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Ep. 81 - Bills Offense Chatter
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Continuing our conversation from last week, the boys are diving into the offensive side of the football to talk about the needs in each position room for the Buffalo Bills offense. We kick off the week by discussing the Patriots signing of Diggs, the near-aftermath of the Josh Norris trade, and the Tush Push! Thanks for listening!
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Introduction and Social Media Plug
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to the Let's Go Buffalo Podcast. Your new favorite podcast for everything Bills and Sabres. Let's go.
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What's going on, everybody? you are listening to the Let's Go Buffalo podcast, your favorite podcast for all things Bills and Sabres. With the pals Tom and Jake this evening, we got episode 81 coming at you.
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Before we dive into things, just a quick reminder, go out, follow our social media accounts. It's at Let's Go Buff
Tom's Grill Story and Weather Chat
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Pod with two Fs on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, the the run of it.
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If you're on YouTube, leave a like, drop a comment. It really helps us out. So let's get into it. Let's say hey to the fella. Tom, how are you doing tonight, pal? One fella reporting for duty.
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ah sarah yes A good fella at that. ah Thank you. Thank you. yeah um i can't I want to put you and you and Nigel to have you guys compete and see who can do the opener longer.
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oh ni Who's got the better lungs? Nigel, for sure. He has the panache, too. what i mean yeah that's thats yeah yeah i I'll I'm um humbly filling in for him in in his absence.
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What's up, dude? How are you? I'm not i'm not competing. Dude, I'm good. I was telling you before, I got i got a grill from my dad as a housewarming present. So thank you to him. Got out grilling for the first time tonight in ah in a winter coat, I should ask. You know, that's good tailgate practice. That's good. That's good.
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That's true. That's true. I was training. That's how we'll call that. That's what we'll call it. yeah yeah just the six The six blue lights behind the the grill is also training, right?
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100 percent 100 percent um yeah
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ah yeah it was nice what were you cooking it great it was great just some burgers and some veggies out there nothing nothing crazy there you go crazy the classics you know yeah that's what that thing's for dude that's so
Summer Vibes and Drink Choices
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awesome god dude my breakfast i'm telling you get the hash browns out you know whatever get peppers onions going like that's that's what those things are built for that's that's what i'm this was nice that's what i'm really excited about is that the breakfast is out there on that thing dude i mean that's all coming i i gotta i mean we have now plunged back into second winter up here in the north um and uh but there was a there was 60 degree days dude all i could think about was was getting out on the links with you again oh it's like this is called this feels like golf weather it's almost time to dust them off dude yeah it's it's coming it's coming
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yeah everybody everybody needs We were talking before we got on to everybody needs to like take a deep breath and see some sunshine. We're going to make it to May. May is coming, everybody. I promise it is. and everything Everything will be better.
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I agree. It's going to be here before we know it. Do you want to crack a beverage with me? Let's do it. Three,
Stefan Diggs' Surprising Signing
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two, one.
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I have a loser beverage tonight, so I'll go first. Cheers. I have a high noon. but You know, you're again, channeling the summertime. I like it. That's what we're going to with, right? Exactly. I opened the beer fridge and there was not a, not a damn beer in there. So we grabbed, we grabbed a high noon. It'll do. it It'll do. How about you? What do you want? That dog will hunt.
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what are you sipping on i got uh i got a whole bunch of zero gravity so these next few weeks are going to be i'm going to be a zero gravity boy i've set them aside this is a ah relatively new one i think it came out this past uh winter season it's ah a light version of their green state lager um and it's a nice little light pilsner really like it that's nice it's a snazzy looking can on that thing yeah yeah shimmering green glistening could say cheers buddy cheers dude so let's get into it here dude we uh What discuss first? I think we got to start with. Yeah. Breaking news on Tuesday, March 25th, right before we signed on here tonight.
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um The New england England Patriots have signed Stefan Diggs um to a three year deal worth up to 69 million. I think very nice um with 26 million guaranteed.
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So like not nothing. right um i didn't I didn't catch this before we logged on. This just happened. I'm reacting to this in real time. Run those numbers more time. Three years. $69 million with $29 million guaranteed.
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You nailed it. yeah That's exactly it. $26 million guaranteed. I
Diggs' Age and Injury Concerns
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don't know how that shakes out like per year. yeah i mean like Which years are guaranteed? let me Let me rephrase that. Obviously, we could do the math. um but um i mean That's a little bit of a commitment. I bet it's like one year of commitment and then we'll see.
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kind of deal I bet that's kind of how that's set up. looking at the guarantees. Also, what would be sensible? But wo who knows? but Who knows? I mean, yeah, that makes that makes sense to me. I mean, he is he's not he's not a ah rookie coming the league. how How many years has he been playing? How old is he?
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He's 31, bro. He's our age. He's our age.
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He's 31, but he's coming off an ACL tear. So I live in Vermont, if people haven't heard that up in New England and I'm surrounded by New England fans I'm married to a New England fan so I actually checked in with a couple of them before
Diggs' Role and Impact Speculation
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you know in the past half hour or so chat or text and talking with my wife and there's a kind of a variety like ah a varied response um I tried to get a few to come on the podcast tonight and no bites drag Katie in here yeah that'll over well
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Separation of church here, pal. Okay. um This is the only quiet time I get, please. but Just because the government doesn't set doesn't practice this doesn't mean we shouldn't. Okay. It's a mixed review. So some hearts, why the fuck do this kind of thing, you mean?
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yeah Exactly. Like he's the name, right? He's of the what the free agents that were out there. Like he was the big marquee name, which is fun. but you want to make sure it works, right?
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So to put their hat on, this is not Tom the Bills fan hat right now, for him to be successful, and he's really going to go in and need to be a reliable,
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Sensible veteran portraying May. And I'm laughing because that seems like a funny thing to say about Stefan Diggs sometimes because and the way he left Buffalo, right?
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He left the most drama queen of drama queens that could be. um And then his kind of petered off sense. So um if he comes in and he's a he's ah and he's able to return to form which is the question because of the ACL.
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ah But he's got reliable hands. Can he create space? Can he be a target for Drake May and help this this young kid continue to develop? That's the best case scenario here.
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But i in my for my opinion, that's a lot of ifs, wishes, and buts that need to go right for that to pay off. It absolutely could. Totally could.
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However, we start to see we saw his decline two years ago here in Buffalo. He looked okay at the beginning of the season in in Houston, but he was there's still clearly not the one. Nico Collins was absolutely the alpha in that wide receiver room.
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And then he tore his ACL. Yeah. we We've seen many, many players try to recover from an ACL tear. And we've seen many NFL players in their 30s try to recover from an ACL tear.
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They don't look the same. Doesn't always look the same, right? Doesn't always look the same. An example close to home. Didn't Trey White tear his ACL? but That was what he was coming back from. And he didn't look the same player. I mean, similar type injury, similar type of age.
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I don't even know if he's rostered right now. Well, I think he's still a free agent. I think Trey White, who was all pro multiple years ago, is not rostered at the moment yeah in the NFL, you know?
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Um, we saw Von Miller do the same thing, right? He tore his ACL his year, his first year with us and then didn't quite look the same. So it had been really interesting. Who knows?
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Um, the the the the the the friends to my New England fans up here wants it to like, hey, let's make it the best case scenario that he helps Drake May develop in some way, right?
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Either leadership, either some you know being reliable on the field, being reliable in the locker room. That's the best case scenario. um But that's a lot of wait and see, you know? so It is. i've We've talked about it on this podcast, and I don't think you can, yeah you know, with all the you could argue a lot of things so around the edges for sure, but I think it can be said as fact. He did help Josh Allen develop to a degree. No.
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Oh, absolutely. He was a huge part of it. Those first three years were amazing. And probably some of the best wide receiver play we'll ever see in Buffalo. Like we'll go down as some of the best wide receiver play that we've ever seen three years in a row um that we've seen in Buffalo.
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you can't, you can't expect that to, you know, copy paste, but it, it's It's there. It could it could it could be a a positive relationship for sure. Yeah, sure. yeah So talk to me about this is what
The 'Tush Push' Debate in the NFL
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Mike.
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Hopefully Mike. Sorry, one last thing. Hopefully Mike Frable can figure out the personality. Right. and And help him. Stefan Diggs come in and be a leader and not be a problem. Yeah. We'll have to see if that happens.
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Right. Definitely. So, so talk talk to me about how he fits in, like some of their other younger receivers, Demario Douglas, Jalen Polk, Kendrick Bourne, add in if I'm missing any you know, those, those guys, how how does he kind of stack up? Where do you see him slotting in?
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And Matt Collins, I should mention, he he signed up there as well. Dude, Mac. Oh God. I, If it were me, I'd be more excited about the Matt Cullen signing than the stuff on Dick signing. but Wow. okay right that's the but i So I don't know. It's tough. It's tough. That room right now is doesn't have a big number one.
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Jotlin Polk absolutely could continue to develop, and that's that's something that hopefully he's going to be a second-year receiver. second yearw wide receiver you see across the league, we, and hopefully we're going to see it with Keon where the, the transition from first year to second year wide receivers, that's when you truly see who's going to difference maker.
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There's a big step that can be made in the second year. um They're able to spend an entire off season of, I am a wide receiver. I am no longer trying to be drafted as a wide receiver is I am an NFL wide receiver and I get to train like that and prepare like that and have an off season like that.
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So, I think ideally Jalen Polk is like the number one, but I don't know. i don't It depends on what kind of digs we get, right? Is digs able to play? Is he able to start the year?
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i don't know, right? He's, he tore his ACL towards the but second, you know, the last third of the year, I believe um maybe halfway. I don't remember remember the date, but um it was not early on. So it's partway through the year.
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Generally, you see at least a year's worth of recovery, probably more likely a year and a half, but, So does he finally come back to form by December? And then maybe he's more of a number one? I don't know. That's a good question. I really don't know.
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I think that's going to be a lot that they have to work out. I think if he was uninjured, he would be the number one. Yeah, it was fairly early. It was it was ah late October that he tore that ACL. so Okay. He'll have almost a full year. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so...
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yeah yeah so Who knows? Yeah. Somebody to be a number one target getter. And it could be him. It absolutely could. Or maybe they're going to There's still free agent options out there.
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There's um and maybe they're going to find somebody in the draft. Right. They have the number three or four pick like they're way up there. They can essentially get who they want because they're not drafting a quarterback. So they're in luck. They don't have to do the cam, you know, the cam wards or whatever.
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Yeah. So, ah or Shadur Sanders or, you know, these guys, these were these quarterbacks are kind of being lobbied to be at the top of the the draft right now. So they do kind of get pick of the litter of of some of the other weapons in possibly defense, possibly offense. Like, who knows? um That'll be interesting to see what they go. So I'm going to say, I don't know. I'm to cop out and give you the non-answer.
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Yeah, fair enough. Fair enough.
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ah Well, we'll see. We'll see. We'll see him twice a year. We'll see him twice a year. going to be fun to play against him. Yeah. I hope he beat his ass every time. Oh, dude. I yeah i hope he just has nothing.
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Put Chris or Ben for it on him and just just to silence him. Stuff him.
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Agreed. Yeah. So that's exciting. Right. So there's still free agents to be signed. There's still some big names out there. They Keenan Allen still out there. um Amari Cooper, who was on the Buffalo Bills at the second half of last year. He's still out there. There's still options um in big names in the wide receiver market in particular that are.
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So it'll be interesting to see where they all go. Yeah. Well, time will tell. Time will tell. You're not wrong. Tom, I see a note here about my tush. Do you want to expand?
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I would like to push it. I just thought it'd really fun to talk about the the the touch push. There's been some discussion that started last season and years, seasons before, as the Eagles really kind of defined it as an almost unstoppable play, right? With Jason Kelsey at center and Jalen Hurts behind.
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um was It seemed almost unstoppable for the for the philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles two seasons ago. um And then last season, some other teams adopted it. including the Buffalo bills.
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um However, ours seemed a little bit more susceptible clearly versus the new, um the Kansas city chiefs. Right. So, um but there's, it's been put up by the green Bay Packers. um They've lobbied to the league at the league meetings. That's the tush push should be banned.
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And I thought that'd be a cool discussion point. Cause it sounds rather a hot button, you know, sticky wicket kind of thing. So um I, would you like to make the first case for it to be banned or not banned? Or would you like me to make my first case?
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Oh, man. I'll go... You take the first shot. I'll take the first shot. i don't think it should be banned, and I won't be convinced otherwise. I think... yeah I mean, I think it's it's it's it's... It's well within the rules of the game, no? And so I understand that they're trying to change the rules to disallow it, but it feels...
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disingenuous to do that to me because it it is I mean you're you're the the object
Buffalo Bills and Sabres Offseason Moves
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of the game is to get the ball across the finish line no so if you can do that in a way that's effective why would you not take that easy button route and it's not impossible to stop I think the Eagles were very good at it and effective at pushing it over the line, but that doesn't mean every team is.
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um I think it's still, it's still something that teams practice and and are effective at coaching up and it's on the defenses to figure out how to stop it. I think, you know, if it's so automatic, then you might as well just give them the first down, but it's clearly not.
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So I, I, I'm against banning it. I think let the let the boys push that ball, push the tush across the line. Do you disagree or are you on the same page? I'm 100% on the same page with you. um I think it's whiny, right? It's like, hey, I can't stop you on the field, so I'm going to and try and legislate it out of the game.
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That's what it feels like, right? Like you're trying to like, oh, I'm just going to change the rules. Ha, now you can't do it. Yeah. yeah if if I mean, every team obviously could attempt it, but not every team can.
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So it's in my mind, it's the same thing of like not every team has a Joe Burr and a Jamar Chase. So do you ban that? Do you ban, you know, a really good, what you know, quarterback wide receiver duo because they can play make plays that nobody else can't? No, you don't do that.
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You don't ban Saquon Barkley from breaking off 40 plus yard runaway touchdowns because he's so good. Right. You don't do that. Right. is I don't know. You figure out how to stop it or keep them out of short yardage situations.
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You know? Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. So don't get that yeah you're more well versed in this than me, for sure. Play the devil's advocate if if you could. Like, what what what is the argument? If you're a fan of the Packers, I hate the tush push. I want it gone.
00:16:54
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What's the fan perspective on that? What what do you think the main arguments are in that way? from my if I were to try and take that perspective, I think the number one thing that you could say is that it's a health risk.
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It's a safety risk because it is a large amount of human beings undercutting each other to stop it. so Right. So the best way to stop it for the defense, when you have the offense and the defense lined up against each other, the best way is for the defense to essentially submarine and get under the offense, grab and take them out by the legs and, and you know, and stop them there. We'll stop the forward momentum that way. That's essentially what that's what the Chiefs were able to do against the Bills in that final playoff game where we got um knocked out this past season. and
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um So... So which can and potentially lead to ah some some injuries and become a dangerous play, right? So that's, that that's that's the in my mind, the best reason to maybe say, hey, we should ban this is a safety um thing.
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Sean McDermott actually quoted this past offseason couple weeks ago saying he agrees with the idea that it should be banned because of safety risk. even though his team called it, I don't know how many times, right? 30, 30, 30, 40 times, maybe this past season. I know i don't know.
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So does he really, and you have, to I don't know anyway, but um I, I also think that it's, It's essentially you're you're immediately, so the other thing that you could say to to kind of make it seem disingenuous and maybe something that should be banned is that you are snapping the ball and immediately getting pushed from behind.
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right You're not even really attempting to make a play and in the quote-unquote normal fashion. So you're immediately going to almost like a rubbber rugby scrum where you're pushing from behind and just trying to move mass to move bodies, which not is is not necessarily a traditional football move.
00:18:54
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So I think that would be those would be the two talking points if I were to be the ones trying to ban this. It makes sense. I get it. The injury risk, the non-football move type type arguments. so I get it. i guess I guess I still hope that it's not banned. It just feels whiny to me too.
00:19:16
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like Tattling on somebody for doing something that's within the rules and all that. So I don't know. I hope it's still there. There's one team that's really good at it. And there's two or three teams who are pretty good at it. And then nobody else like figure it out, get the personnel, right. You just don't have it. Right. I don't know.
00:19:35
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so But so that was interesting. We'll see. And they could, they could absolutely, you know, they could, you know, legislate this out of the game. There's absolutely a possibility, but we'll find out. We will. We will.
00:19:46
Speaker
Interesting. and Interesting. I'm glad we dove into that a bit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So before we get into last last episode, we had kind of gone through and we've been working through our free agent acquisitions and where is the Bills roster at? How are things going?
00:19:59
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We did a ton of work on the defense. It was awesome. So if you would like a a defensive refresher, please check out episode 80, last week's episode. We're going to get to the offense today. But um before we do, i wanted i just had a question about some Sabres things because we've kind of been seeing we're essentially in the same spot we've been all all season, right?
00:20:17
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Nothing really has changed dramatically in the Sabres world, except this Josh Norris acquisition. um And I kind of wanted to get your your thoughts.
00:20:28
Speaker
I know he's injured, which which doesn't make that a fun part of the conversation, but I'm curious, like how should we be feeling about the Josh Norris acquisition? How many weeks out from it? Are we like two? We're about two weeks out, right? He's been in Buffalo about two weeks or so. So where are you at with it?
00:20:44
Speaker
um It's a good question. I mean, I think any trade like that is is big. You need to sit with it a bit and see how things shake out. I think it's easy to look at the success that Dylan Cousins has had with Ottawa and feel some remorse from the trade because he has meshed well with that Ottawa team. he's He's looked re-energized. He's looked fired up. He's he' fitted really well on their power play with Kachuk and Stutzla and then them. So I think he's having a lot of success there. he He's played eight games, not of a seven points to two power play goals in there. Like he's he's performing well for them in a in a playoff push.
00:21:24
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So that's one side of it. You can feel some remorse for that. The other side of it is, all right, what did Buffalo get for this? So Josh Norris and then the defenseman, Jacob Bernard Docker, I don't think should be completely written off. I think it's a big part of the trade.
00:21:38
Speaker
So both of those guys have slotted into a couple games. um I thought Josh Norris looked looked decent in the games he played, ah made some good plays. He had couple points in those those three games that he did play.
00:21:52
Speaker
um It's too early to tell, basically. It's it's too early to say. um I think he is injured. You're right. And that's something that Nigel and I talked a lot about.
00:22:04
Speaker
Hey! Are your ears ringing? Hello, my boys. Great timing. We were just dicing up the Josh Norris early, early looks.
00:22:18
Speaker
So i mean I'll let you myself right back out.
00:22:24
Speaker
I'll, I want to get your thought too, but basically what i was saying, it's too early to say he's only played three games. He's dealing with an injury. And that was something that we talked about early on Is this guy going to be available to play regularly and on a consistent basis to help this team win games so far this year? That's not been the case.
00:22:42
Speaker
Apparently he's been dealing with an injury on and off throughout the year. And it's popped up again. Now that he's in Buffalo, I think part of it is the fact that they are not in a playoff push at all.
00:22:52
Speaker
So the team's mindset is let this guy heal, let this guy rest and
Bills' Wide Receiver Room Changes
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get back to form before they put him in on you know needlessly. I think if they were do or die every night, two points matters every night, i think maybe he plays a little bit more often than he has.
00:23:09
Speaker
um But that's just simply not the case. So We really got to wait and see. I'm still excited by the player. I mean, it's he was wanted around the league by more than just the Sabres. The Sabres just made the deal.
00:23:21
Speaker
um And, you know, I think i think Jacob Bernard-Docker could be a decent depth pairing guy in the future. i don't love it. I don't hate it. Again, too early to say for him. It's just, it's it's so fresh. These players are in a new environment, in a shitty environment at the moment. So.
00:23:40
Speaker
Yeah. Time will tell. Yeah. na d Do you have any other thoughts on Josh Norris, Bernard Docker, Cousins? um ah Yeah, it's ah it's, I mean, it's, Cousins already has a point tonight. Like, it sucks that Josh Norris isn't playing.
00:23:54
Speaker
It really sucks that Josh Norris couldn't find a way tonight. I recognize, yeah, you're right It's probably because they're dog shit and why push it? if you're dog shit, which I understand.
00:24:06
Speaker
um as As a fan that wants to be able to dunk on people on social media, I wish he was playing. I wish he was playing, and I wish he would score. um That's a very unique, you know, like very nice part of your fandom. or yeah fanmen director currentlyly yeah Yeah. I mean... yeah yeah um So, yeah, but you're absolutely right. It is too soon to tell. You know, right now it very much looks like Ottawa is winning the trade because Dylan Cousins is a playing, and B, playing super fucking well, um which is unbelievably frustrating. But it is what it is. We can't do anything about it. Good for him. i mean, he's he's a he's a good player, or what i believe to be a good player.
00:24:49
Speaker
um So, you know, it's it sucks, but think there's anything you can do. Will we, this is my question, I want you guys both to give me a short answer to this. Will we know more information, sorry, will we have a better idea of this, of who's won this trade at the end of this 24-25 season or the end of the 25-26 season?
00:25:13
Speaker
When will we know, yes, who has kind of won out on this trade? I think it's even lot more longer term than that, but i i think I think you would be unwise to make a a steadfast decision one way or the other at the end of this season.
00:25:29
Speaker
I just don't think yeah the teams are in differentff different spots right now. you know Give Josh Norris a full offseason to hopefully ditch some of these injury woes and make the decision next year to see who has an impact on the team.
00:25:42
Speaker
OK, I'd say I'd say given the fact that this was a trade deadline deal and trade deadlines are late in the season um in the NHL. I would say you need to give it the next two full seasons to make and got any kind of a legitimate no claim, which sucks for, you know, the Sabres fan psyche of, hey, did we, you know, then did this did this or did this not work?
00:26:06
Speaker
Man, I don't need to win any trades, dude. I want to win fucking games and get into the playoffs. I don't care about the trades. if it yeah like Like right now, dude, like this Ryan McLeod trade that people were super nervous about because we gave up Matt Savoy.
00:26:18
Speaker
They've both got close to 50 points. One of them has it in the NHL and one of them has it in the AHL. like So far, this looks like an absolute slam dunk by Kevin Adams. you know we have to we We have to... If we're going to beat on him, we've got to give him his flowers too when they're deserved.
00:26:35
Speaker
we We don't know what Matt Savoy is going to be yet. He could be way better than Ryan McLeod, but you know Ryan McLeod's having a great season here, so... I don't even know why I got on this tangent. um but yeah you're own no yeah you yeah I know how you got there. You said you don't care about winning trades, care about winning the deal.
00:26:52
Speaker
sorry You don't care about winning the trade, you care about winning games. and I totally agree. If next year Josh Norris plays zero games in a Buffalo uniform, but they make the playoffs, I couldn't care less who won this trade. We win the trade, because Dylan Cousins might have been the problem.
00:27:06
Speaker
LAUGHTER We figured it out We figured um in on the line are ah Are we ready to ah to talk some Buffalo Bills offense?
00:27:18
Speaker
Ooh, right on over. Jake, would you like to go on the outside in or inside out? Pick a direction for me, pal. Outside in All right. We are starting at the wide receiver position, right? Down in out up. Right, Nigel? That's right. they um Four, four time. All right. Very good.
00:27:36
Speaker
So the um for the wide receiver room for the Buffalo Bills. Amari Cooper was that was all allowed to walk. Mac Hollins was allowed to walk. Amari Cooper is currently not signed.
00:27:49
Speaker
Mac Hollins has signed and is now a New England Patriots. A beautiful deal for them. Two years, $8.4 million. dollars Good for you, Mac. I did hear that the Buffalo Bills did make him an offer.
00:27:59
Speaker
Clearly, they weren't ready to and prepared to match what the New England Patriots were. And I think that's fair. I think that was the right decision. As sad as I am to watch the barefoot wonder walk out, at least we have to see him twice a season and i will continue to root for him.
00:28:12
Speaker
um We have added two ah two wide receivers, both fairly interesting in their own different rights. One, in my mind, more so than the other, but we'll find out. We'll start with the lesser, less exciting one, the wide receiver slash kick returner.
00:28:28
Speaker
This is how he's listed. ah Is Leviscoe Chenault was signed to a one-year deal. I still haven't found many details on the spot rack yet of ah what his deal ended up being. I personally think this is going to be a a nothing signing where this, he really isn't, he's going be a camp body.
00:28:44
Speaker
He might flash during camp, but it might be really cool. Make some, you know, kickoff return and everybody gets all excited and then doesn't make the team. Yes. Chenault is 10. ten I guarantee 100% with my entire life.
00:29:00
Speaker
There will be Bills fans this season who he he will be. you will be a camp darling, a training camp darling yep that that wild card that somebody is like, oh, he came out of nowhere.
00:29:11
Speaker
He should make the team and won't make the team because he's not actually good. 10 out of 10. It's going to be Levisca Chenault. Yeah. and it You got to wish it for the guy. Maybe he figures it out here in Buffalo.
00:29:21
Speaker
A lot of players do. So maybe he does. And that would be awesome. You know what? And at that deal, I'm sure it's like a very minimum deal. I'd love for him to figure it out in Buffalo. Finally. Right. Yeah. Of all places, might as well do it here, um but probably not going to be much.
00:29:35
Speaker
The more interesting one, and I think is the I'm very excited about the signing. ah Brandon Bean signed Joshua Palmer, wide receiver from the Los Angeles Chargers most recently on to a three year, twenty nine million dollar deal, 15 million guaranteed.
00:29:51
Speaker
And the more I look at those numbers, bro, that what a fucking deal. Like for what we're getting out of this guy, that is nothing. Those numbers, that's that's Trump change. I think given the salary cap situation, you're you're probably right there. I think i think last year or or definitely two years ago, this is probably steep. but But once again, we've we've we've said it almost every part the last few weeks, you have to look at signings right now in terms of percentage of the cap at signing.
00:30:22
Speaker
right You can't just look at the numbers at face value because... The cap's gone up $50 million dollars in two years. So with all that being said, I agree. I think it's a totally fair deal for um for ah Josh Palmer. um I don't know if I totally am in the camp that it's a steal, steal.
00:30:38
Speaker
um I mean, I think it's probably, think it's probably fair given the cap and, and you know, Josh Palmer's camp probably recognizes that he has the skill set that the Bills need. So he might have a little bit of leverage there, you know.
00:30:51
Speaker
I like to use this. This is the ah Gabe Davis barometer. um Gabe Davis signed for three years, 39 million. Is this a better signing than that? Nigel. Okay, cool. So, so we can use that as our, as our litmus test.
00:31:04
Speaker
So um Josh, ah Josh Palmer. He's about 6'2", 210. So he's a big boy, right? He's he's kind of a key on size kind of player. um Kind of putting together a little bit of a basketball team here.
00:31:17
Speaker
um And he's definitely played more on the outside. And I think his most exciting trait is his ability to beat man coverage. the The Bills, I think, played maybe the most percentage of man coverage um in the league. It was, if not top five, the defensors were playing man against the Bills.
00:31:35
Speaker
um And we saw... them struggle a little bit. Right. Shakir was like the guy who could figure out how to, to, to win against man. And we should get him the ball and get him out. But we like Keon kind of struggled with it.
00:31:48
Speaker
um and MVS struggled it. When remember we had Marquez Valdez getting on the team. um Right. We had these players. I think we could not quite Mac Collins struggled with it.
00:31:59
Speaker
um So I think that's Palmer's my favorite trade of Palmer's as he's, that he's bringing to the Buffalo bills this season. Yeah, and and because he does that by being an absolute route technician.
00:32:11
Speaker
This is a guy that in his in his interview or his um press introductory press conference, there it is, um that he prides himself on ah being a wide receiver that can run the entire route tree.
00:32:27
Speaker
Now, I am not going to sit here and lie to you and tell you that I know the extent of the entire route tree. um but I know that that is a coveted trait. Why wouldn't it be? It's kind of a dull thing for me to say, but I don't think that the Bills really have a player like that right now because part of the route tree is, you know, being able to just run a go route, which is just run straight. And, you know, like I think ah the after Josh Palmer, the best route runner on the team, it's probably Khalil Shakir, but his straight line speed isn't, you know,
00:33:00
Speaker
isn't something that teams are worried about. So I don't necessarily sit here and say with a lot of conviction that Khalil Shakir is someone that can run the entire route tree. Josh, Josh Palmer, I think is somebody they can. And he said himself that he prides himself or takes a lot of pride in that. Excuse me. So um i think that's awesome. I think it's a great signing by Bain.
00:33:20
Speaker
Yeah, totally agree. So that leaves the wide receiver room in no particular order, because I imagine that we're going to continue with the everybody eats philosophy going into next season. I don't see that changing very much.
00:33:32
Speaker
We have Curtis Samuel, Kalea Shakir, Keon Coleman, ah Joshua Palmer, Am I missing anybody? Oh, and we have some practice squad guys. Yeah. Some practice squad guys who might work their way onto the team.
00:33:45
Speaker
But in my mind, that leaves a fifth wide receiver spot. So going into the end of free agency here and into the draft, I think there's an opportunity for another skillset to be added here. Not necessarily somebody who needs to come in and be the number one, but somebody who could be the three, four, fifth target in that wide receiver room.
00:34:04
Speaker
um And personally, I would like to see that as somebody who's a little bit more of a burner, somebody who can take the top off of a defense and, make them have to think about hey how do we cover this guy who's gonna be who could beat us behind but and behind the coverage so that's the kind of wide receiver i hope that bean adds um with the remaining of this offseason is that a hole that you think is filled through the draft or free agency you a steer?
00:34:29
Speaker
i Either. Probably my preference would be draft to get another cheap ah rookie contract into this room because we just played Khalil. We're paying um Joshua Palmer.
00:34:40
Speaker
um we kind We're paying Curtis Samuel. right We have a bunch of contracts that we're paying here. I'd like it to be um on a rookie contract. And I also don't think... Maybe in a second here while we listen to Naito's answers, I'll go to SpotRack and check to see who ah the remaining free agents are. I'm not sure if that skill that skill set is out there in a way that will be useful for us. So, Naito, I'm passing the baton to you. Is that a free agent or a or draft solution?
00:35:08
Speaker
um I'm super sorry. I'm going to be totally honest. I
Bills' Team Depth and Strategy
00:35:11
Speaker
was looking at the route tree um and I did not hear the question. Well, is it is it a nice, is it a pretty tree? Is it more of like a very nice tree flowering right now and everything? Yeah. yeah Wow.
00:35:24
Speaker
i Sorry. Can you ask the question one more time? I got you. So ah the you know adding another wide receiver, do you see that coming in the draft or in free agency?
00:35:34
Speaker
Is it more of a spruce or a pine, would you say? Exactly. I'd say it's actually more of a maple. help i I think at this point, it's probably relatively safe to think that that is going to come from the draft.
00:35:49
Speaker
um That being said, i mean... It's not far-fetched to think that you could find, like, a traitsy wide receiver that could potentially be the Bills, you know, fifth wide receiver in, like, the fourth or fifth round. But the thing the with that is, like, you've got guys in the practice squad that I think could probably contend for that spot.
00:36:12
Speaker
I don't know that I want to invest anything above, like, our second or third, fifth round pick. And a wide receiver, just because I think there are so many more other important things to take care of um in terms of the holes on the defense.
00:36:28
Speaker
Like, for example, cornerback. I want to be able to take multiple stabs at that position, kind of like we did with Kyrie Elim and Christian Benford, and look how that worked out. You know, so I think that's really important um to think about.
00:36:42
Speaker
But I think there's a good chance it could come from the draft. um It could also be something that if it just doesn't happen in the draft, it gets taken care of as an afterthought in free agency because that's what you can do with the fifth wide receiver position.
00:36:55
Speaker
yeah can be an afterthought. Yep. So, you know, I know. Yeah, it's common. I, um, yeah. So something to look forward to. Drafts got to what? A month away? Yeah. D minus. End April.
00:37:07
Speaker
Yeah. Yes, sir. Cool. The, uh, moving in one position, the, uh, tight end room is, uh, led by Dalton Kincaid and Dawson Knox. Both signed to deals. Dawson Knox. um I believe got restructured. So he is, you know, clearly on this team for this year and next, in my opinion.
00:37:24
Speaker
um And we need a a tight end three. Quinton Morris is still not signs. He's still a free agent to my knowledge, but um he's not been signed in Buffalo. ah He historically has been a very reliable player.
00:37:37
Speaker
tight end three, everything you'd want out of a tight end three, right? Somebody who could step in, he does have hands. He always has his one touchdown every season, right? Somehow he's, you know, Josh finds him in the end zone. and It's always crazy, right? It's always wild and he can block and he can fill in. i think he's a perfect tight end three.
00:37:55
Speaker
So, um, I wouldn't be heartbroken if we re re-signed him. I think he does everything we need him, but um need him to, excuse me. But I think it could be definitely something that could be new, a new ah new body.
00:38:07
Speaker
i think, isn't it Zach Davidson? Isn't he the, am I, am I thinking the wrong name? Is that the name? Everybody was all excited about. Yeah. Zach Davidson. Yeah. He's athletic freak, dude. Yeah.
00:38:17
Speaker
But he's, you know, in his fifth season and he hasn't really broken onto an NFL roster. So is he going to happen in season five? Yeah. Maybe, but probably not. Here's the thing, man.
00:38:31
Speaker
here's Here's the thing. I think it probably... could i think it's probably tough for a guy like zach david said to be behind a quentin morris because quentin morris on a lot of teams in the nfl is honestly probably tight end two territory closer to that than like firm tight end three i think he's i think he's better than than we give him credit for or better than we see you know on this team because it's it's it we're deep at the position but um i think he could be
00:39:03
Speaker
Yeah, i think I think there's probably more money for him to make in free agency there is in the bills. But I guess he hasn't signed anywhere yet, so maybe I'm wrong about that. Could be the kind of thing where Bean has an open contract sent to his agent, said, hey, come and sign it when you're ready.
00:39:17
Speaker
But, you know, good luck. Hopefully, maybe he can break onto a team. That could absolutely be what he's trying to do, trying to break onto a team somewhere else who have a little bit more opportunity because he doesn't have opportunity, nor should he behind Kincaid and Knox here in Buffalo.
00:39:31
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. So, but again, not super exciting, but something's going to happen there in the tight end room. Could be could be draft, could be free agency. We'll find out. Or could be nothing. Could be Zach Davidson. We'll find out.
00:39:42
Speaker
um Sure. via Moving in again, the offensive line. um I can't remember if we talked on pod or off pod. The offensive line, in my opinion, might be the best depth and most rounded out room in the and entire team.
00:39:58
Speaker
I'm so excited for this offensive line. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, just, just the continuity is huge. And that you can, you can start and end the conversation there.
00:40:08
Speaker
So good. Right. We had, I mean, I think we're all the top eight offensive linemen are returning. We have all of our fall five starters, Dion, um David Edwards, Connor McGovern, Osiris Torrance, and um Spencer Brown, all returning as your starters.
00:40:24
Speaker
Alec Anderson's back. Ryan Vandermark's back. um all these guys that have just played their butts off um i also think we have a really exciting like series of players in the background that are working their way up they're they're young players but they're getting the time with um aaron cromer and and i think it's really awesome i think some of those some of those more depth players include alec anderson um include ryan vandermark and then tylen grable who was a rookie last season going into his second season this year um He looked awesome at camp last year, just played his butt off and yeah eventually worked his way in where he beat out Ryan Vandermark for the swing tackle position.
00:41:04
Speaker
Swing tackle being the guy who, who was first off the bench at either tackle spot in in need of a, of if somebody needs a reprieve. So um I think we have some guys. Oh, and Cedric Fanpan Granger, a really exciting fifth round pick from last year that, you know, who absolutely could play guard or center. Like it, there's a lot options here.
00:41:22
Speaker
Everybody who made the roster last year is back. I literally don't think there's going to be any personnel change in the and the offensive line and not even the starters in the depth. Like I think it's going to be the exact same guys as last season.
00:41:35
Speaker
You'll bring in a couple more for camp. Um, but I think it's going to be the exact same guys. The one that's interesting is, um, there's one signing, uh, guard Kendrick green was signed, um, to a one-year deal.
00:41:48
Speaker
Um, he started in this league. He started at guard for multiple teams. So he's interesting. He in Nigel could be right that we just but run, roll it back with the same depth. um But I think he could make some noise to push his way into that depth. I don't think he starts, but he could absolutely make some noise.
00:42:07
Speaker
the The thing to think about with the offensive line is where are we paying contracts? We are paying Dion. We are paying Spencer. Both, neither of them at record-breaking amounts, but we're paying them starting level money.
00:42:22
Speaker
um Connor McGovern is getting paid center starting money and absolutely could get an extension here as well. And then Osiris Torrance is coming up into the biggest payday this young man has ever seen. um he yeah He's going into his third season, so he'll be eligible for an extension after this season.
00:42:40
Speaker
And the offensive line market in in its entirety, but specifically the guard market, is just... and veroncuous um And they're getting paid so, so much money.
00:42:51
Speaker
And I think Osiris will is deserve it of that same of those same type of deals. He's been very consistent. He's shown growth. He's gotten better year after year. um So at that right guard position, we eventually may be paying him as well. So at some point you you can't pay everybody, right?
00:43:08
Speaker
As much as we want to, we can't. yeah So, excuse me, um I think it's really smart of Bean to have a lot of depth and a lot of options here um at this kind of some of some of these guard positions of maybe we swap somebody. Maybe there is a succession plan for a cheaper deal.
00:43:24
Speaker
Some of one of these younger players to step in. To me, I would love to sign Osiris and have Bean figure out, right? Maybe there's a way to to to structure that. But at the very least, you know, maybe it's left guard. Maybe maybe right David Edwards, we move on from him. We're paying him close to $5 million a year. We pay somebody on a rookie contract at left guard or something like that. I don't know, right? There's some options that here that could happen.
00:43:45
Speaker
But I think that's the only real sticky point that Bean has to figure out and Aaron Cromer of how do we navigate these contracts of these players who are all playing great. Sure. and And, dude, given the depth currently, dude, I really feel confident that we will simply let him explore free agency when the time comes.
00:44:04
Speaker
Yeah. I don't think that we'll be the ones to pay. It's going to be north of $20 million when the time comes. It definitely will be. yeah Because the set the cap is going to go up again. Right now, it's probably $20 million. Right now. Which,
James Cook's Contract Speculation
00:44:15
Speaker
but bro, but just sucks so much because we struggled for so long at the guards' positions. We figured it out to like then just let it just... Okay, we got to just keep rolling it.
00:44:24
Speaker
And I get it. We have Aaron Cromer and you know we have this depth. But... But like and you can't pay everybody. You can't. You just can't. So. Yeah. and But you know what, dude? Not for nothing. If I was going to let one of those guys walk, it would be Osiris Torrance.
00:44:38
Speaker
And that is simply because he is the least athletic of the five. Now, that is not saying that's not saying little about Torrance because he's still shown to be pretty athletic.
00:44:51
Speaker
But of those five guys, he is the least athletic. So, you know, if there's one that I'm going to let go, it's going to be him. And just value wise, right? Like at what you would have to pay him to keep them. You could get other people to do 80, 90, a hundred percent of the job at a different price. Teams find that in the third round, dude. Teams find that in the fourth round.
00:45:10
Speaker
Yeah. It's the guard position. You got bumpers on both sides. i um I would be very surprised if we see many more splash signings at in free agency or in the draft.
00:45:21
Speaker
um The only thing you might see is some people some either UDFAs or late round signings or um free agent signs to fill camp spots, right? um We need bodies to go to get up to the 90-man roster going into the offseason, get into camp. So we will see more offensive linemen enter this room.
00:45:37
Speaker
I just don't think it'll be very significant signings. Correct. Yep. but don't have anything else to add. You're correct. Cool. Quick intermission. While we've been chatting, Jacob Bernard Docker scored for the Sabres.
00:45:48
Speaker
Walked in from the Ripped a little shot from the high slot. so we We won the trade. Suck it, Ottawa.
00:45:58
Speaker
Let's go. Let's go. I love it.
00:46:04
Speaker
Okay, where are at? We just did offensive line. so We have two rooms left. And I'm going to start with ah with running back. So before we even get into any depth, any signings, anything, I want to know from both of you, we're got to make the decision today.
00:46:19
Speaker
Are you calling that James Cook is playing in in Buffalo week one of this upcoming season? Is he playing? And is he so or um is he playing? And that could mean, is he playing on another team or is he holding out?
00:46:33
Speaker
Well, he's still under contract for one more. Oh, you mean, is he holding out? Is he holding out or has he been traded or is he playing for the Buffalo Bills? Which of those three options? And you have to pick one. Which one of those three do you think is happening?
00:46:45
Speaker
So before I answer, sorry, Nigel, I want to get a ah feel for that. So he's still under contract for one year, but he's not being, why what what's all the talk with him getting a raise and whatnot? So so is he, ah talk talk me through that. That's where I'm confused, I guess.
00:47:01
Speaker
Go ahead, Tom. So he, yeah I'm just getting made fun of by my wife. If anybody would like to know behind the scenes here on the podcast, um I was just told that I was, that I, that she could hear me downstairs, hear me hitting the desk with my hand.
00:47:15
Speaker
So, um so, well, you know, this is behind the scenes. Um, So James Cook is going into his fourth year of his rookie contract. He was a second round pick. Is that correct, Nigel? Or is third?
00:47:30
Speaker
James Cook, second round pick. Second round pick. Thank you. That was that okay. yeah um So he's going into his fourth year of his contract and he is eligible for an extension. At the moment, he has been fairly vocal about wanting an extension and demanding pretty much breaking their the their um the the running back market.
00:47:48
Speaker
um He has talked in has came out in in an interview saying that he at the at the moment, the team and James Cook are not on the same page of where that contract can and should be.
00:48:00
Speaker
um He said that it doesn't mean that we won't be down the road, but at the moment, they are not on the same page. So a contract extension has not happened. Right. um So the question is, does James Cook just is he going to be playing this season? Is he starting week one for the Buffalo Bills?
00:48:17
Speaker
Does he demand a trade and we send him to somewhere else? Or does he hold out again, trying to force his way into a contract extension? what those So just call on your shot now. March 25th. Where do you think he's happening?
00:48:33
Speaker
i think he's I think he's playing. i Listen, man, I don't think he makes enough money right now to hold out. Holding out is something you do when you've got like when you've already signed a big ticket and have made $30 to $50 million dollars in this league, which James Cook has not done.
00:48:52
Speaker
um ah he i don't i legitimately don't think he can afford to hold out. He will get crushed with fees um that he can't afford. um So I think he's playing.
00:49:03
Speaker
and that's That's a very good point. Hassan Redick, that edge rusher, he got to find like $11 million dollars for holding out. Yeah, I thought it was closer to $15 million. Could be. yeah And so, like i like ah you got like, Jake, go ahead with your answer. I'll let you know how much money James Cook has made in this league so far.
00:49:21
Speaker
Yeah, sounds good. Well, with that in mind, I feel like, yeah, I feel like he's he's not going to hold out. I guess the question that is, is it in Buffalo or have we moved on from him? Yeah.
00:49:32
Speaker
I don't know. I feel like I guess he'll play in Buffalo for no other reason than vibes. But um I don't know. maybe Maybe this conversation about who else is left in the running back room will illuminate that a bit where maybe we don't need to hang on to James Cook. I don't know.
00:49:47
Speaker
I don't know. i just go ahead yeah so he has made um if my head math is correct here ah about four million dollars in his career so far so um let's see um i'm surprised spotwreck doesn't have a career i'm sure they do and i'm just missing it but Yeah, he's made about $4 million. dollars um so And that jumps up considerably considerably this season.
00:50:15
Speaker
His cap hit the first three seasons was $1,060,000, following following $1,590,000.
00:50:22
Speaker
the following one million five hundred and ninety thousand um um this upcoming season he's set to make five million seven hundred one thousand and that's because of the performance bonuses um he's he's um checked off enough boxes where he gets a considerable bump per the uh players association contract um so and that's great uh good for him go make your money dude but he'd be an idiot to hold out
00:50:50
Speaker
I agree. mean Sometimes you see these players, then it gets they get paid back once the deal happens, right? Like the the team like waves the fines and then they, you know, and so I don't know. I just think it's really interesting because at the moment, I don't think they're on the same page and I don't, and nor do I think they should be.
00:51:05
Speaker
As much as I want James Cook to play here in Buffalo, um we cannot and should not pay him what he's asking because he doesn't do what these other players that are making top of the market money do. He he plays 40, less than 50% of snaps.
00:51:19
Speaker
He cannot pass block, right? That's the biggest hole in his game. um But in the Saquon Barkley, the Christian McCaffrey's of the world, the who are getting paid north of $15 million, Saquon just got his, ah I think it was $20 million dollars a year extension.
00:51:33
Speaker
He does all that, right? He plays 80, 90% of snaps. It only comes out the field when he runs for 250 yards and he lets the other players get some. Like yeah that's, Cook doesn't do that.
00:51:44
Speaker
So for him to be paid, that would be, in my opinion, silly. And it's not because we don't let him, it's because he cannot play. He's a liability when he tries to pass block um and puts Josh and the rest of the play in danger because of his inability.
00:52:00
Speaker
So anyway. All right. So yeah um just very interesting. We'll see what happens. Right. um Yeah. wanted to keep keep things moving we uh well i'm sure we'll talk about that more as things progress maybe there'll be some news on that this this offseason who knows the bills essentially are running back this uh running back room that was not oh that was good that was fantastic thank you folks thank you i'm done for the night see you later um they have re-signed ty johnson love that they have re re-signed reggie gilliam fullback to a one-year deal and they've re re-signed darrenson evans
00:52:36
Speaker
Um, so this is the same. It's the exact same copy and paste, same running back room. Where are we at with that? Is that good? That bad? Neutral? I thought the running back trio this year for the Bills was absolutely outstanding. I think it is actually a fact that Ty Johnson is the best third down back in the league.
00:52:56
Speaker
um And I think Ray Davis as a number two back compliments James Cook in an outstanding way. um And with James Cook being the, you know, the main guy, um you know, he's still a dynamic guy with the ball in his hands.
00:53:10
Speaker
even though he can't pass block to save his life. So, you know, you just let let these three guys keep leaning into what they do well, um which was huge for your team last season. I mean, Ty Johnson made some unbelievable plays for for this team at times.
00:53:25
Speaker
um So did Ray Davis. So did James Cook. James Cook was spectacular last season. Let's not... I mean, I'm not actually
Quarterback Backup Competition
00:53:32
Speaker
here to say that like, he's not worth a shit ton of money.
00:53:35
Speaker
He's just not quite worth what he's asking. And in terms of the running back market, a shit ton of money. um But yeah, man, I think it's outstanding. I'm stoked to have that same room. Yeah, I agree.
00:53:47
Speaker
Especially having the same offensive line too. Like let's keep that continuity. Like that is awesome. Like that is going to be the biggest ticket. du The only change on this offense is Josh Palmer.
00:53:58
Speaker
And whoever your fifth wide receiver is. Yep. You're running back almost the exact Joe Brady. You know, like your offensive staff hasn't changed at all. We haven't seen this kind of continuity with the with the Bills in for years.
00:54:14
Speaker
Ever maybe. I don't know. And remember that like we completely reconstructed a wide receiver room last year. Khalil Shakira being the only returning player. um We re-signed. It was a bunch of new running backs. It was a bunch. it was There was so much new.
00:54:28
Speaker
And look at what we did last season. I, I, yeah, I think, I think this is smart. I think let's get the, we have the player pieces and and in place. Let the growth come from continuity and learning together and growing together.
00:54:41
Speaker
If I ain't broke, don't fix it, dude. Led the league in scoring. And then that ah that ends us with um the quarterback room. um So Josh Allen, clearly starting quarterback, the quarter of a billion dollar man.
00:54:58
Speaker
um And ah we have Mike White and Mitchell Trubisky currently signs to contracts, but essentially fighting and going to have a camp battle for quarterback two.
00:55:10
Speaker
Trubisky, I think he got a restructure. Is that correct? Yes. you gotta Wait a second. What happened there? Something happened with the Mitrabisky and I cannot remember. I don't remember anything happening.
00:55:23
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Well, maybe nothing happened. Who knows? I, in my, it's my belief that Mr. Bisky and ah Mike White will have essentially a quarterback battle for quarterback to Shane Buchel will probably come back as the, the practice squad quarterback. And essentially that's what we need. We need to not sink a lot of money into quarterback too, because if we don't have Josh Allen starting for the Buffalo bills, we have problems.
00:55:48
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right? We're essentially hoping and praying that we can squeak our way to a win no matter who it is. So don't put a ton of money into that spot and put it elsewhere. So I think that's the correct move. I agree.
00:56:01
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Yep. Just, yeah, it doesn't matter. that Josh Allen is is the second best quarterback in this league. And whoever your
Closing Remarks and Farewell
00:56:10
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backup is, the fall off or the drop off is going to be monumental You might as well put me in there.
00:56:16
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so like that Can we do that? i This podcast, this following has power. Folks, get out there.
00:56:24
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and ah All right, boys. any yeah Any other closing remarks for the Buffalo Bills offensive ah move so far this offseason?
00:56:35
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We don't have enough high-value draft picks to make enough impact where we need it.
00:56:43
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elaborate i'm curious when we i feel like we need two number one picks and two number two picks to have a shot at finding a legitimate impact defensive end and an impact starting the cornerback too oh okay i was i was god when i i said i posed the question as the offense and i was like whoa where's the holes that we're talking about we just went through i was like what are you talking sorry yeah no that was a total i okay you weren't specific enough tom
00:57:10
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I completely agree. Yes. On the defense. Yes. There is a lot of moves that need to be made and many, many. Yes. Yes. Completely agree. The defense is where we need to invest in. I'm sure that's where we will see it.
00:57:22
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Sorry, Tom. All directions very well. Nothing to add on the offense. Hello. All right. Well, folks, thanks for hanging out with us Adios.
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