WEBVTT - The Sean McDermott Show, Week 8

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<v Speaker 1>Finding the way. I'm no way every week, Kolo Buffalo Bill,

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<v Speaker 1>no overthinking. All right, go play football. We'll play some football.

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<v Speaker 1>Exciting time to be a Buffalo build of the fan

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<v Speaker 1>of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into Week eight of the

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<v Speaker 1>Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris, your workers

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<v Speaker 1>comp attorneys. I'm Steve Tasker and as always I'm joined

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<v Speaker 1>by Sean McDermott, coach. Thanks so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 1>Your bye week came earlier in this season that it

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<v Speaker 1>did last year, but similar last year, your first place

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<v Speaker 1>in the division, but you're coming off a tough loss.

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<v Speaker 1>What was your message to your team headed into the bye. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was really just to try and take

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<v Speaker 1>where we're at, learn from the experiences we've had this season,

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<v Speaker 1>and then also try and get some rest. Never want

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<v Speaker 1>to go into the bye with a loss. But having

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<v Speaker 1>said that, there's a lot of lessons that can be

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<v Speaker 1>learned that can help us as we moved forward through

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of the season. Now we're looking back at

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<v Speaker 1>your first six weeks of the season. You're sitting at

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<v Speaker 1>four and two, You've got a couple of shutouts under

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<v Speaker 1>your belt. How's your team overall performance compared to the

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<v Speaker 1>expectations you had for them leading up to this point. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I think, really it's just about us growing

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<v Speaker 1>as a football team every week, and we certainly understand

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<v Speaker 1>the expectations, and no one has higher expectations and we

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<v Speaker 1>have of ourselves, And it's really us growing every week

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<v Speaker 1>as a football team, getting better every week, knowing that

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<v Speaker 1>each week is a new challenge and that we're circling

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<v Speaker 1>on everyone's schedule, which is the result of our sustained

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<v Speaker 1>success to this point. So that's what we want. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So Josh is coming off back to back games which

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<v Speaker 1>he had over three hundred yards three touchdowns, and against

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<v Speaker 1>the Titans he became the only quarterback in NFL history

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<v Speaker 1>to have eight or more passing tds and twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>or more rushing tds in his first fifty games. He

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<v Speaker 1>also set career highs with thirty five completions in Tennessee.

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<v Speaker 1>How have you seen him improved throughout the course of

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<v Speaker 1>this season in particular, Well, it's been fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought we got off to a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a slow start in that first game at home against Pittsburgh.

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<v Speaker 1>Since then, Josh has really played really good football. You

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<v Speaker 1>watch what he did in Kansas City, you watch what

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<v Speaker 1>he did this past week previous to the buy in

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee against two good defenses, and I think he continues

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<v Speaker 1>to show why he is who he is. Well, your

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<v Speaker 1>offense has been rolling, with over four hundred total yards

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<v Speaker 1>in four straight games. That's the first time in franchise history.

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<v Speaker 1>You also have one of the top scoring offenses in

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<v Speaker 1>the league, putting up almost thirty four points per game.

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<v Speaker 1>What part of your offense have you seen the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>improvement from since last season. I really think that there's

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<v Speaker 1>more of a balance involved since Week one, in particular

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<v Speaker 1>in what we're doing, how we're going about running our offense.

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<v Speaker 1>We're spreading the ball around. The profile of the offense

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<v Speaker 1>has changed enough to allow us to be more productive

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<v Speaker 1>and keep defenses off balance perhaps, And so I just

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<v Speaker 1>I like what we've done. I like what Brian Davile

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<v Speaker 1>has done. And then defensively and special teams as well,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been able to get some takeaways, which has helped

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<v Speaker 1>set our offense up scoring position. Also. Yeah, speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>the defense, you still got the number one defense in

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<v Speaker 1>almost every category. You're only allowing two hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 1>yards per game, the fewest in the NFL. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>the best turnover differentials, as you mentioned at plus eleven.

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<v Speaker 1>You're coming off a tough futing against a tough Tennessee team.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your defense need to do to maybe take it

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<v Speaker 1>to another level? If there is one, Well, there is,

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<v Speaker 1>and I believe it's playing more physical. That's where it

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<v Speaker 1>really starts. If you want to be a good defense,

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<v Speaker 1>it's got to start with the mentality and an attitude

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<v Speaker 1>of physical football, and then fundamentally getting better using our hands,

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<v Speaker 1>getting off blocks, and then playing better just at the

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<v Speaker 1>point of attack. Over also some things we need to

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<v Speaker 1>get better for sure. All right, So I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to jinx this thing, but you've never lost a game

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<v Speaker 1>coming off the bye not since you've been a coach.

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<v Speaker 1>Day coacher buffle, right, way to go? All right, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just calling I'm just I'm diffusing it right now. But

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<v Speaker 1>last year, you want after coming out of the bye week,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you think the key is to being successful

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<v Speaker 1>coming off a week off? Yeah, I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>think if you spend the week the right way, the

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<v Speaker 1>bye week, that is, you look objectively at what you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing and which you could be doing better, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you take those adjustments that we make as a staff

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<v Speaker 1>into the meeting room with the players, and they're intentional

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<v Speaker 1>about making those corrections. I think that's the start and

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<v Speaker 1>a step in the right direction. But as you know, Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>every week, it's it's really hard to win in the

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<v Speaker 1>National Football League, and that's all we're trying to do. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know a lot was said last year after you

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<v Speaker 1>lost a heartbreaker at Arizona headed into the buy, then

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<v Speaker 1>he came out with a stronger team. Your players often

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<v Speaker 1>talked about that as a turning point in the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you kind of use that same thing after this

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<v Speaker 1>Titans loss to turn your team in a better direction? Now, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what losses should do. Either you either lose or

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<v Speaker 1>you learn, and in this case, we certainly lost. But

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<v Speaker 1>my hope is that we learned a lot from that loss,

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<v Speaker 1>and whether it's defensively in this case, that we just

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<v Speaker 1>talked about offense and special teams included for us overall,

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<v Speaker 1>to become a better team with both your offense and

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<v Speaker 1>defense among the best in the league, you must have

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<v Speaker 1>guys playing integral roles who aren't always getting to know

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<v Speaker 1>it a from the media or the fans. So in

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<v Speaker 1>your opinion, is there anybody who's been your unsung hero

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<v Speaker 1>six games into the season. Well, I really like what

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<v Speaker 1>Star is done, and now he's been talked about, but

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<v Speaker 1>not one of the call it newspaper names, if you

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<v Speaker 1>will on the defensive side. On the offensive side, I

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<v Speaker 1>think you turn it around and you look at what

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<v Speaker 1>Dawson Knox has done. I'll be getting banged up the

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<v Speaker 1>previous week here, and I think a lot also could

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<v Speaker 1>be said about what our offensive line has done. In

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<v Speaker 1>defensive line collectively. Yeah, there were some moments this past

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<v Speaker 1>game where we could have played better, for sure, but

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<v Speaker 1>I like how we're growing in those areas, hopefully with

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<v Speaker 1>more room for improvement and more growth to be had yet. Thanks, Coach.

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<v Speaker 1>Will catch up with you later in the show to

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<v Speaker 1>get your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll talk to you a little bit later. The

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<v Speaker 1>game plan is presented by Energy Mark, the official energy

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<v Speaker 1>here this week's game preview The Bills are coming off

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<v Speaker 1>their bye week and are set to face the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>in Week eight. Buffalo is four and oh after a

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<v Speaker 1>buye under head coach Sean McDermott and has the chance

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<v Speaker 1>to sweep the Dolphins with the win. The Dolphins are

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<v Speaker 1>searching for their second victory and haven't had a win

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<v Speaker 1>since this season. Opener to a tongue of Vloa will

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<v Speaker 1>play in his third straight game after missing three weeks

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<v Speaker 1>due to fractured ribs from their Week two matchup against

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills. In the last two games, Tua has the

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<v Speaker 1>third best completion percentage at seventy four point seven percent

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<v Speaker 1>and has thrown for six hundred and twenty passing yards,

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<v Speaker 1>which is also the third most. His thirty four passing

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<v Speaker 1>first downs during that time span are the most in

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<v Speaker 1>the NFL. The Dolphins defense also ranks toward the bottom

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<v Speaker 1>of the league, allowing twenty nine point six points per game,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the second worst. They do know how to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the quarterback, registering fifty one quarterback hits, which

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<v Speaker 1>is good for second best. The Bill have six straight

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<v Speaker 1>wins against the Dolphins, and a seventh would make it

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<v Speaker 1>their longest win streak against Miami in team history. Thankfully,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Allen has played great against them during his career,

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<v Speaker 1>throwing for nineteen passing touchdowns and averaging a one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>point eight passer rating. Buffalo has the second best offense

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<v Speaker 1>in the league, averaging thirty three point eight points per

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<v Speaker 1>game with an average point differential of seventeen and a

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<v Speaker 1>half per game. The Bills also have a plus eleven

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<v Speaker 1>turnover differential, which is the best in the NFL. Buffalo's

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<v Speaker 1>defense is allowing a league low just two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>seventy point two total yards per game and is holding

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<v Speaker 1>opposing quarterbacks to a sixty two point one passer rating.

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<v Speaker 1>The group is also allowing an average of fifteen and

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<v Speaker 1>a half first downs per game and has allowed only

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<v Speaker 1>twelve plays of twenty or more yards. Both are also

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<v Speaker 1>the best in the league. The Dolphins lead the series

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<v Speaker 1>against the Bills with sixty one wins and fifty three losses,

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<v Speaker 1>but haven't beat the Bills since December of twenty eighteen. Team,

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<v Speaker 1>that's this week's game preview. Steve back to you. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>as always, Maddie coach. Last time you played the Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>two left the game with an injury and Jacoby Brissette

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<v Speaker 1>came in in relief off the bench. This week, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be facing TWA once again as he got

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<v Speaker 1>back into the lineup. How different did the Dolphins look

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<v Speaker 1>with TWA under center compared to Jacoby Brissette. Yeah. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>they've really moved the ball in their last two games.

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<v Speaker 1>Since two has been back. You can see the offense

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<v Speaker 1>coming to the surface a little bit more in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of what they wanted to do all along this season,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they're they're a dangerous group. They've got weapons

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<v Speaker 1>in their wide receiving corps, in their tight end corps

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<v Speaker 1>out of the backfield as well. And then what he

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<v Speaker 1>does with his mobility and his ability to scramble and

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<v Speaker 1>extend plays certainly gives us a challenge. That's the first

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<v Speaker 1>time you've faced the Dolphins. This will be the second

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<v Speaker 1>time in the season before you've even faced one of

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<v Speaker 1>your other division rivals. What are the biggest challenges in

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<v Speaker 1>preparing to face a team for the second time. I

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<v Speaker 1>know you've gotten this question a thousand times, but you

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<v Speaker 1>know you played him so recently and now you got

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<v Speaker 1>to play him again. What are the challenges to that? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I think you hit one of them, which

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<v Speaker 1>is just a few weeks ago we played this team,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they're familiar with us. We're familiar with them,

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<v Speaker 1>we hope, you know. And it's interesting, having not played

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<v Speaker 1>another division opponent, we're going to play them twice before

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<v Speaker 1>playing another division opponent, and so because of that, there's

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<v Speaker 1>again some recency, if you will, just in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>what we do, what they do. And most of the

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<v Speaker 1>times those games are spread out a little bit, but

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<v Speaker 1>in this case it's not. And I just think overall

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<v Speaker 1>that you've got to get yourself geared up and ready

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<v Speaker 1>to play every week, and our football team has to

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<v Speaker 1>approach this week with that in mind. That this is

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<v Speaker 1>a team we beat a few weeks ago, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>human nature, I guess would suggests that it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be even harder this go around. So we've got to

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<v Speaker 1>prepare that way. Thanks coach, and good luck on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back next week to recap your game against

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<v Speaker 1>Miami and preview your Week nine matchup against Jacksonville. To

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<v Speaker 1>everybody at home, thanks for watching the Sean McDermott Show,

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