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Speaker 1: even in the stratosphere of normalcy, without a doubt, the

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. And if you are a child

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Speaker 1: of the seventies or eighties, that might be your theme

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Speaker 1: and says, you may want to keep an eye on

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Speaker 1: Trent Brown. He's truly one of the most questionable of

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Speaker 1: the questionable that are listed here. Kicker Nick Folk with

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Speaker 1: a left knee injury, although he's been listed that way

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Speaker 1: for multiple weeks and has played every single week, leads

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Speaker 1: the can scoring. Their punt returner Gunner Olshefsky with an

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Speaker 1: ankle injury. He is questionable and he is second in

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Speaker 1: the league in punt return average. I would anticipate he

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Speaker 1: is going to play as well. And then their line

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Speaker 1: rookie linebacker Ronnie Perkins popped up on the injury list

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Speaker 1: with an illness on Saturday. He too was listed as questionable,

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Speaker 1: and we know this is typical Patriots. They list a

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Speaker 1: multitude of players as questionable and then they all end

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Speaker 1: up being up and ready to play. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: where that goes. The most important of the players that

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Speaker 1: are in question for tonight's roster is the PA as

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Speaker 1: far as the Patriots are concerned. Number One Jamie Collins,

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Speaker 1: the linebacker, the veteran linebacker who has been on injured

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Speaker 1: reserve with an ankle injury. He has missed the required

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Speaker 1: three games, so he is eligible to be taken up

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Speaker 1: off of injury reserve, and he did return to practice

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday, so his situation is much like that of

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Speaker 1: John Feliciano. They've missed their minimum required three games. Once

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Speaker 1: you go on IR, they're eligible to come off. They

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Speaker 1: have until four pm to activate him. No real word

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Speaker 1: as to whether or not that is going to happen.

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Speaker 1: And then the most important one, Kyle Dugger, their safety

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Speaker 1: and leading tackler and number one cover player for tight ends,

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Speaker 1: still on the COVID reserve list as of right now,

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Speaker 1: they have until four pm to lift him off of that,

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Speaker 1: but that's predicated obviously on needing to have two negative

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Speaker 1: tests within a twenty four hour period to be activated.

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Speaker 1: That's if he's vaccinated. If he's unvaccinated, he's not even

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Speaker 1: in consideration. Obviously we don't know his vaccination status. Maybe

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Speaker 1: more importantly, he has not practiced all week because he's

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Speaker 1: on the COVID reserve list. He's not even in the building,

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Speaker 1: so it's gonna be interesting to see where that goes.

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Speaker 1: But that's kind of the rundown on everything as far

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Speaker 1: as rosters go for both teams, and we can get

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Speaker 1: into what's going on with the AFC playoff race, which

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Speaker 1: took a couple of turns and got even tighter with

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Speaker 1: the outcome of games. But we're gonna go to the

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Speaker 1: phones here first, Steve, So let's check in with Izzy

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Speaker 1: in North Carolina? Is he what do you have for us?

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Speaker 1: You're on one Bill's life, I save. How's it going, guys? Good? Now,

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Speaker 1: this is a must win for us because I can't

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Speaker 1: take it. I'm pacing the for war. You're already pacing

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Speaker 1: eight hours before kickoff? Huh yeah, okay, so that's your

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Speaker 1: fill in the blank. What's that? So that's your fill

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Speaker 1: in the blank. It's a it's a must win. It's

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Speaker 1: a must win without a doubt, because if we win tonight,

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Speaker 1: we'll be in the playoffs. Mean even if we lose

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Speaker 1: a one or two more games. Yeah, more importantly, right,

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Speaker 1: more importantly, either anybody else on the practice squad that

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Speaker 1: could fill in as a fullback or a tight end.

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Speaker 1: They do have tight ends squad, Yeah, not fullbacks. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: so thanks thanks for the call. We appreciate it. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: If the Bills win tonight, that puts them at eight wins,

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Speaker 1: along with the Patriots, the Titans, the Ravens, and the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: You'd have five teams with eight wins six I'm sorry, yeah,

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Speaker 1: five teams with eight wins, and you'd have like a

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Speaker 1: what can you say? This is what's gonna happen. The

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Speaker 1: Bills would be there'd be five teams at eight and four,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots four teams at eight and four, and the

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Speaker 1: Patriots be at eight and five. You would have if

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Speaker 1: the Bills win tonight, you would have a four way

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Speaker 1: tie for the top seed in the conference, which would

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Speaker 1: then go to tiebreakers. And it gets pretty messy there

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Speaker 1: because Buffalo would have the head to head with Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: but Tennessee would have the head to head with Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Baltimore would have the head to head on Kansas City,

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Speaker 1: and New England would not have the head to head

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Speaker 1: on Buffalo, but they would have the head to head

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Speaker 1: on Tennessee. So there's a there's a jumble there. Now.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. If the Patriots win tonight, yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: all cut and dry. They are the number one seed

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Speaker 1: in the A. They got nine wins, yep, and that's yeah.

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Speaker 1: And I'll say this too, um, I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: any question. You gotta expect no matter how this game

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Speaker 1: goes tonight, both these teams, Buffalo and New England are

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Speaker 1: gonna be in the tournament at the end. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: be in the top seven at the end of the season. Um,

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Speaker 1: they're they're just too good. And with the records and

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Speaker 1: the things that are gonna happen at the end of

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Speaker 1: the season, you know they're both gonna be there at

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Speaker 1: the end of the year. So we'll see, um what

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Speaker 1: happens with the one seed and all of that. But man,

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Speaker 1: oh man, it is a horse race in the a

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Speaker 1: f C. And it's all right, it's not going anywhere.

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Speaker 1: You got in Indianapolis sitting there with seven wins now, well, right,

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Speaker 1: and that's that's really kind of the AFC picture. The

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Speaker 1: thing got even tighter, if that was even possible, But

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Speaker 1: it happened. Chargers beat the Bengals to make both of

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Speaker 1: those teams seven and five. They're now both in the

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Speaker 1: wild card picture. Baltimore, even though they lost to the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: still as the best record in the AFC North, so

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Speaker 1: they retained their spot as the division leader. Kansas City

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Speaker 1: beats Denver last night, if Denver beat Kansas City, you

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Speaker 1: would have really had a schmazzle there because Kansas City

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Speaker 1: would have dropped to seven and five and Denver would

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Speaker 1: have improved to seven and five, which would have been nuts.

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Speaker 1: You would have had three teams with seven and five

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Speaker 1: records in the AFC West. Instead, Kansas City creates some

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Speaker 1: separation by virtue of their win over the Broncos. On

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Speaker 1: Sunday Night football, Denver drops to six and six along

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Speaker 1: with Las Vegas who lost yesterday as well. They're six

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Speaker 1: and six to be grouped in with Cleveland, all of

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Speaker 1: those teams even at six and six, And who would

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Speaker 1: have thought Pittsburgh not only by beating Baltimore helped their cause,

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Speaker 1: but with their tie, is ahead of all of those

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Speaker 1: six and six teams. Yeah, the tie is helping. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: The the East has got two horses going at it,

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Speaker 1: the North. AFC North has got to Baltimore and Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: and now Pittsburgh trying to climb back into it. Tennessee's

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Speaker 1: kind of running off with the South in Indianapolis trying

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Speaker 1: to climb back in it. And then you've got Kansas

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Speaker 1: City and the Chargers in the West that are still there,

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Speaker 1: but only two games back or the other two the

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Speaker 1: other in the NFC, Oh my gosh, it's got Green

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Speaker 1: Bay has nothing to do. They could coast from here

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Speaker 1: until the end of the season and win the North.

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Speaker 1: In the NFC, Dallas is kind of the same thing.

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Speaker 1: They got a two game advantage. Tampa Bay has got

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Speaker 1: like what a three game, four game advantage in their division,

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Speaker 1: and the Arizona has got a two full game advantage. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the NFC is a clearer picture. It's a very clear picture,

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Speaker 1: very clear picture. And that's it's going to end, just

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Speaker 1: like you're looking at it right now in week thirteen AFC.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Yeah, it's uh, it's interesting to say

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Speaker 1: the least. All right, we have to take a break here,

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Speaker 1: Jake and Fort Campbell hang tight. Will get to you

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Speaker 1: first after the break. More are your phone calls here

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Speaker 1: in this first hour as we are asking you to

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Speaker 1: fill in the blank tonight Tonight's game versus the Patriots

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Speaker 1: is blank. You can hit hit us up on the

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet at one bills live or give us a

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Speaker 1: call eight oh three five fifty one, eight fifty two,

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Speaker 1: five fifty open lines for you there, Jacob first after

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Speaker 1: the break here on One Bills Live, presented by Collide

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Speaker 1: to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to One

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Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you here on

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Speaker 1: your extended pregame show for Monday night football Bills and

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Speaker 1: Patriots in a titanic AFC East clash. Both teams three

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Speaker 1: games over five hundred at least Bill seven and four,

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Speaker 1: Patriots eight and four by virtue of the fact that

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Speaker 1: they have not yet had their by that will come

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Speaker 1: after this game, which we'll bring up. Another issue that

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Speaker 1: Steve and I will discuss after we get to some

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Speaker 1: of your phone calls, the beat down nature of this

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Speaker 1: Patriots team while the Bills are coming off a mini

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Speaker 1: buy having played on Thanksgiving Night. We go back to

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Speaker 1: the phones, though, and as promised, we lead off with

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Speaker 1: Jake and Fort Campbell. Jake, what do you have for us?

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Speaker 1: You're on One Bill's Live. Hey, guys, thanks for taking

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Speaker 1: my call. I appreciate it what you got for him.

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Speaker 1: So I was watching some Bill Belichick interviews earlier this week,

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Speaker 1: and while he constantly complimented our offense and defense and

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Speaker 1: even special teams, I don't want to say it was

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Speaker 1: thrown shade at the fans, but he basically said that

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Speaker 1: they practice in louder conditions than the Bills mop you

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Speaker 1: will be So it's kind of a call to arms,

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Speaker 1: you know, to the Bills MOFOT to really show up

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Speaker 1: and be loud. I don't think mac Jones is played

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Speaker 1: quite an environment. I like he's an experience tonight. Well, um,

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Speaker 1: with the COVID year and then the games he's played,

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Speaker 1: so I'm really excited to see him play in front

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Speaker 1: of a really rowdy crowd. Yes, we look forward to

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Speaker 1: that too. You want to make it a call to arms,

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Speaker 1: go ahead and do it. The only thing I'll argue

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Speaker 1: on is that mac Jones has not played in environments

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Speaker 1: like this. The guy played in the SEC where the

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Speaker 1: stadiums are larger than the one he's playing in tonight.

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Speaker 1: You go to Georgia, they see ninety two thousand. You

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Speaker 1: go to LSU, they seat over ninety thousand. He's been

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Speaker 1: in stadium venues like this before in Tennessee, Tennessee ninety

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Speaker 1: three thousand, Clemson they're gigantic stadiums, and the and the

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Speaker 1: and he's played in big moments too, as big a

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Speaker 1: moment as you can see in a dome, right, you

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Speaker 1: can play as big a game as there would be

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Speaker 1: in football outside of the NFL in this country. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's played in those games, bigger stadiums, more people in

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Speaker 1: some cases, you know, ridiculously rapid fans in the SEC.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a religion down there, not that it

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Speaker 1: isn't here. And I'm not trying to knock Bills fans.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying Mac Jones has seen this before. He's

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Speaker 1: seen it before. Now now, I'm not telling you not

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Speaker 1: to bring it tonight. Absolutely bring it. I mean, full throat,

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Speaker 1: let her rip from start to finish. And if you

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Speaker 1: can just get two fall start penalties on that crew

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Speaker 1: because you're being that loud, more power to you. Let

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Speaker 1: it rip, right, Let it rip. Yeah, this it's it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be loud there tonight, although it's it'll be a

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Speaker 1: little bit tempered by the conditions. I mean, there's just

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Speaker 1: got a lot going on, but no question, it's it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be as as good an atmosphere as he's played

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Speaker 1: in thus far in his pro career. Probably. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you know they did not play well and they're they're

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Speaker 1: they've lost what four games at home this year. Undefeated

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Speaker 1: On wrote, So, yeah, it's it'll be It'll be a

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Speaker 1: test form, no question about it. We'll see if the

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Speaker 1: Bills are up to and I think it's more about

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Speaker 1: the Bill's defense than is anything else, and it'll be

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Speaker 1: interesting too. Um. As hard as it is for you know,

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Speaker 1: an offense to operate when you know the crowd's going crazy,

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Speaker 1: it may be just as difficult for the Bill's defense

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Speaker 1: to communicate as well. And if if the Patriots use

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Speaker 1: that to their advantage, um, maybe they can get a

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Speaker 1: little bit of an edge with a loud crowd. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if Bill Belichick's throwing shade at Bills fans, you know

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Speaker 1: he's got a reason for it. He's you know, he's

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Speaker 1: not doing that. I don't think I never was as

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Speaker 1: hear that. I didn't really hear that aspect of that.

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Speaker 1: And he's smartled thing. I don't think that's what the

639
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 1: deco was. The big the big comment that he made

640
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: that drew some attention was they definitely don't like me.

641
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: That's that was the most inflammatory thing I think he

642
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 1: said all week. You want to talk about putting this

643
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: just in, You want to talk about a team or

644
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: a franchise that puts their public commentary on full lockdown.

645
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 1: It's the Patriots. Their players don't say anything, and that

646
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: is one hundred percent by design, and if you do,

647
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: you will incur the wrath of Belichick. If you want

648
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: proof of that what Brownie just said, go back. You

649
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 1: can do this easily. Go back and look at Mac

650
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: jones interviews from when he was drafted and early in

651
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: the season to his interviews. Now. Tell me if somebody

652
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: hasn't been in his ear about how he acts and

653
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: set what he says in the interview, somebody because that

654
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: it's like, there is no It's like Mac Jones's evil

655
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: twin is doing the interviews now. It's like a different guy.

656
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 1: They coach the players up as much about what they

657
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,720
Speaker 1: say as as they do their performance on the field.

658
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: Believe me, it seems like it because Mac Jones is

659
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: The difference is startling. It's pretty funny. Yeah. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's go back to the phones. We go to rich

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00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: In Dundeane. What do we got, rich How are you

662
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: doing today? Good? Good? I think it's uh. I think

663
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: it's life or death tonight, I really do. And tell

664
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: me why we got we gotta it's gonna be it's

665
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tough to make some ground up and

666
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: all we got to game coming up. Yeah, you're right,

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00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: go ahead. I'm sorry, go ahead, Rich, I mean to

668
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: cut you off. Yeah, you're right. Um. I think we

669
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:35,640
Speaker 1: gotta start quick. Um. I think Josh needs to run

670
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: the ball, and I think Cole Beasley is gonna have

671
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: a big game. Yeah. It's It's interesting the Cole Beasley

672
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: point because there is a potential trickle down effect. If

673
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,760
Speaker 1: Kyle Dugger, they're leading tackler and safety, who is currently

674
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: on the COVID reserve list as we speak, does not

675
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: come off that list by four pm today, that would

676
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 1: render him unable to play in tonight's game. The Patriots defensively,

677
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: their base package is a three safety package. Basically, it's

678
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 1: three down linemen, three linebackers, five dbs, but three of

679
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: those dbs are safeties. It's basically Adrian Phillips, Devin mccordy,

680
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 1: and Kyle Dugger. Talk to anybody that covers this team

681
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: in Boston or the New England area, they will tell

682
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: you the drop off after those three safeties on their

683
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: roster is significant. And if Kyle Dugger cannot play, The

684
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: going assumption is that their current nickel corner, Miles Bryant,

685
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:46,120
Speaker 1: would take Dugger's spot at safety. Adrian Phillips would handle

686
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: most of the tight end coverage responsibilities because Dugger usually

687
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: does that, and then they would have to go to

688
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 1: what amounts to their third slot corner on the roster

689
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: because their primary slot corner, Jonathan Jones out for the

690
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 1: season with a shoulder injury. They lost him about three

691
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 1: four weeks ago. They've had Miles Bryant in his place

692
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: as the backup, but if he has to cover for

693
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 1: Dugger's role at safety, they have to cover his role,

694
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: and there are a multitude of options that could happen there.

695
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: They could bring j. C. Jackson in to play slot

696
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,240
Speaker 1: corner because one of his backups, Juwan Williams, is strictly

697
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: an outside corner, and he would be the next guy

698
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,479
Speaker 1: up on the depth chart, presumably to play outside. So

699
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: there is a major trickle down effect tonight, Steve. If

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00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 1: Dugger can't play, it'll come down to that outside corner.

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00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: If they find that if they want the guy to

702
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: move down inside, who's on the field right now they'll

703
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: put It'll be a decision as to whether who's the

704
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: better player at their spot, the outside corner, next outside

705
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: corner coming in, or the next slot corner coming in.

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00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: Whichever one they think can do better than the best

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00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: guy moves back to where Dugger was playing, and they'll

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00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: try and do that, probably to alleviate the disruption in

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00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 1: the whole. Like like, for instance, the Bill's offensive line,

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00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: you take one guy out and three guys move. One

711
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,319
Speaker 1: guy moves in, another tackle comes on, and the other

712
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: guy comes out right. So instead of having one guy

713
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: gone and having it effect three players, they'll make the

714
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:19,280
Speaker 1: adjustment gives them the highest level of production, but also

715
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 1: making the less disruption where more guys playing in different spots.

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00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: So it'll be a little bit of a jigsaw puzzle,

717
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 1: and like like you're putting, it's a logic puzzle for

718
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: Bill's coaching staff to kind of anticipate what that might

719
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: look like without knowing exactly the skill sets their guys have.

720
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 1: As well as the Patriots, I think they're gonna mix

721
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 1: it up an awful lot, Like there might be five

722
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: to ten snaps where j. C. Jackson is the slot

723
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: corner and Jowan Williams is on the field as the

724
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: boundary corner, and then there might be another series where

725
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: they leave JC Jackson outside and they come up with

726
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,720
Speaker 1: some other permutation from a different player in the slot.

727
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: So Josh Allen has has to be very aware of

728
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: who is a lot where and where his advantages are

729
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,799
Speaker 1: in terms of the matchups, because if Jawan Williams is

730
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: outside on Stefan Diggs, you're going there with the football.

731
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 1: If you got a backup, a third stringer in the

732
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: slot covering Cole Beasley, you're going there. He's got to

733
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: be aware of all of those things pre snap for

734
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: me this game if I'm the Patriots, this game focuses

735
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 1: on the Bill's quarterback. You know what you've got on

736
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: the outside and all that, but your ability to get

737
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: him to throw it to the wrong guy and to

738
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:30,879
Speaker 1: think he's looking at one thing and he's actually looking

739
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: at something else, To get into the throwing lanes, to

740
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 1: anticipate his reaction to what you're doing, and then stop

741
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: it where you know he's going to react, to be

742
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,239
Speaker 1: out ahead of him schematically, And I think that's where

743
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: this game hinges, and I know a lot of them do.

744
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: But you're looking at a guy who's in the conversation

745
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 1: for the MVP, and I think, and I'm not saying

746
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 1: he's the same, I think the consideration is the same

747
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: for what they used to give to Peyton Manning. You'd

748
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: attack Peyton a way different than you'd attack Josh because

749
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: of the running thing, right. But his important to the

750
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: offense is where you start. What does he do and

751
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 1: do well against defenses? And you've got to start there

752
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: and make sure you don't let him do that to

753
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: your defense. Most teams will be like, Okay, we gotta

754
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 1: take Christian McCaffrey away. We gotta take you know, we

755
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 1: gotta take DeAndre Hopkins away, we gotta take you know,

756
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 1: these tight that kind of thing. But I think for

757
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: the Bills, it's not like you're playing a different team

758
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: that doesn't have a quarterback who can get get done

759
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: what Josh gets done. I think that's where it starts.

760
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: For the Patriots and how they view Josh and what

761
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: he does in certain situations is going to dictate the

762
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 1: defense they play what no matter who they have playing

763
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: break time for us here, Dan and Rochester, Bob and Rochester,

764
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: you two are up next. When we return. More of

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00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 1: your phone calls coming your way here, on this extended

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00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: pregame show version on a Buffalo Football Monday Bills Patriots

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00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. We're here till three to help you

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Speaker 1: get ready for it more coming up with your phone calls.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Rady. I once thought I had it

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00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: bad because I had no shoes until I met a

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00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: man who had no feet. What's up here? She's doing

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00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: all right? Man, it's the name Rory. I like that name.

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00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: That's a cool name. He knows how to approach people

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00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:26,959
Speaker 1: to make him feel like, I know how you feel.

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Speaker 1: I've been some places. Maybe you've been in things like that. Man,

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00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: I like that jersey. That's my guys. He wants the

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00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,839
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00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: He can't tell them, Oh, I know how you feel,

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00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: but he know how he feels. He's a kid. They

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00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: want to make other kids happy. We all have a

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00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 1: lot in comment. I lost my mother eleven years ago yesterday.

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00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 1: But whether it's a father and mother, make him proud,

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00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 1: chase your goals, dream big. You can see right now.

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00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest guy, and a lot of people

786
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: told me you know when I was going to NFL

787
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: like dreaming too big? Like are you kidding me? These

788
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 1: guys at sixty seven six eight, I said, I don't care,

789
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: Like I'm dreaming big and I'm chasing my goals and

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00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go over whatever I want to be. All Right.

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Speaker 1: That's the latest excerpt from the latest episode of Beyond

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Speaker 1: Blue and Red. It's on Emmanuel Sanders. It's a good one.

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Speaker 1: You can go to the Bills YouTube channel to check

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00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 1: that out whenever you want, maybe if you're hanging around

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Speaker 1: in a tailgate you want to pop it up on

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Speaker 1: the Bill's YouTube channel. I think it's also up on

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00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: the Bills app right now as well. But nice piece

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00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: by the good folks over at PSC led by Michelle

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Speaker 1: healing to Western New York. But let's get back to

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00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 1: the phones and leading us off here Dan in Rochester, Dan,

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00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: what you got First of all, Steve, you should be

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00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame. Political crap, Why you're not. Secondly,

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00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 1: I just found out a couple of hours ago. I'm

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00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:09,919
Speaker 1: going to the Village game tonight. Who congratulations, very nice? Yeah,

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00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: have your Parker ready? What happened to somebody? I've got

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00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: everything ready to Did somebody find out what the game

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00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:17,360
Speaker 1: was going to be like and give you the tickets?

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00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: Did somebody find out? Did somebody find out what the

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00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: weather is going to be and give their tickets to you? No?

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00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: But taking my daughter and her boyfriend are taking me

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00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,879
Speaker 1: for a Christmas You go, all right? Yeah? Chief along?

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00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 1: Che seen you play Steve when you're playing in the

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00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: Super Bowl years, Chris were all putting some pressure under

819
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: this Mac Jones. Uh yeah, I mean you want to say, yes,

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00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 1: that might be. You know, it seems like an oversimplification.

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00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: But here's the problem. He is fifth fastest snap two

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00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 1: release of the football two point six one seconds on average.

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00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,319
Speaker 1: It's the typical short passing game that the Patriots eve

824
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: employed for years. They it's designed to get the ball

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00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 1: out quick. So he's not a victim of pressure and

826
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: making ill advised decisions. So I think getting there on

827
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: time in time is easier said than done. I think

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00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,920
Speaker 1: you need somebody to come free, which with a careful

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00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: design and game plan based on film study and what

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00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: you anticipate down in distance wise from the Patriots offensively,

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Speaker 1: maybe you can get lucky and get a dB coming free.

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00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: That has caused problems for him at times this year,

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00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 1: but he has cut down his interceptions considerably over the

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00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,800
Speaker 1: last month and a half. So I think it's easier

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00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: said than done. It can be done. You just got

836
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: to have the right play call at the right time.

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00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:40,200
Speaker 1: I think getting hands up maybe more important than anything else.

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00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,160
Speaker 1: You got tall guys on the edge like Epinessa and Rousseau.

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00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 1: If you can get your hands up, maybe tip a pass,

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00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: bat a pass, that might be your best route to success.

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00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,239
Speaker 1: On a consistent basis with mac Jones tonight, you feel

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00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: differently Staver. No, it's hard to do. I think you

843
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: gotta make him feel it, no question. You don't want

844
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 1: him to sit back there and feel comfortable, because if

845
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:04,840
Speaker 1: as soon as you start thinking, well, if we're not

846
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: going to get home anyway, let's let's do something else

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00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: and drop into coverage and clog the throwing lanes. Well,

848
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: then he'll just hold onto the ball back there and

849
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Speaker 1: wait and wait and wait. So I think you still

850
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,080
Speaker 1: have to force him to throw the football on time.

851
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:19,880
Speaker 1: You just have to make sure you're covering him up

852
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: in the back end. Without Trey White's going to be

853
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,000
Speaker 1: a problem. But we do have really good safeties. Maybe

854
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: mac Jones will not know what he's looking at until

855
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: it's too late. That's a problem. We also have a

856
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: really long, athletic middle linebacker. He's got to throw it

857
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,640
Speaker 1: over the top of and fit it in there. We've

858
00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 1: got a really good second linebacker in Milana who can

859
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: run with John hu Smith or Hunter Henry and uncover

860
00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: up one of those guys. So if the Bills have

861
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:49,319
Speaker 1: done their work and on certain down and distances know

862
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,800
Speaker 1: what they can expect, or at least know the percentages

863
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:53,479
Speaker 1: of what they can expect and the type of plays

864
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:54,800
Speaker 1: they're going to be looking at or the type of

865
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Speaker 1: philosophy the Patriots do, they'll have a chance to guess right.

866
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,680
Speaker 1: And that's what it's going to take. Both these teams,

867
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Speaker 1: in their success this season, have thrived on turnovers. That's

868
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,879
Speaker 1: worth it's going to begin, and that's worth's gonna end.

869
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: Patriots are a plus ten on the season. Bills are

870
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 1: a plus nine on the season. On the Patriots current

871
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 1: six game winning streak, they are plus thirteen seventeen takeaways,

872
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: four giveaways, so the giveaways have been few and far

873
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,800
Speaker 1: between by a Patriots team that has been very good

874
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: in terms of ball security. So you could argue, as

875
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: I do every so often, with the way this league

876
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:44,520
Speaker 1: goes and knowing the margins are tight the law of averages, Steve,

877
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 1: you can only look this good for so long. Even

878
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: the best teams come back down to earth every once

879
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: in a while. Maybe they get some help there. Maybe

880
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be a game where mistakes

881
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:58,360
Speaker 1: are going to be magnified on both sides because of

882
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:01,359
Speaker 1: the defenses. Both these defenses are good, they're playmaking. They've

883
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 1: got some guys that can go in their very steadying

884
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 1: and solid. So if you make a mistake against one

885
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,799
Speaker 1: of them that really costs you, like a turnover or

886
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 1: you know, a pick six or something like that, it's

887
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,920
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to make up. Yeah, you're gonna have

888
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:16,319
Speaker 1: your offense is gonna have to get a break the

889
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: other way as well. Break time here for us Bob

890
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 1: and Rochester leads us off as we have another long

891
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,600
Speaker 1: segment of open phone calls coming up. Next Stephen Pennsylvania,

892
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:27,839
Speaker 1: Brian on a sale. We'll get to all of you guys. Oh,

893
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 1: we do have Phil Perry coming up. Sorry my bad,

894
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: Phil Perry coming up in the next segment. But hang tier.

895
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: We'll get to your phone calls as soon as we

896
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Speaker 1: get a chance. Phil Perry from NBC covering the Patriots

897
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Speaker 1: up there in Boston. He'll be on next here on

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Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio,

899
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Speaker 1: without a doubt, the biggest game of the year. Feel

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Speaker 1: the Patriots surging Patriots econmoms. This is like all hands

901
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:03,759
Speaker 1: on deck. This is a double ten strap game. This

902
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:05,400
Speaker 1: is one of those games where they're gonna be tested

903
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,359
Speaker 1: their manhood. They control the emotion. It's gonna be live,

904
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 1: but we're gonna make it even live. Here we go.

905
00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:15,760
Speaker 1: Here's the response to loud noises. I have ever seen

906
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 1: You're harder put that tape and wouldn't have stink. Understand

907
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,839
Speaker 1: what's the statement? Understand what we want? You gotta keep

908
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Speaker 1: stacking this. We don't tell you what all right, Welcome

909
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: to our number two of your extended pregame one Bills

910
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: Live going into Buffalo Football Monday pre game mode for

911
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:54,960
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football Bills Patriots seventy four Bills eight and

912
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 1: four Patriots, and here to kind of give us the

913
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,879
Speaker 1: latest on what's going going on with the Pats from

914
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 1: NBC Sports boss and Patriots reporter Phil Perry kind enough

915
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 1: to join us on a game day, So thanks for

916
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 1: carving out a few little bit of time for us, Phil,

917
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us. How you doing. You're ready here

918
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: for this weather tonight? Oh boy, oh boy, I'm ready.

919
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: That music alone, I don't know about you, guys. The

920
00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: music just gets me going. Chickair kids, one o'clock in

921
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 1: the afternoon. I'm ready to go. Let's do this thing

922
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 1: right now. Totally with you, Totally with you. We've been

923
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: talking about that theme music from Monday Night and how

924
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:30,359
Speaker 1: we all remember it. This is This is a game

925
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:33,720
Speaker 1: that in the AFC East, It's been a long time

926
00:51:33,760 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: since a game of this magnitude for both teams showed

927
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: up on the radar, particularly in the second half of

928
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:42,640
Speaker 1: the season. I know it's a seventeen game season and

929
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: both these teams have the feel of a team that's

930
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 1: going to go the distance get into the playoffs. This

931
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,400
Speaker 1: is about the division run, the division title, and what

932
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: seed they're going to be in the playoffs. I think

933
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,359
Speaker 1: both these teams have full, full expectations of getting there

934
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:58,720
Speaker 1: at the end. But man, oh man, what's it feel

935
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:01,000
Speaker 1: like in New England for pay Creates fans coming into

936
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 1: this money night game with the Bills on the schedule.

937
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 1: People understand it's massive. I mean, even though it's the

938
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: first of two and it's not necessarily make or break

939
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: when it comes to the outcome in this first one here,

940
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 1: it is huge, and it's huge for the Patriots, and

941
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: that the Bills at the moment are undefeated in the

942
00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: division and we're already starting to think about playoff seeding tiebreakers,

943
00:52:25,080 --> 00:52:28,560
Speaker 1: and if they finish with a better record in the

944
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,799
Speaker 1: division and both these teams end up with the same

945
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,880
Speaker 1: record overall, it would be the Bills who obviously supersede

946
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: the Patriots in that instance and would get that all

947
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: important buy. And we understand, and Patriots fans understand for

948
00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,080
Speaker 1: sure just how important that buy is in terms of

949
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 1: getting to where you want to go by the end

950
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: of the season. I don't think, guys, anybody in New

951
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:49,920
Speaker 1: England thought that they would be talking about the number

952
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 1: one seed at this point in time. In mac Jones's

953
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: rookie season, this was not the expectation. The expectation was

954
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Speaker 1: to compete. It was to maybe get into the postseason.

955
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: But number one seed. The Patriots have exceeded those expectations

956
00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: pretty quickly here. I don't think anybody thought it would

957
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,520
Speaker 1: happen this fast, for it's not so much even about

958
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: the number one seed, although it's still in play for

959
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:11,920
Speaker 1: both these clubs at this point of the season, and

960
00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:13,839
Speaker 1: I think it probably is if you look at it.

961
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: It's mathematically it's even on table to the loser of

962
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,280
Speaker 1: this game, But it's more importantly about a home playoff

963
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:22,000
Speaker 1: game rather than having to go on the road in

964
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: the first round, no doubt. And I think for the

965
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 1: Patriots in particular, the way they're built, they're built to

966
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Speaker 1: play outdoors in December in January. They want to be physical,

967
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: they want to run the football, they want to control

968
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 1: the clock. That's who they are, that's how they've built.

969
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 1: They haven't always been that way under Bill Belichick, because

970
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: they had Tom Brady and there were years where they

971
00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:47,799
Speaker 1: wanted to spread it out and throw it as much

972
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: as anybody, obviously, but this year, with a rookie quarterback

973
00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:56,120
Speaker 1: and a very good defense, Bill Belichick clearly very cognizant

974
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 1: of the fact that his team's most important games are

975
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:02,120
Speaker 1: going to be played outside in the Northeast December in January,

976
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,759
Speaker 1: and he's built a team that should have success this

977
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:06,600
Speaker 1: time of year, guys. And I'm looking at the forecast

978
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: for tonight in Buffalo, and this should be one of

979
00:54:09,560 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: those games that they're suited to play in, and I

980
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,120
Speaker 1: think that gives them a little bit of an advantage.

981
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:16,719
Speaker 1: I don't know how you guys feel about it, but

982
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 1: just talking to some people in Buffalo over the course

983
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,200
Speaker 1: of last week or so, this does feel like a

984
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,520
Speaker 1: team that was built around their quarterback, that was built

985
00:54:23,560 --> 00:54:25,680
Speaker 1: to help him out in terms of giving him weapons

986
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,960
Speaker 1: in the passing game. And to me, if there's twenty

987
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,440
Speaker 1: to thirty mile an hour wins, I wonder how that

988
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:33,799
Speaker 1: plays in a game like this. Whereas the Patriots I

989
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:35,919
Speaker 1: think would be totally fine running the ball forty times

990
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:38,399
Speaker 1: if they had to, right, and the Bills have had

991
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: problems with physical offensive fronts, whether it's the Colts or

992
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 1: the Titans. Past games this season have been issues for them.

993
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: When teams have tried to run it straight at him

994
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: and write down their throat, they have been successful, and

995
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,040
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots fall into that category. What I

996
00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: want to ask you, Phil, though, is we've got a

997
00:54:56,520 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: couple of player availability issues for the Patriots. Number one

998
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,000
Speaker 1: is obviously Kyle Dugger, who at this moment remains on

999
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: COVID reserve. He hasn't practiced at all. Where did Bill

1000
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:10,279
Speaker 1: Belichick leave that? And I know he doesn't usually give

1001
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:12,319
Speaker 1: you a whole lot to work with, but where did

1002
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:16,839
Speaker 1: he leave Dugger's status anywhere, if at all, in terms

1003
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:18,840
Speaker 1: of if he's not able to practice all week but

1004
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: then suddenly test negative twice in twenty four hours, is

1005
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:25,200
Speaker 1: he an option for them? And then Jamie Collins after that,

1006
00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: who is you know, been on IR long enough to

1007
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,719
Speaker 1: come back? And I know he started practicing this week.

1008
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: I would say it's highly unlikely that the Patriots have

1009
00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:38,800
Speaker 1: Kyle Dugger. And that's a tough situation for them because

1010
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,759
Speaker 1: again against this Bill's team and who knows what their

1011
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,040
Speaker 1: game plan actually looks like and how much the conditions

1012
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,240
Speaker 1: would impact that. But against a team that goes sub

1013
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: as frequently as the Bills do, you want as many

1014
00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,360
Speaker 1: defensive backs as possible on the field. And Kyle Dugger's

1015
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,360
Speaker 1: played over eighty percent of the snaps for the Patriots

1016
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:56,720
Speaker 1: this year. They love going with their three safety sets

1017
00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:59,719
Speaker 1: with Devin mccordy and Dugger and Adrian Phillips. And to

1018
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:01,400
Speaker 1: be down one of those guys against the team that's

1019
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:03,200
Speaker 1: going to run a bunch of receivers onto the field

1020
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: is critical, and so how they fill in there will

1021
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:08,840
Speaker 1: be one of the keys to this game in my opinion.

1022
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Speaker 1: And you mentioned Jamie Collins, he made the trip. The

1023
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:15,000
Speaker 1: expectation is he's going to be active tonight and in uniform,

1024
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 1: and he can help Replacedugger in a way. Right, He's

1025
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:20,239
Speaker 1: gonna play in the box at that second level the

1026
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 1: way Dougger does. Dugger plays linebacker as much as he

1027
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 1: does safety for this team. It's just because he's so

1028
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: athletic and because he's so explosive and he's such a

1029
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:31,160
Speaker 1: powerful hitter for a guy his size, they can get

1030
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,239
Speaker 1: away with playing him at the second level, take on

1031
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,160
Speaker 1: offensive lineman even at times, and still be covered in

1032
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:38,399
Speaker 1: the passing game. Jamie Collins a really good athlete as well,

1033
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,839
Speaker 1: but he's not as athletic as Dugger, and so if

1034
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: the Bills decide to spread them out with Collins on

1035
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:45,440
Speaker 1: the field and throw, that's going to be an advantage

1036
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,759
Speaker 1: for Buffalo. I think he also might see a little

1037
00:56:47,800 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: bit more Jawan Williams. Even though the Patriots been really

1038
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 1: zone heavy team, guys are a very different looking Patriots

1039
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 1: defense coverage wise than the one you guys have seen

1040
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,440
Speaker 1: the last I don't know, three four years, so man

1041
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:00,840
Speaker 1: heavy the last several years. Now, they're really more of

1042
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:03,239
Speaker 1: a zone team if they do go man though, on

1043
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 1: third down, for instance, I'd expect Jawan Williams, who's a

1044
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:08,719
Speaker 1: bigger corner, for them to be somebody who gets a

1045
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:11,239
Speaker 1: little bit more work than he typically does, especially if

1046
00:57:11,239 --> 00:57:13,000
Speaker 1: they want to match up with Dawson Knockers. So does

1047
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: that mean that j C. Jackson goes into the slot

1048
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,120
Speaker 1: or Joan Williams goes outside, or do they bring Jowan

1049
00:57:20,200 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: Williams and play him inside on a tight end or somebody.

1050
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:25,120
Speaker 1: I think they may try to play him on the

1051
00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 1: tight end. It could also go to Phillips. Phillips has

1052
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:29,480
Speaker 1: been very good against tight ends. At times this year

1053
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,440
Speaker 1: as well. The guy who's really been their full time

1054
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: slot corner has been Miles Bryant, who's an undrafted player

1055
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: from a couple of years ago out of Washington. Really

1056
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:38,680
Speaker 1: smart guy. Has played a little bit of safety for them,

1057
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Speaker 1: has played a little bit on the outside as well.

1058
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: But he's somebody that I would watch tonight, especially if

1059
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:48,400
Speaker 1: when you take to the air you want to throw

1060
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: short because of the wind. And if Josh Allen is

1061
00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: looking Cole Beasley's way. I know he's dealt with some

1062
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:55,240
Speaker 1: injury throughout the course of this season, but that's a

1063
00:57:55,280 --> 00:58:00,280
Speaker 1: matchup that really leans in Buffalo's direction because I don't

1064
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:03,720
Speaker 1: see Miles Bryant consistently being able to win that matchup

1065
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 1: against Cole Beasley. He's had a tough couple of weeks

1066
00:58:06,160 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: these last few weeks here, especially in Atlanta. Russell Gage,

1067
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: of all people, gave him problems. So if they find

1068
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: themselves in some man demand situations with Beasley one on

1069
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 1: one with Miles Bryant, that should be a direction in

1070
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,520
Speaker 1: which Josh Allen is looking pretty frequently. Just a quick

1071
00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:24,560
Speaker 1: logistical question before we put the Kyle Dugger issue to bed.

1072
00:58:24,960 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 1: There's no way he traveled with the team, right, he

1073
00:58:27,400 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 1: couldn't get on the plane. That's a great question, Steve.

1074
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 1: I honestly don't know the protocols one hundred percent inside

1075
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:37,840
Speaker 1: and out when it comes to how he would get

1076
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:41,600
Speaker 1: here if it was possible that he could test negative,

1077
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: and again, you have to have two within twenty four hours,

1078
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:47,920
Speaker 1: So if he didn't test negative yesterday, it's out the window.

1079
00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 1: He probably wouldn't have traveled. But it's been pretty mum

1080
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 1: is the word I guess is the approach of the

1081
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,720
Speaker 1: Patriots part when it comes to that player and if

1082
00:58:56,760 --> 00:59:00,960
Speaker 1: there was any chance he could test negative and then play,

1083
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:02,720
Speaker 1: even if you couldn't travel with the team, I'm sure

1084
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,120
Speaker 1: they'd figure out a way to get him here again. Though, Guys,

1085
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 1: I don't know about you know what your experience has

1086
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:10,080
Speaker 1: been with the bills and players testing positive and then

1087
00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: how many days they've had to miss. But it's been

1088
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: My understanding is it's been highly highly unlikely for any

1089
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 1: player to quote unquote test out. You know this situation

1090
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 1: where you test negative twice within twenty four hours. It's

1091
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:24,919
Speaker 1: happened like once or twice I think across the league

1092
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,760
Speaker 1: this entire year. I think Ben zach Ertz in Philadelphia

1093
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,760
Speaker 1: and maybe one or two other instances, but for the

1094
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:32,200
Speaker 1: most part, you're missing that game. Yeah, I think Roethlisberger

1095
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 1: is the fastest return from a positive test for a

1096
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,600
Speaker 1: vaccinated player, and that was eight days. I believe this

1097
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:42,800
Speaker 1: is day six for Duggers. So yeah, I mean unlikely.

1098
00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:44,720
Speaker 1: I think is a fair way to put it. As

1099
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:47,320
Speaker 1: far as tonight goes. I want to talk to you

1100
00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:52,360
Speaker 1: a little bit, Phil about the Patriots pass rush. It

1101
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 1: looks like, well, they have a lot of guys who

1102
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:57,680
Speaker 1: can chip in. We know Judon's kind of the lead

1103
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 1: dog there, but what about him and the way Barmore

1104
01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,360
Speaker 1: is able to play off of him on the interior.

1105
01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 1: Those two guys seem to get a lot done on

1106
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:09,840
Speaker 1: third down when Belichick likes to get exotic. Well, Christian

1107
01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:13,600
Speaker 1: Barmore has been huge for Matt Judon because his development

1108
01:00:14,040 --> 01:00:16,760
Speaker 1: and his ability to get up the field as quickly

1109
01:00:16,760 --> 01:00:20,400
Speaker 1: as he does has drawn attention, and so when there

1110
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 1: are two bodies or three at times. There was a

1111
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:25,640
Speaker 1: point in the Tennessee Titans game against the Patriots where

1112
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:28,520
Speaker 1: there had four guys blocking Christian Barmore, which obviously is

1113
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:30,680
Speaker 1: some kind of miscommunication on their part. Yeah, but the

1114
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:34,479
Speaker 1: Patriots are fine with rushing three and dropping eight into

1115
01:00:34,520 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 1: coverage if they can figure out a way to get

1116
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 1: Matt Jude on one on one with a tackle or

1117
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: better yet, a tight end or a running back. And

1118
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: so you'll often see tonight, I'm sure Barmore aligned right

1119
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: next to Judon and then hope that there are multiple

1120
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,400
Speaker 1: bodies on Barmore, which allows Judon to go to work

1121
01:00:51,440 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 1: one on one. And he has been an absolute monster

1122
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:57,480
Speaker 1: for them this year. Really from the day he got

1123
01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 1: to New England, guys, I remember talking to people across

1124
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:02,560
Speaker 1: the league telling me, well, we'll see what happened. What

1125
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,280
Speaker 1: happens for Judon now that he's been paid. You know,

1126
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:07,240
Speaker 1: is he the kind of player who continues on the

1127
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:10,360
Speaker 1: track he's on or does he start to rest on

1128
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:11,880
Speaker 1: his laurels a little bit? I think there were some

1129
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: there were some questions league wide about this particular player,

1130
01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: But from the moment he showed up, he's been one

1131
01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:20,760
Speaker 1: of their hardest workers. In training camp, He's chasing running

1132
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: back seventy yards down the field just to get two

1133
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,120
Speaker 1: hands on him to quote unquote finish the play. And

1134
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:29,160
Speaker 1: he's got a tremendous motor, and he has really changed

1135
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,160
Speaker 1: their defense because again they want to go zone now,

1136
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,160
Speaker 1: and part of that is personnel related. Obviously, no more

1137
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:36,840
Speaker 1: Stephon Gilmour, Jonathan Jones, their best slock corners out for

1138
01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 1: the year, So they've gone more zone. And one of

1139
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:41,400
Speaker 1: the reasons they can do that is because they can

1140
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:44,120
Speaker 1: just rush for now. And the reason they can do

1141
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: that is because of Judon and Barmore, and so if

1142
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,760
Speaker 1: they can pressure Josh Allen, it's going to come down

1143
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:52,720
Speaker 1: to those two guys. What has been If there is

1144
01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:55,960
Speaker 1: a singular generalization you can make, why have the Patriots

1145
01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:59,200
Speaker 1: excelled so much, particularly in this wind streak of getting turnovers?

1146
01:01:59,200 --> 01:02:02,640
Speaker 1: What's been? Has there been a common denominator as to

1147
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:06,400
Speaker 1: why they've gotten the ball back? Bill Belichick would tell

1148
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:08,320
Speaker 1: you it's just that they worked on it right. And

1149
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: he really criticized himself and his own staff when I

1150
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:14,120
Speaker 1: asked him about it earlier this week, saying, Hey, this

1151
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: is something that we should have had coached up better

1152
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:19,840
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, and so once October rolled around,

1153
01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,120
Speaker 1: they started to put more of an emphasis on it.

1154
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,720
Speaker 1: And it's funny because it is something that the Patriots

1155
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,480
Speaker 1: emphasize I know every team emphasizes it to an extent, right,

1156
01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,040
Speaker 1: but it is something that they emphasize going all the

1157
01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:32,240
Speaker 1: way back to July and we're watching them working on

1158
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,400
Speaker 1: these drills where they're stripping the football out and it's

1159
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,040
Speaker 1: two on one or it's one on one, and there

1160
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:39,120
Speaker 1: it's all about ball security and trying to force turnovers

1161
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:40,960
Speaker 1: on the other end. He made it sound like they

1162
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:45,080
Speaker 1: really eve invested more time, more energy into that aspect

1163
01:02:45,160 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 1: of their game. And you're seeing guys, you know, every

1164
01:02:47,280 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 1: single week, punch at the football if they're the second

1165
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:52,280
Speaker 1: man to the ball, you know, finishing the finishing the

1166
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: play the way JC Jackson did chasing it down the

1167
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 1: field the other day and creating a turnover that way.

1168
01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,720
Speaker 1: So to me, it's just more awareness, I think, Steve,

1169
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 1: I think that's that's really the bottom line. And Bill Belichick,

1170
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 1: you know, in his staff, they've been so good in

1171
01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:10,480
Speaker 1: terms of making these very logical, reasonable changes or adjustments

1172
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 1: mid season that you would think, you know, is something

1173
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:15,320
Speaker 1: that they'd be working on from the beginning, but they

1174
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:17,720
Speaker 1: get down to the very fundamentals of where they want

1175
01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 1: to be as a football team, and after about four

1176
01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:20,920
Speaker 1: or five weeks they say, Okay, this is who we are.

1177
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,200
Speaker 1: Where can we get better? We need to invest more

1178
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:25,560
Speaker 1: time in areas X, Y, and Z, And that clearly

1179
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:26,840
Speaker 1: has been one of them, because they're near the top

1180
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:29,320
Speaker 1: of the league now in terms of turnover differential. Talking

1181
01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:32,160
Speaker 1: to Philip Perry from NBC Sports Boston covers of Patriots

1182
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:37,160
Speaker 1: and Phil, would you, in your estimation consider any of

1183
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:40,240
Speaker 1: the other defensive units that the Patriots have faced this

1184
01:03:40,280 --> 01:03:44,000
Speaker 1: season on a par with what the Bills have been

1185
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 1: able to put up at least on paper? Here. I

1186
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,040
Speaker 1: know you played, I know they played Tampa, and their

1187
01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: defense has kind of been up and down. It looks

1188
01:03:51,600 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 1: like it's rounding back into form now. But do any

1189
01:03:54,920 --> 01:03:56,920
Speaker 1: come to mind, as you know what, they really got

1190
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:59,160
Speaker 1: a firm test here that's going to be comparable to

1191
01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: what they see night from Buffalo, even without tradevious White. No,

1192
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:06,160
Speaker 1: not at all. I just I look at this Patriots

1193
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:09,360
Speaker 1: team in their offense in particular, and they really are

1194
01:04:09,360 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 1: a different group since the first month of the season.

1195
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 1: And it's not just because that first month of the

1196
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:17,960
Speaker 1: season was Mac Jones's first month as a pro. That

1197
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:20,080
Speaker 1: first month of the season, their offensive line was an

1198
01:04:20,080 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 1: absolute disaster, especially at the tackle positions, and I wrote

1199
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:27,080
Speaker 1: a story through four weeks, Mac Jones was on pace

1200
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:31,000
Speaker 1: to be hit more than any other quarterback essentially from

1201
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: the last fifteen years. That was the kind of pace

1202
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:36,640
Speaker 1: he was on through September and into the early portion

1203
01:04:36,680 --> 01:04:40,080
Speaker 1: of October. Since then, they've gotten a little bit healthier upfront.

1204
01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:42,960
Speaker 1: They become a much more run heavy team. So that

1205
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:46,200
Speaker 1: first month of the season they in neutral game scripts,

1206
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 1: so the score is still close, it's first three quarters

1207
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:50,840
Speaker 1: of the game. It's not the final two minutes of

1208
01:04:50,840 --> 01:04:52,520
Speaker 1: the first half, you know, so you're not seeing the

1209
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: two minutes trill. They're not trying to bleed the clock

1210
01:04:54,160 --> 01:04:56,360
Speaker 1: because they have the lead when the playbook is open

1211
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:58,320
Speaker 1: to them essentially and they can do whatever they want.

1212
01:04:58,320 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 1: And that first month of the season, they were the

1213
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:04,439
Speaker 1: second most pass happy team in football. Since then, they

1214
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,280
Speaker 1: are the second most run happy, if you want to

1215
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:09,680
Speaker 1: put it that way team in football. The only team

1216
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:12,320
Speaker 1: that runs more often than they do in those situations

1217
01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:15,680
Speaker 1: is San Francisco. So they really have changed since that

1218
01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:17,600
Speaker 1: first month. And since that first month, they have not

1219
01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 1: seen a defense like Buffalo's. I just a'm fascinated to

1220
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,840
Speaker 1: see how Buffalo plays it because those safeties are so

1221
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 1: you guys know this, they're so important to what they do.

1222
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:29,439
Speaker 1: And do they decide to drop an extra safety into

1223
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:31,320
Speaker 1: the box just to take that run game away? And

1224
01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:33,200
Speaker 1: because it's Mac Jones and he's a rookie, and because

1225
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:35,959
Speaker 1: the conditions are what they are, they say, we're gonna

1226
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 1: load the box, we're gonna take away the run, and

1227
01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:41,400
Speaker 1: we're gonna force Mac Jones to win outside. And maybe

1228
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 1: that's the game plan. And to me, that would be

1229
01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,120
Speaker 1: a fine game plan. I think the only issue on

1230
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:48,160
Speaker 1: Buffaloes and though, is you're without Tradevious White and so

1231
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,520
Speaker 1: you're depending on you know, it's Dane Jackson. Is my understanding,

1232
01:05:51,520 --> 01:05:53,080
Speaker 1: Who's who's probably going to be in there and playing

1233
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of snaps. Do you trust him to, you know,

1234
01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:57,360
Speaker 1: to kind of have the game plan hinge on a

1235
01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 1: guy like that in some ways and say we're going

1236
01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:01,640
Speaker 1: to load up the box, we're gonna use the safety

1237
01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:03,920
Speaker 1: down there, and our corners just have to win. That

1238
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:05,720
Speaker 1: to me, could end up being one of the games

1239
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:07,960
Speaker 1: within the game that determines the outcome. Tonight, I wanted

1240
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:10,320
Speaker 1: to ask one question about the game last week, Tennessee,

1241
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:13,080
Speaker 1: they you know, the Patriots really whamped him pretty good

1242
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 1: thirty six to thirteen. But at the end of the game,

1243
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:19,880
Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel said, listen, our guys, our coordinators had the

1244
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:22,120
Speaker 1: right game plan, and we started turning it over. It

1245
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:24,760
Speaker 1: was a close game up until you know, they started

1246
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: turning over on every series or three out of four

1247
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:28,720
Speaker 1: series to end of the football game. What kind of

1248
01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:33,080
Speaker 1: game plan did Tennessee walk into that game with that?

1249
01:06:33,160 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel said, even after the game that where they

1250
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,360
Speaker 1: got thumped, he said, well, we had the right game plan,

1251
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:39,720
Speaker 1: we just couldn't execute it. What the Tennessee game plan

1252
01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:44,240
Speaker 1: looked like it was to try to be the tougher team,

1253
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:48,080
Speaker 1: and they really did. I thought they succeeded through the

1254
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:50,000
Speaker 1: first half of that game. And that's a one score

1255
01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:52,400
Speaker 1: game in the first half, and the Titans easily could

1256
01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: have had the lead through the first half, even though

1257
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:57,600
Speaker 1: they're obviously without Derrick Henry. They were without a j

1258
01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:00,720
Speaker 1: Brown there, without Julio Jones, so all of their best

1259
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 1: offensive players are out. But what do they do. They

1260
01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 1: came into that game with two fullbacks active, four tight

1261
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,120
Speaker 1: ends active, and they said We're just gonna try to

1262
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:10,000
Speaker 1: run the ball. We're gonna be tougher than you. And

1263
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,440
Speaker 1: your defensive line is good and it's been good of late,

1264
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,120
Speaker 1: and the Patriots run defense has been pretty good of late.

1265
01:07:15,480 --> 01:07:17,920
Speaker 1: But the Titans didn't care. I think they knew they

1266
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:20,280
Speaker 1: probably weren't going to be able to succeed throwing the football.

1267
01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:23,120
Speaker 1: The Patriots of one of the best past defenses in football,

1268
01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,000
Speaker 1: and so they just said, we're gonna go heavy, we're

1269
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Speaker 1: gonna try to outnumber you, and we're gonna try to

1270
01:07:28,560 --> 01:07:31,720
Speaker 1: find creases and we'll win that way. And they almost did. Again,

1271
01:07:31,720 --> 01:07:33,280
Speaker 1: they were only able to really do it for a

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Speaker 1: half and then the game sort of starts to get

1273
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:37,720
Speaker 1: away from them. Talent wise, they just didn't have enough.

1274
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:42,360
Speaker 1: But I'm not sure how applicable that is to this matchup. Right,

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01:07:42,360 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 1: the Bills aren't going to come to this game with

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01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,320
Speaker 1: two full backs active. You know, they're probably not gonna

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01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,800
Speaker 1: be running much thirteen personnel, which is what Tennessee did.

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01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:51,600
Speaker 1: And so even though the Patriots gave up two hundred

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01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:54,040
Speaker 1: and seventy yards on the ground, and they were miffed,

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01:07:54,080 --> 01:07:56,200
Speaker 1: I mean, they were hot about that, especially you know,

1281
01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:58,680
Speaker 1: those guys up front on the defensive side, but there

1282
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:01,400
Speaker 1: aren't any teams that can do that. They just Tennessee

1283
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:04,240
Speaker 1: is really one of them. Baltimore's won, San Francisco's probably

1284
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: one if you ever end up seeing those guys. But

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01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:08,240
Speaker 1: there aren't many teams in the league guys these days

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01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 1: that want to use as much fullback as it seems

1287
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:12,440
Speaker 1: like the Patriots and the Titans do, or want to

1288
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:14,960
Speaker 1: use as many tight ends as often as the Patriots

1289
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:16,599
Speaker 1: and the tight ends do. So those are those are

1290
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 1: some pretty old school offenses, and it was sort of

1291
01:08:19,160 --> 01:08:21,800
Speaker 1: old school on old school last week. I think it'd

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01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:23,840
Speaker 1: be a much different story this week because the Bills, again,

1293
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:26,920
Speaker 1: they're just built differently, right Phil, Thanks for the time

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01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:29,160
Speaker 1: as always, especially on a game day. We appreciate it.

1295
01:08:29,479 --> 01:08:32,080
Speaker 1: Safe travels over here and then back to New England

1296
01:08:32,120 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 1: after the game tonight. Appreciate you guys. Hopefully you enjoy

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01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:43,080
Speaker 1: your conversation with Bill's legend Terrell Owens. That's what I'm wondering, like,

1298
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:44,960
Speaker 1: what can we get a peerless price? Can we get

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01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:46,800
Speaker 1: an Eric? Well? Do you get the Bills? I guess

1300
01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:49,360
Speaker 1: they've probably already had all these guys, right, like you

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01:08:49,400 --> 01:08:53,040
Speaker 1: know Stevie Johnson, Oh, Stevie Johnson, this is the game.

1302
01:08:53,320 --> 01:08:55,439
Speaker 1: I think Terrell Owens is coming back. I think a

1303
01:08:55,439 --> 01:08:56,840
Speaker 1: lot of gold Jackets are going to be in the

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01:08:56,840 --> 01:09:00,080
Speaker 1: building tonight. I'd be a lot of fun. Yeah, it

1305
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 1: would be. And he was obviously just such an unbelievable specimen.

1306
01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,240
Speaker 1: So we'll have to check out your conversation with him.

1307
01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:09,280
Speaker 1: But but have fun tonight, guys, enjoy the game, and

1308
01:09:09,280 --> 01:09:10,920
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll talk to you soon. All right, thanks for

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01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:13,880
Speaker 1: the time, Phil, Phil Perry from NBC Sports Boston joining

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01:09:13,960 --> 01:09:18,439
Speaker 1: us here, and I agree with him. It seems pretty

1311
01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:21,280
Speaker 1: unlikely now you know that Kyle Dugger is going to

1312
01:09:21,320 --> 01:09:23,880
Speaker 1: play in this game, and you know, I know some

1313
01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:27,000
Speaker 1: people might not see it as a major loss, but

1314
01:09:27,840 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 1: for the Patriots defense, it's almost as significant as losing

1315
01:09:31,280 --> 01:09:33,840
Speaker 1: Tradevious White. For the Bills, almost because this is the guy,

1316
01:09:33,880 --> 01:09:36,720
Speaker 1: this is their leading tackler and he plays in their

1317
01:09:36,720 --> 01:09:39,599
Speaker 1: three safety based defense. It may be a little more

1318
01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 1: significant for the Patriots because they've of the guys they've

1319
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 1: already lost. You know, they've already lost a couple of

1320
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:49,519
Speaker 1: guys in their They're thinner than the Bills are, given

1321
01:09:49,560 --> 01:09:53,080
Speaker 1: their roster. So the Bills where they started losing Tredevious White, huge,

1322
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:55,920
Speaker 1: huge loss, no question about it. But the Patriots have

1323
01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:58,439
Speaker 1: already lost us Jones that you know, they've lost a

1324
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:02,080
Speaker 1: litany of guys already in the secondary and not having

1325
01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:05,880
Speaker 1: Dugger there because of COVID. You know they're going they're

1326
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:10,479
Speaker 1: digging pretty down, digging deep into their depth chart to

1327
01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:12,759
Speaker 1: find some guys who can really make it happen. Yeah,

1328
01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:15,559
Speaker 1: So it's going to be interesting to see, to say

1329
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,040
Speaker 1: the least, what they choose, whether they mix it up

1330
01:10:18,160 --> 01:10:22,000
Speaker 1: or just play a different way with their personnel through

1331
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,080
Speaker 1: the course of the game. We had a little time

1332
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:25,680
Speaker 1: here to get a couple of phone calls in, so

1333
01:10:25,680 --> 01:10:27,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna do that for some people that have been

1334
01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:30,080
Speaker 1: waiting patiently. You're gonna go to Stephen in Pennsylvania. What

1335
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:34,280
Speaker 1: do you have for Stephen? You're on one Bill's life. Yeah, Hey, guys,

1336
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:37,360
Speaker 1: how are you doing that? Good? Good? Good? Hey bear

1337
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:39,920
Speaker 1: with me for one second here. So why I say

1338
01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:42,599
Speaker 1: this means everything tonight is when I start to look

1339
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:46,600
Speaker 1: at how tight the AFC is and the fact that

1340
01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 1: of our six remaining games, three roundly in the conference,

1341
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:55,240
Speaker 1: two being against these Patriots. So when you start to

1342
01:10:55,240 --> 01:10:58,759
Speaker 1: look at tiebreakers and you know, things of that nature,

1343
01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:02,080
Speaker 1: I just feel like this game, even from a you know,

1344
01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:07,559
Speaker 1: it's almost like you preach win the division, so you know,

1345
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,120
Speaker 1: this is a huge step towards winning that division, and

1346
01:11:10,160 --> 01:11:14,759
Speaker 1: if you don't win the division, you know, tiebreakers could become,

1347
01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:18,639
Speaker 1: you know, so important when you start looking at things.

1348
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:20,559
Speaker 1: The other thing I wanted to point out and then

1349
01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:23,800
Speaker 1: I'll let you guys sort of comment on, you know,

1350
01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:27,200
Speaker 1: the remaining schedule in the AFC being so tight. The

1351
01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:34,040
Speaker 1: last three road games that these Patriots have played, they

1352
01:11:34,080 --> 01:11:41,240
Speaker 1: have totaled a whopping four touchdowns and nine field goals.

1353
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:43,439
Speaker 1: And so when you start to look at the weather,

1354
01:11:44,240 --> 01:11:47,320
Speaker 1: and you know, everybody's saying that the Patriots are built

1355
01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:51,679
Speaker 1: to win in these types of conditions, I'm not so sure.

1356
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:53,759
Speaker 1: This isn't going to come down to whether Nick Folk

1357
01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:56,360
Speaker 1: can get a field goal to go through the uprights

1358
01:11:56,439 --> 01:12:00,240
Speaker 1: or not. So that's where I'm at on the game.

1359
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:03,320
Speaker 1: That's where I feel Go Bills. Hopefully we can get

1360
01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:05,519
Speaker 1: this one tonight. All right, Thanks for the call, Steven.

1361
01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:07,639
Speaker 1: A good point. I think it's a valid point. Part

1362
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:10,519
Speaker 1: of the reason they have kicked so many field goals,

1363
01:12:10,520 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 1: and they have kicked a lot nick Folk Leeds league

1364
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:17,000
Speaker 1: and scoring is at least from what we have been

1365
01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:20,040
Speaker 1: told by Boston media that covered the team every week.

1366
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:25,120
Speaker 1: They have played conservatively in the red zone many times

1367
01:12:25,160 --> 01:12:28,920
Speaker 1: because they are already ahead on the scoreboard, and so

1368
01:12:29,320 --> 01:12:32,880
Speaker 1: rather than assume too much risk with a rookie quarterback

1369
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,200
Speaker 1: in an area that's very tight on the field with

1370
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:40,240
Speaker 1: limited space, they choose to play conservative down there, especially

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01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:43,439
Speaker 1: when they're already ahead on the scoreboard. Now, Stephen brings

1372
01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:46,160
Speaker 1: up a valid point. If the wind is as bad

1373
01:12:46,160 --> 01:12:49,280
Speaker 1: as it's forecast to be tonight, that might take that

1374
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:54,240
Speaker 1: option out of the equation. Especially even if the Patriots

1375
01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:57,200
Speaker 1: are ahead on the scoreboard, they may have to put

1376
01:12:57,240 --> 01:13:00,400
Speaker 1: more on mac Jones to make a play because a

1377
01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:04,719
Speaker 1: field goal isn't an option. In their last four games

1378
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:09,719
Speaker 1: home and away, the last four straight games, they've given

1379
01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:12,439
Speaker 1: up a total of twenty six points to four different teams.

1380
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:15,679
Speaker 1: Twenty six points total, right, and none in the second

1381
01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:18,080
Speaker 1: half of any of those games, not a single point.

1382
01:13:18,240 --> 01:13:22,840
Speaker 1: That's that's a pretty good stretch. And so that's you know,

1383
01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:24,640
Speaker 1: and of course they've won six in a row but

1384
01:13:24,680 --> 01:13:27,400
Speaker 1: the last four twenty six points over the course and

1385
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:30,679
Speaker 1: locking it down. Yeah, so they're they're playing really really

1386
01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:33,200
Speaker 1: good defense, so that allows them, and he said over

1387
01:13:33,200 --> 01:13:36,240
Speaker 1: the last three games, but that allows them to you know,

1388
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:39,080
Speaker 1: at any given point, they were they gave up seven

1389
01:13:39,120 --> 01:13:42,720
Speaker 1: to Cleveland and zero to Atlanta, and those are two

1390
01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:44,720
Speaker 1: of the three games you're talking about them, you know,

1391
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:47,360
Speaker 1: going one to four touchdowns over the course of those

1392
01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:51,320
Speaker 1: games and nine few Why, yeah, they're they were totally

1393
01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:54,280
Speaker 1: in lockdown mode. Take the points and let's see if

1394
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:56,920
Speaker 1: they can move the football for the first time today.

1395
01:13:57,080 --> 01:14:01,200
Speaker 1: And Stevens point about the division is also well noted

1396
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:04,880
Speaker 1: because the Bills need this game tonight and if they win,

1397
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:08,040
Speaker 1: they will have the inside track to the division title.

1398
01:14:08,080 --> 01:14:10,240
Speaker 1: The reason being you have the head to head already.

1399
01:14:10,400 --> 01:14:12,599
Speaker 1: Granted you will play them again three weeks from now,

1400
01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:15,160
Speaker 1: but you have the head to head and then on

1401
01:14:15,200 --> 01:14:17,680
Speaker 1: top of that, you will go four and o on

1402
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:20,880
Speaker 1: the year in the division and you will drop New

1403
01:14:20,920 --> 01:14:23,280
Speaker 1: England to two and two in the division. And the

1404
01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:26,000
Speaker 1: reason that's important is because if these two teams are

1405
01:14:26,040 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 1: tied at the end of the season after head to head,

1406
01:14:29,880 --> 01:14:33,559
Speaker 1: the next tiebreaker for two teams within a division is

1407
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:36,559
Speaker 1: division record, So you go to four and o, you

1408
01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:39,599
Speaker 1: drop New England to two and two. Both teams only

1409
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:44,240
Speaker 1: have two division games left. The best the Patriots could

1410
01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:46,519
Speaker 1: do at that point would be four and two, and

1411
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:48,880
Speaker 1: the worst the Bills could do would be four and two,

1412
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:51,360
Speaker 1: And that's assuming they lose to the Jets in Week eighteen,

1413
01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:54,080
Speaker 1: which I don't think too many people feel is likely. Yea,

1414
01:14:54,160 --> 01:14:55,880
Speaker 1: So if the Bills win tonight, they're eight and four,

1415
01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:59,360
Speaker 1: and this just in you know the Patriots will be

1416
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:04,840
Speaker 1: eight and five. It's gonna be It's not gonna be

1417
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:07,439
Speaker 1: much different at the end of the season overall record. Now,

1418
01:15:07,479 --> 01:15:09,479
Speaker 1: certainly the Bills could come down the stretch and beat

1419
01:15:09,520 --> 01:15:12,760
Speaker 1: Atlanta and beat Miami or i'm sorry, beat at the

1420
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,439
Speaker 1: Jets and beat the Falcons to end the season with

1421
01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:19,120
Speaker 1: two wins there, but you still got to go through Carolina.

1422
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:22,600
Speaker 1: You gotta go through Tampa Bay and New England a

1423
01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:25,040
Speaker 1: second time. But if you come down you're tied with

1424
01:15:25,160 --> 01:15:29,040
Speaker 1: New England. It's it's gonna be close. No matter what

1425
01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:34,200
Speaker 1: happens in this game, it's gonna be close. So we'll see.

1426
01:15:34,479 --> 01:15:36,360
Speaker 1: I mean, if you lose this game, you go two

1427
01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:40,800
Speaker 1: games behind them, they've got they'll have they'll have nine wins,

1428
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:44,080
Speaker 1: we'll have the Bills will have seven. Then you're then

1429
01:15:44,120 --> 01:15:46,559
Speaker 1: you're in ketchup mode and you're probably not gonna get there. Yeah,

1430
01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:49,720
Speaker 1: it gets much harder, no question about it. Break time

1431
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:51,880
Speaker 1: for us here, but when we come back, we'll be

1432
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:54,519
Speaker 1: joined by the Pro Football Hall of Famer and the

1433
01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:57,800
Speaker 1: Bills Legend to the Game Tonight, Terall Owens will be

1434
01:15:57,880 --> 01:16:00,400
Speaker 1: joining us here next on One Bills Live, presented by

1435
01:16:00,439 --> 01:16:15,599
Speaker 1: Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome

1436
01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:18,000
Speaker 1: back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker review.

1437
01:16:18,120 --> 01:16:21,320
Speaker 1: Second half of the show underway, and we are pleased

1438
01:16:21,320 --> 01:16:24,800
Speaker 1: at this time to be joined by Pro Football Hall

1439
01:16:24,840 --> 01:16:28,120
Speaker 1: of Famer and Bill's Legend of the Game tonight for

1440
01:16:28,320 --> 01:16:32,439
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football, Terrell Owens, joining us here on the

1441
01:16:32,479 --> 01:16:36,000
Speaker 1: line to how is it going? What is your schedule

1442
01:16:36,160 --> 01:16:38,479
Speaker 1: looking like today? Where can we expect to see you

1443
01:16:38,479 --> 01:16:44,120
Speaker 1: out and about? Hey guys, I got my popcorn ready perfect,

1444
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:47,920
Speaker 1: He's even got a Bill's popcorn box at You're gonna

1445
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:50,320
Speaker 1: be busy all day, man, The day starts early. It's

1446
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:54,000
Speaker 1: a it's an enormous game. You've played in these games before.

1447
01:16:54,680 --> 01:16:57,080
Speaker 1: What do you expect tonight when you're trying to get

1448
01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,640
Speaker 1: the crowd whipped up into a frenzy besides having to

1449
01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,479
Speaker 1: maybe wear your hat a little tighter so it doesn't

1450
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:04,760
Speaker 1: blow off. What's it gonna What are you expect it

1451
01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:08,680
Speaker 1: to be like tonight? Just as it was, if not

1452
01:17:08,840 --> 01:17:12,719
Speaker 1: better or greater when I played here. Um, these fans

1453
01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:17,600
Speaker 1: are nothing short of spectacular. Um. These are fanatics, U.

1454
01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:21,160
Speaker 1: I played in a lot of games. I played for

1455
01:17:23,160 --> 01:17:28,919
Speaker 1: three good organizations, UM, but by far. When I thought

1456
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:32,439
Speaker 1: about the reception U, that I had three about three

1457
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:35,320
Speaker 1: years ago when I came to the Thermat Thomas retirement

1458
01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:37,680
Speaker 1: and those fans had no idea that I was in

1459
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,600
Speaker 1: the house, and just the reception that I had, I

1460
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:43,360
Speaker 1: mean it was, it was beyond what I could have

1461
01:17:43,439 --> 01:17:46,519
Speaker 1: ever imagined. And so tonight me being the legend of

1462
01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:49,800
Speaker 1: the game, the true legend of the game. UM, And

1463
01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:54,080
Speaker 1: and be here at um in Buffalo, it's gonna be

1464
01:17:54,160 --> 01:17:56,599
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a wild night. I'm looking for those

1465
01:17:56,680 --> 01:17:59,439
Speaker 1: crowds to be probably as loud as probably as I

1466
01:17:59,520 --> 01:18:01,960
Speaker 1: have ever heard it. UM. And I'm sure when I

1467
01:18:02,080 --> 01:18:04,599
Speaker 1: when I step on the scene, Um that they're gonna

1468
01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:07,439
Speaker 1: let the New England Patriots know that not only the

1469
01:18:07,520 --> 01:18:09,200
Speaker 1: legend of the game is in the house, but the

1470
01:18:09,240 --> 01:18:12,679
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills will be ready to play tonight. So, Terrell,

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01:18:13,360 --> 01:18:18,719
Speaker 1: how quickly after you signed with Buffalo did you get

1472
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:23,160
Speaker 1: up to speed on the distaste that Bills fans have

1473
01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:26,680
Speaker 1: for the Patriots. I mean the season opener the year

1474
01:18:26,720 --> 01:18:29,080
Speaker 1: you were here was on a Monday night against the

1475
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:32,960
Speaker 1: Patriots in New England. Well, I didn't really know much

1476
01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:36,000
Speaker 1: about the rivalry. Um, you know obviously that this was

1477
01:18:36,120 --> 01:18:38,880
Speaker 1: that was my first time, uh you know, playing for

1478
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:43,000
Speaker 1: an AFC team. But I quickly got quickly got caught

1479
01:18:43,080 --> 01:18:45,599
Speaker 1: up to speed as you just alluded to. But again

1480
01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:48,080
Speaker 1: it's one of those rivalries. Like I said, I've I've

1481
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:51,920
Speaker 1: been on a number of teams where those rivalries were heated. Um,

1482
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:54,680
Speaker 1: there's a lot of expectation, there's a lot of anxiety

1483
01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:57,639
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the week. So I expect nothing different.

1484
01:18:57,640 --> 01:19:00,439
Speaker 1: And so when I came here, Um, I was I said,

1485
01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:02,680
Speaker 1: I was brought up to speed as far as what

1486
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,439
Speaker 1: the rivalry was right was like. And so when you

1487
01:19:05,479 --> 01:19:06,880
Speaker 1: go out there on the field, you want to you

1488
01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:09,599
Speaker 1: want to protect number one year home field. You want

1489
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:11,840
Speaker 1: to win the game, um at you know, by any

1490
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:15,360
Speaker 1: means necessary. And this this this matchup tonight, it's gonna

1491
01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:18,000
Speaker 1: be it's gonna be very very competitive. You have a

1492
01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:21,760
Speaker 1: guy in Mac Jones, uh, you know, really being brought

1493
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:25,400
Speaker 1: along by Bill Belichick. I mean this is eerily similar

1494
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:28,719
Speaker 1: to really the play of Tom Brady. And if you've

1495
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,360
Speaker 1: watched what this guy has done, probably like the like

1496
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:34,160
Speaker 1: the last four to six game, uh, six games, this

1497
01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:36,640
Speaker 1: guy has been playing some lights out of football. Um.

1498
01:19:36,800 --> 01:19:38,240
Speaker 1: Not only I think is he going to be the

1499
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:41,000
Speaker 1: Rookie of the year, but the way that he's been playing,

1500
01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:43,519
Speaker 1: the way that the team has been playing, the way

1501
01:19:43,560 --> 01:19:47,040
Speaker 1: that they have been buying into the bill, Bill of Belichick,

1502
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:49,960
Speaker 1: Patriot Wade, Um, this guy Mac Jones, I mean, he's

1503
01:19:50,040 --> 01:19:51,960
Speaker 1: he's a problem. He's going to be something to deal with.

1504
01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,720
Speaker 1: He doesn't make any mistakes, he's not gonna overdo it,

1505
01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:58,639
Speaker 1: he's not gonna force it. But honestly, the way he's

1506
01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 1: been playing, in my opinion, he could definitely be in

1507
01:20:01,560 --> 01:20:05,759
Speaker 1: contention at least brought in, uh in contention with MVP

1508
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:07,840
Speaker 1: of the league. Yeah, and what's it gonna take to

1509
01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:09,639
Speaker 1: be the team like New England? Who you know, they

1510
01:20:09,640 --> 01:20:11,960
Speaker 1: started out with a young quarterback. They stumbled out of

1511
01:20:11,960 --> 01:20:13,760
Speaker 1: the blocks, as you might imagine, but they've got a

1512
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:17,280
Speaker 1: six game winning streak going. Their defense has been playing

1513
01:20:17,280 --> 01:20:20,200
Speaker 1: phenomenal football as well. So if they're hitting on all cyliners,

1514
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:21,960
Speaker 1: what's it take to be the team like that? For

1515
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:25,599
Speaker 1: the Bills tonight? Um, you have to play sound football.

1516
01:20:25,640 --> 01:20:27,200
Speaker 1: I mean, it's going to be the team that makes

1517
01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:30,080
Speaker 1: the least amount of mistakes. And I think when you

1518
01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:33,040
Speaker 1: look at a well coached Bill Belichick team, and I

1519
01:20:33,080 --> 01:20:38,560
Speaker 1: think that's what we're we're both we're talking about the Bills. Offensively,

1520
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:42,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to execute UM. They can't have any miscues.

1521
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:46,639
Speaker 1: And defensively, they can't allow Matt Jones to really get

1522
01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:50,200
Speaker 1: comfortable UM playing out there tonight. And so those are

1523
01:20:50,200 --> 01:20:51,600
Speaker 1: some of the things. It's gonna be almost like a

1524
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:54,000
Speaker 1: chess match. And I think Bill Belichick he knows that,

1525
01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:57,640
Speaker 1: he believes. I'm sure his team is the most disciplined

1526
01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:00,400
Speaker 1: team that's going to be on that football team football

1527
01:21:00,400 --> 01:21:02,280
Speaker 1: field tonight. And I think that's going to be the

1528
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:06,160
Speaker 1: challenge overall for the success of the Bills, if they're

1529
01:21:06,160 --> 01:21:08,519
Speaker 1: gonna think if they're gonna win the game. Last one

1530
01:21:08,560 --> 01:21:11,840
Speaker 1: I got forty Tarrell is obviously the Bills playing their

1531
01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:15,759
Speaker 1: first game without tradevious White. Get me into the mind

1532
01:21:15,960 --> 01:21:19,679
Speaker 1: of a receiver when you see that in your upcoming

1533
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:23,160
Speaker 1: opponent they lose their number one corner. How does that

1534
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:28,679
Speaker 1: shift your mindset? If at all? Knowing the matchups are different, Man,

1535
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:31,639
Speaker 1: you start licking your chops. And if you're a receiver,

1536
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:34,559
Speaker 1: knowing that you know one of their top corners are

1537
01:21:34,640 --> 01:21:38,680
Speaker 1: are down. Obviously for the Bills, is the next man up.

1538
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:41,600
Speaker 1: There's an opportunity for that individual to go up to

1539
01:21:42,120 --> 01:21:44,960
Speaker 1: perform and show what he's capable of doing. But if

1540
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:48,400
Speaker 1: I'm a receiver and I know and as an offensive unit, um,

1541
01:21:48,479 --> 01:21:51,160
Speaker 1: and I'm sure the offensive guy, he's gonna dial up

1542
01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:55,200
Speaker 1: some players to see who whomever his replacement is, He's

1543
01:21:55,200 --> 01:21:57,400
Speaker 1: going to test him at some point during the course

1544
01:21:57,400 --> 01:21:59,760
Speaker 1: of the game. So those are those are some of

1545
01:21:59,760 --> 01:22:02,599
Speaker 1: the things that I think you know from a receiver standpoint, Um,

1546
01:22:02,680 --> 01:22:05,120
Speaker 1: you feel like, okay, um, they don't have their guy

1547
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:07,760
Speaker 1: in there. He's gonna be a little bit experienced. He

1548
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:10,400
Speaker 1: may have some some Jitters. Uh, you know he's not.

1549
01:22:10,479 --> 01:22:14,720
Speaker 1: He may not be as comfortable as the guy just yet. UM,

1550
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:18,000
Speaker 1: so he's he should be, Uh should should expect some

1551
01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:21,080
Speaker 1: some big plays down the field. If I'm the receiver, Um,

1552
01:22:21,080 --> 01:22:24,080
Speaker 1: that's going against a new defensive back in that in

1553
01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:26,720
Speaker 1: that in that backfield. Well, the last one I've got

1554
01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 1: for you. I know you're gonna be busy. What time?

1555
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:29,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're are you're not at the

1556
01:22:29,640 --> 01:22:31,439
Speaker 1: stadium yet or are you gonna come? What time they

1557
01:22:31,479 --> 01:22:33,479
Speaker 1: got you over here? I know they're gonna probably work

1558
01:22:33,479 --> 01:22:35,559
Speaker 1: you like a rented mule. They're gonna have you running

1559
01:22:35,640 --> 01:22:38,240
Speaker 1: all over the place, and everybody's gonna be looking forward

1560
01:22:38,280 --> 01:22:40,400
Speaker 1: to seeing you. What what's your schedule look like today?

1561
01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:43,960
Speaker 1: You know, first of all, it's not worked when you're

1562
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:46,920
Speaker 1: having fun and you're appreciate it. And I've been very

1563
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:50,320
Speaker 1: well appreciated, Um, just being brought here, and just how

1564
01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:55,000
Speaker 1: the fans have honestly have received me, and how how

1565
01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:57,639
Speaker 1: they've welcomed me here every time that I've stepped footing

1566
01:22:57,640 --> 01:23:00,400
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Um, even from the first time that I

1567
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:03,479
Speaker 1: I stepped foot in Buffalo to play here. UM, that

1568
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:07,599
Speaker 1: fans have not disappointed. So, UM, I don't consider it work. Um.

1569
01:23:07,680 --> 01:23:09,880
Speaker 1: I just think it's a blessing to be a part

1570
01:23:09,880 --> 01:23:13,000
Speaker 1: of something um special like this, to be considered a

1571
01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:15,960
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill, to be considered legend of the game tonight.

1572
01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:18,440
Speaker 1: So I don't consider it work. It's a it's an honor.

1573
01:23:18,479 --> 01:23:20,840
Speaker 1: It's a privilege to be here. And I can't wait

1574
01:23:20,880 --> 01:23:23,240
Speaker 1: till tonight. And I should be over at the stadium

1575
01:23:23,240 --> 01:23:25,360
Speaker 1: in the next probably a few hours or so. So

1576
01:23:25,640 --> 01:23:28,839
Speaker 1: it's gonna be It's gonna be a fun day hopefully.

1577
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:32,000
Speaker 1: Like I said, I will be buffled up, that's for sure.

1578
01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:36,639
Speaker 1: I went, I found some socks and CBS. That's gonna

1579
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:39,800
Speaker 1: keep my feet warm. They got some fuzzy socks so

1580
01:23:40,160 --> 01:23:42,080
Speaker 1: long it's my feet on warm in my hands and one.

1581
01:23:42,360 --> 01:23:44,200
Speaker 1: I'm good. I'm gonna have fun and I'm gonna be

1582
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:47,759
Speaker 1: rooting on on the Bills tonight for for big victory.

1583
01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:51,720
Speaker 1: Thanks man, great, great to see and congratulations look forward

1584
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:55,280
Speaker 1: to senior tonight at the game. Absolutely, thanks so much.

1585
01:23:55,360 --> 01:23:57,760
Speaker 1: All right. That's Terrell. Owens only played one year here

1586
01:23:57,760 --> 01:24:00,759
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, still holds the record for long just receiving

1587
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:06,639
Speaker 1: touchdown in team history ninety eight yards did it against

1588
01:24:06,840 --> 01:24:09,439
Speaker 1: Jacksonville and Fits through it to him from the end

1589
01:24:09,479 --> 01:24:13,960
Speaker 1: zone and threw it a rainbow out of there. Yeah,

1590
01:24:14,000 --> 01:24:16,559
Speaker 1: that was ninety eight yard touchdown. I was at that game.

1591
01:24:16,600 --> 01:24:19,120
Speaker 1: It was It was nuts. I don't know how Fits

1592
01:24:19,160 --> 01:24:21,360
Speaker 1: got it out of there because the pocket was collapsing

1593
01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:24,200
Speaker 1: and he just threw him. He just threw a hand grenade.

1594
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:26,760
Speaker 1: I think I did that game for CBS, but I

1595
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:29,559
Speaker 1: can't be sure because I remember or maybe I was

1596
01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:32,439
Speaker 1: watching it. I remember being there seeing it live. Yeah,

1597
01:24:32,920 --> 01:24:35,040
Speaker 1: And I'm the only way that would happen is if

1598
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:39,160
Speaker 1: I was either not even working that weekend or whether

1599
01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:40,960
Speaker 1: I was in the stadium doing I cannot remember. And

1600
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:44,080
Speaker 1: I forgot to ask too if he's got any left

1601
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:46,720
Speaker 1: over a cereal boxes because they made a cereal when

1602
01:24:46,760 --> 01:24:50,479
Speaker 1: he came here, debuted a training camp. T O's ts

1603
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:52,840
Speaker 1: that was his cereal. I gotta talk about some of

1604
01:24:52,880 --> 01:24:55,160
Speaker 1: those boxes may turn up for autographs tonight if they

1605
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:57,559
Speaker 1: run into him, and I don't know. You know, it

1606
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:01,360
Speaker 1: was during the drought, I get it, and um there

1607
01:25:01,360 --> 01:25:03,400
Speaker 1: were ups and downs, and you know they had the

1608
01:25:03,400 --> 01:25:09,639
Speaker 1: old the blue and the red piped, the two thousands

1609
01:25:09,760 --> 01:25:15,719
Speaker 1: jerseys and and when they signed him, what a stir

1610
01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:18,360
Speaker 1: that made. What a stir it made? And he the

1611
01:25:18,400 --> 01:25:20,400
Speaker 1: guy came in and played really well for this franchise.

1612
01:25:20,439 --> 01:25:23,320
Speaker 1: He played really well that season. Fifty five receptions, eight

1613
01:25:23,400 --> 01:25:27,479
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty nine yards, five touchdowns. He also had

1614
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:32,360
Speaker 1: like they used him six times on like end of rounds. Yeah,

1615
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:35,320
Speaker 1: um in some games, and he actually scored another touchdown

1616
01:25:35,439 --> 01:25:39,920
Speaker 1: that way. So he had six total touchdowns and he

1617
01:25:40,040 --> 01:25:43,360
Speaker 1: was I think he was thirty four at the time.

1618
01:25:43,960 --> 01:25:46,200
Speaker 1: Was this his last stop? No? Well, he played in

1619
01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:50,200
Speaker 1: Cincinnati the next year with Jet Johnson a little bit,

1620
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:54,120
Speaker 1: his good buddy. I don't know if he finished the season,

1621
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 1: but he was there in twenty ten, and obviously I

1622
01:25:59,000 --> 01:26:00,840
Speaker 1: mean a Hall of Fame. I mean, I think he

1623
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:03,879
Speaker 1: was third in receptions. They're second or third in receptions

1624
01:26:03,880 --> 01:26:07,360
Speaker 1: when he retired, and he was second to third and

1625
01:26:07,439 --> 01:26:09,519
Speaker 1: touchdowns have played in Jerry Rice was like one of

1626
01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:11,040
Speaker 1: the only guys in front of him. Yeah, he must

1627
01:26:11,040 --> 01:26:13,639
Speaker 1: have played until twelve, ten or eleven, maybe even twelve,

1628
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:15,519
Speaker 1: because he got into the Hall of Fame at eighteen

1629
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:17,400
Speaker 1: and he had to wait like one year. Twenty ten

1630
01:26:17,479 --> 01:26:20,439
Speaker 1: was his last year? Was it? So? Making three thousand

1631
01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:23,840
Speaker 1: and nine with the Bills, fifty five receptions, eight hundred

1632
01:26:23,840 --> 01:26:27,320
Speaker 1: twenty nine yards, five touchdowns receiving another one rushing. He

1633
01:26:27,439 --> 01:26:31,680
Speaker 1: was thirty six, d wow, thirty six doing that and

1634
01:26:31,720 --> 01:26:37,120
Speaker 1: then twenty ten played in only fourteen games. Okay, age

1635
01:26:37,200 --> 01:26:42,000
Speaker 1: thirty seven season, seventy two receptions, nine hundred eighty three

1636
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:45,040
Speaker 1: yards and nine touchdowns as a thirty seven year old.

1637
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:49,479
Speaker 1: Some guys are just built different, man, he was. That's something, man, Yeah,

1638
01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:53,679
Speaker 1: that is something. Eighteen hundred what is it? No, that's targets,

1639
01:26:53,920 --> 01:26:58,080
Speaker 1: one thousand and seventy eight receptions, fifteen thousand, nine hundred

1640
01:26:58,160 --> 01:27:01,720
Speaker 1: thirty four yards, one hundred fifty three touchdowns. It's a

1641
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:05,200
Speaker 1: big number. All of those are big numbers, every last

1642
01:27:05,280 --> 01:27:09,559
Speaker 1: one of them. There's a huge numbers. Yeah, well, crazy,

1643
01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:13,240
Speaker 1: crazy production. Yeah. I still remember the game where the

1644
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:16,640
Speaker 1: Bills in twenty twelve went out and they had to

1645
01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:19,280
Speaker 1: play San Francisco and Arizona back to back, and we

1646
01:27:19,320 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 1: stayed on the West Coast for the entire week, and

1647
01:27:23,840 --> 01:27:27,240
Speaker 1: that San Francisco game, the Niners just ran it up.

1648
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:31,800
Speaker 1: It was forty five to three. They had two receivers

1649
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:34,360
Speaker 1: with a hundred yards receiving and two running backs with

1650
01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:37,840
Speaker 1: each one hundred yards rushing. It was a clinic and

1651
01:27:37,880 --> 01:27:40,080
Speaker 1: they didn't have an answer for him on that day

1652
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,760
Speaker 1: in twenty twelve, all right or twenty twelve? What am

1653
01:27:42,760 --> 01:27:44,960
Speaker 1: I saying two thousand and nine? I think it was. Yeah,

1654
01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:47,800
Speaker 1: we have to take a break here, but when we

1655
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:49,840
Speaker 1: come back, we'll try to squeeze in a few more

1656
01:27:49,880 --> 01:27:54,280
Speaker 1: phone calls and get your thoughts on tonight's game means

1657
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:57,800
Speaker 1: what that is You're filling the blank responsibility today. We'll

1658
01:27:57,800 --> 01:27:59,920
Speaker 1: get to your calls next. Here on One Bills Live

1659
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:14,840
Speaker 1: presented by Kalaida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

1660
01:28:14,840 --> 01:28:17,240
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

1661
01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:19,960
Speaker 1: with you, who wanted to remind you to check out

1662
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:24,479
Speaker 1: our podcast, Bills by the Numbers, and we dive into

1663
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:28,680
Speaker 1: the history of this Patriots rivalry and how it has

1664
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:31,639
Speaker 1: now become a little bit of a two sided affair,

1665
01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:34,479
Speaker 1: not just a one sided affair as was the case

1666
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:37,479
Speaker 1: for the better part of twenty years. And we dive

1667
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,920
Speaker 1: into that with ESPN dot COM's Mike Greece, who's covered

1668
01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:43,760
Speaker 1: the Patriots for about twenty years himself and has seen

1669
01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:47,439
Speaker 1: this thing from start to finish. Steve also plays the

1670
01:28:47,520 --> 01:28:51,200
Speaker 1: numbers game doesn't do too bad this week, guessing the

1671
01:28:51,280 --> 01:28:55,280
Speaker 1: game winning score and who had the game winning score

1672
01:28:55,320 --> 01:28:57,800
Speaker 1: the game winning points in each of the seven victories

1673
01:28:58,160 --> 01:29:00,640
Speaker 1: in the forty two meetings between the Bills Patriots in

1674
01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:06,519
Speaker 1: the Belichick era. Yeah yeah, that in and of itself

1675
01:29:06,560 --> 01:29:10,879
Speaker 1: will let you know how much of one sided rivalry

1676
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:13,080
Speaker 1: was for a whole those years, as if Bills fans

1677
01:29:13,080 --> 01:29:15,920
Speaker 1: aren't keenly aware of it. So check it out. It's

1678
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:18,519
Speaker 1: on all of your podcast platforms. You can also listen

1679
01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:21,760
Speaker 1: and watch it on the Bills YouTube channel. So check

1680
01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:24,960
Speaker 1: that out at your earliest convenience, as it still applies.

1681
01:29:25,320 --> 01:29:28,519
Speaker 1: With this week's game not yet played, we got to

1682
01:29:28,560 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 1: get back to the phone. So they've got some people

1683
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,320
Speaker 1: waiting patiently there, chief among them Brian on a cell. Brian,

1684
01:29:33,360 --> 01:29:34,800
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bills Live.

1685
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:42,080
Speaker 1: How you doing? Guy? Good? Good? Think about them. I mean,

1686
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:46,880
Speaker 1: start running a tempo offense against have make that defense tired,

1687
01:29:46,920 --> 01:29:49,880
Speaker 1: because I mean they are good. And they say even

1688
01:29:49,920 --> 01:29:51,800
Speaker 1: during the last night's game, you know, the more tardy

1689
01:29:51,880 --> 01:29:54,679
Speaker 1: you are, which is definitely an advanced to the office.

1690
01:29:54,720 --> 01:29:56,519
Speaker 1: So what do you guys think about that? And just

1691
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,439
Speaker 1: let me know. Yeah, so he wants to go up tempo,

1692
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:01,759
Speaker 1: I get it. It's hey, it's great idea, and it worked.

1693
01:30:01,800 --> 01:30:08,080
Speaker 1: It does work. But the crucial element towards going up

1694
01:30:08,120 --> 01:30:13,439
Speaker 1: tempo for an offense is getting first downs. If you're

1695
01:30:13,439 --> 01:30:15,960
Speaker 1: not gonna get first downs, you can't go up tempo

1696
01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:19,040
Speaker 1: because if you're gonna go up tempo and you're gonna

1697
01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:21,320
Speaker 1: be on and off the field really quickly, and then

1698
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:24,040
Speaker 1: it's the reverse problem. Now your defense is back out

1699
01:30:24,040 --> 01:30:26,400
Speaker 1: there and they're your defense is the one that gets tired.

1700
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:32,040
Speaker 1: You've got it works great if you can go really

1701
01:30:32,080 --> 01:30:35,600
Speaker 1: fast and stay on the field. If you stay on

1702
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:37,599
Speaker 1: the field offensively and get first downs, then the up

1703
01:30:37,600 --> 01:30:41,040
Speaker 1: tempo thing works. But if you don't, it's catastrophic. So

1704
01:30:41,920 --> 01:30:44,639
Speaker 1: take your pick. If you're sure against the number one

1705
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:47,600
Speaker 1: defense and the number one over the last month, the

1706
01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:51,000
Speaker 1: number one defense and the number one get turnover, getting defense,

1707
01:30:51,240 --> 01:30:53,599
Speaker 1: forcing defense. If you're sure you can go up tempo

1708
01:30:54,280 --> 01:30:58,479
Speaker 1: and not miss on a third down, okay, go do it,

1709
01:30:59,120 --> 01:31:01,800
Speaker 1: but you're playing it's a really good defense that's really

1710
01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:06,800
Speaker 1: good on third down, really good situationally, and you know,

1711
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:13,320
Speaker 1: whatever you get, whatever advantage you get by going up tempo,

1712
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:16,759
Speaker 1: they're going to have an answer for as well. So yeah,

1713
01:31:16,800 --> 01:31:18,920
Speaker 1: it's good. It's a good idea. If it works, it

1714
01:31:19,000 --> 01:31:21,600
Speaker 1: works great, and it does just what you want it

1715
01:31:21,640 --> 01:31:23,640
Speaker 1: to do. It tires that defense out. It's hard for

1716
01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:25,640
Speaker 1: them to substitute. If you get a matchup, you can

1717
01:31:25,680 --> 01:31:30,000
Speaker 1: go back to time and time again because they cannot substitute. Absolutely.

1718
01:31:30,000 --> 01:31:32,839
Speaker 1: It works like a charm. But if you start missing

1719
01:31:32,880 --> 01:31:35,800
Speaker 1: third down opportunities and have to start punting it really quick,

1720
01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:39,880
Speaker 1: it's backfires as well. With Dabel's offensive coordinator, I think

1721
01:31:39,920 --> 01:31:42,920
Speaker 1: they are more apt to pick their spots to go

1722
01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:46,360
Speaker 1: tempo and change it in the midst of a series.

1723
01:31:46,760 --> 01:31:51,240
Speaker 1: They may get a big play twenty yard gain and

1724
01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:53,639
Speaker 1: then they'll hurry up to the line and call another

1725
01:31:53,680 --> 01:31:56,720
Speaker 1: play right away before that defense can get set or

1726
01:31:56,760 --> 01:31:59,880
Speaker 1: before a substitution can be made. They will do that,

1727
01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:02,680
Speaker 1: or at least they have done that through daybles ten.

1728
01:32:02,760 --> 01:32:04,920
Speaker 1: You're here, and for that matter, the Patriots do that

1729
01:32:04,960 --> 01:32:08,400
Speaker 1: as well. They will change the tempo on a defense

1730
01:32:08,840 --> 01:32:11,840
Speaker 1: mid series. You know, big play down the field. Now

1731
01:32:11,840 --> 01:32:14,400
Speaker 1: it's first and ten. Your opponent's thirty yard line. Their

1732
01:32:14,439 --> 01:32:16,639
Speaker 1: heads are still spinning from giving up a big play. Bang,

1733
01:32:16,640 --> 01:32:18,880
Speaker 1: they come at you again with like a quick inside

1734
01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:21,679
Speaker 1: run play or something, and they get eleven yards instead

1735
01:32:21,680 --> 01:32:24,439
Speaker 1: of maybe only three or four because that defense isn't

1736
01:32:24,479 --> 01:32:28,120
Speaker 1: set yet. That's how they use tempo against you. Yeah,

1737
01:32:27,680 --> 01:32:31,800
Speaker 1: you pick your spots for it. And like I said,

1738
01:32:31,960 --> 01:32:33,840
Speaker 1: if you get a matchup out there that you want

1739
01:32:33,840 --> 01:32:36,360
Speaker 1: to keep going after that they are really struggling with,

1740
01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:38,720
Speaker 1: you might go tempo to keep them from rolling a

1741
01:32:38,760 --> 01:32:41,160
Speaker 1: different guy through there or a different you know, personnel

1742
01:32:41,160 --> 01:32:47,599
Speaker 1: package through there defensively. But yeah, like I said, if

1743
01:32:47,640 --> 01:32:51,280
Speaker 1: your offense is clicking that well, you don't need to

1744
01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:53,800
Speaker 1: go You don't need to go up tempo. And if

1745
01:32:53,840 --> 01:32:55,680
Speaker 1: it's not up tempo is only going to get you

1746
01:32:55,680 --> 01:32:58,960
Speaker 1: off the field faster. So you gotta be ready to

1747
01:32:59,200 --> 01:33:01,200
Speaker 1: You gotta know you to get some first downs and

1748
01:33:01,240 --> 01:33:03,720
Speaker 1: put it together to go up tempo on on a

1749
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:05,800
Speaker 1: team like the Patriots. Back to the phones, we go

1750
01:33:05,800 --> 01:33:07,720
Speaker 1: into Bob and Rochester. Bob, what do you have for us?

1751
01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:10,920
Speaker 1: You're all one Bill's Live. Hey, good afternoon, guys, looking

1752
01:33:10,920 --> 01:33:14,000
Speaker 1: forward to heading out to the game soon. M Yeah,

1753
01:33:14,040 --> 01:33:15,599
Speaker 1: it's gonna be great. It'd be fun in the cold,

1754
01:33:15,600 --> 01:33:19,200
Speaker 1: why not, right, that's right? Um, Hey, this is going

1755
01:33:19,280 --> 01:33:21,280
Speaker 1: to be to me season defining a type sol on

1756
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,960
Speaker 1: that mean, and we all know who we've beaten and

1757
01:33:23,960 --> 01:33:26,720
Speaker 1: who we've lost too, and the way we lost is

1758
01:33:26,760 --> 01:33:30,719
Speaker 1: not really being physical. So I think we need to show,

1759
01:33:31,080 --> 01:33:34,360
Speaker 1: you know, the NFL, the Patriots, you know, ourselves, really

1760
01:33:34,360 --> 01:33:36,240
Speaker 1: that we can be physical on both sides of the

1761
01:33:36,240 --> 01:33:41,160
Speaker 1: ball m and clearly above and beyond that obviously. And

1762
01:33:41,160 --> 01:33:42,720
Speaker 1: I know Stephen has mentioned this and you guys talked

1763
01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:45,280
Speaker 1: about with him, but you know, win puts us on

1764
01:33:45,320 --> 01:33:48,240
Speaker 1: top of the AFC and the AFC East and gives

1765
01:33:48,280 --> 01:33:50,599
Speaker 1: us a lot of tidebreakers going into the final bit

1766
01:33:50,600 --> 01:33:52,760
Speaker 1: of the season. A loss puts it the game and

1767
01:33:53,240 --> 01:33:56,120
Speaker 1: a half behind the Patriots, and there's no guarantee on

1768
01:33:56,160 --> 01:33:59,479
Speaker 1: tiebreakers even if we can get there. Well, and know,

1769
01:33:59,560 --> 01:34:01,080
Speaker 1: I think that is going to define what kind of

1770
01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:02,920
Speaker 1: team we are going forward and where we are going

1771
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:05,720
Speaker 1: to finish in this chase. Yeah, I think it could

1772
01:34:05,760 --> 01:34:09,400
Speaker 1: be very defining. Bob. I agree with you completely, and

1773
01:34:09,520 --> 01:34:12,000
Speaker 1: he's one hundred percent right. You win this game, you

1774
01:34:12,040 --> 01:34:14,839
Speaker 1: have the inside track to the division title and obviously

1775
01:34:14,840 --> 01:34:18,760
Speaker 1: a guaranteed playoff berth. You lose this game and the

1776
01:34:18,800 --> 01:34:24,200
Speaker 1: division title becomes harder to obtain. Number one, Number two,

1777
01:34:25,080 --> 01:34:28,680
Speaker 1: your place in the conference race with respect to tiebreakers

1778
01:34:29,040 --> 01:34:32,760
Speaker 1: takes a major hit because your conference record with a

1779
01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:36,280
Speaker 1: loss tonight would drop the Bills to five and five

1780
01:34:36,920 --> 01:34:43,760
Speaker 1: in the conference. Not good because after head to head,

1781
01:34:44,080 --> 01:34:47,800
Speaker 1: when talking about tiebreakers in the conference against a non

1782
01:34:47,840 --> 01:34:53,240
Speaker 1: division opponent, the second tiebreaker is conference record. And with

1783
01:34:53,280 --> 01:34:55,960
Speaker 1: a five and five record right now, and the best

1784
01:34:55,960 --> 01:34:58,360
Speaker 1: at that point would be seven and five, that is

1785
01:34:58,400 --> 01:35:02,960
Speaker 1: an uphill climb in a very unvoluted and crowded, crowded

1786
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,280
Speaker 1: AFC field, as our MSG viewers are looking at right now.

1787
01:35:06,320 --> 01:35:09,479
Speaker 1: Let you go down. I mean, like Kansas City has

1788
01:35:09,520 --> 01:35:12,560
Speaker 1: a three and four conference record, you might win that tiebreaker,

1789
01:35:14,200 --> 01:35:16,200
Speaker 1: but you also got the head to head to them anyway.

1790
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:18,479
Speaker 1: So so if you come down to it and it's

1791
01:35:18,520 --> 01:35:21,000
Speaker 1: close with Kansas City, okay, you got that one, but

1792
01:35:21,360 --> 01:35:25,160
Speaker 1: you know that's it, that's it, right. You don't have Pittsburgh,

1793
01:35:25,360 --> 01:35:28,400
Speaker 1: you don't have Tennessee, you may not have New England,

1794
01:35:28,840 --> 01:35:32,479
Speaker 1: and you know, if you're losing the division outright on

1795
01:35:32,520 --> 01:35:36,160
Speaker 1: overall record, anyway, tiebreakers aren't going to mina hillabeans. If

1796
01:35:36,160 --> 01:35:38,200
Speaker 1: you can't catch up, you had a chance. They're four

1797
01:35:38,200 --> 01:35:40,200
Speaker 1: and four in the conference. The Bills are five and

1798
01:35:40,280 --> 01:35:42,800
Speaker 1: four right now, but they lose the head to head,

1799
01:35:42,840 --> 01:35:45,160
Speaker 1: so you got to have them by a game. Yeah,

1800
01:35:45,200 --> 01:35:48,080
Speaker 1: so that you know, you only have three games left

1801
01:35:48,080 --> 01:35:50,200
Speaker 1: in the conference to make your record better in that area,

1802
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:52,040
Speaker 1: right and they could do that. I mean, but you

1803
01:35:52,080 --> 01:35:54,599
Speaker 1: know you're talking about sweeping the hottest team, the number

1804
01:35:54,640 --> 01:35:58,120
Speaker 1: one seed right now. Yeah, so you know, let's be

1805
01:35:58,160 --> 01:36:00,240
Speaker 1: real easier said that, you gotta here's the thing. You

1806
01:36:00,240 --> 01:36:04,760
Speaker 1: gotta keep winning games. These these next two games, the

1807
01:36:04,800 --> 01:36:11,400
Speaker 1: Patriots and the Buccaneers next week. I mean, goodness, gracious,

1808
01:36:11,800 --> 01:36:13,680
Speaker 1: do you win those two games and you're looking at

1809
01:36:13,720 --> 01:36:23,280
Speaker 1: Carolina Atlanta and Carolina Atlanta and and no, Carolina Atlanta

1810
01:36:23,400 --> 01:36:26,439
Speaker 1: and the Jets to finish, you know, the other three games,

1811
01:36:26,479 --> 01:36:30,880
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the and the Bucks stand between you,

1812
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:34,719
Speaker 1: and you know it's a number one seed. The Bills

1813
01:36:34,720 --> 01:36:36,559
Speaker 1: went out, they're in the one seed, there's no question

1814
01:36:36,600 --> 01:36:40,040
Speaker 1: about it. Yeah, but you're asking a team that's traded

1815
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:42,320
Speaker 1: wins for losses in each of the last seven weeks

1816
01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:44,559
Speaker 1: to rip off sixth straight. Yeah, I'll tell you this though.

1817
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:48,719
Speaker 1: Their offensive line is getting back together. Yeah, they're getting

1818
01:36:48,760 --> 01:36:51,920
Speaker 1: bolstered up front, which is always which has in their losses.

1819
01:36:52,520 --> 01:36:55,400
Speaker 1: All of their losses this year have come up front.

1820
01:36:57,000 --> 01:36:59,160
Speaker 1: If they get this group back together and they play

1821
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:01,439
Speaker 1: at a high enough level to win this game, and

1822
01:37:01,600 --> 01:37:03,639
Speaker 1: you know, if they can get better and then win

1823
01:37:03,760 --> 01:37:06,360
Speaker 1: next game, this is a team that is, i'll tell

1824
01:37:06,360 --> 01:37:09,400
Speaker 1: you right now, will be the number one seed. There's

1825
01:37:10,160 --> 01:37:13,160
Speaker 1: you beat this team tonight and the Buccaneers next weekend,

1826
01:37:13,200 --> 01:37:14,719
Speaker 1: and the Bills are going to be the one seed

1827
01:37:15,040 --> 01:37:19,040
Speaker 1: right that on the white board. Do you want to

1828
01:37:19,040 --> 01:37:22,519
Speaker 1: say it again? If the Bills win tonight and they

1829
01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:25,240
Speaker 1: win next week in Tampa Bay, they will be the

1830
01:37:25,280 --> 01:37:27,839
Speaker 1: one seed in the American Football Conference of the National

1831
01:37:28,000 --> 01:37:34,080
Speaker 1: Football League. Let me say it like that, like this

1832
01:37:34,160 --> 01:37:35,720
Speaker 1: is it. This is the game. Even if they lose

1833
01:37:35,760 --> 01:37:41,200
Speaker 1: to Patriots the second time, I'm telling you all right

1834
01:37:41,720 --> 01:37:43,439
Speaker 1: that we will make a note of it if they

1835
01:37:43,479 --> 01:37:46,360
Speaker 1: win these next two games. We said this, you know,

1836
01:37:47,680 --> 01:37:51,040
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. These next these games right

1837
01:37:51,080 --> 01:37:54,320
Speaker 1: here are it. If they win this game and then

1838
01:37:54,400 --> 01:37:58,280
Speaker 1: get Tampa Bay game next week, they'll have to have

1839
01:37:58,320 --> 01:38:02,720
Speaker 1: played well enough that they got things righted from the

1840
01:38:02,800 --> 01:38:05,240
Speaker 1: month and a half of on again, off again football.

1841
01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:08,000
Speaker 1: So we'll see. But I'm telling you right now that's

1842
01:38:08,120 --> 01:38:09,479
Speaker 1: you can write that on the white board out in

1843
01:38:09,479 --> 01:38:13,280
Speaker 1: the control room. They're feverishly picking up a dry erase

1844
01:38:13,400 --> 01:38:15,439
Speaker 1: marker as we speak. We will take a break here.

1845
01:38:15,560 --> 01:38:18,840
Speaker 1: Erasable is the key crazy there. We will take a

1846
01:38:18,880 --> 01:38:21,000
Speaker 1: break here. When we come back, we'll take a couple

1847
01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:23,840
Speaker 1: of your phone calls. Somewhere in the next segment. We'll

1848
01:38:23,880 --> 01:38:26,720
Speaker 1: have Eric Wood joining us as well to get us

1849
01:38:26,720 --> 01:38:29,680
Speaker 1: ready for tonight's game. He'll have the call on the

1850
01:38:29,800 --> 01:38:32,840
Speaker 1: radio side with play by play man John Murphy. He'll

1851
01:38:32,880 --> 01:38:34,360
Speaker 1: be coming up in a little bit here on one

1852
01:38:34,439 --> 01:38:37,080
Speaker 1: Bill's Line, presented by Colloid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio,

1853
01:38:48,680 --> 01:38:51,479
Speaker 1: without a doubt, the biggest game of the year. Feel

1854
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:57,479
Speaker 1: the Patriots surging. This is like all hands on deck.

1855
01:38:57,520 --> 01:38:59,320
Speaker 1: This is a double tense trap game. This is one

1856
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:01,439
Speaker 1: of those games where they want to be tested their manhood.

1857
01:39:01,840 --> 01:39:04,200
Speaker 1: They control the emotion. Its gonna be live, but we're

1858
01:39:04,200 --> 01:39:07,040
Speaker 1: gonna make it even live. Here we go, Beard. It's

1859
01:39:07,080 --> 01:39:09,840
Speaker 1: the response to at a lot of noises. I have

1860
01:39:10,000 --> 01:39:20,439
Speaker 1: ever seen. But that's take. It wouldn't stinks. Understand what's

1861
01:39:20,439 --> 01:39:23,120
Speaker 1: your stake? Man, understand what we want. You gotta keep

1862
01:39:23,160 --> 01:39:39,080
Speaker 1: stacking the show. We don't tell you what. Steve Tasker

1863
01:39:39,240 --> 01:39:41,479
Speaker 1: is like a kid in a candy star. You're just

1864
01:39:41,640 --> 01:39:45,160
Speaker 1: playing the music. He starts moving. You can't help himself.

1865
01:39:45,160 --> 01:39:48,559
Speaker 1: It's a reflex. I cannot. That may be my favorite,

1866
01:39:49,160 --> 01:39:51,120
Speaker 1: be my favorite song. Oh is it not your ring

1867
01:39:51,120 --> 01:39:54,120
Speaker 1: tone on your phone? Forget it? I gotta ask you, Yeah,

1868
01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:56,160
Speaker 1: forget the song my wife and I danced to at

1869
01:39:56,160 --> 01:39:59,559
Speaker 1: our wedding. That's my favorite song of all the time.

1870
01:39:59,760 --> 01:40:02,320
Speaker 1: Why even though, like on my birthday, I don't even

1871
01:40:02,320 --> 01:40:04,559
Speaker 1: want to just play that for my birthday, not even

1872
01:40:04,800 --> 01:40:08,120
Speaker 1: sing Happy birthday to me. Just played the Monday night football, Okay,

1873
01:40:08,720 --> 01:40:13,280
Speaker 1: duly noted, du noted. So yeah, we're all amped for

1874
01:40:13,320 --> 01:40:17,719
Speaker 1: tonight's game, a game that really means a lot for

1875
01:40:17,840 --> 01:40:21,599
Speaker 1: both teams, which is a rarity in the history of

1876
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:24,840
Speaker 1: this rivalry as we know. And I was trying to

1877
01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:28,240
Speaker 1: comb through the games to look back to see when

1878
01:40:28,280 --> 01:40:31,920
Speaker 1: the last time was that it meant something for both teams.

1879
01:40:31,920 --> 01:40:34,120
Speaker 1: You gotta go all the way back to two thousand well,

1880
01:40:34,439 --> 01:40:38,479
Speaker 1: you had the twenty nineteen one where the Bills were

1881
01:40:38,520 --> 01:40:41,120
Speaker 1: I think a game back of the Patriots and the

1882
01:40:41,200 --> 01:40:44,559
Speaker 1: division title was still in play. The Bills beat the

1883
01:40:45,200 --> 01:40:48,840
Speaker 1: or the Patriots beat the Bills clinched the division, and

1884
01:40:48,880 --> 01:40:52,040
Speaker 1: then the Bills were left with, you know, trying to

1885
01:40:52,040 --> 01:40:54,800
Speaker 1: get a wild card birth, which they did. I had

1886
01:40:54,840 --> 01:40:57,599
Speaker 1: to go to Houston and then lost in painful fashion

1887
01:40:57,640 --> 01:41:01,000
Speaker 1: down there after being up sixteen to seven in that game.

1888
01:41:01,560 --> 01:41:04,479
Speaker 1: But before that, the last time was two thousand and

1889
01:41:04,479 --> 01:41:08,519
Speaker 1: two and the Bills were five and three at the turn,

1890
01:41:09,640 --> 01:41:13,480
Speaker 1: playing the Patriots at home, and I think the Patriots

1891
01:41:13,479 --> 01:41:16,280
Speaker 1: were five and four at the time if memory serves,

1892
01:41:17,080 --> 01:41:21,360
Speaker 1: and I was covering that game. People were hyped. They

1893
01:41:21,360 --> 01:41:25,160
Speaker 1: thought this was an opportunity to dethrone the defending Super

1894
01:41:25,200 --> 01:41:31,000
Speaker 1: Bowl champions as division champs. And well, let's just say

1895
01:41:31,000 --> 01:41:33,960
Speaker 1: that didn't happen. They lost thirty eight to seven the

1896
01:41:34,040 --> 01:41:37,920
Speaker 1: Bills did. Those are really the only two times in

1897
01:41:37,960 --> 01:41:41,840
Speaker 1: the last twenty years in the Belichick era that both

1898
01:41:41,880 --> 01:41:46,439
Speaker 1: teams had a lot riding on the outcome of the game.

1899
01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:48,880
Speaker 1: It hasn't been very often, which I think is what

1900
01:41:49,040 --> 01:41:52,120
Speaker 1: makes it all the more exciting. I think it has

1901
01:41:52,920 --> 01:41:55,760
Speaker 1: more bills fans, you know, biting their fingernails than ever

1902
01:41:56,760 --> 01:41:59,400
Speaker 1: because they know what's at stake here. They know what's

1903
01:41:59,400 --> 01:42:02,360
Speaker 1: at stake. Yeah. And uh, by the way, I just

1904
01:42:02,400 --> 01:42:04,200
Speaker 1: kind of text for my wife about the song thing

1905
01:42:04,200 --> 01:42:06,000
Speaker 1: in our way. Yeah, that probably didn't go over very well.

1906
01:42:06,200 --> 01:42:08,360
Speaker 1: Should have whispered that and I should have said that him. Yeah,

1907
01:42:08,400 --> 01:42:10,160
Speaker 1: that was I thought that was just between us. That

1908
01:42:10,320 --> 01:42:15,240
Speaker 1: was a that was a gutsy move. Um. I don't

1909
01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:17,120
Speaker 1: know if those words would ever be uttered out of

1910
01:42:17,160 --> 01:42:20,200
Speaker 1: my mouth. Um, not where anybody could hear it anywhere.

1911
01:42:20,360 --> 01:42:22,400
Speaker 1: That's right. Well, it's a good thing. It's a night game.

1912
01:42:22,439 --> 01:42:25,080
Speaker 1: You won't be home for another ten twelve hours, so

1913
01:42:25,120 --> 01:42:27,240
Speaker 1: I'll go and all my stuffs in the lawn, right

1914
01:42:27,680 --> 01:42:32,880
Speaker 1: with all the sticks in your driveway? Uh eight oh

1915
01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:38,080
Speaker 1: three oh five fifty one, eight eight eight five fifty two. Hey,

1916
01:42:38,120 --> 01:42:41,160
Speaker 1: somehow the doors locked. Yeah, you're like, you're like Dino

1917
01:42:41,280 --> 01:42:43,360
Speaker 1: at the end of the flint Stones, knocking on the

1918
01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:45,639
Speaker 1: door trying to get back or Fred ever he gets

1919
01:42:45,640 --> 01:42:48,640
Speaker 1: thrown out the window by Dino. Yeah, exactly. Back to

1920
01:42:48,680 --> 01:42:50,720
Speaker 1: the phones at eight o three oh five fifty one

1921
01:42:50,880 --> 01:42:53,200
Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty will be

1922
01:42:53,240 --> 01:42:55,920
Speaker 1: joined by Eric Wood in about ten twelve minutes and

1923
01:42:56,200 --> 01:42:58,360
Speaker 1: get his thoughts on the game as he'll be calling

1924
01:42:58,360 --> 01:43:00,559
Speaker 1: it with Murph on the radio tonight. But we go

1925
01:43:00,600 --> 01:43:03,320
Speaker 1: to Anthony in Hamilton, north of the border. We go

1926
01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:07,439
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? Anthony? Hey, guys, two things.

1927
01:43:08,320 --> 01:43:11,320
Speaker 1: Do you bets know whether or not Zach Moss is

1928
01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:13,800
Speaker 1: inactive tonight? We won't know until an hour and a

1929
01:43:13,840 --> 01:43:16,960
Speaker 1: half before the game, So if you can wait until

1930
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:19,720
Speaker 1: then to get your lineup in wait until the inactives

1931
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:24,000
Speaker 1: come out around sixty five. Okay, So here's the thing. Um,

1932
01:43:24,840 --> 01:43:28,200
Speaker 1: I need eleven point nine fantasy points from Devin Singletary.

1933
01:43:28,200 --> 01:43:31,360
Speaker 1: It's a fourteen man standard least. Am I crazy to

1934
01:43:31,439 --> 01:43:36,160
Speaker 1: be kind of optimistic about a Devin Singletary performance tonight.

1935
01:43:36,200 --> 01:43:40,080
Speaker 1: I feel like if any game is going to be

1936
01:43:40,200 --> 01:43:42,719
Speaker 1: fit under what he does, it would be this game.

1937
01:43:43,040 --> 01:43:46,240
Speaker 1: You know. Um, it's gonna be tough circumstances, it's gonna

1938
01:43:46,280 --> 01:43:51,200
Speaker 1: be bad weather. Um, yeah, I'll hang up, and yeah,

1939
01:43:51,280 --> 01:43:53,040
Speaker 1: just I'll hear what you guys have to say. Here's

1940
01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:54,719
Speaker 1: the thing, Anthony, And by the way, if you're from Hamilton,

1941
01:43:54,760 --> 01:43:58,679
Speaker 1: congratulations on the Tiger Cats going to the Great Cup. Yeah, actually,

1942
01:43:58,680 --> 01:44:00,880
Speaker 1: which is the Championship of the Sea Fells happening this

1943
01:44:00,960 --> 01:44:05,160
Speaker 1: next weekend in Hamilton's the Great Cups in Hamilton this year,

1944
01:44:05,160 --> 01:44:08,640
Speaker 1: and the Tiger Cats beat Toronto yesterday to get there. Okay, congratulations,

1945
01:44:08,720 --> 01:44:11,280
Speaker 1: and that's enough of that. Although it is kind of cool,

1946
01:44:12,720 --> 01:44:15,080
Speaker 1: this is a game a two edged sword for Zach Moss,

1947
01:44:15,080 --> 01:44:17,240
Speaker 1: Devin's Singletary and that crew if you got him on Fantasy.

1948
01:44:17,280 --> 01:44:19,000
Speaker 1: Because yes, it's a game where you'd think the running

1949
01:44:19,000 --> 01:44:21,120
Speaker 1: game was going to be emphasized there for a more opportunity,

1950
01:44:21,240 --> 01:44:26,120
Speaker 1: but you're going against a really, really good defense. Forget

1951
01:44:26,160 --> 01:44:30,160
Speaker 1: the fact that Tennessee hung two hundred and seventy yards

1952
01:44:30,200 --> 01:44:35,320
Speaker 1: on him last week. It's hard to do and the

1953
01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:37,720
Speaker 1: Bills that hasn't been Their ability to do that has

1954
01:44:37,720 --> 01:44:41,240
Speaker 1: been questioned, so we'll see. It's a tough tough ask

1955
01:44:41,360 --> 01:44:43,240
Speaker 1: for Devin Singleton. You go out, but this might be

1956
01:44:43,280 --> 01:44:45,920
Speaker 1: the game where he gets more opportunities. So there is

1957
01:44:45,960 --> 01:44:49,680
Speaker 1: that as well. So that's a tough tough decision to make.

1958
01:44:49,720 --> 01:44:51,800
Speaker 1: I see your point. That's why fantasy is as tough

1959
01:44:51,840 --> 01:44:54,600
Speaker 1: as it is. Let's check it out some of the

1960
01:44:54,640 --> 01:44:56,679
Speaker 1: thoughts on the tweet sheet here. As we were asking

1961
01:44:56,720 --> 01:44:59,120
Speaker 1: you fill in the blank, Tonight's game versus the Patriots

1962
01:44:59,320 --> 01:45:02,840
Speaker 1: is blank. Max leads us off in the tweet sheet

1963
01:45:02,880 --> 01:45:05,280
Speaker 1: brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment

1964
01:45:05,320 --> 01:45:08,040
Speaker 1: moving company, and the Buffalo Bills. Max says, a tough,

1965
01:45:08,240 --> 01:45:10,960
Speaker 1: gritty win that we haven't seen from the Bills yet.

1966
01:45:11,160 --> 01:45:13,680
Speaker 1: It's going to be tough to watch. The Patriots are

1967
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:17,599
Speaker 1: never exciting with long possessions and very little aerial attack

1968
01:45:17,640 --> 01:45:20,000
Speaker 1: given the weather. But the Bills get it done at home.

1969
01:45:20,360 --> 01:45:24,120
Speaker 1: Payer Pick seals it in the closing minutes. I will

1970
01:45:24,120 --> 01:45:25,160
Speaker 1: say this, I think it is going to be a

1971
01:45:25,200 --> 01:45:28,479
Speaker 1: one score game. Well, I don't think one team's running

1972
01:45:28,520 --> 01:45:30,680
Speaker 1: away from we talked about I've been thinking about this

1973
01:45:31,760 --> 01:45:34,080
Speaker 1: and we've all seen it. If this is a one

1974
01:45:34,160 --> 01:45:37,720
Speaker 1: score game at halftime, you know, if it's within six

1975
01:45:37,760 --> 01:45:40,880
Speaker 1: points or three points or seventeen fourteen or ten to seven,

1976
01:45:41,000 --> 01:45:45,680
Speaker 1: something like that, it even becomes more crucial that you

1977
01:45:45,680 --> 01:45:48,000
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes because later, the later in the game

1978
01:45:48,040 --> 01:45:50,400
Speaker 1: it gets, the harder it is to overcome those mistakes.

1979
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:52,840
Speaker 1: The less time you have. So you know, if it

1980
01:45:52,960 --> 01:45:54,800
Speaker 1: is a one score game, and you think about the

1981
01:45:54,800 --> 01:45:57,559
Speaker 1: games last year, the game we had here last year

1982
01:45:57,600 --> 01:45:59,800
Speaker 1: earlier in the season. It came down to Cam Newton

1983
01:45:59,800 --> 01:46:03,120
Speaker 1: FuMB going in. It was a one score game, forced fumble,

1984
01:46:03,200 --> 01:46:05,120
Speaker 1: Bills cover it, game over, and it was worked with

1985
01:46:05,160 --> 01:46:06,920
Speaker 1: a minute and a half to go, right and the

1986
01:46:06,960 --> 01:46:10,360
Speaker 1: Bills had no turnovers in that game, right, so it

1987
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:12,559
Speaker 1: came one by three. They won by three is with

1988
01:46:12,560 --> 01:46:15,240
Speaker 1: a single turnover. They were plus one right on the turnover.

1989
01:46:16,080 --> 01:46:19,679
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's what this game looks like. It's

1990
01:46:19,840 --> 01:46:23,679
Speaker 1: and we all remember that sick feeling we got when

1991
01:46:23,720 --> 01:46:26,680
Speaker 1: Cam Newton was their quarterback and they were rolling down

1992
01:46:26,720 --> 01:46:28,439
Speaker 1: the field with the under two minutes and it's like

1993
01:46:29,360 --> 01:46:30,920
Speaker 1: they were gonna, you know, they were gonna go in.

1994
01:46:30,960 --> 01:46:33,440
Speaker 1: They were gonna roll in and go in for a touchdown,

1995
01:46:34,120 --> 01:46:36,479
Speaker 1: and you know, the ball pops loose and we and

1996
01:46:36,520 --> 01:46:38,800
Speaker 1: the Bills fall on it. That's what won the game.

1997
01:46:39,160 --> 01:46:42,519
Speaker 1: But we all had that sinking feeling that well, because

1998
01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:45,360
Speaker 1: we've seen that script before. Cam Newton's gonna run in

1999
01:46:45,360 --> 01:46:47,080
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. We're gonna get a load of his

2000
01:46:47,280 --> 01:46:50,519
Speaker 1: pulling the front of his jersey apart. The Superman and

2001
01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:52,679
Speaker 1: the all that stuff. We're all gonna we're all getting

2002
01:46:52,720 --> 01:46:55,360
Speaker 1: ourselves prepared for it. And it didn't happen last year.

2003
01:46:55,479 --> 01:46:57,759
Speaker 1: And then the Monday night game happened later in the season,

2004
01:46:57,800 --> 01:46:59,920
Speaker 1: and and the Bills had a better handle on who

2005
01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:03,880
Speaker 1: the Patriots were, and you know, they executed to the

2006
01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:06,200
Speaker 1: nth degree and they won big. But you know, we

2007
01:47:06,240 --> 01:47:09,559
Speaker 1: all remember that game here last year on Sunday afternoon

2008
01:47:09,600 --> 01:47:17,080
Speaker 1: on a cruddy weather day. Again, yeah, brace yourself for that.

2009
01:47:17,479 --> 01:47:20,559
Speaker 1: Seth on the tweet sheet says the biggest regular season

2010
01:47:20,680 --> 01:47:23,200
Speaker 1: game in a long time. Got to limit their run

2011
01:47:23,240 --> 01:47:25,559
Speaker 1: game and forced the rook to try to make throws.

2012
01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:29,120
Speaker 1: If they can do that, we will win seventeen and

2013
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:32,040
Speaker 1: the o will do their thing. Got to stop the

2014
01:47:32,120 --> 01:47:34,360
Speaker 1: run and we take control of the division again. Is

2015
01:47:34,400 --> 01:47:39,559
Speaker 1: it eight pm yet? Let's go Buffalo, Matt says, in

2016
01:47:39,640 --> 01:47:41,680
Speaker 1: terms of fill in the blank, Tonight's game versus the

2017
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:45,080
Speaker 1: Patriots is critical in their path to winning the Super Bowl.

2018
01:47:45,280 --> 01:47:48,639
Speaker 1: Let's worry about the division first here, Matt. Yeah. Tiffany says,

2019
01:47:48,840 --> 01:47:51,719
Speaker 1: it is the biggest game on the schedule. The winner

2020
01:47:51,760 --> 01:47:55,680
Speaker 1: controls their destiny in pursuit of the division crown, and

2021
01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:59,080
Speaker 1: quite possibly the number one seed in the playoffs. I

2022
01:47:59,120 --> 01:48:02,559
Speaker 1: believe we prevent ail tonight playing the same physical game

2023
01:48:02,920 --> 01:48:06,559
Speaker 1: we played against the Chiefs. Go Bills. Now, that is

2024
01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:08,400
Speaker 1: something to bring up here. It's a good point by

2025
01:48:08,439 --> 01:48:13,160
Speaker 1: Tiffany because Tonight's officials crew is Bill Vinovich and company,

2026
01:48:13,680 --> 01:48:17,120
Speaker 1: and they called the fewest penalties in the league. It

2027
01:48:17,200 --> 01:48:24,200
Speaker 1: may cater too defenses playing more aggressively, more clutch and gradist.

2028
01:48:25,320 --> 01:48:27,759
Speaker 1: They knocked them around the Chiefs. I never saw Kelsey

2029
01:48:27,800 --> 01:48:29,360
Speaker 1: get knocked around as much as I did in that

2030
01:48:29,400 --> 01:48:31,559
Speaker 1: game that the Bills played them in Week six, and

2031
01:48:31,640 --> 01:48:36,000
Speaker 1: the Bills came in, let's face it. I think some

2032
01:48:36,040 --> 01:48:37,720
Speaker 1: of these things that have happened, not so much the

2033
01:48:37,760 --> 01:48:40,240
Speaker 1: Indianapolis cult game of two weeks ago, I think that

2034
01:48:40,280 --> 01:48:44,479
Speaker 1: was more about personnel. But certainly the Pittsburgh game and

2035
01:48:44,560 --> 01:48:48,439
Speaker 1: I know that the Jacksonville game were products of a

2036
01:48:48,439 --> 01:48:53,360
Speaker 1: team that showed up less than sharp on one side

2037
01:48:53,360 --> 01:48:57,800
Speaker 1: of the ball or the other when the game has

2038
01:48:57,840 --> 01:49:02,240
Speaker 1: been a big one, an important one, the Thanksgiving game,

2039
01:49:03,040 --> 01:49:06,160
Speaker 1: the Kansas City game, you know those ones that the

2040
01:49:06,200 --> 01:49:08,000
Speaker 1: Bills came in with a chip on their shoulder or

2041
01:49:08,000 --> 01:49:11,680
Speaker 1: something to prove they've played way way better than they

2042
01:49:11,680 --> 01:49:13,680
Speaker 1: have in other games durt throughout the year, even in

2043
01:49:13,680 --> 01:49:16,880
Speaker 1: the even against Washington and even against Houston when they

2044
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:19,919
Speaker 1: were rolling, rolling them up, even against that first Miami

2045
01:49:19,960 --> 01:49:23,479
Speaker 1: game was a good illustrating that they play in a game,

2046
01:49:24,240 --> 01:49:26,840
Speaker 1: in games that are really really important, that have a

2047
01:49:26,880 --> 01:49:31,040
Speaker 1: little emotional component to them. For the Bills, it has

2048
01:49:31,080 --> 01:49:33,800
Speaker 1: made all the difference for this particular group. I don't

2049
01:49:33,960 --> 01:49:35,640
Speaker 1: I don't know that that's a compliment for them that

2050
01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:38,200
Speaker 1: they have troubled dredging it up. Sometimes sometimes they have

2051
01:49:38,200 --> 01:49:41,280
Speaker 1: trouble to dredging up the passion to bring the physicality

2052
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:44,000
Speaker 1: and the and the execution and the attitude and go

2053
01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:46,920
Speaker 1: for four quarters with it. But when they have done that,

2054
01:49:47,800 --> 01:49:51,240
Speaker 1: they are really really tough to beat, really tough to beat.

2055
01:49:53,160 --> 01:49:55,680
Speaker 1: Tonight seems to me like one of those games with

2056
01:49:55,720 --> 01:49:58,080
Speaker 1: a little bit of juice to it that the Bills

2057
01:49:58,120 --> 01:50:00,479
Speaker 1: would not have a problem showing up, showing up in

2058
01:50:00,520 --> 01:50:03,400
Speaker 1: a big way. We'll see, they still got to play

2059
01:50:03,400 --> 01:50:07,800
Speaker 1: even if they do show up hyped. But you know,

2060
01:50:08,439 --> 01:50:10,519
Speaker 1: and then there's always the debate about whether Josh is

2061
01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:13,559
Speaker 1: too hyped, right, But more often than not, when the

2062
01:50:13,640 --> 01:50:16,679
Speaker 1: lights are bright, he does play well. I saw Howard

2063
01:50:16,680 --> 01:50:19,479
Speaker 1: Simon from the Morning Show put this one out on

2064
01:50:19,520 --> 01:50:23,040
Speaker 1: Twitter the other day. Josh Allen in regular season night

2065
01:50:23,080 --> 01:50:27,040
Speaker 1: games has averaged two hundred ninety eight yards passing twenty

2066
01:50:27,040 --> 01:50:30,040
Speaker 1: five touchdowns eight picks, so that's a three to one ratio.

2067
01:50:31,120 --> 01:50:34,040
Speaker 1: Since losses to Tennessee and Kansas City last season, the

2068
01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:36,400
Speaker 1: Bills have won five of their last six at night

2069
01:50:36,840 --> 01:50:39,519
Speaker 1: and he has twenty touchdowns and four picks in those games.

2070
01:50:39,600 --> 01:50:43,800
Speaker 1: Five to one touchdown interception ratio. Yeah. Well, I'll see

2071
01:50:43,800 --> 01:50:45,040
Speaker 1: if they can do it. We'll see if they can

2072
01:50:45,080 --> 01:50:47,880
Speaker 1: do it in a winter storm. It is an issue.

2073
01:50:47,880 --> 01:50:50,880
Speaker 1: Tonight will play a role. It's a real unknown tonight

2074
01:50:50,920 --> 01:50:53,600
Speaker 1: the kicking game, and I don't want and I know

2075
01:50:53,680 --> 01:50:55,800
Speaker 1: sometimes the kicking games a wash and you know, nothing

2076
01:50:55,840 --> 01:50:58,200
Speaker 1: ever happened. You get fair catches and you get touchbacks

2077
01:50:58,200 --> 01:51:01,720
Speaker 1: and all of that. It's gonna be hard today. I

2078
01:51:01,720 --> 01:51:03,880
Speaker 1: think the Patriots will come in here thinking they need

2079
01:51:03,920 --> 01:51:06,200
Speaker 1: to do something special. Teams wise. I look at the

2080
01:51:06,240 --> 01:51:08,479
Speaker 1: punter or Matt Hawk. We've talked about this. He's he

2081
01:51:08,600 --> 01:51:13,160
Speaker 1: takes too long to punt. The ball from snap to

2082
01:51:13,280 --> 01:51:15,439
Speaker 1: kick is just too longs get off times or too slow.

2083
01:51:16,439 --> 01:51:18,559
Speaker 1: He takes a few extra steps. I mean last week,

2084
01:51:18,720 --> 01:51:21,479
Speaker 1: I saw him one time where it was that situation.

2085
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:23,519
Speaker 1: He took like a half a step and punted it

2086
01:51:23,600 --> 01:51:27,960
Speaker 1: real quick because the situation demanded. It was a good move.

2087
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:34,839
Speaker 1: But when he takes his time, it's a problem sometimes.

2088
01:51:35,080 --> 01:51:38,000
Speaker 1: We found that out opening Day this year. It costs

2089
01:51:38,040 --> 01:51:41,120
Speaker 1: the game or an opportunity to win the game. So

2090
01:51:42,160 --> 01:51:44,400
Speaker 1: that's something the Patriots know and they're gonna think about.

2091
01:51:45,160 --> 01:51:48,680
Speaker 1: And also both kickers, Tyler Bass and Nick Folk are

2092
01:51:48,680 --> 01:51:53,120
Speaker 1: two really good kickers, really good. We'll see how it

2093
01:51:53,160 --> 01:51:55,320
Speaker 1: affects them, not just on their kicks but also on

2094
01:51:55,360 --> 01:51:58,360
Speaker 1: the snaps getting back there to the guy. So yeah,

2095
01:51:58,360 --> 01:52:00,599
Speaker 1: that'll be an issue. Break time for us here. When

2096
01:52:00,600 --> 01:52:02,800
Speaker 1: we return, it is time for Eric Wood to join us.

2097
01:52:02,840 --> 01:52:04,920
Speaker 1: He'll be up next here on One Bill's Live, presented

2098
01:52:04,920 --> 01:52:24,160
Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right,

2099
01:52:24,160 --> 01:52:27,800
Speaker 1: It's One Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, and we

2100
01:52:27,960 --> 01:52:32,720
Speaker 1: are going to be joined by Eric Wood, who usually

2101
01:52:33,320 --> 01:52:36,920
Speaker 1: is in this time slot reviewing the game that was,

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01:52:37,479 --> 01:52:40,639
Speaker 1: but in this particular instance, he'll be previewing the game

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01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:43,280
Speaker 1: that he'll be calling on the radio tonight with One

2104
01:52:43,880 --> 01:52:48,080
Speaker 1: John Murphy. So what do you think about that? Yeah's

2105
01:52:48,120 --> 01:52:50,120
Speaker 1: flipping the script? Do we have Eric here? Coming on?

2106
01:52:50,840 --> 01:52:54,160
Speaker 1: All right? Eric? You are doing. I'm doing good. How

2107
01:52:54,240 --> 01:52:56,120
Speaker 1: you guys doing? We're doing? All right? What time are

2108
01:52:56,080 --> 01:52:59,639
Speaker 1: you gonna get over here? I am on my way

2109
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:04,479
Speaker 1: to that area now. I just landed. Um, a little

2110
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:08,679
Speaker 1: bit of wind delayed travel plans, but I'm in the city.

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01:53:09,000 --> 01:53:10,879
Speaker 1: We don't We're not gonna have to call in the reliever.

2112
01:53:11,280 --> 01:53:14,960
Speaker 1: You didn't the jet didn't land upside down like, didn't

2113
01:53:14,960 --> 01:53:17,400
Speaker 1: do a you know, a rollover before landed right because

2114
01:53:17,400 --> 01:53:21,639
Speaker 1: of the wind though, No, But I'll tell you what.

2115
01:53:21,720 --> 01:53:25,040
Speaker 1: It is sure windy, and we've played windy games this

2116
01:53:25,120 --> 01:53:28,840
Speaker 1: season in Orchard Park, and this is sure to be

2117
01:53:28,880 --> 01:53:31,920
Speaker 1: the windy is I'll say this, though the window for it,

2118
01:53:31,920 --> 01:53:34,360
Speaker 1: it looks to be like two or three four hours

2119
01:53:35,040 --> 01:53:38,679
Speaker 1: of wind. If it starts earlier, maybe it'll end earlier

2120
01:53:38,720 --> 01:53:40,600
Speaker 1: and the game will calm down. And you know, the

2121
01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:43,320
Speaker 1: wind is supposed to stay. The rain is supposed to

2122
01:53:43,400 --> 01:53:45,680
Speaker 1: go away. Yeah I knew that, but I don't know.

2123
01:53:46,000 --> 01:53:48,559
Speaker 1: Wind's not supposed to last all night. But we're supposed

2124
01:53:48,560 --> 01:53:51,000
Speaker 1: to be twenty miles an hour sustained though for most

2125
01:53:51,000 --> 01:53:52,960
Speaker 1: of the even twenty you can kind of live with,

2126
01:53:53,120 --> 01:53:56,360
Speaker 1: can you. Yeah, it's the thirty five mile an hour

2127
01:53:56,520 --> 01:54:00,960
Speaker 1: gus that crushed you. What about changing the game plan? Eric,

2128
01:54:01,040 --> 01:54:03,800
Speaker 1: how much could the wind impact that as far as

2129
01:54:03,800 --> 01:54:06,880
Speaker 1: the Bills are concerned on offense? You think, well, I

2130
01:54:06,960 --> 01:54:09,559
Speaker 1: think both teams are gonna have to account for the win.

2131
01:54:09,920 --> 01:54:12,880
Speaker 1: And you know, throughout my career in Buffalo, there was

2132
01:54:12,880 --> 01:54:15,360
Speaker 1: a few times where we played in games so windy

2133
01:54:15,400 --> 01:54:18,400
Speaker 1: that I'd had to be conscious about shotgun snaps, putting

2134
01:54:18,439 --> 01:54:20,840
Speaker 1: a little extra mustard behind it to make sure that

2135
01:54:20,880 --> 01:54:22,640
Speaker 1: it wouldn't get off kilter on the way back to

2136
01:54:22,720 --> 01:54:24,920
Speaker 1: the quarterback. So the win could definitely play a factor

2137
01:54:24,960 --> 01:54:27,920
Speaker 1: in this game, and I think both teams are going

2138
01:54:27,960 --> 01:54:30,679
Speaker 1: to be impacted by it. But now you know, throughout

2139
01:54:30,720 --> 01:54:34,640
Speaker 1: the season the Patriots of offensively tried to rely on

2140
01:54:34,680 --> 01:54:38,760
Speaker 1: the run game, short accurate passes from Mac Jones. Will

2141
01:54:38,800 --> 01:54:46,760
Speaker 1: those shorter passes by us, Yeah, you know, they're pretty

2142
01:54:46,800 --> 01:54:51,760
Speaker 1: good this season even in games all right, shot the field,

2143
01:54:52,040 --> 01:54:54,920
Speaker 1: but they still like to air it out and I

2144
01:54:54,640 --> 01:54:57,400
Speaker 1: and I think you'll still see that now. It wouldn't

2145
01:54:57,440 --> 01:54:59,520
Speaker 1: surprise me though, to see the Bills have to rely

2146
01:54:59,560 --> 01:55:01,520
Speaker 1: on the run game a little bit more and what

2147
01:55:01,840 --> 01:55:04,280
Speaker 1: is coming down to almost they must win for the

2148
01:55:04,320 --> 01:55:06,960
Speaker 1: division tonight. It wouldn't surprise me to see some more

2149
01:55:07,040 --> 01:55:11,040
Speaker 1: Josh Allen runs implomented tonight as well. Right, And it

2150
01:55:11,040 --> 01:55:13,280
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense because you got to particularly

2151
01:55:13,320 --> 01:55:15,960
Speaker 1: for a Bills team, who you know, they rotate their

2152
01:55:16,000 --> 01:55:18,280
Speaker 1: running backs around. The centerpiece of their offense is Josh

2153
01:55:18,280 --> 01:55:20,200
Speaker 1: Allen and his ability to throw the football. That's the

2154
01:55:20,240 --> 01:55:23,360
Speaker 1: centerpiece of their offense. Not so really for the Patriots.

2155
01:55:23,400 --> 01:55:25,920
Speaker 1: They run the football and do it in a concerted

2156
01:55:25,920 --> 01:55:28,480
Speaker 1: effort and they're much more I think, with they have

2157
01:55:28,480 --> 01:55:31,800
Speaker 1: a larger menu of plays that they've been successful running

2158
01:55:31,840 --> 01:55:34,960
Speaker 1: that you have to defend. For the Bills, you know,

2159
01:55:35,840 --> 01:55:39,280
Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine them running the football successfully when

2160
01:55:39,320 --> 01:55:41,600
Speaker 1: that's what's going to be dictated by the elements. If

2161
01:55:41,720 --> 01:55:44,640
Speaker 1: Josh is not a factor, you gotta expect that he's

2162
01:55:44,640 --> 01:55:47,880
Speaker 1: gonna have some called quarterback runs to make sure they

2163
01:55:47,920 --> 01:55:50,000
Speaker 1: have more options and more things for the defense to

2164
01:55:50,000 --> 01:55:52,800
Speaker 1: think about. Does that make sense? Yeah, definitely. And I

2165
01:55:52,840 --> 01:55:55,720
Speaker 1: think when you've seen the Bills play against opponents that

2166
01:55:55,800 --> 01:55:58,680
Speaker 1: they feel like they're really put up some points or

2167
01:55:59,040 --> 01:56:05,080
Speaker 1: it's kind of a muff win game you look at it. Yeah, yeah,

2168
01:56:05,080 --> 01:56:08,840
Speaker 1: we can feel you can feel them the playoffs. In

2169
01:56:08,840 --> 01:56:12,200
Speaker 1: the game, you saw some design Josh Allen runs, so

2170
01:56:12,400 --> 01:56:16,360
Speaker 1: I think we'll see those again tonight. And um, you

2171
01:56:16,360 --> 01:56:18,440
Speaker 1: know you've seen it in the playoffs from Brian day Ball.

2172
01:56:18,560 --> 01:56:21,360
Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me to see the Bills stretch the edges,

2173
01:56:21,440 --> 01:56:25,600
Speaker 1: whether that's with Matt Grita, whether that's activating Isaiah mackenzie,

2174
01:56:25,680 --> 01:56:28,520
Speaker 1: get him on some jet sweeps, because you're right, se

2175
01:56:28,600 --> 01:56:30,960
Speaker 1: the Bills are gonna need to be more multiple in

2176
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:33,280
Speaker 1: the run game if that's something they need to rely on.

2177
01:56:34,560 --> 01:56:38,040
Speaker 1: Just one more thing about the wind affecting things with

2178
01:56:38,240 --> 01:56:39,960
Speaker 1: respect to the kicking game. And actually one of our

2179
01:56:39,960 --> 01:56:41,920
Speaker 1: callers brought this up, thought it was a various stute

2180
01:56:41,960 --> 01:56:46,000
Speaker 1: point over the last several weeks. When the Patriots getting

2181
01:56:46,000 --> 01:56:49,320
Speaker 1: the red zone, they've gone conservative because they've been up

2182
01:56:49,320 --> 01:56:51,880
Speaker 1: in most of the games and they don't ask Mac

2183
01:56:51,960 --> 01:56:54,720
Speaker 1: Jones to take too many risks with the football because

2184
01:56:54,720 --> 01:56:56,240
Speaker 1: they're up in the game and they're just happy to

2185
01:56:56,280 --> 01:56:59,640
Speaker 1: keep kicking field goals and that's why they're That's one

2186
01:56:59,640 --> 01:57:01,800
Speaker 1: of the reasons why they're twenty fourth in the league

2187
01:57:01,800 --> 01:57:05,200
Speaker 1: and red zone touchdown efficiency. They just settle when they're

2188
01:57:05,240 --> 01:57:07,920
Speaker 1: ahead on the scoreboard. That may be less of an

2189
01:57:07,920 --> 01:57:10,240
Speaker 1: option tonight if the wind is what we expected to

2190
01:57:10,280 --> 01:57:12,600
Speaker 1: be and there might be a little bit more on

2191
01:57:12,640 --> 01:57:14,800
Speaker 1: mac jones shoulders when they get in the red zone tonight.

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01:57:14,800 --> 01:57:17,280
Speaker 1: What do you think about that scenario. Yeah, and if

2193
01:57:17,720 --> 01:57:19,560
Speaker 1: it's tough to move the football, then when you do

2194
01:57:19,640 --> 01:57:21,640
Speaker 1: get down in the red zone, you need to be

2195
01:57:21,680 --> 01:57:23,680
Speaker 1: able to convert in the red zone, you got to

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01:57:23,680 --> 01:57:26,280
Speaker 1: get touchdown. Seeing that it may be tough to move

2197
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:29,040
Speaker 1: the football offensively tonight, I think you're exactly right. I

2198
01:57:29,040 --> 01:57:32,200
Speaker 1: think field goal kicking will be tough. Orchard Parks is

2199
01:57:32,280 --> 01:57:34,680
Speaker 1: generally a tough place to kick field goals in general,

2200
01:57:34,920 --> 01:57:38,360
Speaker 1: and then you just add to that with the wind

2201
01:57:38,440 --> 01:57:43,240
Speaker 1: as well tonight. Oftentimes rookie quarterbacks it's tougher for them

2202
01:57:43,280 --> 01:57:46,839
Speaker 1: in the red zone. The plays happen faster, the windows

2203
01:57:46,880 --> 01:57:51,040
Speaker 1: are tighter, and so in the red zone sometimes it's

2204
01:57:51,080 --> 01:57:54,080
Speaker 1: hard for rookie quarterbacks. So if the Patriots are able

2205
01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:57,120
Speaker 1: to put together some drives tonight, stopping them in the

2206
01:57:57,160 --> 01:58:00,160
Speaker 1: red zone, making them settle for field goals that the

2207
01:58:00,200 --> 01:58:02,640
Speaker 1: percentage of making is going to go down dramatically. That

2208
01:58:02,680 --> 01:58:04,920
Speaker 1: becomes a big factor in the game. I know that

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01:58:05,000 --> 01:58:06,920
Speaker 1: you know the stadium as well as I do that

2210
01:58:07,560 --> 01:58:09,920
Speaker 1: when the wind comes over the top of the scoreboard

2211
01:58:10,640 --> 01:58:13,560
Speaker 1: and if and if you're in the and if you're

2212
01:58:13,560 --> 01:58:16,360
Speaker 1: into the position where you kick it from the tunnel end,

2213
01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:19,000
Speaker 1: you're kicking it off from the tunnel end towards the

2214
01:58:19,240 --> 01:58:23,400
Speaker 1: towards the scoreboard, the far the visitor's sideline in that

2215
01:58:23,480 --> 01:58:27,160
Speaker 1: corner that's no man's land. That is the vortex of

2216
01:58:27,280 --> 01:58:30,960
Speaker 1: death for kicks and balls being thrown into it. I mean,

2217
01:58:31,000 --> 01:58:33,480
Speaker 1: it's it's almost a no, you can't. You just can't

2218
01:58:33,520 --> 01:58:36,920
Speaker 1: throw it over there. Um. And I was thinking this too.

2219
01:58:37,000 --> 01:58:39,720
Speaker 1: Even long snap. You said a shotgun snap. What's it

2220
01:58:39,840 --> 01:58:43,600
Speaker 1: say about a field goal snap or a long punt snap.

2221
01:58:45,040 --> 01:58:47,400
Speaker 1: It's going to be an adventure when you're snapping. If

2222
01:58:47,400 --> 01:58:49,200
Speaker 1: one of the teams, either the Bills or the Patriots,

2223
01:58:49,200 --> 01:58:50,600
Speaker 1: get pinned down in their own end and it's the

2224
01:58:50,680 --> 01:58:53,760
Speaker 1: scoreboard end and you got to snap it long snap

2225
01:58:53,760 --> 01:58:55,840
Speaker 1: it into that end end zone to punt it out

2226
01:58:55,920 --> 01:58:58,000
Speaker 1: or even into the inside the you know, the twenty

2227
01:58:58,080 --> 01:58:59,960
Speaker 1: yard line to try and punt it out of there.

2228
01:59:00,560 --> 01:59:06,120
Speaker 1: It's an adventure that it's gonna be really difficult. Oh,

2229
01:59:06,200 --> 01:59:08,960
Speaker 1: those those kickers, those specialists might already be at out

2230
01:59:09,040 --> 01:59:11,600
Speaker 1: on the field, Steve, You know this as much as anybody.

2231
01:59:11,640 --> 01:59:14,040
Speaker 1: Those those specialists spend a lot of time on the

2232
01:59:14,040 --> 01:59:16,520
Speaker 1: field before the games, getting the win, getting their sight

2233
01:59:16,640 --> 01:59:19,440
Speaker 1: lines and everything else ready, and it'll be even more

2234
01:59:19,480 --> 01:59:21,760
Speaker 1: of a factor. Wouldn't surprise me if they were over

2235
01:59:21,800 --> 01:59:25,480
Speaker 1: there here in the next hour or so trying to

2236
01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:28,720
Speaker 1: get all that down. And you mentioned that vortex that

2237
01:59:28,800 --> 01:59:31,880
Speaker 1: got Isaiah McKenzie earlier this year, and the fact that

2238
01:59:31,880 --> 01:59:34,760
Speaker 1: the ball started coming backwards and they mishandled it on

2239
01:59:34,840 --> 01:59:38,320
Speaker 1: the kickoff and the Bills lost possession. And so maybe

2240
01:59:38,360 --> 01:59:42,000
Speaker 1: there's an advantage having played in this stadium and windy

2241
01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:44,760
Speaker 1: conditions already this season, even though we haven't had it

2242
01:59:45,320 --> 01:59:47,560
Speaker 1: this windy this season. And that's where you know, you

2243
01:59:47,600 --> 01:59:49,840
Speaker 1: saw Ryan Lindell kick for the Bills for so many

2244
01:59:49,880 --> 01:59:51,800
Speaker 1: years and where towards the end of his career he

2245
01:59:51,800 --> 01:59:55,160
Speaker 1: didn't have the strongest leg in the league by a

2246
01:59:55,200 --> 01:59:58,160
Speaker 1: long shot, but he understood the stadium and he knew

2247
01:59:58,160 --> 02:00:00,800
Speaker 1: how to kick it accurately, which is an asset. And

2248
02:00:00,840 --> 02:00:02,960
Speaker 1: so when you have Tyler Bass, Yes he's just in

2249
02:00:02,960 --> 02:00:04,520
Speaker 1: his second year, but he's used to kicking in the

2250
02:00:04,520 --> 02:00:07,680
Speaker 1: stadium and read Ferguson, you mentioned the long snaps. You know,

2251
02:00:07,720 --> 02:00:09,640
Speaker 1: he's been a he's a captain on this game. He's

2252
02:00:09,640 --> 02:00:11,800
Speaker 1: been here for quite a few years. So you'd like

2253
02:00:11,880 --> 02:00:14,080
Speaker 1: to think the experience of the Bills will be an

2254
02:00:14,080 --> 02:00:17,960
Speaker 1: advantage there. How do we anticipate the Bills playing their

2255
02:00:18,000 --> 02:00:25,440
Speaker 1: first game without Tredavious White defensively against this Patriots offense? Yeah,

2256
02:00:25,480 --> 02:00:29,160
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they don't truly have a number

2257
02:00:29,160 --> 02:00:33,120
Speaker 1: one receiver where you'd be overly concerned about, hey, do

2258
02:00:33,120 --> 02:00:36,040
Speaker 1: we need to start moving lead by Wallace at times?

2259
02:00:36,880 --> 02:00:40,440
Speaker 1: You know, I think the toughest matchup in this game

2260
02:00:40,960 --> 02:00:42,520
Speaker 1: it is some of their tight ends. And yes they

2261
02:00:42,520 --> 02:00:44,720
Speaker 1: have guys that can make plays on the outside, but

2262
02:00:44,760 --> 02:00:46,800
Speaker 1: I think stopping the run. And you know, if you're

2263
02:00:46,800 --> 02:00:49,680
Speaker 1: talking about your first game without Tredevious White, this although

2264
02:00:49,720 --> 02:00:54,120
Speaker 1: Mac Jones throws for over seventy you're not extremely worried,

2265
02:00:54,240 --> 02:00:57,280
Speaker 1: especially in this win, about the Patriots receiving corps. But

2266
02:00:57,520 --> 02:01:01,600
Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see if Dane Jackson cam

2267
02:01:01,680 --> 02:01:05,880
Speaker 1: Lewis maybe some serandal out there, how the Bills moving

2268
02:01:05,920 --> 02:01:08,800
Speaker 1: forward are going to adapt to life without Tradevious White

2269
02:01:09,080 --> 02:01:11,640
Speaker 1: such an integral part of this defense and integral part

2270
02:01:11,640 --> 02:01:13,960
Speaker 1: of this team. Yeah, and we know this to Bill

2271
02:01:14,000 --> 02:01:18,520
Speaker 1: Belichick has has the notorious ability to focus in and

2272
02:01:18,680 --> 02:01:21,879
Speaker 1: understand what the other team wants to do against his defense.

2273
02:01:21,920 --> 02:01:24,040
Speaker 1: And take that one thing away. What do you think

2274
02:01:24,040 --> 02:01:28,040
Speaker 1: his focus is tonight against the Buffalo Bills. Well, if

2275
02:01:28,040 --> 02:01:30,040
Speaker 1: the win wasn't the case, I'd expect a lot of

2276
02:01:30,040 --> 02:01:34,000
Speaker 1: focus on Stefon Diggs, make other guys beat you, make

2277
02:01:34,040 --> 02:01:36,960
Speaker 1: it tough on the Bills to throw the ball, especially deep.

2278
02:01:37,080 --> 02:01:39,520
Speaker 1: Now with this win, I think you're going to see

2279
02:01:39,560 --> 02:01:41,520
Speaker 1: more of an honest game plan where he's not going

2280
02:01:41,560 --> 02:01:45,600
Speaker 1: to use bracket coverage on Stefon Diggs. Maybe on third

2281
02:01:45,640 --> 02:01:48,080
Speaker 1: and medium where they like to go to Cole Beasley

2282
02:01:48,120 --> 02:01:49,960
Speaker 1: in the slot, There'd be a lot of focus there,

2283
02:01:50,240 --> 02:01:54,040
Speaker 1: you know, I think I think tonight, unless this win shifts,

2284
02:01:54,080 --> 02:01:56,480
Speaker 1: or unless the Bills can prove that they can throw

2285
02:01:56,520 --> 02:01:58,040
Speaker 1: the ball down the field through the air, I think

2286
02:01:58,040 --> 02:02:00,320
Speaker 1: you're going to see a stacked box. I don't think

2287
02:02:00,320 --> 02:02:02,040
Speaker 1: you're going to see those two high stafeties that the

2288
02:02:02,080 --> 02:02:04,600
Speaker 1: Bills have seen for so much of this season. I

2289
02:02:04,640 --> 02:02:06,520
Speaker 1: think they're gonna try and make it as tough as

2290
02:02:06,560 --> 02:02:09,960
Speaker 1: they can for the Bills to run the football. And

2291
02:02:10,080 --> 02:02:12,880
Speaker 1: with the fact that Josh Allen can add an extra

2292
02:02:12,960 --> 02:02:15,000
Speaker 1: body because now you get the running back as an

2293
02:02:15,040 --> 02:02:19,000
Speaker 1: extra blocker, I think you're gonna see a pretty loaded

2294
02:02:19,080 --> 02:02:22,880
Speaker 1: box as opposed to if this was, you know, a

2295
02:02:22,960 --> 02:02:25,480
Speaker 1: great weather game, I think you would have seen a

2296
02:02:25,480 --> 02:02:28,720
Speaker 1: game plan more along the lines of these defenses that

2297
02:02:28,760 --> 02:02:30,640
Speaker 1: have slowed down the Bills, which is a lot of

2298
02:02:30,680 --> 02:02:34,040
Speaker 1: two shell not a ton of lifting, make the Bills

2299
02:02:34,320 --> 02:02:36,600
Speaker 1: earn it all the way down the field. And then

2300
02:02:36,640 --> 02:02:40,560
Speaker 1: what the Patriots do extremely well is in past rush situations,

2301
02:02:40,600 --> 02:02:43,280
Speaker 1: they'll generally give you something you haven't seen. And they

2302
02:02:43,320 --> 02:02:46,400
Speaker 1: are as good as anybody at these pick stunts at

2303
02:02:46,400 --> 02:02:49,080
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage where they'll walk up their linebackers

2304
02:02:49,320 --> 02:02:52,120
Speaker 1: and they essentially have five or six guys all across

2305
02:02:52,120 --> 02:02:54,840
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. You don't necessarily know who's coming,

2306
02:02:54,920 --> 02:02:57,920
Speaker 1: and generally they are not rushing straight ahead. One guy's

2307
02:02:57,920 --> 02:03:00,680
Speaker 1: going to pick a guard, it's another guy looping back

2308
02:03:00,720 --> 02:03:03,120
Speaker 1: around him, and then for the first time in a while,

2309
02:03:03,160 --> 02:03:07,120
Speaker 1: you have a true great edge rusher in Jude On

2310
02:03:07,240 --> 02:03:10,480
Speaker 1: on the edge and so but it'll just be it'll

2311
02:03:10,520 --> 02:03:13,480
Speaker 1: be interesting tonight to see if the game allows and

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02:03:13,560 --> 02:03:15,880
Speaker 1: dictates for the ability to push the ball down the

2313
02:03:15,920 --> 02:03:18,240
Speaker 1: field for that all to come into play like it

2314
02:03:18,280 --> 02:03:22,480
Speaker 1: would otherwise. If the if the Patriots are afraid or

2315
02:03:22,600 --> 02:03:25,400
Speaker 1: concerned about the run game of the Bills, most notably

2316
02:03:25,520 --> 02:03:27,880
Speaker 1: Josh Allen's ability to add into that, how do they

2317
02:03:27,920 --> 02:03:31,720
Speaker 1: take away Josh Allen and his ability to run. Yeah, so,

2318
02:03:31,760 --> 02:03:34,040
Speaker 1: if the Bills are in the shotgun, they've they've shown

2319
02:03:34,040 --> 02:03:36,320
Speaker 1: a few things. They've shown QB draws. Out of that,

2320
02:03:36,360 --> 02:03:38,520
Speaker 1: they've shown the fake swing pass and a QB draw.

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02:03:38,600 --> 02:03:40,520
Speaker 1: They've also shown kind of a lead play with the

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02:03:40,560 --> 02:03:43,440
Speaker 1: back and then the Bills will also run a read

2323
02:03:43,520 --> 02:03:47,560
Speaker 1: option that sometimes has an RPO run pass option element

2324
02:03:47,600 --> 02:03:49,960
Speaker 1: to it as well, And so you really have to

2325
02:03:50,000 --> 02:03:55,920
Speaker 1: have extra guys in the bottom. But then the running back,

2326
02:03:56,080 --> 02:03:58,480
Speaker 1: so as the running back goes across Josski's reading that

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02:03:58,520 --> 02:04:02,560
Speaker 1: defensive pen a lot lot of times teams are conscious

2328
02:04:02,560 --> 02:04:04,480
Speaker 1: of the ability of Josh run the ball. So we'll

2329
02:04:04,520 --> 02:04:07,960
Speaker 1: kind of run that guy up the field towards Josh.

2330
02:04:08,440 --> 02:04:11,320
Speaker 1: The running backs, they have to take advantage of it,

2331
02:04:11,600 --> 02:04:14,280
Speaker 1: because if that defense then comes up the field, that

2332
02:04:14,320 --> 02:04:16,520
Speaker 1: means they got a hat on a hat, they have

2333
02:04:16,640 --> 02:04:19,200
Speaker 1: everybody accounted for in the box, and then you could

2334
02:04:19,240 --> 02:04:21,520
Speaker 1: truly make some way. And this has got to be

2335
02:04:21,560 --> 02:04:25,440
Speaker 1: a big night for Singletary Brita. And we'll see if

2336
02:04:25,920 --> 02:04:28,520
Speaker 1: the game dictates it and they think they're gonna run

2337
02:04:28,560 --> 02:04:30,960
Speaker 1: the ball enough, if they activate Moss as well tonight,

2338
02:04:31,880 --> 02:04:35,400
Speaker 1: and then we've got two players who we believe will

2339
02:04:35,840 --> 02:04:39,600
Speaker 1: definitely be available haven't been available the last couple of games,

2340
02:04:39,600 --> 02:04:42,200
Speaker 1: and Spencer Brown. It's Star Latulaa, who are no longer

2341
02:04:43,880 --> 02:04:49,160
Speaker 1: designations on the injury report. Latulae, however, was limited due

2342
02:04:49,160 --> 02:04:52,520
Speaker 1: to illness. Would it surprise you, Eric, if Starr was

2343
02:04:52,600 --> 02:04:55,960
Speaker 1: on like a pitch count tonight, knowing he had some

2344
02:04:56,120 --> 02:04:59,920
Speaker 1: issues in recovering from COVID, It wouldn't surprise me at

2345
02:05:00,360 --> 02:05:02,800
Speaker 1: And I don't know a lot about the situation other

2346
02:05:02,840 --> 02:05:05,120
Speaker 1: than the fact that he was out long enough he

2347
02:05:05,240 --> 02:05:08,160
Speaker 1: probably had some bad symptoms. And then we'll see if

2348
02:05:08,200 --> 02:05:11,640
Speaker 1: he's able to bounce back quickly from it. But Starlatula

2349
02:05:11,800 --> 02:05:15,000
Speaker 1: is your most physically imposing defensive lineman across that front.

2350
02:05:15,000 --> 02:05:17,400
Speaker 1: If I'm an offensive lineman going against the Bill's defense,

2351
02:05:17,840 --> 02:05:21,120
Speaker 1: Star presents the most issues in a one on one

2352
02:05:21,200 --> 02:05:24,760
Speaker 1: situation from a physicality standpoint, Ed Oliver brings some quickness

2353
02:05:24,760 --> 02:05:27,840
Speaker 1: and pop to the detackle position. Those ends can all

2354
02:05:27,920 --> 02:05:30,920
Speaker 1: kind of run the edge, but Star's got power, He's

2355
02:05:30,960 --> 02:05:34,080
Speaker 1: got some quickness, and so especially when you look at

2356
02:05:34,080 --> 02:05:36,040
Speaker 1: the fact that the Patriots are gonna want to pound

2357
02:05:36,080 --> 02:05:38,200
Speaker 1: the ball and then they're going to use play action

2358
02:05:38,280 --> 02:05:40,320
Speaker 1: off of it, and a lot of that is some

2359
02:05:40,440 --> 02:05:44,600
Speaker 1: intermediate pass game with Mac Jones. Having a stout nose

2360
02:05:44,640 --> 02:05:49,560
Speaker 1: guard becomes extremely important when you're facing an offense like that. Yeah,

2361
02:05:49,760 --> 02:05:51,800
Speaker 1: I agree, and that's one of the things they've missed.

2362
02:05:51,840 --> 02:05:53,880
Speaker 1: We've talked about it a lot. I do think Ed

2363
02:05:53,920 --> 02:05:57,120
Speaker 1: Oliver has emerged, but he's still one of those explosive,

2364
02:05:57,200 --> 02:06:00,200
Speaker 1: kind of disruptive defensive lineman. He's not the kind to

2365
02:06:00,280 --> 02:06:02,920
Speaker 1: hold your ground. You got to run around those two

2366
02:06:03,120 --> 02:06:05,080
Speaker 1: that double team if you're going to run the football.

2367
02:06:05,400 --> 02:06:08,879
Speaker 1: How do you think this game plays out up front

2368
02:06:08,920 --> 02:06:12,680
Speaker 1: with the Bills getting if indeed, we don't know if Indeed,

2369
02:06:12,680 --> 02:06:15,120
Speaker 1: the Bills get Spencer Brown and John Feliciano back and

2370
02:06:15,120 --> 02:06:18,160
Speaker 1: they're playing their ability to be more physical, a little

2371
02:06:18,160 --> 02:06:21,600
Speaker 1: bit more nasty upfront offensively, and Starlo two Lala comes

2372
02:06:21,640 --> 02:06:24,080
Speaker 1: in with no pitch count or no you know, no

2373
02:06:24,240 --> 02:06:27,280
Speaker 1: limitations whatsoever. How do you think this plays out up

2374
02:06:27,280 --> 02:06:29,960
Speaker 1: front for both teams? Well, there are a lot better

2375
02:06:30,000 --> 02:06:31,800
Speaker 1: on their offensive line than we've seen it this year.

2376
02:06:31,880 --> 02:06:34,280
Speaker 1: When John Feliciano, if you can hop back in the lineup,

2377
02:06:34,320 --> 02:06:36,120
Speaker 1: and then you put Spencer Brown at right back, when

2378
02:06:36,160 --> 02:06:39,280
Speaker 1: Daryl Williams bumps in, that's been their most effective offensive line.

2379
02:06:39,440 --> 02:06:43,280
Speaker 1: And the offensive line since being challenged recently, has played better.

2380
02:06:43,320 --> 02:06:46,480
Speaker 1: And then I think defensively, if you get Starling Tula

2381
02:06:46,640 --> 02:06:49,680
Speaker 1: back in there, that's a tremendous advantage for the Bills.

2382
02:06:49,960 --> 02:06:52,480
Speaker 1: That's a tremendous upgrade for the Bills, I'll say. And

2383
02:06:52,560 --> 02:06:55,280
Speaker 1: it would not surprise me to see Ed Oliver trapped

2384
02:06:55,400 --> 02:06:58,720
Speaker 1: in wamed similar to how we saw Indianapolis. To it,

2385
02:06:59,080 --> 02:07:02,080
Speaker 1: ed Oliver is stuff the field, He penetrates, he disrupts. Well.

2386
02:07:02,120 --> 02:07:04,440
Speaker 1: The way you counteract that is you let him get

2387
02:07:04,480 --> 02:07:06,960
Speaker 1: up the field and you let those guys trap him

2388
02:07:07,120 --> 02:07:10,080
Speaker 1: and then that creates a big separation between the linebackers

2389
02:07:10,240 --> 02:07:16,160
Speaker 1: and the defensive line. Hopefully the Bills adjusted post Indianapolis

2390
02:07:16,280 --> 02:07:19,440
Speaker 1: and are better at recognizing that. I think Tremaine Evans

2391
02:07:19,480 --> 02:07:21,760
Speaker 1: being back in the lineup helps that as well. And

2392
02:07:21,800 --> 02:07:24,280
Speaker 1: when you have Tremaine Evans back, I think when you

2393
02:07:24,320 --> 02:07:26,560
Speaker 1: look at the defensive front seven for the Bills, I

2394
02:07:26,600 --> 02:07:28,720
Speaker 1: think you could see a J. Klein come into this game.

2395
02:07:29,160 --> 02:07:32,680
Speaker 1: And you know, against Indianapolis everyone was saying, well, why

2396
02:07:32,680 --> 02:07:36,160
Speaker 1: didn't the Bills match personnel? Well, when you have Tremaine

2397
02:07:36,160 --> 02:07:38,920
Speaker 1: Emonds out, now you're going further and further down the

2398
02:07:38,960 --> 02:07:41,680
Speaker 1: depth chart and you probably think that, hey, with our

2399
02:07:41,840 --> 02:07:44,600
Speaker 1: nickel defense with Taron Johnson, that's our best lineup. Well,

2400
02:07:44,640 --> 02:07:47,520
Speaker 1: with the experience of AJ Klein as well, I think

2401
02:07:47,560 --> 02:07:51,360
Speaker 1: you could see some based personnel matching more than we've

2402
02:07:51,360 --> 02:07:54,640
Speaker 1: seen from the Bills this entire season, especially when you

2403
02:07:55,280 --> 02:07:58,200
Speaker 1: factor in the wind. So that being said, it could

2404
02:07:58,200 --> 02:08:00,360
Speaker 1: be a slugfest tonight in New England's out a good

2405
02:08:00,400 --> 02:08:03,400
Speaker 1: offensive line, and I've defended him till I've been blowing

2406
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:05,840
Speaker 1: the face on the show. I do think the Bill's

2407
02:08:05,880 --> 02:08:09,720
Speaker 1: offensive line is good, and so especially when they have

2408
02:08:09,760 --> 02:08:12,680
Speaker 1: Spencer Brown and John Feliciano in there, so it's gonna

2409
02:08:12,720 --> 02:08:16,560
Speaker 1: be it's likely gonna be big boys football tonight. All right, Eric,

2410
02:08:16,600 --> 02:08:18,880
Speaker 1: thanks very much. I'll catch up with you later on

2411
02:08:18,920 --> 02:08:21,880
Speaker 1: the round table when we're on the Bills Radio Network

2412
02:08:21,920 --> 02:08:25,840
Speaker 1: at six. Otherwise we will catch up with you next

2413
02:08:25,880 --> 02:08:28,800
Speaker 1: week when we're hopefully talking about a Bill's victory and

2414
02:08:28,840 --> 02:08:31,280
Speaker 1: an inside track to the division title. Thanks very much,

2415
02:08:31,280 --> 02:08:33,920
Speaker 1: all right, Eric, yep, looking forward to it. Talk to

2416
02:08:33,920 --> 02:08:36,360
Speaker 1: you soon, Chris, you've ever right night. All right. That's

2417
02:08:36,440 --> 02:08:39,160
Speaker 1: Eric Wood joining us here on One Bill's Live, as

2418
02:08:39,160 --> 02:08:41,760
Speaker 1: he does every Monday, except this time he's previewing the

2419
02:08:41,800 --> 02:08:45,040
Speaker 1: game rather than reviewing the game, and he thinks it's

2420
02:08:45,080 --> 02:08:48,640
Speaker 1: big boy football. Are we surprised that Alignment is character

2421
02:08:48,840 --> 02:08:53,280
Speaker 1: is excited about tonight. I think he's right. I think

2422
02:08:53,280 --> 02:08:56,680
Speaker 1: he's been right about that. I've thought about that. This

2423
02:08:56,760 --> 02:09:01,520
Speaker 1: season has been about that more than ever any season

2424
02:09:01,720 --> 02:09:07,520
Speaker 1: since two eighteen for the Bills, Josh's rookie year. They

2425
02:09:07,600 --> 02:09:11,240
Speaker 1: needed it then. Yeah, and I think this is a

2426
02:09:11,320 --> 02:09:14,440
Speaker 1: season where they're in there. First of all, they're shuffling

2427
02:09:14,440 --> 02:09:16,160
Speaker 1: around up front, not being able to get it exactly

2428
02:09:16,200 --> 02:09:18,320
Speaker 1: the way they wanted it first through the first month

2429
02:09:18,360 --> 02:09:20,680
Speaker 1: of the season, and then finally getting it where they

2430
02:09:20,680 --> 02:09:22,640
Speaker 1: want and then COVID and then injuries and then you know,

2431
02:09:22,680 --> 02:09:27,520
Speaker 1: ir and injuries, all of that hitting them. That has

2432
02:09:28,240 --> 02:09:30,800
Speaker 1: has been the thing that has I think caused them

2433
02:09:30,840 --> 02:09:32,920
Speaker 1: not to hit on all cylinders like we thought they

2434
02:09:32,920 --> 02:09:36,600
Speaker 1: would offensively at times. Certainly they have at times, but

2435
02:09:37,640 --> 02:09:39,880
Speaker 1: I think that's been a thing. I don't know if

2436
02:09:39,880 --> 02:09:41,600
Speaker 1: they're going to play that well after being out of

2437
02:09:41,600 --> 02:09:43,280
Speaker 1: it for a month. They haven't had you know, forty

2438
02:09:43,280 --> 02:09:45,360
Speaker 1: percent of your offensive line has been sitting down for

2439
02:09:45,520 --> 02:09:48,880
Speaker 1: better part off and on for a month, and you've

2440
02:09:48,920 --> 02:09:51,480
Speaker 1: been winning and losing, winning and losing, winning and losing.

2441
02:09:53,040 --> 02:09:54,400
Speaker 1: I don't know that they're going to come in and

2442
02:09:54,400 --> 02:09:57,880
Speaker 1: automatically flip a switch and be executing at a high level.

2443
02:09:57,960 --> 02:10:00,200
Speaker 1: That's that's a question. But I think they'll be able

2444
02:10:00,200 --> 02:10:04,400
Speaker 1: to compete better physically if they're in there. The Bills

2445
02:10:04,440 --> 02:10:08,000
Speaker 1: have about an hour and fifteen minutes to make a

2446
02:10:08,080 --> 02:10:12,760
Speaker 1: decision on John Feliciano's status for tonight's game. He is

2447
02:10:12,800 --> 02:10:16,400
Speaker 1: still on injured reserve at this point. They have until

2448
02:10:16,480 --> 02:10:19,520
Speaker 1: four pm to elevate him to the active roster where

2449
02:10:19,560 --> 02:10:22,400
Speaker 1: there is a roster spot because Tommy Doyle is on

2450
02:10:22,440 --> 02:10:25,480
Speaker 1: the COVID reserve list, another offensive lineman, so there is

2451
02:10:25,480 --> 02:10:28,320
Speaker 1: a spot there they can utilize. The question is do

2452
02:10:28,360 --> 02:10:31,160
Speaker 1: they make use of it between now and four pm

2453
02:10:31,400 --> 02:10:35,520
Speaker 1: to make Feliciano active for this game. We have to

2454
02:10:35,560 --> 02:10:37,760
Speaker 1: take a break, Steve and I to close things up

2455
02:10:37,840 --> 02:10:42,120
Speaker 1: on this early extended pregame version of One Bills Live

2456
02:10:42,160 --> 02:10:58,520
Speaker 1: for Monday Night Football. We're back in a flash, all right,

2457
02:10:58,560 --> 02:11:01,160
Speaker 1: welcome back to one Bills Live. I've wanted to make

2458
02:11:01,160 --> 02:11:05,040
Speaker 1: you aware of another roster possibility for the Patriots, and

2459
02:11:05,120 --> 02:11:08,960
Speaker 1: this was actually brought up by ESPN dot COM's Mike Reece,

2460
02:11:09,000 --> 02:11:12,120
Speaker 1: who is on our podcast this week, which you can

2461
02:11:12,240 --> 02:11:15,680
Speaker 1: check on any of our podcast platforms, Bills by the Numbers,

2462
02:11:16,120 --> 02:11:20,280
Speaker 1: and he did mention that there's another consideration to replace

2463
02:11:21,120 --> 02:11:24,280
Speaker 1: Kyle Dugger at safety if necessary, and that's Sean Davis,

2464
02:11:24,320 --> 02:11:27,640
Speaker 1: the veteran safety who played for the Steelers, former college

2465
02:11:27,680 --> 02:11:32,240
Speaker 1: teammate of Stefon Diggs. He is on their practice squad

2466
02:11:32,600 --> 02:11:36,800
Speaker 1: so he could be elevated. So that's another option just

2467
02:11:36,880 --> 02:11:39,800
Speaker 1: to think about as we creep ever closer towards the

2468
02:11:39,800 --> 02:11:43,080
Speaker 1: three PM deadline, Steve, the wind is whipping outside. It

2469
02:11:43,200 --> 02:11:46,200
Speaker 1: is going to be whipping tonight, which harkens back to

2470
02:11:46,360 --> 02:11:49,240
Speaker 1: memories of some windy games of the past. I know

2471
02:11:49,280 --> 02:11:51,480
Speaker 1: you have two in particular you want to bring to

2472
02:11:51,520 --> 02:11:53,760
Speaker 1: the forefront. I have won marveley of these first game

2473
02:11:53,800 --> 02:11:56,280
Speaker 1: as head coach Buffalo Bills against Pittsburgh Steelers in what

2474
02:11:56,360 --> 02:12:01,040
Speaker 1: was then Rich Stadium, forty wins, staying fifty mile an

2475
02:12:01,040 --> 02:12:04,400
Speaker 1: hour gusts. People were blown up big black garbage bags

2476
02:12:04,400 --> 02:12:07,080
Speaker 1: and letting him go, like tying him off and letting

2477
02:12:07,120 --> 02:12:11,360
Speaker 1: him and they picture a black, blown up garbage bag

2478
02:12:11,520 --> 02:12:14,360
Speaker 1: moving at forty five mile an hour across the field.

2479
02:12:14,800 --> 02:12:18,240
Speaker 1: It was unbelievable, unbelievable. When the Phoenix Cardinals game and

2480
02:12:18,280 --> 02:12:20,800
Speaker 1: the Phoenix Cardinals game, which was more of a winter storm,

2481
02:12:21,000 --> 02:12:25,240
Speaker 1: Rich Rich camerio shows up. This is like, I don't

2482
02:12:25,240 --> 02:12:28,840
Speaker 1: know what week it is. It's late that's and he's

2483
02:12:28,880 --> 02:12:31,320
Speaker 1: going to the Pro Bowl as the punter for the NFC.

2484
02:12:31,520 --> 02:12:33,680
Speaker 1: He is having a year beyond all years. He comes

2485
02:12:33,680 --> 02:12:36,840
Speaker 1: to Buffalo and punts in what looked like like he

2486
02:12:36,920 --> 02:12:40,800
Speaker 1: looked like the Skipper and Gilligan in the cockpit of

2487
02:12:40,840 --> 02:12:44,200
Speaker 1: the SS minute right, he's trying to punt in that

2488
02:12:44,560 --> 02:12:49,120
Speaker 1: and that and that went to his Pro Bowl season

2489
02:12:49,160 --> 02:12:53,600
Speaker 1: went awry right in that wild game totally wrecked his season.

2490
02:12:53,640 --> 02:12:57,200
Speaker 1: Hour which I remember. I remember a Bill's Giants game

2491
02:12:57,280 --> 02:13:02,920
Speaker 1: December twenty third, two thousand. Evan right. First half is beautiful,

2492
02:13:04,160 --> 02:13:08,040
Speaker 1: halftime comes, the front comes through. The wind was so

2493
02:13:08,160 --> 02:13:13,920
Speaker 1: bad it blew the uprights off its bolt attachment at

2494
02:13:13,960 --> 02:13:17,120
Speaker 1: the tunnel end. It was tilted. The uprights were tilted

2495
02:13:17,160 --> 02:13:22,080
Speaker 1: basically at two o'clock. And fortunately the operations crew got

2496
02:13:22,120 --> 02:13:24,480
Speaker 1: out there. They got on some ladders, which was dangerous

2497
02:13:24,560 --> 02:13:28,440
Speaker 1: enough with all the wind, and reattached the uprights. There's

2498
02:13:28,440 --> 02:13:31,200
Speaker 1: a guy out there with a six foot level leveling

2499
02:13:31,240 --> 02:13:34,360
Speaker 1: the uprights back for the second half. Then the rain came,

2500
02:13:34,840 --> 02:13:38,360
Speaker 1: the snow came. It was nuts. You saw just about

2501
02:13:38,360 --> 02:13:40,760
Speaker 1: everything under the sun, but weather White. It's gonna be

2502
02:13:40,760 --> 02:13:42,160
Speaker 1: one of those nicest got a chance to be a

2503
02:13:42,200 --> 02:13:44,080
Speaker 1: little bit historic. It's gonna be a weather game. Is

2504
02:13:44,080 --> 02:13:45,960
Speaker 1: going to be a game that is massive on both

2505
02:13:45,960 --> 02:13:49,200
Speaker 1: teams schedule, and one of these teams has the potential.

2506
02:13:49,240 --> 02:13:51,800
Speaker 1: Both these teams have the potential of having it be

2507
02:13:51,800 --> 02:13:54,000
Speaker 1: a little bit of a historic season. For Mac Jones

2508
02:13:54,080 --> 02:13:56,920
Speaker 1: is a rookie, He's looks like he's set to be

2509
02:13:56,960 --> 02:13:59,880
Speaker 1: the Patriots quarterback going forward. Bills, of course, with Josh Allen,

2510
02:14:01,240 --> 02:14:02,800
Speaker 1: this is gonna be one of those you look back,

2511
02:14:02,800 --> 02:14:04,760
Speaker 1: I'll say, hey, remember this game. And here we are

2512
02:14:04,800 --> 02:14:07,520
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. Eric Wood and myself with Chopin the

2513
02:14:07,520 --> 02:14:10,640
Speaker 1: Bulldog for the six pm roundtable on the pregame, Steve

2514
02:14:10,680 --> 02:14:13,720
Speaker 1: Tasker and Maddy glab with Bills tonight after the game tonight,

2515
02:14:14,080 --> 02:14:28,360
Speaker 1: We'll see you back here at one pm on Tuesday