00:00And then on the offensive line, center Lloyd Cushenberry and a guard, Austin Corbett, both who have played extensively in
00:07the league, Sal, right?
00:07Like, that's one thing about these two signings on the offensive line.
00:10These guys have a lot – by the way, good morning, sorry, jumping right into it here.
00:13These guys have a lot of experience.
00:16Yeah, good morning, guys.
00:17Sorry about that.
00:19I got you now.
00:20Sorry, I lost you for a second.
00:21But that's kind of the M.O. of the Bills and what they've always had here, which is bringing in
00:27a guy a little bit later in the process that has some experience, has some flexibility, and then you kind
00:32of just create the competition.
00:34There's really only one spot where there's competition here, and that is left guard with Alec Anderson, as to me,
00:39the kind of penciled-in go-to-OTAs as the starter.
00:43That doesn't mean it's Alec Anderson's job.
00:45He's never been a full-time starter.
00:47I think the team – it would be great if Alec Anderson could win that job.
00:50But now you have other guys there who have done it in the league, they've started in the league, and
00:56you have a little flexibility if Alec Anderson isn't able to win that job.
01:00And let's be honest, I mean, injuries happen, right?
01:01I mean, you go through OTAs, you go through training camp.
01:04Before you even settle on who your starting five are, you may have to kind of start shuffling things.
01:09That happens every year, and then at least you have some guys back up.
01:13The third part of that is you kind of let the draft come to you a little bit by doing
01:16this because you don't have to pigeonhole yourself later in the draft and go, you know, we really could use
01:22another lineman.
01:23Well, if you already have a couple guys that you brought in, you don't have to think that way, and
01:27it opens it up a little bit more.
01:28Yeah, I wonder also, Sal, like the process of – you're not necessarily building a new line.
01:33Maybe if Conor McGovern had left, you would think about younger players, but all they have to do is say,
01:38all right, what kind of profile fits between McGovern and Dawkins?
01:42We've got one change to make here, so Alec Anderson we know, and then this Corbett or Cushenberry's played almost
01:51exclusively center, right?
01:52So, like, that might be less of an option here, but whatever.
01:54There are bodies in the mix.
01:57That's right, and when you bring in veterans who have, you know, played in the league and have played in
02:05different systems, the – I guess I'd call it onboarding process doesn't have to be as long either.
02:10You know what I mean?
02:10Like, they are guys who've kind of been there, done that.
02:13They've seen a little bit of everything, so you can kind of, you know, put them right in.
02:17You look at Lloyd Cushenberry, yeah.
02:19I mean, he's played 80 NFL games.
02:22You know how many he started?
02:2380.
02:24Yeah, 80.
02:24Yeah, I mean, he has started every single game of his NFL career.
02:29They just signed a starter.
02:30Now, there has been some chatter, and I've wondered, and people have said, could this mean that maybe McGovern could
02:35move to guard?
02:37I've never believed that.
02:38We asked – Conor McGovern was on our Always Game Day in Buffalo podcast, and I basically asked him this
02:43question.
02:43Like, hey, what about you moving to guard?
02:45And, you know, he didn't say, like, that's not happening, but, you know, it's very clear that Conor McGovern loves
02:50playing center,
02:50and the reason why he came to Buffalo in the first place is because the Bills gave him a chance
02:55to play center.
02:55He said when he came in the league, you know, he wanted to be a center.
02:58And I didn't say he was going to be a center.
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