Cynthia Frelund | NFL Network Analyst

Cynthia Freeland of FL network had an interesting day leads but an interesting preseason for Cynthia and were thrilled as always that she's agreed to join us here on the show. Now she is in Los Angeles, but she spent a bunch of time with the Buffalo Bills over the course of the last several weeks and Cynthia were always pleased to have you and your bright mathematical mind.

Let's start with something that wide-open.

In general, what are a few things that you will take away from the preseason as it was agreed that no error really going to see how many of the lake 53 man roster are like contrived people who could be another guy… Today, they could be on other people, 53 man roster and certain teen dinner build especially were so deep that the really good team. The guys he didn't make it like they they could be starters another team very easily early, maybe not even started, but someone who contributes on other team so you know it it learn a lot from a lot of different like perhaps maybe some of the light, you know now that we're having normal or back and no were coded like the preseason protocol.

If there's a different sort of strategy when it comes to evaluating players and how you keep people and not you thought different teams played our starters during different preseason game, so I would imagine that means there's a lot of different strategies that people are enacting order to kind of understand how to build a roster album is pretty impressed with some of the people this week to week.

Why who got rid of people who weren't getting the bill is despite their high draft take is that's very hard to do. Typically, people don't do it and you know it. It all really interesting strong way to build your team when you look around the NFL. There are certainly teams like the bills that are deep and that have talent so many different positions for their team to be standout everywhere you look at you, they have really talented people, hard not to talk about the ramp and he talked about that because they spent a lot of time and date the bill through free agency and building that way is really like very like it's impressive that they can fit it all in and make sure that they have the right blend of pop and players and then they fill it out with the guys who aren't first-round pick. They clearly haven't had for some pics and while that was pretty. That's a pretty good team and then because you really good quarterback this season have extremely change wide receiving cores obviously knows how to her home and Aaron Rodgers lost their number one wideout.

It will be interesting to see but I think I think people are underestimating the fact that both of them have the ability to make the receivers better I would think Patrick's thoughts traveled healthy so that extremely helpful in know what you look to see about Aaron Rogers and what he can do really well he can actually change the speed of the ball on the same route like so expertly that in just to what is right for his receiver is actually pretty cool to see both of those Jericho yet. I think maybe people address and by the Packers defense is gnarly like that's a really good defense this Cynthia. I have been to Lambeau Field for preseason game and it was amazing, but we can number two I'm headed back to Wisconsin to honor my Grammy Helen and while I'm there. I am going to attend the Bears Packers Sunday night game at Lambeau which should we just show all the not only getting off again, but you're also getting like the perfect time to be there all the legal beginning it will be beautiful and will honor your grandmother no beautifully yes in Wisconsin whether a lot you love football you all have to follow the Packers everybody knows that if humans were Cynthia Freeland of NFL network. Always excited to have her. We don't get serious about football when she's on the show. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio every single time we have you on the show. I check out your twitter and there's some type of formula or new concepts and this one fascinates me because we see this a lot in baseball.

It's a category Cold War win above replacement and so I just thought your twitter that you have got this model these formulas that can pinpoint which ballplayers will make the greatest contributions to their team success. How you did it but would you care to explain Cynthia yet. I preened everything in probability of earning a first outer touchdown. So keeping the ball in your possession and then ultimately led that you how historically that not to win or not women's rights. The losses right so when you look to see how each you know team then provided the ball then position group then individual player how it sort of break down so they are contributing to the bottom line the win or the law. You can actually pinpoint how each player relative to each other in their same condition is doing the wheat I do in terms of the win shares it it it ends up being a metric of game but it's not a perfect science because if you say like Rogers were thick with everything they like your pattern of the verse 6.1 with it.

It's not like you I was again can be fractional don't have Ariel get thick there's always different. There's always some difference between a look at you know that the value of Aaron versus the value of Patrick this year and look at the difference between a 616 bear, who are a few non-quarterbacks that were near the top of of this list or near the top when you worked out all the science is the first year. So usually you get a pass catching running back will almost almost always have one of the highest wind here mostly because there on the field for so much volume so that historically help for the first time ever top five have a tight end. So traveled healthy. He broke into the top five in terms of windshear we could do for fun and you look at his ready area production over the past years his butt though. The winter also takes into account how the player impacts the game when they're not the subject of a target. When Travis County's on the field. It makes a better opportunity for the running backs to have space or for the wide receivers to have more no more separation for things like that in Travis County, his impact, the readier the past five seasons is just unmatched. It was actually pretty cool. He busted out five usually at the Apache running back in the wide receiver and then, but this year he snuck it wide receivers because we had so much wide receiver movement this off-season. Yeah, Jefferson is way up there on the Cooper copies with the community value. Vanity is pretty interesting to see once you get down like a little bit a little bit not further down.

But like the guy you are, you have more off all contributions that you last year. For example like Julio Joan you know he's heard that your work potentially with I don't know where he fall this year but last year he was up there even though we didn't exactly year. He didn't always get that the subject of the touchdown when he was a falcon, but is if all of much of fantasy football.

But in some ways, you know you have to look and feel I can try to think of who would like a kind of a surprise on the list you I think it was a good thing to feel like actually Alan Robinson bit into some of Cooper cup when share with well it's good for the RAM but it for Cooper cup individual venture may be brought down to the bit but for Cooper cup it and further out on it and drove it up 11 hires the use of preventive Cynthia Freeland is with us right now from LA but had spent some time with the Buffalo Bills unit to their deep roster. But what impresses you about what they're doing as they approach another season where the expectations are so skyhigh team in dialed in von Miller light DJs in the locker room and the guy like a lot, but they were like diet like every snap of the preseason. It didn't matter who was playing in the third game of the preseason, the bills put out a lot of their is a guide to their trying to make the roster and all of the starters were glued and they were locked in and they dislike could not like they couldn't stop helping they loved it is a continuity here. If you positions or change the continuity that means a lot.

And then there their own line to be improved at least from every observation I be able to make. They have a lot of specialties going in their draft class is exceptionally deepening. James Cook of the versatility and the outside. The rushing game third corners are wonderful and fixed round corner Christian Bedford out of Villanova. It looks incredible with higher eel in their first-round pick out of Florida. Yet even dressed in positions of need. We thought David White isn't really healthy self yield date they really they really got that night backed up so I have two nieces neither one of them thinks that I'm very cool, mostly because are not into sports will they lobby but they don't think that my job is all that exciting, which is fine with me.

I'm okay with that many ensure they know what I do for a living. But you got to Sears and football with your knees. I love the pictures. I can imagine she thinks you are the coolest auntie on the planet. A lot of fun.

We went to Niagara Falls (Buffalo was not far and we went on the maid of the myths, which do for fun, we got jokes which would also open Friday we didn't really know you get that wet. But we did. We had a really good time. He was happy to tell her this is like I keep like that, you know, keep keeper like thinking that you still need to listen to me, but she would like so well behaved without me even like asking and so it was really nice, like hyper note that in the moment and enjoy it with me.

So if it was really special folks to get time. You know you pretty cute little we think is a bit worthwhile.

Like all of our little fort toiled so I Cynthia, here's your chance to what happened with Baker. I mean it's really not that big of a deal but I was up at the end of the game to build play the Panthers. I wanted to Baker. I offered him good luck.

I I truly want to see Baker go out and lighted up first overall pick.

You got a lot of firepower. He's a good quarterback we see very good production from him. It's not like you know something crazy and I enjoy I have covered infant before he came out into the league so you I remember leg doing a lot of analytic vendors remember back then he was." Very short. Meanwhile, we have much shorter quarterback right with all you can't be overall for the ridiculous stuff right now.

I want him to prove everyone wrong like I bow to him after the game and just the same as I would tell any of my girlfriends who are you going to a wedding and having fear acts that basically would like give them the revenge body.

You know, the cuter date show what they're missing out on the at the end of the day.

Like I said we were having a conversation about that and I was supporting Baker and Neely agreed with me because let's be honest with what this book is in a situation that you know what I don't really want to be anyone here, let alone the you know like you know but it took a bit of a life of its own and I thought okay because look, I don't.

I know my intention and you know there was we were on a field. It was not a you it was on a text message exchange with no whatever. In that regard, we were on it. We were on a field after a game and I was offering support and I was, I think there's a lot of people who take the time to say mean things about Baker. I was taking the time to say, supportive things about Baker and you IIII Sheridan and got a little little little little out of context but you know whatever it is, but if people stop and stand back, respect, and I like 08 former player wants to beat the team that didn't give them a long-term contract. Is there any differently because it is a little silly silly. Most people would say that they agree with you. They want to see Baker do well in week number one against our team because of the way it played out because of who they replaced it with.

I think people are being honest. So yes little bit silly. Just out of curiosity, did you hear anything from him. After all, this uproar are a lot not for Baker directly unite a I think that at the end of the day that the people with the best egos meeting the one working actually went. I didn't hear anything from them and they know was going on because the good people are focused on. That's your good points Cynthia Freeland with us here after hours on CBS sports radio okay.

The other thing that I have to ask about this goes back to the end of July. The start of training camp where you somehow put together a video that really does simulate the way that Aaron Rodgers showed up to training camp. I have got to ask how this came about because not only was the timing of your video so perfectly choreographed with him. You guys are wearing the same outfit that okay the video and I went to work not the belt but I was wearing cream with a little bit that birthday that we did that my really smart media producer and he was like we did guarantee that your arraignment name out whatever the UK and the only reason we can use the first day was because there was a construction thing behind me and I we wanted that shot so as a second case, and on you. Kind of like look like their life like you not you like to have you.

Looks like you I'm older I better always said did you deftly wore better while the signing I walked around my car like I got a little lucky with that. It was pretty funny because I mean I don't like my producer was really really exaggerate the bag drop so I was like great idea a little more nomadic with Sylvia just to give you have no idea what I'm talking about. It is pinned to the top of Cynthia's Twitter and I'm it's been seeing so many hundreds of thousands of times. It's amazing that you know he does not live watch that video, I can't even tell you, probably 24×25 times the choreography is so perfect.

That was a plot because it was just very funny because I look like I'm about to come to work what you like like a little makeup on and brush my hair going up. I just want to reiterate that you will scruffy you like the good kids but you look great. I know you went for it with perfectly look like nickel.

Maybe me and him and it's amazing. It's so good 01 upgrade because the year before. I showed up at a conference and I asked to bring the same outfit as Bill Polian going for Bill Polian airbrush two-time MVP quarterback and you wear the same outfit that's amazing.

I realized that I actually thought you got dressed to look like him tied around the a lot more because the man felt that's awesome. You got to look at Cynthia's Twitter it's at sea Freeland FRELUND okay before illegal are we playing bitty footballer why what's happening. We are I'd I was a little on my with Noel my head so you understand that peace girl piece. You know it's really funny Lindsay Rhodes was on the show about three weeks ago and we didn't realize we were actually both in your league.

Funny, she's giving me all these tips on how to draft and what not to do early on it and essentially don't drive quarterbacks early on and then we realize were in the same league and she's like okay everything I just said you do the off so much fun.

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