Latest / Nickel City Crew Podcast / S3 E14: Sound The Alarm?

Transcript

S3 E14: Sound The Alarm? · Nickel City Crew Podcast

0:11
Fifteen degrees. You can see you a breath out in the lake effect,
0:19
breaking tables like you poetry? Where else would you have to be? And
0:25
to Ron Elvis and the lap On Show, remember that you need to know.
0:32
I want you out in now your family. Where else would you happy?
0:40
Where else would you welcome into the Nickel City Crew. I am your
0:46
host, Rob Crippen. Please like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram
0:50
and Twitter at Nickel City Crew. This episode, along with all of our
0:54
episodes represented by Crippen Legacy Entertainment here on Spreaker and stream Yard, We're so
1:00
glad that you're joining us for some of your Buffalo Bills and NFL content again
1:03
today and as always, these are my Bill's thoughts are set out loud.
1:08
It's a vibe, so ridiculous story. Plus eighty three was sick out like
1:17
a spy. Where else would you like to be? All right, let's
1:23
get straight to it. It was interesting because this podcast, as you all
1:27
know, Nickel City Crew, Bills Mafia. I started it because literally the
1:32
outro, you know, Bill's thoughts set out loud, and I was thinking
1:36
about something after Saturday's game, and it's been gnawing at me helping me tonight
1:42
to kind of work through it. My co host has been on the grind.
1:45
He's gonna be off tonight and night. I called this brother and I
1:47
needed his help, and he had actually called me a couple of weeks ago
1:51
it needed my help, and I was like, man, I'm there for
1:53
you. I am so happy that we're able to return the favor on the
1:57
opposite side. That's that's what backlass is about. That what's supporting us about.
2:00
So we're gonna support each other tonight. I am so glad to be
2:04
joined by my co host for the evening special guest Big Mike Davis from Not
2:10
Your Average Podcast in the seven one six Overhead Built in Buffalo Holat the crew,
2:16
Big Mike, I mean, we were happy to have you. Man.
2:19
You could check him out on Instagram. Big Mike Underscore Barber seven one
2:23
six. You see the tats on the charging buffalo. He's revving all the
2:29
time. That's a that's a perman that's a permanent repon And I mean that's
2:32
even over me and I can see myself, you know what I mean to
2:36
be one of the greats. I mean, that's a permanent weapon. It
2:38
ain't too many that Rev naked. You know what I'm saying. We happy
2:44
to have you, man, We happy to have you, Big Mike.
2:46
You know, I was thinking about some things and I was hoping that you
2:47
could help me, you know, kind of talk me off the ledge,
2:51
so to speak. I've been you know, you you know Nicols City Crew
2:53
Nos and those Manion knows. I'm a you know, a big time WGR
2:57
listener and I've been going through it and just listen that last Saturday, Big
3:00
Mike. It left some concerns in me that I'm trying to figure out if
3:04
I'm overreacting. I know about the preseason pledge. I've taken it before that
3:07
nothing in the preseason that happens at all even matters. But man, I'm
3:13
going to talk about a few things tonight and I'm hoping to bounce them off
3:15
you because I've got some concerns. And as we wrap up the show,
3:21
there's something specific that's been known at me as well in respects to that,
3:24
and I just wanted to, you know, to just help me chop it
3:28
up. Thanking us man, absolutely, I'm glad to be here, man.
3:32
Thanks for having me. Bro. You know, one hand wash the
3:35
other two hands washed the face, so we'd always be in this together.
3:38
Y Yeah. Man, Well, a couple of the position battles that have
3:42
been going on in camp that have really caught my eye in DT's eye as
3:47
we've been going through this thing is just middle linebacker, and it's been a
3:52
situation where there's a couple of positions where you're wondering what's going on and what
3:55
the plan is for the team. And man, it seems like Terrelle Bernard
4:00
when he went down. I don't know if he was ahead of Dotson or
4:02
not, but Dotson has just he has just left something to be desired throughout
4:08
these preseason games, Big Mike. And I'm wondering if this is something where
4:12
we need to be concerned because we always, you know, we obviously knew
4:15
that, you know, jamine EViews was going to be a hole to fill.
4:16
But man, I mean, Dotson is filling the wrong gaps. He's
4:20
not in the right spots. They had a big, you know, run
4:24
out on against that defense, that first team defense on Saturday against Picksburg.
4:28
I mean, I'm just wondering what's going on, man, because is this
4:30
something I need to be worried? About or is this something that's not that
4:32
big of a deal. If I know our team right, if I know
4:40
the bills right, I feel like this is all inclusive plan. You know
4:48
what I mean, This is all inclusive right now. What we're trying to
4:53
do is really just put the lucy plays out there and see what happens.
5:00
Trying to We're not trying to get it scheming, just playing Jay. Everybody's
5:05
just chilling this preseason. So I feel like when it gets down to the
5:11
nitty gritty, we got something for him. But right now we can't.
5:15
We can't go all out in a preseason game. That just don't make sense.
5:20
You know what I'm saying. You can't go out all out now?
5:23
Not going all out? What does that mean with feeling your your run fits
5:27
I mean and reading your keys? I mean, some of those things are
5:29
just kind of rudimentary, correct I mean? Or am I being a little
5:32
bit too harsh? Yeah, But like I said, it's a preseason game.
5:36
You kind of got to work through the kinks now, and it's best
5:40
right now in order to you know, maintain a certain stature during the regular
5:46
season. You gotta get him all out in the regular seas in the in
5:50
the preseason, so you know, you put you put them out there.
5:55
You I feel like it's like I'm fooling everybody, know what I'm saying,
6:00
because I'm a go out there and crying woof, you know what I'm saying.
6:03
I'm a go out there. Who y'all, y'all thinking that we suck
6:06
all this Blase, that's great, that's exactly what we want. That's exactly
6:11
where we want you back. And you know, the media, the media
6:16
going crazy because you know, they, oh, no, this is a
6:24
preseason game. I mean, in the defense of some of Bill's Momfi and
6:29
Nicola City crew that been going crazy. I mean, the coach sounded pretty
6:31
upset. He sounded pretty you know, you know, dejected after the game.
6:35
You know, now, obviously you know he cares on a different level
6:39
and that that's his job, and I understand that, but I mean,
6:42
there was a situation where he sounded a little bit like he was concerned.
6:45
He talked about the middle linebacker position specifically and said that he was concerned with
6:48
what was going on in some of the communications, some of the things that
6:50
he was looking for. So I'm just wondering if this is a situation where
6:56
uh, you know, he feels like he has a problem on his hand,
6:58
because if he feels like he has a problem on his hand now that
7:01
he, you know, was taking over play calling duties, I mean it
7:03
might be something. I mean, Terroll Bernard really couldn't have gone down at
7:05
the worst time because whether he was ahead of Dotson or not, Big Mike.
7:10
I mean, this is the I mean, ajin you want a J.
7:14
Klein lining up to be your middle linebacker like that that you know,
7:15
sound the alarm, you know the name of the episode, Like that would
7:18
be crazy. If September eleven, a J. Klein is a middle linebacker,
7:23
that would be crazy. If it's Baylen Spector, it would be nuts.
7:26
You know. It just it just seems to me like the linebacker position
7:29
didn't turn out the way that they wanted. And I think it's kind of
7:31
glaring right now. I mean, I don't know, I just you know,
7:36
I feel like this right it's preseason. You know, I'm not really
7:43
putting a lot of weight on these guys because you kind of got it.
7:46
You kind of got to work your own kinks out in preseason. It's you
7:51
know, if it's now we perform like this week three, right, and
7:58
that's an issue preseason when we're trying to figure things out. I feel like
8:01
I can't put too much pressure on these dudes, like it's some team doesn't
8:05
go off there and go ball to the wall, like this is like a
8:07
Super Bowl Pittsburgh. Of course. Yeah, so they got a gripe towards
8:16
us and rankfully, so let y'all, you know, it's best for you
8:18
to let you get you get your stuff off. Go ahead, do your
8:22
think, enjoy yourself. You're having fun. Click because at the end of
8:26
the day, it's all about the regular season. So I feel like if
8:30
we perform the way we know we can, it's best to get these licks
8:35
on you right now so you can feel it and really get you back to
8:39
the drawing board really performed like you're supposed to. So the middle linebacker joined,
8:43
I feel like they're not gonna the builds is not gonna tell y'all who
8:46
middle linebacker is until they start running out the out the tunnel. Okay,
8:52
Okay, you know what I'm saying, because I feel like I feel like
8:56
you know this this business too, it's all about like the media too.
9:00
You got to feed the media at some at some point too. So if
9:03
you lay all your cards on the table, ain't nobody really talking about you?
9:07
Okay, because we know everything, so we gotta leave something up to
9:11
a little bit of I don't know if I agree with that. I think
9:16
that they, you know, the way that they, you know McDermott put
9:18
out the starters and have them play. I think that they were trying to
9:22
work on some things. You're absolutely right that they do not scheme. It
9:24
is the preseason, so it's kind of man on man now transitioning to another
9:28
position. Of these three positions that have kind of caught my eye, Big
9:31
Mike is right, tackle and and what a better way and what a better
9:35
situation and a better atmosphere to kind of test your your theory, which is
9:39
work out your kinks. Then on the offensive the defensive line, I mean,
9:43
that's man on man most of the time. They're not stunting, they're
9:46
not doing twists, they're not doing a lot of exotic different pressures. It's
9:50
man on man. You know, Spencer Brown look bad on Saturday and it
9:54
kind of got some of the people you know around Nicols City grew in the
9:58
mouth. You're kind of concerned and I'm one of them because of the fact
10:00
that, you know, we never actually brought in competition behind him, and
10:03
that point has been kind of beaten to a dead drum, but it really
10:07
does ring true. They either have faith in him coming off the injury,
10:11
and they wanted, you know, Brandon Bean last year after the Cincinnati Gang
10:13
wanted to give you excuses the next day and tell you that you know,
10:16
he had injury and that he's never been through a full offseason, that he
10:20
came from a small college. There's been a lot of excuses made for him
10:22
because he's so big, he's so athletic, he's so you know, supremely
10:26
talented. You've got to put it together, Big Mike and this, you
10:28
know, he hasn't looked great, man. I know he was one against
10:31
t J Watt, but he didn't look great. He didn't look right.
10:35
And TJ gonna put you to work. Let's just say that TJ gonna put
10:39
you to work. He don't put anybody to work. He's a maniac.
10:41
So to judge him or for going against TJ, that's tough. You know.
10:48
That's because because you can't, you know, because he's like he's elite
10:54
he's he's the person across from him. He gives you the business and that's
11:01
just how you go. But at the end of the day, you're supposed
11:03
to hold your own. At the end of the day, I mean,
11:05
you got to keep you know, we got we gotta protect the merchency.
11:11
I was nervous. I was nervous Nick Mike when he was running because crazy.
11:16
I was nervous, man, because it's like, all right, what
11:18
you you know, I get the whatever, But you shouldn't be scrambling in
11:24
the preseason. You know what I'm saying. You shouldn't be scrambling preceson.
11:28
It shouldn't give you a reason to scramble. I get we're not supposed to
11:30
give him everything, but scrambling during the preseason is crazy. I don't I
11:33
didn't like it because I was like, you know, anything can happened at
11:39
this point time. I was like, oh my god, what is going
11:43
on? So I was playing that he didn't get hit right right, so
11:50
you know, he's he's still itself, you know, put it on line
11:54
no matter what it is. But you know, I'm optimistic. I'm optimistic,
12:00
and I feel like this is a a ruse. If you will.
12:03
I don't know when the last time you heard that work. You know what
12:05
I'm saying, Hey, I mean, what are we playing the game?
12:13
What is that the one game where everybody's trying to be, you know,
12:16
figure out the murderer. I can't remember what was that? The game?
12:18
Oh man, that game? You remember that? Yes? Clue, yeah,
12:22
yeah, the elaborate ruses. Okay, I mean I guess I have
12:26
to leave you alone on that one. You're standing firm the last position being
12:31
with the cold, you know, the sl you know, and you got
12:35
to play to the media. Bro, I'm a firm believer in that,
12:37
you know what I'm saying. And then it worked with digs in the off
12:41
season stuff. It worked every time ESPN came on. Who was they talking
12:45
about? Yeah? I don't know if that's really what the Bills are interested
12:48
in. I think I tend to think that they should be interest Okay,
12:50
I'll say it this way. I think that they should be interested about bringing
12:54
the Lombardi uh to Western New York and having that parade. But but if
12:56
they are doing a little bit of gamesmanship, then obviously that's that's part for
13:01
the course. Now listen, the final position that I was interested in Big
13:05
Mike and to get some of your thoughts on was CB two man, like
13:09
who's starting opposite of Trey White when when we lace them up against the Jets,
13:13
because it seems like Benford has made some plays and then Dane Jackson is
13:16
old, reliable, he's like Levi Wallace light and then obviously would be getting
13:22
treated like this like the step child and like it's crazy. So well I
13:26
could tell you. I'll tell you one thing. I can tell you one
13:30
thing for sure. Okay, it won't be kierh my goodness, gracious you
13:37
sure that when you when you right? Okay, when you have because I
13:45
watched the game and he was getting dusted and I was like, who are
13:50
in my mind? Right? Okay if we're playing man, Yeah, he's
13:56
a present corner, which is your specialty's this is what you do and you
14:01
getting smoked. No, they say he's a little handsy. He's a little
14:07
maybe, but maybe okay maybe with everybody's saying that he's handsy and stuff,
14:11
maybe that got into his mind and it affected his game. You know what
14:16
I'm saying. I think like that like that when you try to share somebody
14:20
crossover, it takes him a while, just you know what I'm saying.
14:24
So I feel like that's his style of play. I don't know what it
14:28
is, but he's gonna have to come out of that and if he wants
14:31
any any success in the NFL, because pa, hey boy, they was
14:37
hey, they put that man on the board. Didn't like he was.
14:43
He was having a tough time. And I will, you know, I
14:46
will give I think I always will give way to the physical traits. I
14:50
think that you know, obviously, these are athletes. You know, these
14:52
are supreme athletes playing at the highest level. So I'm always going to lean
14:56
towards the athletic traits that Josh Allen, even though he's on polished you know,
15:00
maybe we can find something. So I know that Elam has had a
15:03
tough time. I just don't know if the defense can. I don't know
15:05
really what mcdermot's gonna run. So because of that, I don't know if
15:09
we can adjust to his style of play in respects to you know, are
15:13
we playing zone on one side and then letting you know, Kaier do his
15:16
own thing. Are we, you know, as he understanding the concepts,
15:18
as he understanding what's being asked of him, of the defense. And that's
15:22
going to be important because obviously, you know, one thing that we could
15:24
always say about Levi Walla is what he was going to be exactly where you
15:28
told him to be. He was gonna play perfect technique and he was gonna
15:31
do everything to the you know, the best of his ability. That's really
15:33
why Benford reminds me of him so much. And then the same thing with
15:37
Dane Jackson. Dane Jackson is going to sometimes you get burned, but you
15:41
know what I mean, he's gonna have that hand up. He's going to
15:41
be a proper technique and sometimes he's just gonna get burned because you know,
15:46
his athletic traits are not like a kierielm So it'll be interesting to see.
15:50
Now, listen, it's been going crazy at camp, big Mike, and
15:54
I appreciate you taking some time out of your night. We're gonna hit on
15:56
a few things real quick. I mean, I heard it's been hot and
15:58
it's in a little bit, you know, Testy, and I heard that
16:02
everybody's getting on everybody's nerves at practice. I mean it's been kind of it's
16:07
been kind of spicy, man, I mean, you know what I mean.
16:08
I don't know. I don't know. There's something in the air.
16:11
I have no idea other than the fact that you know, it's the same
16:14
jersey the Bills. Remember nicol City Crew Bill's Mafia. The Bills were one
16:18
of five teams in the NFL that elected not to do joint practices. What
16:22
can you get accomplished with a joint practice? Now, obviously the fighting is
16:26
the negative side. One of the positive sides of joint practice, Big Mike,
16:30
is that you get a chance to put in work, good work one
16:33
on one and your quarterback doesn't get Yet the Bills elected against that. Man,
16:37
it seems like they are. They're getting on each other's nerves. Man,
16:41
how too much they think? Everybody? We elected not to do it
16:45
because this is all rude people. I'll see it. They're getting hot.
16:56
It can't getting hot like before we played against other we practice again other people
17:03
before. I think, yeah, so I feel like, you know,
17:07
it's just something that you know, we don't want everybody to see what we
17:11
got going on because but the players are fighting each other. I mean,
17:15
I've heard of stuff about that. It's crunch time. You gotta, you
17:18
gotta, I think everybody when you get a team full of dogs, and
17:22
everybody's hungry. Somebody's bombing to getting better a couple of times, you know
17:27
what I'm saying. But that's what we want it, right. We can't
17:30
we can't say, you know, we can't. We can't complay it,
17:33
Bron. We can't have it both ways, bro, if you wanted a
17:37
room full of dogs. They say that Dodson's getting into it. They said
17:41
that, you know, Stefan Diggs and Serran Neil have been having some beef
17:45
that has extended out, you know, Josh Allen and Dodson, and then
17:48
you know Dean Dawkins sticking up for some of his teammates. So it's just
17:52
been a situation where, you know, it's summertime, it's the dark days
17:56
of summer, it's hot. You know, everybody is seeing the same jersey,
17:59
they're seeing the same matchups every every practice day, and and they're getting
18:03
on each other's nerves over there. Now. It was funny coming out after
18:06
the game. You know, Sean McDermott, like I said, you know,
18:08
that press conference was interesting because I guess you know, he said he's
18:11
been making guys run for penalties. You know, thirteen penalties Saturday night.
18:15
Now, I don't always necessarily think that that's you know, falls directly on
18:19
the coach, Big Mike, but it is something that's been a talking point
18:22
since last you know, last week's game. And it's interesting because all coaches,
18:27
you know, it's the same, They don't line up so when the
18:30
players, you know, when the players fuck up, like it's you know
18:33
what, what can we do make a run or do this or you know,
18:36
they preach it and I and I do have a little bit of sympathy
18:38
with that when it comes to coaches because I know the coaches talk about penalties
18:41
and when the guys are messing up and they are false starting and self inflicted
18:45
wounds, as they would say, that's that's just got to be frustrating.
18:48
I know it. It was. It was tough to watch. It was
18:51
tough to watch it. But I feel like a lot of times, man,
18:56
they was reaching. I don't know, it was a lot of a
18:57
lot of those penalties were like what yeah, the spencer you know which which
19:04
super that one was yea was ridiculous. I was like, okay, now
19:11
y'all, now y'all pushing it, got it no problems because you know,
19:14
like and we in Pittsburgh too, Bro, I already knew that was how
19:18
that was gonna go. Already knew how that was gonna go. It's the
19:21
preseason game. This is the time where we can curve it, you know
19:23
what I'm saying. So, yeah, we got the wrench that joint.
19:29
So it was just a mess. All the penalties. I was watching and
19:33
it was like the one with the russo, Yeah, that was unbelievable.
19:41
I was like, Yo, this is y'all. Got it? Yeah,
19:44
got it because it wasn't no coming back from that. Yeah. I mean,
19:47
there were a lot of penalties and you know, you know, like
19:48
I said, mcdee seemed a little bit perturbed by it. He had talked
19:52
about how he pulled guys out of practice and making them run and and obviously
19:56
that wasn't getting through, so he was gonna have to you know, quote
19:59
Unquoteqoe back to the drawing boards. So we'll see if they can get it
20:00
figured out before their final preseason game. We've got the Bills coming up again
20:04
on Saturday. I think it's at one o'clock yet, one o'clock against the
20:10
against the Chicago Bears. Now, listen, this last dress rehearsal. We
20:14
don't expect anybody, you know, of consequence to play big money. I'm
20:18
really more worried about the fact that are we are we freaking out because one
20:23
of the things that I thought about and I had heard it on WGR and
20:26
I gave some thought to it, and I know we released these episodes on
20:30
Thursday, but on Wednesday, I was sitting back and I was like,
20:33
man, today, I was like, listen, there's the combination of the
20:37
way we lost to Cincinnati plus the combination of what happened on Saturday, even
20:41
though it's preseason. Is that why we're freaking out? Because I will I'll
20:45
count myself in the in the choir. That is just kind of I'm not
20:49
freaking out in respects to thinking that we're going to be a bad team,
20:52
but I'm wondering about some of those key positions. I'm wondering about what's going
20:56
on and if everything is going to be smooth sailing because I old of the
21:00
schedules harder Vic, Mike and like, you can't. You've got to come
21:03
out the gates and you've got to be ready to play. And we're gonna
21:06
talk about to wrap up the show. But are we just over the edge?
21:08
And we are we on the edge because of the way Cincinnati ended,
21:12
because of the Pittsburgh loss on Saturday, and we're just giving it way too.
21:15
I mean, I can already tell your vibe from this is that it's
21:18
all so. I mean, so we're all just overreacting in your in your
21:22
mind where Okay, So that's my Cincinnati loss was a a representation of a
21:37
organization feeling deflated. Okay, right, So much was going on within Buffalo,
21:44
within the organization, with people being injured, everything like that. It
21:47
was a lot. It was. It was everybody was emotionally on e And
21:52
I'm not even talking physically. I'm just that's next, that's that's secondary.
21:56
But emotionally everybody was spent. You know, the mentor wasn't there. So
22:03
for the Pittsburgh game, I'm not worried about that, like that wasn't I'm
22:07
not I personally am not worried because you know, we know what it isn't
22:12
like it's man on man during the preseason, no schemes, we just we
22:18
just out here just throwing the ball. Now Pittsburgh's scheming. I mean,
22:22
I don't know if I'm not a coach. I watched it. I watched
22:26
it, so I've seen them. But that's cool because at the end of
22:30
the day, you know, you have to do things a certain way in
22:36
an organization in order to get get your team ready. So you know what
22:41
I'm saying, And if it if it, if it means taking a loss
22:45
in the preseason, I think you would take that loss in order to maintain
22:52
your standing during a regular season because you've already got those things that you had
22:56
questions about in practice, damage rated it. I don't want the field live
23:00
action, Okay, you see what I'm saying. So and uh, I
23:06
feel like, you know, everybody's got to just take it easy season,
23:10
it's pre season. It's all good. It's just you know, we gotta
23:15
you know, we just gotta stay the course, right, stay the course
23:18
and just know what we got man, and know that these guys are ready.
23:22
Like you said, the arguments and stuff like that, that is derived
23:27
from passion to win, right, So I want that we don't we don't
23:36
usually hear that neither. So it's like I want that. I want these
23:40
dudes to be out there like no, I'm starting because it's it's so many
23:42
positions. It's a few key positions that are open, like completely open.
23:48
Who who want it? You know what I'm saying? Who want it?
23:51
So that that has to cause a lot of turmoil balls. Oh, absolutely,
23:56
these are real. These are real grown men with families, and they're
24:00
looking to get on that fifty three again. The NFL rosters will cut down
24:03
from ninety to fifty three next Tuesday by four pm. I know there's been
24:07
a lot of chatter, excuse me around the league about Jonathan Taylor, and
24:11
you know a lot of different deadlines that are coming up. Listen, the
24:15
Bills will have to make some decisions on von Miller next week. Please,
24:18
okay, okay, listen listen here. I have to I have to stay
24:26
where we are though, I have to stay No wait, wait right wait,
24:32
I should have it. I should have never said anything. I should
24:37
have never We talked about this, me and you, we've talked about this
24:40
before. Yes, we built the buffalo. Yep. Yes. If there
24:45
if there's a running back that happen, crush off, it is Jonathan Taylor.
24:51
I would love for that man to come through on some spiteful you see,
24:56
spiteful like well, I'm good like let me, get a sheet,
25:02
run it up. I mean I would love I would only be okay with
25:07
that if that man wants to play out his rookie contract, because if he
25:10
wants a new deal, I would I'm not okay with that, Big Mike,
25:15
Like, listen to me, and DT are not okay. I won't
25:18
speak for DT. I am about a passing league, So I'm about I'm
25:22
all about the passing. I never run on Madden. I'm I'm all about
25:25
it. I've been on that curve for a decade now. So listen,
25:29
I'm not willing to pay him a new contract. But if you want to
25:32
come ring Chase with the squad, I'm okay with that. Now. I'm
25:36
not necessarily ready to give them James Cook. I don't want to have to
25:38
change and trade James Cook. I mean necessarily because we just you know,
25:41
spent the second round pick on them. But yeah, I mean I don't
25:45
know what their package they want. But if it's if if he just wants
25:49
to, you know, finish out his rookie deal, okay, okay,
25:52
I mean he's a problem. I was listening to the conversation debate's been on
25:55
WGR today during the Afternute Show and like it's you know the listen, I'm
26:00
in a passing league. Where do you staying? Because I don't I think
26:03
that he would make us better. Clearly, I drove up six destroy us.
26:10
So hear me, I have a seat on him. But hear me
26:12
out I don't hear me out right, I can't. So not for him,
26:18
for him. He I think he understands that this year is not going
26:22
to be his money year, okay, only because of the the way it
26:26
played out. The temperature for running backs is really low right now. So
26:32
I feel like, if you want to raise your stakes, right, you
26:37
go chase that ring. Okay, So when you get the ring, hey,
26:45
give money. Give me the money. You know, whether it's Buffalo
26:48
or whether it's Buffalo or a different team. This is This is a chess
26:52
game. You know what I'm saying. This is a chess game. If
26:55
you were his agent trying to tell him to play the long yes, you
26:57
gotta play chess, bro, you gotta play the longing and kind of spend
27:02
this year bringing respect back to the running back room. Right. You see
27:06
what I'm saying. That's deep. Hey, hey, you know what I'm
27:10
saying. Oh, that's deep on a contemper which which Indianapolis is not is
27:15
not. But if you come of Buffalo Bro, this is a big time
27:18
contender, you would shock. You would It's like putting the shocks on on
27:23
the NFL. If you pull up to Buffalo Bro, I'm talking about you
27:29
would you everybody would be sweating, palm sweating for real, I'm saying because
27:33
it's like that, don't even what because Dalvin Cook goes to the Jets,
27:37
which we're getting ready to close out on because there was another topic. And
27:41
then I'm wondering if Miami, Miami is one of the teams that's been so
27:45
would you be I'm personally, I would be nervous. Personally. This is
27:48
me, not everybody. Even though I said everything I said about passingly,
27:51
I would be nervous if Miami got got Jonathan Taylor because what you would allow
27:56
is too of his plate would be half full. Whatever whatever you're putting on
28:00
his plate now, it could be half full because of the fact that you
28:03
have Waddle, you have the Cheetah, and now you have somebody to turn
28:07
around two who can he? I mean, he is a difference. Baker.
28:08
I drove up all the way for a Bill's game, and I watched
28:12
Jonathan Taylor just rip our hearts out. I think he had four touchdowns five
28:15
something. I mean, it was ridiculous. It was so it was it
28:21
was all disgusted. It was all like but my thing is, like,
28:25
right, I wouldn't for me in Miami had would you would you? Would
28:30
you think of them different? Yes, yeah, I would, honestly I
28:34
would have told. But but also I think about it like this, right,
28:40
I don't believe that Miami is a contender. Right if I'm playing a
28:44
chess game, I don't believe that. I don't believe in the head of
28:48
the dragon. You see what I'm saying, Okay, I don't believe in
28:52
two U Sokay. For him to go there, you would have to believe
28:56
in the head of the dragon and everybody around that. And I feel like
29:00
the best place for him to land would be in Buffalo because of our boy
29:07
just went down Hines, right, yeah, so they picked up Burnington Evans
29:14
or whatever. And I don't even he get here. He'll be on the
29:23
slide line right right right, Like if you want to if you want to
29:29
move, move a piece and be like checkmate, that's the one. That's
29:33
the one, and that's the that's the checkmate for the respect that running backs
29:38
get a and be the actual Indianapolis coachs and they're Outland is disrespect towards you
29:48
and what you've done to their organization, and they just able to just yeah,
29:53
well, I mean it would be if you're his agent, you're definitely
29:56
you know, I would think that, you know, you have to know
29:59
the of the land. You have to understand, like you just spoke to
30:02
earlier, Big Mike, that the you know, the running back market is
30:04
depressed right now. So you know, maybe one of the situations that would
30:08
be best for you right now, Jonathan is to go JT and you go
30:11
to Miami, or you go to Buffalo, or you go to the Ravens
30:15
that you know what I mean. J K Dobbin has been acting crazy up
30:17
there, you know what I mean. Whatever the case may be, you
30:18
go, when you figure it out, and then you help a contender get
30:22
to another level and then you know, Christian Stock now they'll try to use
30:25
that against him when it comes time for negotiating. But I mean, a
30:27
ring in your hand does uh, it does sparkle. It kind of Sparkles
30:33
if that was, you know, obviously I would because I can't. I
30:37
can't see him making a don't know, I don't think he's staying there.
30:41
I really don't. They gave him till Tuesday. I think he's gonna find
30:44
his agent, will find a way to get him out. And you gotta
30:45
play. You gotta play chess. You can't automatically go for the money right
30:49
away, right because you're coming off an injury, right, So you can't
30:53
automatically be like, oh no, you gotta go out there, bro that
30:57
you can get back, have a full year under your belt of just you
31:02
going crazy again to let people know that you still have it in you,
31:06
right, and a ring would be wonderful to add to this your negotiation wise.
31:11
Yeah, you know what I'm saying, like, Hey, I'm this
31:17
is this the agent? Hey, uh, Taylor, let's brother. Hey
31:22
you like blue cheese? Oh my goodness, listen JT. To the Bills.
31:27
I don't. I don't know if the Bills would be interested in something
31:30
like that. Again, Cook would not be able to be involved. I
31:33
would assume because of the draft company, the draft equity that they've already played,
31:37
you know, paid into him. But it's an interesting conversation because I
31:41
you know, I would be lying if I said that Miami got him,
31:42
and I wouldn't be more worried. I would be more worried just because two
31:45
would have to do less. Plus you still have Cheetah and Waddle so they
31:48
don't leave the team. And then I mean John, I mean I've seen
31:52
the firsthand he can. He can ruin a game plan just off the fact
31:56
of you know, his his consistency to hit the holes the heart, and
32:00
then he has the explosive lifts to go with it, shifting this to go
32:02
with it, because the minm is gonna weigh heavily in on the passing game.
32:08
They're gonna wigh in heavily on the passing game. They're not worried about
32:12
running. They're worried about those two speechters as many yards as they can.
32:17
That's all they're worried about. And then you have a Jonathan Taylor back.
32:21
There would be a luxury, it would throw that off. I think it
32:23
wouldn't even be a luxury because I don't think he would get as much spa
32:29
is that he would like in order to play that correct chess move. And
32:32
here in buffalo. You think he would have a big role. I think
32:37
he would have a huge role. Yeah, because he can catch out the
32:38
backfield. He's a good blocker. He's a hell of a runner. I
32:43
mean, you know, I don't. You can't say nothing bad about the
32:45
dude. Yeah, you could take a lot off a Josh's plate too.
32:47
When it comes to those QB sneaks, Josh wouldn't have to do those,
32:52
you know many times. Yeah, I just like the idea. I would
32:59
love it. Hey, let me drink, you know, let me drink.
33:01
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, we'll see as we as we wrap up
33:04
tonight. Again, I appreciate your time tonight, Big Mike again. Check
33:07
him out, Big Mike underscore. Excuse me, Barbara seven one six,
33:15
check him out. I mean he's he's doing this thing. I mean,
33:17
he's crispy with the lines, with the razor gay. He is really tight,
33:21
and he turns water into wine, as they would say when in the
33:24
barber community. He turns it into way into wine every time. Yeah,
33:30
listen, as we wrap up. I'll be honest, man, I've got
33:31
a little confession. I mean I'm not I don't I'm not starting to like
33:36
them, but boy, do I like the production and an HBO hard knocks
33:40
man. I don't know, man, the Jets look grow I listen,
33:45
I'm being honest. I'm laying on the couch. I'm not saying that I'm
33:51
a Jets fan or anything. Obviously, I would never blast me the AFC
33:53
East. I still hate the Colts, or can't stand the Colts at least,
33:57
but listen, I mean the Jet look hard, big Mike. I
34:01
mean, the production on that show is just immaculate. And what's happening now
34:07
is they are making me more and more nervous with every episode that comes out,
34:12
which was why I had to go over the concerns today with you before
34:15
we got to to this ending part because of the fact that listen, man,
34:17
they are they look tough. Man. They just look like a team
34:22
that's nasty. Quinny Williams looks nasty. And I understand it's a production.
34:25
I understand that they are supposed to highlight the best of them while the hours
34:30
and hours spent filming are probably not all you know, cotton candies and mangoes.
34:36
But listen, man, they look tough. To me. The bills
34:38
better come out of the gate ready to play, man. Because this could
34:40
be. This could be a tough way to start to see if you start
34:44
owing one. I understand everything is still right in front of your sixteen games
34:46
from rating, but the tenor in the room will change. Man, this
34:51
Monday night game is as it's a massive one. It's massive. Feel like
34:54
I feel like the rules plays right into game one. Oh he is listen
35:00
callback joke. You've carried this throughout the show, man, I mean right
35:04
now, hey listen, because the only it only makes sense. It only
35:08
makes sense right because Jets have the hard knocks at the hype is so much
35:15
around them, rob Robers getting changed, They going to games. All that
35:20
okay cool, Let them do all that, Let them have all their fun,
35:23
let them get all the highlights. Let all the people that have the
35:27
green and white jerseys feel like they have Jesus. And then Game one,
35:35
Yeah, it's just like a direct punch to the nuts. And it's like,
35:39
you know what I mean. So I feel like you can't. I
35:44
want them to feel like they're gonna beat us. You know what I'm saying.
35:47
If if I want you to feel like, I want you to feel
35:51
amazing. I want all the crowds that feel like everything this is it was
35:55
something, dude. This everything is amazing. Lord Hamlets the stadium quiet,
36:02
third quarters half empty. That's the type of stuff we are. That's the
36:07
energy you all right, now, that's the energy I'm on the third quarter
36:09
empty. That's what I wanted. Man. They do a great job with
36:13
the production, and if you weren't a Jets fan, you could quickly become
36:15
one because of the fact that listen, I mean, everything is perfectly laid
36:20
out, and you know, Salah, he sounds great. And as press
36:22
conferences, I mean, I just watched episode three last night and he broke
36:27
down the different type of competitors that they have on every NFL roster he says,
36:31
and I mean the way he broke it down, I was like,
36:34
man, this is applicable in life as well. So it was just funny
36:37
that, like, I mean, he's motivating and then you hear you know
36:40
what I mean, Aaron Rodgers is in town, and then you see the
36:44
defense that you're just you know, it seems so crazy and it's like wow,
36:47
you know, and some of those joint practices that the Bills didn't want
36:51
to participate in, Quinnon Williams is killing it. So it's just I don't
36:53
know. I don't Maybe it's just that I don't have any hard knocks.
36:57
I know that the Bills do their own little behind the blue and Red or
37:00
whatever the case may be. But Maud did joint did joint practices. It
37:02
would have been with the yet, you think so. I think so.
37:07
It wouldn't have been with nobody else or Picksburgh maybe, but they played them
37:10
in the season. You know, it's normally a team. It's normally a
37:14
team that you played in the preseason. No, a normally a team that
37:15
you played in the preseason and then they come a few days earlier. So
37:19
basically you might have been together. So probably would have been the Steelers.
37:22
Yeah, yeah, you know, at the end of the day, you
37:24
can't. You can't let them see anything right now. You can't let them
37:30
see because they have so much hype around them. If you give them a
37:34
just they you know what I mean. So they got hard knocks, They
37:37
want to play a game. We could play the game too, Yeah,
37:40
say let's play the game. If we're going to play the game September eleventh.
37:45
Yeah, we're gonna play the game September eleventh, Monday Night Football.
37:50
It's coming before you, even though we are inching closer to week one,
37:52
and again, this is really a season that everybody is really looking forward to.
37:57
The pressure is on WENA episodes being DT of already come up with episodes,
38:01
you know, pressure of us pipes. I mean, it's all all
38:05
eyes on mcde like everything is is really kind of culminating for this season,
38:08
and you know, I can't wait for it to be honest, Big Mike,
38:13
I really appreciate you, Johnny be tonight, man, I really do.
38:15
I'm on the edge of my seat. I can't listen. I look
38:19
at my coasters on my fis in my DNA. Yeah. Man, that's
38:22
the way that it is right now. I just got my my Bill's bucks
38:27
card today in the mail, Like you know what I mean, it's just
38:29
all starting and you know, it's all starting to come into focus. It's
38:31
all starting to seem real. So as always, Tonight's episode presented by twenty
38:36
six Shirts here on the Buffalo fan based podcast network that we simulcast on.
38:40
Head on over to twenty six shirts dot com for all the latest Buffalo theme
38:44
teas and sweatshirts. They all again support a great calls with each and every
38:49
purchase. I can't say it enough, Big Mike, Big Mike over at
38:52
Built in Buffalo. Not your average podcast in the seven one six, shot
38:57
one four three. You heard they, Yes, you've heard name. Please
39:01
make sure y'all go you know, follow us on all platforms. Not your
39:05
average podcast and a seven one six. Please do follow us. We are
39:08
live on Built in Buffalo every Thursday at two pm. Come check us out.
39:14
Man. I appreciate you Rob for joining me on our podcast, and
39:19
I'm glad to be here on yours. Yeah. Man, absolutely, I
39:22
appreciate you stepping in and again DT has been grinding, he was, he
39:25
was busy tonight and night. I appreciate you stepping in for us. Man.
39:28
As always, anytime, anytime, I love it, Man, anytime,
39:31
anytime, I love it. Man. Spread love. That's the love
39:35
that we're trying to spread. Spread love, not hate. Don't forget that.
39:37
As always, these with my bills starts set out loud. Hit him
39:39
with a go bills, Big Mike, you heard the name, Go bills,
39:45
Go bills, Go bill. Outside of the ball man