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Speaker 1: Welcome into Week two of the Sean McDermott Show, presented
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Speaker 1: you as always for joining us. It was a tough
Speaker 1: loss to the Steelers in Week one where it seemed
Speaker 1: like nothing went your way in the second half. What
Speaker 1: was your message to your team right after the game,
Speaker 1: and what's your message to them going forward this week
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins. Well, we talked about each and every
Speaker 1: one of us doing a better job, starting with me,
Speaker 1: and you know, just fundamentally after looking at the tape,
Speaker 1: just just fundamentally doing things better. Sometimes the game of
Speaker 1: football we make too complicated and we've got a block better,
Speaker 1: catch better, run better, tackle better and then put ourselves
Speaker 1: in better position in critical situation. So just just really
Speaker 1: starting with myself and then everyone taking their responsible to
Speaker 1: accountability for it. As the football teamer, well, he held
Speaker 1: the Steelers to just fifty three total yards in the
Speaker 1: first half and had a ten o lead, and then
Speaker 1: in the second half felt like you couldn't catch a break.
Speaker 1: You had some tough penalties and a block punt return
Speaker 1: for a touchdown, And on the other side, the Steelers
Speaker 1: had four straight scoring drives which were perpetuated by some
Speaker 1: of those penalties. Did they do anything in the second
Speaker 1: half that changed at the moment of the game or
Speaker 1: was it all about breaks and penalties? Well, I think
Speaker 1: there was a stretch in the game there where they
Speaker 1: made some big plays, right with the block punt for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, we come back. I think on the ensuing drive,
Speaker 1: things don't go our way. I think on the fourth down,
Speaker 1: I think that was the next drive there, so or
Speaker 1: what have you. So it was just a quick change
Speaker 1: in momentum overall, and the game comes down to a
Speaker 1: handful of plays and we had some opportunities that we
Speaker 1: didn't take advantage on. We need to do a better
Speaker 1: job with You said it was a big focus to
Speaker 1: improve your pass rush this last offseason. Your defense came
Speaker 1: out swinging the first half, had a couple of sacks
Speaker 1: and they finished the game with six hits on the quarterback.
Speaker 1: What did you think of the way your defensive line
Speaker 1: got after Ben in Week one? Yeah, I thought they
Speaker 1: really did some good things. Eric Washington did a good
Speaker 1: job of rolling some of the bodies in their fresh bodies.
Speaker 1: And if he saw Mario Addison early with the sack fumble,
Speaker 1: and I wish we could have got on that because
Speaker 1: that could have been changing the game and the outcome
Speaker 1: of the game perhaps. And I thought Jerry Hughes did
Speaker 1: some good things. Greg Rousseau, you saw a jappen, az
Speaker 1: Ed Oliver, just to name a few of the guys.
Speaker 1: And so I think, listen, the challenges are only going
Speaker 1: to grow and get better, and so it's important that
Speaker 1: we continue to grow with those challenges. Yeah, under opening day,
Speaker 1: Josh came out of the tunnel to chance of MVP,
Speaker 1: but he didn't have one of his signature performance that
Speaker 1: we got used to seeing last season. But still he
Speaker 1: finished with two hundred and seventy yards and a touchdown
Speaker 1: through the air, and he made some great throws in
Speaker 1: windy conditions. What'd you see in Josh's performance against Pittsburgh, Well,
Speaker 1: I think you hit it, Steve. You know, there was
Speaker 1: some players I know Josh wants back, but overall, you know,
Speaker 1: there was a lot of good moments as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: we spread the ball around at times to the different receivers.
Speaker 1: Hit the tight end on a backed up situation, which
Speaker 1: was a huge throw obviously, Gabe Davis before half was
Speaker 1: a huge throw in a tight window. And you know
Speaker 1: how hard it is in the red zone, how small
Speaker 1: those windows are down there. So I thought Josh really
Speaker 1: did some good things and I know he's going to
Speaker 1: look to improve as we head into week two here. Well,
Speaker 1: the new guy, Emmanuel Sanders had four catches on eight
Speaker 1: targets for fifty two yards. He and Josh failed to
Speaker 1: connect on a deep one and looked like it was
Speaker 1: going to be a touchdown early on, but they do
Speaker 1: seem to have some chemistry. What did you think of
Speaker 1: Sanders in his Bill's debut. Yeah, I thought he played fast.
Speaker 1: I know there was a player two in there where
Speaker 1: he and Josh didn't connect or Josh then hit him
Speaker 1: I think over in the seam one time over the
Speaker 1: middle and they knocked the ball out of his hands.
Speaker 1: So another opportunity for us that we got to make
Speaker 1: the most of next go around. But great to get
Speaker 1: Emanuel going, especially early in his career as a Bill
Speaker 1: here and off to a good start, and his rapport
Speaker 1: with Josh in Game one. After the game, Mitch Morris said,
Speaker 1: the loss to the Steeler was really a gut check
Speaker 1: and an opportunity to learn. How do you think your
Speaker 1: team can learn from this loss to the Steelers to
Speaker 1: get better moving forward and in particular here in week
Speaker 1: two in Miami. Well, I think it offers a wake
Speaker 1: up call early in the season here for us, right
Speaker 1: and it starts mentally. We've got to make sure we're
Speaker 1: mentally dialed in and recalibrated into continuing to earn things.
Speaker 1: You know, that comes with expectations. Sometimes as a human
Speaker 1: you get a little bit off kilter. And so I
Speaker 1: think it's a great wake up call, if you is
Speaker 1: the right way. We've got to learn from it, and
Speaker 1: we've got to continue to grow and get ourselves back
Speaker 1: to playing Buffalo Bill style football. Thanks coach, We're gonna
Speaker 1: catch up with you later in the show to get
Speaker 1: your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the Dolphins
Speaker 1: on Sunday. We'll be back everybody. Game preview is presented
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Speaker 1: glab Here with this week's game preview. The Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: will head to Miami for their first road trip of
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. Bills are searching for their
Speaker 1: first victory, while the Dolphins are one in oz with
Speaker 1: a Week one win over the Patriots. Wide receiver Stefan
Speaker 1: Diggs was the leading receiver with nine catches for sixty
Speaker 1: nine yards, continuing his streak of seventeen straight games, including
Speaker 1: the playoffs, with six or more receptions. The Bills offense
Speaker 1: is looking to bounce back in Quarterback Josh Allen is
Speaker 1: known to play well against the Dolphins. He has thrown
Speaker 1: for seventeen touchdowns and has a one fourteen point three
Speaker 1: passer rating against the AFC East foe. Allen has also
Speaker 1: earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week in three out
Speaker 1: of six career games against Miami. In Week one, Buffalo's
Speaker 1: defense held the Steelers to just sixteen points and recorded
Speaker 1: two sacks. They also had an answer for limiting first
Speaker 1: round running back Naja Harris to just two point eight
Speaker 1: yards per carry, which could play into limiting Dolphins running
Speaker 1: back Miles Gaskin this week. The Dolphins were able to
Speaker 1: sneak by with a one point win in their first
Speaker 1: game of the season thanks to their defense forced four fumbles.
Speaker 1: They recovered two of those four, and the last one
Speaker 1: happened in the red zone, which secured the win. Miami
Speaker 1: quarterback two A Tongue of Iloa is using year two
Speaker 1: to prove why Miami made the right decision by drafting him.
Speaker 1: He threw for two hundred and two yards, had a
Speaker 1: passing and a rushing touchdown, and one interception while completing
Speaker 1: fifty nine percent of his passes against the Patriots. The
Speaker 1: Bills have won the last five games against Miami and
Speaker 1: have beat the Dolphins in the last seven of eight
Speaker 1: games since Sean McDermott took over as head coach. Miami
Speaker 1: does lead the all time series with sixty one wins
Speaker 1: and fifty two losses. That's this week's game preview, Steve
Speaker 1: back to you. Thanks as always, Maddie, coach. You're gonna
Speaker 1: have your first regular season road trip of the year
Speaker 1: heading down to Miami this week. How different are your
Speaker 1: road trips going to be this year than they were
Speaker 1: last year under the more strict COVID protocols. Well, we'll see.
Speaker 1: We've been on the road a few times through preseason
Speaker 1: to this point, but not in the regular season. This
Speaker 1: will be one of our further trips, our longer trips
Speaker 1: that will have this season, but it's too a familiar
Speaker 1: place and so we'll get a chance to get down
Speaker 1: there and get acclimated to the heat a little bit.
Speaker 1: And it's important that we're hydrated all week long as
Speaker 1: we head down there and prepare for our game against Miami.
Speaker 1: And you know, we're going to do our best to
Speaker 1: stay as healthy as we can and go down there
Speaker 1: and do our job and then try and get back
Speaker 1: here in the safest way possible. Well, you'll face two
Speaker 1: a Tonga Voloa, a quarterback for the second time in
Speaker 1: his career. He threw for a touchdown and ran for
Speaker 1: another in their win against the Patriots in Week one.
Speaker 1: What are you expecting to see out of this second
Speaker 1: year quarterback in Miami. Well, I'm sure he spent a
Speaker 1: lot of the offseason working on his game. Puts in
Speaker 1: a lot of time from what I know what I've heard,
Speaker 1: and they've added weapons to his arsenal and offense with
Speaker 1: Waddle who's a great receiver with the ball in his
Speaker 1: hands and a kickpunt returner as well. So you saw
Speaker 1: them go up to New England in a tough environment
Speaker 1: and beat a good football team and the Patriots, and
Speaker 1: now they're one to oz and sitting atop the division.
Speaker 1: And so we've got to go down there with the
Speaker 1: right mindset and ready to put our best foot forward. Well,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins added wide receiver Jalen Waddle with the sixth
Speaker 1: overall pick in this year's draft. This last offseason, he
Speaker 1: had four catches for sixty one yards and a touchdown
Speaker 1: in his debut. How does the added element of his
Speaker 1: speed change the way you're preparing for the Dolphins offense? Yes, Steve,
Speaker 1: you see him trying to get him the ball and
Speaker 1: get the ball in his hands so he can do
Speaker 1: something with it in the rack category in terms of
Speaker 1: run after catch, and he's dangerous, and so we've got
Speaker 1: to make sure that we corral him as best week can.
Speaker 1: Thanks coach, good luck this week in Miami. We're gonna
Speaker 1: be back next week to recap your game against the
Speaker 1: Dolphins and preview your Week three matchup against the Washington
Speaker 1: football team. Thanks everybody at home for watching the Sean
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