WEBVTT - Bills By The Numbers: A Tight Playoff Race Ahead

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Bills by the Numbers, where we let the

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<v Speaker 1>stats tell you where the Bills are at. We're presented

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<v Speaker 1>by FANDU will make every moment more coming up. What

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<v Speaker 1>is at the top of the to do list for

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills on the bye week? Can all that needs

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<v Speaker 1>fixing be fixed in time for Week eight? Did the

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<v Speaker 1>Bills dip into the trade market mid season for the

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<v Speaker 1>third year in a row? And we'll have our one

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<v Speaker 1>burning question. Who said we had the weekend off? We're

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<v Speaker 1>here for you during this bye week for the Bills. God,

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<v Speaker 1>we provide such a public service here. Glad to have

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<v Speaker 1>you with us on Bills by the Numbers. He's Wall

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<v Speaker 1>of FAMERU Steve Tasker on Bills play by playman Chris Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>and after a set of back to back lasses, Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>has now had at least one of those occurrences in

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<v Speaker 1>every season under coach McDermott. The Bills outset about righting

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<v Speaker 1>some of the wrongs that have cropped up over the

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<v Speaker 1>last few weeks to get back to winning football. Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>what sits at the top of the priority list for you?

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<v Speaker 2>The first thing is obvious, it's try and get guys healthy.

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<v Speaker 2>You spend the first month of the season trying to

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<v Speaker 2>find out who you are, what you're good at, and

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<v Speaker 2>all that. I don't think the Bills know that yet.

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<v Speaker 2>They've had the roster churn on the defensive side, in

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<v Speaker 2>particular of guys in and out of the lineup. At

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<v Speaker 2>Oliver Is played in two games. Daikwan Jones is now out,

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<v Speaker 2>was out for this last game. Max Harriston, you have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea what his status is. Dorian Strong looked like

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to emerge as a helper. He's disappeared

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<v Speaker 2>on the ir this last game. At one point he

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<v Speaker 2>had Jordan Poyer on the field, which it was for

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan Poyer to be on the field. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>break glass in case of emergency situation for a month.

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<v Speaker 2>For a hot minute, it looked like you were going

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<v Speaker 2>to use Christian Benford. For a minute. You had Connor

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<v Speaker 2>McGovern go down. In this game, you had dayk one

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<v Speaker 2>was out, Josh Palmer went down, Dalton Kincaid was out.

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<v Speaker 2>So the list goes on on. Try and get healthy

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<v Speaker 2>so you can find out who you are, and try

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<v Speaker 2>and stay healthy so you can get better. There have

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<v Speaker 2>been some positive signs. Dion Walker flashed in the second

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<v Speaker 2>half of this game, it looked like the reps are

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<v Speaker 2>starting to show up, and he's starting to be more

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<v Speaker 2>consistent for longer stretches. He still has some spots where

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<v Speaker 2>you can't find him even at six seven three and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty pounds, but there are times when he is in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of it and he's making a play, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is happening more and more as we go on.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought Dorian Strong and Jordan Hancock, the two rookie

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<v Speaker 2>defensive backs, I think we're going to see a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of them in the second half of this season

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<v Speaker 2>after this bye week, as they get helped.

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<v Speaker 1>John get ir.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we don't really know his Hoyt and Ogunjobi will

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<v Speaker 2>be back in the building. They'll be able to contribute.

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<v Speaker 2>That gives them some depth on that side. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you got Damar Hamlin's on IR, TJ Sanders is on IR.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you've the list goes on and on. When

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<v Speaker 2>we yeah, when we started this season, we really, i

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<v Speaker 2>mean almost universally this roster was like, Wow, it's better

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<v Speaker 2>than it was last year when they went to the

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<v Speaker 2>AMC Championship. The only thing that really could derail us Gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if something happens to Josh or if the

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<v Speaker 2>injury bug gets us, well, here we are. It has happened.

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<v Speaker 2>They're four and two in spite of it, so their

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<v Speaker 2>roster was deep enough before they started getting injured. But

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<v Speaker 2>this two weeks, sitting four and two, going into this

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<v Speaker 2>and having two weeks to get ready and refresh, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the number one priority. Get the guys you've got as

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<v Speaker 2>healthy as you can get, and then evaluate where you

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<v Speaker 2>really need to make a move. But you won't have

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<v Speaker 2>much time after the next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I will say my priority list is maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>little more granular than yours is because I think tackling

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<v Speaker 1>has to get addressed and repped. And look, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the coaching staff that reps the fundamentals to high Heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>They practice tackling every single week, whether it's with those

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<v Speaker 1>giant rolling donuts, the low bags that they tackle onto

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<v Speaker 1>a padded matt, whatever it is, it's got to get

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<v Speaker 1>repped and it's got to get emphasized because the mistackle

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<v Speaker 1>rate is just too high and the extra yards after

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<v Speaker 1>misstackles are killing this defense. The most recent example the

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<v Speaker 1>Beijon Robinson eighty one yard touchdown run after two misstackles,

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<v Speaker 1>one at the line of scrimmage and then one deep

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<v Speaker 1>in the secondary down. The sideline tackling has got to

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<v Speaker 1>get addressed fixed and be more consistent on the defensive

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<v Speaker 1>side of the ball. The other thing is better starts

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<v Speaker 1>to games like these last couple of weeks. They just

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<v Speaker 1>cannot get on tra early, and I think it's largely

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<v Speaker 1>urgency energy fight. For some reason, this team does not

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<v Speaker 1>look amped up for games at the beginning. There are

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<v Speaker 1>times over the last several years where we have seen

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<v Speaker 1>this team charged up at the beginning of a football game,

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<v Speaker 1>and for some reason, it has been absent the last

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks. And Steve can speak to this far better

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<v Speaker 1>than I can. You have to bring a certain measure

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<v Speaker 1>of emotional constitution to every game you play in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to give yourself a chance to win.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just physical, it's emotional as well. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think the emotional element has been lacking for this team

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<v Speaker 1>the last three times they've stepped on the football field

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<v Speaker 1>at the beginning of the game, it's put them in

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<v Speaker 1>early holes and then they've been forced to try to

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<v Speaker 1>climb out of them, and two out of three times

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<v Speaker 1>they have been unsuccessful in their last three games, so

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<v Speaker 1>better starts to games ties in with the lack of urgency,

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<v Speaker 1>emotional energy. We're just not seeing it from this football

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<v Speaker 1>team at the start of games. And I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>made it's made winning games that much harder each and

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<v Speaker 1>every week. You want to stake yourself to a ten

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen point deficit, even if you're the high octane offense Bills,

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<v Speaker 1>good luck coming back from that every week and winning

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<v Speaker 1>more than you lose.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a team that, even in the early four

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<v Speaker 2>game winning streak, at times seemed like they were playing

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<v Speaker 2>with their food. They were disinterested, you know, they just

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<v Speaker 2>it was you know, you go back and look at

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<v Speaker 2>the second half of that Jet game and it was

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<v Speaker 2>a snooze fest. Now, certainly they had a big lead

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<v Speaker 2>and all of that, and the Jets were foundering, but

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<v Speaker 2>they were just disinterested. And I think that carries over

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<v Speaker 2>they feel, and maybe it's and it might be a

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<v Speaker 2>carryover from, you know, from division title fatigue. They win

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<v Speaker 2>it every year and it hasn't it hasn't been closed.

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<v Speaker 2>In the first month of this season, looked like it

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<v Speaker 2>was gonna be another laugher of a division race, not

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<v Speaker 2>so much anymore. So perhaps that's enough to get them

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<v Speaker 2>to put some emotional content into their preparation and their

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<v Speaker 2>game time. But you're right, Brownie, you in this league.

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<v Speaker 2>I played in the NFL, then I covered it for

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<v Speaker 2>two decades, and I watched a lot of games from

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<v Speaker 2>the booth, very engaged in every game when one team

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<v Speaker 2>stops to take a breath because they've got a double

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<v Speaker 2>digit lead in the second half, when they stop to

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<v Speaker 2>raise up and just take just turn it off for

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<v Speaker 2>just a minute because of the stress, because the injured,

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<v Speaker 2>because they're deep into the season, because they need a rest.

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<v Speaker 2>The moment one team does that and the other team

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<v Speaker 2>does not, the scoreboard shows it almost immediately. Almost immediately,

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<v Speaker 2>you could have the eighty five Bears of the Legion

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<v Speaker 2>of Doom or the two thousand Ravens as a defense.

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<v Speaker 2>The minute they let up and take a breath, the

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<v Speaker 2>Cleveland Browns go bang bang bang touchdown, Bang bang bang touchdown.

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<v Speaker 2>It happens that fast. I have seen it literally one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred times. And if you start a game like that,

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<v Speaker 2>it's really hard to turn it on later. Now, certainly

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<v Speaker 2>when you got to lead athletes and all that, and

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<v Speaker 2>there's some guys on the Bills squad who can do that,

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<v Speaker 2>but not fifty three of them. And that has shown

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<v Speaker 2>over the last couple of weeks, and it showed in

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<v Speaker 2>the games they were winning too. Let's face it, let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest. It was showing in the games they won

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<v Speaker 2>and they got away with it. It showed in the Saints game,

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<v Speaker 2>it showed in the Jet game. So yeah, it's when

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<v Speaker 2>you get against a team that with a pulse like

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<v Speaker 2>the Falcons and the Patriots, it shows.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't match the energy of either of those teams

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<v Speaker 1>at the beginning, the middle, or the end. What in

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<v Speaker 1>your mind is in a week's time, technically two weeks time,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're not playing right here in the bye week,

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<v Speaker 1>What in your mind is fixable in a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>weeks time that can improve as soon as they're back

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<v Speaker 1>on the field in Week eight at Carolina.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think I think the starting lineups need to

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<v Speaker 2>be a little shaken up, either to send a message

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<v Speaker 2>or to reward hard work or reward effort. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>if there's somebody out there who's not playing or not

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<v Speaker 2>playing well enough, they need to sit down. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if there's I don't know if you can single

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<v Speaker 2>a guy out, and I don't know what they've been at.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know who the coaching staff would be happy

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<v Speaker 2>with and who they're not happy with, But certainly getting

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<v Speaker 2>guys healthy and plugging them back in will help. But

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<v Speaker 2>I also think there's there's space in in the way

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<v Speaker 2>they're working this team and feeling this team to improve it,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe with some youth and maybe with some energized younger

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<v Speaker 2>guys at certain spots. You can take your pick of

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<v Speaker 2>where that might be. But I think there's plenty of

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<v Speaker 2>room for that, and I think they should. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think there's anything wrong. Yeah, you look at the way

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<v Speaker 2>this defense played in the first half against the Atlanta Falcons.

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<v Speaker 2>You can change out a lot of guys three.

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<v Speaker 1>Hundred and thirty five yards in one half. Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>That's unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 1>Yep. And there has to be accountability for it, and

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<v Speaker 1>some people may have to pay the price for it

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<v Speaker 1>as a playing time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying you look at the stat sheet and

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<v Speaker 2>look at the first half and.

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<v Speaker 1>You evaluate the film.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you look, you look at the film and you see,

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<v Speaker 2>you say what you know, You lay it out. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how it's got to work. And I'm sure that's how

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<v Speaker 2>it is gonna work.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I don't have any doubt about that. I

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<v Speaker 1>think you can. I think the player driven leadership on

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<v Speaker 1>this team can rally the troops and bring more emotional

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<v Speaker 1>energy and urgency to a game at the start. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe that can be fixed like that, especially with the

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<v Speaker 1>veteran leadership you have on this team to demand it

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<v Speaker 1>of the players. That's one I want to believe this

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<v Speaker 1>team can improve their tackling. But to Steve's point, you

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<v Speaker 1>may have to switch people out to get it to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe some people have to lose their time on the

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<v Speaker 1>field to wake them up and get them to realize

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<v Speaker 1>my best isn't good enough right now. And that's why

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on the sidelines watching with the coaches. And maybe

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<v Speaker 1>that's the price some guys have to pay to get

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<v Speaker 1>better results on the field. We've heard for a long

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<v Speaker 1>time how that player driven leadership has been instrumental in

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<v Speaker 1>this team's year over year success. Seemed last season like

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<v Speaker 1>the new young core of leadership had capably taken over

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<v Speaker 1>for the old guard that had aged out, but the

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<v Speaker 1>failure to apply the fundamentals to their play and the

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<v Speaker 1>mental errors have been far more extensive than we're used

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<v Speaker 1>to seeing from this club. I touch on it there,

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<v Speaker 1>but how much do the leaders in the locker room,

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<v Speaker 1>Steve need to step forward so it's not the coaches

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<v Speaker 1>all the time harping on what the standard needs to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely that veteran leaders the best it has come. It

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<v Speaker 2>works best when it comes from the best players like Josh,

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<v Speaker 2>like Ed Oliver, Greg Russau, Christian Benford, Tredavious White, even.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to get it from your best players, and

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta do it a couple of ways. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to say how it needs to be. You gotta tell

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<v Speaker 2>them point blank what's got to change. If anything, you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta tell them. Then you gotta go out and you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta you the best players have to put full put

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<v Speaker 2>forth the full effort of making that happen. Practice hard,

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<v Speaker 2>prepare hard, go the extra mile. Do that. The best

0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.520
<v Speaker 2>players have to do that, so the lesser players know

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<v Speaker 2>that's the bar they have to clear, so they up

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<v Speaker 2>their game. Then you gotta communicate. Then the best players

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<v Speaker 2>have to communicate where they're not doing it. Hey, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not You're still not getting it right. Let's go and

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<v Speaker 2>you got to hold them accountable for that. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>it's gotta be. You gotta say how it's gonna be,

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<v Speaker 2>show them how it's gonna be, and tell them when

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<v Speaker 2>they're not doing it, and hold them accountable when you

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<v Speaker 2>do that. That's how. That's how player driven leadership.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it goes beyond just pushing guys during the

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<v Speaker 1>practice week and making sure guys are up for the

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<v Speaker 1>start of the game. I think the player driven leadership

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<v Speaker 1>has to be checking in on guys between series, second quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>third quarter. I watched Pooka Nakua in the third quarter

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<v Speaker 1>on the sideline for the Rams, circle up the entire

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<v Speaker 1>offense and basically tell them, hey, we love dancing in

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<v Speaker 1>the end zone at the end of a scoring drive,

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<v Speaker 1>but we got to earn the right to dance, and

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<v Speaker 1>that starts with first and ten at the start of

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<v Speaker 1>the drive and second and twelve when we're behind the

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<v Speaker 1>sticks and we need all eleven of us pulling on

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<v Speaker 1>the rope. Like he was inspiring and he talked to

0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.880
<v Speaker 1>them for like a minute, and that was in between

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<v Speaker 1>series in the third quarter. So I don't think the

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<v Speaker 1>leaders on this team can just assume that the message

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<v Speaker 1>is received. I think it has to be repeated and

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<v Speaker 1>reiterated beginning of the game, middle of the game, end

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<v Speaker 1>of the game, to make sure that some of this

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<v Speaker 1>youth understands that it's not a some of the time thing.

0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:41.280
<v Speaker 1>It's an all the time thing. If you want to

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<v Speaker 1>be a twelve, thirteen, fourteen win football team, it's as

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<v Speaker 1>simple as that. To your point earlier, you can't take

0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.680
<v Speaker 1>your foot off the gas ever, not in this league.

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<v Speaker 1>The margins are too narrow.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't ever do that. As you can't ever do

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<v Speaker 2>that as a player. Coaching staffs do that that for you.

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<v Speaker 2>When it's time. Josh sits down the fourth quarter against

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<v Speaker 2>the Jets, or the fourth, third and last half of

0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.080
<v Speaker 2>the third and the fourth quarter, that you sit him down,

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<v Speaker 2>you put Ray Davis in as a running back and

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<v Speaker 2>you go downhill, and that's what you're gonna do for

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<v Speaker 2>three downs while he's in the game. You got all

0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:23.080
<v Speaker 2>three year backup off. That's what happens. That's the only

0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:24.640
<v Speaker 2>way you take the gas. You foot off the gas.

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<v Speaker 2>You're out of the game. You're out of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>You sit down and your rest.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're sitting there and you're pushing the guys that are.

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<v Speaker 2>In that's right, and you're cheering for him, so yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you never disengage. So that's how that's how it works.

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<v Speaker 1>And I.

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen a lot of good There's been a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of good stuff that this team has done. And with

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<v Speaker 2>Josh this offensive line and James Cook getting off for

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<v Speaker 2>the start he has gotten off to this year, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of good things going on. And it's not

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<v Speaker 2>like they don't have it in the tank. We've seen

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<v Speaker 2>it too often to believe that it's not like this

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<v Speaker 2>talent This roster is talentless or law lost, has lost

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<v Speaker 2>its way, but they gotta do better. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>As much as the players bear the brunt of this

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<v Speaker 1>responsibility to get things rolling again, the coaches know full

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<v Speaker 1>well they bear some responsibility to be the facilitators. Putting

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<v Speaker 1>their players in position to succeed is critical, especially with

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<v Speaker 1>a roster that I think we can all agree does

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<v Speaker 1>not have elite physical talent across the board. This team

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<v Speaker 1>has been successful because of the sum of their parts,

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<v Speaker 1>but much how much more do the few elite players

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<v Speaker 1>they do have need to be on the field to

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<v Speaker 1>try to make a difference and keep games from looking

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<v Speaker 1>like such a heavy lift?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no question it falls on your best players, the

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<v Speaker 2>James Cooks and the Josh Allens and the Dalton Kincaids

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<v Speaker 2>of the world, and the offensive line, and defensively, it's

0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.600
<v Speaker 2>on those guys up front, the guys who you know

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<v Speaker 2>cash checks, like the Rousseau's and the Ed Olivers of

0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:01.000
<v Speaker 2>the world. It falls on those guys to do as

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<v Speaker 2>much as they can do. But let's be honest, is

0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:07.000
<v Speaker 2>a team game, and you need guys out there to

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<v Speaker 2>help the star players and those star players and then

0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.040
<v Speaker 2>this we've seen it. These guys. It's not like Ed

0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.760
<v Speaker 2>Oliver and Greg Russou are picking up all the sacks

0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.080
<v Speaker 2>or Josh is doing all these guys need some help.

0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.320
<v Speaker 2>Everybody else on the roster has got to do more

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<v Speaker 2>as well. You've got to be there when the great

0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.200
<v Speaker 2>players need, especially on the offensive side, when Josh needs

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<v Speaker 2>somebody be available. You know you've got to and you've

0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:35.679
<v Speaker 2>got to do everything you can to get on the

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<v Speaker 2>field and stay on the field and help in any

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<v Speaker 2>way you can. Even if it's a wide out and

0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.200
<v Speaker 2>it's a run play, you got to get on somebody.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the real symptom that we can all agree

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<v Speaker 2>on that lets you know, that mentally they're just a

0:17:54.240 --> 0:18:02.040
<v Speaker 2>little bit casual. Is the penalties. That is the total

0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:05.359
<v Speaker 2>symptom of being of having it out of gear.

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<v Speaker 1>Right thirty in the last three games.

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<v Speaker 2>You've got penalties. They're just take it out of gear mentally,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's when those start to creep in. That is

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest and most telling symptom of why you and

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<v Speaker 2>I are having this conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's why your leadership has to police that as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Your player driven leadership has to police that, like, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>you're killing us. You are killing us right now. We

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<v Speaker 1>can't have that. You're killing us. Like that message has

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<v Speaker 1>to be sent. It seems obvious, but maybe to a

0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:36.760
<v Speaker 1>young player it isn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I get Greg Rusou to lining up off's at first

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<v Speaker 2>play of the game, let's go out, let's get it,

0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.399
<v Speaker 2>and you're amped up and stuff. When he makes that

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<v Speaker 2>mistake and gets called for an off size after and

0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:52.840
<v Speaker 2>brings a fumble back, there's no way any other guy

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<v Speaker 2>on that line should not have learned the lesson from

0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Greg Russeau's mistake at Oliver? Is he not watching Greg

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<v Speaker 2>Russou lose a big play by lining up off sides

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<v Speaker 2>and then a quarter and a half later, a quarter later,

0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.240
<v Speaker 2>he does it and causes us Joey Bosta to lose

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<v Speaker 2>a sack.

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<v Speaker 1>And the defense you have a second and sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Situation that is a that is doubling down on mistake. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's that's the death now, right.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know the coaches are going to be combing

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<v Speaker 1>through everything over the next week plus to try to

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<v Speaker 1>find some of what has been ailing the team. And

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<v Speaker 1>then I think secondarily, I would expect them to examine

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<v Speaker 1>where they can enhance the talents on this roster, even

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<v Speaker 1>beyond the elite talents who can perform for you in

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<v Speaker 1>just about any situation. I'm thinking of somebody like a

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<v Speaker 1>Keon Coleman, a guy who had enormous success in the

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<v Speaker 1>slot in college. Do you experiment there and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>let's try to unlock him and put him here in

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<v Speaker 1>the slot and let's work him there, especially if you

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<v Speaker 1>don't have Kincaid coming out in week eight, Like, let's

0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:07.840
<v Speaker 1>experiment with a big target in the slot. Since we

0:20:07.840 --> 0:20:09.960
<v Speaker 1>don't have Kincaid, let's use him there. See if we

0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:12.520
<v Speaker 1>can unlock him. We'll put somebody else outside. Maybe it's

0:20:12.560 --> 0:20:16.359
<v Speaker 1>Shavers that lines up outside instead. The bigger receiver. So

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's gonna be some some time spent in

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<v Speaker 1>the lab to see with the talent that we have,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe not the highest end talent because we know

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<v Speaker 1>what they can do, but let's find some of those

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<v Speaker 1>role players at the second and third levels and put

0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:35.280
<v Speaker 1>them in a position to a maximize their strengths and

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<v Speaker 1>even enhance some of their weaknesses that maybe they can't

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<v Speaker 1>do well because it's not part of the strength category

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<v Speaker 1>for them. I really expect the coaches to drill down

0:20:47.800 --> 0:20:50.880
<v Speaker 1>on a lot of those things and find some answers,

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<v Speaker 1>because that will level up the offense, or level up

0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:58.320
<v Speaker 1>the defense, or level up special teams across the board.

0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:00.600
<v Speaker 1>Because when you can get your second and third tier

0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:03.800
<v Speaker 1>performers to level up their game because you're putting them

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<v Speaker 1>in a better position to help you, it raises all boats,

0:21:09.359 --> 0:21:11.960
<v Speaker 1>like you know, high tide raises all boats. I think

0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:14.840
<v Speaker 1>the coaching staff, just knowing how they operate in the

0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:18.240
<v Speaker 1>bye week, they're gonna find some things to utilize some

0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.600
<v Speaker 1>of that second and third tier talent on the roster

0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:24.439
<v Speaker 1>to make the whole product better going forward. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>big reason why Sean McDermott is eight to no after

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<v Speaker 1>the bye. As Bill's head coach each of the last

0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.879
<v Speaker 1>two seasons, GM Brandon Bean has made a veteran player

0:21:32.920 --> 0:21:35.800
<v Speaker 1>addition before the trade deadline. Two years ago, it was

0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:40.040
<v Speaker 1>cornerback Raswell Douglas. Last year it was wide receiver Amari Cooper.

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<v Speaker 1>First part of the question, Steve, do you think Brandon

0:21:43.760 --> 0:21:47.359
<v Speaker 1>Bean pulls the trigger? Second part of the question, do

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<v Speaker 1>you think he has to pull the trigger?

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<v Speaker 2>First part's the real question, YEP. I don't think he'll hesitate.

0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.119
<v Speaker 2>I think it comes down to this, and we've been

0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:02.040
<v Speaker 2>talking about it. How healthy are they going to be

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of this by and before the deadline and

0:22:04.400 --> 0:22:05.920
<v Speaker 2>are they going to be able to find out how

0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:08.080
<v Speaker 2>good they can be now? Certainly going four to oh

0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:11.400
<v Speaker 2>and not never playing your best football says something about

0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:13.919
<v Speaker 2>where they are. They feel like they probably have to

0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:16.320
<v Speaker 2>feel like they've got the juice to do it if

0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:21.000
<v Speaker 2>they can stay healthy. Secondly, if some of these guys

0:22:21.040 --> 0:22:25.320
<v Speaker 2>coming back aren't gonna get there in time, like Max Harrison, TJ. Sanders,

0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:32.200
<v Speaker 2>Dorian Strong name the one you want, Milano. If those

0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:34.520
<v Speaker 2>guys aren't gonna be able to get back and help you,

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<v Speaker 2>do you have enough juice to get there, that's the question.

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<v Speaker 2>And then again, can you got to fit it under

0:22:43.040 --> 0:22:44.960
<v Speaker 2>the cabinet. It can be one for one and do

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<v Speaker 2>you want to part with the assets for what is

0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.480
<v Speaker 2>a maybe help? If you get a guy that you say, wow,

0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.040
<v Speaker 2>I can't believe we got the guy. If it's that

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<v Speaker 2>kind of trade, yeah, give them, give them a whatever

0:22:57.560 --> 0:23:01.080
<v Speaker 2>draft pick, right if it guy that's like, well, I

0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:04.760
<v Speaker 2>don't know, he might help us, and you know, yeah,

0:23:04.880 --> 0:23:07.399
<v Speaker 2>it's got to be an absolute slam dunk. I think

0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:11.119
<v Speaker 2>to make the move because they've shown early in this

0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:14.080
<v Speaker 2>season that when they're healthy and when they're clicking, when

0:23:14.119 --> 0:23:16.560
<v Speaker 2>they got things going on, they've got the juice to

0:23:16.600 --> 0:23:17.520
<v Speaker 2>beat about anybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think a shakeup on the roster needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be made. To your point earlier, it doesn't necessarily have

0:23:27.400 --> 0:23:31.000
<v Speaker 1>to be a trade. It could be somebody losing their

0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:34.000
<v Speaker 1>starting job to somebody on the bench. Sometimes that can

0:23:34.040 --> 0:23:37.600
<v Speaker 1>be enough to spark a wake up call, because Steve's right,

0:23:37.640 --> 0:23:39.439
<v Speaker 1>this team needs to shake up. Sometimes when you've been

0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:41.320
<v Speaker 1>as successful as the Bills have been over the last

0:23:41.320 --> 0:23:44.119
<v Speaker 1>six seasons, players can get complacent. Let's just be honest.

0:23:44.160 --> 0:23:46.440
<v Speaker 1>It can happen. They don't sweat the details. They lack

0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.000
<v Speaker 1>the urgency, they lack the hunger, and it shows up

0:23:49.040 --> 0:23:51.520
<v Speaker 1>on the field. You could see how much hungrier the

0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:54.399
<v Speaker 1>Atlanta Falcons were in that game than the Buffalo Bills

0:23:54.400 --> 0:23:59.040
<v Speaker 1>on Monday Night in Week six. Some personnel changes could

0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:01.520
<v Speaker 1>be made to wake the team up, get them squarely

0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.159
<v Speaker 1>focused on the details. You know, or it could be

0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:07.040
<v Speaker 1>your job. You could be next that can wake a

0:24:07.080 --> 0:24:10.480
<v Speaker 1>team up out of a complacent slumber if you will.

0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:14.040
<v Speaker 1>I think for being though, there are two things at

0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:17.919
<v Speaker 1>play here. His ability to add to the roster is

0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:22.239
<v Speaker 1>limited by cap space. In all likelihood, if he's going

0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:26.199
<v Speaker 1>to make a trade of any significance, it's probably going

0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:29.399
<v Speaker 1>to have to be a player with dollars going out

0:24:30.000 --> 0:24:34.120
<v Speaker 1>to get another player with dollars coming in. And that

0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:38.159
<v Speaker 1>could complicate things because a lot of teams willing to

0:24:38.200 --> 0:24:40.720
<v Speaker 1>trade at this time of the year are teams that

0:24:40.760 --> 0:24:43.680
<v Speaker 1>are either at the bottom of their division, they're going nowhere,

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<v Speaker 1>and what do they want? They want draft capital. They

0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:50.080
<v Speaker 1>don't want your veteran player with a high price tag,

0:24:50.280 --> 0:24:52.600
<v Speaker 1>because you've got to push dollars out to fit the

0:24:52.600 --> 0:24:55.200
<v Speaker 1>guy you're bringing in. Under the cap, so that might

0:24:55.320 --> 0:24:59.600
<v Speaker 1>complicate things in order for being to get a deal done.

0:25:01.080 --> 0:25:04.359
<v Speaker 1>I suppose you could always send draft capital out, bring

0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:07.480
<v Speaker 1>that player in, and then cut somebody to save money.

0:25:07.520 --> 0:25:10.359
<v Speaker 1>That's another option. So it's not like he's not without

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<v Speaker 1>options to make something happen, but you could quickly come

0:25:14.280 --> 0:25:16.720
<v Speaker 1>up with positions where they need help. It was nice

0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:19.680
<v Speaker 1>to hear this week from coach McDermott that Max Harston

0:25:20.720 --> 0:25:23.439
<v Speaker 1>his practice window could be open next week. That at

0:25:23.520 --> 0:25:27.520
<v Speaker 1>least leaves you hope that the corner position is getting

0:25:27.560 --> 0:25:31.479
<v Speaker 1>some help there because they're thin right now with Dorian

0:25:31.520 --> 0:25:36.240
<v Speaker 1>Strong and Harston on IRR, you know, and Benford a

0:25:36.280 --> 0:25:38.600
<v Speaker 1>little hobbled coming out of the Atlanta game with an

0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:41.399
<v Speaker 1>achilles injury. So we'll have to see where all of

0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:44.760
<v Speaker 1>that goes. But I think to your point, player health

0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:47.960
<v Speaker 1>right now on the roster is going to predicate whether

0:25:48.040 --> 0:25:50.320
<v Speaker 1>or not Brandon Bean feels he needs to pull the

0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:53.639
<v Speaker 1>trigger somewhere, whether it's corner linebacker where they have injuries,

0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:55.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, or somewhere.

0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:59.240
<v Speaker 2>Else right, And that's a hard trade to swing, and

0:25:59.280 --> 0:26:02.119
<v Speaker 2>it's sometime there's just never a team or not a

0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:06.800
<v Speaker 2>team that fits they need a player that they need,

0:26:06.840 --> 0:26:09.479
<v Speaker 2>a player where they've got a weakness, where you've got

0:26:09.520 --> 0:26:11.160
<v Speaker 2>a player where you've got a strength, and you can

0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:13.560
<v Speaker 2>trade both sides, right, You can get a player from

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:15.440
<v Speaker 2>them and their strength, and they can take a player

0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:17.800
<v Speaker 2>from you and your strength, and you both get stronger

0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:21.919
<v Speaker 2>at your weaker point. It's hard. It's a hard puzzle

0:26:21.960 --> 0:26:24.560
<v Speaker 2>to find, plus the and you add in the cat

0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:28.560
<v Speaker 2>the financial aspects of it, and it's really hard puzzle

0:26:28.640 --> 0:26:32.760
<v Speaker 2>to make fit. But don't think that they're not working

0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:35.520
<v Speaker 2>on it. I because I think I think they are.

0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:40.399
<v Speaker 2>And every time the general public finds out about a

0:26:40.400 --> 0:26:42.840
<v Speaker 2>player who's available or whatever, and particularly a player at

0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.800
<v Speaker 2>a certain position, they're like, go get them, Go get them,

0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:49.200
<v Speaker 2>go get them. And believe me, before we heard about

0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:53.200
<v Speaker 2>it as a public piece of news, Brandon Bean's already

0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:54.760
<v Speaker 2>talked to the guy. That's the way it works.

0:26:54.840 --> 0:26:57.320
<v Speaker 1>Just think about it last year or even two years ago,

0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:01.159
<v Speaker 1>the Rasul Douglas trade. Every when Brandon spoke to the

0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.679
<v Speaker 1>media about it, he said, we had been working on

0:27:03.720 --> 0:27:08.280
<v Speaker 1>this for three or four weeks. Yeah, Like it's a process. Yeah,

0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:10.399
<v Speaker 1>And there's a lot of conversations, there's a lot of

0:27:10.440 --> 0:27:13.760
<v Speaker 1>back and forth. There's offers and counteroffers and more counter offers,

0:27:14.119 --> 0:27:18.240
<v Speaker 1>so those things don't just happen haphazardly or in a vacuum.

0:27:18.480 --> 0:27:21.200
<v Speaker 1>They take a lot of work, a lot of negotiating

0:27:21.520 --> 0:27:22.960
<v Speaker 1>before they're finally consummated.

0:27:23.040 --> 0:27:26.960
<v Speaker 2>As a side note, one of the reasons it works

0:27:26.960 --> 0:27:30.560
<v Speaker 2>here in Buffalo and most teams who have a really

0:27:30.600 --> 0:27:34.720
<v Speaker 2>good cohesive front office. The reason it works is because

0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:38.080
<v Speaker 2>the head coach is also aware of what the GM

0:27:38.160 --> 0:27:40.000
<v Speaker 2>is doing and he has some input. And the coach

0:27:40.040 --> 0:27:42.080
<v Speaker 2>and we have this guy or this guy. We're talking

0:27:42.080 --> 0:27:43.880
<v Speaker 2>to this guy, and the head coaches say, I'll take

0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:47.400
<v Speaker 2>either one, but I prefer that one because we're doing

0:27:47.440 --> 0:27:50.560
<v Speaker 2>this and this guy's better at it. There's conversation, conversation

0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:52.720
<v Speaker 2>about which guy he would like to do it, and

0:27:52.720 --> 0:27:55.000
<v Speaker 2>he has if he has experience with him. The coaching

0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:59.360
<v Speaker 2>staff is fully informed about the possibilities and they probably

0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:03.680
<v Speaker 2>Then there's another layer of this, to the pro personnel.

0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:07.080
<v Speaker 2>Each coach will have a pro personnel guy he likes

0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:08.800
<v Speaker 2>better than he say, Hey, what do you think about it?

0:28:08.800 --> 0:28:10.520
<v Speaker 2>He says, but I think that I think he's right.

0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:12.000
<v Speaker 2>I think this is that you know what I mean?

0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:15.960
<v Speaker 2>So it's a it's a group think and they as

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:18.280
<v Speaker 2>with the Rasoul Douglas and even the Amari Cooper thing,

0:28:18.800 --> 0:28:21.160
<v Speaker 2>they get it right. I mean Mari Coopy. It didn't

0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:23.199
<v Speaker 2>work out. Marie Cooper didn't work out because of you know,

0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:25.119
<v Speaker 2>he got injured and all that, but the guy helped

0:28:25.160 --> 0:28:27.600
<v Speaker 2>and the Bills wouldn't have beat the Chiefs last year

0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:30.280
<v Speaker 2>without Amary. That's the kind of thing you get.

0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:33.440
<v Speaker 1>He pulls it. He was pulling attention away from.

0:28:33.359 --> 0:28:35.200
<v Speaker 2>He also caught on the first third down and caught

0:28:35.240 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 2>one with a busted hand down the sideline. Then he

0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:39.000
<v Speaker 2>made that catch over the head in the back. I mean,

0:28:40.720 --> 0:28:43.440
<v Speaker 2>Amari Cooper helped this team. And of course Rasul Douglas

0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:45.480
<v Speaker 2>was an absolute home run. He came in and got

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:50.880
<v Speaker 2>a turnovers games. So yeah, that kind of group think

0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:53.960
<v Speaker 2>leads to good situations like that if you can fit

0:28:54.040 --> 0:28:56.280
<v Speaker 2>it under the economics and you can get the other

0:28:56.360 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 2>team to say, yeah, we're we're done with this guy.

0:28:59.640 --> 0:29:01.920
<v Speaker 1>Let's in and over to the numbers game, where Steve

0:29:01.960 --> 0:29:05.480
<v Speaker 1>will be quizzed on Bills versus NFC South history. The

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:10.000
<v Speaker 1>Bills have two games against the NFC House South already

0:29:10.000 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 1>in the books beat The Saints lost to the Falcons,

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:15.720
<v Speaker 1>and they have Carolina on deck, so this seemed very timely.

0:29:16.160 --> 0:29:19.480
<v Speaker 1>Tampa's a little bit later in the season. Question Number

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<v Speaker 1>one in the Sean McDermott era, what is their best

0:29:23.320 --> 0:29:26.840
<v Speaker 1>record in a season in which they faced the NFC South.

0:29:27.120 --> 0:29:30.000
<v Speaker 1>It's happened two times. This is the third go round

0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:30.400
<v Speaker 1>this year.

0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:33.000
<v Speaker 2>They're one and one right now? Is that counts the season? Now?

0:29:33.000 --> 0:29:35.800
<v Speaker 1>We're not counting that one? Oh, so there's only half ones.

0:29:35.880 --> 0:29:37.600
<v Speaker 1>You would not expect one and one to be the

0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:40.280
<v Speaker 1>best record against the NFC South right.

0:29:40.240 --> 0:29:43.479
<v Speaker 2>Over time to Tampa Bay that year, I think they

0:29:43.600 --> 0:29:47.480
<v Speaker 2>beat Atlanta that year they got crushed by the same

0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:48.240
<v Speaker 2>Stead year.

0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:51.520
<v Speaker 1>So I just need what you think the record would be.

0:29:51.560 --> 0:29:53.760
<v Speaker 1>I think three one, three and one is correct, and

0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:58.800
<v Speaker 1>that was in twenty twenty one. Nice job is one

0:29:58.880 --> 0:30:04.320
<v Speaker 1>for one. Question two, the Bill's best turnover margin against

0:30:04.360 --> 0:30:07.560
<v Speaker 1>the NFC South under McDermott in a season is a

0:30:07.680 --> 0:30:12.040
<v Speaker 1>plus five. What year of McDermott's tenure did that happen

0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:17.360
<v Speaker 1>twenty seventeen, twenty twenty one, or twenty twenty five against

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:18.640
<v Speaker 1>the NFC South.

0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:23.040
<v Speaker 2>I'll say twenty seventeen.

0:30:23.280 --> 0:30:27.560
<v Speaker 1>It was twenty seventeen. That Falcons game. That Falcons game

0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:31.800
<v Speaker 1>was a big one. There's three takeaways there for Davious

0:30:31.800 --> 0:30:34.480
<v Speaker 1>with that fifty two yard fumble return, Micah Hyde with

0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:37.720
<v Speaker 1>a pick. Yeah, and don't forget they come home to

0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:41.560
<v Speaker 1>play Tampa and Trey forces the fumble at the end

0:30:41.600 --> 0:30:43.320
<v Speaker 1>of the game and they kicked the game winning field

0:30:43.320 --> 0:30:45.840
<v Speaker 1>goal twenty seven to twenty four. I think that slot

0:30:45.880 --> 0:30:49.360
<v Speaker 1>receiver was Humphreys. I want to say they punched it

0:30:49.400 --> 0:30:52.440
<v Speaker 1>out there, so yeah, they were getting takeaways twenty.

0:30:52.240 --> 0:30:54.480
<v Speaker 2>Seven en psycopedia, I don't know if it can't.

0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:57.920
<v Speaker 1>Remember what h Question three, what current Bills player I

0:30:57.920 --> 0:31:00.400
<v Speaker 1>haven't known this. I know this, what current Bills player

0:31:00.440 --> 0:31:07.600
<v Speaker 1>has the most tackles since twenty seventeen against NFC South opponents?

0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:13.040
<v Speaker 1>And I will acknowledge this is a little bit of

0:31:13.080 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 1>a trick question. So you need to do some thinking

0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 1>here about the Bill's current roster and the Bills player

0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:22.760
<v Speaker 1>that would have the most tackles against the NFC South.

0:31:25.440 --> 0:31:26.040
<v Speaker 2>Trey White.

0:31:26.400 --> 0:31:30.200
<v Speaker 1>It's not Trey White. It's an excellent guest. Oh, it's

0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 1>an excellent guest because that would have been my guest.

0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:36.840
<v Speaker 1>It is not Poyer I'm gonna help you. It's a

0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:38.400
<v Speaker 1>new arrival to the team.

0:31:38.680 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 2>Who's Shack Thompson.

0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:42.400
<v Speaker 1>There you go, Shaq Thompson, who's spent a good portion

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 1>of his time in the NFC. That's why I said

0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:47.480
<v Speaker 1>it was kind of a trick question. Question four got

0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:50.240
<v Speaker 1>a pretty good kind of you're doing well, you're doing well,

0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:52.440
<v Speaker 1>a chance to go three for four right out of

0:31:52.440 --> 0:31:56.440
<v Speaker 1>the shoot? Which current Bills player has a defensive touchdown

0:31:56.880 --> 0:31:59.680
<v Speaker 1>against an NFC South opponent and the Sean mcdermoan era,

0:32:01.080 --> 0:32:03.360
<v Speaker 1>Trey White, You are right, Trey White. I kind of

0:32:03.400 --> 0:32:04.160
<v Speaker 1>gave it to your earlier.

0:32:04.160 --> 0:32:05.760
<v Speaker 2>To me earlier I would have gotten that, though.

0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:09.720
<v Speaker 1>I know Bubble returned for a touchdown against Atlanta in

0:32:09.760 --> 0:32:15.200
<v Speaker 1>twenty seventy Steve Batton seven in the Numbers game. Very

0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:18.440
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<v Speaker 1>we now ask our one burning question, Steve. If you

0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:43.640
<v Speaker 1>could add a reliable, productive starter at any one position

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 1>right now for the Bills, where would you do it.

0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:50.600
<v Speaker 2>It's an interesting question because they are getting a product.

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:54.920
<v Speaker 2>They're getting two productive starters on the defensive front in Hoyton,

0:32:54.960 --> 0:33:02.120
<v Speaker 2>Ogan Jobie. I think you you could say wide receiver,

0:33:03.120 --> 0:33:06.360
<v Speaker 2>because I just think they need some juice out there.

0:33:06.480 --> 0:33:09.360
<v Speaker 2>I think they've become a little bit stagnant. And we

0:33:09.400 --> 0:33:12.840
<v Speaker 2>saw too the Bills struggled in pass protection against the Falcons.

0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:15.280
<v Speaker 2>But I'm not going to say an offensive lineman.

0:33:18.440 --> 0:33:22.840
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I might have screwed it up. Yeah, what

0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:25.960
<v Speaker 1>I didn't delete it. I think I copied and pasted

0:33:26.000 --> 0:33:30.800
<v Speaker 1>the fan duel, read and asked, and I did the

0:33:30.840 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 1>same question. All right, So let's do a redo there. Sorry,

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:45.920
<v Speaker 1>time now for our one learning question. Buffalo has won

0:33:46.040 --> 0:33:51.040
<v Speaker 1>five consecutive division titles, Steve. They've played at least two

0:33:51.040 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 1>playoff games each of the last five years and have

0:33:53.840 --> 0:33:56.800
<v Speaker 1>played a first play schedule the last five years as well.

0:33:57.320 --> 0:34:00.760
<v Speaker 1>It is is it at all possible that the Bills

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:05.760
<v Speaker 1>as a team have experienced contention fatigue?

0:34:06.280 --> 0:34:12.239
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely. We've talked a lot about the emotional This is

0:34:12.239 --> 0:34:14.759
<v Speaker 2>an appropriate question for you because your team, year after

0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:17.520
<v Speaker 2>year in the nineties went back and went back and

0:34:17.560 --> 0:34:19.800
<v Speaker 2>went back and went back, and that can wear on

0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:22.319
<v Speaker 2>you play When you play in a lot of big

0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:24.279
<v Speaker 2>games at the end of the season, important games like

0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:28.160
<v Speaker 2>we did back in the day, these regular season games,

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:31.879
<v Speaker 2>you just feel like, just get me to the ones

0:34:31.920 --> 0:34:33.920
<v Speaker 2>that matter. I think there's a little bit of that

0:34:33.960 --> 0:34:34.279
<v Speaker 2>going on.

0:34:34.480 --> 0:34:37.160
<v Speaker 1>We saw Kansas City kind of experience that last year,

0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:40.440
<v Speaker 1>eleven one score victories. They found a way to pull

0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:41.239
<v Speaker 1>a lot of those out.

0:34:41.440 --> 0:34:42.600
<v Speaker 2>Yes, but it looked.

0:34:42.360 --> 0:34:44.480
<v Speaker 1>Hard for them and they looked disinterested.

0:34:44.560 --> 0:34:46.359
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and they made it to the Super Bowl last year.

0:34:46.560 --> 0:34:49.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean they turned it on when it mattered, and

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.959
<v Speaker 2>there's a little bit something to that. Maybe this team

0:34:52.000 --> 0:34:55.400
<v Speaker 2>can do that, but you really need to win these games.

0:34:57.600 --> 0:35:01.120
<v Speaker 2>You can't count on on going on the road in

0:35:01.160 --> 0:35:04.480
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs because by that time, no matter who you're playing,

0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:09.800
<v Speaker 2>whether it's the Chiefs, the Ravens, the Chargers, the Colts,

0:35:09.840 --> 0:35:11.879
<v Speaker 2>all these teams are it doesn't matter who you're playing,

0:35:11.880 --> 0:35:14.400
<v Speaker 2>they're going to be playing well and you've got to

0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:18.400
<v Speaker 2>be ready for that. So, yes, I think that is

0:35:18.680 --> 0:35:21.759
<v Speaker 2>an absolute real thing for this club. I think it's

0:35:21.800 --> 0:35:25.879
<v Speaker 2>a battle they have to fight to get emotionally up

0:35:25.920 --> 0:35:26.560
<v Speaker 2>for these games.

0:35:26.600 --> 0:35:28.560
<v Speaker 1>I think it's one of the reasons we have seen

0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:31.800
<v Speaker 1>the last three weeks they have not come into games

0:35:31.840 --> 0:35:34.319
<v Speaker 1>with energy juice.

0:35:34.440 --> 0:35:37.359
<v Speaker 2>You know, you're playing you're playing out of conference, out

0:35:37.360 --> 0:35:41.440
<v Speaker 2>of division games, teams you don't normally see. They're two

0:35:41.520 --> 0:35:43.759
<v Speaker 2>and two coming in. The Bills have been playing teams that.

0:35:44.200 --> 0:35:46.080
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the Patriots are the only team that had

0:35:46.080 --> 0:35:47.759
<v Speaker 2>won a game before they played the Bills. I mean,

0:35:47.800 --> 0:35:49.680
<v Speaker 2>they're playing all these teams that can't win a game.

0:35:50.280 --> 0:35:53.720
<v Speaker 2>It's just like it's it's rough.

0:35:53.840 --> 0:35:57.040
<v Speaker 1>So I do think there is some contention. I call

0:35:57.080 --> 0:36:00.080
<v Speaker 1>it contention fatigue. You're you're an AFC contender again and

0:36:01.560 --> 0:36:04.360
<v Speaker 1>you have to play a first play schedule again, but

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:09.120
<v Speaker 1>the regular season seems almost secondary when you go to

0:36:09.160 --> 0:36:11.800
<v Speaker 1>the postseason every year. Right It's like, this isn't a

0:36:11.800 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 1>big game. And I think they've got to They've got

0:36:15.280 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 1>to squash that and squash that fast, because right now

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:21.200
<v Speaker 1>you're sitting here on the bye week looking up at

0:36:21.200 --> 0:36:23.200
<v Speaker 1>the New England Patriots, the first place in your division.

0:36:23.280 --> 0:36:25.600
<v Speaker 2>A quick story of my old coach, Marv Levy, who

0:36:25.840 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 2>was one hundred years old. This year, he told our

0:36:28.680 --> 0:36:32.839
<v Speaker 2>team a story for this exact situation. You know, you're

0:36:32.880 --> 0:36:34.840
<v Speaker 2>into these games where these teams that are struggling, and

0:36:34.920 --> 0:36:36.680
<v Speaker 2>you're the team that's gonna you know, at the end,

0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:38.200
<v Speaker 2>you're going to be a division title or you're going

0:36:38.280 --> 0:36:40.720
<v Speaker 2>to be a wild card, even if you stumble and fall.

0:36:41.640 --> 0:36:44.799
<v Speaker 2>He said. Listen, he goes. Back in the day, they

0:36:44.800 --> 0:36:48.000
<v Speaker 2>asked one of the great pitchers in them in baseball

0:36:49.080 --> 0:36:54.040
<v Speaker 2>about his pitching style. It was Sandy Kofax, and they said, well,

0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:55.640
<v Speaker 2>what you know, when do you really you know, when

0:36:55.719 --> 0:36:57.480
<v Speaker 2>is it really important to pitch well? And he and

0:36:57.520 --> 0:37:00.560
<v Speaker 2>the and the he said, really breed down. When do

0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:02.719
<v Speaker 2>you worry the most about a batter? He goes, I

0:37:02.800 --> 0:37:05.200
<v Speaker 2>worry when the pitcher comes up. He goes, the picture

0:37:05.880 --> 0:37:09.040
<v Speaker 2>they can't hit. Is why are you worried about the pitcher?

0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:11.080
<v Speaker 2>And he goes, because the pitcher is the one I'm

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to get out the picture, the guy who can't

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<v Speaker 2>hit is the one they're depending on me to get

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<v Speaker 2>him out. That's when I've got to do my job.

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<v Speaker 2>And when you face a team that is struggling, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just trying to rebuild and find find Carolina, like the

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina Panthers. That's the team you're supposed to beat. That's

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<v Speaker 2>when you're you know, there's a question whether, hey, you

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs coming in here, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers coming

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<v Speaker 2>in here, the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles coming here.

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<v Speaker 2>You can hey those teams. Hey, that's a that's a tot.

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. You lose a close one of those guys,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a tough game. You're supposed to beat that team.

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<v Speaker 2>Make it happen. So that was the story Marv told

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<v Speaker 2>us as we were, you know, kind of in this

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<v Speaker 2>you know, contention fatigue where he saw it and you

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<v Speaker 2>have to address it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So hopefully that happens as well coming out of

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<v Speaker 1>the buy. Our closing figure deals with James Cook's success

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<v Speaker 1>running the football thus far this season. Among backs with

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<v Speaker 1>more than fifty carries this season, Cook ranks sixth in

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<v Speaker 1>the highest number of box defenders faced at seven point

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<v Speaker 1>five six. Cook stands fourth in the NFL in total

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<v Speaker 1>yards after contact with three hundred and six. He ranks

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<v Speaker 1>second in the NFL and expected yards per attempt at

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<v Speaker 1>nine point nine two, and only one player in the

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<v Speaker 1>league ranks higher than Cook's EPA per attempt. It's Carolinas

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<v Speaker 1>Rico Dowdle with a figure of twelve point three with

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills face after the buye in week eight. That'll

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<v Speaker 1>do it for this episode. Be sure to subscribe on

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills, you need to jeck Bill by the numbers

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<v Speaker 1>for Steve tapter On, Chris Brown, thanks for listening. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>pat you next time.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody