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thing we were right listen I mean this is what I am this character this is not a character I'm sorry I mean, it's the culmination, mhm, of one of the most disappointing and overrated achievements that ever existed in eras of, you know, this generation of professional football, this Bills team has received so much praise, accolades, preseason predictions, Madden Covers MVP votes, all that. any of the cream of the crop franchises, quarterback wide receiver combos like you have in this league and now it's over and they have nothing to show for it, like I said two years ago and a year ago, and today is the best win for the

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Josh Allen Stefon digs the era was a loss the highest high true it was a height that let's think about it the following teams went further than the bills once this duo came together they are just Four Seasons, so obviously the Chiefs, the Rams and the Bucks. who won Super Bowls, but there's also San Francisco Philly and Cincinnati, who made it to Super Bowls, or Baltimore Green Bay and Detroit, who won two conference championship games and weren't annihilated, that's more than a quarter of the league , so congratulations, you took 10th place. by the time you tied for the league lead in Madden Covers, you know you tied for the league lead or third in MVP votes, you led the league in Super Bowl preseason hype, and you certainly led the league in oh, no one wants to play with them in the conversation and that's it and then I don't do it.

There's another thing I was debating on whether I should say it or not, but I'll move on, it's not like me. I told you all the time I told you and they called me. I totally hated someone who was scared shitless of the obvious, which is obvious aside from the fact that this Bill team is based on an idea that never came to life, so that's my reaction, bro, okay, it was good, it was entertaining a little hard. I was waiting for the September Banner Champions Dusty dro the

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Dusty Dusty drop that damn Banner there it is back to back bronze medalist in the appreciation brother I met you you forgot you forgot it's so sad oh there it is that's the Pinnacle, that it's the high point they lost in the AFC title game four years ago, it was um, but look, we'll get to this, we'll talk to Josh Allen, obviously, later in the show.

I don't think they're done now. They are not going to win anything. I don't think they're a contender, that's a bit pre-confident. Preamble about what I will say later. I don't think they're a contender anymore, but I do think as long as Josh Allen is there, they'll know they got him, they'll eventually be able to get him back, but I was stunned and you know more about the value of

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s and picks in the NFL than I do, but only the second round next year and me. I get that he'll be 31 in November and I get that you know he's not exactly what he used to be, but when you gave up Diggs and two other draft picks later, of course, Fifth and Sixth rounders, but you still only got a second . rounder next year, that doesn't seem like much to me, it seemed to me, and you added the Dead's $31 million cap hit, it's like you did, so if I can add that quickly to make the list this year, he I was going. be 28 million in cap space, so it actually puts them in a worse cap situation for this year by trading him, they don't create cap space, they lose three million in cap space per year, so I guess I was making you know too much noise and I was getting tired of it too, so yeah, I like that good version, I guess so, it seems strong at the end.

I mean, I like Stefan, but he's fine, I don't have him. I'm going to borrow your classic 2. I'm going to say that it's also a Wild classic 2 and maybe for all of us on the show it's a classic 2 because the older I get, I subscribe to the theory that the more you know, the more you realize yourself. I don't know, it's like I've gotten a little wiser, but I don't know everything, and when I see

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I'm like, you know what it sure seems like Stefon and Josh Allen have a little friction and he's not happy there, like when he lost the playoff game against the Bengals in the snow and started yelling at Josh Allen.

They told me it's no big deal what happens, that's just competitive fires and you know, maybe I'm wrong and then we go to the start of the season and he doesn't show up and Sha MCG sends him home, that's no big deal, meanwhile his brother in November says wow 14 needs to get out of there, which again, Stefon says that's no big deal, I'm not doing it. Speaking for Trayvon, I say yeah that makes sense and Josh Allen cleared it all up and said we in the media were blowing this out of proportion so listen up until now.

I mean, I'm a fool. I mean, I just saw a lot of smoke everywhere and everyone tells me it's not a fire, it's not a fire and all of a sudden it's a big burning inferno and you take away a 31 million dead pet. dollars just to send it somewhere else and move on, maybe I'm not the Fool and listen if so, if that's any way of saying this was one of a kind, at least once the media got it right, yeah, and it was obvious and I get it, you know Josh can ride the bus with the kids. and in the friendly confined areas they are going to reject that is fine, but it was obvious nonsense, it was obvious nonsense, that not everything was fine, so I want to ask you this beer before we move on to the

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stuff, how much of this is? about Josh because here's why I asked a week ago when the Draymond stuff happened And there was a lot of noise saying this is about Steph and I think all of us on this show said we really don't agree with that, you know.

What I mean is that Steph and Draymond have been together for so long and Steph has proven herself to be a leader and all this stuff and Draymond claims to have learned the lesson that this is up to Draymond and, if anyone else, the organization. than Steph, but this right here is almost unprecedented in this sense, star wide receivers and I don't know if he's still a star, but 1100 yards in a bad year, adjacent star wide receivers don't usually force their way out of star situations. quarterbacks unless it's about money now Tyreek wanted money Devonte Adams wanted money you and we've seen situations where teams say, "We can't pay you, we want the picks, but the Bills pick you're going to get is a year from now ".

You're obviously as big an ESP fool as anyone or at least that's how they've been operating, they didn't open up any cap space, they don't have any replacements ready, in fact the number two your guy Gabe Davis left behind, and how much? It falls to Josh Allen's feet that the first problem you know about in the armor was when the playoff game was on January 23rd, so we're talking about 15 months ago, 14 months ago you had all that time to fix the relationship and you didn't you did it and we usually don't see this happening as Diggs wants to get out of a spot with the quarterback so how much of that depends on Josh.

I'm going to be honest about what we know, because what we know about this problem. We're all just seeing what we saw in the media, there haven't been in-depth stories that really expose it, here's the problem, okay, we're just going off of the incidents that happened, Shawn MC's comments and retractions and all that. . From what I see, not much, for me it all depends on Stefin, like he had problems with Kurt Cousins ​​and this is included in his record, he had problems with Kurt Cousins ​​in C in Minnesota, now he is coming to Buffalo, sing Josh's Praises from the beginning. and then for some reason he has problems with Josh, so I don't think it's Josh Allen's fault at all.

Look, Antonio Brown had Tom Brady and maybe you'll say it was about money, but he acted badly. Tom Brady as his quarterback, okay, so it can happen. I can't always blame the other guy, you're responsible for your actions, especially in this case, so Stefan sometimes seems happy with Mal from what I'm seeing. Let's see what's going to happen with the Bills this year. They have remade the roster going from Travius ​​White Jordan Puer Mitch Morris Gabe Davis Leonard Floy and now Stefan Diggs. The AFC Chiefs Ravens Bills Texans and Bengals odds of winning are tied. the bronze medal Bill uh Brew, excuse me, do you still consider the bills to be top notch?

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, yes, yes, I think those odds are ridiculous, they are no longer a contender, they are competing for the AFC East, sure they could still win the AFC East. I think this gets better if he's healthy and we'll get to this, the Jets' chances, oh Bru, they really do. I'm just saying I'm very excited, but Buffalo is worse and they've lost, we know not just Diggs but I think six of their Eight captains from last year came out well, they got Josh Allen and Von Miller and we know how old Von Miller is now, I think, and they lost Jordan Puyer and some other defensemen.

I think his defense will still be pretty good because last year Matt Milano had injuries and other players got hurt and they were still a top defense, so Shawn McDermot is good on that side of the ball. I think defensively they're still good at being good and look, Josh Allen is still going. to be Josh Allen, I still think he's a very good quarterback, so they're fine, no they're not. I mean, they are. I think they are doing well in terms of competing for this division. Are they legit? I think they are behind. I think there's Kansas City and Baltimore.

I think Houston and Cincinnati are probably ahead of Buffalo as well, so I think Buffalo is one of those teams that can make the playoffs. I think he would probably make the playoffs. It's no longer definitive, but it's not a contender. it's not a threat to get to the supermarket so I agree with you but the media is not allowed to have this shot for the record they are third parties no they are not allowed to have this shot that the bills are suddenly non-

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not allowed why because you at some point there has to be consistency in thinking and what you say and yes for the most part until basically the second to last football game played last year mhm, I listened and everyone listened to Mahomes Allen Allen Mahomes Brady Montana Montana or Brady Manning Manning Brady you one A and one B what's listening you know you're both superhuman you're both % of the offense yeah they're all his unicorns okay so how would Patrick Mahomes do it ?

Would Patrick Mahomes be a contender without his top receiver if he were traded? I don't know if he is the consecutive champion. Would Patrick Mahomes be a contender with one of the worst receiving cores in the league? Don't know. I just won the title by throwing a pass to a guy the Jets didn't want anymore, so I think so, if you're on record on your podcast or your TV show or your column on nfl.com saying Josh Allen is that guy, so they're still contenders, they're not allowed to, all of a sudden, try to escape out the back door of no no no no no no no well, now who could do it, we know who could do it, the guy you've backed against the guy. who says he is and I get it during the season there were people singing Josh's praises the last few years there have been guys saying they think he's better than Mahomes right now like after Mahomes won this Super Bowl who says Josh Allen is as good as Mom at getting Better True, but my point is this, because people who claim to be taste makers, their opinion is like those

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outside car dealerships, the guys wobbly in the wind, um, this season, two people took first place in MVP votes, Lamar.

Jackson and Josh Allen this season I watched, I watched late January TV shows about the Bills, the Chiefs story about the tape check marks on who has the lead where and the quarterback, a lot people went to the Bills, so I say, if you were one. of those people who are now not allowed to be like the bill is out, can I? They're not allowed to add some friction to the show, so it's not just Dalton. Conade is not Travis Kelce. They used a first round pick on Dawson Knox Dalton. King Cage that and they told me that Travis Kelce is not Travis Kelce again, like sometimes there are drawbacks, Wilds, to be Mr.

Consistency, but I sleep well at night, I don't worry, like, oh, how am I doing to have to find out? I'll talk about this when I'm on TV tomorrow and I'm really curious how people are going to deal with this situation. They have painted this corner. They painted themselves into what the number one drawback of being Mr. Consistency is. Jealousy on the other side of the trade, the Texans wow last year they won a playoff game and CJ Thrive even though their two best receivers suffered injuries, well they have reloaded brw stoud Mixon Stefon Nico Collins tank Dell and Dalton adults W , how scary are the Texans, they're not scary, they're horrible and your blood runs cold, well, I mean, before I even finish, let me say something to Jerry Jones Jerry, oh, this is what it all looks like,thanks, that's what it all looks like and Nick, I think.

You'll agree with this, they're going for it, they like that we have our star quarterback on his rookie contract. Let's get it totally agreed, and this I mean the offensive line last year was in disarray due to injuries and CJ Stra did his thing. Nico Collins thing, no one thought he was special after his first two years. I don't think he even had a 40 yard or 40 catch season his first two years, then he becomes almost a pro bowler with CJ stra tanking. Dell looks good, great for BR his l now you have him even if Stefan Diggs and I think he will play well but even if he doesn't they could get rid of him after this season even if he misbehaves because he has money in mind because you know the contract you can get out of after this season, they could let him go with no cap, yeah, that's the benefit they added, right?

Joe Mixon, defense, I think Deo Ryan did a great job last year. I think they added Denil Hunter on defense as if they were better. I would think so, and look, Nick, I definitely think they are the best team in the world. AFC South and I have them a notch below Kansas City and Baltimore right now in the AFC, so I agree with a lot of that. I also want to shout that, you know, I shoot bad front offices and bad jams all the time. If you look at what the Texans are moving this offseason by trading their first-round pick, you know what I mean, and by getting the second-round pick, what they essentially did was trade their first-round pick for a second-round pick. and Stefon Diggs. so they moved back what will probably end up being like 20 spots and added Stefon Diggs and then also those fifth and sixth rounders, so from the Texans' standpoint, this is a great contract because signing Bon has been paid like you said, there's no dead money, there's all that, so the Texans are doing exactly what you're supposed to do when you have a great running back on a rookie contract.

That's right, I Russell Wilson Cam Newton Carson Wentz basically Jared G Patrick Mahomes Joe Burrow Jaylen Herz Brock Pie those are all guys who had rookie contracts who played or won a Super Bowl how and why they were excellent, plus the case of Wi is strange because he got hurt, he was great before he got it. the one seed and the team put stars around him the team said we're going to build it to the end every once in a while when it comes time to pay you some of these contracts will be off the books this is the way to win in the NFL modern and the fact that one of the biggest stealth moves of the offseason was one that didn't happen.

Bobby Slowick didn't get a head coaching job, so CJ doesn't have to learn a new system. CJ, isn't it? If people don't know, that's the Texans offensive coordinator, so you have all those things going for you and I think they were already close, like CJ was exceptional last year and if he didn't get hurt, he really could have been in the MVP conversation, I know he ended up getting some votes like 4th or 5th place, kinda slow start, slow start and then he was rolling and his numbers were great so yeah the Texans are the top contenders to lose on the arrowhead invitation, no doubt.

So quick question for you, you've been doing really well on this classic segment too, uh, I think the Texans are obviously the big winners, bro, yeah, but whenever there are winners, there are also losers besides the bills. um Hobs, do you have it or not? I do not want to say. oh, you know what you're right, what's your opinion, what's your opinion on that? Well, I'm glad I gave the Texans front office flowers because what is the Jags front office doing besides letting my guy down? I mean, we're out. here you are here trading for Calvary Ridley letting them go are they the team that overpaid Gabe Davis?

I think they're like, I mean, I don't understand what the Jags are doing other than seeing if the prince, can you literally tell? throw, pull the sword out of the stone as if to make it as difficult as possible for him, uh, and so, yes, if you ask me, they are the favorite of the Texans in the AFC South, absolutely yes, I mean, I just played the music , I mean, yes, I mean, no. I mean, you might have the knowledge, you might have two of the four best quarterbacks in the league in that division, but yeah, Jones, you got M oh Matt Jones, get out of here, yeah, next season Josh Allen H's regression, maybe that'll be next on FS1.

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