Differences between the droughts

Number one free agent is now off the board sources say the Miami dolphins are

signing Malik Willis formally of the Green Bay Packers now headed to Miami he

gets a three-year 67.5 million dollar deal okay he had a rap report on the big

swing the dolphins are taking Malik Willis twice a year I don't know that the

Bills have ever faced him he hasn't really played they didn't play a green

bay last year right there was not much question he was going to get a big deal

in free agency and this isn't like yeah he's not a level of a franchise quarterback

on the free agent market he's someone who threw 20 passes or so this year but

every look good runs around well so him getting paid by someone this off

season to the level who's getting paid at is not a surprise and Miami was

connected to him all along but man I thought his free agency day was coming

today being the whatever legal tampering day Wednesdays the day it officially

starts getting announced I thought Miami was being like yeah the timing's not

right for us it just read like they're starting over why pay any quarterback

you know a top of the market contract in free agency when you're stripping it

down to the studs I mean good for him he's getting you know he's getting

handsomely paid here when maybe a year or two ago it seemed like he was never

gonna really amount to much other than a journeyman replacement you know second

string guy he wasn't even really on the bust level because he wasn't drafted

early right right I think the timing's weird for Miami I can see promise with the

player and him warranting somebody taking a shot on paying him pretty big

money for what he's accomplished so far I just not sure I get it for Miami it

really is on spec I mean yeah it's let last year in in four games with the

Packers including one start he was 30 for 35 which is really good I don't know

the average depth of target here but 422 yards three touchdowns year before

that in real don't two starts that's when Jordan love got hurt they beat the

cults a member one of those games three touchdowns as well no picks the

dolphins new head coach was in green Bay as a defensive coach but still we

knew Willis from his time with the Packers yeah I think I agree but I'm not

jealous of the Jets either or whatever the word is like the Jets did what

you're saying or are doing what you're saying they're they're spending money

actually yeah I mean they've traded for me to fit factory today I don't know what

else they've done they've signed they've made a few signings there was a

report over the weekend that Frank Reich who is their new offensive coordinator I

hope this was a real account yeah is that a real thing or did I get

guess wow if that's like Frank Reich's idea for their offense for 2026 that's

amazing yes yes it would be lots of moves around the league Mike Evans to San

Francisco the bills lose Mitch Trebuski to Tennessee they lose Reggie

Gilliam to New England and David Edwards to New Orleans yep that's where

rat let's go to your calls here's Joe with us hi Joe hey how you guys doing good

Joe thanks good nice day today in Buffalo huh sure it's yeah yeah I just wanted

to get your guys thoughts on how the savers have taken their game to really

another level after the Olympics and I think it's partly due to the

Olympics I saw Dalyne get true best on best competition in the Sweden USA game

especially with the physicality from Pitchuck and Tage saw it too in the Canada

game and the game just sounds different in the arena it sounds like winning

hockey I can hear the boards again I can hear them communicating and yeah it's a

lot of fun to watch and Sam Kerrick loved his game last night what in

addition he's gonna be for us in many different fastest face-offs

physicality so I'll hang up and listen to your thoughts thanks guys okay you

know what I really like about the whole weekend I mean last night obviously was

you know off the charts like a contender a reasonable contender a

recency bias all taken into account for like best regular season hockey game ever

in the arena it's it's it's not unreasonable to suggest that that was it the

game Saturday night was the direct opposite and the savers found a way to win

both games like sat you got to be able to win a game like Saturday too which

was low events nothing really happening just sort of that game gets to one

one and I'm like overtime yeah like just just just don't do anything you don't

take any chances don't give up any odd man rushes and just sort of just play

it you know play it out and they managed to win one of the most low event

games of the whole year for them it's like jersey to let yeah right on Saturday

night they pull that off and then Sunday night we got this three-ring circus

of electricity which was just amazing it's it's vital to know how to win both

of those kinds of games and I really like that on in one weekend we got a dose

of well the crowd the caller mentions the crowd to and just like the team in the

fans feeding off each other I love that stuff I there's a this is a word I

don't use very often there's a din mm-hmm when the team is good like there's a

it I bet if the players take a second to sort of notice it you can hear people

talking and like there's a buzzing in the building my one of my issues over

the last 10 years go into games the season ticket holder was too often I'd be

sitting there and all the people around me aren't even watching the game the

tickets were probably free I won't say real fans because that doesn't mean I

wasn't that interested either but I I was priced in you know yeah so I won't

say those fans aren't real fans really don't like the term at all but they're

not interested in the hockey game and they're talking about their their wives

and they're talking about work and different things the people in the building

last night were there for the game right and if somebody's talking to someone's

around the places pack someone's around you talking about something else for

very long you know you might get told to pay by maybe enough by a few different

people I don't want to hear about your day pet boa constrictor anymore I get it

you're cool yeah the sound is definitely noticeable Jeremy's been big on this

for a while and it's been gone and I think but I think I got the spirit of it

like the the when the attention level is as it was last night and as it has been

for these games recently the crowd is so dialed in that when a goal happens

you you can hear this happened on the sucker goal I watched the replay the

roar of the crowd beats the horn like the crowd is so into it that there's a

there's like a roar it immediately gets overwhelmed by the horn but you hear

it and for a very long time when you're the senior describing it any game

over the last 10 or 12 or 14 years if you want it where you're sitting there

like you're you're watching it but you're not like really intense you're just you

know somebody is talking about their boa constrictor or whatever goal goes in

you're the horn like okay I guess I'll get up and okay all right the horn went

we scored yeah great this is different this is like breakaway people are

already getting out of their seats on the breakaway the puck goes in and

there you you're so dialed in that the reaction of the crowd beats the horn

and that happens when it's really just right in there last night it was it's

funny you mentioned that because I noticed something like that on the winning

goal because on TV I'm reacting to the post as it's the goal right and the fans

do too right the fan there's a second or so between the crowd and the red

light right and the horn and good for the sabers to not you know fall for the

post yeah that good thing don't in Zuckerbole Zucker might have got it if

don't didn't but don't just in a better position to shovel it into the

open net but you're right the the crowd I think thought the puck had gone in

on darling shot yeah I mean mostly loud enough to yeah yeah right I mean yeah

right here's April next hi April hi thanks for taking my call I was at the

game last night with my 11 year son and that is memories for a lifetime I mean

he was on his chair shirt off unbelievable games and I have to commend the

sabers for getting out the community and making the games a little more

accessible I'm a single mom and we got to go because my son got a free ticket

for playing in a mural hockey at school last year Alex Tuxtman sort of box for

community services and my son was treated like a prince and they have a fan

for life they're doing a good job of reaching out getting kids there and just

really appreciate it because that was a heck of a heck of a night did he leave

the shirt off like did he watch the game with his shirt off or what no that's just

where you know special moments in the game you didn't like that whole time I'd

be exhausted if I had to take my shirt off eight times during a game and put it

back up you were exhausted I mean midway through the first period we were

exhausted and we know we were getting in for the long haul with this game but

we're so worth it thank you April who even thanks for sharing all that yeah who

even imagined the game would get there at the end though I mean yeah if when

Tampa has the lead okay I mean great night still a great night right get

just right like I said yeah I start working on the narrative when I'm gonna

say tomorrow well hopefully they learn something out of control their emotions

and still play the game because like Tampa's more experience is one of the

reasons they wanted to see if they could get the sabres out to the woodshed for

a little while and mess with them and see how they handled it and not only did

they get through it but they ended up scoring the final three goals of the

game and winning as it went yeah the shirtless kids there Saturday night there

was like a sweet full of shirtless like adolescent kid boys like we're at this

level now the sweet level shirtless kids are you sure you're watching the

kinesis high school playoffs on the western Newark athletics you see that

sometimes there's high school games all right good to hear Matt is next time

Matt hey guys you know I'm having such a great time watching the sabres right

now and you know I'm in my 30s so most of my Buffalo Sports fandom has been

one drought or another and so I'm thinking about you know kind of being in a

unique position to to compare them to who in my experiences of them and you know

I think maybe one of the morning hosts guys said this at one point think it

about this that the bills make breaking the drought was like a buzzer beater but

you know the quintessentially doesn't even happen during their own game it's

miraculous and that's dramatic but there I don't even really remember much

about that season there wasn't some magical run-up to that it was just kind of a

lightning strike thing that happened where this I mean this feels kind of like

a month long you know 51 to 3 where you're just kind of partying and the

stands I'm in no hurry for the playoffs to get here because you know you get

there at the coin flip but right now you're getting all these moments all this

fun stuff happening and I'm just really enjoying it not to reduce it to like

which drought breaking is better because whatever yeah that's maybe we could

but I don't know that's that's really just what I thought myself thinking about

you're so right and what these wins I mean if one seven in a row since the

break ended they're seven and oh have they even had to go to overtime once no

what this is all doing before the break ended their odds were pretty good and

we were talking about it like it was going to happen now they've taken mostly

the pressure off the rest of the regular season I don't know that I care if

they finish first or second or even third I mean seconds better than third

because you're at home that'll be awesome game one would be will be amazing

but who am I playing if I finish first who am I playing if I finish second I don't

know there's a difference at least with a month to go so what like Lindy was

really on point it's so many different it's so many different times after the

game last night like we're competing for a playoff spot so is Tampa Bay that's

what this is right he didn't mention the division lead or anything like that

we're playing to get in and I think that's wise for not only because of the

drought stuff I mean our past and some of theirs but just like the practically

the practical analysis of the conference and you know the the one seed will be

what percent to win against the eight sixty maybe something like that they're

taking the pressure off of the rest of the regular season for for fans if not

for themselves I mean I don't think that's how players think but for fans who are

wound up and we're all just so this season went from whatever to hmm to oh wow

this might actually happen right and now it's at ninety nine percent right or

something a week ago even coming out coming out of the break I was at just

finished second or third I Tampa is probably too good I want to avoid them what

am I playing for and playing to avoid playing them in the first round Tampa anybody

else in the conference they in Carolina really right to stay out of the wild card

mix I don't the deal with one of the two best teams in the conference now the

Sabers are one of the three best team there's three best teams in the conference

now the Sabers are one of them so I the goal maybe is still the same if I

finish in first I'm avoiding Tampa you know unless they drop so far down which

I don't see happening you know get passed by both Detroit and Montreal and end

up in a wild card spot then that could be the reverse of what I was open to

avoid I am going to drive you crazy with how teams should get to pick their

opponents I just that I'm now just look I'm no longer looking at the team where's

the first team that's out how far ahead of them am I now it's how much

cushion do I have on second and third like how far ahead of Detroit and

Montreal am I what is or Tampa what's Tampa now I am five points ahead of Detroit

and only two on Tampa but five six ahead of Montreal so five and six are my

sweet spots okay as far as those are like that's the first wild card and third in

the division is what I'm talking about so dropping out the first team chasing

that's not in is Columbus and they are eleven eleven back yep auto which

thirteen yeah pretty good Paul Hamilton's perspective coming up at four Sal

Capaccio at five lots of football signings being announced today if not made

official that can't happen for a couple days but whatever we will try to cover

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