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  Speaker 1: edition of Disguised Coverage, we will be diving into the
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  Speaker 1: start of free agency for the Buffalo Bill, the activity
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  Speaker 1: maybe also the lack of activity, moves that they could
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  Speaker 1: have made but didn't. Contracts that were dished out to
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  Speaker 1: some potential really good fits on paper for the Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: Bills that just unfortunately for whatever reason that well you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about dive into didn't fall their way. They
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  Speaker 1: did make some moves, you know, we have the dj
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  Speaker 1: more trade. They brought back Connor McGovern, They brought in
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  Speaker 1: Corner d Alford from the Atlanta Falcons. But we'll be
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  Speaker 1: diving into all of those details as we go in
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  Speaker 1: throughout this episode. And you know, from an activity standpoint, right,
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  Speaker 1: and I just listed the moves. You know, the dj
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  Speaker 1: more trade has been talked about it nauseum at this
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  Speaker 1: point because it was done last week. Well, we can
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  Speaker 1: talk about Connor McGovern, but I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: folks just know what Connor McGovern is. We'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: d Alfred a little bit in this episode, uh to
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  Speaker 1: kind of break that piece down, but I really want
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  Speaker 1: to focus a lot of this episode, as we do
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  Speaker 1: here on the show, that this show is very engagement
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  Speaker 1: based with the live chat questions, thoughts, comments, concerns, likes, dislikes, frustrate,
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  Speaker 1: anything and everything you folks got. That's how we operate
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  Speaker 1: normally and regularly on the show, but even more so
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  Speaker 1: at times like this where there is a lot of
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  Speaker 1: you know, happenings going on around the league or with
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  Speaker 1: the bills or maybe not so anything you folks got
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  Speaker 1: on your mind again, questions, thoughts, comments, concerns, likes, dislikes, philosophies, ideologies, maxims, theorems,
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  Speaker 1: whatever you folks got, feel free to put it into
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  Speaker 1: the chats, and I will make this episode as engaging
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  Speaker 1: as possible. As always, super chats get priority because I
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  Speaker 1: respect the monetary donation and the color distracts me and
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  Speaker 1: takes me away from my notes. But yeah, we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about some activity, some lack thereof, and they really make this,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as engagement focus as we can to let
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  Speaker 1: everybody kind of vent talk about some things for some
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  Speaker 1: conversation and we'll go forward here. This is one of
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  Speaker 1: the few episodes I've done the past several years where
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  Speaker 1: Kendall Mursky has not been my guest on this show.
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  Speaker 1: I blame him for the lack of activity, because every
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  Speaker 1: time we do this show on this Tuesday night, it's usually,
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  Speaker 1: you know, some kind of breaking news happens as we go.
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  Speaker 1: Joe it was Joey Bosa last year, it was Von
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  Speaker 1: Miller several years before that. So let's really kind of
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  Speaker 1: just get at Kendall for not being being unable to
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  Speaker 1: join me tonight. And I think that's probably jinx the
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  Speaker 1: lack of moves for the Buffalo bill to start with
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  Speaker 1: some pieces from the chat Cam Moorey you know me
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  Speaker 1: too well, Cam Moorey says a sad day for aunt
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  Speaker 1: no Roy Lopez, no Leo Chanol. Maybe next year I
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  Speaker 1: give up on Roy Lopez. And you know, and I
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  Speaker 1: will say this, I kind of want to use this.
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  Speaker 1: I'll use this kind of preface everything where to go
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  Speaker 1: through in this episode tonight, right. And I say this
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  Speaker 1: as a person who again, folks who regularly watch and
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  Speaker 1: listen to the show, I've spoken a lot about my
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  Speaker 1: frustrations with Brandon Bean, not just this year, this offseason,
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  Speaker 1: but in totality, my thoughts about Sean McDermott going and
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  Speaker 1: how Bean essentially should have gone with him out the door. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: I recognize that, you know, we don't want Terry Pagoula
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  Speaker 1: running the ship and making the decisions. So I get
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  Speaker 1: it that it's better to still have been there so
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  Speaker 1: he can steer things instead of having Pegoula. But I
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of frustrations when it comes to Brandon
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  Speaker 1: Bean and just kind of the decisions about this roster
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  Speaker 1: of the past over years, the contracts that they've given out,
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  Speaker 1: the decisions they've made, and again things are tied to
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  Speaker 1: McDermott and Bean. I thought they were both culpable. They
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  Speaker 1: both had their hands bloody. But I want to use
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  Speaker 1: this comment from Kamory, because Yeah, I really wanted Roy Lopez.
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  Speaker 1: I really wanted the Oceanelle Kaden Ellis. We're gonna go
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  Speaker 1: through a lot of guys I had on my list
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  Speaker 1: that I thought were affordable for the bills. They ended
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  Speaker 1: up being affordable based on the contracts that they were
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  Speaker 1: given out. But I want to preface all of this
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  Speaker 1: by saying, you know, even if the bills were flushed
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  Speaker 1: with cash, right which we know they're not, we know
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  Speaker 1: that it's going to take some finagling to get some
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  Speaker 1: deals done and some cleverness with the salaries and the
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  Speaker 1: capits and all that stuff. Right, there are a multitude
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  Speaker 1: of variables that go into guys signing a contract. Right,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll use Roy Lopez for this example. Right, I
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  Speaker 1: wanted it for multiple years now. He ended up going
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  Speaker 1: back to Arizona this offseason. He signed a two year,
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  Speaker 1: eleven point five million dollar deal with seven million guaranteed.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the Bills offered him that same contract and he said,
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  Speaker 1: you know what, I want to go back to Arizona.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe they offered him more and he said, you know what, no, thanks,
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  Speaker 1: I really want to go back to Arizona. Maybe they
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  Speaker 1: didn't offer him at all. Maybe they offered him in
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  Speaker 1: Lowballdom or any one of them, you know, more scenarios
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  Speaker 1: that could have happened. Absence of evidence is not evidence
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  Speaker 1: of absence. So and I use that phrase a lot
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  Speaker 1: in life. And so just because they didn't sign use
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  Speaker 1: this example. Just because the Bills didn't sign Roy Lopez
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  Speaker 1: didn't didn't doesn't mean that they didn't try to sign
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  Speaker 1: Roy Lopez. Right, But it doesn't mean they didn't try.
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  Speaker 1: Doesn't mean they did and they had a better offer,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean it doesn't mean a lot of things right
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  Speaker 1: just because they didn't sign him. There's a whole plethora
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  Speaker 1: of variables go into it, and that goes into any deal, right,
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  Speaker 1: any of these moves, anybody that you wanted the Bills
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  Speaker 1: to sign, trade for this year, last year, anything and everything.
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  Speaker 1: Just because the deals didn't get done doesn't mean the
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  Speaker 1: Bills tried. Doesn't mean they gave their best effort or
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  Speaker 1: they made the right move. No, doesn't mean they tried
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  Speaker 1: it all. No. So I always like to reinforce that
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  Speaker 1: and put that around there because I think a lot
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  Speaker 1: of times when people don't see the move get done,
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  Speaker 1: they just think, well, they're sitting on their hands, they're
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  Speaker 1: not doing anything. And I don't think that's the case.
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  Speaker 1: I think most teams, including the Bills, who we know,
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  Speaker 1: kick the tires on almost anything and everything year after year.
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  Speaker 1: I do think they're trying to make moves, they're just
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  Speaker 1: for whatever reason, not getting them done. Maybe they're waiting
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  Speaker 1: for the Trey Hendrickson shoot to drop, which we'll talk
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  Speaker 1: about in this episode. So again, I say this as
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  Speaker 1: a person who is frustrated with Brandon Bean. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: saying this to give him a pass. Or make an
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  Speaker 1: excuse or give the benefit of the doubt. But there
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  Speaker 1: are a multitude of variables that go into a signing, right,
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  Speaker 1: And it's not just the money and the turn you present.
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  Speaker 1: It's how the player feels. Does the player want to
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  Speaker 1: go to that organization, Does he feel like he's a
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  Speaker 1: good fit. Does he want to go to a different
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  Speaker 1: city for different weather or is he from a different area.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Cook is a good example, right, the safety for
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  Speaker 1: Kansas City. He ended up signing with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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  Speaker 1: He played college ball at Cincinnati. Maybe he just wanted
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  Speaker 1: to go back home, you know, for him, quote unquote,
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  Speaker 1: maybe that's where he wanted to be, saw the opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: saw some money cool. Maybe the Bills offered him the
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  Speaker 1: same deal, offered him more and he said, no, I
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  Speaker 1: want to go back to Cincinnati, and so he went
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  Speaker 1: back to Cincinnati. There's a multitude of pieces that go
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  Speaker 1: into everything. But yeah, definitely a sad day for me.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that I didn't think the Roy Lopez move
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  Speaker 1: was a guarantee. I thought it made a ton of sense,
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  Speaker 1: as you know, But I really thought Leo Chanal was
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  Speaker 1: a slam dunk. Like I thought it was either him
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  Speaker 1: or Kaiden Nellis. I've said it on multiple shows on
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  Speaker 1: the network, on other appearances I've made outside the network.
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  Speaker 1: I thought getting Kaiden Nellis or Leo Chanal was an
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  Speaker 1: absolute must. Not a skill set like them, not a
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  Speaker 1: player like them. I thought it was an absolute must
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  Speaker 1: to get Leo Shanal or Kayan Nellison. I thought Leo
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  Speaker 1: Shanal again was close to slam dunk, you know. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't think he was gonna be too expensive, which he wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: Shanel ended up signing a three year, twenty four point
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  Speaker 1: seventy five million dollars a year with the Commanders. I
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  Speaker 1: thought he would want to play for Leonard. I thought
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  Speaker 1: Leonard would want him. He made a ton of sense
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  Speaker 1: for what they needed at linebacker. He would give them
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  Speaker 1: so much versatility and add to the hybridized nature of
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  Speaker 1: the front and being able to maximize Leonard's scheme. But
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  Speaker 1: they didn't get him either. And we're gonna talk about,
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  Speaker 1: you know again, all of these moves that they could
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  Speaker 1: have made but didn't as we go forward in this episode.
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  Speaker 1: But I wanted to lead off with that because, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Kam Moore, you know me too well. I am I
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  Speaker 1: am frustrated on the defense side of the ball, to
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  Speaker 1: say the least, Jason saying, some of the contracts were
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  Speaker 1: quote unquote good players, but not what I would consider
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  Speaker 1: consistent different makers. Difference makers is too much for my
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  Speaker 1: blood in our situation. Let the teams with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of cap room overpay. I think that's a fair assessment.
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  Speaker 1: I think there are some guys who are, you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of getting a little too much, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: for me, and again I'm gonna get into get into
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  Speaker 1: it later. Like I didn't think the contracts are the
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  Speaker 1: guys that I really wanted, right like Roy Lopez, Leo Chanal,
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  Speaker 1: Kayden Ellis, Kobe Bryant, Bryan Cook, Sorry Kobe Bryant, Brian Cook,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Thompson, especially even Kiris Tonga. David Anyamata got you know,
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  Speaker 1: one year, ten and a half million dollar deal. That again,
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  Speaker 1: that's an average average annual value of ten and a half.
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  Speaker 1: That's a one year I thought that was a little
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  Speaker 1: high for what he was gonna get, but I understood
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  Speaker 1: I still would have paid it to him. John Franklin
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  Speaker 1: Myers got paid big time in free agency, but I
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  Speaker 1: never really considered him or put him on my list
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  Speaker 1: because I thought he was gonna get paid, so I
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  Speaker 1: kind of compartmentalized him. I do think there are some
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  Speaker 1: overpayings happening. But the guys that I really wanted, I
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  Speaker 1: wanted them because of their skill set and scheme fit,
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  Speaker 1: but also because of what I thought their contract projections
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  Speaker 1: would be. So for me individually, it's frustrating to see
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  Speaker 1: them not get the guys I wanted and then see
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  Speaker 1: them sign contracts that I thought is what they were
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  Speaker 1: going to sign and I thought would be in the
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  Speaker 1: Bills wheelhouse. But a very fair point. Jason coming here
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on Max Crosby's failed trade weird. I just want
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  Speaker 1: to see what's going on, you know, rumors or not rumors.
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  Speaker 1: Reports are coming out that he failed as physical, But
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  Speaker 1: did he actually fail as physical or did the Ravens
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  Speaker 1: get cold feet and they just tried to flag anything
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  Speaker 1: and use that as an example of like, oh, nope,
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  Speaker 1: you know he's got he stubbed his toe. We don't
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  Speaker 1: like it, failed the physical, but you know, we can't
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  Speaker 1: do the trade. Did they back out at the last minute,
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  Speaker 1: did they not like the feel of it or the
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  Speaker 1: sense of it? And now where does Crosby go. Now.
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  Speaker 1: We know the Bills were in that mix for Max Crosby.
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  Speaker 1: We know the Raiders were reporting, according to some reports,
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  Speaker 1: chose the Ravens deal because of how more attractive their
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  Speaker 1: first round pick was this year, the Bills first round
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  Speaker 1: pick for the end of the end of the first round.
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  Speaker 1: We know the Bears were involved, but they've kind of
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  Speaker 1: I mean, no deal is set in stone right now,
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  Speaker 1: because it's still Tuesday. Right Wednesday is when everything goes
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  Speaker 1: into effect when the new league year starts. But the
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  Speaker 1: Bears weren't in there. I believe the Cowboys weren't in there.
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  Speaker 1: But the Bears have made significant moves to the Bears
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  Speaker 1: back out of those agreements now and try and shoot
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  Speaker 1: for Max Crosby. I would love that because that does
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  Speaker 1: that put Kobe Bryant back on the market and the
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  Speaker 1: Bills can get him at safety. Do the Bills go
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  Speaker 1: harder for Max Crosby now? But the Cowboys first round
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  Speaker 1: picks were more attractive? So do the Cowboys reinsert themselves
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  Speaker 1: back in the conversation. I think it's really interesting. I'm
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  Speaker 1: excited to not excited, but I'm interested to see what
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  Speaker 1: the details are that come out about why this thing
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  Speaker 1: really failed. Was it the Ravens really pulling out? Did
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  Speaker 1: he truly fail his physical just you wouldn't expect to
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  Speaker 1: see it failed physical. So I want to know what's
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  Speaker 1: going on there. Is there some gamesman shipped by the Ravens,
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  Speaker 1: why would there be? Again, they pulled this trigger and
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  Speaker 1: now they're trying to put the cat back in the bag.
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  Speaker 1: Really interesting. Alex says. My thoughts are, we made some
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  Speaker 1: solid moves. However, I see teams going quote unquote all
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  Speaker 1: in and in my opinion, we are not get that
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  Speaker 1: man out of Cincinnati and in a Bill's uniform asap.
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming you, me and Trey Hendrickson. There are some
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  Speaker 1: rumors there. We will see. We will see. Jason says,
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  Speaker 1: I like resigning mcgovernor Edwards and not paying New Orleans
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  Speaker 1: money to keep it. Yeah, David Edwards got paid big time.
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  Speaker 1: Good for him. He got four years, sixty one and
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  Speaker 1: a half million dollars. I don't know the exact guarantees.
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  Speaker 1: We don't there. Again, everything for contracts is rumored because
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  Speaker 1: nothing's official as of this point for these true free agents.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, he was on the bills came. I believe
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  Speaker 1: he first came for like a one year, two and
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  Speaker 1: a half million dollars or three million dollar deal, and
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  Speaker 1: then he re signed on a two year, six million
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  Speaker 1: dollar deal. So he was here the past couple years
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  Speaker 1: making about three million dollars a season, which is obviously
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  Speaker 1: still really good. And now he goes to New Orleans
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  Speaker 1: where you know he's making you know, he's got four
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  Speaker 1: years and he's making sixty one million dollars total, which
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  Speaker 1: is a nice little bump there for him in terms
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  Speaker 1: of average annual value. So yeah, shout out to him.
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  Speaker 1: And then Jason says, a couple of pay cuts where
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  Speaker 1: replacement level would be worse than keeping Knocks and Bass
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  Speaker 1: and Alford seems necessary and fine, Yeah, we're gonna talk
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  Speaker 1: about d Alford. Necessary and fine. I think is a
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  Speaker 1: really good way to put it, a really good way
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  Speaker 1: to put it. And ye had Knox. We talked about
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  Speaker 1: Knox here on the show, like he just couldn't stay
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  Speaker 1: at that cap hit in that salary. I thought he
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  Speaker 1: was a necessary part of the offense and the tight
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  Speaker 1: end room because he is a bridge between Dalton kincaid
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  Speaker 1: and Jackson Hawes. He's a bridge between both of their
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  Speaker 1: skill sets and who they are and what they are
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  Speaker 1: and how they can be used. Plus we know Dalton
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  Speaker 1: Kinkaid's availability and injury history continues to be a thing
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  Speaker 1: year after year. He just couldn't stay at that contract.
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  Speaker 1: So looks like they, you know, an extension and you know,
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  Speaker 1: hopefully comes with a pay cut and the lowering in
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  Speaker 1: that regard. And then Bass, Yeah, you know, he didn't
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  Speaker 1: really have any leverage. I don't think Knox had any
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  Speaker 1: leverage either. Good, no one the Bills were doing that.
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  Speaker 1: His spin says, yeah, Max Crosby back to the Raiders.
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  Speaker 1: Bills have another shot at it. They do. We'll see
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  Speaker 1: how real the medical concerns are. We'll see if maybe
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  Speaker 1: did the Raiders have less leverage now and maybe they
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  Speaker 1: don't get too first for Max Crosby. Maybe teams try
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  Speaker 1: to game them up a little bit in the trade market. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: and again I wonder does Dallas go hard? Does Chicago
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  Speaker 1: want to back out of some of the things they've
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  Speaker 1: agreed to and now go hard for Max Crosby. We
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  Speaker 1: will see, we will see, I says, up any big
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  Speaker 1: news to talk about tonight that kind of not really
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  Speaker 1: for the Bills. Maybe some other things again, as I'm
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  Speaker 1: going through the chat here. If there is anything that
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  Speaker 1: breaks flooded into the chat, you folks broke the news
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  Speaker 1: to me and Kendall last year about Joey Bosa as
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: the show was going on, so feel free to put
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: anything and everything into the chat. I'm going back and
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: reading through everything from you folks from a conversation standpoint.
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll get into my notes and we'll go from there.
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  Speaker 1: R J says, I would give up a twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six first and a twenty twenty seven to third for Max. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think Max Crosby's awesome. I'm a little torn on
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  Speaker 1: just the only risk was someone like Crosby for the
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  Speaker 1: Bills and even Trey Henderson in that regard, right, I know,
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  Speaker 1: And I guess we'll talk about this now since we're
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  Speaker 1: having this kind of conversation a little bit like and
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  Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of rumors floating around about
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: the Bills being in on Trey Hendrickson and kind of
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: this idea of like, oh, maybe they're sitting back biding
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: their time, waiting to hear about Trey Hendrickson and then
• 16:14
  Speaker 1: they'll go from there. And I get that notion. I
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: think it's fair. My only worry with like going all
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: in as much for the bills going on, and given
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: the financial and draft capital resources they have, going all
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: in for either of those guys is kind of similar
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: to the Von Miller decision a couple of years ago,
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: which worked until von Miller got hurt. But again, if
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: you put all your eggs into one basket and that
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: basket breaks it all, you're screwed, which again is what
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: is my main hang up on the Dj Moore trade.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: Like I think DJ Moore is a fine player, I
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: didn't like having to give up a second for him,
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: and I didn't like all the financial commitment that you
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: have to give for him, like it has an opportunity
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: cost for other moves you could have made. And I
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: do think there are a multitude of needs and upgrades
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: that this team needs, especially on the defensive side of
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: the ball. So if you're sinking a lot of resources
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: into one guy or a few guys, that's fine, but
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: those dudes have to stay the course. And we saw
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: what happened with von Miller, right They put all their
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: eggs into the von Miller basket, and that basket looked great,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden that basket towards towards
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: a cl and that that that defense fell apart, so
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: we'll see, Yeah, Spinning has Spinner saying, yeah, Crosby had
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: a meniscus tear and not a trim. I guess whatever
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: that means. And he failed the physical with the Ravens. Yeah,
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: but I don't know how. You have plenty of guys
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: who have like off off season surgery, so I don't
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: know if there's validity to it, Like did the meniscus
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: surgery go wrong? Did the Ravens doctor see something they
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: legitimately didn't like, or did they want to flag something
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: just to flag something. Is Crosby's knee jacked up? Does
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: he need another procedure? Is he fine? It's just weird,
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: like we see off season deals happen all the time,
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: or off season surgeries happen all the time, and no
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: one's really ever worse for wear, and this type of
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: scenario doesn't really happen. So it'll be interesting to kind
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: of see what comes out, what gets leaked, and how
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: each side wants to leak it. Right, the Raiders are
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: gonna leak stuff. Crosby's camp is gonna leak stuff. The
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: Ravens camp is gonna leak stuff. It'll be interesting. Jason says,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: I don't want any big committal new contracts on defense
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: until next year, and we see the change in scheme
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: and what we truly need fair, but you do need
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: certain players or certain skill sets, body types and roles
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: to maximize this Bill's defense. And we can play that
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: game and say like, hey, we don't want any big
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: contracts on defense until next year, which is fine, but
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: you still need to address the defense this year, even
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: just from a having bodies on the roster, like even
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: if everything stayed the same, they don't have enough bodies
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: on defense to play defense, like I mean in theory
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: they do, but not good bodies are the right bodies.
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: They need to add people defensively, and then even more
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: so because of the scheme change and the guys I wanted,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: I didn't think and nobody was a big committal from
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: a new contract defensively like Kobe Bryant, Jalen Thompson, Brian
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Cook got eighteen million guaranteed in his first year, which
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: is a lot, So maybe that throws things off a
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: little bit, but I didn't think Chanel's deal was crazy.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: Ellis got a little more than I thought, at eleven
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: million dollars per year three years, thirty three mil. But again,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: I don't think that's a big committal or anything out
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: of range. But we'll see, we'll see, we'll see. Yeah,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Spin says, Channel went to the commanders, big bummer. I agree,
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: I agree, I agree.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: Else what else?
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Jays says. I blame Kendall for anything I can blame
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: him for as well, even if it has nothing to
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: do with him. My food got burned, I blame Kendall.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: My electric bill higher than I thought. I blame Kendall.
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna end up screenshining this and send him that
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: to him later. That's funny, Charles says. While other teams
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: out there throwing around fun coupon's in free agency, Bean
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: is playing for dy Chess, waiting for the Crosby deal
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: to fall through. Two pounds. Yeah, maybe maybe he is again,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: or even in seriousness, like the thought is like they're
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: gonna go for Trey Henderson, and so they're like, Okay,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: instead of getting three B level signings, we're gonna try
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: and go for one A minus and who knows, you know,
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: we'll see. I think you know, there are some concerns
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: with Hendrickson just from an injury standpoint now. But I
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: get that notion of maybe going for a bigger fish.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: But again, nothing can happen to that big fish, which
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: it is what worries me. But we'll see, we'll see,
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see. Mmmmmmmm common hear about Jordan Hancock.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: I think Hancock just needs more snaps. He'll settle in.
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: I'm iffy on Jordan Hancock. I I didn't see anything
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: that you know on tape last year that made me
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: go like, oh, this is the guy like a lot
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: of promise. Let's let let's give him more snaps and
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: time on task. Could he get better? Absolutely, I'm just
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: much much, much more comfortable with him being a deaf
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: guy at this point, whether it's the nickel or whether
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: it's the safe. I mean, he granted, Jordan Poyer knows
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: the system, and we know how much McDermott loves guys
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: that he trusts and are responsible. But the fact that
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: they went with Poyer, who didn't really have any legs left,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: Granted he played well, we're better than I thought, I
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: should say, the fact that they went with Poyer regularly
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: and only used Hancock in certain instances and situations. I
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: think that's telling for Poyer but also for Hancock in
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: a negative way for Hancock. But we'll see. Yeah, I'm
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: not I think Hancock's fine depth guys, as of this moment.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: I'm not ready to give him a starting spot as
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: of now. Charles says, between the age, injuries, and scheme fit,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: I'm not too I'm not too interested in Hendrickson. Yeah,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: I think that's also an issue too, right, Like, if
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: you are obviously in the four down even front stuff, boom,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: it works. But if you're trying to do odd front stuff,
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: are you gonna drop him into coverage? Like how comfortable
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: is he with that? You've got him and Groot? Like
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: Groot can drop actually into coverage like pretty decently or
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: better than you would think. But you've got two edges
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: or defensive ends however want to label it. But you've
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: got two edges and odd front looks where neither are
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: really like a strong coverage player, so neither are really
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: true would be true hybrid edges. So how does that
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: limit you a little bit? Right? Like, it's not like
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: the you know, if you're going to the Steelers, for example,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: under dick la Bowl. Right, you had like James Harrison
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: and Joey Porter, and it was like, Okay, these guys
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: are nasty against the run and nastiest pass rushers, but
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: they can drop a little bit. They're more like outside
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: linebackers playing as edges. Hendrickson and Rousseau would both be
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: two true edges or two true defensive ends and kind
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: of going for there. And as r J says, it's
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: tough because the Bills need so much just to be
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: functional this season and they have almost no cap space left. Yeah,
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: it's not easy. It's not easy. Oh we got super chet.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: I gotta go through. I gotta stop Padden. I appreciate
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: you being here as always. I knew where this was going.
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: Padden says, if backing out of trades is the thing,
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: then anything is possible. Looks like hash tag Edgemonds is
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: back on the menu. Boys, have a fun few days.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: And I appreciate you, Pad, thank you for lighting the mood.
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: I knew, I knew where that was going. Well done,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: well played. It might be back on the menu. That's
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: super funny. Oh well, i'm here, Jason said, Is that
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: a Tiffany lamp? It is? I'm horriboys. Yeah, it is
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: a Tiffany lamp. It belonged to my grandmother, so I
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: keep it there. Good call, good eye Boa, hold on,
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: we gotta go back, We gotta go back. Okay, I'm
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: back to where the check keep going. Charles says, I
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: think the contract I liked most for the Bills to
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: match was Alohi Gilman, and of course he goes to
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: Kansas City with Spags. I was, yeah, I was lukewarm
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: on Gilman. I think he got what three years twenty
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: four million something like that, so super affordable. I just
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: didn't really like him like that. Reblankenship got decently paid
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: as well. I think read I think he got two
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: years twenty four million, three years twenty four million. Yeah,
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: so he got an eight million dollar deal. If if
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: it was between like Blankenship and Gilman, I would rather
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: give and read Blankenship that money. He goes to Houston
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: now and solidifies the safety spot next to Kaylen Bullock,
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: which is cool. I would rather give them money to
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: Blankenship than Gilman. I get your you know, your like
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: for Gilman, and there's a lot of people who like Yilman.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: He's mah for me, but he would have taken around
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: this point seeing where they are now.
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: Hmmm what else?
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Oh?
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Comment question here? What do you think is more important
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: big time rusher or filling out other holes in the defense?
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: And do you think are both? Do you think both
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: are possible this offseason?
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: Oh?
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: Really great question. Oh I'm I'm always a quality over
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: guy with it within certain levels. I do think the
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: Bills need a true edge, one rusher off the edge
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: to pair with Greg Russo. I'm gonna keep saying that
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Greg Russo is more of a Robin than he is
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: a Batman as a pass rusher. So you either got
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: to get a Batman or you got to get another Robin,
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: or you got to get a night wing and a
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Robin something like that. Right. I think with where the
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Bills currently stand, I think they need more quantity, right,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: like you need you need a starting safety, you even
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: just in this defense. Right, but again a lot of
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: these holes needed to be filled, even if Sean McDermott
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: and the rest of the defensive crusade from last year. Right,
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: But you need a starting safety, You need a starting
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: linebacker next to Bernard. You need a starting edge. You
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: also need a third and a fourth edge, depending on
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: how you feel about Javon Solomon. You need another nose
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: tackle Like, it can't just be Dion Walker and Faderian
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: mathis Like that doesn't work for me at least. I
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: think you need a starting four eye. Sebastian Joseph Day
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: is out there. I think still go get Sebastian Joseph Day.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: You can't have your starting four eyes be like, let's
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: talk about the interior defensive line right now, right, Like,
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: if we're looking at the three known quantities from last
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: year of ed Oliver, TJ. Sanders, Dion Walker, right, you
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: can't have a starting interior and an odd front of
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Ed Oliver to four eye Dion Walker at nos TJ.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: Sanders at a four eye you can't rock with that.
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: You got to have somebody's got to start ahead at TJ.
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: Sanders at four. I now you could sign a four eye, right,
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: it could be Sebastian Joseph Day cool. Or you could
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: have Deon Walker be your starting four eye and you
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: could sign two noses, Or you could sign a nose
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: to work in rotation with Walker. Let that nose eat
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: the run defense snaps. I think Walker can play nose.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: I don't think he should full time. He's not built
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: to stop the run inside. He can penetrate, he can move,
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: he can do fun stuff. But let's get a true
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: nose in there to be a stone in the center
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: of the defense, and let's let Walker move around in
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: different spots and be used as the fun kind of
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: unicorn bear that he is. But I just don't think
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: he's built to play the ugly downs regularly on the run,
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: play the early downs against the run on the interior,
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: and gum things up. Everything's gonna have to be penetration
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: based or move and based, which again is part of
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: what Jim Leonard does, and it can work. It's just
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: very risk reward and you can get caught out. And
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: I want to have as much variability as possible if
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: I want to be able to play rock paper scissors
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: and be able to throw rock paper and scissors. But
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: the interior defensive line needs starters in some capacity and depth.
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: The edge grouping needs a starter, and depth safety needs
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: a starter, and depth linebacker needs a starter and depth
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: because right now you've only got Dorian and Bernard, and
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: I don't think Dorian is ready to be a full
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: time starter yet. So for me, right now, the answers both.
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: If I had to pick, I'd fill out the other
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: holes in the defense. I don't think both are possible.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: I don't think they can get a big time rusher
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: and fill out the other holes in the defense. You'd
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: have to really hope the draft board falls your way.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: And now that you don't have a second round pick,
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: that's even harder. So now you have to trade back.
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: You'd have to trade back from your first round pick
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: at pick twenty six, try and get a third, or
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: recoup a second, try and figure something else out. There's
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: just a lot of moving parts to be able to
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: make both happen and have everything fall the right way.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: And so I right now, for me, I think it's
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: more important to fill out the other holes. On defense.
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: Question here from Mohamed M six what type of linebacker
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: and corners would fit best in the three to four
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: scheme on defense? In terms of body type, et cetera.
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: In terms of linebacker, we're talking inside. You know what
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: Bernard is coverage small, not built to take on blocks, right,
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: So you need somebody next to him who's capable of
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: some downhill thump, right, somebody who can play next to
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: him in an odd front and rush rush, you know,
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: play the A gap, play the B gap, take on
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: a block, deconstruct a block match with some offensive lineman,
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: the full back, somebody who's capable again of playing downhill stacking, shedding,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: or deconstructing a block, a physical downhill presence at that
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: interior spot. Now again, ideally, which is part of why
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: I liked Chanel and ellis you could get somebody like
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: them at that spot, and then they could also in
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: your sub package looks could play defensive end or edge
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: in your four down stuff, which would be fun. And
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: or you know, they could also kick down as the
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: end man on the line of scrimmage in an odd
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: front and rush, or you know, play the run. There
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: was just so much fun there, and I think that's
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: where it starts. Like you need hybridized players at linebacker,
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: whether it's in the interior or on the edge, if
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: you know, if you're talking at outside linebacker or your edges.
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: You need guys who are capable of winning as rushers,
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: playing the run, and who can also drop in coverage
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: a little bit. So you need some combination of you know, speed, athleticism,
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: change the direction, some bend, some pass rush moves, some
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: physicality because they have to wear multiple hats. And then
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: at the inside linebacker spot again they've got to be
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: able to cover a little bit still, But you need
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: somebody who can play coming forward, ideally to pair with
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: Terrell Bernard. But again, isn't going to be completely lost
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: in coverage. That's my biggest gripe with Dorian, Like, I
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: think Dorian is still a guy who gets lost in
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: coverage too often for my liking. He can answer that
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: downhill thump aspect, but I think he gets lost in
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: coverage a little too much for me still. But yeah,
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: in terms of body, type of skill set, et cetera,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: you need, you need versatility, You need hybridized type of players. Right,
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: You need guys who can wear multiple hats. Is he blitzing?
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Is he dropping into coverage? Can he beat a guy
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: one on one as a pass rusher? Can he jump
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: and dart inside? Right? Can he hold the edge and
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: play the run? Can this guy get downhill as an
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: inside linebacker and fill anywhere from the A gap to
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: the sea gap type of deal? So you need, you know,
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: pieces like that again, versatility from the linebacker's versatility corners
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: For Jim Leonard at least I think you need. You
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: need guys who can play some match coverage and play
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: some man coverage, so it's not pure zone corner corners.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: I think you need some guys who can play man
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: and who can play match. So again, ideally, you need
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: athleticism there. You need some juice, you need some semblance
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: of physicality. You need the ability to stay sticky to
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: guys and stay in their back pocket. And that could
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: be because your technique is great, or because you have
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: great recovery speed, or your feet are great like Max Harriston,
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: things like that. I think I think corner is decently
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: answered at the top, right, I think Benford and Harriston
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: plug lock them in as you as your two starters,
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: You're fine, right. You can play man, you can play zone,
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: you can play some match stuff. You can do some press,
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: you can do some true press, some soft shoe type
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: of stuff and mirroring. I think there's a lot of
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: things they can get after with their top two corners.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: But you know, I really think it starts with a corner.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: It's just athleticism and being able to play a little
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: bit everything, some man, some match coverage, and some zone
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: and then linebacker. You need hybridized guys, hybrid guys, versatility,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. M chriss, what's the plan?
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: What's the linebacker plan? Now? All in on the draft?
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: I guess uh.
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: Just.
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: Sure tough. You have to really hope things fall your way.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: As at this point, again, there are still let me
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: go and see what I what linebackers are still out there.
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, you could go with Drake green Law, you
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: could go with your Maine Pratt, you could bring Shack
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: Thompson back. I believe these guys are all still on
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: the list or you haven't signed. Suppose would be my
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: top options right now. You're either looking at I would
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: look at your main Pratt, maybe even Bobby Oka Oka,
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: but I look at your main Pratt, I look at
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: dra Greenlaw or Shaq Thompson, Jack Sanborn maybe, but I
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: like it more as a deaf guy than a starter
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: next to Bernard. So I think you go for more
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: of a VET on a short term deal and then
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: hope the draft falls your way. And maybe you are
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: going with C. J. Allen from Georgia. Maybe you are
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: going with Trotter from Missouri or one of the other
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: backers that you got there. But you still have to
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: answer safety, so safety's money as well. Yeah, it's tough
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: a Derek with the fat joke quote yesterday's price not
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: today's price. Well done, well done, well done, well done.
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: Big Time Objective says, because they could they bring Bosa
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: back on the right deal. Sure, I just don't think
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: he's a good fit now with what they want to
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: do defensively. You know, he's again more of a straight
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: edge defensive end, power compression type of guy. I think
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: you need someone with a little more versatility on the outside,
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: a little more bend, a little more fluidity, a little
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: more juice, someone who can drop into coverage but still
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: get after it in the run in the past. So
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: for me, I don't think he's the right fit given
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: the new direction of the defense. Uh grab both these,
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: Tristan says would have preferred the the Dobbs deal and
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: keeping the second Amaicus as King says, second round pick
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: isn't a guaranteed playmaker. DJ Moore is, Yeah, I was
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: gonna talk about later and I will talk about a
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: more in depthal answer here on the question. Now, I
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: would have just for the deals that were handed out,
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: like with what Dobbs got believed there was a whole
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: different bunch of different reports of Romeo Dobbs, but the
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: biggest one was four years eighty million. I figured he
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: was gonna get around twenty million per year. I would
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: have rather had the Romeo Dobbs deal than the DJ
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: More deal. I think DJ Moore is probably the better
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: receiver at this point, though Dobbs can still improve and ascend.
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: For me personally, Dobbs' skill set is one that I
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: just gravitate towards More. You know, technicality, route running, deception,
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: release package, all that kind of stuff. DJ Moore you
• 34:39
  Speaker 1: know I talked about on the show with Nate Tice
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: last week. You know, he wins with athleticism and speed
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: and burst and all that kind of stuff. Though that
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: skill set in those traits don't necessarily age gracefully for
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: a guy, and then having to commit as much money
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: as they did to him, plus the second round pick
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: everything in totality, and you still need to ad a
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: receiver so and you need to add other things on
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: the roster. I just think DJ Moore's contract plus the
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: second round pick prevents you from doing other things. And
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: even though I think More is this is the better receiver.
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: Although him and Dobbs are both wide receiver twos. To me,
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: I just think to get Dobbs, all you had added
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: to do was give him the money, which is less
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: money than you're giving Dj Moore, and you wouldn't have
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: to give up a draft pick to do it. So
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: I would have rather taken Dobbs and the cheaper contract
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: and kept my draft pick and then made other moves.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: And yes, second round pick, any draft pick isn't a
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: guarantee of anything, you know. If you told me my
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: options are a second round wide receiver or DJ Moore,
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: I would take dj Moore. He's a known quantity. I
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: know what he can produce. Even the most short of
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: short things in the prospect world are not guaranteed at all.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: That's why there is no exact science for the draft.
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: So I would take Dj Moore over any draft pick
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: because it's a guarantee. But the deal in totality I
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: would take, and the cheaper cost financially in draft capitalize
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: than the deal in totality. If it's just pure player
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: for player in a vacuum, I would gravitate a little
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: more towards Dobbs because I like his skill set and
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: I think he can still go forward, but I think
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: DJ Moore right now is the better receiver. I think
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: he is a good fit for the Bills, the vertical stretch,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: the horizontal stretch. I just think everything in totality again,
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: the cost financially and draft capitalized is what I didn't love,
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: Jason says, I think we draft a safety. I don't
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: see anyone ready to start Week one on the roster
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: right now next to Cole Bishop. I want Kevin Bayern
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: from Chicago. I think he can work and you go
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: from there. That's what I'm looking for. Oh, this is cool.
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: Love from London, the UK, by the way, appreciate you.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: I'm interested to know what soccer team you support, and
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: I hope it's not Tottenham because last I saw they
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: were getting rocked in Champions League today by the athletic
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: Um Madrid. And I don't say that negatively. Barcelona guy,
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: and I was sweating and stressing the entire afternoon because
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: I thought we were gonna lose to Newcastle after I
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: just I thought Newcastle was gonna put up both and
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: then they eventually scored one and I was like, all right,
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: you're going back to Camp new down one Oho. But there.
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: We're going through.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Bom bom bomb question here with Leo Chanel and Roy
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: Lopez and PJ lock Gone, who do you think can
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: fill those holes? Defensive tackle, I'm looking at DJ Reader
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: linebacker we talked about. I'm looking at your main Pratt.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: I'm looking at Shaq Thompson. I'm looking at Dre Greenlaw.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: I would probably lean Pratt over everybody Pratt Shack then
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: green Law just because the injury history with green Law.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: Defensive tackle. I'm looking at DJ Reader. I'd look at
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: Andrew Billings this again. I'm looking for a space eater
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: role player at this point. Safety, I'm looking at Kevin Byer.
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: That is the top guy for me right now. I
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: think you need more of a free safety presence, a
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: more of a safety, I should say, range based, ball
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: hawking type of safety. I think Bayer would pair really
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: well with Cole Bishop, just like Buyered pair well with Brisker.
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: Brisker and cold Bishop are very similar players. So instead
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: of getting like Brisker to pair with Crosby and you
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: have to like same same, I would rather get Kevin Byerd.
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: So that's that's my top piece right there. Nicholas is
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: watching all these safety sign for very fair money. Bean
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: must have a clause in Leonard's contract that says he
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: needs to come back and start a lotside Bishop, that's funny,
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: that's funny. Good comment here from Jason who says fill
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: the holes and scheme the pressure. I like that. I
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: like that. I like that. I like that. Brian says
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: the buffal Bulls should get some more players during free agency.
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, I agree, I agree. Bum bum
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: bum ope Jack being here, thank you very much for
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: being here. Think of it. The super chat Jack says,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: what's Bean's plan right now? Doesn't seemed to be one.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: I think that's what's tough with everything. Again, I talked
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: about a little earlier, like the absence of evidence is
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: not evidence of absence. Thing Like, for all we know,
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: Bean could have been in on all these guys that
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: I've mentioned, or that anybody's mentioned, right, they Bean could
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: have been in on Kobe Bryant, Jalen Thompson, Brian Cook,
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Roy Lopez, Leo Chanel, Caden ellis right. He could have
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: been out bid. He you know, maybe offered more but
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: the player didn't want to go there. He could have
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: offered the same and the player decided to go somewhere else.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: We don't know. I do think Bean is trying. It's
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: just a matter of how good he is at trying
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: and whether or not he's able to execute. I do
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: think there is a plan, it's just a little unfortunate
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: with how it all looks right now. I do think.
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: I do think there is some credibility to the idea
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: that they are in seriously on Trey Hendrickson, and they
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: know what it's going to cost, so they're kind of
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: biding their time, I guess, which I think is understandable.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: But I also don't think is a good plan because
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: you're getting you're passing up on opportunities for other guys
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: these first couple of days, and passing up the opportunity
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: to fill other needs that are needs and being able
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: to fill them with good players who are also cost
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: effective at the same time, So you're losing that opportunity,
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: and you're still not guaranteeing yourself that you're going to
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: get Trey Hendrickson unless maybe they know already, but according
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: to reports they don't. And even on top of that,
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: you're still putting all your eggs or a lot of
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: your eggs into one basket and we've seen Nech go
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: sideways for this team before, So I think there is
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: a plan. I just don't think it's a good one
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: right now. But again, and I don't even think that's
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: necessarily tied to this year. I think it's a culmination
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: of a lot of things. Right It's the dead cap
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: of all these guys that they signed before. It's the
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: void yeer for Matt Mulano this year, and the voideer
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: for Larry Ogan Jobi, and the voidier for Daikwon Jones,
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: and signing Dawson Knox to too much of a deal
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: when they did, and maybe being too early with Terre
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: Bernard and he's not going to be who he thought
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: he was going to be, and all these moves that
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: they that have just kind of bit them a little bit,
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: and then not drafting the right guys at the right time.
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: This is a fair comment from Alfa. Croz says, We've
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: never had defensive end production that has a cost over replacement,
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: meaning there's never been a season where I would have
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: taken the salary we gave over the play we were
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: given just get high potential. My only thought with that is,
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: as I do trust Jim Leonard to do a better
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: job of scheming things up, which is why I don't
• 41:27
  Speaker 1: think you necessarily need the big gun or the hired gun,
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: although I would take it, and I do think there
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: is some semblance of need there. But I do trust
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: Jim Leonard to raise the floor from a scheme instructure perspective.
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: But that's a fair point. I like this from Tristan
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: and saying pie in the sky. I hope for me
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: if somebody gives us a nice haul at twenty six
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: to move up for Ty Simpson, if someone wants to
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: trade up into the first round and give the bills
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: like a first and a second or a second round
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: pick and you know something later, I would love that.
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: Or a two and a three are some kind of
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: something where they can maximize. I don't want to fall
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: two back into, you know, the middle of round two
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: so they can get some combo of hey, you've got
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: an early Day two pick and then another day two
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: pick on top of it. I would take that.
• 42:18
  Speaker 3: I would take that bomb bomb bum oh. Comment here
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: from more question, what are you looking forward to more
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: of the defense of the offense this season. I'm looking
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: more forward to the defense because I love Jim Leonard,
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: and I've wanted him in Buffalo for years, so I'm
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: looking more forward to the defense schematically and from a
• 42:37
  Speaker 3: Leonard standpoint. I'm not looking forward to the defense from
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: a who's on the field standpoint as of right now.
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: But that's just me is comment. I just want to
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: hear Ant talk about the Stone, the Stone defensive line archetype.
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: It seems like Bean doesn't want it, so I'm just
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: gonna keep talking about it and speaking into the ether
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: until it happens, and I'm just gonna keep speaking into
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: existance what Roy says. The tree looks a little light
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: for the first time, I'm kind of disappointed. No, the
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: tree is heavy with that green garland with shamrocks on it.
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: The garland is really thick. I just tried to space
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: it out properly. I'll move in too much. Sorry if
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: camera went out of focus. I just spaced it out
• 43:19
  Speaker 1: properly because the garland is so big. I didn't want
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: it to overpower the tree, so that's why the spacing
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: is where it is. The garland is thick and heavy.
• 43:27
  Speaker 1: I thought it looked really nice. I thought I spaced
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: it out really good this time. Instead of having to
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: look too overloaded with Garland Teach. The question here about
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: Texas linebacker Anthony Hill. Anthony Hill is falling. What do
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: you think about him? I haven't finished my value I
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: haven't really even started the linebacker spot in my evaluation.
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: But I watched him while watching other guys. I didn't
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: like him as much as I hoped. I found him
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: to be a bit heavy footed. I didn't like some
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: of his eyes and his processing in some of his
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: downhill movement. But again, I have to cleep my evaluation
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: on him. But right now I'm a bit low on him,
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: which was unfortunate. Mm hmmmmmmmmmmum.
• 44:16
  Speaker 3: Oh.
• 44:16
  Speaker 1: Rob says, who's your ideal pick for the first round
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: right now? Either a defensive lineman or a safety. Again,
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: I'm not failing. I'm not finished with either position group,
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: but right now, it would either be a linebacker, defensive tackle, edge,
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: or a safety. It's tough. Mm hmmmmmm.
• 44:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: Eric's has still got Joseph Dae sitting there. Yes, if
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: you have Sebastian Joseph Dae sitting there, I would love that.
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: I would love that. Curtis has cover one might need
• 44:52
  Speaker 1: add a Sabers branch eight in a row. We actually,
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: and I say we myself included myself, Adam Stencil, and
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: Chris Kepner. I don't know if you're aware of not
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: several years ago we I forget. I think it was
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: called playback. It was a platform where we could watch
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: Sabers games live, the three of us, and then have
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: people in the chat and we'd watch them together. So
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: we did cover one Sabers for a little bit. This
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: was back in maybe like twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three,
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: something around that time. I think those two years, that season,
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two twenty twenty three season, Yeah, we were.
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: We did a save. We would watch like at least
• 45:28
  Speaker 1: one Sabers game every week or every other week, big games,
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: almost every game whenever we could. It was pretty sweet.
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: It was pretty sweet. It was pretty sweet. Awesome comment
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: from Christmas. We're teaching my almost seven year old the
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: Sabers on the war warpath chant. Vibes are high with her. Yeah.
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: I went to the Sabers game Sunday night against the Lightning.
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: It's one of the best experiences I've had in my life.
• 45:50
  Speaker 1: From a sporting events standpoint. It's the best hockey game
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: I've ever seen, including live but or obviously live, but
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: the best hockey game I've ever seen. And then yeah,
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: leaving the arena Sunday night and just hearing all the
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: oh sabers on the warpath chance and the energy and
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: the yeah, the vibes were immaculate. It was awesome. It
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: was awesome. Derek says, is it necessary to have a
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: dominant pass rusher and learned scheme or does the scheme
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: itself produce the pressure along with the body types. I
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: do think having a dominant rusher helps, but I do
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: think there is a good chunk of the like there's
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: gonna be schemeability to the pressure, right, the pressure pass
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: that his guys take, the five man pressure looks that
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: he brings the six man stuff, but also just the
• 46:31
  Speaker 1: overall spacing, the paths, the simulated pressures, the creepers, the
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: timing of all of it, when he calls them, how
• 46:38
  Speaker 1: he uses them, based on formation, based on alignment, based
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: on personnel of the offense, like how he uses them
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: to attack what an offense is doing. So I do
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: think the scheme itself will produce pressure, and I do
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: think having the right body types will unlock that further,
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: even if the right body types aren't attached to an
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: amazing or dominant player. So I do think it is
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: scheme and body type related. And then having a dominant
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: pass rusher would kind of put it over the top.
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: But just yeah, I think the floor is there. I
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: just want these moves done to raise the floor a
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: little bit and then be able to push this defense
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: towards the ceiling. Moore, that's a really good question coming
• 47:27
  Speaker 1: from JG saying, but we've cried all the time we
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: need dudes too many, okay players, Maybe this is him
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: getting a dude the affair. Maybe he is going for
• 47:34
  Speaker 1: a dude, but you're getting a dude. Say it's Tree
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: Hendrick sinnem Swim, that's what you're talking about. But if
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: you're getting a dude who's got an injury history, right,
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: that's still not sound process. And again you're in a
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: spot where you're thin, right, it's not just the I
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: think the issue. And then for me, at least because
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: I'm a person who has said this before, of like
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: they need more top tier players, they need more difference makers, right,
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: the issue is more of the guys that they've drafted,
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: and the guys they've signed, they could have drafted a
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: difference maker or a better player than when they took.
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: They could have signed a different player to the same
• 48:11
  Speaker 1: contract that they signed someone else to and had a
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: better result. And I think in this instance, now again
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: everything is fluid. Sometimes you have to change your philosophy
• 48:19
  Speaker 1: and your approach. I just think with how many holes
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: they have right now. You know, putting all your putting
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: most of your eggs into one basket, especially a basket
• 48:28
  Speaker 1: that's been banged up and broken a little bit the
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: past several years, isn't two sound. It's tough. But you know, again,
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: if they got Trey Henderson or if they traded for
• 48:38
  Speaker 1: Max Crosby, you got a really good player, that's fine.
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: But if anything happens to those guys, that's really rough.
• 48:44
  Speaker 1: And we've also seen in a Max Crosby example, right,
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: not that the Bills defense is the Raiders, especially from
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: a scheme instructure standpoint under Lenard, but even some of
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: the talent. But we've seen with Crosby and the Raiders
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: right where you have a defense with a super high
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: end player and nothing around him, right, and then especially
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: if you look at the rest of the defense, right,
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: like at Oliver even when he's healthies sometimes he disappears,
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: but he's had injury concerns. You've got Michael Hoyt coming
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: back and you hope he'll be a good version of himself,
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: but you don't really know. TJ. Sanders is a question.
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: Dian Walker I think is a solid player, but still
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: has some questionable aspects about him. Terrell Bernard has an
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: injury history. Christian Benford has got injured at times. So
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: to take a big swing with this current unit and group,
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: given the questions and the starters, and then the question
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: at the holes and the defense from a depth standpoint
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: as well, I just don't think now is the right
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: time to make that big swing. If they do it,
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna hate it, but I could see it.
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: I think I could realistically see it going sideways. If
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: something happens to Hendrick sent or Crosby, they're screwed, right,
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: And even with one of those guys, they still need
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: to address a bunch of other stuff. Connor says, how
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: sick are you about the linebacker market and the Bills
• 49:58
  Speaker 1: not getting any of them. I'm pretty sick right now,
• 50:00
  Speaker 1: and I'm not pleased, but it is what it is
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: bum bum bum ah. I just says, at miss playback
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: so much. It was playback, Okay, I couldn't remember if
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: I said that or not. James says, Aunt, what trade
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: value draft capital would Ray Davis carry now that he
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: was a first team All Pro kick returner. Ooh, I
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: don't think much. Maybe like a fourth or a fifth.
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: You know, he's a third round running back. You're still
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: even if again, being an All Pro kick returner, no
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: one's going to give up like a Day two pick
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: for that. So at best you're looking at like a
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: fourth or a fifth because he can also play some
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: running back. I think it would probably be like a
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: fourth at your absolute best, but it'd probably be like
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: a fifth. Tank Na just says Sonny Styles. Man, if
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: if the Bills could get Sonny Styles, I'd be so happy.
• 50:47
  Speaker 1: I'd be so happy. Rob says, I've been intrigued with
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: t J. Parker. I wasn't from a broadcast standpoint that
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: whole Clemson group tanked him Peter Woods, but I do
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: think there is talent there. Abyantrella is pretty sweet. Uh yeah,
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: I'll be getting into that Clumson defensive line as I
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: go forward to my evaluations and try to wrap everything
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: up by draft time. Curtis says, the safety of Morgan. Yeah,
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: Dylan Theeneman, I'm more inclined to him now given the
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: Bills signing offered at Nickel. I do think they're gonna
• 51:14
  Speaker 1: use some more big Nickel aspect at times. I don't
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: love theenem in right now, but I think he's a
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: fine player. Nathan says, I think we're trading down outside
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: of a home run player being there. I do think
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: trade down is a likely target. Trade back, get a third,
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: get a second, try to do something. Bill's fan seventy
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: eighty three says, you have the twenty eighth least draft
• 51:47
  Speaker 1: value in the NFL with a tunnel holes, trading back
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: from twenty six and recouping some draft capital is the
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: smart play. I don't necessarily disagree. Ah. This is a
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: good comment here from Bill Benz who says we need
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: a Robin night Wing, Red Hood and Azrael Ice Pull
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: rather than one Batman. I agree. I agree that, and
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: that's my issue, right, Like, you can get a Batman,
• 52:12
  Speaker 1: but you still you still need all this other stuff.
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: So yeah, I think that's really fair from bet Again,
• 52:17
  Speaker 1: that's also my philosophy too. Right, ironically, we're talking about
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: the Savers a little bit. You look like at the
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: five oh six Savers or the six oh seven Savers
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: right back to back Eastern Conference finals. Should have beat
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: Carolina and the five oh six season if their entire
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: defense didn't get the plague, and then they would have
• 52:32
  Speaker 1: beatn Edmonton for the Cup. But I digress. If you
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: look at those two Savers teams, oh five oh six
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: and six oh seven, neither of those teams had like
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: a stellar first line, right, but what they did have,
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: like their for their top three lines, they didn't have
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: a one to two and a three. They essentially had
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: three twos, and then their fourth line was like a
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: three and a half. It was a mix of a four,
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: but it really still had some third line capability to it. Like,
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: that's my type of lock to be with building any
• 53:00
  Speaker 1: type of team. Yes, I want top tier players and
• 53:03
  Speaker 1: I do think you need that, but if you are
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: in a spot where you're drafting at the back end
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: year after year, just get as many B plus guys
• 53:13
  Speaker 1: as you can. I think the issue with the Bills
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: is they've had too many B minuses and like C pluses. Granted,
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: they have more B minuses and C pluses, where teams
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: usually have like a C minus or a D plus
• 53:25
  Speaker 1: or a D which is good for the bills. But
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: they it's like, Okay, you've got one a couple B
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: pluses and then a thumbbes and a bunch of B
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: minuses and c pluses. I think they need to either
• 53:39
  Speaker 1: get multitude of B pluses or change and get a
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: couple more a's. I think really that the difference has
• 53:47
  Speaker 1: been the lack of top tier talent and or the
• 53:50
  Speaker 1: lack of second tier talent on top of it. But yeah,
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: I like this come here from Bill in this analogy,
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: we need a Robin Nightwing Redhood in Israel. Done. I
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: appreciate you, Oh Charles saying four to five the spine
• 54:03
  Speaker 1: Lee Hunter, Jacob Rodriguez, AJ Halsey fair for those who
• 54:06
  Speaker 1: don't know. Lee hundred defensive tackle from Texas Tech. Jacob Rodriguez,
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: linebacker from Texas Tech. AJ Halsey safety from LSU. Yeah,
• 54:24
  Speaker 1: where are we? Okay, uh okay, I'm gonna still keep
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: going into comments. That's when we're free agency discussion. I'm
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: gonna go in some of my notes at my thoughts
• 54:37
  Speaker 1: here let's start with de Alford, a new signing from
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons. His contract as of right now, reported
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: by spot Track from a breakdown standpoint three years, a
• 54:49
  Speaker 1: fifteen point seven five million dollar base value, seven point
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: eight seven five million guaranteed at signing two point two
• 54:57
  Speaker 1: million dollars more next March one point seventy five million
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: in annual incentives. In practicality, they deal is a two year,
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: eleven million dollar contract, so you're essentially getting in for
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: like five five and a half million dollars average annual value,
• 55:11
  Speaker 1: depending on if you're looking at it from a two
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: or a three year perspective. I think he's a fine nickel.
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: I figured who said it earlier. I think it was
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: Jason in the comments, maybe that he's necessary and fine.
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: I do think d offered is necessary and fine. He
• 55:24
  Speaker 1: can function in man coverage, he can function in match,
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: he can function in some spot drop zone, some true zone.
• 55:30
  Speaker 1: He's got the ability to match, carry and deliver. I
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: think he's got good coverage, spacing and awareness. He's got
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: very active eyes and a very active head to pick
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: up crossers, pass off guys, carry accordingly all that type
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: of stuff. Right, you'll watch him drop into his zone,
• 55:43
  Speaker 1: see that it's vacated. He gets his eyes across field.
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: Who can I pick up on a crosser or a
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: drag or something underneath. He's quicker than he is fast.
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: I think he has some good some short area quickness,
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: mainly due to foot speed. He's not a burst or
• 55:57
  Speaker 1: like notable twitch kind of guy. He's not some great
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: change of direction, elite mover, fluid athlete type of guy.
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: But he can close on guys uh in short area
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: and even you know who have some space on him
• 56:08
  Speaker 1: because he's got some you know, he's got some good
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: foot speed to him. He's a willing tackler. He looks
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: to pick the ankle, or he use his shoulder or
• 56:15
  Speaker 1: throw the shoulder. Really, he's got a fifteen point six
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: percent career miss tackle rate. A bit of a smaller
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: size and frame that will limit him at the tackling
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: catch points. I've seen some listings for him, but they're
• 56:26
  Speaker 1: pretty much the same. Five eleven, one seventy five, five eleven,
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: and he's changed of direction capable. Again, He's not stiff,
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: but he's not explosive. He's not some great athletes, some
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: great mover. His long speed is fine. There's a couple
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: of reps where you know, he's running down field with
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: Ted McMillan, who's not a burner, but then a rep
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: against the Rams where he's running down field with two
• 56:46
  Speaker 1: two at well, granted two two doesn't really sell anything,
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: and Alfer kind of knows he's going deep. But you know,
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: I as long as his eyes or his feet don't
• 56:54
  Speaker 1: mislead him, you know he can function a bit downfield.
• 56:59
  Speaker 1: I I saw some of the kind of the talk
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: about him, but he is he is a slot corner.
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: Based on his career snaps. He's got one thousand, seven
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: hundred and eleven career reps in the slot. He's only
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: got two hundred and thirty out wide. When he's been
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: used outside is wide corner, it's really been due to
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: like in case of emergency break lass, Like the Falcons
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: had some injuries at outside corner this past year and
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of depth there in general, so
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: Alford would kick outside every now and again. So it's
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: nice that you have a nickel who can also moonlight
• 57:29
  Speaker 1: a bit outside. I think he's more of a outside
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: CB four, maybe a low end CB three, but I
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: think he's a fine capable Nickel. I think this type
• 57:39
  Speaker 1: of move for Alford, who you know, he's not the
• 57:42
  Speaker 1: run defender Taron Johnson is, or at least Teraron Johnson was.
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: But I think this kind of signing, in this kind
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: of move indicates that Nickel is going to be more
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: of a true subpackage for the Buffalo Bills. You know,
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: I don't think they were ever going to be in
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: nickel as much as they were under Sean McDermott the
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: past couple of years, which again and McDermott started to tweak.
• 58:01
  Speaker 1: They started playing more dime, they started playing more bass,
• 58:03
  Speaker 1: but even with dime, you have six DB's on the field.
• 58:08
  Speaker 1: I think getting Alford, who again is more of a
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: true Nickel from a coverage standpoint, I think this speaks
• 58:14
  Speaker 1: to more base defense for the Bills, or you know,
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: maybe more three safety looks or something like that where
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: you're not gonna be a Nickel a Ton or you're
• 58:23
  Speaker 1: at least not gonna ask Alford as the Nickel to
• 58:25
  Speaker 1: have to have a lot of run defense capabilities like
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: they did with Aren Johnson. So I would see Nickel
• 58:30
  Speaker 1: as more of a sub package, true sub package again
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: for this Bills team, where it's coming in on known
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: passing down in distances or non passing situations and to
• 58:39
  Speaker 1: the first half, second and long, third and long things
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: like that, or third down in general, third and medium
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: depending on the situation, and all that type of stuff.
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: So I think the signing of Alford again necessary and fine.
• 58:52
  Speaker 1: You need a starting nickel. Jim Leonard is going to
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: play nickel. He is going to have five dbs on
• 58:58
  Speaker 1: the field, and I think Alfred is a fine nickel
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: from a coverage standpoint. He's not the run fitter that
• 59:06
  Speaker 1: Taron Johnson is. Even if you go back to watch
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: the you know, Bills versus Falcons, Bill's run duo right
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: at him and Tyrell Shaver's inserts and gets into him
• 59:14
  Speaker 1: and just drives him like four or five yards back immediately.
• 59:18
  Speaker 1: He's not the guy that you want playing the run
• 59:21
  Speaker 1: right there, Like, I don't want him in the box.
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: And sorry if you guys see me moving, I'm trying
• 59:25
  Speaker 1: to fix there we go. The focus is back in
• 59:27
  Speaker 1: the camera. He's not the guy that you want pulled
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: into the box and act acting as like a Sam
• 59:33
  Speaker 1: linebacker or acting as a you know, an off ball
• 59:36
  Speaker 1: guy like Taron Johnson did and Arreon Johnson was good
• 59:39
  Speaker 1: at that. Granted, his play dipped overall I think last
• 59:41
  Speaker 1: year or yeah, in twenty twenty five, so I don't
• 59:44
  Speaker 1: think he's the player coming forward that Taron Johnson was.
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: I think he's got a little more coverage versatility than Terarran,
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: especially from a downfield standpoint. Also maybe a bit I
• 59:52
  Speaker 1: think a bit more athletic as well than Taron Johnson.
• 59:55
  Speaker 1: But he's not the physical level of player. He's not
• 59:58
  Speaker 1: the box strength or plus player that Tarren was, especially
• 1:00:01
  Speaker 1: in his prime. But he's a fine nickel right necessary, Fine,
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 1: you need somebody in that role. He appears to be
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: well liked by his teammates. Cool good for him. I
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: don't say that disparagingly, like legitimately cool good for him.
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: He seems to be really geeked up and pumped to
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: be here. He's just starting nickel cool, go for it,
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: do your thing. Gives you some outside fla say, if
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: you're in a pinch, if something bad happens. I mentioned
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 1: it before Alfred sign and really, once I saw the
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: Taron Johnson cut, I'm in favor of the Bills using
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: more of a safety as their nickel in sub package
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: looks so, you know, and if you're gonna go in nickel,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: I like the idea of maybe having a third safety
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: on the field and your nickel is Cole Bishop, or
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: your nickel could have been Jalen Thompson, or it could
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: be Dylan Theneman because you're starting safeties, or Dylan Theenamon
• 1:00:49
  Speaker 1: and Cold Bishop something like that. Right, I'm interested to
• 1:00:52
  Speaker 1: see how the Bills use that nickel spot or who
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: plays the nickel or who plays you know, kind of
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: that that overhang or that extra defense. Is it is
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 1: it a nickel corner, is it a safety? Is it
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 1: a linebacker? Gonna be tough for linebacker now because of
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 1: what the market looks like and what I would it
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: would have gone a long way for that conversation if
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 1: they had gotten Kaid Nellis or Leo Chanal or some
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: kind of guys with very versatility and variability to their game.
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 1: But we'll see now going for it. But yeah, I
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: think Alford is necessary and fine. They didn't break the
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: bank for him. I would have rather taken his money
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 1: and given it to Roy Lopez. Uh, But that's a
• 1:01:29
  Speaker 1: conversation for another time. Jason, appreciate you being here as always, thinking.
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: For the stuper chat, Jason says, are we getting Hendrickson
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 1: or what a bunch of questions marks? Apparently we'll find
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: out tomorrow. Apparently Trey Hendrickson is gonna make his case
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: known tomorrow. I don't know, and I'm still torn on
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: how much I wanted versus how much I don't if
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 1: they If they get them, I won't be upset. If
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: they don't, I won't be upset. It's all gonna come
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: down to the money. I just again don't like putting
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 1: all my eggs in a one basket really ever, but
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: especially when you have a lot of other baskets that
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: need to be filled, and the bills have a lot
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 1: of other baskets that need to be filled. But we'll
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 1: see what happens. Appreciate you, Charles in the chat, saying
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 1: no number on the Knox deal yet, but likely save
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 1: six to eight million on his on this year's cap. Yeah. Oh,
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: apologies because Ryan, Sorry Ryan. Ryan asked a question how
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: much was Dawson Knox's contract reduced? Do we get specific numbers?
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: Thin get Charles for answering that in the chat. I
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 1: appreciate you very very very much, but yeah, so all
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 1: for fine signing. If you want to see what's up
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 1: with him, you can find him on my Blue Sky
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 1: and on my Twitter account. Just go to my page.
• 1:02:37
  Speaker 1: I retweeted I put it out last night at like
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: eightish or something like that, and then retweeted it this
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 1: morning to get it closer to the top of my page.
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 1: So find me on Twitter, pro underscore, underscore ANT. Find
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 1: me on Blue Sky at pro ant No underscores there,
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: just pr O, A and T. You can see like
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 1: about a over two minute breakdown of you know, what
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 1: he does in coverage and why it fits and some
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: things like that. So again, contract isn't crazy necessary and fine?
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: As somebody said in shad earlier, again, I believe it
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: was Jason, kudos to you. If it wasn't you, Jason,
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: forgive me whoever I stole credit from. But yeah, fine,
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 1: Uh Connor McGovern, I want to see this hold on
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 1: real quick. Oh MD says A fun conspiracy theory is
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: that Baltimore back channel to deal with Hendrickson and backed
• 1:03:26
  Speaker 1: out of the Crosby deal. Oh, I'm a drama drama.
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 3: Drama, drama, drama, drama, drama, drama, drama, drama, drama.
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, James's our years have been avoided. Jason says, I
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: think will be much less than what we think. I
• 1:03:44
  Speaker 1: believe he Hendrickson got a rude awakening in free agency
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 1: coming off the knee injury. He did okay four and
• 1:03:50
  Speaker 1: a half sacks last year, but I think teams are
• 1:03:52
  Speaker 1: very wary there. I'll take a I'll take a cheap
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson.
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 1: Also in free agency, kind of in free agency, but
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: not really. I'm talking about the main ones here. Connor
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 1: McGovern came back to the Bills four year, fifty two
• 1:04:05
  Speaker 1: million dollar deal that includes thirty two million guaranteed. Obviously,
• 1:04:08
  Speaker 1: that looked a lot better after Tyler Linderbaum signed what
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 1: was like a three year, eighty million dollar contract was
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: absolutely crazy. Granted that the Raiders had money to burn, right,
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 1: so they unfortunately maybe set the market into a tail
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: spin and kind of screwed the market maybe a little bit.
• 1:04:29
  Speaker 1: But Raiders overpaid because they can, because they don't care,
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 1: because they have a ton of money. And Linderbaum's a
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 1: great scheme fit for Kobi X offense and makes a
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 1: ton of sense to kind of set for Nana Mendoza
• 1:04:39
  Speaker 1: up for success when they draft the first overall in
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 1: the draft, but Linderbaum's contract made McGovern's look even better
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: at four years, fifty two million, thirty two million guaranteed.
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 1: As of right now, I forget that fifty two million.
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 1: I'm saying this like I can't just go look it
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 1: up right now. If you're looking at that fifty two
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: million dollars, it would it makes him one two three
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 1: four the fifth highest paid center in terms of total value,
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 1: and if you're looking at the average annual value per year,
• 1:05:17
  Speaker 1: he is third, I'm sorry, fourth behind Cam Jurgens, Creed Humphrey,
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: and Tyler Linderbaum. And if you're looking at the total
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 1: money guaranteed, he is one two three fifth again behind
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 1: Eric McCoy for the Saints, Cam Jurgens, Creed Humphrey, and
• 1:05:32
  Speaker 1: Tyler Linderbaum. So got a contract that pretty much locks
• 1:05:36
  Speaker 1: him into the top five for centers. Good for him,
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 1: works in Buffalo, knows the team likes it here apparently.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: You know, I saw some of the stuff from his
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 1: presser today that he said he could have had some
• 1:05:46
  Speaker 1: money elsewhere, but you know, thirteen million a year is
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: still really good money, and he wanted to stay here
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: and come back here so good for him, cool, we
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 1: know what he is, good for him. I was hoping
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: to get either him or Edwards. I would have taken
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: I one. I don't know who I preferred more. I
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 1: just wanted one of them. I think I preferred McGovern
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 1: just because I would rather put Alec Anderson at left
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: guard than put Alec Anderson at center. That's what I'm
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 1: thinking they go with right now. I think it's gonna
• 1:06:11
  Speaker 1: be Deon Dawkins to Alec Anderson to Connor McGovern to
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 1: o Cyrus Torrance to Spencer Brown. I am worried about
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 1: Dean Dawkins this year because I think David Edwards did
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 1: a lot to kind of bully him and support him
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 1: and help him at left tackle, just from how smart
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: he is Edwards, I mean, how smart he is, how
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 1: good he is at iding the fronts and kind of
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: setting things and communicating. So we'll see if you know,
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 1: Alec Anderson or whoever starts at left guard for the Bills,
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: although I think it'll be Anderson. We'll see how well
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 1: they can fill Edwards's shoes in a vacuum, but also
• 1:06:45
  Speaker 1: what type of impact it has on Dean Dawkins as well.
• 1:06:49
  Speaker 1: DJ Moore again talked about it last week, but I'm
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 1: gonna add it in here just because it technically counts
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: in this window again reporting for all the contract stuff,
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: nothing is officials of yet, but the essentially the Bills
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: got DJ Moore on a four year, ninety eight million
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 1: dollar contract, then it's basically like twenty four and a
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 1: half million twenty twenty six, twenty twenty seven, twenty twenty eight,
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine, fifteen and a half million of his
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven salary becomes fully guaranteed on March thirteenth
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: of this year. Buffalo can process a full salary conversion
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 1: on DJ Moore upon acquiring him per spot Track, which
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 1: would lower his cap hit to about six point seventy
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 1: five million this year and create about seventeen point seven
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 1: million dollars a cap space. With all these restructures that
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 1: they can do and kind of how they can process
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 1: the salary conversion, I should say essentially it'll become like
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: roughly like a three year, sixty three million dollar deal
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: for DJ more And if you kind of want to
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: play the game a little bit of what the cap
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 1: hits would look like, it'd be six point seventy five
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 1: million this year, but then twenty twenty seven through twenty
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 1: twenty nine could be like twenty eight point nine million
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 1: each of those seasons. So we'll see what ends up
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: happening there with DJ more and again trade was a
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: second round pick from the Bills, which is picked sixty
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: for DJ Moore and a fifth round pick from the Bears.
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: Not going to get into it too much against I
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 1: broke it down with Nate Tice last week when the
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 1: news drop, But I think DJ Moore is now the
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: best receiver on the Bills. I think it's an upgrade.
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: I think his skill set helps stretch the field vertically
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 1: and horizontally for this Bill's offense. I like the athleticism,
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 1: the juice, and the speed that he brings. I don't
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: like the lack of route running, precision and stem work
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: that he has. I like my receivers to have a
• 1:08:33
  Speaker 1: little more technicality, guys who can separate with technique and
• 1:08:36
  Speaker 1: deception and good stemwork and release packages as opposed to
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: just pure power, burst, explosion and speed. Because at some
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 1: point you're not going to be the better athlete, and
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: it's hard to just always be the better athlete and
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 1: win that battle that way, and from an age standpoint,
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: winning with more of the physical traits like that, you know,
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: those tend to dissipate a little bit more as you
• 1:08:57
  Speaker 1: get older, you know, once you start to not be
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 1: able to throw ninety eight miles an hour anymore with
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 1: your fastball. Do you have a slider you could throw?
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: Do you have a change up? Can you work in
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: different pitches? Can you paint the corners a little bit?
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 1: Stuff like that? I think there are some questions with
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: that for DJ Moore and the little you know, looming
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 1: thing of you know, did he quit on the Bears
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four la He kind of did, like
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 1: on them as a team, but also like the plays
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: in certain games. So for all of that, again I
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, if we're kind of keeping apples to apples.
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: From a total deal standpoint, I think DJ Moore is
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 1: the better player than Romeo Dobbs, right, and I would
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 1: take him, you know, over Dobbs. But from a cost
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: standpoint and an opportunity cost standpoint, I would have taken
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs and what he costs versus what Dj Moore
• 1:09:43
  Speaker 1: and he costs. But yeah, I think he fits with
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 1: this offense, you know, all jokes aside. You can give
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 1: him some bubble screens, give him some stuff around the
• 1:09:51
  Speaker 1: line of scrimmagine. You can make some things happen with
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 1: the ball in his hands, and then he's gonna be
• 1:09:55
  Speaker 1: able to stretch the field vertically. You can push the
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: ball down field to him. He's actually, you know, pretty
• 1:09:59
  Speaker 1: good at the catch point making some off frame catches.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: He can go up get the football a little bit.
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 1: You can also stretch the field horizontally as well on
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: some crossers, drags, stuff like that. He's just not gonna
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 1: route anybody up. He's not gonna win with precision and technicality.
• 1:10:12
  Speaker 1: You're not gonna see some great stem work where he
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 1: turns a corner inside out. It's more of him just
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: using his athleticism, burst and speed to beat guys in
• 1:10:21
  Speaker 1: that way, which again his work for him thus far.
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: We'll see if it continues to work for him. He
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: is an upgrade at the wide receiver for the Bills.
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 1: He makes them better. He is their best wide receiver.
• 1:10:30
  Speaker 1: But I think the deal in totality is what gets
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: me how much you have to pay him and giving
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: up the second round pick to do so. Not that
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 1: the second round pick is guaranteed. And yes, before anybody
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 1: you know gets at me, no draft pick is a guarantee.
• 1:10:43
  Speaker 1: And I would rather have DJ more than a second
• 1:10:46
  Speaker 1: round wide receiver. Okay, I want to put that out
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 1: there for anyone yells at me. Jason says, I think
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 1: Dawkins will be okay. He acknowledged that he needs to
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 1: come in slimmer to be the best version of himself.
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 1:10:59
  Speaker 1: I heard him mention something like he's already got something
• 1:11:00
  Speaker 1: planning to like be the slimmest he's ever been or
• 1:11:02
  Speaker 1: the leanist he's ever been. So yeah, we'll see. They
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 1: need him to. They need him and Spencer Brown to
• 1:11:09
  Speaker 1: be very effective and just be able to bookend everything
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 1: and go from there. M hmm, what eh, all right,
• 1:11:22
  Speaker 1: some of the pieces. Again, I talked about it earlier.
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 1: I am legitimately disappointing the Bills not being able to
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 1: get Kayden Nellis or Leoshanal. I said it before. I
• 1:11:31
  Speaker 1: thought like they needed guys in that mold from a
• 1:11:34
  Speaker 1: body type and skill set, role and play style standpoint.
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: But more importantly, I thought they needed one of those guys,
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 1: those specific guys, and I really thought they were going
• 1:11:44
  Speaker 1: to get Shanal. It just made too much sense. You know,
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 1: his ties to Jim Leonard, how good he was under Leonard,
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 1: his skill set, how good of a fit he'd be
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 1: in this defense. Because he was a good fit in
• 1:11:54
  Speaker 1: this defense at Wisconsin, Leonard, I would assume wanted him
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 1: because of his familiar with him and how good Chanal
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: was for him in college. At Wisconsin. Schanal goes to
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: the commanders on a three year, twenty four point seventy
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 1: five million dollar deal, right in line with I thought
• 1:12:12
  Speaker 1: he would get somewhere around six to eight million a year,
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: but actually I'm lying. I thought he would get somewhere
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 1: between seven and nine million per year, and he came
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: in pretty good in the middle of that, almost exactly
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 1: a little more than eight million per year average annual value. Again,
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 1: we don't know if the Bills even offered him. Maybe
• 1:12:28
  Speaker 1: they did and he chose the commanders. Maybe they offered
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 1: him less and he chose the commanders. Maybe they offered
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: him more and he chose the commanders. We have no
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: idea if they tried or not. But at the end
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 1: of the day, they did not get le Oshanal, just
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 1: like they did not get Kayden Nellis who got he
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: got paid pretty well three years thirty three million dollar contract.
• 1:12:46
  Speaker 1: Kaden Ellis's previous deal was a three year, twenty one
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 1: point five million dollar deal. So essentially Chanal kind of
• 1:12:53
  Speaker 1: got a little more than Kaiden Nellis's previous contract, and
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 1: Kate Nell's got a decent upgrade, going from three years
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 1: twenty one and a half million to now three years
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: thirty three million dollars. I can understand that being maybe
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: a little rich for the bills with him just where
• 1:13:08
  Speaker 1: they are. I would have paid kid Nellis that, but
• 1:13:11
  Speaker 1: again to each their own. Kobe Bryant safety from the
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 1: Seahawks went to the Bears three years, forty million dollars.
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 1: That was towards the low end of what I thought
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 1: he was going to get, essentially like thirteen million a year.
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: There were some reports and projections that were going to
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 1: push him between like fifteen to twenty, so I was
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: hoping for him to get between twelve and fifteen. He
• 1:13:31
  Speaker 1: got a little over thirteen. That was my projection and
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: hope for him. It's what he got. We'll see how
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 1: it actually shakes out, but I would have done that deal.
• 1:13:38
  Speaker 1: Brian Cook, safety from the Chiefs went to the Bengals
• 1:13:43
  Speaker 1: three years, also forty million dollars. I think a little
• 1:13:45
  Speaker 1: more like forty point twenty five or forty point seventy five.
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 1: But we got confirmation that he's going to get eighteen
• 1:13:50
  Speaker 1: million in year one, which I don't think the Bills
• 1:13:53
  Speaker 1: were going to do were come anywhere close to. So
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: that could have been a huge deciding factor for him
• 1:13:57
  Speaker 1: to go to the Bengals. In addition to he played
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: college ball for the Cincinnati Bearcats, so maybe he just
• 1:14:03
  Speaker 1: wanted to go back to Cincinnati. Jalen Thompson, cardinal safety,
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: went to the Cowboys three years, thirty three million. The
• 1:14:10
  Speaker 1: deal was up to thirty six million dollars. That's the
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: one that really gets me. Like, you get Jalen Thompson
• 1:14:16
  Speaker 1: for three years and like eleven to twelve million dollars
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: average annual value per you can break that up really nice.
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: I just thought he would added so much to this defense.
• 1:14:24
  Speaker 1: That was one that really got me. I really really
• 1:14:27
  Speaker 1: really wanted Jalen Thompson. But yeah, gone as well. David
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: Anyamata a little more expensive than I was hoping. He
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: got a one year, ten and a half million dollar
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 1: deal to go to the Jets. He was coming off
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 1: of a three year, thirty five million dollar deal, so
• 1:14:42
  Speaker 1: he came off of a deal where you know, he
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: was getting just under twelve million dollars per year, and
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: even at age thirty three, he got a one year,
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: ten and a half million dollar deal. Dude, is so good,
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 1: got paid like it. I was hoping he would be
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 1: a little more affordable and be it around like eight
• 1:14:58
  Speaker 1: to nine million dollars average annual value, but he ended
• 1:15:01
  Speaker 1: up coming into ten and a half that one again,
• 1:15:04
  Speaker 1: I understand not paying that a little bit as well,
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 1: just because of the age and having to address that
• 1:15:08
  Speaker 1: spot again next year potentially if Anamana go somewhere else,
• 1:15:12
  Speaker 1: but someone who I really liked. And then Kyri's Tonga
• 1:15:14
  Speaker 1: defensive tackle from the Patriots, also the Cardinals from the
• 1:15:17
  Speaker 1: past couple of years or two, A couple of years ago, two,
• 1:15:19
  Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. Two years ago with Roy Lopez,
• 1:15:22
  Speaker 1: Tonga signed a three year, twenty four million dollar deal
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 1: with the Chiefs fourteen million dollars guaranteed. More expensive than
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 1: Roy Lopez, but he offers you a little more juice
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: and pass rush pops, so I get it. I would
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 1: have done that deal for Tonga. The Roy Lopez one
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 1: is the one that really gets me. Cardinals got him.
• 1:15:37
  Speaker 1: He went back to Arizona two year, eleven and a
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: half million dollar deal with seven point five or sorry,
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: seven million guaranteed. I would have taken Roy Lopez at
• 1:15:45
  Speaker 1: that contract over de Alford every single day of the week.
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: No disrespect to Alfred. I just think Roy Lopez is
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: better at his job than d Alfred is at his
• 1:15:54
  Speaker 1: and I think a true nose tackle is more important
• 1:15:57
  Speaker 1: to this defense at this stage and being able to
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 1: guarantee that and lock that up before you get to
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 1: the draft where there is a lot of you know,
• 1:16:05
  Speaker 1: nickel safety hybrids, dbs, big nickels, true nickels in this
• 1:16:09
  Speaker 1: draft where you can kind of cobble some things together
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: and be fine. The Roy Lopez want again is the
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 1: one that got me the most of it, because you
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 1: could have given Alfreds contract to Roy Lopez or signed
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 1: them both. Really, but again, as I stated earlier, maybe
• 1:16:21
  Speaker 1: Roy Lopez didn't want to come here, Maybe he wanted
• 1:16:23
  Speaker 1: to go back to Arizona the whole time. Maybe the
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 1: Bills offered him the same contract he chose Arizona. They
• 1:16:27
  Speaker 1: offered him less. He chose Arizona. Maybe they offered him more,
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: maybe they offered him three years thirty million, and he
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: was like, nope, I just want to go back to Arizona.
• 1:16:36
  Speaker 1: So we don't know. Yeah, those are a lot of
• 1:16:39
  Speaker 1: the movies you know that I wish they made. I
• 1:16:41
  Speaker 1: wish they had done that they did not do. And
• 1:16:44
  Speaker 1: I think a lot of kind of file into that category.
• 1:16:48
  Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of other guys on the
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 1: table for folks, you know, guys that they wanted, targeted likes, dislikes,
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: favorites in a variety of ways. Those were mine and particular,
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 1: like the guys who I really wanted and I thought
• 1:17:02
  Speaker 1: would one be a scheme fit and tick the box
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 1: for need, but two who I also thought would be
• 1:17:06
  Speaker 1: affordable and kind of pat myself on the back a
• 1:17:09
  Speaker 1: little bit, I nailed essentially all of their contract projections,
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: which annoys me a little more because that puts them
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 1: even more into the affordability bucket for the bills. But
• 1:17:22
  Speaker 1: they didn't get them. But such as like John Roberts says,
• 1:17:25
  Speaker 1: DJ Reader, any good for a nose tackle? Yeah, he
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 1: is in that next tier. Guys like I really wanted.
• 1:17:31
  Speaker 1: I really wanted Roy Lopez. I would have taken Tonga
• 1:17:34
  Speaker 1: next after that. But now if we're going like after
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: that now comes down to like, Okay, DJ Reader Andrew Billings,
• 1:17:42
  Speaker 1: a bunch of guys like that that are just kind
• 1:17:44
  Speaker 1: of your straight role players where there's not much to
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 1: them aside from that. That's kind of what I'm looking
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 1: at at this point, or maybe even going into the draft,
• 1:17:59
  Speaker 1: like Curtis says, So, what's the name of the nose
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 1: from Texas Tech? Can we trade down and get him? Yeah,
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 1: Lee Hunter from Texas Tech or Dominique Orians defensive tackle
• 1:18:06
  Speaker 1: from Iowa State, or maybe they get Cad McDonald defensive
• 1:18:09
  Speaker 1: tackle from Ohio State at the end of the first
• 1:18:11
  Speaker 1: round or something like that. But yeah, I'll take DJ Reader.
• 1:18:17
  Speaker 1: They just need reinforcements at this point, right. That's kind
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 1: of where I am with safety and defensive tackle and linebacker.
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: All the guys that I wanted that I was excited for,
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: and not to be like a a Doomer or anything
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 1: like that or a Gloomer, but all the guys who
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 1: I truly wanted for the Bills this offseason then that
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: I thought would really maximize this defense. They didn't get
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 1: any of them, and the market is also thin at
• 1:18:44
  Speaker 1: those spots now, So now it's just a point where
• 1:18:46
  Speaker 1: you got to make some moves to just get some
• 1:18:48
  Speaker 1: reinforcements at some point. So give me Kevin bayer It
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: at safety, Give me DJ Reader at defensive tackle, Give
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: me Jermaine Pratt at linebacker, or Shaq Thompson at linebacker.
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 1: Edges I don't even want to look at because that's
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 1: scary and worrisome and just unfortunate or even like kind
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: of like the odd front defensive end guys, the four
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 1: eyes and the state, you know, the the fours. It's
• 1:19:16
  Speaker 1: just tough. It's really gonna have to They're really gonna
• 1:19:19
  Speaker 1: have to hit this draft if they want this twenty
• 1:19:21
  Speaker 1: twenty six defense to be good. Is kind of where
• 1:19:24
  Speaker 1: I'm at right now, or to be able to really
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 1: maximize what Jim Leonard wants to do. And there's a
• 1:19:28
  Speaker 1: situation right now again, they're not gonna how the defense
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: is right now is now what it's gonna be going for.
• 1:19:32
  Speaker 1: They're gonna sign some guys. It's just a matter of
• 1:19:35
  Speaker 1: how good or how exciting they are, and they're gonna
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: look to draft some guys again. But I think Jim
• 1:19:41
  Speaker 1: Leonard again, I have a ton of faith in him
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 1: schematically and structurally. I think the ceiling of this defense
• 1:19:46
  Speaker 1: right now is significantly capped because they don't have the
• 1:19:48
  Speaker 1: right body types to maximize Leonard's defense. But I do
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: think he is going to do a good job getting
• 1:19:55
  Speaker 1: this defense up to snuff from a scheme and structure standpoint,
• 1:19:59
  Speaker 1: and we'll see how everything else goes forward. As of
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: right now, I'm a bit underwhelmed with this bill start
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 1: to free agency. That's like I've been pretty very underwhelmed.
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 1: I will say for the entirety of this offseason, I
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: love Jim Leonard. I love that signing. I'm excited to
• 1:20:18
  Speaker 1: see what the defense looks like is commatically under him.
• 1:20:21
  Speaker 1: I think Dj Moore is now the best wide receiver
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: on the Bills. So again in a vacuum, Cool, you
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: added yourself a receiver that helps your team. I like
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 1: Conor McGovern. Good to have him back stabilize the offense. Cool,
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 1: that's a win, d Alford, fine player, didn't break the bank.
• 1:20:39
  Speaker 1: Could you have done something else with that money? Sure?
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: But right now I'm just a bit underwhelmed overall with
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: this offseason. If not for Jim Leonard signing and coming
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: here as the defensive coordinator, I would be a lot
• 1:20:52
  Speaker 1: more down on this team, especially on the defensive side. Again,
• 1:20:56
  Speaker 1: I just don't have a lot of faith in Brandon
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 1: Bean at this point. I think he's been largely fine.
• 1:21:01
  Speaker 2: But.
• 1:21:02
  Speaker 1: I don't have a lot of faith in him just
• 1:21:04
  Speaker 1: because a lot of the moves that I found questionable
• 1:21:07
  Speaker 1: over the years from an acquisition standpoint, were tied to
• 1:21:11
  Speaker 1: either him or him and McDermott, And so I don't
• 1:21:14
  Speaker 1: have a ton of faith in being Brady. I think
• 1:21:17
  Speaker 1: the jury is out as a head coach, but he
• 1:21:19
  Speaker 1: doesn't really have I don't think he has too much
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: power in this situation, and I'm still kind of wary
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: of him at this point. I didn't like him as
• 1:21:25
  Speaker 1: being the head coaching higher. I found him underwhelming. I
• 1:21:28
  Speaker 1: had schematic and structural issues with his offense last year
• 1:21:31
  Speaker 1: and even the year before. But you know, we'll see,
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 1: Jason says, Aunt, what do you need? What do you
• 1:21:42
  Speaker 1: need to make you feel more at ease on defense?
• 1:21:44
  Speaker 1: A complimentary safety to pair with Cole Bishop, Somebody with
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 1: range and ball hawking ability who can play in the post,
• 1:21:51
  Speaker 1: but who can also play in two high structures, has
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 1: some versatility to their game. Again, it would it would
• 1:21:56
  Speaker 1: have been like Kobe Bryant or Jalen Thompson and then
• 1:21:58
  Speaker 1: third to Brian Cook. I'll be I'll be decently happy
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 1: if they can get Kevin byered, but the start of
• 1:22:04
  Speaker 1: the back end goal there. Linebacker. Linebacker's tough for me
• 1:22:07
  Speaker 1: now in general because there's nobody left on the market
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 1: really that has the skill set that they need at
• 1:22:12
  Speaker 1: linebacker opposite of Terrelle Bernard who can also give you
• 1:22:14
  Speaker 1: the versatile versatility and the hybrid ied stuff that Channel
• 1:22:18
  Speaker 1: brought or Kaden Ellis brought, or even to a lower
• 1:22:22
  Speaker 1: degree like Eric Wilson, the linebacker from Minnesota brought things
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 1: like that. So that's tough. And then edge is rough
• 1:22:29
  Speaker 1: now as well, like are you gonna trade for Crosby
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 1: or are you gonna try and sign Hendrickson? Like even there
• 1:22:34
  Speaker 1: there's still kind of questions on both. Although Max Crosby
• 1:22:36
  Speaker 1: would be sick, but you need to add at edge.
• 1:22:39
  Speaker 1: I would really, really really like them to get Jacob
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: Martin the edge from the Washington Commanders last year. I
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 1: think he'll be cheap and a solid edge three, edge
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 1: four type of guy to go with Groot Hoyt, and
• 1:22:53
  Speaker 1: hopefully you know a B B plus kind of guy
• 1:22:58
  Speaker 1: in addition to that, so you can round out have
• 1:23:00
  Speaker 1: a nice top four. Maybe Jamon Solomon blows up. Who knows? Yeah,
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 1: I Uh, what I need to make me feel more
• 1:23:10
  Speaker 1: at ease on defense I think is very unlikely now.
• 1:23:14
  Speaker 1: And again I'm not saying this is like a doomer
• 1:23:15
  Speaker 1: or gloomer and like everything screwed. But to answer this
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 1: question like fully, like what do I need to make
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: me feel more at ease on defense? I mentioned some
• 1:23:21
  Speaker 1: of the pieces individually, but what I really need is
• 1:23:24
  Speaker 1: not possible now. At this point. The safeties that I
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 1: wanted are gone, the linebackers I wanted are gone, The
• 1:23:30
  Speaker 1: interior defenders and edge defenders that I wanted. A defensive
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 1: linemen are largely gone. I mean, if if they come
• 1:23:36
  Speaker 1: out tomorrow and they signed Sebastian, Joseph Day and Jacob Martin,
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: I will feel significantly better, but holistically I will not
• 1:23:44
  Speaker 1: feel at ease, and then we'll see what happens from
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 1: draft time. Again, I'm not in love with anybody in
• 1:23:48
  Speaker 1: the draft yet because I haven't finished my evaluations. But
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see, we'll see, We'll see. Bum bum.
• 1:23:55
  Speaker 1: Dan says, would you trade for Crosby now with the
• 1:23:57
  Speaker 1: Ravens backed out failing? His physical is concerning, but maybe
• 1:23:59
  Speaker 1: we can capitalize and get him for less. Yes, I
• 1:24:03
  Speaker 1: would trade for Max Crosby. Yes, it depends on what
• 1:24:06
  Speaker 1: it costs. I don't want to give up to first
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 1: because I don't think the Bills are in the financial
• 1:24:11
  Speaker 1: or draft position to make that trade. I just think
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 1: they need a lot of help in other areas, and
• 1:24:20
  Speaker 1: they don't have a lot of S tier guys right now.
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 1: We're A tier guys. And if you don't have a
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: lot of S tier A tier guys, and you also
• 1:24:28
  Speaker 1: have questions with like your depth and you're like your
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 1: tier two guys, it's tough to make that kind of swing.
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: But if they traded for Max Crosby, I can get
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 1: past it because I love Max Crosby as a player.
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 1: He's absolutely sick. He's a monster, and I would have
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: no problem getting Max Crosby. John Roberts's defensive end howl
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: in the draft. Yeah, cash is howl from Texas A
• 1:24:48
  Speaker 1: and M. I have only watched him in Spurts is
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 1: watching other guys. I like what I see shorter arms,
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 1: which is interesting, defensive archetype changing now with the Bill's defense,
• 1:25:03
  Speaker 1: a lot of juice, a lot of bend. I'm excited
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: to get to his tape once I get to it.
• 1:25:06
  Speaker 1: Bill's fan seventy eight eighty three says, I would rather
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 1: have Vaughn in a draft pick than Crosby. I would
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 1: absolutely not. I think Vaughn. I think Vaughn's numbers are
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 1: super inflated and bloated from last year after I watched
• 1:25:18
  Speaker 1: him in conjunction with Jacob Martin and then a draft
• 1:25:22
  Speaker 1: pick again, you don't know what you're gonna get, Like,
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: you could make the draft pick and he could end
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 1: up not being an effective NFL player at all. You
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 1: don't it's just too much of a crapshoot. I would
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: take Max Crosby, who is one of the best defensive player, like,
• 1:25:33
  Speaker 1: if that's just the option, if it's Vonn in a
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 1: draft pick versus Crosby, even with the cost, I would
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 1: take Crosby. He's one of the best defensive players in
• 1:25:41
  Speaker 1: all the football. He's one of the best football players
• 1:25:43
  Speaker 1: in all the football. I don't think Vaughn is as
• 1:25:45
  Speaker 1: effective as even his numbers were. You know, I want
• 1:25:49
  Speaker 1: to say mediocre but kind of pedestrian last year, even
• 1:25:51
  Speaker 1: though they look decent to some. But I don't think
• 1:25:54
  Speaker 1: his numbers last year on tape. I don't think the
• 1:25:56
  Speaker 1: tape backs up what the numbers say, and that coupled
• 1:26:00
  Speaker 1: with an unknown quantity, no matter who the draft pick
• 1:26:03
  Speaker 1: is is still an unknown. If they could be Vaughn
• 1:26:06
  Speaker 1: and Rubin Bain, and I love Ruben bin, but Ruben
• 1:26:08
  Speaker 1: Bain is not a guarantee, so I would take I
• 1:26:12
  Speaker 1: would take Crosby over von Miller a draft pick, but
• 1:26:15
  Speaker 1: teach their own. Spencer says, I hope Leonard isn't like
• 1:26:19
  Speaker 1: Fangio meeting. It takes three years to make the scheme work.
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 1: I don't think it'll be like that. He never had
• 1:26:24
  Speaker 1: the most talent or the top tier talent in Wisconsin,
• 1:26:26
  Speaker 1: and he'd made his defense's work year after year after
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 1: year and be some of the best defenses in college football.
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 1: So I have a lot of faith in Jim Leonards question,
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: here are there safeties or nose tackles in the draft
• 1:26:38
  Speaker 1: that you would like for the Bills? Oh again, I'm
• 1:26:43
  Speaker 1: not finished with either position group right now. Safety, I
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 1: am intrigued by Emmanuel McNeil Warren from Toledo. I don't
• 1:26:53
  Speaker 1: love Dylan Dylan Theeneman, but I'm someone intrigued by him.
• 1:26:58
  Speaker 1: I am out on Genesis Smith the Safety from Arizona,
• 1:27:02
  Speaker 1: because I think he's allergic to tackling and physicality, unless
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: there's maybe some something behind the scenes that I don't know.
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 1: Great fluidity, great coverage, Safety ticks everything you want from
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: a complimentary guy. In coverage with Cold Bishop, his tackling
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 1: is really bad from like a technique, not even just
• 1:27:20
  Speaker 1: from a technique standpoint, from like a want tou standpoint.
• 1:27:22
  Speaker 1: As Nicholas says in the comments as the Key Whekly,
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 1: I have not watched The Key Wheatly yet. I have
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: not watched Ramsey from USC. I've watched Bud Clark a
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: little bit from TCU. I like Bud Clark in what
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: I've seen. I'm only a game and a half through
• 1:27:35
  Speaker 1: for him, but I like Bud Clark. I am hopeful
• 1:27:39
  Speaker 1: it's safety, and so That's where I'm at right now.
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 1: Nose Tackles. I like Lee Hunter from Texas Tech. I
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: like Dominique Orange from Ohio state. I'm sorry, Iowa State.
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 1: I like Kate McDonald from Ohio State. I had the
• 1:27:59
  Speaker 1: one to get his name all the time. The other
• 1:28:01
  Speaker 1: dude from Oklahoma, oh, the Defense Deck of Oklahoma, I
• 1:28:06
  Speaker 1: forget his name. He's not more of a nose, but
• 1:28:08
  Speaker 1: I like him as well. I watched him in passing
• 1:28:10
  Speaker 1: as I was watching other guys. But that's where I'm
• 1:28:12
  Speaker 1: at right now for NOS and safety. I'm not done
• 1:28:14
  Speaker 1: with either group, so that will come further. Good question,
• 1:28:17
  Speaker 1: and I appreciate you asking arjie. Are you trolling? Arji says,
• 1:28:20
  Speaker 1: Shanla's gone. Yeah, he's gone. He went to the commanders.
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 1: We talked about this about the entire episode. Are you
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 1: trying to troll me right now? R j that's mean,
• 1:28:27
  Speaker 1: you're mean. I don't know what I maybe you genuinely
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 1: didn't know, but yeah, he's gone. He went to commanders.
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 1: Three years, twenty four, zero point seventy five million dollars.
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 1: Good times. I like these hypotheticals that you guys are
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: sending me in the chat. I like this question from
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 1: uh hyri hiachu. What if the bills do this sign
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: Hendrickson sign reader start Williams and drafted your favorite safety.
• 1:28:53
  Speaker 1: How would you feel and obviously signed cheaper death death
• 1:28:57
  Speaker 1: not death. I'd feel fine. I wouldn't love it. I'm
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 1: okay with Reader, I don't love him. I'm okay with
• 1:29:06
  Speaker 1: Dorian Williams. I don't love him. Hendrickson if he stays healthy,
• 1:29:10
  Speaker 1: I think could be sweet if they drafted my favorite safety,
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 1: if I have one, once I get there, sure i'd
• 1:29:17
  Speaker 1: feel better. I'd feel better. I wouldn't be as happy
• 1:29:21
  Speaker 1: as I could be, but i'd feel better. All right, Jay, Sorry,
• 1:29:28
  Speaker 1: I had a work call and totally missed out. Why
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 1: are you taking work calls? Have some priorities? M hm.
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: Another follow comment here a question You said you don't
• 1:29:40
  Speaker 1: believe they can reach their ceiling under Jim Leonard At
• 1:29:42
  Speaker 1: this point, I believe that for the twenty twenty sixth season.
• 1:29:45
  Speaker 1: I want to say that if they hit on a
• 1:29:48
  Speaker 1: safety nose tackling linebacker, how close can they be they
• 1:29:53
  Speaker 1: That would help a lot. That would help a lot.
• 1:29:57
  Speaker 1: My issue is I think they need those guys plug
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: us other things. But if they were to hit on
• 1:30:02
  Speaker 1: the right body type and skill set at linebacker knows
• 1:30:05
  Speaker 1: and safety, that would go a significantly one long way. Again,
• 1:30:10
  Speaker 1: if let's put let's let's put it like this from
• 1:30:13
  Speaker 1: a perfect perspective, right, like a ten out of ten
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 1: for them being able to hit their ceiling this year,
• 1:30:19
  Speaker 1: for me would have been if they got Roy Lopez,
• 1:30:24
  Speaker 1: Sebastian Joseph Day, Boye Mafe or even like Jacob Martin.
• 1:30:32
  Speaker 1: I'll take it this point because again I'm not trying
• 1:30:34
  Speaker 1: to be complete pieh in the sky, uh Leo Shanel
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: or Kaden Ellis and then Kobe Bryant or Jalen Thompson.
• 1:30:42
  Speaker 1: That to me would have been a ten out of ten.
• 1:30:46
  Speaker 1: But getting the right safety, nose and linebacker could put
• 1:30:50
  Speaker 1: me at like a six, especially if it's like someone
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: on a good deal or it's a good young like
• 1:30:56
  Speaker 1: if it's a draft acquisition that gives you the player
• 1:30:59
  Speaker 1: plus the good term and cost and cost control, which
• 1:31:04
  Speaker 1: means next off season you can go and attack the
• 1:31:06
  Speaker 1: other stuff. Good question. I like that Nicholas saying Genesis
• 1:31:12
  Speaker 1: Smith did have a fractured foot. To be fair, tackling
• 1:31:15
  Speaker 1: is rough, though you're just hoping you can coach him
• 1:31:16
  Speaker 1: up to be at least decent decent tackle in open space. Fair,
• 1:31:19
  Speaker 1: but the issues that I have with him in tackling.
• 1:31:23
  Speaker 1: Granted I'm not out there playing with a fractured foot,
• 1:31:26
  Speaker 1: but his issues in tackling for me very much look
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: like a lack of urgency and or want to than
• 1:31:35
  Speaker 1: it does like all that guy's banged up. Granted, I'm
• 1:31:39
  Speaker 1: not out there playing on a fractured foot against D
• 1:31:42
  Speaker 1: one level talent like he was, so I'm not trying
• 1:31:45
  Speaker 1: to pass judgment. And I've never had a foot injury.
• 1:31:49
  Speaker 1: I've had knee injuries, shoulder injuries, achilles stuff, back stuff,
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: but I've never had a foot injury of any significance
• 1:32:02
  Speaker 1: like a break. I've had like really like busted up
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 1: toes from getting stepped on and twisting stuff, but I
• 1:32:06
  Speaker 1: remember had like a fractured foot. So I'm not gonna
• 1:32:08
  Speaker 1: sit there and say I know what it's like to
• 1:32:09
  Speaker 1: play in a fractured foot or let alone play at
• 1:32:11
  Speaker 1: that level in college ball like that. But yeah, I
• 1:32:16
  Speaker 1: just his his tackling scares me significantly, Like like Kalm
• 1:32:20
  Speaker 1: Bullock at USC also scared me, And I know he's
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 1: been better in the NFL, but a lot of it
• 1:32:26
  Speaker 1: for Bullock was just like poor tackling. It wasn't like
• 1:32:28
  Speaker 1: he didn't want to tackle. Genesis Smith has poor tackling,
• 1:32:31
  Speaker 1: and it also looks like he doesn't want to tackle,
• 1:32:33
  Speaker 1: and that's what scares me. It looks like he's just
• 1:32:36
  Speaker 1: not trying to hit anybody, and I don't like that.
• 1:32:38
  Speaker 1: And I don't think that survives or plays in the NFL.
• 1:32:42
  Speaker 1: But again, could be the foot, could be something else.
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: Fairpoint. John Roberts says, how do you feel about Dre
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: green Law? I would take him at this point. Again,
• 1:32:50
  Speaker 1: not my top guy, but i'd take him. Doyle says,
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: why haven't you mentioned Nick cross Is he's not available,
• 1:32:58
  Speaker 1: he would be a good fit in Jim Leonards. I
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: don't think he's a good pairing with Cold Bishop. He's
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 1: very much a down safety or a box safety I
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 1: think you need. I think Bishop should be more of
• 1:33:09
  Speaker 1: your down safety or your box safety, and you get
• 1:33:11
  Speaker 1: more of a single high post safety range ballhawk based
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 1: safety to pair with him. Again, if you're using the Bears,
• 1:33:19
  Speaker 1: for example, right Kevin Bayer Jaquan Brisker, you need a
• 1:33:22
  Speaker 1: Kevin bayerd Cold Bishop is the Jaquan Brisker. So I
• 1:33:27
  Speaker 1: don't want I would take Jaquon Brisker, but I don't
• 1:33:29
  Speaker 1: think he's ideal. I'd taken Across, but I don't think
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 1: he's ideal, and crosses even more of a box guy.
• 1:33:34
  Speaker 1: Crosses like in the box down safety, blitzing off the edge.
• 1:33:39
  Speaker 1: I think it's too much. Same saying for Bishop. Even
• 1:33:41
  Speaker 1: though Bishop has improved deep right in as a single
• 1:33:48
  Speaker 1: high post safety and as even as like a two
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: high safety, he's improved the further he's gone from line
• 1:33:52
  Speaker 1: of scrimmage, I still think he's at his best in
• 1:33:54
  Speaker 1: and around the line of scrimmage significantly, So I want
• 1:33:57
  Speaker 1: to leave him there. I don't want to make him
• 1:33:59
  Speaker 1: play deeper more than he has to, and you would
• 1:34:02
  Speaker 1: have to do that with Nick Cross. Like if you
• 1:34:03
  Speaker 1: brought a Nick Cross. Bishop has to be the post safety.
• 1:34:06
  Speaker 1: Bishop has to be the deep guy because he's better
• 1:34:09
  Speaker 1: at that than Cross, even though he's still not great
• 1:34:12
  Speaker 1: at it, because both of their skill sets overlap and
• 1:34:15
  Speaker 1: mirror each other more than they compliment each other, if
• 1:34:17
  Speaker 1: that makes sense. The easies way to put it be
• 1:34:20
  Speaker 1: like if I have a lights out speed receiver, you
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 1: could get another lights out speed receiver, but maybe it's
• 1:34:26
  Speaker 1: a little better to have some guy who has some speed.
• 1:34:29
  Speaker 1: But it's a better route runner, maybe has some size,
• 1:34:31
  Speaker 1: like have that complimentary aspect, especially when you're trying to
• 1:34:34
  Speaker 1: disguise coverage and what you're trying to do. Oh, this
• 1:34:38
  Speaker 1: is a good question from fanatic.
• 1:34:40
  Speaker 3: Two.
• 1:34:41
  Speaker 1: What do you guys prefer Max Crosby for a first
• 1:34:43
  Speaker 1: rounder and a second? Do you mean Grenard? If I
• 1:34:47
  Speaker 1: could get Jonathan Garnard for what I think it would
• 1:34:49
  Speaker 1: cost Jonathan Gernard. Oh, yeah, you said, or Gernard but
• 1:34:52
  Speaker 1: slightly cheaper, it would be Grenard. I tell you, like
• 1:34:55
  Speaker 1: what I would have rather done. I would have rather
• 1:34:57
  Speaker 1: done a second because Jonathan Garnard's contract very similar to
• 1:35:01
  Speaker 1: DJ Moore's. Actually, I would have rather done a second
• 1:35:05
  Speaker 1: for Jonathan Grenard than I did the second for DJ Moore.
• 1:35:07
  Speaker 1: I would have done that in a heartbeat. Oh Nathan, Yeah,
• 1:35:12
  Speaker 1: I mentioned in Gold from Cincinnati. I haven't gone through
• 1:35:14
  Speaker 1: linebackers enough yet, but it is a very good class
• 1:35:16
  Speaker 1: from what I hear. I'm not done there yet, but yeah,
• 1:35:18
  Speaker 1: I like this question from fanatic. Yeah, I would have
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 1: taken I would do Max Crosby for a first and
• 1:35:24
  Speaker 1: a second. I would rather do Grenard for cheaper because
• 1:35:27
  Speaker 1: I think Grenard is sick and is cheaper. Yeah, Doyle saying, yeah,
• 1:35:32
  Speaker 1: I agree with you. I definitely you know the comments is,
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 1: I definitely think Bishop has more range and has improved
• 1:35:37
  Speaker 1: drastically from last year. Absolutely, he's still at his best,
• 1:35:40
  Speaker 1: though as more of a big nickel apax monster man
• 1:35:43
  Speaker 1: in and around the line of scrimmage, kind of like
• 1:35:45
  Speaker 1: what he did against Kansas City. Right those plays that
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  Speaker 1: he's making on third and fourth down where he's in
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  Speaker 1: and around the line of scrimmage in the box. I
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  Speaker 1: want more of that from him. Can he play deep, sure,
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  Speaker 1: but I want him to be in the box more
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  Speaker 1: as the down safety. If you get Nick Cross, Bishop's
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  Speaker 1: got to play deeper more regularly because Cross has to
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  Speaker 1: be the guy in the box because he's more limited
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  Speaker 1: the further he gets from the line of scrimmage, more
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  Speaker 1: so than Bishop is. Even though Bishop is in a
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  Speaker 1: stud the further he gets from the line of scrimmage,
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  Speaker 1: he's better than Cross. So it's it's too much overlap
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  Speaker 1: for me. Wouldn't hate it, but it's too much overlap
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  Speaker 1: for me. Oh good question here. Speaking of safety, how
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  Speaker 1: about that Jaylen Kilgore from South Carolina. I like him
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  Speaker 1: a lot. I think it's more of a big nickel
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  Speaker 1: than a true safety though, But I wanted to answer
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  Speaker 1: that because I like that. Where is this comment from
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  Speaker 1: Kel nothing to do with free agency of the draft?
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  Speaker 1: What does your NFL source USA Flag football team look like? Oof?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me how many it is? For like, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: it's a five on five? Is a seven on seven?
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  Speaker 1: And then I'm gonna answer the question. I like this
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  Speaker 1: question a lot. This is really fun. And also let
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  Speaker 1: me know or we're talking current NFL players, right, It's
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  Speaker 1: not like all time NFL players list that would be exciting.
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  Speaker 1: I confirmed, yeah, confirm for me how much? What the
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  Speaker 1: starting lineup is? Five on five, six on six, seven
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  Speaker 1: on seven? And then I'm assuming okay, seven on seven
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  Speaker 1: like you said, and the current NFL players correct, I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming that's what you mean, current players? Okay? Offensively, quarterback
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  Speaker 1: can can quarterbacks run? I need to know that if quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 1: if quarterbacks can run, I want Lamar Jackson. If quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: can't run, don't yell at me. I'm gonna take Joe
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  Speaker 1: Burrow receiver man seven on seven. Give me so everybody else,
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  Speaker 1: give me justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase. This is really hard.
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  Speaker 1: Bjeon Robinson Dan what is that for? Okay? Okay, okay,
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  Speaker 1: you have to have one offensive lineman to snap the ball,
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  Speaker 1: one running back, one quarterback. Okay, so here's where we go. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: good Cod, I appreciate you here. Okay. One offensive lineman
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  Speaker 1: to snap the ball. Give me, uh give me Tyler
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  Speaker 1: Leonard Baul just to snap it. Get some athleticism. One
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  Speaker 1: running back, give me Bijon. One quarterback. If the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: can run pass the line of scrimmage and not just scramble,
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  Speaker 1: give me Lamar if he has to stay in the pocket,
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  Speaker 1: give me Burrow. One tight end. Give me Trey McBride.
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  Speaker 1: If we're wearing pads, it's Tucker craft like. One tight end.
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  Speaker 1: Give me Trey McBride. Three wide receivers. Give me Jefferson,
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  Speaker 1: Chase and oh Man. Mm hmmm, Jefferson, Chase and Ceedee Lamb.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm going on offense. Defensively, Oh JSN is
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  Speaker 1: a good choice from Nick good choice. Ain't Brown? No,
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  Speaker 1: I like him. He's a really good blocker. But if
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  Speaker 1: I'm going pure passing aspect, which is essentially what flag is, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: give me give me Jefferson Chase and CD. Good question.
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  Speaker 1: And then defensively or defensively is tough. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what the lineup is defensively, but I'm taking Pats er
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  Speaker 1: Tan and I'm taking Derek Stingley and I'll figure everything
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  Speaker 1: else out. That's good too. Oh, good question. I appreciate you,
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  Speaker 1: cal good question, good question, good question. That was fun.
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  Speaker 1: You know what else is fun? The best pizza in Buffalo,
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  Speaker 1: New York. That is one pie pizza. If you live
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  Speaker 1: in Buffalo, if you travel to Buffalo and you haven't
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  Speaker 1: gotten one pie pizza, you are significantly and sincerely missing out.
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  Speaker 1: I don't say that they're the best pizza in Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: because they sponsor the show. They sponsor the show because
• 1:39:46
  Speaker 1: I think they are the best pizza in Buffalo. Homemade
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  Speaker 1: sweet sauce, pie cup and chart pepperoni, a bunch of
• 1:39:54
  Speaker 1: different toppings. You can get creative and create your own
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  Speaker 1: type of pie. They have a bunch of custom stuff,
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 1: they have standard stuff. It all hits, it's all great.
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  Speaker 1: They make their own homemade blue cheese, which is just
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  Speaker 1: as good. It's not better than the pizza. And that's
• 1:40:07
  Speaker 1: not a knock on the pizza. That's just how good
• 1:40:09
  Speaker 1: the blue cheeses. They make good salads, they have some
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 1: cool dessert options. They have a catering division called Elevated Catering,
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 1: a buffalo where you can still get the pizza for events,
• 1:40:17
  Speaker 1: but they also have great mac and cheese dishes, chicken
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 1: and rice dishes, salads, again, everything. It's awesome and they
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  Speaker 1: do a lot of good for the community. I talk
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  Speaker 1: about it all the time. They're really good people making
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  Speaker 1: really good food. They partner with, you know, with Toys
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  Speaker 1: for Tots come holiday season, the Alzheimer's Foundation, the SPCA,
• 1:40:35
  Speaker 1: they partner with Roswell to try and knock out cancer.
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  Speaker 1: They're awesome. They're really kind. They're really generous to the community,
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  Speaker 1: the city at large, anything and everything they can do
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  Speaker 1: to make people's lives better. Aside from just giving them
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 1: an amazing food weekend and week out, day in, day out,
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 1: month and month out, they also have an awesome breakfast pizza.
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  Speaker 1: So again, get yourself some one pie pizza if you
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  Speaker 1: have not already. If you think free agency has been
• 1:40:57
  Speaker 1: exciting and you're pumped cool, get some pizza to push
• 1:41:00
  Speaker 1: you further and how excited you are. If you're disappointed
• 1:41:03
  Speaker 1: with what the bills have done and you're sad, get
• 1:41:06
  Speaker 1: yourself to want pie pizza to make you feel better.
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  Speaker 1: But whatever you do, when however, you get one pie,
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  Speaker 1: you will not be disappointed. So get yourself some one
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  Speaker 1: pie pizza. I'm gonna throw up the banner, this says
• 1:41:16
  Speaker 1: tootles folks, because we are going to start to wind
• 1:41:19
  Speaker 1: down Sego Bay and grab this comment from John Robert,
• 1:41:21
  Speaker 1: who says, who will take Regie Gilliam's place? Maybe Jackson
• 1:41:24
  Speaker 1: Hawes or maybe no one. I thought Joe Brady could
• 1:41:28
  Speaker 1: have used Regie Gillium more than he did the past
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  Speaker 1: couple of years, which makes me think he's merely not
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  Speaker 1: going to prioritize full back like that. So I think
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  Speaker 1: they'll incorporate a tight end to that role and maybe
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  Speaker 1: sign a cheap full back. I don't think they value
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  Speaker 1: full back like I wanted them to, or maybe like
• 1:41:46
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