Differences between the droughts

0:00Number 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

1:02connected 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

2:03really 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

3:03guess 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

4:05lot 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

5:09games 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

6:12say 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

7:14there'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

8:16light 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

9:21really 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

10:24game 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

11:26about 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

12:28because 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

13:34this 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

14:35the 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 this all is best we can like show up in the bulldog here lines open for your