1 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: This the One Bill's Live presented by Calllida Help. All right, 2 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: we made it to Friday, Chris Brown, see you task 3 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: her here with you on One Bill's Live. Thanks for 4 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: joining us as we sit forty eight hours away from 5 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: Bill's Patriots to close out the regular season, a game 6 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: that will involve zero handwringing, zero nerves, zero concerns for 7 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: Bill's fans, who will likely be more interested in seeing 8 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: what else is going on in other games, most notably 9 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: Denver versus Kansas City, Pittsburgh versus Cincinnati, and Miami versus 10 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: the New York Jets. 11 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:13,919 Speaker 2: Yet those are your. 12 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: Three potential playoff opponents in the wildcard rams. 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: Right, And I mean, there's like nothing on the table 14 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: for Bills fans. But I will say this, I would anticipate, 15 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 2: and I don't know because they're not really telling this. 16 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: You're gonna see some guys play we haven't seen play, right, 17 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: That in and of itself is interesting. 18 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: It is I would vouch for that. And you know, 19 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: opportunity for some young players this week to get some 20 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: extended snaps demonstrate the progress they have made in acclimating 21 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: themselves to the NFL game. And as we'll get into 22 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: in just a few minutes. There's also an opportunity here 23 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: for guys who have been out of the lineup injured 24 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: to get back up to speed instead of just jumping 25 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: back in once the playoffs start, because I think you 26 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: can speak to this certainly better than I can. When 27 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: you get to the postseason, the games ratchet up another 28 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: notes they go even a little bit faster. 29 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, they go a little faster. The intensity's bigger, and 30 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: you can feel it all the way through. There are 31 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: certain guys that have a persona around your locker room, 32 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 2: whoever it is, and you know, around your workplace. Yeah, 33 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 2: when even the slackers are tightening it up, it's you 34 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 2: know what I mean, where the guys are like, you know, 35 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 2: they kind of they're kind of launched. 36 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: Slacker gym is even working hard today. My god, what 37 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: in the world. 38 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: Even taskers running hard look at this. So that kind 39 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 2: of stuff and guys notice and it helps, and it 40 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 2: it's it's an environment you can feel tangibly, particularly at 41 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: the end of the season when you've got this thing 42 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: locked up and now you've had like a week, two 43 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: weeks or five weeks in Bill's case, you know, since 44 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: week thirteen, this thing's been notched up that you knew 45 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 2: you were gonna play in tournament. Now it's like, okay, 46 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 2: you know here it is. You can feel it in 47 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 2: the attitude of the building, and every guy on the 48 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 2: roster is giving it everything. They go in the extra mile, 49 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: doing the extra work, concentrating, contributing the whole thing. It's 50 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 2: a it's a great it's a great atmosphere, really productive. 51 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: And you say, well, why don't they give that set? Listen, 52 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,399 Speaker 2: it's it's you can't if you give that much all 53 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,119 Speaker 2: seventeen eighteen weeks of the season. When you get here, 54 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 2: you're done, You're finished. You have nothing less to give 55 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: left to give. Getting to the finish line becomes the 56 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: goal instead of winning at all. It just grinds it 57 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: out of you. That's why some teams who you know, 58 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: you got a good cut, well, let's set Pittsburgh Steelers, 59 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: let's take them for example. They come out the grinding, 60 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: they get it, and they kind of find their rhythm. 61 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: They go like four and two with fields right, and 62 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: then Mike Thomas says, we're gonna switch it up. We're 63 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: gonna go we're gonna step on the gas here. So 64 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: they do that and they go with Russ and they 65 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 2: getting they're getting there and they getting another ten and 66 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: they've got another ten win season, and it's like boom, 67 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: they are they clinch that thing and they are they 68 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 2: are spent. They are spent, and you know, they were 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 2: in a couple of really important games and they had 70 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 2: nothing left to give, uh, and they got guys breaking down. 71 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,039 Speaker 2: It's it's not like it is in other sports where 72 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: you got Baseball is one hundred and sixty two games, 73 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: hockey and basketball eighty two games. It's not like that. 74 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: It's the preparation and the healing up and the prep 75 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: and the practice and the working out and the. 76 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: Recovery, preventative maintenance. 77 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: And the stuff you gotta do between your ears. You 78 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: got to sit in a classroom and watch film and 79 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 2: and intake a new plan and all this. It's uh, 80 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 2: it is a grind physically, spiritually, and emotionally. You gotta 81 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 2: pour it all in. And if you do that too much, 82 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 2: too early and too through the season, you just run out. 83 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 2: It's the season is that long. And that's why when 84 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 2: you're doing it right and you're good enough for guys 85 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: to win games and then get to the playoffs, and 86 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 2: you've got something left to give, and you get healthy 87 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 2: and you got a coaching staff that can get you refreshed. 88 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: That's where you want to be. Some of these teams 89 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: are just struggling to get in these wild you know 90 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 2: what I mean, Like these three team Miamis has to 91 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 2: do it last year. Yeah, Cincinnati, Miami, Denver. Those teams 92 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: are clawon, kicking and scratching, and sometimes it's hard to 93 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 2: go the distance when you have to do that. 94 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: Let's get to some Bill's practice updates presented by Lee Coom. 95 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: You're a Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and Terrell 96 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: Bernard out for Sunday's game at New England with his 97 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: quad injury. Coach McDermott indicated as much back on Wednesday. 98 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: But he is making good progress, that is the update. 99 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: Coach McDermot said today he should be good for next 100 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: week's wildcard playoff game. So that's certainly good news. And 101 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: we kind of anticipated that because even though he did 102 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: not practice on New Year's Day, he came back and 103 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: practiced on a limited basis yesterday, so that was certainly 104 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: a good sign that he was on the road to recovery. 105 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: So good news. That he will be ready to roll 106 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: for you next week's wild card playoff game. For those 107 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: that don't remember, he actually got injured in the wildcard 108 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: game last year and missed the Divisional playoff against Kansas City. 109 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: He and everybody else, him and Christian Benford r School 110 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: Douglass playing on one leg. No tailor rap, Yeah, they 111 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: were missing some people. Set to return to the lineup 112 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: this week, Damar Hamlin, after missing the last three games 113 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: with a rib injury. Coach McDermott said it's important that 114 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,720 Speaker 1: Hamlin gets back into the flow of things in advance 115 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: of the postseason. He said he might play the whole 116 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: game on Sunday, even though he's going to be limited 117 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 1: in practice today, along with Cam Lewis and Taylor Rap 118 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: and Curtis Samuel. 119 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 2: That's a lesson that they learned, he said, from last year. 120 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 2: You get guys back after they've been out for a 121 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 2: couple of games and you say, okay, get him back 122 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:06,679 Speaker 2: for the playoffs. Well, they get back for the playoffs 123 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: and the payoffs is their first game. It's it's not 124 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: the same. They're not the same player. They got it. 125 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 2: They need some time to get it together and to 126 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: get their feet under him to remember the pace and 127 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 2: play and all of that get up to speed. So 128 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 2: it's I think that's important for them because Hamlin has 129 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 2: been out for a minute here. 130 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: He's been out since the Rams game. Yeah, so three games. 131 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: They need him come in and get his wheels back 132 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 2: under him and feel like it's normal again, you know 133 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: what I mean. 134 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: So also good to go for Sunday. Taylor Rap and 135 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: Cam Lewis, even though they've been limited in practice this week. 136 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel gonna be listed as questionable. He's been fighting 137 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: an injury all year. He's kind of been playing with it. 138 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: It's been shoulder and ribs, so he's been just kind 139 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: of fighting his way through all season long. 140 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 2: You had the foot or the toe early in the year. 141 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 1: It's been one thing after another. Really tough first season 142 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: in Buffalo for him. So we'll see if he's able 143 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: to suit up and get himself ready for postseason football 144 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 1: and at least play some on Sunday. Buffalo also made 145 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: a roster move. They added practice squad quarterback Mike White 146 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 1: to the fifty three man roster, and to make room 147 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: for him, they released linebacker Nicholas Morrow. Coach McDermott said 148 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: he'd like to get White some playing time in Sunday's game, 149 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: though Mitch Trubisky is expected to get the bulk of 150 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 1: the work after Josh Allen makes a brief appearance as 151 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: the starter. Here's what's interesting. ESPN's Adam Schefter is also 152 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: reporting that the Bills have signed Mike White to a 153 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: one year contract extension through the twenty twenty five season. 154 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: That certainly makes it appear that Mike White is the 155 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: odds on favorite to be the club's backup quarterback next 156 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: season behind Josh Allen. So we'll see what happens there. 157 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: I got a double check as to whether Mitch Trubisky 158 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: signed a one or a two year contract because I 159 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: cannot remember. I want to say. 160 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: Signing the contract and having the money guaranteed is two 161 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: different things. I don't know what they gave, might signed, 162 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: maybe they signed. I don't know that there's any money 163 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: tied up into any of this or how big a 164 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 2: commitment it is, except that they got the guy coming 165 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: to training camp. But he has been here. They obviously 166 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: have liked what they've seen. 167 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: Let's think about some of the things that have happened 168 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: in recent weeks here. Remember they've promoted him, They've elevated 169 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: him twice from the practice squad. Kind of like I said, 170 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: thank you, give him a fifty three man roster game check. 171 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 1: He didn't play, he wasn't activated on game day in 172 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,440 Speaker 1: each of those two instances, but they brought him up 173 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: so he gets a regular fifty three man roster game check. 174 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just like, hey, you're doing a nice job. 175 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: We want to keep you here. You know, here's a 176 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: little thank you. That's right, you know, Mary Christmas is true. 177 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: And plus here's the contract, so he's bought into it 178 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: as well, the efforts they've made in the last two months. 179 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: It says something to keep him happy, thank him for. 180 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: What he's done. That that's not nothing, there is. There 181 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: is clearly a motive there going forward, right, I believe. 182 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think you're right. There's no question a 183 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 2: bat it. I don't know what it. Certainly it means, 184 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: it may need it may mean nothing more than now. 185 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 2: I don't now Brandon Bean doesn't have to worry about 186 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,839 Speaker 2: signing another quarterback or drafting one or whatever, or it 187 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 2: may be something more than that. 188 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Where Okay, so Mitch did sign a two year deal, 189 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: so he also is under contract for next year. 190 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 2: I think it'll be it'll mean more about competition, yes, 191 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 2: and keeping those guys together, and maybe depending on what 192 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 2: happens with the coaching staff this offseason. I mean, you know, 193 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 2: with Joe Brady being a young, hot offensive coordinator, with 194 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: Babbage doing the things he's doing, all these guys, you know, 195 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 2: you want to keep some cohesion in the quarterback room 196 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 2: with Josh and maybe then from that moment you can 197 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 2: take a step forward offensively because you all been doing 198 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 2: it for a minute. There's some of that in there, sure, 199 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 2: but I think more importantly it has more to do 200 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 2: with the human side of this. The group is good, 201 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 2: It makes Josh comfortable, gets him ready to play his best, 202 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 2: and let's face it, if the guy does get the MVP, 203 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 2: you're not going to change anything. So yeah, even it 204 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 2: might this might be about Josh Allen more than it 205 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 2: is Mike White perhaps, Yeah, maybe. 206 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: And you know, Mike White and Josh kind of knew 207 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: each other even before their NFL careers began. They were 208 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: in the same draft class all that stuff. Yeah, so 209 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 1: there's there's value in that. And we've heard Joe Brady 210 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: talk more than once about how they really like the 211 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: dynamics in the quarterback room in terms of the other 212 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: guys getting Josh ready to play. 213 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: Well, Mitch had a really good run here. Mitch and 214 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 2: Josh really hit it off the first time he was 215 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 2: here before he went back to went to Pittsburgh. Now 216 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 2: he's back, and I think I think there's something in 217 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 2: that as well. So yeah, it's that room is the 218 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 2: better the guy plays and the better they play when 219 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: they get in. So yeah, there's a lot in it. 220 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: We do want to remind you it is an OBL 221 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 1: Friday fan mailbag. 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And look, 233 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: there's some interesting stuff going on here. The matchups might 234 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: not be that sexy in Week eighteen in the NFL, 235 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: but there are some interesting dynamics here. Here's one. The 236 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins are going to go a second straight week 237 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: without two Tonga Ioloa in the lineup. Head coach Mike 238 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: McDaniel said that Snoop Huntley is likely to start a 239 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: quarterback against the Jets. Ta as we know, has a 240 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: hip injury. It forced him to sit out last week's game. 241 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: Huntley helped them win that game to stay in playoff contention. 242 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: Miami needs a win and a Broncos loss to be 243 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 1: the seventh seed in the AFC playoffs and play at 244 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: Buffalo next week. The Dolphins face the Jets on the 245 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: road this weekend. So that's kind of a. 246 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 2: Biggie huge huh for the For the Dolphins, it is, 247 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:35,680 Speaker 2: I mean, you win an in and Tua can't play. 248 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's been the narrative around his his 249 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 2: tenure there. Yeah, and when they get into really big games, 250 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, they're playing in New York, or 251 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 2: in Buffalo or in New England. Outdoors in five degree weather. 252 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: I'm hyperbolizing, but yeah, you get it. He's not good 253 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 2: in cold weather. So that's where they're at again. Now 254 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 2: he's gonna miss his sixth game. 255 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: Of the year, yes, because he missed four earlier in 256 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: the season. Stuff. 257 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 2: It's hard to he can't live like that. 258 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's submarine their season. Yeah, I mean 259 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: it really did. 260 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 2: Because I'll say this, and we said it earlier in 261 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 2: the week. Their offense was humming when it was here 262 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: last time. The Bills escaped with a late field goal 263 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 2: to win it against a sixty one yarder. The Dolphins 264 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 2: are for real on offense when two is up and running. 265 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 2: Now they are limited in what they do. But I 266 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: got to tell you, Mike McDaniel is a genius and 267 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,960 Speaker 2: he keeps them up and running because. 268 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: It's two different game plans. If you're playing Huntly instead 269 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: of two, they are two completely different quarterbacks. 270 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, Huntley has got an athleticism about him, but 271 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 2: Tua's got an accurate and able to quick release it 272 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 2: and put it on target. Yeah, I'm I'm not listening. 273 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: We're watching highlights of Tyler Huntley right now. 274 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. They beat the Browns last week, but you. 275 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: Know, the Jets are different, So we'll see. 276 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: Speaking of the Jets, Steve oh No, they're interviewing both 277 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: GM and head coaching candidates after Joe Douglas and Robert 278 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: Sala were handed their walking papers during the season. Jets 279 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 1: confirmed they have interviewed ESPN NFL analyst Lewis Riddick for 280 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: their general manager position. The team has also announced completed 281 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: interviews with former Falcons GM Thomas Demetrov and former Titans 282 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: GM John Robinson. They've also interviewed Ron Rivera and Mike 283 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: Vrabel for their head coaching position, which will be vacant 284 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: after Jeff Ulbrick coaches his last game for the Jets 285 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: as interim on Sunday against Miami. So we'll see as 286 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: the football turns for the Jets and assembling their new 287 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: front office. John Robinson and Mike Vrabel work together in Tennessee. 288 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: Do they go with those two and just package them 289 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: up again and try to run it back in New York? 290 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,840 Speaker 2: If I mean they'll go, well, let's say they on 291 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: the Jets, Mike Tannenbaum and and consultants, Right, They're gonna 292 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: go through what happened in Tennessee with a fine tooth comb. 293 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: Rabel was known for a run the ball too much, 294 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: play good defense, get keep the game close kind of mentality. 295 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: But I don't know that that's all. I don't know 296 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 2: that that's really true. Ryan Tannehill played out standing lely 297 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: under Rabel, and he had a J. Brown and they 298 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 2: were scoring Hadrick Henry. They had some guys and yeah, 299 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 2: you got Derrick Henry and you got Tannehill played as 300 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: good as he was with AJ Brown before they traded him, 301 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: and and there was rumblings coming out of Rabel was 302 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 2: hot over having AJ Brown trade, which he speaks to 303 00:16:55,800 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 2: his intelligence. Brian, I'll tell you, I think Vrabel's the 304 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 2: best guy out there. 305 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: He's excellent with clock management. He really is. 306 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 3: He is. 307 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,159 Speaker 2: He's very good. He's the best guy out there with 308 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: clock management at the end of games. He's he's the guy. 309 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 2: You go back and watch some of their games. They 310 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 2: got into a spot one time, and I can't remember 311 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 2: the exact thing. He was playing the New England Patriots, 312 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 2: a team he won a championship. 313 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: With coaching against Belichick. 314 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 2: Against Belichick, they get into a situation in the game, 315 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 2: they got a lead and because of the situation of 316 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: the way the clock was stopped, the clock wound and 317 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 2: started before the play clock, or when the play clock started, 318 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: and they were running out of you know, it was 319 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: like the last two and a half minutes of the game, 320 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: Patriots have only got like two timeouts left or something, 321 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 2: and Vrabel just keeps taking delay of game penalties, and 322 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 2: finally the Patriots have to call a time out to 323 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 2: stop the clock because they took two penalties in a 324 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: row by and they ran sixty seconds or one hundred 325 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 2: a minute twenty off the and the Patriots just stood 326 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,200 Speaker 2: there and watched them, so loop hole in the rule. 327 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 2: They didn't realize they could do that, or he was 328 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: just willing that. He was willing to. 329 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: Be in there. And I think the rules are that 330 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: way because nobody's expecting a team to just keep taking 331 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: delay of game and five yard penalties even though it's 332 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: a running clock. 333 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: Surprise, he just kept taking a run a delay of 334 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 2: game penalty. The Patriots finally had to burn the time out. 335 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: That was because after they assessed the penalty for delay 336 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: of game, they rewind the play clock. 337 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:41,920 Speaker 2: And in the arms cross and Bill he's just looking, Yeah, 338 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 2: he's just looking across the field of Belichick. What are 339 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: you gonna do when is gonna dawn on you that 340 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna do this until the two minute warning and 341 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 2: the game's over. Yeah, so yeah, that and stuff like that. 342 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 2: You go back and watch the end of the Titans 343 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 2: games and here and there and when Brable was a coach, 344 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 2: and he is a master at clock management at the 345 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:04,920 Speaker 2: end of games. 346 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: The Kansas City Chiefs are opening the three week practice 347 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: window for starting quarnerback Jalen Watson. Watson had been on 348 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: injured reserves since breaking an ankle in Week seven against 349 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: San Francisco. Watson broke up six passes in the six 350 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: games he played this season and had two picks in 351 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two playoffs, so they would obviously welcome 352 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: him back with open arms. Josh Williams has been filling 353 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,480 Speaker 1: in for him. Not that Josh Williams is a bad 354 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: player either, but Jalen Watson would be another upgrade for 355 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: Kansas City defense that's getting healthier here going into the 356 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: end of the season, much like the Bills defense is 357 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 1: getting healthier here at the end of the year. You 358 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: can almost see the last couple of weeks the Chiefs 359 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: kind of rounding into form. 360 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you know, Hollywood Brown got on the field. 361 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: That helped him. Xavier Worthy started being a bigger part 362 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 2: of their offense. How much like Rashid Rice did last year. 363 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: And Baltimore is doing a similar thing. They're rounding into form. 364 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: Their defense, which had been maligned by giving up fourth 365 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 1: quarter leads, has been They've been able to mitigate that Doddler. 366 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: They put Kyle Hamilton, you know, the rangey kind of safety, 367 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: second level defender. They made him a full time safety 368 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,719 Speaker 1: on the back end. What a dramatic difference that has 369 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: made hard to get for them against pass defense. 370 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:14,959 Speaker 2: Hard to get deep on them. 371 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, that's so good teams do this time of year. Well, yeah, 372 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: round into form ready for the postseason. 373 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 2: And I'll say this too, and not for nothing. Everybody's 374 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: you know, I'll go over it against everybody always keeps saying, Man, 375 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: I hope the Cincinnati Bengals don't get in over I 376 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: don't care if the Cincinnata the Bills are right where 377 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 2: they want to be. Think about where they're at. I mean, 378 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 2: they've they've hung forty points in three of the last 379 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 2: four games on teams. You got a three game winning streak, 380 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: get it into the plow at playoffs, and they got 381 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:47,880 Speaker 2: a week off and they've had they've had it sewed 382 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 2: up for five weeks. 383 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: The Cleveland Browns are gonna start Bailey Zappi at quarterback 384 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: for Saturday's regular season finale against Baltimore. Talk about a 385 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: layup for the Ravens UH to win the AFC. North 386 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: Brown's coach Kevin Stefanski said after Thursday's practice that he 387 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: would first inform the quarterbacks of his plans, but that 388 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: he expected to play both Zappie and Dorian Thompson Robinson, 389 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: who started the past two games. 390 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 2: So the uh. That will be the fortieth quarterback that 391 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 2: the Browns have started since they league forty. I saw that. 392 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: I saw the list all started with Tim Couch. 393 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: Forty their first trip. 394 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: For you, it's gone from there. 395 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 2: Wow, it's it's they have been wandering in the wilderness. 396 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 2: And I'll say this, it's a tough place to live. 397 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 2: They've swung big, you know, Deshaun Watson and all that, 398 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 2: they swung Baker the Baker Mayfield, and they have not 399 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 2: been able to do it. And and you got to 400 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 2: think too, at some point it's not. It's not always 401 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 2: the guys they're picking that is the problem. And that's 402 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,840 Speaker 2: where you get into a black hole where you never get. 403 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: Another organization that has failed in the area of player development. Yeah, 404 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 1: the Browns have, the Bears have, the Jets have. You 405 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: want to know you can draft the best talent you want. 406 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: They don't get better when you get there. 407 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 2: I'll say this. We know we've been in the debate 408 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 2: has been raging about Lamar and Josh for the MVP. 409 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 2: Both those guys are unbelievable. They were the fourth and 410 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 2: fifth guys or the third and fifth guys picked in 411 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 2: that draft class in twenty eighteen. The Baltimore Ravens. Not 412 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 2: that the Bills have done a bad job about it, 413 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 2: because obviously they haven't, but the Baltimore Ravens have conducted 414 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: a master's class on how to pick, support and develop 415 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 2: a quarterback with a unique skill set in Lamar Jackson. 416 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 2: When they got him, they had Joe Flacco, who think 417 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: about it, Joe flackettle more different was and a homegrown 418 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 2: drafted player that they developed to get and they unceremoniously 419 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 2: kicked him to the curb and supported went all in 420 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 2: with Lamar. They he couldn't throw it, they could run it. 421 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 2: So they got an offensive coordinator to run the ball, 422 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 2: big offensive lineman. They got what's the fullback's name, three 423 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 2: hundred pounds full back. They made a public statement said, listen, 424 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 2: we need our wide receivers to bar ain't wide receivers 425 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 2: wearing neck rolls out there because they're running the ball 426 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 2: so much. But they won games doing it. Then they 427 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 2: doubled down and said okay, and to his credit, Lamar 428 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 2: got better. Then they got another offensive coordinator. They got 429 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,439 Speaker 2: rid of Greg Roman. They brought in whoever it was 430 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 2: before Todd munkin. There's an interim, So they got another guy, 431 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 2: and now Lamar is throwing it a little better, a 432 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: little better, a little better. Then they doubled down and 433 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 2: got him a generational talent running back, and then they 434 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 2: got him a wide receiver and zave flyer. They have 435 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 2: ran a master's class because they stayed patient with him. 436 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: They played to his strengths. They believe that he would 437 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: get better when he needed to get better, or in 438 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 2: areas that he would need to get better, and he did. 439 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: They have run an absolute master class on how to 440 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 2: make a quarterback successful who everybody had doubts about and 441 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 2: you know they're reaping the benefits from it. The guy's 442 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 2: given him two MVPs already and he's in a heated 443 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: debate for a third. He is, but that organization deserves 444 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 2: a mountain of credit for developing that guy, staying with him, 445 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 2: doubling down when they had a chance to get You 446 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 2: know what, how do you think the Jets would have 447 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 2: handled that? You think they would have been patient with that. 448 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 2: You think they would have let him grow into a 449 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 2: passing game. You know, would the Cleveland Browns have done that? 450 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 2: You know, Arizona, all these you name these teams that 451 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 2: you know, Chicago. 452 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: You see what they're doing with Caleb Williams. I mean that, 453 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: you know they just and what they did with Justin Fields. 454 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 2: The Baltimore Bravens deserve a ton of credit for that 455 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 2: process over the years that they have put into Lamar, 456 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,640 Speaker 2: and he's rewarded them. I mean, the guy's a tremendous 457 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 2: athlete and a great quarterback and that. But that's how 458 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 2: you do it right there. And that's so yeah, And 459 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: I get the heed a debate between Lamar and Josh 460 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 2: and Joe Burrows on that in that and and you 461 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 2: know Darnold's in that conversation. All these guys, you know Saquon, 462 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 2: but man oh Man Lamar and the Baltimore Ravens have 463 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 2: been quite the relationship. Yeah. 464 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: Final note from around the NFL. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry 465 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: Jones said this week he's not under any unusual time 466 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: frame when it comes to deciding head coach Mike McCarthy's future. 467 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: But there is a time frame in place. That's because 468 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 1: McCarthy's contract is set to expire on January fourteenth, just 469 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: nine days after Sunday season finale at home against Washington, 470 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 1: So not much of an exclusive negotiating window here for 471 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,680 Speaker 1: the Cowboys with McCarthy, there are going to be jobs open. 472 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: You let his contract toll. If you're Mike McCarthy's agent, 473 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: are you counting on Jerry Jones like re signing him. 474 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: If I'm Mike McCarthy's agent, I am begging Jerry Jones 475 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 2: to resign him. Yeah, that I mean's cherryll Is Tappird's seat. 476 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: I will say that the Cowboys this year were not 477 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: a team that looked like they sweat the details. But 478 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: if there is any feather that Mike McCarthy can put 479 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: in his cap. It's that even after they were eliminated 480 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: from playoff contention, they did play hard for their head 481 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: coach down the stretch there and actually won a couple 482 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: of games that nobody thought they should have any business 483 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: winning with their season. 484 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: All but over, I'm unimpressed by that. Okay, if you're 485 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 2: not going to play hard as an NFL player, what 486 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:29,360 Speaker 2: are you doing? 487 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: I get it. 488 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 2: You're getting paid to do it. Go do it. You're 489 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 2: pro It may not be fun or enjoyable, you may 490 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 2: not get have the brass ring at the end of it, 491 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,199 Speaker 2: you got. Playing hard is a given in the NFL. Now, 492 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 2: I'm not saying it ain't easy. It's easy. It's hard, 493 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 2: particularly when you know the playoffs are gone. But they're 494 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 2: playing for their own careers and all that too, So 495 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,800 Speaker 2: there's a lot in there. Yeah, I'm and maybe those 496 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 2: guys like Mike McCarthy enough because he runs a loose 497 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 2: ship and they know they want Mike Grabil comes in 498 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 2: there and all of a sudden, you know, they're doing 499 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 2: push ups at six am and they're eating nails for breakfast, right, 500 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 2: So maybe there's a little bit of that going on. 501 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 2: But uh, the Cowboys. Hey, if Mike McCarthy, if Mike 502 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 2: McCarthy wants to get go interview for another job, well 503 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 2: I don't. 504 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,720 Speaker 1: Know that he does, but I'm not kidding. If he 505 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: doesn't have a new job or a new contract by 506 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: the time his current one expires, like I can take 507 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: care of new Marono there. 508 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 2: I get it. Yeah, sure, And and it isn't And 509 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,360 Speaker 2: let's face it, it is unusual, right, it is unusual. 510 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 2: Usually these things are tied up and buttoned up. Either 511 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 2: they know they're gonna part either they've told him they're 512 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 2: gonna part ways at the end of the season, or 513 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 2: they already have. You don't let the guy coach to 514 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 2: the end of the contract without having another guy in 515 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 2: place or a plan that is made public. 516 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: Let's crack open the OBL Friday fan mailbag, where we're 517 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: answering any and all of your questions either at eight 518 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 1: h three oh five fifty one eighty eight five fifty 519 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: two five fifty or on the tweets sheet at One 520 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: Bill's Live. And we begin today with Andrew in Orchard Park. 521 00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: What do you got for? Is Andrew your on One 522 00:27:59,000 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: Bill's Live. 523 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 3: Thanks for taking the call. Guys, It's just funny to 524 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 3: get an idea with a little bit of anxiety coming 525 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 3: in here that the Bills are actually gonna, you know, 526 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 3: not play Cincinnati at the seventh seed. 527 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 4: And like how realistic it is to think that Denver 528 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: could actually lose this game to Kansas City playing a 529 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 4: bunch of twos and threes and Carson wentz because I 530 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 4: don't want any part of Cincinnati, especially with the heater 531 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 4: that they're on and Burrough playing like he is is 532 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 4: and because I know these games do happen. I remember 533 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 4: Sale talking about Tennessee losing beating Jacksonville. Maybe it was two, 534 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 4: two or three years ago. Jacksonville controlled it their own destiny, 535 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 4: they needed to win to get in, and Tennessee was 536 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,960 Speaker 4: playing for nothing. And I just I can't imagine us 537 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 4: actually going in and stars aligning to play since the 538 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 4: and having a shootout just come down to the wire. 539 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 4: So wondering your thoughts and if that's actually gonna be 540 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 4: a possibility here. 541 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Cincinnati's got the hardest path to get 542 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: the seventh seed because they not only have to win, 543 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: but Cincinnati and Miami have to lose. Now you've got 544 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: Miami playing with a backup quarterback. I kind of almost 545 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: wonder a little bit, Steve, about how Kansas City views 546 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: it now. Are they terrified of Cincinnati. No, but that 547 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: is the only team that's ousted them and kept them 548 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: from returning to the Super Bowl a couple of years ago. 549 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: Do you think since Kansas City thinks that far ahead 550 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: and says, let's just let Denver win so they can 551 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: be the seventh seed and we don't have to worry 552 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: about Cincinnati being in the playoff picture, Kansas City lays 553 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: down against Denver this week to let Denver be the 554 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: number seven seed and avoid Cincinnati altogether. I mean, they've 555 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 1: got control. 556 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 2: I am not worried about this. 557 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: I know you're not. 558 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 2: But fans clear they beat the Cowboys, the Titans, the Browns, 559 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 2: and the Broncos in a four game winning streak. Give 560 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 2: me a break. They're not good. You're thinking they're the 561 00:29:58,040 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 2: team from two years ago. They're not the team for 562 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 2: two years and they're not. So just look at that. 563 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 2: They're not even the offense from two years ago. They 564 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 2: can't run it. 565 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: They can't run it, but they are the number one 566 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: passing team in football. 567 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 2: That's fine. Let them know they're they are what their 568 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 2: record says they are. There's no escaping it. They beat 569 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 2: They're on this big heat. They lost to the Ravens, 570 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 2: the Chargers, and the Steelers in three in a row, 571 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 2: all the way past their bye week in week thirteen. 572 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 2: Then they beat the Cowboys by seven, They beat Tennessee 573 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 2: by ten, they beat Cleveland by eighteen sixteen, right in Tennessee. Yeah, 574 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 2: and they got by Denver by less than one possession. 575 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 2: So yeah, come on, don't Yeah, Steve is, you're un 576 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 2: You're worried about monsters under the bed and there ain't 577 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 2: nothing down there but lin balls. Okay, And on that note, 578 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 2: and I'll say this too, you're right, it is. It 579 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 2: is very unlikely they do. Because the Miami Dolls are 580 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 2: used to playing without Tua. They're gonna go in there 581 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,440 Speaker 2: with t Huntley, and the Jets are are they're warm 582 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 2: enough to stick a fork in them done, and they're 583 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 2: in New York. Nobody's gonna be at that game, and 584 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 2: the people that are are going to have good reason 585 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 2: to boo their own team, and they're gonna love doing it. 586 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 2: They they they they love it. So the Dolphins are 587 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 2: gonna win. Denver's got a good shot at beating Kansas City. 588 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 2: They're at home. Denver's at home, and don't forget, Denver 589 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 2: is going to have an enormous chip on their shoulder 590 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 2: from the block field goal that cost them the game 591 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,280 Speaker 2: in Kansas City in the first. 592 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: Meeting with the Chiefs. 593 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 2: So a lot has to happen for Cincinnati get in 594 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 2: because Cincinnati wasn't good enough to stop digging a hole 595 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 2: that they couldn't dig out of. So, yeah, for they're 596 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 2: not on a they're not on a heater. They're they're 597 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 2: at a buffet of bad teams coming down the stretch. 598 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. Now we'll take a break and when we come back, 599 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: more of your phone calls. On anbl Friday fan mailbag 600 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 1: edition of One Bill's Live, presented by Colida Health. 601 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 5: This is Buffalo Bills Radio. 602 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: This week's Collision course is brought to you by Gabe's Collision. 603 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: Gabe's Collision, the official auto collision repair center of the 604 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. Get back in the game. This week, it's 605 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: Buffalo's receivers against the Patriots secondary. They will both look 606 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: different going into this game. Christian Gonzales, the top draft 607 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 1: pick of a couple of years ago and their number 608 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: one corner. It's been dealing with concussion. He's in concussion 609 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: protocol this week and the latest is he was not 610 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: seen out on the practice field today, so that could 611 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: force them to do some juggling. They're already juggling. Jonathan 612 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: Jones has replaced Marcus Jones, who's out for the year, 613 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: at nickel corner. Jones usually Jonathan Jones usually plays on 614 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: the outside. He has shifted to nickel corner. Alex Austen, 615 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: the former Bill's seventh round draft choice, is now one 616 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: of the starting outside corners, but now Gonzales, the other 617 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: starting outside corner, may not play this week, so that 618 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: could be interesting through the matchups here. 619 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 2: I didn't Sean McDermott spoke to the media today and 620 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 2: I was gonna ask him, and I decided not to. 621 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 2: I was like, how are they going to handle the 622 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 2: reps at white out? Because think about it, they got 623 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 2: this everybody eats mentality, so everybody plays, Well, what if 624 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 2: they don't want anybody to play right? Well, then who 625 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 2: what's the hierarchy there? And which guys that didn't need 626 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 2: the reps or or you don't want to risk or 627 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:40,720 Speaker 2: or both they need the reps and you don't want 628 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 2: to risk him like a Keon Coleman, you know, who 629 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 2: seems to have been, you know, maybe a little bit 630 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 2: fragile this season, been in and out of the lineup 631 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 2: with injuries. And Amari Cooper. I mean there's a ten 632 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 2: year vet. You want him out there in a fourth 633 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 2: problem preseason game. So and then you've got well, then 634 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 2: you get down list way. You want those guys out there. 635 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 2: Khalil's out there, you know, and Sanders is questionable, so 636 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:09,839 Speaker 2: you're down one there. I'm sorry, yeah, Curtis Samuel. So 637 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 2: it's really I was really I'm really interested to see 638 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 2: what the core looks like when they're out there. Is 639 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 2: Shaver's going to be up again? 640 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:23,240 Speaker 1: Can't be. He's already had three elevations now, So it's like, okay, 641 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,160 Speaker 1: you know, you can bring up kJ Hamler. He's a 642 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: receiver on the practice squad, has only been elevated once 643 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: this season, so he would be an option. 644 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 2: So you could call him up, right, Because this is evations. 645 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 2: This is also where you get a thing like the 646 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:40,719 Speaker 2: problem with Codrington. Who's a defensive back. Who's your kick 647 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:47,279 Speaker 2: returner and punt returner? Okay, well, yeah, so you don't have. 648 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 2: You know, if you bring up kJ Hamler, you could 649 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 2: have him do that and sit Condrington and go a 650 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:54,280 Speaker 2: light on the defense. 651 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: Codrington to play corner. 652 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, you might want him to come in for Rasull Douglas. 653 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,879 Speaker 1: So now you now you understand the dilemma. 654 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean believe me, if they could, Brownie and 655 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 2: I would be lining up at corner for them this week. 656 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 2: They would though they'd still do they wouldn't care about 657 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 2: you and me and our and our pride. We keep 658 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 2: by Golly Russell Douglas and show up healthy and the 659 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 2: wild card weekend if sitting over there ball but that's 660 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 2: where that's where they're at. They've got, you know, they 661 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,400 Speaker 2: haven't got enough options to rest every single guy that 662 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 2: needs to be wrested or would like to be rested. 663 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,200 Speaker 2: You know, the offensive line we talked about the limitations there. Yep, 664 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 2: you might switch out four of them mm hmm, but 665 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 2: somebody's got to play. 666 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, not everybody's gonna be sitting because you just can't 667 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 1: make that work. The number then too difficult to you know, permutate. 668 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 2: The problem is then you got here's the problem and 669 00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 2: this this is where it gets dicey. So you play 670 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,879 Speaker 2: through the first half, and like Dion Dawkins is sitting down, 671 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 2: Spencer Brown's sitting down, David Edwards is sitting down, and 672 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 2: you got Connor in there snapping to Mike White with 673 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 2: Cybo next to him, Osirus Torrence Well, then Vander Market 674 00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 2: left tackled, twinks his ankle. Okay, all right, now, Dion 675 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,279 Speaker 2: get ready. Well he's been over there eating sunflower seeds 676 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 2: in a baseball cap for an hour. Yeah, now he's 677 00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 2: got to go back in finish the hat. That's that's 678 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 2: kind of where it gets dis little so uh, it's 679 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 2: it's he said it today mcnermu said today it's really 680 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:39,240 Speaker 2: a strange time. 681 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: Of the needles to thread for sure. Uh. Back to 682 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: the phones and to Oliver and Rochester. What do you 683 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:45,239 Speaker 1: got for this? 684 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 2: Oliver? 685 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: First, go bills, Go bills. 686 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,719 Speaker 4: Do you think von Miller will hit his one point 687 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 4: five million, one second center this week? 688 00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 6: And do you think he deserves it? 689 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 2: I'll tell you but if he gets if he hits it, 690 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:02,120 Speaker 2: he'll deserve it. 691 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: If I'm not sure he's gonna play enough. 692 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,880 Speaker 2: That's just it. They'll give him a chance to get it, 693 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 2: but it won't be like one hundred percent of the 694 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 2: defensive snaps, So he has a chance to do that. 695 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: I mean, as it is, he's only averaging about twenty 696 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: five to thirty snaps a game. I would expect him 697 00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:25,439 Speaker 1: to play half of that Sunday if at all, Right, 698 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 1: don't I don't even know if he's gonna dress. 699 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's good question too. 700 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna dress. 701 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 2: I'll say this. They might let him go, but I 702 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 2: would say this, he's gonna I think Javon Solomon's gonna 703 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 2: get a lot of run. Yes, you know all of that. So, yeah, 704 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,760 Speaker 2: they'll give him a chance to do that. Yes, Oliver, 705 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 2: I believe they will give him a chance to do it. 706 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 2: If he gets it, he will deserve it because it's 707 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 2: an eighteen games get an eighteen week season, and he's 708 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:58,959 Speaker 2: he's put time in. That's the way it goes. So yeah, 709 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 2: I think they'll give him a chance. But it won't 710 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 2: be like all or nothing. You're gonna go in there. 711 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,600 Speaker 2: I'll say this though, too. If he goes in there 712 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 2: and gets a sack and a half or two sacks 713 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,919 Speaker 2: on the first series, he may sit down. 714 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not convinced he's gonna suit up man, maybe 715 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:16,480 Speaker 1: he might be a healthy inactive. 716 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:17,839 Speaker 2: I'll say that. I'll go out and let and say 717 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 2: this though too. If he does not suit up, he's 718 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 2: gonna be okay with it. 719 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,799 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he wants to play in playoff games. 720 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, they'll talk to him about it and he'll say, no, 721 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 2: it's cool, let's go. I'm cool with it. He might 722 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 2: they if he wants to go for that, they will 723 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,320 Speaker 2: let him do it because that's the kind of culture. 724 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,800 Speaker 2: They want to that. That's the way they do business. 725 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,960 Speaker 2: They are all about the players and give them what. 726 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 2: They give them everything they need to be as successful 727 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 2: as they want to be. They're in their corner, so 728 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 2: they're gonna make every effort to well, just like they 729 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 2: did Josh. They're letting Josh do the streak, even if 730 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 2: it's just for one snap or one series, So they'll 731 00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 2: they'll do that for Vaughn if he really really wants it. 732 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go to Aaron out in Oregon. What do 733 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:03,279 Speaker 1: you got, fir Us? Aaron? 734 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 6: Hey, guys, Hey, I admire you guys for talking about 735 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 6: the Bills for two hours every day on weeks like 736 00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 6: this when the game doesn't really matter at all. 737 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 2: So don't admire this. 738 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: Admire when we're doing it in June. 739 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, May and June is when you really need to 740 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 2: you know, up your head, go ahead erin. 741 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 6: Well, I first wanted to say I want to play 742 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 6: the Broncos only because I want the Broncos to beat 743 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 6: the Chiefs. I always want the Chiefs to lose. So 744 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,400 Speaker 6: if the Chiefs lose, then the Broncos are our matchups. 745 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 6: So I'm like Steve, I think we can beat any 746 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 6: of those three, but I hate the Chiefs so so first, 747 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 6: and then the Jets and their decision making. I would 748 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,879 Speaker 6: not be surprised if they pick Rex Ryan. I mean, 749 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,319 Speaker 6: if they do, more power to them. We kind of 750 00:39:55,360 --> 00:40:01,440 Speaker 6: know how that might end. So I also I wonder, like, 751 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 6: you know, if they have two finalists and they're kind 752 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,920 Speaker 6: of trying to decide, if they'll maybe have them played 753 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,319 Speaker 6: Madden against each other to. 754 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 1: Just wow, wow, look at that Aaron with some shots 755 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: fired on the on the ownership, look at that. 756 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,920 Speaker 6: And then lastly, I just wanted to think about, you know, 757 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,240 Speaker 6: this week, it is tough to to you know, really 758 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 6: be like excited about watching the game or whatever. I 759 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:34,760 Speaker 6: don't have like a relationship hotline thing for this week, 760 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 6: but I do have to work two Sundays every month. 761 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 6: I tried to put in my schedule and and just 762 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 6: kind of slide through and not work any Sundays, but 763 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:50,840 Speaker 6: the boss caught it. So I just wonder, like, is 764 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,360 Speaker 6: there a tried and true way to kind of like 765 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,319 Speaker 6: do your job while you're watching the bills on your 766 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 6: phone on the side that you guys. 767 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 2: Uh, well, if you're running a public utility, don't do that. 768 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. And if you're working an assembly line with heavy machinery, 769 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,439 Speaker 1: don't do that either. You want to keep all ten 770 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,959 Speaker 1: fingers and limbs and your hair. 771 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 2: So yes, let me just give you a piece of advice. 772 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,560 Speaker 2: Ask if you can just have it on in the background, 773 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,200 Speaker 2: have Brownie and Eric on in the background, listen to 774 00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 2: it on the radio. Yeah, just put an earpiece in, 775 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,080 Speaker 2: put an ear piece in, listen to the game on 776 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 2: the radio. Brownie does a fantastic job him, and he 777 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 2: would you can paint the picture for you. So this 778 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 2: is what I would do. 779 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,280 Speaker 1: If you're if you have a job that requires safety 780 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:43,120 Speaker 1: goggles or any kind of protective equipment that is correct, 781 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,400 Speaker 1: please do not watch the game while you are working. Yeah, please, 782 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: And that's our public service message for today, because do 783 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: not put yourself for any of your co workers at 784 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,840 Speaker 1: risk to watch a Bill's game. You put the earpiece in. 785 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 1: I'm I'm Eric, and I are happy to bring you 786 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:02,799 Speaker 1: the action via audio. Let's go to Paul in Arizona X. 787 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:03,399 Speaker 1: What's up Paul. 788 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 7: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Hey, the reason 789 00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,839 Speaker 7: I'm calling is we're traveling for the game and I'm 790 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,759 Speaker 7: wondering what the different scheduling scenarios are, whether the game 791 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,680 Speaker 7: is going to be on Sunday or Monday, and that 792 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:19,440 Speaker 7: does it depend on who we play? 793 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 2: It does probably depend on who the Bills play. Notoriously, 794 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:28,040 Speaker 2: the Bills have played on a Saturday in the playoffs 795 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,440 Speaker 2: because like they'll do the AFC teams from the smaller 796 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:34,960 Speaker 2: markets on the Saturday four point thirty window of the 797 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 2: early game, first game out of the box. But since 798 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 2: you've got Josh and depending on the matchup, so if 799 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:48,520 Speaker 2: it's Josh and Tua, if it's or if they think 800 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:51,840 Speaker 2: that there's a chance for a snow game here in 801 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 2: Buffalo in a night game or something like that, they 802 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,000 Speaker 2: may push them into one of those games so they 803 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,440 Speaker 2: can get a freakishly weathered kind of event in Buffalo, 804 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,040 Speaker 2: so more people will see it. It doesn't really matter for 805 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,520 Speaker 2: the networks because every single game, the two on Saturday 806 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 2: and the three on Sunday are all standalone, and the 807 00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:09,120 Speaker 2: one on Monday, And. 808 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:13,279 Speaker 1: Just so you know, the times are as follows Saturday 809 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:19,800 Speaker 1: four thirty eight pm, Sunday one four thirty, eight fifteen, 810 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,280 Speaker 1: and then you have the Monday night game, right obviously, 811 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,360 Speaker 1: so at eight fifteen. 812 00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 2: You'll find out the matchups. And what will happen is 813 00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:31,840 Speaker 2: they'll say okay, once these games over are over this weekend. Actually, 814 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,440 Speaker 2: probably about two thirds of the way through the games, 815 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,799 Speaker 2: you'll start getting a heads up about okay, if this, 816 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,319 Speaker 2: then that right, if the Bills, if the Bills win 817 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,440 Speaker 2: or lose, or not even the Bills. 818 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,600 Speaker 1: If Denverill Wind draws Denver. 819 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:52,080 Speaker 2: Right, If the draws Denver, then the Bill's Denver play here. 820 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,640 Speaker 2: If the draw is Miami, the Bills draw is here. 821 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,640 Speaker 2: If the Bills play Cincinnati, you can bet that'll be 822 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,120 Speaker 2: the eight pm game on sat. Saturday, or it'll be 823 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,279 Speaker 2: the four to twenty five or eight pm game on Sunday. 824 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,839 Speaker 1: Gotta take a break here. When we return We've got 825 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,360 Speaker 1: a Snapdragon Apple lunch break. We'll tell you what's on 826 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,239 Speaker 1: the menu this week when we return here on one 827 00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,359 Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Stay with us on an obl Friday fan 828 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:32,319 Speaker 1: mail Bear time now for a lunch break presented by 829 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,600 Speaker 1: Snapdragon Apples. Whether you're watching from home or tailgating before 830 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,839 Speaker 1: the game, Snapdragon apples are the ultimate addition to your 831 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: game day spread. Packed with Snapdragon apples, roasted squash, walnuts, 832 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: and feta, the Snapdragon Apple Quinwa Salad is a nutritious 833 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:53,880 Speaker 1: New Year's option for tailgating or a satisfying postgame meal. 834 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,760 Speaker 1: It's a great way to bring variety to the table 835 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,040 Speaker 1: and the perfect prep ahead meal option for a satisfying 836 00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,960 Speaker 1: lunch throughout the week. Can find fresh snap Dragon apples 837 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,880 Speaker 1: at grocery stores across the country, including Wegmans. Try the 838 00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:14,359 Speaker 1: snap Dragon Apple Quinoa salad for yourself by visiting Snapdragon 839 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:19,880 Speaker 1: Apple dot com slash recipes to get the full recipe. 840 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 2: I did. 841 00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:24,080 Speaker 1: I did like the contrast, Steve, between the juiciness of 842 00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:29,480 Speaker 1: the apple chunks and the cranberry, the dried cranberries that 843 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,640 Speaker 1: are in there. I'm a big trail mixed guy with 844 00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,080 Speaker 1: dried fruit so seeing those dried cranberries in there kind 845 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,880 Speaker 1: of piqued my interest. And then the feti cheese provides 846 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,120 Speaker 1: a nice little finish there. 847 00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, you've got a much more highly developed palette than 848 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,000 Speaker 2: I do. I gotta say it was good. 849 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:51,480 Speaker 1: And you know, quenwa. I have to credit my wife 850 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,360 Speaker 1: for this. I was introduced to queenwa by my wife. 851 00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:57,879 Speaker 1: I think women are the gateway for men to keeen 852 00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,120 Speaker 1: war right, that is, they deserve. 853 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:02,879 Speaker 2: All the credit. I would co sign on that. 854 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: But uh, there, I was unaware as to how versatile, 855 00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:10,319 Speaker 1: how many times quen wha could be? 856 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,359 Speaker 2: How many times did you pronounce keenwah before you got 857 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:14,759 Speaker 2: it right? Well read it? 858 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:20,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, my kids when they first saw it in the house, 859 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:21,520 Speaker 1: they're like, what's this quinola? 860 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,440 Speaker 2: That's what I did? What's quinoa? 861 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:24,799 Speaker 1: Yeah? 862 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,440 Speaker 2: It's like what, No, it's not it. That doesn't spell quenoa. 863 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,880 Speaker 1: If I'm having just quenoa as a side to like 864 00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:36,920 Speaker 1: a dinner dish, I like the roasted red pepper quenwa 865 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:42,040 Speaker 1: flavor the best. There's some other ones too, like rosemary 866 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,680 Speaker 1: and garlic. That's a good one, But this one I 867 00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:46,720 Speaker 1: don't even know which one they used for this particular, 868 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:48,680 Speaker 1: I'll have to go check the recipe at the site 869 00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:52,920 Speaker 1: Snapdragon Apple dot com slash recipes. But yeah, and the 870 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,759 Speaker 1: of course, you know, the apple chunks in there kind 871 00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:59,880 Speaker 1: of crisp it up. It's almost like the apples replaced 872 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,720 Speaker 1: the crispiness of lettuce in a keenwa salad, because obviously 873 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,960 Speaker 1: you don't have lettuce in a keenwa salad. So the 874 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:10,960 Speaker 1: Snapdragon apple chunks are valuable in terms of providing some 875 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:12,800 Speaker 1: kind of texture. 876 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:13,759 Speaker 2: To the salad here. 877 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 1: So that's what I appreciate it. There's squashing there too, 878 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:18,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not a huge squash fan, but you don't 879 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,040 Speaker 1: even taste it with all the other stuff in there, 880 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:23,360 Speaker 1: So I'm eating healthier than I normally would. How about that? 881 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:25,719 Speaker 2: Just cut your thrill. 882 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,800 Speaker 1: That can tell we do have time to squeeze in 883 00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,879 Speaker 1: a phone call. But that is your Snapdragon Apple lunch 884 00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:34,240 Speaker 1: break today. You want to check out the apple Quenwa 885 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,120 Speaker 1: salad recipe, you go to Snapdragonapple dot com slash recipes. 886 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:41,759 Speaker 1: We go to Tom on the West Side. What do 887 00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,520 Speaker 1: you got for as Tom? You're on one Bill's Live. 888 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,880 Speaker 8: New of Yours guys, Yeah you too? I love me 889 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,360 Speaker 8: some fun of cheese. I work for the Greeks for 890 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:55,480 Speaker 8: multiple years. Hey, I would love to see that Bulls 891 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:59,920 Speaker 8: play Miami because I hate Miami and Aaron I appreciate 892 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 8: him bringing up Rex Ryan and the New York Jets 893 00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:07,600 Speaker 8: interviewing and I got a kick out of that. That 894 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:11,399 Speaker 8: would be a pleasure to see. But anyway, I don't 895 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,080 Speaker 8: think Denver is gonna lose. I think Denver is going 896 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,520 Speaker 8: to beat Case. But the most thing I'm looking forward 897 00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:22,600 Speaker 8: to Sunday is seeing the backups play, because everybody always 898 00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:26,880 Speaker 8: talks about the depth on the Bills, and they always 899 00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:31,480 Speaker 8: show up when they're called up, So I'm very looking 900 00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,160 Speaker 8: forward to seeing what they can produce on the field 901 00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:37,399 Speaker 8: against a weak New England team. 902 00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,200 Speaker 1: Is there a guy in particular you want to see 903 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,720 Speaker 1: Tom from the backup ranks? 904 00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:49,239 Speaker 8: Well? And reason Buffalo Joe obviously, and who else they're 905 00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:51,479 Speaker 8: going to bring up. I have no idea. You said 906 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:56,200 Speaker 8: they can't bring up Shavers again. But anyway, as far 907 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,640 Speaker 8: as Miami goes, you don't even know if Two's gonna 908 00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,600 Speaker 8: be able to playing that first game. If he's out 909 00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:05,759 Speaker 8: this week, he could be out next week. And then 910 00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,960 Speaker 8: I remember Skylor Thompson came in and gave the Bills 911 00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,600 Speaker 8: a scare. But I mean Huntley only put up twenty 912 00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:17,680 Speaker 8: against Cleveland. Now, I know Cleveland's got a good defense. 913 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:22,200 Speaker 8: Denver has a better defense, and I honestly believe we're 914 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,319 Speaker 8: gonna face Denver. So go ahead and talk about it, guys. 915 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:29,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, sure thing, Tom Yeah, I mean, Denver's a nice opponent. Actually, 916 00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,840 Speaker 1: if you want to get the lowdown on all of 917 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,680 Speaker 1: these potential playoff opponents for the Bills, you should check 918 00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:37,200 Speaker 1: out our podcast, Bills by the Numbers. We did a 919 00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,279 Speaker 1: deep dive into each possible playoff opponent in the wild 920 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,880 Speaker 1: card round, so you can go on the Bills YouTube 921 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,960 Speaker 1: channel and find it, or on any podcast platform and 922 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,359 Speaker 1: find it. Steve and I kind of really dove deep 923 00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:51,640 Speaker 1: into each potential playoff opponent, their pluses, their minuses, and 924 00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,640 Speaker 1: how they match up with the Bills. So be sure 925 00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:55,759 Speaker 1: to check that out. But I will tell you, yes, 926 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:58,480 Speaker 1: Denver's defense is very good. They lead the league in sacks. 927 00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:00,600 Speaker 1: They have fifty eight on the season, got one game 928 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:05,000 Speaker 1: to play, and you know their back end is strong, 929 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:08,800 Speaker 1: led by Patzertan obviously, but but they're good against the 930 00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:13,080 Speaker 1: run as well, good red zone defense, So yeah, they're 931 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:16,520 Speaker 1: they're a tough defensive side for sure, you know. And 932 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,719 Speaker 1: Nick's with the help of Sean Payton, does just enough 933 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,080 Speaker 1: on offense to help them win games. And one more 934 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:21,560 Speaker 1: and they'll. 935 00:50:21,560 --> 00:50:23,799 Speaker 2: They've got a recipe. Just like every team, They've got 936 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,920 Speaker 2: a recipe for winning games, and their defense is a 937 00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:29,279 Speaker 2: big part of it. They would have a hard even 938 00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,480 Speaker 2: given all their sacks that they have gotten so far, 939 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,839 Speaker 2: they would have a hard time sacking Josh quarterbacks. He's 940 00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,759 Speaker 2: hard to sack because of his athleticism, the fact that 941 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,600 Speaker 2: he can and like we had David Edwards in here 942 00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,400 Speaker 2: yesterday says, Josh can beat you with his legs, he 943 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:45,960 Speaker 2: can beat with his arm, he can beat with his brain, 944 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:49,279 Speaker 2: and he can beat you with his other guys, So 945 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,719 Speaker 2: it's he's he's a handful to defend. It's interesting to 946 00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,160 Speaker 2: me some of the people who hate have teams they hate. 947 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,279 Speaker 2: Like one guy called it, he hated Kansas City's. He 948 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,759 Speaker 2: wants them to get beat by Denver and so we 949 00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,520 Speaker 2: can play Denver. It doesn't matter. He just wants Kansas 950 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,839 Speaker 2: City to lose. Another guy hates Miami, so he wants 951 00:51:05,840 --> 00:51:08,759 Speaker 2: to see them win so we can play them. I 952 00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:11,120 Speaker 2: don't know how that works, but if you hate a team, 953 00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:12,520 Speaker 2: don't you want to see him lose and go home. 954 00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,040 Speaker 1: I think he wants the Bills to be the one 955 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:16,080 Speaker 1: he wants to send them home. 956 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:20,680 Speaker 2: And I'll say this too, h Rex Ryan in New York. 957 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:26,040 Speaker 2: There's I'm just putting my hands on my head here. 958 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:32,080 Speaker 2: There's just no way that the Jets could do that, 959 00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:35,560 Speaker 2: is there. There's just no way Rex is coming back 960 00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:36,440 Speaker 2: to coach the Jets. 961 00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,439 Speaker 1: I want to believe that is not the case. 962 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,920 Speaker 2: There is just no defense that is indefensible. 963 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:45,800 Speaker 1: And if they do that, all they're thinking about is 964 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,640 Speaker 1: how he took them to the AFC title game with 965 00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:50,240 Speaker 1: Mark Sanchez as his quarterback and back to back years 966 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,560 Speaker 1: in O nine and ten. What they're forgetting is how 967 00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:54,879 Speaker 1: horrifically it ended. 968 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:57,919 Speaker 2: What I think is worse than that. I think they're 969 00:51:57,960 --> 00:51:59,839 Speaker 2: just doing it for the media pop that they get. 970 00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:01,600 Speaker 2: They'll get attention. 971 00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:05,800 Speaker 1: That'll be short lived. Yeah, we have to take a 972 00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:08,600 Speaker 1: break here. Before we do, we'll let you know. The 973 00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:10,680 Speaker 1: final injury report came out for the Bills and it 974 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:14,360 Speaker 1: is as expected to rel Bernard out this week. Trending 975 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:15,960 Speaker 1: in the right direction to be back in the lineup 976 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:19,200 Speaker 1: next week for wild Card weekend, and Curtis Samuel questionable 977 00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:23,760 Speaker 1: with his rib injury. Everybody else good to go for Sunday. 978 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,240 Speaker 1: We'll take a break here. When we come back Greg Cosell, 979 00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,279 Speaker 1: senior producer from NFL Films, We'll talk some x's and 980 00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,120 Speaker 1: o's about the Patriots game, but also look ahead to 981 00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,799 Speaker 1: some possible playoff opponents. We'll get with Greg next here 982 00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:37,120 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Live. Stay with us. 983 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:26,959 Speaker 2: These One Bills Live presented by Kaleida Health. 984 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:29,839 Speaker 1: Our number two on a Friday means only one thing. 985 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:32,400 Speaker 1: It's time for us to huddle up with senior producer 986 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:35,160 Speaker 1: from NFL Films, Greg Cosell, also co host of ESPN's 987 00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:38,000 Speaker 1: NFL Matchup Show and Greg co Sell's Weekly segment presented 988 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:42,040 Speaker 1: by Scott Lonyard, an official commercial site work partner of 989 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:45,440 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Well, Greg, not a whole lot of sexy, 990 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,360 Speaker 1: not a whole lot of sizzle to this week eighteen 991 00:53:48,440 --> 00:53:51,760 Speaker 1: matchup between the Bills and the Patriots. Probably the biggest 992 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:53,880 Speaker 1: thing that will come out of the outcome of this 993 00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:56,160 Speaker 1: game is who has the number one pick in the draft. 994 00:53:56,680 --> 00:54:00,160 Speaker 1: If the Patriots lose, they will get it. If they win. 995 00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:02,120 Speaker 1: It makes things a little more dicey for them and 996 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,280 Speaker 1: the Titans and a couple of other teams. 997 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:08,359 Speaker 9: But uh, well, I guess it's fun for draft nicks 998 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,359 Speaker 9: because if the Patriots lose, a quarterback won't go number 999 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:12,040 Speaker 9: one in the draft. 1000 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:15,680 Speaker 1: That's right, And well, that's a commodity that should not 1001 00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:20,080 Speaker 1: be dismissed here, Greg, because as you know, this Patriots 1002 00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:22,720 Speaker 1: roster needs a lot of help and that's a huge 1003 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:26,000 Speaker 1: bargaining chip. They could trade that for multiple picks this 1004 00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:27,160 Speaker 1: year and next year. 1005 00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:30,359 Speaker 2: That's right, So there may be a quarterback up. Yeah. 1006 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:34,680 Speaker 9: I watched every Drake May snap, and I think given 1007 00:54:34,760 --> 00:54:37,960 Speaker 9: that the Old Lion is below average by NFL standards, 1008 00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,839 Speaker 9: and there's probably not a receiver on the roster who's 1009 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:43,759 Speaker 9: anything more than a number three by NFL standards, I 1010 00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,160 Speaker 9: thought Drake May had a pretty good season. So there's 1011 00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:48,279 Speaker 9: not gonna if they stay at one. If that's the 1012 00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,800 Speaker 9: way it plays out, they're not drafting a quarterback. 1013 00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:53,840 Speaker 2: Right And let me say, this is Drake May. And 1014 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,360 Speaker 2: we had Ben Vollin on yesterday and I made this statement. 1015 00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,600 Speaker 2: He said, yeah, you're right, Drake May's the most valuable 1016 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:03,880 Speaker 2: commodity in the building. I mean, he's certainly more valuable 1017 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,120 Speaker 2: than maybe Gerard Mayo is at this point. I mean 1018 00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:08,440 Speaker 2: that the franchise got to make sure he stays in 1019 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:12,279 Speaker 2: the building. Is it worth playing? Wouldn't you just like 1020 00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:13,600 Speaker 2: sit him down this weekend? 1021 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:15,080 Speaker 1: Uh? 1022 00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:17,200 Speaker 9: You know what, I probably would. It's funny you say 1023 00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:19,560 Speaker 9: that I probably would. You know, I think back. You know, 1024 00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:21,719 Speaker 9: I've done the Matchup Show for years and years, going 1025 00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:24,799 Speaker 9: back to the eighties and worked with Ron Juworski forever sure, 1026 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,480 Speaker 9: and Dick Vermeal used to come in, you know, probably 1027 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,440 Speaker 9: two three times a year, and because he lives outside 1028 00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,759 Speaker 9: of Philadelphia, and he and Jaws are obviously very close 1029 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:35,760 Speaker 9: because you know, he coached Jaws, and I remember Vermeil 1030 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,320 Speaker 9: and this always resonated with me, and I know you 1031 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,840 Speaker 9: guys can appreciate this. It's probably somewhat similar in your building. 1032 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,120 Speaker 9: Even though I don't think Sean McDermott would ever say 1033 00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:47,320 Speaker 9: it publicly, but Dick Vermeil said, when you draft a 1034 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,279 Speaker 9: quarterback in the top five in the draft, he said, 1035 00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:53,799 Speaker 9: everything in the building should be about making that guy 1036 00:55:53,880 --> 00:55:57,160 Speaker 9: a great player. He said, everything from the janitor to 1037 00:55:57,239 --> 00:56:00,960 Speaker 9: the coaching staff everything, you know, because if that guy 1038 00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,920 Speaker 9: doesn't make it, then everybody in the building's going to 1039 00:56:03,960 --> 00:56:06,719 Speaker 9: lose their job at some point. And you know, I 1040 00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:08,759 Speaker 9: think that that's there's a lot of truth to that. 1041 00:56:09,719 --> 00:56:12,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, And we heard Gerrod Mayo in the press conference 1042 00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:16,880 Speaker 1: this week, and even Alex Van Pelt, the offensive coordinator, 1043 00:56:16,920 --> 00:56:18,840 Speaker 1: when he met the media, said it is their intention 1044 00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:22,040 Speaker 1: to have Drake play. I'm just not convinced he's going 1045 00:56:22,080 --> 00:56:24,239 Speaker 1: to play the whole game because I do think they 1046 00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:26,040 Speaker 1: also want to get a look at that sixth round 1047 00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:28,759 Speaker 1: draft choice, Joe Milton, who obviously has a six to 1048 00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:30,600 Speaker 1: five frame, he's two hundred and forty four pounds, and 1049 00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:31,640 Speaker 1: he's got a rocket arm. 1050 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:33,520 Speaker 9: Yeah, I did him coming out. 1051 00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:37,360 Speaker 1: I don't know that he's as accurate as Drake may is, No, 1052 00:56:37,800 --> 00:56:42,000 Speaker 1: but knowing that Bill's fans have a chance of likely 1053 00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,239 Speaker 1: seeing him at some point on Sunday, what can you 1054 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:45,520 Speaker 1: tell us about Joe Milton? 1055 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:50,120 Speaker 9: Well, any quarterback, and it was the same with Hindon Hooker. 1056 00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:54,560 Speaker 9: Any quarterback that comes out of the Josh Heipel offense 1057 00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:57,800 Speaker 9: at Tennessee runs one of the purest versions of the 1058 00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:00,520 Speaker 9: air raid offense in the passing game that there is, 1059 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:03,400 Speaker 9: So that means that there's an emphasis on no huddle, 1060 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:08,840 Speaker 9: fast tempo, widespread formations, pure progression reads where quarterback's not 1061 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:13,160 Speaker 9: really taught to understand the subtleties and nuances of defenses 1062 00:57:13,239 --> 00:57:16,800 Speaker 9: and coverages. A high percentage of those throws are predetermined. 1063 00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,040 Speaker 9: So but then when you watch Milton, you see this 1064 00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:23,320 Speaker 9: arm that just looks like it's a cannon as opposed 1065 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,960 Speaker 9: to an arm. But he's just not very accurate. And 1066 00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:30,440 Speaker 9: that's you know, and again, as we know with Josh, 1067 00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:32,240 Speaker 9: you know a lot of people thought when he came out, 1068 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,280 Speaker 9: and you know, you guys probably felt the same way 1069 00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:36,720 Speaker 9: because no one knew that, God, this guy wasn't super 1070 00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:39,000 Speaker 9: accurate at Wyoming, what's going to happen when he gets 1071 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,960 Speaker 9: to the NFL? And boy if things changed, So now 1072 00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:45,040 Speaker 9: people think that, hey, maybe a guy can turn out 1073 00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:47,760 Speaker 9: to become more accurate. But you know, Milton was a 1074 00:57:47,800 --> 00:57:50,280 Speaker 9: guy that would have had to be introduced and learn 1075 00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:55,080 Speaker 9: NFL passing concepts, progressions. He had to learn defensive fronts, coverages, 1076 00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:58,760 Speaker 9: structures that he probably never seen before. So you know, 1077 00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:02,520 Speaker 9: for him, he's a prospect in the truest sense of 1078 00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:03,480 Speaker 9: the word prospect. 1079 00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it comes back to the philosophy and how 1080 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,240 Speaker 2: important Drake May is and you got to find out 1081 00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,200 Speaker 2: what you're gonna find out about your backup and them 1082 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,360 Speaker 2: going forward. But this is this is a team. You know, 1083 00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:21,760 Speaker 2: Christian Gonzales might be out with concussion. Both corners might 1084 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:26,200 Speaker 2: be out, So it's you're undermanned, You got the and 1085 00:58:26,480 --> 00:58:29,520 Speaker 2: it's a no win situation. You need to lose the 1086 00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:31,680 Speaker 2: game in order to win the first pick of the draft, 1087 00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:34,040 Speaker 2: and you don't want to win even if it does 1088 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,200 Speaker 2: mean seeing some young players play good. So the Patriots 1089 00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:38,560 Speaker 2: are any the quandary. 1090 00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:40,960 Speaker 9: You know, let me ask you guys this just as 1091 00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:42,960 Speaker 9: a as a general point. You know, Steve, you've been 1092 00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,040 Speaker 9: around the game a really long time. Brownie year, you're 1093 00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,880 Speaker 9: obviously right in the game. You know, when you have 1094 00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:50,840 Speaker 9: a young quarterback like that, you know their old line 1095 00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,560 Speaker 9: is not very good and they don't have skill positioned players. 1096 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,920 Speaker 9: Where would you start, like you're gonna I mean, this 1097 00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,320 Speaker 9: is not a one year deal. You know, they're not 1098 00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,560 Speaker 9: all of a sudden going to have everything next year. 1099 00:59:01,240 --> 00:59:02,240 Speaker 9: Where would you start? 1100 00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:06,840 Speaker 2: You gotta greg, you always start with the big guys 1101 00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:09,080 Speaker 2: up front, you gotta start at the big guys because 1102 00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,840 Speaker 2: they're more rare. They're more rare. You got good guys 1103 00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:17,000 Speaker 2: who can big, huge guys who can really play professional football, 1104 00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,720 Speaker 2: who are smart enough, committed enough, and trained well enough 1105 00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:23,920 Speaker 2: are hard to find. They're more rare. Start there because athletes, 1106 00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:27,960 Speaker 2: not to be disrespectful, athletes are a dime a dozen. 1107 00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,240 Speaker 2: They're Every college team's full of guys that can run 1108 00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,160 Speaker 2: and jump and throw and catch. But you can't find 1109 00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:35,840 Speaker 2: you can't find quality big guys. 1110 00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:39,640 Speaker 9: So there's not one hundred and fifty d On Dawkins 1111 00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:40,480 Speaker 9: just sitting out there. 1112 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:46,960 Speaker 2: That's right, that's but yeah, yeah, the the you know, 1113 00:59:47,120 --> 00:59:50,280 Speaker 2: the Wilford, the wil the Vince will Forks and the 1114 00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:55,720 Speaker 2: Ted Washington's and the Aaron Donald's are rare, you know, 1115 00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:59,280 Speaker 2: even in the league. So you're just looking for guys 1116 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,480 Speaker 2: who can actually play and compete. So that's where you start. 1117 01:00:02,520 --> 01:00:03,560 Speaker 2: You got to start up front. 1118 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:05,520 Speaker 9: Yeah, And you know, it's funny you say that. It 1119 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:08,320 Speaker 9: reminded me of a conversation I had with John Gruden 1120 01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:09,960 Speaker 9: when I did the book with Ron Jaworski, and I 1121 01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:11,680 Speaker 9: got to talk to Gruden, who I know, and talk 1122 01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:13,640 Speaker 9: to him for a long time, because once you start 1123 01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:16,240 Speaker 9: talking to Gruden about football, you could put the phone down, 1124 01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:18,640 Speaker 9: walk away for three hours, come back and he's still talking. 1125 01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:21,640 Speaker 9: But he said that you do not have a pass 1126 01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:24,520 Speaker 9: game unless you can protect. And the bottom line is 1127 01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:27,280 Speaker 9: you can get all these cool skill guys on the perimeter. 1128 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:29,480 Speaker 9: And by the way, Steve, you're one hundred percent right, 1129 01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:32,600 Speaker 9: because wide receivers are the most drafted position in the 1130 01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:35,440 Speaker 9: in the draft every single year. There's a lot of 1131 01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:37,720 Speaker 9: guys even at smaller schools that we don't even know 1132 01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:40,320 Speaker 9: about that that can run four four us and can 1133 01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,920 Speaker 9: go and catch a football. But you know, if you 1134 01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:45,120 Speaker 9: can't protect your quarterback, you got nothing. 1135 01:00:45,440 --> 01:00:50,240 Speaker 1: Yeah right, let's let's kind of discuss the potential playoff 1136 01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,720 Speaker 1: opponents for Buffalo. Could be Denver, Okay, could be Miami, 1137 01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:56,840 Speaker 1: could be Cincinnati, although they need a lot to happen 1138 01:00:56,920 --> 01:01:00,840 Speaker 1: for that to come to fruition. Denver we have not 1139 01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:04,280 Speaker 1: seen much of, you know here in the East, and 1140 01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:07,360 Speaker 1: lead the league in sacks with fifty eight. They've got 1141 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:10,880 Speaker 1: a good defense, we know that. And bo Nix looks 1142 01:01:10,920 --> 01:01:13,760 Speaker 1: like he's established himself as the franchise quarterback for them 1143 01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:19,760 Speaker 1: going forward. But how equipped is that offense to go 1144 01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,400 Speaker 1: toe to toe with a team like Buffalo offensively. 1145 01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:29,360 Speaker 9: Well, I'll say this. The one area in which Denver 1146 01:01:29,520 --> 01:01:31,840 Speaker 9: has not done as well as I know Sean Payton 1147 01:01:31,840 --> 01:01:34,640 Speaker 9: would like is they've not been consistent running the football 1148 01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:37,600 Speaker 9: and that's been a very week to week thing. I 1149 01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:40,240 Speaker 9: think Deavonte Williams a player I really like coming out 1150 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:43,160 Speaker 9: of North Carolina. For whatever reason, it's not turned out 1151 01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:45,360 Speaker 9: for him in Denver, and I thought maybe this would 1152 01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:47,520 Speaker 9: be the year, you know, with bow Knicks there. And 1153 01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:49,120 Speaker 9: by the way, I got to know Bo Nick's a 1154 01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:53,000 Speaker 9: bit during the draft process. He is a super impressive kid. 1155 01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:57,320 Speaker 9: And he actually called the protections at Oregon and that's very, 1156 01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,720 Speaker 9: very rare, and I'm sure that's one reason why Sean 1157 01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,400 Speaker 9: Payton really wanted this kid. He traded up for him. 1158 01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:06,280 Speaker 9: He was the guy he targeted because this kid is 1159 01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:10,120 Speaker 9: super intelligent, has played a ton of college football. As 1160 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:12,760 Speaker 9: I said, called the protection, so he understood all that. 1161 01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:17,560 Speaker 9: He actually showed this year in the league a stronger 1162 01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:20,720 Speaker 9: arm than I personally thought he showed on tape in college. 1163 01:02:20,920 --> 01:02:23,480 Speaker 9: Now again, in college in that system, you didn't see 1164 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:26,640 Speaker 9: a lot of necessarily drive throws. And I know people 1165 01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:29,280 Speaker 9: respond to the throw he made last week, that long 1166 01:02:29,360 --> 01:02:30,920 Speaker 9: ball to mimes. That's not what I mean by a 1167 01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:34,560 Speaker 9: strong arm, you know. And if you're talking to Jim Kelly, 1168 01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:36,880 Speaker 9: he would tell you strong arms come from throwing a 1169 01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,560 Speaker 9: deep dig off your back foot at twenty four yards, 1170 01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:43,360 Speaker 9: you know, between a window throw between defenders. That's armstrang 1171 01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,960 Speaker 9: and Nix has shown the ability to do that all 1172 01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:48,840 Speaker 9: season long. And I think he's played at a really, 1173 01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,840 Speaker 9: you know, pretty high level given that he's a rookie quarterback. 1174 01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,880 Speaker 9: But defensively, they're an interesting team, Brownie. I mean, they've 1175 01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:58,080 Speaker 9: got a lot of good players that probably people in 1176 01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:00,680 Speaker 9: Buffalo are not familiar with. And they've got a lot 1177 01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:03,080 Speaker 9: of players on their front that can win one on one, 1178 01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:05,160 Speaker 9: you know, to rush the quarterbacks. So they do a 1179 01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:08,040 Speaker 9: really good job. And Vance Joseph's been a coordinator in 1180 01:03:08,120 --> 01:03:09,920 Speaker 9: this league for a long time. You guys, I'm sure 1181 01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:12,920 Speaker 9: know him well. You know, they do such a good 1182 01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:16,480 Speaker 9: job both schematically tactically, and they create one on ones 1183 01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:18,840 Speaker 9: as well, and they have guys who can win one 1184 01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:22,720 Speaker 9: on one. Zach Allen is a really really good defensive tackle. 1185 01:03:23,080 --> 01:03:26,440 Speaker 9: Those two edge guys Cooper and Benito. They can win 1186 01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,160 Speaker 9: one on one on the perimeter, and we know about 1187 01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:31,680 Speaker 9: Patrick Sartan on the back end. And they've got two 1188 01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:35,440 Speaker 9: safeties who I think one you'll know from Miami, Brandon Jones, 1189 01:03:35,720 --> 01:03:38,600 Speaker 9: who was very good in Miami, and the other PJ. Lock. 1190 01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:42,080 Speaker 9: Those are two really good safety In some ways, they're 1191 01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:45,080 Speaker 9: like Poyer and Hyde in that they might not have 1192 01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:48,680 Speaker 9: this national recognition that you know, people immediately say, oh boy, 1193 01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:51,400 Speaker 9: those are the best safeties, but they're just really good 1194 01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,720 Speaker 9: football players, just like Poyer and Hyde work for years 1195 01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:54,200 Speaker 9: in Buffalo. 1196 01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:57,600 Speaker 2: So you got this matchup this week with the Chiefs 1197 01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,680 Speaker 2: and they're playing Carson Wentz. I mean, how do you 1198 01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:03,080 Speaker 2: think this is going to go? Certainly, I told Brownie 1199 01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:05,560 Speaker 2: and our listeners, I think the Broncos have got a 1200 01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:07,680 Speaker 2: huge chip on their shoulder from the block field goal 1201 01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:09,000 Speaker 2: game early in the year. 1202 01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:12,560 Speaker 9: Yeah, and I think because Wentz has always shown a 1203 01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:16,080 Speaker 9: propensity to get sacked a lot, you know who knows. 1204 01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:19,040 Speaker 9: I mean, the watching the Chiefs offense with Mahomes has 1205 01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:22,160 Speaker 9: been kind of a really intriguing thing this year because 1206 01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:25,200 Speaker 9: it hasn't looked anything like in the past. But but 1207 01:04:25,480 --> 01:04:27,720 Speaker 9: you know, Wentz has always gotten sacked a lot. They 1208 01:04:27,760 --> 01:04:29,800 Speaker 9: can end up with six seven sacks in this game. 1209 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:32,920 Speaker 9: But they're a good defense. They're tough to play against. 1210 01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:35,120 Speaker 9: We know they have the shutdown corner that if they 1211 01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:37,440 Speaker 9: feel that they want to match him up to someone, 1212 01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:39,880 Speaker 9: they'll do that. You know, who knows if they play 1213 01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:42,240 Speaker 9: the Bills, whether they'll feel that way about Cooper. You know, 1214 01:04:42,320 --> 01:04:46,920 Speaker 9: we don't know that. But that's a very very good defense, 1215 01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:51,320 Speaker 9: you know. So that look, you get to the playoffs, 1216 01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:54,480 Speaker 9: teams are pretty good, you know. Now, do teams have 1217 01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:58,360 Speaker 9: some weaknesses, Sure that that's normally the case. But you know, 1218 01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,040 Speaker 9: when everybody obviously talks about Cincinnati, who needs a lot 1219 01:05:01,080 --> 01:05:03,680 Speaker 9: of help, you know, they need they can't get in 1220 01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:06,480 Speaker 9: unless what the Dolphins lose and the Broncos lose, Right, 1221 01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:07,480 Speaker 9: is that what it is? 1222 01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:07,720 Speaker 2: Yes? 1223 01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:11,560 Speaker 9: Right? Yeah? Because obviously the way Joe Burrow's playing, he's 1224 01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:13,760 Speaker 9: playing at a really, really high level. The game looks 1225 01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:15,160 Speaker 9: easy to Joe Burrow right now. 1226 01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Let's look at Miami, though, they just need Denver to 1227 01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:20,320 Speaker 1: lose and they need to win. Although that seems a 1228 01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,640 Speaker 1: little precarious right now. With Tyler Huntley slated to start 1229 01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:26,120 Speaker 1: for a second straight week, Mike McDaniel saying, today it 1230 01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:27,520 Speaker 1: doesn't look like two is going to be able to 1231 01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:30,360 Speaker 1: go with the hip injury, so it's back to Huntley. 1232 01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,440 Speaker 1: And those are two very different quarterbacks skill set wise, 1233 01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:36,000 Speaker 1: So the last couple of weeks, McDaniel has had to 1234 01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:40,960 Speaker 1: essentially make two game plans, one for each quarterback arguably. 1235 01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:44,600 Speaker 1: But the thing about Miami greg that's impressed me is 1236 01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:46,960 Speaker 1: the job Anthony Weaver has done since the Bills last 1237 01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:50,080 Speaker 1: saw them in Week nine. They're top ten across the 1238 01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:52,720 Speaker 1: board defensively now, and I look, look, I know they 1239 01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:56,400 Speaker 1: haven't been playing some great teams of late, but what 1240 01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:58,600 Speaker 1: Weaver has been able to do with that defensive unit 1241 01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:02,240 Speaker 1: down people you know, didn't have Bradley Chubb all season, 1242 01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:05,680 Speaker 1: lost Jalen Phillips, you know, Chop Robinson's coming on for him. 1243 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,520 Speaker 1: Have they kind of transformed themselves defensively into a more 1244 01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:12,840 Speaker 1: consistent unit. It certainly seems that way. 1245 01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:17,840 Speaker 9: Yeah, they've played really well defensively, and you know, Anthony Weaver. 1246 01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:19,520 Speaker 9: It's funny. I worked with a guy who played a 1247 01:06:19,760 --> 01:06:22,040 Speaker 9: very good friend of mine here at NFL Films named 1248 01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:25,080 Speaker 9: Darryl Campbell, who played with Anthony Weaver Notre Dame, so 1249 01:06:26,040 --> 01:06:28,920 Speaker 9: you know he knows Anthony obviously really really well. But no, 1250 01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:31,560 Speaker 9: they've played really well. You know a couple of guys 1251 01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:33,480 Speaker 9: who played really well that a lot of people I 1252 01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:35,960 Speaker 9: don't think know about. Or Zach Siler, who's another you 1253 01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:39,160 Speaker 9: know again I mentioned Zach Allen with Denver. Siler's along 1254 01:06:39,240 --> 01:06:43,480 Speaker 9: those lines. He's a really good defensive tackle. Even Benito Jones, 1255 01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:47,080 Speaker 9: they've gotten really good snaps from him. Inside. You guys 1256 01:06:47,160 --> 01:06:50,640 Speaker 9: obviously know Poyer, Boyer and Hollins a very good safety dandem. 1257 01:06:51,720 --> 01:06:54,400 Speaker 9: So you know this is this defense has played well. 1258 01:06:54,480 --> 01:06:57,920 Speaker 9: They probably don't have a true pass rusher, although Chop 1259 01:06:58,080 --> 01:07:00,120 Speaker 9: Robinson has certainly come on in the second half this 1260 01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:02,920 Speaker 9: season and showed a lot of the skills that showed 1261 01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,040 Speaker 9: up on you know when I evaluated him coming out 1262 01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:07,640 Speaker 9: of Penn State, and I just have to tell you 1263 01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:10,880 Speaker 9: I thought Hunley last week, I thought that was the 1264 01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:13,320 Speaker 9: best I've seen him play. I mean, he actually played. 1265 01:07:13,320 --> 01:07:14,600 Speaker 9: I don't know if you've got a chance to see it. 1266 01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:18,040 Speaker 9: I thought he played within a sense of rhythm, timing. 1267 01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:21,960 Speaker 9: You know, he looked like a timing player, which quite frankly, 1268 01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:25,200 Speaker 9: he has rarely ever looked like in the opportunity he's 1269 01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:27,600 Speaker 9: gotten in the league, which is why he's never really 1270 01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:29,760 Speaker 9: made it, and he's been with so many teams. But 1271 01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:32,160 Speaker 9: I thought last week was the best game he ever played. 1272 01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:34,600 Speaker 2: And I'll say this too, I think Mike McDaniel has 1273 01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:36,040 Speaker 2: a lot can take a lot of credit for that. 1274 01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:38,840 Speaker 2: The way he is constructed. He constructs a game plan 1275 01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:42,280 Speaker 2: around his career, but he does it masterfully with Tua. 1276 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:46,000 Speaker 2: And I think Hunley, the longer he plays, I think 1277 01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:48,640 Speaker 2: the better he'll get with Mike McDaniel, because I think 1278 01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:50,240 Speaker 2: that's what McDaniel does really well. 1279 01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,520 Speaker 9: I agree with you and and they have so much 1280 01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:56,320 Speaker 9: speed and they you know, it seems it always seems 1281 01:07:56,360 --> 01:07:58,480 Speaker 9: to me when I watched Miami, even with Tua, that 1282 01:07:58,600 --> 01:08:01,560 Speaker 9: the whole way they want to play is just to 1283 01:08:01,760 --> 01:08:04,960 Speaker 9: get guys in space that can run. Like sometimes I 1284 01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:07,240 Speaker 9: feel like they have to just go back to what 1285 01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,480 Speaker 9: Mike did when he was with the forty nine ers, 1286 01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:11,160 Speaker 9: which is just line up and you know, run the 1287 01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:14,440 Speaker 9: ball and you know, try to have some physicality. And 1288 01:08:14,520 --> 01:08:16,559 Speaker 9: sometimes I feel like that's not the way they play. 1289 01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:19,559 Speaker 9: And maybe, hey, again, he knows his players better than 1290 01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:22,000 Speaker 9: I do. He's dealing with an offensive center and Brewer 1291 01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:24,800 Speaker 9: who's probably two hundred and sixty pounds, So maybe you know, 1292 01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:27,280 Speaker 9: he feels like he can't play that way with this 1293 01:08:27,439 --> 01:08:31,000 Speaker 9: particular group. He doesn't have a great old line. Iickenberg 1294 01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:34,880 Speaker 9: plays guard. He's not really that guy. He's probably not 1295 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:36,920 Speaker 9: a starting guard in the league, but you know, that's 1296 01:08:36,960 --> 01:08:39,439 Speaker 9: what you have. So maybe he plays a certain way 1297 01:08:39,880 --> 01:08:43,680 Speaker 9: for reasons that we don't necessarily know. But everything to 1298 01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:46,519 Speaker 9: me about them is get these guys in space. I mean, 1299 01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:49,880 Speaker 9: his whole offense seems to be not his whole offense, 1300 01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:52,360 Speaker 9: but much of it is about getting each chain in space. 1301 01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:54,040 Speaker 9: And he is really dynamic. 1302 01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:57,880 Speaker 1: And then Cincinnati, you touched on their offense already. They're 1303 01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:00,920 Speaker 1: the number one pounding offense in football, partly because they 1304 01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:03,560 Speaker 1: have trouble running the ball with any measure of consistency, 1305 01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,800 Speaker 1: and also because they're usually behind in games because their 1306 01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:10,519 Speaker 1: defense has trouble stopping anybody. What would you say is 1307 01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:15,439 Speaker 1: the biggest deficiency to the Bengals defense? That makes this 1308 01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,799 Speaker 1: version of the Bengals very, very different and not nearly 1309 01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:22,120 Speaker 1: as good as the ones that were contending for AFC titles. 1310 01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:23,160 Speaker 1: Just a couple of years ago. 1311 01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:26,280 Speaker 9: Yeah, I think their back end has been really a 1312 01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:29,760 Speaker 9: problem this season. You know, Hendrickson's a really good pass 1313 01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:33,000 Speaker 9: rusher coming from the right side of the defense. Beside him, 1314 01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:36,160 Speaker 9: they probably do not have another pass rusher. They lost 1315 01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,240 Speaker 9: to Logan Wilson. He's been out. I don't know, I 1316 01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:40,160 Speaker 9: forget when he got hurt, but he's done for the year. 1317 01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:44,040 Speaker 9: Good linebacker. But their back end, at the corner position, 1318 01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:48,479 Speaker 9: even at the safety position, it's been problematic. They lost 1319 01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:50,880 Speaker 9: Hill early in the season, the kid from Michigan who 1320 01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:53,559 Speaker 9: made the transition from safety to corner, and he looked 1321 01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:55,679 Speaker 9: like he was going to become a very good corner. 1322 01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:57,519 Speaker 9: And then I think it's I thought it was an 1323 01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,400 Speaker 9: ACL but I could be wrong. But he's out for 1324 01:09:59,439 --> 01:10:03,519 Speaker 9: the year. Their back end brown, he's been a real problem. 1325 01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:06,960 Speaker 9: And then that's killed him, killed them, you know, because 1326 01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:09,080 Speaker 9: you can try to do lou and Rama's been around. 1327 01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:11,400 Speaker 9: You know, this is not his first rodeo, and I'm 1328 01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:13,080 Speaker 9: sure some people say, oh, you got to get rid 1329 01:10:13,080 --> 01:10:15,160 Speaker 9: of him the whole deal. Hey, when you can't cover 1330 01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:17,880 Speaker 9: in this league, it's really hard to play, and they 1331 01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:20,639 Speaker 9: have not covered well and it's just been too hard. 1332 01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,000 Speaker 9: You know, I heard Troy Aikman talking about Burrow the 1333 01:10:23,080 --> 01:10:26,920 Speaker 9: other night. It wasn't Cincinnati wasn't playing, but and he 1334 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:28,720 Speaker 9: made the point which he can make. You know, he 1335 01:10:29,040 --> 01:10:32,080 Speaker 9: as a Hall of Fame quarterback, and Steve you can 1336 01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:34,920 Speaker 9: appreciate this as well. He kind of made the point 1337 01:10:35,000 --> 01:10:37,280 Speaker 9: that when you have to score thirty five points every 1338 01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:41,200 Speaker 9: game just to compete, not even to win, just to compete, 1339 01:10:42,080 --> 01:10:44,680 Speaker 9: that that is really hard to do for a quarterback. 1340 01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:47,360 Speaker 9: And Burrow has been doing that literally every week. 1341 01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:52,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's I'll say this, are they this team 1342 01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:56,280 Speaker 2: that I've been downplaying the Bengals are everybody's afraid that 1343 01:10:56,360 --> 01:10:58,000 Speaker 2: the Bengals are gonna get in and they're gonna go 1344 01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:00,640 Speaker 2: on this this terror and all that. They're an eight 1345 01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:02,720 Speaker 2: and eight team. I mean they are. And it's the 1346 01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:06,080 Speaker 2: old Bill Parcells saying they are what their record says 1347 01:11:06,160 --> 01:11:08,920 Speaker 2: they are. They're a middle of the road team. And 1348 01:11:09,080 --> 01:11:12,920 Speaker 2: as good as Joe Burrow has played, all you need 1349 01:11:13,040 --> 01:11:15,400 Speaker 2: is one or two plays against them and you beat them, 1350 01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:18,479 Speaker 2: which has been shown to be teams have done the 1351 01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:19,240 Speaker 2: last four team. 1352 01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:21,040 Speaker 9: But I will say this, I think go ahead, They've 1353 01:11:21,080 --> 01:11:22,800 Speaker 9: won either throw a three or four in a row. 1354 01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:26,400 Speaker 9: You know, offensively, they're playing at a really really high level, 1355 01:11:26,439 --> 01:11:29,120 Speaker 9: and they've got really good people, particularly on the outside. 1356 01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:31,880 Speaker 9: I think their old line is still you know, just okay. 1357 01:11:33,240 --> 01:11:35,200 Speaker 9: You know, the question is can you just keep that 1358 01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:37,760 Speaker 9: scoring people? That becomes the question, you know, when you 1359 01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:40,200 Speaker 9: get to the playoffs and you just keep doing that. 1360 01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:42,400 Speaker 9: I guess, first of all, we don't even know if 1361 01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:44,080 Speaker 9: they're going to make it because they need those other 1362 01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,360 Speaker 9: two things to happen. But their offense is really good. 1363 01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:51,000 Speaker 9: It's just their defenses is really problematic. They really struggle 1364 01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:51,640 Speaker 9: on the back end. 1365 01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:54,360 Speaker 2: Their last four wins, they were against Cowboys by seven, 1366 01:11:54,439 --> 01:11:58,160 Speaker 2: then the Titans by ten, Then they beat the Browns, 1367 01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:00,080 Speaker 2: and then they beat the Broncos, which was probably they 1368 01:12:00,160 --> 01:12:04,480 Speaker 2: pretty good win for them in in Cincinnati. 1369 01:12:05,560 --> 01:12:05,720 Speaker 5: Right. 1370 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,479 Speaker 9: But yeah, so I mean yeah, I mean, you know, 1371 01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:11,280 Speaker 9: obviously because of Borrow, and I don't think anybody would 1372 01:12:11,320 --> 01:12:13,599 Speaker 9: argue that Borrow is not a great player. So that's 1373 01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:16,479 Speaker 9: what scares people. The way he's played right now. I 1374 01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:18,400 Speaker 9: mean the last eight games, he's thrown for two to 1375 01:12:18,439 --> 01:12:21,719 Speaker 9: fifty plus and three or more touchdowns in a consecutive games. 1376 01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:24,320 Speaker 9: You know, they score points they move the ball, he's 1377 01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:28,720 Speaker 9: an unflappable player. But yeah, their defense is no one 1378 01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:31,000 Speaker 9: would argue that either. Their defense is a real problem. 1379 01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:31,400 Speaker 2: Yeah. 1380 01:12:31,960 --> 01:12:34,280 Speaker 1: And then finally, you know, I know you probably do 1381 01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:36,920 Speaker 1: this a little bit looking back on the season that was, 1382 01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,200 Speaker 1: We've seen the run game come back into focus and 1383 01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:42,920 Speaker 1: be a bigger part of NFL offenses this season. 1384 01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:43,560 Speaker 7: You know. 1385 01:12:43,880 --> 01:12:46,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, you look at the last five years and you 1386 01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:50,400 Speaker 1: look at the top thirty players in total yards from scrimmage, 1387 01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:54,120 Speaker 1: like twenty five of them were wide receivers and this 1388 01:12:54,320 --> 01:12:59,000 Speaker 1: year about twelve of them are running backs. Yeah, they're 1389 01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:02,200 Speaker 1: really a large your factor than we've seen in recent years. 1390 01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:05,640 Speaker 1: Is this purely because of all the light boxes we 1391 01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:08,880 Speaker 1: see now and nickel defense being primary, you know, base 1392 01:13:08,960 --> 01:13:12,160 Speaker 1: defense for teams that we're seeing this cyclical shift here? 1393 01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:19,120 Speaker 9: I would answer that in multiple ways. Number One, I 1394 01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:22,479 Speaker 9: think that pass protection and that could well be a 1395 01:13:22,560 --> 01:13:25,920 Speaker 9: function of changes in the collective bargain agreement and teams 1396 01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:28,879 Speaker 9: not being able to practice as much. I think pass protection, 1397 01:13:29,439 --> 01:13:33,400 Speaker 9: which really requires cohesion more than anything else, has not 1398 01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:36,160 Speaker 9: been as good. And and you know, obviously if you 1399 01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:39,040 Speaker 9: can't protect, you don't have a passing game. So I 1400 01:13:39,120 --> 01:13:42,160 Speaker 9: think that's one reason. I think another reason is the 1401 01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:44,840 Speaker 9: way defenses play on the back end. There's a lot 1402 01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:49,040 Speaker 9: more too high safety structures which take away certain route 1403 01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:51,840 Speaker 9: concepts that were prevalent in the league for years, the 1404 01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:55,519 Speaker 9: seam routes. They take away those routes, you know. And 1405 01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:59,120 Speaker 9: I think that what you said, Brownie is also true. 1406 01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:01,120 Speaker 9: You know, I think there's a lot of linebackers who 1407 01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:03,160 Speaker 9: were smaller. I mean, look at the Bills. I think 1408 01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:05,639 Speaker 9: Bernard is a really, really good player. I don't think 1409 01:14:05,640 --> 01:14:08,320 Speaker 9: anybody would dispute that, but what is he two twenty 1410 01:14:08,360 --> 01:14:10,360 Speaker 9: five to twenty eight. You know, there's a lot more 1411 01:14:10,439 --> 01:14:13,360 Speaker 9: linebackers like that coming in the league because that's what 1412 01:14:13,439 --> 01:14:17,280 Speaker 9: college football is giving the NFL. And I think that 1413 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:19,840 Speaker 9: a lot of these playoff teams, a good number of 1414 01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:22,400 Speaker 9: them have run games that are in you know, it's 1415 01:14:22,439 --> 01:14:24,320 Speaker 9: sort of the top ten in the league. And this 1416 01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:27,000 Speaker 9: year there's going to be five or six backs with 1417 01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,920 Speaker 9: three hundred plus carries. Last year there were no backs 1418 01:14:29,960 --> 01:14:33,720 Speaker 9: with three hundred plus carries. So clearly teams believe that 1419 01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:37,800 Speaker 9: running the football is more a foundation of what you 1420 01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:40,680 Speaker 9: need to do offensively than in recent years. We'll see 1421 01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:44,160 Speaker 9: if that trend continues going forward. The league is cyclicals, 1422 01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:47,040 Speaker 9: you guys know, so you know things change over time. 1423 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:50,400 Speaker 9: But yeah, there's no question that teams are lining up 1424 01:14:50,439 --> 01:14:52,880 Speaker 9: and believing that the run game is the starting point 1425 01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:55,519 Speaker 9: of their offense, more so than we've seen in recent years. 1426 01:14:56,360 --> 01:14:58,360 Speaker 2: Good stuff. Greg is always great talking with you. 1427 01:14:59,680 --> 01:15:02,639 Speaker 9: Thanks guys. Well, next week we'll have a playoff game 1428 01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:03,240 Speaker 9: to talk about. 1429 01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:06,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go, we'll be ready. We'll see you then. 1430 01:15:06,160 --> 01:15:07,240 Speaker 9: All right, thanks guys. 1431 01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:09,519 Speaker 1: All right, that's Greg Gosel joining us as he does 1432 01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:11,559 Speaker 1: every Friday, and he'll be back with us next Friday 1433 01:15:11,640 --> 01:15:15,240 Speaker 1: to preview Buffalo's AFC wildcard match up against an opponent 1434 01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:20,280 Speaker 1: to be determined. We'll take a break here, take a 1435 01:15:20,360 --> 01:15:23,000 Speaker 1: look at the phone calls and maybe some questions from 1436 01:15:23,000 --> 01:15:25,800 Speaker 1: the OBL Friday fan mail bag on the tweetsheet. Next 1437 01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:28,720 Speaker 1: here on one Bill's Live, presented by Colida Health, It's Buffalo. 1438 01:15:28,439 --> 01:15:29,280 Speaker 2: Bills Radio. 1439 01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:47,360 Speaker 1: Tailgay Friday is presented by high Mark Blue Cross Blue Shield. 1440 01:15:47,439 --> 01:15:50,320 Speaker 1: High Mark is the official healthcare plan of the Buffalo Bills. 1441 01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:54,720 Speaker 1: Because life wanted to see what you got cooking up 1442 01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:57,200 Speaker 1: on the grills in the driveways, knowing it's an away 1443 01:15:57,280 --> 01:16:01,040 Speaker 1: game this week in New England at Foxborough and Uh. 1444 01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:04,040 Speaker 1: Here are some submissions of the menu items you have 1445 01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:10,519 Speaker 1: in mind this week from Elizabeth. Spicy mock lobster subs 1446 01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:14,200 Speaker 1: and a hot clam dip with bugles. Are you familiar 1447 01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:14,759 Speaker 1: with the bugles? 1448 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:16,080 Speaker 7: Wow? 1449 01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:19,679 Speaker 1: They look like those cheer leader cone horns. 1450 01:16:19,720 --> 01:16:21,520 Speaker 2: They look like small corn of copias. 1451 01:16:22,800 --> 01:16:24,560 Speaker 1: You said it, I didn't, and I'll just trust you 1452 01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:27,040 Speaker 1: on that. And what is a mock lobster? Is it 1453 01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:28,000 Speaker 1: like fake lobster? 1454 01:16:28,120 --> 01:16:28,160 Speaker 3: Me? 1455 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:29,720 Speaker 2: I would think it has to be. 1456 01:16:30,040 --> 01:16:32,400 Speaker 1: I know there's a wood rab in the grocery stores 1457 01:16:33,240 --> 01:16:37,120 Speaker 1: locks lobster to it's I don't know a little. I'm 1458 01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:38,760 Speaker 1: a little taken by that. I don't know what to 1459 01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:41,800 Speaker 1: make of it. I understand the New England seafood theme 1460 01:16:41,840 --> 01:16:45,000 Speaker 1: there and respect it, Elizabeth, But bugles, I don't know. 1461 01:16:45,080 --> 01:16:46,840 Speaker 1: Are you a fan of bugles. I'm not a big 1462 01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:50,920 Speaker 1: fan of bugles. Uh. There are a lot of other 1463 01:16:51,040 --> 01:16:51,760 Speaker 1: chips I would pick. 1464 01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:54,840 Speaker 2: Yes, sure, bugles have I like bugles. They're good. I 1465 01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:57,920 Speaker 2: don't even think about buying them because I feel guilty, 1466 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,880 Speaker 2: you know, I feel like you know they chips are 1467 01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:03,120 Speaker 2: always considered junk food. 1468 01:17:03,200 --> 01:17:08,400 Speaker 1: Right, yes, yeah, Oh, here it is too much. It's 1469 01:17:08,560 --> 01:17:12,080 Speaker 1: meat from three cooked, one pound lobsters. So it's not 1470 01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:15,400 Speaker 1: mock it's it's the real deal. Well, they have cups 1471 01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:19,120 Speaker 1: of mayonnaise, little ground cuban, little mint scallions, little mine, 1472 01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:20,439 Speaker 1: little ripe tomatoes. 1473 01:17:20,520 --> 01:17:24,439 Speaker 2: It sounds and I do have I can't say that 1474 01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:27,160 Speaker 2: I have anything against bugles either. I like bugles when 1475 01:17:27,200 --> 01:17:27,559 Speaker 2: I eat them. 1476 01:17:27,640 --> 01:17:31,400 Speaker 1: And then they use brioche loaf bread for the sandwich, 1477 01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:37,000 Speaker 1: red leaf lettuce. Oh, they got some avocados involved here, 1478 01:17:37,560 --> 01:17:41,200 Speaker 1: thin sliced pepperoni. Oh you're speaking my language now, Elizabeth. 1479 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:47,160 Speaker 1: Thanks for passing along the recipe. Appreciate that I might 1480 01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:48,800 Speaker 1: have to give that a whirl at some point. 1481 01:17:48,880 --> 01:17:52,160 Speaker 2: Hot clam dip with bugles. I might have to get 1482 01:17:52,200 --> 01:17:54,160 Speaker 2: some bugles, and I've got me thinking about them. 1483 01:17:54,360 --> 01:17:57,679 Speaker 1: I will say, you can fill the cone, right they've 1484 01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:04,200 Speaker 1: gotten yes, yeah, uh, Andrew says, last game of the 1485 01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:08,639 Speaker 1: regular season. Can't hold anything back. Making stuffed pepper jack 1486 01:18:08,920 --> 01:18:13,439 Speaker 1: bacon mushroom burgers with a side of seasoned fries. I 1487 01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:16,840 Speaker 1: season my fries with black pepper, garlic, and if I'm 1488 01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:20,320 Speaker 1: in the mood, a little parmesan cheese on top. Let's go, 1489 01:18:20,560 --> 01:18:23,280 Speaker 1: let's go. That sounds mouthwatering. Have you ever made a 1490 01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:26,639 Speaker 1: burger patty with cheese stuffed inside and then it oozes out? 1491 01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:30,360 Speaker 2: I got I got that thing that does that. I 1492 01:18:30,400 --> 01:18:32,560 Speaker 2: got a little burger format. You can do it, and 1493 01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:34,719 Speaker 2: you can. Yeah, that's awesome. 1494 01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:36,600 Speaker 1: You just kind of put a honk of cheese in 1495 01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:39,120 Speaker 1: the middle and then you that's right, get your patty going. 1496 01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:41,479 Speaker 1: But and then when it oozes out the side to 1497 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:42,280 Speaker 1: the top come. 1498 01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:47,280 Speaker 2: Stuffed pepper jack, bacon, mushroom burgers. That's anytime you have, 1499 01:18:48,320 --> 01:18:54,640 Speaker 2: you know, stuffed pepper jack bacon, like four qualifiers for 1500 01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:57,160 Speaker 2: your burger, it's awesome. Yeah, before you say burger, Yes, 1501 01:18:57,240 --> 01:18:58,680 Speaker 2: before you say burger. It's a good thing. 1502 01:18:58,920 --> 01:18:59,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 1503 01:18:59,320 --> 01:18:59,720 Speaker 7: I like that. 1504 01:19:00,040 --> 01:19:02,040 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of seasoned fries too, whether it's 1505 01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:05,519 Speaker 1: like truffle fries or little parmesan cheese. 1506 01:19:05,320 --> 01:19:08,040 Speaker 2: French French fries. For me, it's hard to mess him up. 1507 01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:11,519 Speaker 1: Jack says, going to a buddy's house to visit and watch. 1508 01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:13,479 Speaker 1: Not sure what he's planning, but I'm gonna put together 1509 01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:17,759 Speaker 1: a layered taco dip, beef lettuce, seasoned tomatoes, rice Salsaver 1510 01:19:17,920 --> 01:19:20,920 Speaker 1: day sour cream, cheese and hot sauce. Wish I was 1511 01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:21,599 Speaker 1: eating right now? 1512 01:19:21,680 --> 01:19:25,320 Speaker 2: Me too. Yeah, the seven layered taco dip is an 1513 01:19:25,439 --> 01:19:30,400 Speaker 2: absolute classic. Can't you cannot, Man, it'll be gone. That's 1514 01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,479 Speaker 2: the thing. You take that stuff over, you bring back 1515 01:19:32,520 --> 01:19:35,360 Speaker 2: a clean dish. Yes, right, you know there's none There 1516 01:19:35,360 --> 01:19:37,599 Speaker 2: will be no lefto it? Right? And that always makes 1517 01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:38,120 Speaker 2: you feel good. 1518 01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:40,120 Speaker 1: That's the kind of stuff you eat even if you're full. 1519 01:19:41,520 --> 01:19:43,439 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. It's like, oh, there's still 1520 01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:46,400 Speaker 1: more left. I'm stuffed, but I don't care. I'm eating more. 1521 01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:49,120 Speaker 2: I'm like a cow and a pasture. If there's grass 1522 01:19:49,160 --> 01:19:51,160 Speaker 2: out there, I'm going to be chewing on it. Yes, 1523 01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:54,360 Speaker 2: that's right, you're right. If that's within reach. You know 1524 01:19:54,439 --> 01:19:57,400 Speaker 2: exactly what I'm saying, right, you kidding? I full? It 1525 01:19:57,520 --> 01:20:00,320 Speaker 2: doesn't matter. Yes, I could be full as it tick 1526 01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:04,080 Speaker 2: and be sitting there, and if it's within arm reach 1527 01:20:04,120 --> 01:20:07,200 Speaker 2: and I don't have to move, I will wipe it out. 1528 01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:09,479 Speaker 2: There's no will. You'll be You'll be this table. The 1529 01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:12,160 Speaker 2: next thing, you know, you'll have the last corner of 1530 01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:15,880 Speaker 2: a chip scraping the corner of that dish for that 1531 01:20:16,040 --> 01:20:16,600 Speaker 2: last will be. 1532 01:20:16,640 --> 01:20:19,240 Speaker 1: You'll be Oh, we're out of sure full, you were 1533 01:20:19,320 --> 01:20:20,680 Speaker 1: full four hours. 1534 01:20:20,360 --> 01:20:22,080 Speaker 2: Ago and you have not stopped. 1535 01:20:22,120 --> 01:20:24,320 Speaker 1: You're out of chips for the seven layer dip. Do 1536 01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:25,839 Speaker 1: you have a plastic spoon? 1537 01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:30,800 Speaker 2: That's right, you have a piece of bread? Then I yeah, 1538 01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:34,040 Speaker 2: just just break off a piece of hard taco show. 1539 01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:36,360 Speaker 2: Give me that. I'll get the rest of this time 1540 01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:38,360 Speaker 2: out of this last corner, all right. 1541 01:20:38,479 --> 01:20:41,800 Speaker 1: So that is it is tailgate Friday for two guys 1542 01:20:41,840 --> 01:20:44,600 Speaker 1: that have zero willpower when it comes to dip of 1543 01:20:44,800 --> 01:20:47,519 Speaker 1: any kind. Uh, let's get back to the phones at 1544 01:20:47,560 --> 01:20:50,360 Speaker 1: eight O three oh five fifty eight five fifty two 1545 01:20:50,479 --> 01:20:53,680 Speaker 1: five fifty for the OBL Friday fan mail bag. Any 1546 01:20:53,760 --> 01:20:55,479 Speaker 1: question about the Bills, the league at large, it's all 1547 01:20:55,520 --> 01:20:58,080 Speaker 1: fair game. We go to Ryan in Toronto. Next. What 1548 01:20:58,120 --> 01:20:58,679 Speaker 1: do you got Ryan? 1549 01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:01,120 Speaker 10: Team Happy Friday? 1550 01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:01,479 Speaker 2: Guys. 1551 01:21:01,680 --> 01:21:04,160 Speaker 10: I saw it. I watched you around Bills by Numbers 1552 01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:07,000 Speaker 10: yesterday and you guys are talking about which team will 1553 01:21:07,000 --> 01:21:09,720 Speaker 10: be a matchup ideal matchup for the Bills in the 1554 01:21:10,120 --> 01:21:13,720 Speaker 10: wild card game. To be honest, guys, not only three 1555 01:21:13,800 --> 01:21:17,680 Speaker 10: teams are ideal matchup. I'll start with Miami first. It's 1556 01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:20,600 Speaker 10: really tough to beat the same team three times in 1557 01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:25,920 Speaker 10: one season, especially in the division of Secondly, the Cincinnati 1558 01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:29,719 Speaker 10: Bengals Bills are owned three against the Bengals in the playoffs. 1559 01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:33,880 Speaker 10: And then thirdly the Denver Broncos. We all know Dallas Cowboys. 1560 01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:37,080 Speaker 10: Last season, they were defeated at home. Guess what they 1561 01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:40,240 Speaker 10: were number two and number seven set Green Bay, Jordan 1562 01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:42,519 Speaker 10: Love on the road pers time playing in Dallas, and 1563 01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:45,400 Speaker 10: you guys don't know what happened. Right, These are really 1564 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:46,400 Speaker 10: tough matchups. 1565 01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:49,960 Speaker 2: I think, Well, it is a playoff game, right, It's 1566 01:21:49,960 --> 01:21:51,560 Speaker 2: supposed to be a tough matchup, and they're going to 1567 01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,760 Speaker 2: play a good team who actually probably is playing well. 1568 01:21:56,120 --> 01:21:58,599 Speaker 2: The Miami Dolphins. Is tough to be the team three 1569 01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:03,760 Speaker 2: times in a season, Yes, it is. And that's one 1570 01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:08,160 Speaker 2: that just because of the familiarity there and there's it's 1571 01:22:08,200 --> 01:22:10,479 Speaker 2: going to be I think, have the potential for being 1572 01:22:10,479 --> 01:22:12,800 Speaker 2: an absolutely close game no matter who's playing well. The 1573 01:22:13,080 --> 01:22:16,920 Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals. The fact that we're zero to three, I 1574 01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:20,160 Speaker 2: guess I'm in the playoffs as franchises is absolutely meaningless. 1575 01:22:20,840 --> 01:22:23,479 Speaker 2: One of the losses was to me thirty years ago, 1576 01:22:23,640 --> 01:22:27,720 Speaker 2: thirty six years ago in Cincinnati in the AFC Championship game. 1577 01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:30,240 Speaker 2: That has no bearing on this team, And in fact, 1578 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:32,479 Speaker 2: the game two years ago when they had the same 1579 01:22:32,560 --> 01:22:35,559 Speaker 2: quarterback and receiver corps has no bearing on this game 1580 01:22:35,920 --> 01:22:39,479 Speaker 2: this year. So that to me, that doesn't scare me. 1581 01:22:39,640 --> 01:22:42,840 Speaker 2: I know, Cincinnati's on a heater, their offense is no, 1582 01:22:43,720 --> 01:22:47,879 Speaker 2: They're eight and eight for a reason. Denver, great defense, 1583 01:22:48,479 --> 01:22:52,840 Speaker 2: young talented quarterback, and a head coach, a head coach 1584 01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:55,360 Speaker 2: who is not afraid and knows how to get it done. 1585 01:22:56,360 --> 01:23:01,960 Speaker 2: That team scares me. The Bengals do not. And Miami, yeah, 1586 01:23:02,160 --> 01:23:04,880 Speaker 2: I know, Miami, we know what they are. Josh's got 1587 01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:06,760 Speaker 2: their number and all that. But that's not gonna last forever. 1588 01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:08,240 Speaker 2: I mean, they're you know, they're gonna figure it out. 1589 01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:10,840 Speaker 2: And they played extremely well up here a month and 1590 01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:12,840 Speaker 2: a half ago or two months ago, whenever it was, and. 1591 01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:14,920 Speaker 1: Their defense is better than it was back in week now. 1592 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:17,920 Speaker 2: So yeah, uh, Cincinnati is the least of our worries, 1593 01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:20,360 Speaker 2: and they're probably the least likely to have to be here. 1594 01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:25,320 Speaker 1: And last but not least green Bay beating Dallas last year. 1595 01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:28,840 Speaker 1: Since the seventh seed has entered the playoff picture in 1596 01:23:28,920 --> 01:23:31,840 Speaker 1: the NFL, that is the only seventh seed to win 1597 01:23:32,360 --> 01:23:33,719 Speaker 1: a playoff game so think. 1598 01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:37,920 Speaker 2: About this though, think about this anything, and we don't 1599 01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:39,320 Speaker 2: know the future. And because we got a lot of 1600 01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,679 Speaker 2: stuff to happen before we even get to wild Card weekend. 1601 01:23:43,439 --> 01:23:50,000 Speaker 2: What if Denver absolutely crushes the Kansas City Chiefs. How 1602 01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:52,280 Speaker 2: excited are you gonna be to see those guys? I 1603 01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:54,599 Speaker 2: don't care if Carson Wentz was quarterback and form or whatever, 1604 01:23:54,600 --> 01:23:57,640 Speaker 2: and they they just absolutely crushed that team. I mean, 1605 01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:01,080 Speaker 2: it's like, wait a minute, you know, think about it. 1606 01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:07,000 Speaker 2: What if Miami goes in with Snoop Dogg and and 1607 01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:08,759 Speaker 2: crushes the Jets. 1608 01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,080 Speaker 1: Snoop Dogg is not playing, he's fifty eight. 1609 01:24:11,000 --> 01:24:17,160 Speaker 2: Yes, beat the Bills, beat the Bills, go in, the 1610 01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:20,920 Speaker 2: Bills go in, and or the the Jets come into 1611 01:24:20,920 --> 01:24:23,240 Speaker 2: Buffalo and they get their heads handed to them forty 1612 01:24:23,240 --> 01:24:25,560 Speaker 2: to fourteen by the Bills. What if the Dolphins go 1613 01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:31,400 Speaker 2: down there and beat him thirty eight nothing with Snoop Huntley, Well, 1614 01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:33,920 Speaker 2: they're one of those teams is gonna be coming in 1615 01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:37,840 Speaker 2: here and it's it's they're gonna be a problem. And 1616 01:24:38,120 --> 01:24:41,200 Speaker 2: I know it's tough to beat a team three times 1617 01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:45,800 Speaker 2: in a in a year. It's really tough to beat 1618 01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:50,760 Speaker 2: him once. You just gotta beat him once. Forget all 1619 01:24:50,840 --> 01:24:53,000 Speaker 2: this other stuff that you got to play him this 1620 01:24:53,240 --> 01:24:55,800 Speaker 2: week on this day, and this week on this day 1621 01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:59,479 Speaker 2: is maybe light years away from where you were in 1622 01:24:59,680 --> 01:25:03,960 Speaker 2: Let me check week nine when you when the Dolphins, 1623 01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:06,280 Speaker 2: when you played him last in week nine. 1624 01:25:06,520 --> 01:25:07,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're here. 1625 01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:11,960 Speaker 2: It's were light years from there. So all this past 1626 01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:15,080 Speaker 2: history dat the Cincinnati Bengals from two years ago, and. 1627 01:25:16,520 --> 01:25:20,040 Speaker 11: You gotta play You gotta beat him on wildcard weekend, 1628 01:25:20,080 --> 01:25:23,799 Speaker 11: this wild card weekend, not and and that wildcard weekend 1629 01:25:23,960 --> 01:25:27,160 Speaker 11: or the division playoff from two years ago doesn't mean squat. 1630 01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:30,679 Speaker 2: You gotta beat him with these guys on this team. 1631 01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:34,720 Speaker 2: You gotta be him with Keon and Amari Cooper. Right, 1632 01:25:35,200 --> 01:25:39,080 Speaker 2: That's that's the difference. So all this history history and 1633 01:25:39,160 --> 01:25:44,639 Speaker 2: not that means nothing. It means nothing. All that matters 1634 01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:46,760 Speaker 2: is who they got on the roster now and who 1635 01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:47,800 Speaker 2: you're playing against today. 1636 01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,880 Speaker 1: Let's go quickly to Don in Orchard Park. Got about 1637 01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:51,960 Speaker 1: a minute here, Don, What do you have. 1638 01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:57,040 Speaker 12: Hi, guys, I've got a question for you about extra points. 1639 01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:01,960 Speaker 12: I've noticed that we always kick on the left hash 1640 01:26:02,080 --> 01:26:05,880 Speaker 12: mark always and I'm wondering, you know, Okay, it's an angle. 1641 01:26:05,960 --> 01:26:08,200 Speaker 12: It's just a slight angle. But if he kicks that 1642 01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:10,599 Speaker 12: ball and he misses, let's say, to the left by 1643 01:26:10,840 --> 01:26:13,640 Speaker 12: six inches or even doinks it. If he was in 1644 01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:15,160 Speaker 12: the middle like other teams do. 1645 01:26:15,439 --> 01:26:16,479 Speaker 10: That kick would be good. 1646 01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:18,560 Speaker 12: And I've always wondered why he does that. 1647 01:26:19,479 --> 01:26:23,360 Speaker 2: It's more comfortable, it's it's a better preference, personal preference. 1648 01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:25,000 Speaker 2: It likes the way it lines up with the with 1649 01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:27,200 Speaker 2: the line behind. It, likes the way it looks and. 1650 01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:30,200 Speaker 1: Cannot His kicks have a natural fade to the right 1651 01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:31,560 Speaker 1: more often than not. 1652 01:26:31,800 --> 01:26:34,599 Speaker 2: So yeah, he's he's doing it because is comfortable. Yes, 1653 01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:38,840 Speaker 2: and it if if he pulls one or pushes one, yeah, 1654 01:26:38,880 --> 01:26:42,400 Speaker 2: it's gonna miss. But it's gonna miss if he does 1655 01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:45,160 Speaker 2: it from the left hash too. So I mean, so 1656 01:26:45,600 --> 01:26:47,360 Speaker 2: you just they do it because that's where he wants it, 1657 01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:49,240 Speaker 2: and that's that's where they do it. 1658 01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:53,040 Speaker 1: Break time for us when we come back. Some questions 1659 01:26:53,080 --> 01:26:55,240 Speaker 1: in the OBL Friday fan mail bag on the tweet 1660 01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:58,439 Speaker 1: sheet as we wrap up a Friday edition of One 1661 01:26:58,479 --> 01:27:18,120 Speaker 1: Bill's Live Stay with Us Vision to Victory presented by 1662 01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:20,679 Speaker 1: Atwall Eyecare, the official eye care provider of the Buffalo 1663 01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:24,400 Speaker 1: Bills and the priorities are a little shifted this week, 1664 01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:27,280 Speaker 1: although coach mcdermad did say we want to win the 1665 01:27:27,320 --> 01:27:30,240 Speaker 1: football game and be intentional about it. They'll just be 1666 01:27:30,360 --> 01:27:32,599 Speaker 1: doing it with some different personnel and maybe a little 1667 01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:36,400 Speaker 1: bit of a scaled down game plan. Coaches and coordinators 1668 01:27:36,439 --> 01:27:39,000 Speaker 1: want to keep some stuff under the vest for the postseason. 1669 01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:40,680 Speaker 2: It's about as hard to predict this game as it 1670 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,439 Speaker 2: is a preseason game because you don't really know who's 1671 01:27:42,439 --> 01:27:43,800 Speaker 2: gonna play, what they're gonna do, and what the other 1672 01:27:43,800 --> 01:27:45,679 Speaker 2: team's gonna do because they're kind of in the same boat. 1673 01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:45,880 Speaker 1: Right. 1674 01:27:47,520 --> 01:27:51,960 Speaker 2: For instance, if if New England ownership said, hey, Drake's 1675 01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:54,599 Speaker 2: too valuable, let him start the game and get him 1676 01:27:54,640 --> 01:27:56,880 Speaker 2: out of there, well, that changes the dynamic of their 1677 01:27:56,920 --> 01:28:00,519 Speaker 2: offense and everything and the matchups they're need to hit, 1678 01:28:00,560 --> 01:28:07,000 Speaker 2: those matchups everything. So now the Bills will be going 1679 01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:12,120 Speaker 2: probably full bore with who they have on the field, right. 1680 01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:14,920 Speaker 2: I don't know if New England will be able to 1681 01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:17,920 Speaker 2: do that with a backup or whoever they're else they're playing. 1682 01:28:17,920 --> 01:28:20,840 Speaker 1: I should provide an injury update here to lend some 1683 01:28:21,200 --> 01:28:25,679 Speaker 1: context to this. Christian Gonzalez is out still in concussion protocol. 1684 01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:28,360 Speaker 1: He is not playing, so they're down there. Nickel Corner 1685 01:28:28,400 --> 01:28:30,320 Speaker 1: who's been out well, he was put on IR two 1686 01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:34,240 Speaker 1: weeks ago, Marcus Jones. Now they're without Christian gonzales A 1687 01:28:34,320 --> 01:28:37,000 Speaker 1: corner as well. They'll be without their starting center Ben 1688 01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:40,280 Speaker 1: Brown for a second straight week, he too in concussion protocol. 1689 01:28:40,680 --> 01:28:42,880 Speaker 1: Jabrill Peppers will miss his third straight game with a 1690 01:28:42,920 --> 01:28:46,320 Speaker 1: hamstring injury, and wide receiver Jalen Polk out with a 1691 01:28:46,360 --> 01:28:49,120 Speaker 1: shoulder injury, so they're down in numbers as well. Cole 1692 01:28:49,280 --> 01:28:51,960 Speaker 1: Strange is going to make his second straight start at 1693 01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:54,400 Speaker 1: center for the Patriots. 1694 01:28:54,080 --> 01:28:57,559 Speaker 2: Right, which he's a guard, right, he's never played he's 1695 01:28:57,600 --> 01:28:59,599 Speaker 2: never played center, so or he might have a little 1696 01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,880 Speaker 2: bit cobbling it together at the end of the season 1697 01:29:02,000 --> 01:29:04,960 Speaker 2: there and we'll see what they can put together. Certainly 1698 01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:07,719 Speaker 2: they're gonna come out and give a hard effort. Gerard 1699 01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:10,680 Speaker 2: Mayo knows, you know, it hasn't gone well this year, 1700 01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,240 Speaker 2: and any positives they can put out there are going 1701 01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:17,800 Speaker 2: to be appreciated. Some of the more cynical New England fans, 1702 01:29:17,840 --> 01:29:20,120 Speaker 2: which there may be one or two, we'll. 1703 01:29:19,960 --> 01:29:21,400 Speaker 1: Say more than that at the stadium. 1704 01:29:21,400 --> 01:29:23,040 Speaker 2: You need to they need to lose the game. And 1705 01:29:23,120 --> 01:29:26,640 Speaker 2: look good doing it right. So that's the kind of 1706 01:29:26,640 --> 01:29:28,800 Speaker 2: the modus operandi that they're going to be working under 1707 01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:29,599 Speaker 2: in New England. 1708 01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:33,760 Speaker 1: So that is essentially vision to victory presented by an 1709 01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:36,599 Speaker 1: wall eye here. Steve and I will be back here 1710 01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:40,799 Speaker 1: at noon on Monday to recap this game and begin 1711 01:29:41,280 --> 01:29:47,080 Speaker 1: preparations for the postseason in week one, so we'll see 1712 01:29:47,120 --> 01:29:49,240 Speaker 1: you then. Otherwise, tune into the game on the radio 1713 01:29:49,360 --> 01:29:51,120 Speaker 1: side with us. We'll see on Monday.