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:09,639
Speaker 1: Pick so em And warry you may have to move.

1659
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:12,639
Speaker 2: Up to Get, yeah it'll depend how the board. Falls

1660
01:26:12,680 --> 01:26:17,880
Speaker 2: nobody can predict, it but he certainly, is at least

1661
01:26:17,920 --> 01:26:20,320
Speaker 2: in my eyes at the college, level a proven. Commodity

1662
01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:22,720
Speaker 2: AND i think he's a guy that, can you, know

1663
01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:25,800
Speaker 2: be a box safety for you can also be a

1664
01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:29,200
Speaker 2: hybrid type linebacker and a sub. Package and is stout

1665
01:26:29,320 --> 01:26:31,280
Speaker 2: enough to support the run at six three two and

1666
01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:34,799
Speaker 2: twenty pounds so and he tested well at The combine

1667
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:37,200
Speaker 2: on top of. That so he's a player that's probably

1668
01:26:37,240 --> 01:26:39,800
Speaker 2: going to go pretty, early and, SADLY i think it'll

1669
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:42,080
Speaker 2: be before pick, thirty so you may have to move

1670
01:26:42,720 --> 01:26:44,240
Speaker 2: to get. Him and it's going to be an interesting

1671
01:26:44,280 --> 01:26:45,760
Speaker 2: decision to. Weigh and we'll get to this a little

1672
01:26:45,800 --> 01:26:48,479
Speaker 2: bit more in our final, Segment, matty because if The

1673
01:26:48,520 --> 01:26:50,960
Speaker 2: bills are on the clock and you have a chance

1674
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:52,839
Speaker 2: to get one of the best corners in the class

1675
01:26:53,320 --> 01:26:56,120
Speaker 2: And Emon warry is also still on the. Board who

1676
01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:59,479
Speaker 2: provides you more Value Emon, warrey who can play a

1677
01:26:59,560 --> 01:27:03,000
Speaker 2: number of different roles in your, defense or a corner

1678
01:27:03,000 --> 01:27:04,720
Speaker 2: that you know you can start on day one on

1679
01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:07,559
Speaker 2: the outside Opposite benford and off you. Go what is

1680
01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:11,040
Speaker 2: more valuable? That to, me that's a tough question to.

1681
01:27:11,080 --> 01:27:12,760
Speaker 2: Answer we'll try to answer it when we come back

1682
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:14,519
Speaker 2: here On One Bill's live presented By Colaida.

1683
01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:15,439
Speaker 1: Health It's Buffalo Bills.

1684
01:27:15,520 --> 01:27:32,720
Speaker 10: Radio so we.

1685
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:35,720
Speaker 2: Have a dilemma here draft, wise and it's a good

1686
01:27:35,800 --> 01:27:39,000
Speaker 2: dilemma if The bills are faced with this Come Draft

1687
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:42,439
Speaker 2: night one at pick thirty or wherever they end up

1688
01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:47,080
Speaker 2: in the. Round like em And warr is still on the,

1689
01:27:47,120 --> 01:27:49,760
Speaker 2: board but one of the top two corners is on

1690
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:52,839
Speaker 2: the board, Too let's just Say Jody baron for argument's,

1691
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:57,120
Speaker 2: Sake and they're both sitting there staring you in the.

1692
01:27:57,160 --> 01:28:02,719
Speaker 2: Face you probably more desperately need the starter at corner

1693
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:05,439
Speaker 2: than you do at safety with what you have on

1694
01:28:05,479 --> 01:28:11,640
Speaker 2: the roster right. Now But Emon worrey offers you a

1695
01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:18,120
Speaker 2: multifaceted chess piece type. Player and, so and let's couple

1696
01:28:18,160 --> 01:28:21,960
Speaker 2: it with This Maddie Michael, hoyt who's going to be

1697
01:28:21,960 --> 01:28:25,280
Speaker 2: a chess piece type player is out of the mix

1698
01:28:25,320 --> 01:28:28,800
Speaker 2: for the first six. Games so does that tip the

1699
01:28:28,840 --> 01:28:31,800
Speaker 2: scales To Emon worri or do you get the week

1700
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 2: one starter at corner and.

1701
01:28:33,080 --> 01:28:35,559
Speaker 3: Go it would be hard to look away from somebody

1702
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,160
Speaker 3: Like nick Emon worey if he's, available because of the

1703
01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:40,920
Speaker 3: rare blend of size and speed that he possesses in

1704
01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:44,280
Speaker 3: the physicality that he uses a forty three inch. Vertical

1705
01:28:44,800 --> 01:28:47,760
Speaker 3: it was crazy to watch. That but if your need

1706
01:28:47,960 --> 01:28:50,400
Speaker 3: is at corner and you need a, starter go get. One.

1707
01:28:50,680 --> 01:28:54,759
Speaker 2: Yeah it's almost, like think about it this, Way maddie

1708
01:28:54,840 --> 01:28:58,760
Speaker 2: herself might be able to stand Underneath nick emun worry

1709
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:02,240
Speaker 2: when he. Jumps it's, well, yeah you're taller than forty two,

1710
01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:06,080
Speaker 2: inches but he could probably jump right over.

1711
01:29:06,120 --> 01:29:10,040
Speaker 1: You, Yeah jne the. Gym that's a ridiculous vertical leap for.

1712
01:29:10,080 --> 01:29:13,280
Speaker 2: Sure not That i'm much taller than you, anyway BUT

1713
01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:17,320
Speaker 2: i the only vertical LEAP i think that's been better

1714
01:29:17,360 --> 01:29:20,200
Speaker 2: than him Was Calvin johnson BECAUSE i think he jumped forty,

1715
01:29:20,240 --> 01:29:21,000
Speaker 2: five which was.

1716
01:29:21,200 --> 01:29:23,759
Speaker 1: NUTS i THINK.

1717
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:25,519
Speaker 2: I have that. Right i'm not one hundred percent sure on,

1718
01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:27,720
Speaker 2: that BUT i REMEMBER i know it was over Forty so,

1719
01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:33,120
Speaker 2: yeah freak freak freak freak freak athlete and plays with

1720
01:29:33,160 --> 01:29:34,479
Speaker 2: an edge, too which is what makes him.

1721
01:29:34,479 --> 01:29:35,519
Speaker 1: Attractive that's WHY.

1722
01:29:35,400 --> 01:29:39,639
Speaker 2: I really would be stunned if he comes anywhere within

1723
01:29:40,200 --> 01:29:41,880
Speaker 2: breathing distance of the bills at pick.

1724
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:44,400
Speaker 1: Thirty that is it for us.

1725
01:29:44,400 --> 01:29:46,880
Speaker 2: Today thanks for joining, Us, maddy AND i will be

1726
01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:49,519
Speaker 2: right back. Here tomorrow at. One plenty more to cover

1727
01:29:49,640 --> 01:29:51,559
Speaker 2: on the draft and free. Agency we'll see you, THEN

1728
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:00,120
Speaker 8: Y