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Peter King of NBC Sports here at bills camp in Pittsford, New
York with a guy who I have to admit I'm a little bit shocked
to see in a bills uniform, is it still a little bit strange
to you, to be a Buffalo Bill? Yes, you know, it's a little
strange but I think
I got used to it pretty fast.
They just take it one day at a time. We got great fans here.
We got a great team,
the past nine months, haven't had I'm crazy and have started
in Denver. This time. Last year we in Denver
that you can trade it, go to the Rams, lose three games
straight and wind up winning the Super Bowl and I come to
the bills. Like it's been crazy, but it's been fun and
and I feel blessed.
Did you really think the night you won the Super Bowl
that you would continue with the Rams? Yeah, I thought I was
going to
be around you know all the way up until I wasn't, you know.
And it's just
you know, in a weird way
that things go I'm going to the ring ceremony and
You know, I got still got so much love for all of those
guys. Coach McVeigh, you know, Aaron Donald Reggie Scott, you
know, all of those guys marked in the training room, you know,
Berg and
Bergen equipment room. You know, I really
built up a love for all of those guys, man, and it always
be loved all those guys.
What was that experience? Like now that you've had a little
bit of an opportunity to think about it and to put it in
perspective,
um, you know, free agency is crazy, you got to make
life-changing decisions.
We're changing decisions and,
you know, two hours
and it's that what happened here. Yeah. You know,
you know, it was, you know, it was fast.
You know, I loved all those guys, but at the end of
the day, you know, you gotta try to put it to the try to put it to
the side. I still, when I was at the ring ceremony, I still
can't put it into words, you
know, it's so hard. It's so hard to let go la, so hard to
let go of coach make very less need and especially Aaron down
on, man. He's a great player
and this, you know, it's every time I think about it man.
I got, you know, I get sad thinking about not playing with
him anymore.
When you look back at the Super Bowl,
I mean, that's one of the best games you've had in a long time.
What was that game like for you?
I don't know. I just, I just feel like
I've always felt like whenever you plan for something greater,
you know, you get the most out of yourself,
you know. We just playing for a lot.
You're trying to get Aaron. Don't, you know, it's his first
Super Bowl. That's the only thing that has been invasive
form, he's best defensive player I've ever played with
a guy, so much respect for that guy and you playing for your
teammates when you're playing.
In LA
in the Super Bowl. You know, you're playing for the city of
La and you know, coach mcgrane, he gets the most out of his
players man. And
you know, we just plan for everybody that game and it was
it was fortunate we're able to pull it off. What's Soul? Do
you on the bills?
I think
I think this this fan base we got a really good quarterback
here. I had a really good quarterback and Allah as well
Josh Allen's Josh has a great quarterback. I talked to him on
the phone before and I think I could just feel his
Sincerity, you know, on the phone, you know, I've always
been a fan of the bills are always felt like they had
a great defense.
This offense has been great, you know, over the last couple
of years and you know I and I just felt like I was just
the missing piece to get us over the top. You know, coach
McDermott is a great
coach coach Washington and
and Coach Leslie phrase are all of those guys talking to all
those guys, man. It kind of just put me over the top.
Brandon Bean is a
great G M2. I really relate to him. And,
you know, just coming here and being able to feel everything and
You know this team missing out on four Super Bowls and I think
they're just ready to you know, explode we want. So
I just wanted to be that that missing that missing piece to
put these guys over the top and that's why I came
to other things.
I wonder
I was at rayder's camp and I saw Chandler Jones and you to
remind me a little bit of each other
because you're older players
but you're both being counted on to be Premier players right
now.
How much do You think you can play? Do you think you can play
70, 80 % of the snaps? If you have to do you think you should
play less to
be spotted a little bit? Oh no. It's the early.
But um, you know, my whole entire career I've always tried
to play as much as possible, you know, I feel like to be
able to make plays, you got to be on the field, you know? And
I don't want to miss that that game-changing play being on
the sidelines. So,
you know, I'm a player as much as I can, you know, without,
you know, without putting too much strain on your body and
I'm, of course, I'm listen to the coaches.
And the gyms and everybody that trust here. But I want to play
as much as possible. I want to be on the field to make those
plays.
You know to get this team over to talk.
Have you talked much to either Leslie Fraser or to
learn about it. It's the first day of training camp you know
first head drink at all right. We haven't got that far yet but
yeah you know I feel good and you know if you know God says
the same, you know, whatever
whatever I can't, whatever I can do I'm gonna put it out there
last thing. You're in a place now where the fans are out of
their minds.
I mean have you had any interesting experiences playing
in Buffalo before?
I haven't won here before? Wow, you know, I've played in hot
games here in Buffalo and I played into cold games, but
none of them, we were able to win
because it's a very tough place to play and it'll be
interesting to have that on my side now with the lead from
Josh Allen and
you know, I pass rusher, that's what they dream of having a big
lead and being able to get the quarterbacks
with this with this environment and Atmosphere in the cold and
all that stuff. So
hopefully all this stuff will be on my side.
Come this fall Von Miller, best of luck. Really appreciate you
guys for NBC in Pittsford New York. I'm Peter King.