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Bills Training Camp Underway, Talking 53-Man Roster Projection, Positional Battles And a Bit of Controversy · Alex Brasky: Unfiltered

• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: Hello everybody and welcome back by popular demand.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is Alex Bratsky Unfiltered, your first stop for raw, honest takes on the Buffalo Bills and more.
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  SPEAKER_00: So it's been quite the eventful few hours in Bill's Land as training camp is set to kick off on Wednesday.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: But the news and controversy, along with some rumors, started started to spill out the day before practices begin at St.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_00: John Fisher University.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll get to that in just a moment.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: So without further ado, let's get to things here.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: A little bit of news coming out of Bill's training camp, and that is Tyrell Shavers headed to the pup list.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: He is the second Bills player to be placed on the pup list in as many seasons before training camp.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: Last year it was Landon Jackson.
• 1:56
  SPEAKER_00: He was able to make his way back in time for training camp.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: Don't think Shavers is going to make his way back.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: Think he'll land on the pup list to begin the regular season, miss the first four games.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_00: Trent Shurfield, I think, should be expected to replace him on the Bills' 53-man roster.
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: That has yet to be determined, and the bullets will start flying tomorrow.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: We'll get a good sense of the Bills' wide receiver group at that point.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: But at this point, the way things are trending and the timeline of Shavers' injury, the position he plays, all of the above, expecting him to remain on the pup list entering the regular season.
• 2:32
  SPEAKER_00: That's bad news for Tyrell Shavers, but a little bit of good news from Michael Hoyt as he was not placed on the pup list on Tuesday ahead of training camp.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_00: Still a bit of uncertainty whether he'll be ready for the first training camp practice.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_00: That will be revealed likely by Joe Brady at 8 a.m.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: tomorrow, uh, before the first practice at St.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: John Fisher University.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_00: But the fact that Hoyt wasn't on the list with Shavers, the NFL Transaction Wire today, uh releasing the pup list names for each team.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_00: And Hoyt not being among those names is definitely good news for the Bills pass rusher and his working his way back from that Achilles tear that he sustained last season.
• 3:21
  SPEAKER_00: So a little bit of injury news spilling out of Bills training camp.
• 3:27
  SPEAKER_00: And uh I'm sure we'll get to more injuries as the podcast goes, and of course, as the weeks go along here as well, leading in to the first preseason game in a few weeks.
• 3:40
  SPEAKER_00: But beyond the news, the injury news, there was some controversy ahead of the first Bills training camp practice as new edition free agent signing, CJ Gardner Johnson, the highly volatile CJ Gardner Johnson, already uh having his hand slapped by the Bills Brass, Bills head coach, first year head coach Joe Brady, to be exact, as Gardner Johnson just has not been able to stay off social media ever since he signed with the Bills.
• 4:08
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, ever since he got off the plane, he's been posting on every single social media account that he has almost relentlessly.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: And today he went live in the Bills locker room and got some kicks out of his teammates.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_00: But the Bills head coach, not too pleased with uh the Bills for the first year bill on the live stream in the Bills locker room where reporters aren't allowed to film, and there's a whole bunch of rules in there, privacy concerns as well.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_00: So CJ Gardner Johnson's first impression as a Buffalo Bill, not going all that smoothly as he hasn't been able to shut his mouth since he got off the plane, and now already causing a bit of a nuisance, let's be honest, in the Bills locker room.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_00: Uh he's live on Twitch, and now it's going viral across social media that Joe Brady has had to step in and already reprimand the first-year Bills player.
• 5:04
  SPEAKER_00: So, like I said before, just not a good first impression, but something you've come to expect from CJ Gardner Johnson causing these riffs or minor situations, I should say, in the locker room that could eventually snowball into something more if the team reaches some adversity during the regular season or if things continue to go the way that they have with him running his mouth on social media and otherwise.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_00: So this is just par for the course for CJ Gardner Johnson.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: He's been with a million different teams throughout his career, and I think Bill's fans are starting to see why he can really really push the limits, I think, uh early on, and we're already starting to see that here in Buffalo or Rochester, for that matter.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: And I think it's just only a matter of time before things explode between him and the team.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, like I said, it's not even the first training camp practice, and Joe Brady is already having to run the daycare service, which really could get out of hand this year when you have veterans acting out like that already uh to start training camp.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_00: I think that's only a bad sign of things to come.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_00: So we'll have to continue to monitor uh not only the injury status of Tyrell Shavers, Michael Hoyt, but also the overall status of CJ Gardner Johnson and whether or not he can fit in within this locker room and within this Bill secondary that really, really needs him this year.
• 6:33
  SPEAKER_00: You got a very young player in Colt Bishop going into his third season as a pro and coming off a transcendent campaign, but looking to build on it.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: He needs a rock solid presence next to him.
• 6:44
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm not sure this loose canon, CJ Gardner Johnson, is exactly what is best for Cole Bishop at this stage of his career.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_00: But let's bring it back with a little bit of good news here.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_00: Bills fans went off the rails with the new uniforms announced on Monday, the Nichols City uniforms that I reacted to in a brief YouTube short or on my TikTok account and my ex-account at Alex Brasky.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_00: Bills fans did not like the uniforms, did not like the helmet, made their feelings known on social media, but some a bit of solace for Bills fans to take here on Tuesday, as WKBW's Matt Beauvais reports that the red helmets are indeed going to be back this season, and they're expected to be worn on Christmas Day in a way game against the Denver Broncos.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: And that might satisfy the fan base after the atrocious Nickel Cities were revealed on Monday.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_00: But I guess that'll remain to be seen.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_00: Bills fans won't be able to see those new helmets inside the new stadium unless they wear them for another game as well.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_00: But all I've heard so far is that Christmas Day game is is the expected target for the Bills red helmets that reported by Matt Bove of WKBW on Tuesday.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: And be sure to go over and check out my take on YouTube, X, TikTok, wherever you want.
• 8:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I I really am not a big fan of the uniforms.
• 8:19
  SPEAKER_00: I think it really looks like something that that kind of came out of uh a Happy Meal or a cereal box or a Burger King Mighty Kids meal, which I used to love back in the day.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_00: But uh the explanation and the backstory that that the team provided was the absolute worst part.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_00: Didn't like the helmet, didn't like the connecting stripe, didn't like the overall gray jumpsuit grout fit uniform, but the backstory just oh my god, drenched in in just over-the-top language and ridiculous uh descriptions of why the Bills settled on certain elements of the uniform that they did.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_00: And there's a clip on my ex account at Alex Brasky where Tim Graham and Brad Ryder of WGR basically proved that the Bills are using AI to create that bullet, that bulleted list that uh explained why they chose each element of the uniform.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_00: And it it's really just further proof that the Bills are now corporate, they're they're no longer a cool team like they were when they were building all this success with Josh Allen coming into the league under Sean McDermott, and they were the newfound hot thing in the league, uh, the lovable winners at that point.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_00: And now I think things have just grown stale for the Bills, and with these new uniforms and everything that they've done, I wrote a story about it on Bills on SI.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: Make sure you go check that that out as well.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_00: I just think it all trends toward the Bills becoming less cool, more corporate, and it just goes to show that professional sports teams, the Bills in this case, are not here to serve you, the fan.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_00: You, the fan, are here to serve the professional sports team.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_00: It's why the Bills didn't ask the fans about their opinion on the uniforms.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_00: You saw other teams uh across the sports landscape this offseason ask their fans for uh ideas for for new jerseys, uh new nicknames, uh, and other things like that.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_00: You've seen that in the past, but not the Bills.
• 10:29
  SPEAKER_00: The Bills know better than their fan base, even though pretty much everybody from within the organization in the in the higher ups are from elsewhere.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_00: Uh they seem to know more about Buffalo and the Bills than the fans that have bled with this team over many, many years of loyalty.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_00: So uh just another disgrace put forth by this team with the uniforms, and it's just further proof that the team really might hate its fan base and anything to fill the league and the team's coffers after building a$2.1 billion stadium that was partially funded by taxpayer dollars.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_00: Uh as if they didn't have enough money already and didn't get enough financial support with the building of the stadium.
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I'm sure they'll get more with all the merchandise and everything else that is sure to be sold uh as a result of this jersey release.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_00: All right, but let's move on to a rumor, a possible trade brewing uh that many Bills fans are discussing after Vita Vea, a big body defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, requested a trade from the Bucs, perhaps a bit of a negotiating tactic, but at the same time, it got the antennas up of Bill's mafia.
• 11:48
  SPEAKER_00: Uh and also myself, I believe he'd be the perfect fit for this Bills defensive line.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_00: They have not addressed the nose tackle position.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: And I think if you bring in a veteran like Vea, like I said, a big body player, 340-something pounds, uh, a wide frame, somebody who could really show Deion Walker the ropes in that position, I think that would be an absolute boom for the Bills heading into training camp or a mid-training camp, I should say.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if they're going to get it done in the next few hours here, but uh he wants a big contract.
• 12:23
  SPEAKER_00: It would cost a hefty price to trade for him, maybe a first, second round pick.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_00: We've seen the Bills part ways with that before with DJ Moore.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but can the Bills finally pull off a big trade like this, kind of for a player that is highly sought after throughout the league?
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: I'm tired of hearing that the Bills are are in on every player that comes up on the trade market.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_00: I want for once them to land one of these players.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_00: And who knows, perhaps Vita Veya could be that player.
• 12:56
  SPEAKER_00: I think he could perhaps help them get over the top to win a Super Bowl.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: I know defensive tackle isn't the most glorified position and uh certainly not a quote unquote skill position, but that's an important position for the Bills this year, especially with the performance they put up against the run last year.
• 13:14
  SPEAKER_00: They were absolutely atrocious against the run.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_00: And like I said, they've not done much beyond moving Deion Walker to that position and having him kind of take the bowl by the horns there.
• 13:25
  SPEAKER_00: They haven't done much to address that hole at nose tackle.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: So I think it would really benefit the Bills to go out, get Vita Vea.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: It's late in the offseason, but they've done it before.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_00: I was listening to WGR this morning, uh Jeremy and Joe show, they brought it up.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_00: The Bills traded for Sammy Watkins during the preseason way back when.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_00: And it's it's happened before.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_00: There's been a precedent set, albeit under a previous regime.
• 13:53
  SPEAKER_00: But Brandon Bean pulled the trigger, bringing a guy like Vita Vea, somebody who could push the Bills over the top and really get them one step closer to winning a Super Bowl, because right now, Brandon Bean has pretty much no goodwill with this fan base.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_00: Everything he's done this offseason from acting like he didn't know about Sean McDermott's firing, his actions during the press conference after he goes on Pat McAfee acting like everything is hunky dory.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_00: It's just been nauseating to watch Brandon Bean in front of the microphone this year.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe if he took a step back and made a significant move outside of trading a second-round pick for a potentially washed-up DJ Moore, might get a bit of the fan base back on his side and create some goodwill between him and Bill's Mafia.
• 14:42
  SPEAKER_00: I think in order for the Bills to make that happen, they'd probably have to restructure Deion Dawkins' contract, maybe move some more money around.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_00: But as we've seen before, these things can always happen.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_00: And I know that they're in a terrible cap situation for 2027 already.
• 15:00
  SPEAKER_00: Already about 38 million is expected to be anyway, 38 million over the salary cap entering the 2027 season.
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_00: So there's future considerations at play here as well.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_00: But Vita Vea is a player worth going out and not necessarily selling the farm, but moving a bit of heaven and earth uh to go out and acquire.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_00: So I think this would be a huge move for the Bills.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_00: It would be a huge move for Brandon Bean, and it's one that I would really like to see happen before training camp uh concludes over the next several weeks.
• 15:37
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• 16:21
  SPEAKER_00: So Bill's training camp coming up, first practice on Wednesday, scheduled for 8:30 at St.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_00: John Fisher University.
• 16:29
  SPEAKER_00: As I said before, Joe Brady will speak to the media before practice about 8 a.m.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: And everything's taking place a little bit earlier than Sean McDermott had it scheduled under his uh leadership.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_00: I believe practices started at 9:30 under McDermott, moved up an hour earlier to 8.30.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_00: And also only seven practices open to the public in Rochester this year.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_00: That's fewer than what they had a season ago.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_00: The dates are July 29th and 30th, August 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th at St.
• 16:59
  SPEAKER_00: John Fisher University.
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_00: August 8th is the return of the blue and red scrimmage, and there was some controversy around that as well as the event uh gave PSL owners first divs on tickets and really didn't allow the quote unquote normal fan outside of the season ticket holders to get a crack at that.
• 17:18
  SPEAKER_00: So that that kind of forced the Bills' hand, and they've also scheduled another open practice on August 18th.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_00: They really backed themselves into a corner there, and uh due to the outrage, they they created another open practice and gave Joe Brady the kudos for coming up with that idea, trying to create some goodwill there.
• 17:36
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if that landed.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you can see right through so many of the Bills' moves this offseason.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it they they are so transparent.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_00: It's it's honestly like they think the the Bills fans and and all of us in the media and and creating content are just stupid and are just gonna follow everything they say and eat it up with a spoon.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: It's almost like they don't have anybody with any common sense in that front office to say, hey, let's take a step back and let's maybe reconsider uh the path that we're about to follow.
• 18:13
  SPEAKER_00: And it is something as small as the Bills wishing Brandon Bean happy birthday on their social media account yesterday.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: I I think yesterday, the same day as they released the hideous uniforms, as if those weren't going to draw enough ire from the fan base.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_00: You wish Brandon Bean happy birthday.
• 18:31
  SPEAKER_00: You sponsor the post by Tim Hortons.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, get me a cup of coffee after the Bills start off the season 0-3, God forbid.
• 18:39
  SPEAKER_00: But it's just like this team has no idea how to read its fan base and what's coming, or they just simply don't care, which is even worse.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but I digress.
• 18:51
  SPEAKER_00: That's the Bills training camp schedule 29th, 30th of July, and then in August, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th at St.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_00: John Fisher University.
• 19:00
  SPEAKER_00: Then they move back to Orchard Park, August 8th, August 18th, the last two open practices inside High Mark Stadium, and then it's full speed ahead.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_00: We got the preseason, week one, opening of the new stadium.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of exciting things coming down the road beyond training camp.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_00: But the top storyline I'll be watching for at training camp once it begins on Wednesday morning.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_00: I want an early read on what Joe Brady and Jim Leonard are about to bring forth in terms of change to this Bill's organization.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_00: And I say those two together because Brady's promotion was big in and of itself, but with Jim Leonard also joining the fold, I think that we're going to see even further change brought to the forefront.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_00: And it it it'll really be interesting to see even further change on the defensive side of the ball.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_00: I had to check the audio quick.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_00: I was open on my other computer, I believe.
• 20:12
  SPEAKER_00: I I don't think that uh the audio had any issues, but I I think as much change as we're about to see on the offensive side of the ball, obviously the more distinct change will be defensively.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_00: You get rid of Sean McDermott, who ran a 4-3, the same system for so many years, with a lot of the same personnel playing within that system.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_00: And now you go to Jim Leonard, who's gonna bring in this odd man front, and he's got to usher in this new defensive scheme in a pressure pack season where the defense is coming off really a lackluster performance in 2025.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_00: So the big question is will the defense rebound?
• 20:49
  SPEAKER_00: Are Bradley Chubb and CJ Gardner Johnson are those two defensive additions going to be enough?
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_00: And can CJ Gardner Johnson actually uh remain on the rails long enough for us to find out?
• 21:01
  SPEAKER_00: I think beyond those two, the key overall when you look at this Bills defense is the run support.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_00: Getting Ed Oliver back is huge on that Bill's defensive line.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: He's not the most stout run defender, but just his presence up front opens things up for others.
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: And he was unable to stay healthy last year.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_00: Getting him back in the fold, it'll be interesting to see if he's ready to roll and full go and makes it through a healthy training camp and what his role is going to be in this new scheme.
• 21:31
  SPEAKER_00: But I think his presence is big.
• 21:33
  SPEAKER_00: Also, Dion Walker, he lost a little bit of weight this offseason, how he's able to step into his role.
• 21:39
  SPEAKER_00: I already spoke about it a little bit with Vita Veya.
• 21:42
  SPEAKER_00: He's inexperienced as as strong of a season as he had during his rookie year.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_00: This is his second year in the league, and he was kind of flying by the seat of his pants last year.
• 21:52
  SPEAKER_00: There's going to be much more expected of him this year.
• 21:55
  SPEAKER_00: He's taking on a much more significant role in a new defense.
• 21:59
  SPEAKER_00: So A lot is left to be seen for Deion Walker, no matter how much Bills fans want to just pencil him in as this future all pro.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: I think he's going to have to build on year one and really show that he can become that consistent contributor that the Bills need up front along the defensive line and beyond the defensive line.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_00: Jim Leonard's going to have to make chicken salad out of chicken shit at linebacker and at the cornerback position beyond Christian Benford.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: We talked about it on the previous podcast.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_00: Terrell Bernard, horrendous season in 2025.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: Caleb Caleb Elarms, or I've been impressed by him, but he's a rookie heading into year one.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_00: Are we already going to thrust him into the starting role and expect him to transform into somebody who's going to lead this defense?
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not so sure.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_00: And then Dorian Williams, who's been injured this offseason, led the team in tackles a few seasons ago, but he's had so many issues throughout his career.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_00: He's never been able to become a consistent pro.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_00: And that's what's really led the Bills to hang on to Matt Milano for so many years, brought in Shaq Thompson last year as well.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_00: The lack of trust in Dorian Williams.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_00: So uh a lot to be determined at the linebacker and quarter uh cornerback positions, and that's not even to mention the lack of depth at both positions either.
• 23:18
  SPEAKER_00: Joe Andreessen, a good career, but uh so far, but you're you're not gonna plug and play Jo Andreessen into a starting NFL defense and expect uh no mistakes and uh perfect play.
• 23:33
  SPEAKER_00: So I think that's two positions where I would like to see the Bills add another free agent.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: I already mentioned Vita Vea on the defensive line.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_00: And if they're not gonna go that route, go the cheaper route at linebacker, bring back Shaq Thompson.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_00: Heck, see what Matt Milano's got going on.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_00: You got Bobby Wagner out there, who's a bit more expensive than those two.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_00: Bobby Okarake is still on the free agent market, some ties to new Bills inside linebackers coach, John Agorigu.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_00: So I think there are players out there that you could still bring in at this point that would help boost your defense, and the Bills really need to consider going that route at this point because I'm just not so sure that Jim Leonard is going to be the ultimate answer in his first year as an NFL defensive coordinator.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: We don't even know what we're going to see from his scheme in the NFL.
• 24:22
  SPEAKER_00: We haven't seen that yet.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_00: It's this fate accomplis that this defense is going to be leaps and bounds better than what we saw a season ago.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_00: But will we see a vast improvement from Jim Leonard's defense?
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: I just don't know.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: And if we do see that improvement, what's the source of that?
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_00: Will it be more simulated pressure, more blitzing, more man coverage, uh, a more aggressive style?
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_00: We we don't know any of that yet.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_00: So a lot of pieces to fit in all over the defense and a young coordinator trying to teach a new scheme to players coming into a new system and players trying to forget the old system that they had played uh under for years before.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_00: So this is a tall ask for a first-year defensive coordinator, and everybody is just marking in with pen that that Jim Leonard is going to be this coordinator of the year candidate.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm high on him.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_00: I love the the the hire when it happened.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_00: I think he's got head coach written all over him in his future, but we'll see how things transpire in year one.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I think it's gonna be a little bit of a waiting game.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know how much we'll see during training camp that will really reveal what's to come during the preseason and regular season, but I'm gonna have my eyes peeled on Jim Leonard and how he goes about installing this new defense in Buffalo because I'm sold on him as a coach, but I'm not sold on him being able to implement everything with this personnel, which has been assembled shoddily by Brandon Bean.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_00: It's it's not as good of a roster as everybody likes to claim.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_00: And also, it being his first year in this new role in the NFL, we'll see how he can get it done.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_00: But as far as Joe Brady is concerned, we already know kind of what to expect from him offensively.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_00: We've seen it for these past couple years, and I mentioned it on the previous podcast.
• 26:19
  SPEAKER_00: How much Sean McDermott had to do with it, I'm not so sure.
• 26:24
  SPEAKER_00: But one thing that I think could change under Brady is the energy we see from the Bills offense and really the team overall, and I think it will all start at training camp during that first practice.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_00: I think things were a little bit stale during Sean McDermott practices, especially as time went on.
• 26:47
  SPEAKER_00: They had the music going and celebrations here or there, but I think there was always this underlying tension in wanting to prove yourself in front of the head man where I think Brady's gonna come in and loosen things up and maybe allow players to play more freely and strut their stuff out there on a training camp stage.
• 27:11
  SPEAKER_00: But what will that lead to?
• 27:12
  SPEAKER_00: Will it lead to uh some some scraps during training camp practices?
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_00: Will it lead to improved play?
• 27:20
  SPEAKER_00: This is a pressure prep pack season, and with all these changes going in, I I think there's a there's so much left to be determined that we just don't know how once these changes are implemented, how they're gonna play out.
• 27:33
  SPEAKER_00: Will it be a more feisty group, as Brady has alluded to?
• 27:37
  SPEAKER_00: He's been talking about Bills Red and this this uh new mentality that the Bills are supposed to have this year.
• 27:45
  SPEAKER_00: So that'll be the first thing I'm looking from and looking for.
• 27:49
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't think we're gonna see like Leonard much in terms of his idea for the offensive changes that he's going to put in once week one rolls around rolls around.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_00: I think we're gonna have to wait for that.
• 28:01
  SPEAKER_00: And I think any uh formational changes, whether they're gonna go more pass heavy, run heavy, that'll be kept under wraps until week one.
• 28:10
  SPEAKER_00: But the personnel changes that the Bills have kind of set forth this offseason and how they'll fit in is something I'll be watching for, particularly what they plan to do with DJ Moore and how many reps he's getting with Josh Allen throughout training camp, whether they're using him in motion a lot, uh, moving him around the formation, his rapport with Allen, uh, whether or not he's coming away with receptions each day at training camp.
• 28:36
  SPEAKER_00: Uh he wasn't able to get on that same page with Caleb Williams.
• 28:39
  SPEAKER_00: And I know he's a younger player, Josh Allen, a former MVP, a veteran, somebody well established in this league, but Allen hasn't always been quick to acclimate with his new receivers.
• 28:50
  SPEAKER_00: So it'll be interesting to see how that works out on the field and how DJ Moore's personality fits with Josh Allen, his other teammates, this, that, and the other thing.
• 29:00
  SPEAKER_00: And then beyond DJ Moore, elsewhere within the Bills pass catching core, what's the team's plan for Dalton Kincaid?
• 29:09
  SPEAKER_00: And will there be load management?
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_00: Or will they just completely take the training wheels off and let him go freewheel all the way through the 2026 season?
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_00: I think they need to let him go for Gusto this year.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_00: I think if you're going to find out what you have in Kincaid before that fifth-year option expires in 2027, they already picked that up this offseason.
• 29:33
  SPEAKER_00: You like I said, you have to find out what you have with Kincaid before that time comes.
• 29:38
  SPEAKER_00: And the only way to do that is by removing those restrictions and allowing him to go out there and roam free, which is what they have to do.
• 29:47
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe not so much in training camp.
• 29:50
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they can build that up slowly.
• 29:51
  SPEAKER_00: But once the regular season comes around, I need to see him participating in practices throughout the week and going out there on game day and playing his fair share of the snaps.
• 30:02
  SPEAKER_00: We saw some of the best tight ends in the league playing upwards, I believe, 70, 80 percent of their team's offensive snaps.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_00: Kincaid's nowhere close to that.
• 30:12
  SPEAKER_00: He's got to get closer to some of these top tight ends of the league.
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_00: I know he's a different skill set, more of a receiving tight end than an all-around player or a block first tight end, but you need to see what you have in Kincaid before that 2027 option expires.
• 30:26
  SPEAKER_00: And I think one way to do that is by removing those training wheels and letting him go out there and roam free throughout this 2026 season.
• 30:36
  SPEAKER_00: So that's about it with Brady and Leonard.
• 30:43
  SPEAKER_00: And we have a comment here.
• 30:46
  SPEAKER_00: Our first of the night, Sean Kula.
• 30:49
  SPEAKER_00: I should have read it before I announced it.
• 30:51
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe we won't use it.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_00: No, we will right here.
• 30:55
  SPEAKER_00: So, Sean, hope all is well, Alex.
• 30:56
  SPEAKER_00: I took a new approach this offseason.
• 30:58
  SPEAKER_00: I don't care about players talking, saying how good we are.
• 31:01
  SPEAKER_00: They gotta prove it.
• 31:02
  SPEAKER_00: I want to win so bad.
• 31:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'm I'm with you, Sean.
• 31:07
  SPEAKER_00: I'm totally with you.
• 31:08
  SPEAKER_00: I think these these past several years, we've grown to trust the Bills because of let's be honest, they they deserve to be trusted.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_00: The the successful run that they went on over the years, they had built up that trustworthiness within the organization.
• 31:23
  SPEAKER_00: Sean McDermott at head coach, Josh Allen at quarterback, but so many changes this offseason and so many new players, they're going to have to prove themselves once again.
• 31:32
  SPEAKER_00: Now, if they go out there and they disprove the doubters, myself included, I've been doubting various aspects of this organization throughout the offseason and pretty aggressively.
• 31:42
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna have to eat my words if they come out here and start the season 8-0.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_00: But I need to see it before I believe it or trust that it's going to happen more so than I have in previous years.
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_00: So, Sean, I am totally with you.
• 32:00
  SPEAKER_00: I think that new approach is the right approach entering this season.
• 32:04
  SPEAKER_00: It's it's it's no longer just set it and forget it with the Bills.
• 32:08
  SPEAKER_00: You need to see it happen.
• 32:10
  SPEAKER_00: You need to see what Sean or uh Joe Brady is going to offer in his new role, replacing Sean McDermott and all the other changes that are to come with the Bills.
• 32:20
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm not so sure we'll know who we are very quickly by week seven.
• 32:25
  SPEAKER_00: You got that tough stretch in the schedule.
• 32:28
  SPEAKER_00: Let me let me pull it up here.
• 32:30
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, the Bills' schedule has got a very rough road beyond week seven.
• 32:35
  SPEAKER_00: That week seven bye week.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_00: All right, you start the season with five very tough games Houston, Detroit, Chargers, Patriots, Rams.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_00: But that's a start of the season.
• 32:45
  SPEAKER_00: Brady's in his first year as head coach.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_00: You might drop a couple games there while you're sorting out some growing pains.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_00: But once you come off that bye week, you have Baltimore, Minnesota, the Jets, and the Dolphins.
• 32:58
  SPEAKER_00: You should cruise through that stretch with the exception of Baltimore, and then you have Kansas City, the Patriots, Green Bay, Chicago, and Denver in weeks 12 through 16.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_00: That is the stretch that I'm looking for, the Bills to really prove that they have taken a step forward and have a chance to get over the hump and do a Super Bowl appearance or Super Bowl win this season.
• 33:22
  SPEAKER_00: So Sean's saying that's what he means.
• 33:24
  SPEAKER_00: He's saying we can start one and five and we know we stink, but if we can come out four and two, I'll feel very good.
• 33:30
  SPEAKER_00: And and I I just think that no matter what happens at the beginning of the season, what it'll be either fool's goal or maybe too early to tell if they start off rough.
• 33:40
  SPEAKER_00: I I think that, like I said, that that week 12 through 16 stretch, that is going to be the stretch that really defines this season and and either catapults the Bills into the playoffs or has them sinking going into the playoffs or missing the playoffs, God forbid.
• 34:01
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but thank you for the comment, Sean.
• 34:03
  SPEAKER_00: I appreciate it.
• 34:03
  SPEAKER_00: Anybody else have any questions, comments, concerns?
• 34:06
  SPEAKER_00: Feel free to share in the comment section on YouTube.
• 34:13
  SPEAKER_00: Another thing I'll be watching for beyond the top storyline of the coaches uh and and what impact they make, uh, a few key positional battles that I think have a chance to define this training camp.
• 34:25
  SPEAKER_00: We'll start with linebacker.
• 34:26
  SPEAKER_00: We've gone over these before, but it's a toss-up, I think, between Dorian Williams and Caleb Elarms Orr.
• 34:32
  SPEAKER_00: I think if you ask me right now, and I've gone back and forth on this throughout the offseason, but I think if you ask me right now, Caleb Elarms Orr is going to win that job.
• 34:42
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not so confident that he's going to take it and run with it.
• 34:45
  SPEAKER_00: You might see Dorian Williams struggle to get healthy to start training camp.
• 34:49
  SPEAKER_00: And then once the regular season starts, maybe Caleb Elarms Orr isn't quite ready.
• 34:54
  SPEAKER_00: And you see uh Dorian Williams maybe come in and spell him for a game or two, and then you put the rookie back in after he takes a break.
• 35:03
  SPEAKER_00: We've seen the Bills do that with players before, kind of rotating them in and out, maybe even throughout the course of a game.
• 35:09
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if you want to do that at the linebacker position, but we've seen them do that at the cornerback position, bringing in Maxwell Harrison for a series, Tradabius White for a series.
• 35:17
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe we see that with Dorian Williams and Elarm Zor to start the season.
• 35:21
  SPEAKER_00: But I think if you were to nail me down today, I think I'd say Elarm Zor is going to win that job out of training camp.
• 35:27
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that's just an indictment of this position group to have a fourth-round rookie step in and potentially be your saving grace at the position.
• 35:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's just it's setting this defense up for failure, a defense that did not perform well a year ago, a defense with a need to fight defensive coordinator, somebody or a unit that needs leadership and experience.
• 35:50
  SPEAKER_00: And the experience that you have at the position is Terrell Bernard, who was, I mean, I can't say it enough.
• 35:56
  SPEAKER_00: I I hate to beat up the guy constantly, but he was just so bad last year that I thought at the beginning of the offseason that Elarm Zorr might have a chance to overtake Bernard for his starting job, and it might be El Arm Zorr and Williams starting alongside one another in 2026.
• 36:11
  SPEAKER_00: I think that's kind of far-fetched now, but uh it just goes to show how poorly Bernard played last year.
• 36:20
  SPEAKER_00: So a toss-up between Williams and El Arm Zorr.
• 36:22
  SPEAKER_00: Give me Elar to win the job out of training camp.
• 36:26
  SPEAKER_00: Next up is cornerback.
• 36:28
  SPEAKER_00: I think Maxwell Harrison wins this one between him and Davison Igbenosen.
• 36:33
  SPEAKER_00: I've written about it on Bills on SI predicting the Bills' cornerback battle.
• 36:38
  SPEAKER_00: And I just think that the Bills have too much stock in Maxwell Harrison.
• 36:42
  SPEAKER_00: You drafted him in the first round last year.
• 36:45
  SPEAKER_00: You started him at times over Tradavius White a season ago.
• 36:52
  SPEAKER_00: And he had so much time limited due to injury during his rookie season, you kind of need to expedite his development process.
• 37:00
  SPEAKER_00: And you're not going to do that by splitting reps with Davison Igbenosin throughout training camp in the preseason.
• 37:06
  SPEAKER_00: I think they need to decide pretty quickly whether Maxwell Harrison is their guy at cornerback.
• 37:11
  SPEAKER_00: And I think they will.
• 37:12
  SPEAKER_00: I think Maxwell Harrison's going to be the clear-cut number one as training camp progresses and they get to that first preseason game.
• 37:19
  SPEAKER_00: Now, Igbenosen, will they give him enough playing time to have him waiting in the wings in case something goes awry with Harrison?
• 37:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yes, and I think that's a wise course of action considering Harrison's injury struggles through the first season of his career and really his slim frame and his style of play as well.
• 37:38
  SPEAKER_00: So I think a physical presence like Davison Igbenosen on the outside, albeit his his struggles with penalties in the past are worrisome to me.
• 37:48
  SPEAKER_00: I think that duo can be a decent cornerback to tandem if you can find one to lead the way.
• 37:56
  SPEAKER_00: And in my view, it'll be Harrison, and then the other kind of kind of sitting behind him.
• 38:00
  SPEAKER_00: But beyond that, not much depth as if as we've discussed, as I've discussed, I should say, ad nauseum throughout this offseason.
• 38:08
  SPEAKER_00: So I think Harrison wins this job out of training camp.
• 38:11
  SPEAKER_00: And the Bills need him too, and they really need him to run with the job out of training camp.
• 38:16
  SPEAKER_00: Because if he doesn't, and if he leaves the door open or if he gets injured, boy, this is really, really going to be a catastrophe at the cornerback position.
• 38:27
  SPEAKER_00: As we've seen in years past, Dane Jackson out there a season ago getting burned down the field.
• 38:33
  SPEAKER_00: He retired today, and he was playing for the Bills in the divisional round of the playoffs last year.
• 38:39
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, made the most out of his career.
• 38:42
  SPEAKER_00: A decent draft pick by Brandon Bean at the start of things, but last year, just classic Brandon Bean bringing back Dane Jackson and having him play during that playoff game.
• 38:52
  SPEAKER_00: And part of it was Sean McDermott's fault for playing Maxwell Harrison in the season finale and having him injure his ankle, and that leading to Dane Jackson having to go in there in uh an emergency situation, but just just just terrible stuff uh last year with Jackson.
• 39:10
  SPEAKER_00: But I'll digress on that.
• 39:11
  SPEAKER_00: The last key position battle, I think, to focus on.
• 39:15
  SPEAKER_00: I know some are looking at 10 and more.
• 39:18
  SPEAKER_00: There's really three key linebacker, that cornerback position, uh, and left guard.
• 39:24
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, I'll throw in a fourth after this as well.
• 39:26
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe four.
• 39:27
  SPEAKER_00: I'll I'll revise that statement.
• 39:28
  SPEAKER_00: Really four.
• 39:29
  SPEAKER_00: Left guard, Alec Anderson.
• 39:31
  SPEAKER_00: I think he should be given the keys of the car.
• 39:33
  SPEAKER_00: He's been around this organization.
• 39:35
  SPEAKER_00: He's done enough to prove himself in spot start duty, and he's made his way from jumbo tight end.
• 39:42
  SPEAKER_00: He's played the guard position, he's played center, he knows every position on the line.
• 39:48
  SPEAKER_00: He's got that aggressive mentality the Bills are looking for.
• 39:52
  SPEAKER_00: And I think he's champing in the bit to prove himself, and I think the Bills have to allow him to do so.
• 39:57
  SPEAKER_00: I can't imagine Austin Corbett is going to be that much better than Alec Anderson, where you should usurp Alec Anderson with Austin Corbett.
• 40:07
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, Anderson, the younger player.
• 40:09
  SPEAKER_00: Corbett's dealt with some injuries the past few years.
• 40:12
  SPEAKER_00: Anderson's the guy here.
• 40:14
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think there's really a whole lot of question about it in my mind.
• 40:18
  SPEAKER_00: You might see the Bills have some question as training camp goes and have Anderson really solidify that through his performance during the preseason.
• 40:27
  SPEAKER_00: But if you were to ask me, I think no question Alec Anderson should be the starting left guard for this team come week one of the regular season.
• 40:35
  SPEAKER_00: Now, if he doesn't measure up in the first few weeks, you put Austin Corbett right in.
• 40:40
  SPEAKER_00: That's what you signed him for.
• 40:41
  SPEAKER_00: A veteran presence, uh a worthy backup, and somebody that could come in and help you, like I said, if things fail with Alec Anderson.
• 40:52
  SPEAKER_00: But the last position battle I'm keyed in on, and I didn't have it in my notes initially, but shame on me because I've been talking about it off throughout the offseason, and I actually have predicted the result of the competition on Bills on SI, and that is the punter competition, Tommy Doman Jr.
• 41:10
  SPEAKER_00: versus Mitch Wishnowski, the incumbent starter.
• 41:13
  SPEAKER_00: Doman Jr., the seventh round draft pick.
• 41:16
  SPEAKER_00: And I believe I mentioned it on last week's episode.
• 41:19
  SPEAKER_00: Bruce Nolan of the Bruce Exclusive Podcast recently went back and checked somewhere upwards of I want to say 21 out of 22 drafted punters over the past however many years have all made opening day rosters for their teams that they were drafted to.
• 41:44
  SPEAKER_00: The only one that didn't was Matt Ariza for the Bills, and that was because of all the controversy and the off-the-field allegations that were surrounding him at that time.
• 41:54
  SPEAKER_00: So teams draft a punter, they pretty much always keep them in recent history.
• 41:59
  SPEAKER_00: And I think the same is going to be said for Tommy Doman Jr.
• 42:03
  SPEAKER_00: He's got history as a kickoff specialist, which could help the Bills.
• 42:06
  SPEAKER_00: Tyler Bass coming off that sports hernia that he sustained a season ago.
• 42:12
  SPEAKER_00: I'm not so sure they'll be comfortable with him kicking off.
• 42:15
  SPEAKER_00: And also just a younger player at the position.
• 42:24
  SPEAKER_00: And to get Tommy Doman in here, to use that draft pick and to have another player that can set you up for the future at a low-key important position.
• 42:36
  SPEAKER_00: It's not as important for the Bills.
• 42:37
  SPEAKER_00: They don't punt that that often.
• 42:39
  SPEAKER_00: But to have somebody that you know is going to go out there and give you the hang time you need, the big uh capable of a big leg.
• 42:46
  SPEAKER_00: And uh he put a high percentage of his kicks or his punts inside the 20 last year.
• 42:51
  SPEAKER_00: I think Tommy Doman should win that punter competition between him and Mitch Wischnowski this season.
• 43:00
  SPEAKER_00: All right, now let's move on to the rest of my 53-man roster projection.
• 43:06
  SPEAKER_00: I've already given away some of my thoughts at a few positions here as we have Western Weston Brewster in here, rooting on our commenter Sean Kula, who is very active in the chat here tonight.
• 43:24
  SPEAKER_00: He's not too keen on left guard.
• 43:25
  SPEAKER_00: He thinks Bean really failed there.
• 43:28
  SPEAKER_00: I wouldn't say really failed.
• 43:30
  SPEAKER_00: I think you had to kind of bite the bullet at one position.
• 43:32
  SPEAKER_00: And if you're gonna do it somewhere, I think left guard was uh a good spot to do it.
• 43:36
  SPEAKER_00: They did bring in Corbett, but for very low money, I think like a million and a half or something like that on a on a one year deal.
• 43:42
  SPEAKER_00: So not much money there.
• 43:44
  SPEAKER_00: You're not paying Alec Anderson that much.
• 43:46
  SPEAKER_00: And you've been so strong along the line of scrimmage, and you have so many veterans on that offensive line.
• 43:52
  SPEAKER_00: I think, like I said, if you were going to let one position kind of not go by the wayside, but maybe not address it as much as you did.
• 44:00
  SPEAKER_00: Other positions, I think that should have been the position to do it.
• 44:04
  SPEAKER_00: It shouldn't have been linebacker, it shouldn't have been defensive tackle where the Bills did nothing on the free agent market.
• 44:11
  SPEAKER_00: But let's go to my 53-man roster projection.
• 44:13
  SPEAKER_00: I'll pull it up here as we go and I'll put it in the middle of the screen.
• 44:19
  SPEAKER_00: I don't really have a better way of doing things.
• 44:21
  SPEAKER_00: You can find this in Shout magazine, the subscription link you can find on my X account.
• 44:29
  SPEAKER_00: I posted this graphic to the X account earlier today and the subscription link in the comments.
• 44:35
  SPEAKER_00: So if you just scroll down my X account, you can subscribe to Bill's or excuse me to the Shout magazine and find complete training camp coverage.
• 44:44
  SPEAKER_00: Or if you're in the Western New York area, head over to a Wegmans, go to the newsstand area, and you can pick up a fresh copy.
• 44:50
  SPEAKER_00: Those should have been delivered by now with training camp coming up tomorrow.
• 44:55
  SPEAKER_00: So make sure to get a copy of Shout uh and check out my 53-man roster projection that I released just a few days ago.
• 45:05
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• 45:07
  SPEAKER_00: So you don't have to wait for it to be mailed to you.
• 45:09
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• 45:19
  SPEAKER_00: So a lot of accessibility there.
• 45:21
  SPEAKER_00: But let's start at quarterback.
• 45:22
  SPEAKER_00: You have Josh Allen, Kyle Allen, and Shane Buschel.
• 45:25
  SPEAKER_00: I have Kyle Allen willing winning the backup quarterback job.
• 45:28
  SPEAKER_00: I just think that his veteran presence, he's proven uh I don't want to say capable, but he's proven that he can be on the field as a starter more often than Shane Buschel.
• 45:39
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Bushel's only been on the field once in an NFL game.
• 45:42
  SPEAKER_00: Kyle Allen has much more experience than that, let alone being a starter.
• 45:47
  SPEAKER_00: So give me Kyle Allen to win the backup quarterback job.
• 45:50
  SPEAKER_00: Not much to see at running back.
• 45:52
  SPEAKER_00: I think James Cook, Ty Johnson, Ray Davis, once again, a top-tier running back trio.
• 45:57
  SPEAKER_00: But the fullback job, is that going to be up for grabs?
• 46:00
  SPEAKER_00: Will the Bills keep a fullback this year?
• 46:02
  SPEAKER_00: Reggie Gilliam left in the offseason.
• 46:04
  SPEAKER_00: Ben Van Sumeran and Jackson Acker are going to be fighting for that job if the Bills do indeed keep a fullback.
• 46:11
  SPEAKER_00: And I have Ben Van Sumeran, a former linebacker, a player who got hurt on the opening kickoff of the NFL season opener last year for the Eagles.
• 46:20
  SPEAKER_00: I have him winning that fullback job over the undrafted free agent Jackson Acker.
• 46:26
  SPEAKER_00: I have the Bills cutting Frank Gore Jr.
• 46:28
  SPEAKER_00: and Ian Wheeler, and it's going to be interesting to see between those two which player lands on the practice squad.
• 46:34
  SPEAKER_00: Frank Gore Jr.'s been there the last couple of years, but Ian Wheeler, a UFL standout, somebody who I think returned a kick or a punt for a touchdown against the Bills in a preseason game for the Bears.
• 46:45
  SPEAKER_00: So he's got some ability and might be able to push Frank Gore Jr.
• 46:48
  SPEAKER_00: for that job or push uh for the uh the punt return or kick return job alongside Ray Davis.
• 46:55
  SPEAKER_00: So that those are my thoughts at running back.
• 46:57
  SPEAKER_00: Now, wide receiver, not a whole lot to see here.
• 47:00
  SPEAKER_00: We started the podcast mentioning how Tyrell Shavers was placed on the pup list, and I think that'll lead to Trent Shurfield taking his place on the Bills' 53-man roster.
• 47:12
  SPEAKER_00: I think they'll keep six wide receivers, DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, the clear cut one-two.
• 47:17
  SPEAKER_00: And the talk over the past couple days, I've only heard Keon Coleman and Joshua Palmer's names mentioned in the running for that wide receiver three position, but I don't think he can count out Skylar Bell.
• 47:29
  SPEAKER_00: I think the rookie, uh, the fourth-round rookie, what he showed during mini-camp from reports and uh the comments from his coaches and everything, I'm excited about Skylar Bell and what he could offer this offense in year one.
• 47:44
  SPEAKER_00: I know he's a different player than Keon Coleman and Joshua Palmer, but in this new system, they always talk about positionless players and moving players.
• 47:53
  SPEAKER_00: Skylar Bell has a proven track record of production, albeit at a small-time school in Yukon.
• 47:59
  SPEAKER_00: I'm really excited about Skylar Bell.
• 48:02
  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see him at the end of the season take on wide receiver three snaps and targets over that of Keon Coleman and Joshua Palmer, who I think should be cut if it weren't for his massive dead cap charge facing the Bills this season.
• 48:18
  SPEAKER_00: I think you'll see Joshua Palmer cut next offseason.
• 48:21
  SPEAKER_00: So Tyrell Shaver's on the pup list.
• 48:23
  SPEAKER_00: You have DJ Moore, Shakir, Bell, Coleman, Palmer, and Shurfield on the roster.
• 48:28
  SPEAKER_00: Then you have Nicole Hardman Jr., Steven Gosnell, Jalen Virgil, Devin, or excuse me, this is this is uh print date was before the Devin Tompkins release.
• 48:41
  SPEAKER_00: So cutting Devin Tompkins, cutting Max Tom Tomzak, cutting Jamori Macklin, cutting MacDelena.
• 48:50
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to the offensive line is when I, or excuse me, tight end.
• 48:58
  SPEAKER_00: I initially did my post on X this afternoon and I forgot to attach the second of three pages.
• 49:03
  SPEAKER_00: So for the first few minutes, it looked like I left out three of the most important positions on the roster, that being tight end, offensive line, and defensive line.
• 49:14
  SPEAKER_00: But at the tight end position, we all know what's going to happen.
• 49:18
  SPEAKER_00: Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox, Jackson Hawes.
• 49:20
  SPEAKER_00: The one thing that I could see happening at tight end this year is Jackson Hawes potentially overtaking Dawson Knox for that tight end two roll.
• 49:28
  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see him be more utilized in the passing game and have him start to spread his wings in more ways than just a pass uh a blocker.
• 49:36
  SPEAKER_00: We saw him show ability as a pass catcher last year, but didn't do enough to really move the needle for me.
• 49:42
  SPEAKER_00: And I'd like to see him involved more in the Bills' aerial attack.
• 49:46
  SPEAKER_00: Two cuts at the tight end position, Kalecki Latu and Shane Zelstra.
• 49:52
  SPEAKER_00: I think uh Latu will end up on the Bills practice squad.
• 49:56
  SPEAKER_00: All right, moving to the offensive line.
• 49:58
  SPEAKER_00: We already talked about Alex Alec Anderson and how I think he should win the left guard job.
• 50:03
  SPEAKER_00: You have Deion Dawkins at left tackle, Connor McGovern at center, Osiris Torrance at right guard, Spencer Brown at right tackle, and then Austin Corbett, your first man off the bench.
• 50:13
  SPEAKER_00: And then the next three, a little bit interesting.
• 50:16
  SPEAKER_00: Jude Bowery, the fourth round pick of the Bills, the first fourth round pick of the Bills before Skylar Bell, not my favorite pick of the draft, as you might have read my instant grade on Bills on SI, but Jude Bowery going to make the team because of his draft status this year.
• 50:32
  SPEAKER_00: They're not going to cut a fourth round pick before he gets out there for his first season as a professional.
• 50:39
  SPEAKER_00: But Tyon Grable and Cedric Van Pran Granger, two former Bills draft picks, could be entering their final training camp with the team.
• 50:48
  SPEAKER_00: Grable has had trouble staying healthy his first two years in the league, started as a the team's swing tackle during his rookie season, but last year was replaced in that role by Ryan Vandemark, largely due to Grable sustaining a concussion before the season got underway and landing on injured reserve.
• 51:06
  SPEAKER_00: But I think if Grable's able to stay healthy, he'll make the roster.
• 51:10
  SPEAKER_00: And then Cedric Van Prang Granger, I've heard him discussed amid trade rumors this offseason and just outright outright cut rumors as well.
• 51:19
  SPEAKER_00: But I don't think the Bills have seen enough from him quite yet.
• 51:22
  SPEAKER_00: He was a uh a really exciting draft pick when the Bills took him.
• 51:28
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't think the Bills are ready to cut bait on him.
• 51:32
  SPEAKER_00: I think they'd like to see uh what he has to offer.
• 51:36
  SPEAKER_00: His main competition is Lloyd Cushenberry, another veteran free agent signing that could push him for the backup center role.
• 51:43
  SPEAKER_00: But like I said, Cedric Van Pran Grager on the roster, rounding out the Bills offensive line group.
• 51:48
  SPEAKER_00: Nine offensive linemen kept by the Bills in my 53-man roster projection.
• 51:52
  SPEAKER_00: A former draft pick, Chase Lunt gets cut in his second season.
• 51:57
  SPEAKER_00: 2026 seventh round draft pick.
• 52:00
  SPEAKER_00: Armage Reed Adams gets cut.
• 52:02
  SPEAKER_00: Demetrius Weatherspoon, Bruno Fina, uh, the son of former Bills legend John Fina, although I think Bruno Fina will make the practice squad.
• 52:13
  SPEAKER_00: And then another former Bills draft pick that they brought back last year, Nick Broker.
• 52:18
  SPEAKER_00: I think he is cut as well.
• 52:21
  SPEAKER_00: Before we move on to the defensive side of the ball within my 53-man roster projection, David has a question.
• 52:27
  SPEAKER_00: What's my prediction on Cooks coming back?
• 52:32
  SPEAKER_00: That is Brandon Cooks.
• 52:34
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, we have David saying he'd take him over Joshua Palmer.
• 52:40
  SPEAKER_00: I I think I'm with you, David, but it's just I don't think it's going to happen due to the salary cap implications.
• 52:45
  SPEAKER_00: I think there's simply too much money invested into Palmer, and that dead cap charge wouldn't give you any cap relief.
• 52:53
  SPEAKER_00: It would hamper you.
• 52:55
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't think that the Bills will move on from Palmer.
• 52:59
  SPEAKER_00: I think they'll try to get as much as they can out of him this season.
• 53:02
  SPEAKER_00: And you're not sure what you're going to get out of Keon Coleman as well.
• 53:05
  SPEAKER_00: So you kind of need that skill set within your wide receiver core.
• 53:08
  SPEAKER_00: And while I could see maybe him unloaded on another team to get rid of the salary, and maybe the Bills add a draft pick to the deal to sweeten the pot for a prospective team and trade talks, but I don't think you're going to see Brandon Cooks come back at this stage.
• 53:25
  SPEAKER_00: I'd like to see it.
• 53:27
  SPEAKER_00: I think he did a nice job last year outside of not coming up with that eventual interception by uh Jaquan McMillian for the Denver Broncos.
• 53:38
  SPEAKER_00: I am not among the group of people who think that that was a catch by Brandon Cooks.
• 53:43
  SPEAKER_00: I think that that was a drop, one of many that we saw from him throughout the season.
• 53:47
  SPEAKER_00: Didn't do a good enough job securing the football.
• 53:50
  SPEAKER_00: That was one negative from Cooks last season.
• 53:53
  SPEAKER_00: But with that said, he was able to get open down the field, showed good rapport with Josh Allen.
• 53:58
  SPEAKER_00: I would not be opposed to seeing Brandon Cooks come back for the Bills.
• 54:05
  SPEAKER_00: But like I said, I just I just don't think that it's in the cards at this point.
• 54:10
  SPEAKER_00: All right, back to the 53-man roster projection.
• 54:13
  SPEAKER_00: The defensive line, big worries, worrisome uh area for the Bills this season.
• 54:21
  SPEAKER_00: Six defensive linemen on my 53-man roster projection.
• 54:24
  SPEAKER_00: Not many surprises.
• 54:26
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe one for some people.
• 54:28
  SPEAKER_00: Ed Oliver, Deion Walker, TJ Sanders all make the team.
• 54:31
  SPEAKER_00: Landon Jackson as well.
• 54:32
  SPEAKER_00: Deion Walker, TJ Sanders, Landon Jackson, all draft picks from a season ago.
• 54:37
  SPEAKER_00: I think it's too soon for the team to move on from them.
• 54:40
  SPEAKER_00: And you saw Deion Walker cutting weight, Landon Jackson putting on weight this offseason.
• 54:45
  SPEAKER_00: So I think they have plans in place for both of those two players.
• 54:48
  SPEAKER_00: But one player who put on some weight who they might have hoped for, but I don't think they are necessarily planning around entering this season is Dwayne Carter.
• 55:00
  SPEAKER_00: I think he's going to be supplanted by Federian Mathis on the Bills roster.
• 55:04
  SPEAKER_00: Federian Mathis showed well during the season when he was on the field last year.
• 55:09
  SPEAKER_00: Uh came off the Bills practice squad at con at times.
• 55:12
  SPEAKER_00: He's a bigger body than Dwayne Walker.
• 55:15
  SPEAKER_00: And somebody with a little bit more experience as well.
• 55:18
  SPEAKER_00: I believe a former second-round pick, I want to say, uh, is Mathis.
• 55:22
  SPEAKER_00: So I think if you plug him in, you get more out of Dwayne Carter.
• 55:25
  SPEAKER_00: I think that's what we'll see the Bills do when they come out of training camp.
• 55:28
  SPEAKER_00: I think you'll see Ed Oliver, Deion Walker, TJ Sanders, Federion Mathis, Landon Jackson, and fifth-round pick, Zane Durant from 2026.
• 55:38
  SPEAKER_00: He will also make the roster.
• 55:40
  SPEAKER_00: You'll see Carter, Zion Logue, Tommy Iking Basoti, and Cody Hoisman all cut by the team this offseason.
• 55:47
  SPEAKER_00: It'll be interesting to see who lands on the practice squad.
• 55:49
  SPEAKER_00: I think Zion Logue is a good candidate, but he had some good moments last year as well.
• 55:54
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe he gets picked up by another team.
• 55:56
  SPEAKER_00: Dwayne Carter, if he gets cut, not sure if he'll uh make his way back.
• 56:00
  SPEAKER_00: So something to watch there as well.
• 56:04
  SPEAKER_00: All right, rounding out this 53-man roster projection.
• 56:09
  SPEAKER_00: We go to the edge rusher position.
• 56:11
  SPEAKER_00: Big time additions at edge rusher.
• 56:13
  SPEAKER_00: Bradley Chubb and TJ Parker join Greg Rousseau as the team's leading trio.
• 56:18
  SPEAKER_00: But you also have Michael Hoyt coming off that Achilles injury that I mentioned earlier.
• 56:22
  SPEAKER_00: If he's ready to go at the start of training camp, he's a shoe in to make the roster.
• 56:27
  SPEAKER_00: The one spot left, I think, is between Mike Dana and Javon Solomon.
• 56:33
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people have Javon Solomon on their final 53-man roster, but Mike Dana, a former Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs, a veteran, somebody who has proven much, much more than Javon Solomon has in this league.
• 56:46
  SPEAKER_00: Give me Dana to make the roster over the Bills' former, I think, fifth-round pick in Javon Solomon.
• 56:53
  SPEAKER_00: He's already played two years in this league.
• 56:54
  SPEAKER_00: Doesn't have much to show for it.
• 56:56
  SPEAKER_00: I think the Bills will move on from Solomon.
• 56:59
  SPEAKER_00: Another player that could potentially fit into that mix, Andre Jones Jr., but I don't quite see it at this time.
• 57:05
  SPEAKER_00: And then Kay Denoff cut by the Bills as well.
• 57:09
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to linebacker, Terrell Bernard, Dorian Williams, Caleb Elarms, or the top three that I've discussed.
• 57:15
  SPEAKER_00: Also mentioned Jo Andreessen as probably uh one of the top backups as well.
• 57:21
  SPEAKER_00: That's the foursome that I see at linebacker.
• 57:25
  SPEAKER_00: Keontae Jenkins, Demetrius Flanagan, Foles, Jimmy Charlotte, and Farran or Terran Gaines.
• 57:33
  SPEAKER_00: Don't know how to pronounce that name.
• 57:35
  SPEAKER_00: Cut at linebacker by the Bills before training camp is through.
• 57:41
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on to cornerback, we've talked about that already.
• 57:43
  SPEAKER_00: Maxwell Harrison, Davison, Igbonosen competing for that cornerback two role.
• 57:48
  SPEAKER_00: One player that I really like, I mentioned previously on the previous podcast, D.
• 57:52
  SPEAKER_00: Alford.
• 57:52
  SPEAKER_00: I like that addition by the Bills.
• 57:54
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't mention him among the top free agent signings by the Bills and Bradley Chubb and CJ Gardner Johnson, but I think D.
• 58:00
  SPEAKER_00: Alford, if he moves around this defense a little bit, uh, nickel cornerback, uh up near the line of scrimmage, and I think he could play a big role for this Bills defense.
• 58:11
  SPEAKER_00: And then you have Jordan Hancock and Torreano Pride Jr.
• 58:14
  SPEAKER_00: rounding things out at the cornerback position.
• 58:16
  SPEAKER_00: I think Jordan Hancock is going to be the backup nickel cornerback.
• 58:20
  SPEAKER_00: And then just because there's nobody else, Torreano Pride Jr.
• 58:25
  SPEAKER_00: is kind of in there by default on my 53-man roster projection.
• 58:30
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe Takore Couch, Kenny Walker, or Jordan Dunbar overtake him, but I didn't see anything from DeCorey Couch last year that really inspired me.
• 58:39
  SPEAKER_00: And Kenny Walker and Jordan Dunbar, both undrafted free agents.
• 58:42
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm not sure the Bills will be inclined to keep either of them unless they severely outperform their seventh round pick in Torreano Pride.
• 58:54
  SPEAKER_00: So that's the cornerback position.
• 58:56
  SPEAKER_00: We'll round out the secondary at safety.
• 59:00
  SPEAKER_00: And this is where things get a little bit interesting.
• 59:02
  SPEAKER_00: You have Cole Bishop, the incumbent starter, a really nice season in his second year.
• 59:07
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, there was a lot of pressure on Bishop last year, and he really uh stepped to the plate and and and lived up to all the high expectations placed upon him playing alongside Jordan Poyer.
• 59:20
  SPEAKER_00: But now CJ Gardner Johnson is there as the likely second starter beside him.
• 59:25
  SPEAKER_00: And then beyond that is where there's some decisions to be made.
• 59:28
  SPEAKER_00: You have Geno Stone and Damar Hamlin both signed as free agents this offseason.
• 59:33
  SPEAKER_00: Hamlin, of course, has been with the team the past several years.
• 59:36
  SPEAKER_00: Stone, a new player who's had some big-time production in the past, but not the most consistent player or the most inspiring player on the back end.
• 59:45
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't think he's a shoe-in to make the roster.
• 59:48
  SPEAKER_00: So I think it could come down one spot between Stone and Hamlin.
• 59:53
  SPEAKER_00: But at this point, I think the Bills would probably be more likely to get Hamlin back on the practice squad.
• 1:00:00
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe you keep Stone around on the roster, re-sign Hamlin to the practice squad.
• 1:00:05
  SPEAKER_00: I think that remains to be seen, but that's how I see it at this point.
• 1:00:08
  SPEAKER_00: Jalen Kilgore, that's gonna be a Swiss Army knife for the Bills.
• 1:00:12
  SPEAKER_00: You could see him in nickel cornerback, you could see him at safety, you could see him returning punts.
• 1:00:16
  SPEAKER_00: They're gonna find a way to get him on the field.
• 1:00:18
  SPEAKER_00: He is a supreme athlete, somebody that was under-drafted in the fifth round and one of the best draft picks made by Brandon Bean this year, something that he should get a lot of kudos for, lying in wait and coming up with Jalen Kilgore, who I think can be a key part of this defense down the road.
• 1:00:35
  SPEAKER_00: We did hear that with Jordan Hancock last year.
• 1:00:37
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of high expectations for him that never really uh came to fruition.
• 1:00:41
  SPEAKER_00: But Jalen Kilgore, a little bit of a different animal, uh, and I think he's got a brighter future than Hancock ever did in the NFL.
• 1:00:49
  SPEAKER_00: And then finally, the fifth safety, Sam Franklin Jr., simply because of his special teams ability.
• 1:00:55
  SPEAKER_00: He's a special teams ace.
• 1:00:56
  SPEAKER_00: That could change.
• 1:00:57
  SPEAKER_00: We don't know how Joe Brady's gonna value players like that.
• 1:01:00
  SPEAKER_00: Sean McDermott with Tyler Medikavich in the bet in the past, and so many players that were kept on the team solely for special teams.
• 1:01:07
  SPEAKER_00: We don't know if Joe Brady's going to do that, but they did bring Sam Franklin back this offseason.
• 1:01:13
  SPEAKER_00: So it would seem that they're inclined to keep him around heading in to week one.
• 1:01:19
  SPEAKER_00: Outside of Hamlin, the other cut at safety is Wanda Owens, and then finally special teams, Tyler Bass, Tommy Doman Jr., and Reed Ferguson, the long snapper, with Mitch Wischnowski the final cut for the Buffalo Bills.
• 1:01:35
  SPEAKER_00: And you want to know what?
• 1:01:37
  SPEAKER_00: I left out Travis Clayton on the defensive line list.
• 1:01:46
  SPEAKER_00: That's on me.
• 1:01:46
  SPEAKER_00: Travis Clayton, the 91st man on the Bills roster entering training camp, and that because of his international international pathway player exemption that gives the player the Bills one extra player than most teams are permitted to enter training camp with.
• 1:02:05
  SPEAKER_00: So Travis Clayton, another cut on the defensive line, despite moving positions from the offensive line where he was drafted, to the defensive line.
• 1:02:14
  SPEAKER_00: The former rugby player, I don't think, has any chance to make the team this year.
• 1:02:20
  SPEAKER_00: All right, so that's gonna just about do it for the podcast.
• 1:02:24
  SPEAKER_00: But before we go here tonight, we gotta end the show with some hate mail.
• 1:02:31
  SPEAKER_00: A weekly feature on the show, becoming a big hit already in episode two.
• 1:02:36
  SPEAKER_00: Uh listen, when we when you when you deliver the straight dope, the the true facts, the the raw opinions that you get on this show, you're gonna get some hate.
• 1:02:48
  SPEAKER_00: And I'm ready for it.
• 1:02:49
  SPEAKER_00: Somebody's gotta wear the black hat, as I said on the last podcast.
• 1:02:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'm very, very willing to do it.
• 1:02:56
  SPEAKER_00: But starting the hate mail, and we didn't get a whole lot over these past couple of days, which is surprising, uh, but maybe not so surprising because a lot of people agreed with my hate on the jerseys.
• 1:03:07
  SPEAKER_00: So uh I think rather than speaking out against me, they were really in unison on speaking out against the Bills.
• 1:03:15
  SPEAKER_00: But regarding the CJ Gardner Johnson situation, not everyone saw it the same way that I did.
• 1:03:21
  SPEAKER_00: I think he's already starting to become a nuisance even before training camp has begun.
• 1:03:26
  SPEAKER_00: And this from Helen Vetter uh after the CJ Gardner Johnson situation.
• 1:03:32
  SPEAKER_00: Quote, stupid ass people commenting on a player, exclamation point.
• 1:03:36
  SPEAKER_00: CJ isn't the only one to live stream, exclamation point.
• 1:03:39
  SPEAKER_00: I guess it makes irrelevant for a moment, Karen.
• 1:03:42
  SPEAKER_00: Are we sure that isn't CJ himself?
• 1:03:45
  SPEAKER_00: Is this like a Kevin Durant burner situation we got going on here?
• 1:03:50
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I I haven't seen a Bills player be as social media as active on social media as CJ Gardner Johnson has in two weeks.
• 1:03:58
  SPEAKER_00: I haven't seen a former player be that active over their entire career with the Bills.
• 1:04:03
  SPEAKER_00: So I wouldn't be surprised if CJ Gardner Johnson has a bunch of burners loaded up and ready to defend himself on social media.
• 1:04:10
  SPEAKER_00: Lord knows there's been plenty to defend himself about over the years.
• 1:04:14
  SPEAKER_00: This from DS, and I believe this was under the jerseys opinion that I had.
• 1:04:25
  SPEAKER_00: Seems very quote, old man yells at cloud, unquote, to me, based on his posts.
• 1:04:32
  SPEAKER_00: Anyone?
• 1:04:33
  SPEAKER_00: Question mark, quote.
• 1:04:35
  SPEAKER_00: Well, this must be DS's first time on my social media page, uh, because I I think the large portion of my following is is very well accustomed to how things have kind of developed over the last year.
• 1:04:50
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't I don't want to consider I'm an old man yelling at a cloud, still in my in my prime here, not much uh beyond Josh Allen's age of 30, but uh let's let's just call it for what it is.
• 1:05:01
  SPEAKER_00: I got a lot of problems with the bills right now, and yes, I I am going to go out there and yell at the cloud every once in a while.
• 1:05:09
  SPEAKER_00: So, DS, thank you for following.
• 1:05:11
  SPEAKER_00: We hope you continue to do so along with Helen Vetter and keep the hate mail coming.
• 1:05:16
  SPEAKER_00: I I I would not mind reading more than two uh well-thought-out hate mail posts throughout the course of this show.
• 1:05:25
  SPEAKER_00: Let's go to the CJ Gardner Johnson post and let's see if we've gotten any more hate mail since I started the podcast.
• 1:05:35
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I think I think we may have.
• 1:05:37
  SPEAKER_00: Let's see.
• 1:05:38
  SPEAKER_00: Holy blank, it's not that deep, man.
• 1:05:40
  SPEAKER_00: It'd be one thing if he reacted poorly.
• 1:05:43
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, let's shit on a guy who has yet to even practice yet.
• 1:05:46
  SPEAKER_00: You're a clown.
• 1:05:49
  SPEAKER_00: Shut up.
• 1:05:50
  SPEAKER_00: You guys are making a big deal out of nothing.
• 1:05:52
  SPEAKER_00: It's his first time with the Bills training camp, and it's Joe Brady's first time in training camp.
• 1:05:57
  SPEAKER_00: Spreading lies, I see.
• 1:05:58
  SPEAKER_00: Everyone has loved CJ Garner.
• 1:06:00
  SPEAKER_00: Johnson so far.
• 1:06:00
  SPEAKER_00: You just want clicks.
• 1:06:03
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, now let's now let's hear from the people that agree with me on CJ Gardner Johnson.
• 1:06:10
  SPEAKER_00: That's not what this segment is for, but I'd I'd like to deliver both sides of the argument here.
• 1:06:15
  SPEAKER_00: Todd Cummings, since he loves Hertz and Philly so much, maybe we could arrange for him to be sent back there.
• 1:06:22
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, now we go down here.
• 1:06:24
  SPEAKER_00: Susan, I'm so damn irritated that Bean didn't move up to take Dylan Dynamon in the draft.
• 1:06:29
  SPEAKER_00: I could spit.
• 1:06:31
  SPEAKER_00: Jimmy Zolnowski.
• 1:06:33
  SPEAKER_00: CJ is going to be an issue.
• 1:06:35
  SPEAKER_00: Bad news.
• 1:06:35
  SPEAKER_00: Good news.
• 1:06:36
  SPEAKER_00: Joe Brady isn't running at daycare.
• 1:06:39
  SPEAKER_00: AH, I hated the signing, so the bar is already extremely low.
• 1:06:44
  SPEAKER_00: So a little bit of a mixed bag there with the CJ Gardner Johnson situation.
• 1:06:50
  SPEAKER_00: Uh and I think that's to be expected.
• 1:06:53
  SPEAKER_00: He's a polarizing player.
• 1:06:55
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of people love the signing, and I I was high on the signing as well, but as time has gone on, it's kind of been nauseating to watch him act out on social media, and especially today with Joe Brady having to disrupt his stream and tell him to stop streaming from the locker room.
• 1:07:15
  SPEAKER_00: It also makes me question the leadership, the veteran leadership within the locker room.
• 1:07:20
  SPEAKER_00: No one was strong enough to tell him, listen, we we don't do that here.
• 1:07:23
  SPEAKER_00: That's not something that that that goes on.
• 1:07:26
  SPEAKER_00: Although now that I'm thinking about it, the Bills, after their practices, used to host those dance parties.
• 1:07:36
  SPEAKER_00: They have been shut down though.
• 1:07:38
  SPEAKER_00: So I wonder if that's something that was stopped.
• 1:07:42
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so so I've reconsidered that I I think twice mid-stream here.
• 1:07:47
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, because Deion Dawkins used to whole host those dance parties on his Instagram page, but somewhere along the line, those stopped.
• 1:07:54
  SPEAKER_00: So I think perhaps Brady falling in line with that thought process and not wanting CJ Gardner Johnson to stream from the locker room or the training room.
• 1:08:08
  SPEAKER_00: But I'm not so concerned with the individual act in and of itself.
• 1:08:16
  SPEAKER_00: Not even as training camp practices have started.
• 1:08:19
  SPEAKER_00: Also the lack of leadership in the locker room, and then just Gardner Johnson's overall tone that he's set on social media already to start his first season with the team.
• 1:08:30
  SPEAKER_00: David, the avatar is missing the mustache.
• 1:08:33
  SPEAKER_00: Do better.
• 1:08:34
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, maybe I'll switch it.
• 1:08:35
  SPEAKER_00: I I wanted to keep the avatar a bit clean.
• 1:08:38
  SPEAKER_00: The mustache has come up come about this summer.
• 1:08:40
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, it comes and goes as time has gone on as I've gotten older.
• 1:08:45
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't know if it'll always be around, but if I do go through an extended stretch with it, maybe I will change uh the logo here at some point and add a mustache.
• 1:08:55
  SPEAKER_00: But man, attention to detail.
• 1:08:57
  SPEAKER_00: Appreciate it.
• 1:08:58
  SPEAKER_00: So we had a few commenters here tonight.
• 1:09:01
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, viewership was up from the last show.
• 1:09:04
  SPEAKER_00: That's a positive.
• 1:09:05
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• 1:09:18
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• 1:09:25
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• 1:09:30
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• 1:09:33
  SPEAKER_00: Who knows?
• 1:09:33
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just kind of uh going with it as it comes here throughout training camp.
• 1:09:38
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• 1:09:44
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• 1:09:55
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and one more plug I want to make.
• 1:09:58
  SPEAKER_00: I think I mentioned it off the top.
• 1:10:00
  SPEAKER_00: I have an opinion piece on the Bills uniforms.
• 1:10:02
  SPEAKER_00: I think some of you might enjoy.
• 1:10:04
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• 1:10:07
  SPEAKER_00: Uh you can just search Alex Brasky, Bill's New Uniforms on SI.
• 1:10:12
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• 1:10:17
  SPEAKER_00: Uh be sure to check that out.
• 1:10:19
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• 1:10:24
  SPEAKER_00: All right, we'll be back tomorrow after the first day of Bill's training camp.
• 1:10:28
  SPEAKER_00: Quick turnaround, but an exciting time in in Bill's land as a pressure packed season is about to get underway.
• 1:10:36
  SPEAKER_00: Have a great night, everyone.
• 1:10:37
  SPEAKER_00: Stay true.