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Speaker 1: These one Bills Live presented by Called Light to Health. Hey,

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Speaker 1: how you be on this Thursday? Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

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Speaker 1: with you. One Girls Live is the show. Players back

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Speaker 1: out on the practice field indoors today. With rain coming

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Speaker 1: down all day today, you're going to be a soaker.

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Speaker 1: So the team went indoors to get an effective and

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Speaker 1: efficient practice under way, and we'll get your practice updates

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Speaker 1: in just a minute. As there. They just took the

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Speaker 1: field about thirty minutes ago, give or take, and we're

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Speaker 1: a day closer to Super wild Card weekend. They only

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Speaker 1: added that in the last couple of years, Steve, when

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Speaker 1: they went to a triple header right Sundays and then

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Speaker 1: they added Monday night. It became super when once the

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Speaker 1: seventh seed came in and there was three games, Well

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Speaker 1: you think two for each conference. It's only been well,

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Speaker 1: I don't in our lifetime, but it's only been the

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Speaker 1: last well that every game became a standalone. Used to be,

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Speaker 1: they didn't. They played him like a regular Sunday skillet.

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Speaker 1: I think they used to do two Saturday to Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Now you got one on Monday, two on Saturday, and

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Speaker 1: three on Sunday. Yeah, it is super super duper, so

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Speaker 1: I would call it a super wild card weekend. It's yeah,

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Speaker 1: would you say? I'm telling you, though I've said it,

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Speaker 1: I think these games turn out to be the most

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Speaker 1: exciting ones. Right. I was just gonna ask you, would

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Speaker 1: you say this is the best playoff weekend? Or is

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Speaker 1: Divisional round the best playoff weekend? Some people still love

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Speaker 1: the final four. Here's the championship weekend. It's it's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I haven't seen enough the super sized one.

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Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, I don't want in a couple of years,

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Speaker 1: because it used to be, and I'll say it again,

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Speaker 1: you used to get these wildcard teams that come in

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Speaker 1: and some of them are coming down to the wire.

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Speaker 1: You're trying to get in, and there's only six teams

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Speaker 1: the one and two got to buy. Yeah, so you

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Speaker 1: had two barely winning division teams that sometimes they the

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Speaker 1: four and five would flip with the two, the three

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Speaker 1: Tennessee was out right exactly, they're in and they're out

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Speaker 1: and they're in there. So they all get in. These

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Speaker 1: like they had that rush. Then they carry it over

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Speaker 1: into the next week, and wild card weekend was awesome.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you get like the greatest comeback was a

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Speaker 1: wildcard game. You get all these games that are off

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Speaker 1: the charts, but then Divisional round, those two teams that

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Speaker 1: win that walk into two teams that were rested at home. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was the divisional round was a massacre and it

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Speaker 1: was just terrible. It was a hole. So you know,

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Speaker 1: the wild card was always better than that. There always

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Speaker 1: seems to be one upset on wild Card weekend. Do

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Speaker 1: you have any early choices for like the Giants over

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Speaker 1: the Vikings maybe? Or I could see that I could

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Speaker 1: see that Jacks are the higher Jags are the higher

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Speaker 1: seed against the Chargers. I don't even know who you'd

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Speaker 1: consider the underdog. That wouldn't even be That wouldn't be

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Speaker 1: an upset that that's kind of a I like that.

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Speaker 1: not right. Nine and eight going against ten and seven

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Speaker 1: make a case for Baltimore Cincinnati because they played each

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Speaker 1: another victim of late game heroics by the Vikings. I

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Speaker 1: The Giants are a team that they don't beat themselves.

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Speaker 1: And we know we've we all believe or have convinced

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Speaker 1: ourselves that the Vikings or a mirage because of what

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Speaker 1: most disrespected twelve win team going. I think though, absolutely

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Speaker 1: absolutely they and that's just from the Bills game. Well,

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Speaker 1: forget about the the other they had a handful of others.

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Speaker 1: these one school game team and fourth they weren't even twelve.

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Speaker 1: Giants twenty seven, twenty four, and weeks sixteen. They just

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Speaker 1: their thirteen wins b were by one possession. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: come on, BRO made the players. I hate to say it.

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Speaker 1: They are due. They are due. I wouldn't they are

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Speaker 1: don't debate that. And the Giants are the Giants. That's

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Speaker 1: their wheelhouse. Man. They can't beat anybody by more than

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Speaker 1: transaction today and Bill's practice updates may explain that. So

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Speaker 1: by Lee com leek Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, and

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Speaker 1: they added Cole Beasley to the fifty three man roster,

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Speaker 1: released Justin Murray, a reserve offensive lineman, to make room

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Speaker 1: for Beasley on the roster. The impetus for this, we believe,

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Speaker 1: suddenly in doubt for Sunday's game against the Dolphins. But

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Speaker 1: The only chance, I think, I think the best chance

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Speaker 1: Dolphins have defensively in this matchup is to get Alan

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Speaker 1: keep him in the pocket, don't let him be running

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Speaker 1: around out there. You got to you gotta force him

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Speaker 1: And if that's the case, if that's what I believe

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Speaker 1: as a as a Bill's coach, to me, that means

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Speaker 1: spread them out, give him quick options right off the

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Speaker 1: of it and beat him that way. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if I'm I don't know if I'm in the ballpark.

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Speaker 1: If it's what that's gonna that's what they're gonna do.

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Speaker 1: But to me, that's that's where I start. I motion

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Speaker 1: what coverage they're in. Give a couple of slot guys,

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Speaker 1: either Beasley and Digs or Beasley and Shakier, whoever, give

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Speaker 1: I might want the ball out of Josh's hands a

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Speaker 1: Let me just tear my heart out and stick it

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Speaker 1: in the freezer and make it as cold as ice.

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Speaker 1: Here's what you do, Okay, you franchise him. Well yeah,

427
00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,720
Speaker 1: that's in two years, and then you let him walk.

428
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: Okay you and I hate to say it this way,

429
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,000
Speaker 1: they use him up and just turn him loose and

430
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 1: that's it. And if they go to the if they

431
00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 1: go to the big Game, you do it again. Franchise

432
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,639
Speaker 1: him because well, this is a team that learned the

433
00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 1: hard way about waiting on a contract. And then Joe

434
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: Flacco goes all the way, wins the Super Bowl and

435
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:10,399
Speaker 1: the MVP Super Bowl MVP, and they have no choice.

436
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,199
Speaker 1: They have to sign him to a monster extension. He

437
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,159
Speaker 1: was the highest paid player in the league. And you know,

438
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,800
Speaker 1: he was an above average quarterback, but he was not

439
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,720
Speaker 1: a top five and guy. And the bottom fell out fast. Well, yeah,

440
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: because he signed it I think at age thirty two.

441
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,640
Speaker 1: I think he was like in his early thirties when

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00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: he signed the thing. Maybe I don't know if he

443
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: was that old, but yeah, whatever, I mean, it did

444
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,320
Speaker 1: not maybe not. Maybe it's twenty nine. It was not. Yeah,

445
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: it was not. And then they got stuck on the

446
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,640
Speaker 1: hook with that thing. And you know that's the game.

447
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,399
Speaker 1: You play. When's the right time. How many years do

448
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 1: we commit? How much money are we committing? Yeah, after

449
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: learning the hard way the last time they made just

450
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 1: franchise of Steve, you might be right on the money

451
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: with that. It's you're it's a big number. It's like

452
00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 1: forty three million, but it's a one year d you

453
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: play it out of it And if it's not every

454
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 1: and it's guaranteed for him as soon as he signed,

455
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 1: sure he signed it, he gets the money. Cool um,

456
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: And you've all this time, You've still got the chance

457
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 1: if you feel so inclined to sign him to an extension.

458
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: But for him, and I'll say this too, for Lamar,

459
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 1: given what we've seen around the National Football League, it's

460
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: a smart thing for him too. It worked for Kirk Cousins.

461
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,280
Speaker 1: That's one guy it did work out for, and it's

462
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: worked out for other guys too. I mean, getting to

463
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: free agency is the holy grail. And let me tell

464
00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,120
Speaker 1: you something. You don't think Deshaun Watson did the right thing?

465
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,760
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, that guy was like untouchable. All it

466
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: takes is one owner to make that kind of mistake.

467
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: And I mean Lamar is a you know, he's an

468
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 1: former MVP. And he's young. He's like younger than college quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He's younger than Stetson Bennett. Yeah, I think twenty four,

470
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:06,479
Speaker 1: twenty five, he's right there. Goodness gracious, if I'm Lamar,

471
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: I just get to free agency somehow, some way. He

472
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: might be waiting at least a year. There's another report

473
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: on a quarterback. Did you see this one? Tom Brady

474
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: signing with the Dolphins and free agency is quote definitely

475
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 1: on the table. Are we gonna go down that road again?

476
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,879
Speaker 1: Stephen Ross? After you already got punished by losing a

477
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:32,159
Speaker 1: first round draft choice and getting a fine because you

478
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: tampered with Tom Brady, you're gonna go down the same

479
00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 1: road again? Are you? Come on? Really? What can I say?

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00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 1: I guess, I guess some draft picks and you can

481
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,640
Speaker 1: have him. Yeah, you can not the same guy, whether

482
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 1: it's him or two. You can have he. He's still

483
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,640
Speaker 1: a great quarterback. He's still way ahead of the game mentally.

484
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: But he'll be forty six next year. I don't even care,

485
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: and you should care. We should care. You're talking about

486
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. I know, I know, and you know every

487
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: team in the league, most team, I not every team,

488
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 1: that's that's not true. I don't want to say every team,

489
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: A lot of teams in the league will be better

490
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: with that guy than the whatever guy they got. That's valid.

491
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: And what do you Tyreek and Waddle? I know we've

492
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: never seen that except for when two thousand and seven

493
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 1: or two thousand and eight, when Brady was like nineteen

494
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,120
Speaker 1: and one. Yeah, So what do you think is more

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00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:41,400
Speaker 1: likely Brady in Miami next year or Brady in Las

496
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: Vegas next year with McDaniels, Josh McDaniels. Does he play

497
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: for Mike McDaniel or Josh McDaniel. I think he's Mike

498
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: McDaniel because from what I heard. I heard somebody say

499
00:28:54,240 --> 00:29:00,120
Speaker 1: this this morning that that Brady's kids live in Miami. Okay,

500
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 1: and if he can choose yeah, you know, boy, I'll

501
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: say this, what do they pay him? Yeah? I mean

502
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: one year, two years? Who knows one year with an option?

503
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: Ross will pay big time in Miami. He's got to. Now,

504
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 1: he's got He's gonna have to put his money where

505
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: his mouth is. He doesn't want to be denied. Clearly,

506
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: if there's legitimacy to this report, and there's no reason

507
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: to think there isn't, especially in the past history. I mean,

508
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 1: he went to tampering lengths to try to get him

509
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: the last time. I'd like to think that if people

510
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: are reporting that it's an option again this offseason, that

511
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: it probably is crazy, isn't it. It is twitter topic

512
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: on the table for you today. What's the one thing

513
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: you want to see from the Bills in their playoff

514
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: game against the Dolphins. Anything's on the table there, man, Like,

515
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 1: is there something that you'd really like to see in

516
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: this game? In this matchup? You let us know. Eight

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00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: three fifty eight fifty two, five fifty the number to

518
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: get on board. Got open lines for you, Steve and

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00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: I back with your phone calls and a little bit

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Speaker 1: by Tim Horton's We're gonna hear from Josh Allen and

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00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: some of his teammates on safety Micah Hyde's return to

530
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: practice for the first time since his injury earlier this season.

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00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: I didn't sleep last night, and not because I was

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00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: like nervous anything. I was just too excited. I was

533
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: too excited. I've been coming, I've been in all the meetings,

534
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 1: I've been rehabbing every day. You know. It's just I've

535
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: been a part of this thing for a while, and

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00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: I just I just love these guys. You know, I

537
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: think everything happens for a reason. I'm very, very grateful

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00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: to be in the position that I am right now,

539
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: and to see my teammates throughout this whole season, all

540
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: the things that we have been through, um, you name it,

541
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: the weather, the injuries, um, you know, Dham situation, just

542
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: all this stuff. To seeing my boys, my teammates, you know,

543
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: go out there and continue to fight, it wouldn't be

544
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 1: you know. I have to. I have to make it.

545
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: I have to give it a go. Um. I have

546
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: to and so UM, this is a special group. I've

547
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: been saying it all along and I'm just glad I

548
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: can be a part of it today. My k is

549
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: so peaceful and he's so happy. But seeing him, you know,

550
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,479
Speaker 1: progress and Mica speaking about first week of playoffs. I'm

551
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: gonna be back out there and it's the first practice

552
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: of playoffs and Michael is back out there, so you know,

553
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 1: he put his mind to it and he did it,

554
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: and uh we knew it, Mica. Mica is a fighter

555
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: and he cares and he loves us. I think Michael Man,

556
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: I think he's more excited than everybody else just to

557
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: be back out day. It's a great seeing my dad

558
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: running around, fresh legs for him, and you know, he's

559
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: running around everywhere making plays. It's been great, you know,

560
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: having him back out there, having basically everybody back, you know,

561
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 1: it's it's a blessing and we're just thankful to happened back.

562
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: I think getting all these guys back, you know what

563
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: I mean, it's good for the morale. And I mean

564
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: it seems been through a lot this year, you know

565
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: what I mean. So we just got to keep chugging

566
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: along and uh, just keep taking it day by day.

567
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 1: To me, that's about as resilient of an effort to

568
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: make it back to this team and be out there

569
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: and to be it was you know, it's tangible as palpable,

570
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: as infectious to to see him out there and uh,

571
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: you know, a little spark under us. It was fun.

572
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: It was just fun to see and uh, you know,

573
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: he had a lot of good points to talk about

574
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: and just kind of see where his mindset is and

575
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: how he's wired. And that's why he's been, Uh, the

576
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 1: way he's he is and the player he's been for

577
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 1: so long is that's just how he's That's that's how

578
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: he's made. He's one of our captains for a reason.

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00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: We love the guy. Um, you know, I've kind of

580
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: know him quite well, so he's been here as long

581
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: as I've been here, and um, just to know the

582
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: emotions that he went through early in the season and

583
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: to get back out here and start practicing and um,

584
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: you know, now we got to do our job and

585
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: do everything we can to allow him to come back.

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00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,840
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Speaker 1: the App, Get the Rewards Twitter poll question for you,

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00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: what's the one thing you want to see from the

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00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: Bills in their playoff game against the Dolphins. Obviously, we

590
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: all want to see a win, but what's the path

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00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: to that victory that you'd like to witness? On Sunday

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00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: when they kick it off at one o'clock, we go

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Speaker 1: to the phones at eight oh three, oh five fifty

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty the

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Speaker 1: number to call, and there is an open line for you.

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00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 1: But we lead off with John in Olmaha. What do

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00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: you got for his? John? Hey, what's up, guys? Thanks

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00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: for taking my call here, you bet. I just want

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00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: to say I want to see the offense clicking on

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00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: all cylinders, get that energy like we had last year

601
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: going into the postseason, where everybody just thought this team

602
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: can't be beat. There was Josh was running, Josh was throwing.

603
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: Everything just seemed to be clicking on all cylinders all

604
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: the way up until the tail end of the Kansas

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00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: City game. And then we picked up the season right

606
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: where we left off, you know, just going nuts on

607
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: the Rams and the Titans, and it seems like we've

608
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 1: had a lot more one possession games. I think, to

609
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: get that, get the points back up, get the offense clicking,

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00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: That's kind of what I want to see. I also

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00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,000
Speaker 1: had a question. One I'd like to see if there's

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00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: an update on Merph, see how he's doing. And then

613
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: also I wanted to see it if from previous experience,

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00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: if we do end up in that game in Atlanta,

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00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 1: if you guys know how the Builds Mafia has typically

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00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: traveled to Atlanta, Well, I mean, if I do know,

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00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: if you're in the Buffalo area, there are direct flights

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00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: to Atlanta, so that's one way. But you're in Omaha,

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00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: so not quite true. I mean, I know they have

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00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: an airport in Omaha, but right, yeah, I mean you'll

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00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: have to figure that out. I know that there really

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00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: isn't any further ticket information out on that yet for

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00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: obvious reasons because we don't even know if that game

624
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: is going to exist. So there's that. But as far

625
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: as the offense is concerned, I would say the good

626
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 1: news is in the last three weeks, the Bills have

627
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 1: scored over thirty points. They average thirty four points per

628
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: game over their final three outings, which is a touchdown

629
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: increase over their season average of twenty eight point four. Yeah,

630
00:35:55,280 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: but let's let's remember they're not gonna They're probably not

631
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: gonna look as good as they did in the wild

632
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,880
Speaker 1: card round a year ago against the New England Patriots,

633
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: where they never took a loss on a play. They

634
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 1: never punt, it, missed, it, never punted. Every possession they got,

635
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: they got every single yard they could possibly get, and

636
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: it ended in a touchdown. It was a perfect game offensively,

637
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: So don't you know think that it could? I doubt it,

638
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,840
Speaker 1: but yeah, I get what you mean. They were humming

639
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 1: at the end of at the beginning of the playoffs

640
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,719
Speaker 1: last year, so yeah, it would be great to see

641
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 1: them look that slick and sharp. But man, oh man,

642
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: don't put you I mean, don't expect perfection. Yeah, I mean,

643
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: typically when you get to the playoffs, it is harder

644
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 1: to play at your best because the team you're playing

645
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: is usually pretty darn a good football team. I mean,

646
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: you're talking about the seven best teams in your conference,

647
00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 1: you know, so you're playing better caliber opponents, so it's

648
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: gonna be harder for you to excel the way you

649
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: have against some of the lesser teams during the course

650
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 1: of the season. But I'm encouraged that they've averaged thirty

651
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: four points a game over their last three games rolling

652
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: into the playoffs. That's an encouraging sign for me. You know,

653
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 1: you can argue the caliber of their opponents over those

654
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: three weeks as much as you want, but one of

655
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: those games is against this team, when they scored thirty

656
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: two points on the Dolphins. So there you go. I'm

657
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: encouraged by it. So yeah, there is And and just

658
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 1: one last thing, there is no update that we have

659
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: on Murph. You know, the Murphy family's handling that stuff

660
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: and that's kind of where it sits, and it's not

661
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: our place to provide that, not that we know anything different,

662
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: So we only know what you guys have seen when

663
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: the team released a statement last week. We have no

664
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: further updates beyond that. And also, I'm you know, Bill's

665
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: fans travel well, so they'll and neither one of these

666
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: teams if if it isn't ded a neutral side game

667
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: and it's going to be between the Bills and the Chiefs,

668
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: both those teams travel well, and they're you know, they'll

669
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,439
Speaker 1: sell led game out in thirty six hours. As fast

670
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 1: as they can sell the tickets, it'll it'll be gone.

671
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: And I'm sure and you know season ticket holders from

672
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: both clubs will get priority all that stuff to go.

673
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: I don't know what that how that works, but whatever,

674
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: well that would that's a long way away. Yeah, let's

675
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: go back to the phones and it's Sam in east Amhurst.

676
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: What do you got for a Sam? Hi? Thanks for

677
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: having me on. Sure. Um, the one matchup that I'm

678
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: kind of not really worried about, but I'm gonna be

679
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: really interested in seeing and I don't think it's being

680
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: talked about enough as the Bradley Chubb and Spencer Brown matchup.

681
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 1: Spencer Brown's an up and down all year and for

682
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,760
Speaker 1: giving up that much for Bradley Chubb, I'm really interested

683
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: to see if he's gonna turn it's the pass rusher

684
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: that they wanted to be, and I think that I'll

685
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: be a really interesting match up to wash up throughout

686
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: the entire Yeah, Chub is dealing with an ankle and

687
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: a hand injury. Didn't practice too much or he's limited

688
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: in practice over the last couple of days, and he

689
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: actually was reported that he had his playing time curtailed

690
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: in the Week eighteen game that the Dolphins just finished.

691
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: So I don't know how I don't know how close

692
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 1: to one hundred percent he will be, but he was

693
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: not at one hundred percent in their last game against

694
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: the Jets. Even though they played really well defensively against

695
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: the Jets, only allowing six points, Bradley Chubb in the

696
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: last game against the Bills had two tackles and a

697
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: quarterback hit. This is a Dolphins defensive front that more

698
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: often than not needs two blitz to generate consistent pressure.

699
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:54,320
Speaker 1: Even with Bradley Chubb and Jalen Phillips, they have had

700
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 1: issues getting consistent pressure on the quarterbacks and as a result,

701
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 1: they the blitz and they have some pretty intricate blitz packages.

702
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: Josh Allen was talking about those yesterday and Sean McDermott

703
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: was asked about them yesterday and he was basically saying, yeah,

704
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: you have to know who's dropping out and where they're

705
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: coming from. And Josh was saying, you know, they'll have

706
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: guys drop out and cover up the middle of the

707
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: field where the quick release throws are to kind of

708
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 1: make you pat the ball. So Josh is aware of that.

709
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:27,240
Speaker 1: But I'm just gonna be honest, Bradley Chubb has gotta

710
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: be a disappointment for the Dolphins. I mean, they traded

711
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: a first round pick and signed him to a one

712
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen million dollar extension before he put his

713
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,399
Speaker 1: hand in the dirt on a game field for him

714
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: and he's got two and a half sacks in seven games.

715
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 1: That's not the production you're looking for from a guy

716
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 1: you just paid one hundred and fifteen million dollars. And

717
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: I know you know he's playing with new guys. He's

718
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: getting acclimated to their system. Yikity yakityyop. Go make a play, bro, like,

719
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: what are you doing? Well? Okay, so he's got all

720
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 1: this money in his pocket and he doesn't. I will

721
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: say this sometimes, and as from a player's perspective, one

722
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: of the common mind frames is, listen, they didn't I'm

723
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 1: not here to get busted up during the regular season

724
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,919
Speaker 1: when the playoffs start, watched me. Okay, So you could

725
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: make that argument. The Chubb is sitting out there going, listen,

726
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: They're gonna forget all about this first seven games when

727
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: I come in here and dominate these playoffs. That's what

728
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: you got to kind of think and put the positive

729
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 1: spin on it. Now, certainly the injuries are going to

730
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: have something to say about that, but we all know

731
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,879
Speaker 1: the Bills can. The Bills are the same way. They

732
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: did the same thing with Von Miller. They brought him

733
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: in to be the closer that they brought him in

734
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: too for now. They could have put him on the

735
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: shelf for seventeen weeks and gotten him ready and brought

736
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: him in now and everybody would just fine with that.

737
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,919
Speaker 1: And of course now it's not going to work out

738
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 1: for that either because he's injured. But this is when

739
00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 1: a player like Chubb and any player in the NFL understands.

740
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: This is when they care. This is when they care.

741
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 1: You're in the playoff race, they're in the champs. They got,

742
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: they got all this stuff, and certainly they went through

743
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: some swoons in the regular season where you'd like to

744
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 1: see the guy jump in and help. But now is

745
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: the time when he can achieve complete and utter redemption

746
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: with a couple of good games. Well, I'd like to

747
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: know what he was doing three weeks ago when this

748
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: team was on a four game losing streak and they

749
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 1: really needed to win against the division opponent to even

750
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: stay in the race for the division, and he laid

751
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: an egg. There is that too, that too. I don't

752
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: know how much more the playoffs are going to motivate them,

753
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: but maybe they will. Who knows. We got to take

754
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: a break here. When we come back, more of your

755
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: phone calls, and I think we've got a little special

756
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 1: something brewing for our own lunch here, Steve. We'll let

757
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 1: you know what that is when we come back Here

758
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health, It's

759
00:42:51,719 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio Ah snap Snapdragon Apples are now available.

760
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,720
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761
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:20,560
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762
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: And speaking of Snapdragon apple, Steve, this lunch break is

763
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,919
Speaker 1: presented by Snapdragon, the official apple of the Buffalo Bills.

764
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,040
Speaker 1: Today we have a healthy grain bowl which features the

765
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: Snapdragon apples. It is really really good. They got a

766
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: monster crunch, incredible juiciness and sweet snappy flavor. So as

767
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 1: we enter the new year, we have a healthy grain

768
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: bowl that Steve was just elevating here. These were prepared

769
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: by the good folks at Delaware North for us. And

770
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 1: in here you know sweet potatoes, chickpeas also known as

771
00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 1: garbanzo beans, quinoa also known as Steve cous cous, and

772
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,560
Speaker 1: lots of other healthy goodness in there. There's some I

773
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: see some rooms in there. Some feta cheese, some red onion.

774
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of the red onion and salad.

775
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, healthy meal to kick off your new year.

776
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: That includes snapdragon apples, which is full of did you

777
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: know this naturally energizing sugars to fuel any adventure you

778
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: might have, Steve. They're now available at Wegmans and other retailers.

779
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: Unfortunately for our listeners, we're gonna be chewing and smacking

780
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 1: the entire I'll try to carry on the show wait

781
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 1: wait till we go to commercial. But it was beautifully

782
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 1: arranged earlier, but we were encouraged to mix it thoroughly. Second,

783
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: it looked great to work through the salad, so you

784
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: got a little bit of everything in just about every bite.

785
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: But I mean diving into this as soon as this

786
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,240
Speaker 1: segment's over, because I snuck a couple of bites before

787
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 1: we came back from break. I would not have guessed

788
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,520
Speaker 1: that sweet potato would work this well in salad, but

789
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: it does good. I'm pretty impressed by that. It's and surprised,

790
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised. And I've been good with the snapdragon apples

791
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: in these salads since they started bringing them into us,

792
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: because we went for weeks talking about Snapdragon apples without

793
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 1: ever having one, right, Yeah, Steve was like, when are

794
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 1: they get here? And get here? And then when they

795
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 1: started showing up because he didn't get here till I

796
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,799
Speaker 1: was over, I'm mowing them down. I got bags of

797
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: him at the house. Ye. Well they were nice enough

798
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: to bring bags in for everybody in the building right

799
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: around the holidays, so you could take a whole bag

800
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,919
Speaker 1: of them home. It's been great. God. So yeah, our

801
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,360
Speaker 1: thanks to snap Dragon and uh, the good folks at

802
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,399
Speaker 1: Delarey North were putting that grain bowl together for us,

803
00:45:43,880 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: and uh, they won't last long. I can promise you that.

804
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,759
Speaker 1: Let's get back to the phones, though, Steve. Where we

805
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:53,640
Speaker 1: are asking people what is the one thing you want

806
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: to see from the Bills in their playoff game against

807
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Somebody was concerned about the Spencer Brown Bradley

808
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:01,239
Speaker 1: Chubb man up. They want to see Spencer have a

809
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,840
Speaker 1: bang up day against him. Some other people are talking

810
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: about the secondary and its current status. Let's see what

811
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 1: Dave in Florida has in mind. Dave, what you got

812
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:14,480
Speaker 1: for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Ah you guys

813
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 1: doing today? Yeah, Oh it's delicious. All right, piggyback on

814
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 1: Steve's comments yesterday about watch out for this uh onside

815
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 1: kick nonsense and he's fake punts. I'm very concerned about that.

816
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: So you're expecting Miami to be a desperate team and

817
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: do anything they need to. Yep, And I think we

818
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:43,240
Speaker 1: need to spy on Tyreek Hill that trade trade. Davis

819
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 1: probably handle that, right, Tree Davis White, You mean, yeah,

820
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: well we'll see. Um, they moved Tyreek around, so when

821
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: that usually happens, and we got to move along, Dave.

822
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,759
Speaker 1: We're up against the break here, so thanks. Uh. They'll

823
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:04,120
Speaker 1: move Tyreek around from time to time. And you know,

824
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 1: I don't know that the Bills have done a little

825
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: bit of that this year since Trey came back in

826
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: the lineup, where he's followed guys for periods of games.

827
00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: I don't remember him doing it wire to wire in

828
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:21,040
Speaker 1: a game. I suppose it's possible. I tend to think, Steve,

829
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:22,600
Speaker 1: and you can tell me if you agree or disagree

830
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:26,720
Speaker 1: with this. With an anticipated third string quarterback as their starter,

831
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 1: I don't know that you have to follow Tyreek the

832
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: whole time because Thompson's not going to be as effective

833
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:36,839
Speaker 1: in getting the ball to him as consistently as a tooa.

834
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. Maybe, But the way with

835
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: the state of their offense right now, with his quarterback

836
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 1: situation and their offensive line nicked, you gotta think they

837
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:52,279
Speaker 1: know their one hope is Tyreek and Jayleen Waddle. They're

838
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: going to find out every different way they can't to

839
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: get the ball out there and get them in some space.

840
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: Right now, I might even have them lining up in

841
00:47:57,880 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: the backfield. Yeah, Tyreek, for all we know. I mean

842
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 1: he used to have. He was a running back in

843
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: receiver in college, so it's not like that's a foreign

844
00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 1: concept to him. So I wouldn't be surprised if they

845
00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:09,279
Speaker 1: line him up in the backfield on occasion, just put

846
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,080
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands and throwing it to him.

847
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: Those guys are the key. Yeah, they're the key. Let's

848
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: go to Roy in Delvan, is it? What's up? Roy? Yes?

849
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: Dulla in New York? Yeah, south of our Cake. Two

850
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,799
Speaker 1: things quickly, and that is I'd like to see the

851
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: Bills against Miami stop dropping catchable passes because they're one

852
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,920
Speaker 1: of the leaders in the league. Second thing is the

853
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: Bills need to put more pressure on the unexperienced quarterbacks

854
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:46,640
Speaker 1: in order to allow the backfield to work better on

855
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,879
Speaker 1: the receivers. And that's all I have to say. All right,

856
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,880
Speaker 1: thanks very much, Roy, appreciate it. Yet, drop passes have

857
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 1: been a problem this season, and you are right. They

858
00:48:56,960 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: are up near the top of the league as team

859
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:04,040
Speaker 1: in drop passes. So it's been a problem, and it

860
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,760
Speaker 1: kind of surfaced again last week in the game against

861
00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: the Patriots. So they just gotta get on that, whether

862
00:49:10,600 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 1: it's our our extra hours on the jugs machine or

863
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,719
Speaker 1: you know, making sure your hands are placed properly well

864
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,800
Speaker 1: to catch a football. I'm a former wide out, Um,

865
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 1: I'm dropping my share passes. Everybody's gonna though. In some

866
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: of the things that have happened lately, some of it's

867
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 1: on josh Um, like one of the throws low and

868
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: behind Gabe. Some of this one that carried him out

869
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:34,920
Speaker 1: of bounds you couldn't get both feet down. And some

870
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: of it's the quarterback, not all of it, some of it,

871
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: And the receiver's job is to help the guy out

872
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: if he can't get it there or you know, hurried

873
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: it or whatever. The receiver's job is to make it,

874
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,719
Speaker 1: make it work. Um, I think some of it is

875
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,600
Speaker 1: Josh and his Sometimes he hurries the throw right when

876
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: he sees it, wants to get rid of it quick,

877
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: and gets rid of a little too quickly, and it

878
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 1: leads to a little bit of an off tar throw. Certainly,

879
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: not all of them, not all of them. The bomb

880
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,960
Speaker 1: the Gabe Davis in the end zone was right on

881
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: the money, just like the Digs one was, and Gabe

882
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 1: just couldn't hold on to it. You know. So it's

883
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:19,760
Speaker 1: a two way street. And also for that pressuring their quarterback,

884
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: you've got to defend the Dolphins passing game at both ends,

885
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: both in the pocket at the quarterback spot and then

886
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: at the other end where he's throwing it. You gotta

887
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: defended at both ends. You can get pressure awesome, that

888
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 1: negates the need on that play to get it at

889
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 1: the other end, but he's gonna get rid of the

890
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,359
Speaker 1: ball once a while. You gotta defended at both ends.

891
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,879
Speaker 1: Here is the top drop past teams in the league

892
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: this year, Green Bay number one at thirty. Buffalo, Tampa

893
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 1: and Jacksonville tied for second all with twenty nine. You know,

894
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:52,640
Speaker 1: he's tied for what would that be fifth the Miami

895
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 1: Dolphins with twenty seven. We gotta take a break. When

896
00:50:56,600 --> 00:51:00,120
Speaker 1: we come back, we'll be talking more about those Miami

897
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: Dolphins with SI dot Com Dolphins reporter Alan Poopar is

898
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: coming your way next here on One Bills Live presented

899
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:52,920
Speaker 1: by Collid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio is One

900
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:58,319
Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Callid to Health. All right, here

901
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: we are our number two on a Thursday. Chris Brown,

902
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:04,080
Speaker 1: Steve Task here with you. Please to be joined now

903
00:52:04,239 --> 00:52:08,799
Speaker 1: by Sports Illustrated Dolphins writer Alan Poopar joining us here

904
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 1: on the show. And we gotta start here, Alan, because

905
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,919
Speaker 1: the shoe is firmly on the other foot from where

906
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:17,959
Speaker 1: it was in Week three when the Bills had five

907
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: defensive starters out due to injury, didn't have starting center

908
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: Mitch Morris, and then they were dropping like flies during

909
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: the course of the game. Now it's now it's the

910
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: Dolphins that looked like a mash unit. My god, that

911
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 1: injury report yesterday was ridiculous. Yeah, and then I might

912
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 1: offer that they hadn't worse than the Bills than in

913
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:38,560
Speaker 1: Week three. If you're looking at the offense right now,

914
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,800
Speaker 1: they're looking at the possibility of not having five starters

915
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:45,560
Speaker 1: on offense starting with two or Tongovailoa Rahim most starts,

916
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:48,160
Speaker 1: got a broken thumb, and then you got three guys

917
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,320
Speaker 1: on the offensive lyon throw On Armstead, who was a

918
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:56,120
Speaker 1: question mark with his list of seventeen different injuries. Lean Wikenberg,

919
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:58,439
Speaker 1: who just got back into the lineup last week, had

920
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:01,600
Speaker 1: an hand injury. He left and then came back against

921
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,640
Speaker 1: the Jets. And then we got an issue at right

922
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 1: tackle where Brandon Shelley, who had been starting, has ankled

923
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,719
Speaker 1: knee injuries and he hasn't practiced either of the first

924
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: two days this week. So yeah, it's yeah, it's a

925
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:14,640
Speaker 1: mess in terms of injuries. Not exactly how you want

926
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,880
Speaker 1: to go into a playoff game, that's for sure. Certainly

927
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:18,799
Speaker 1: some of those guys will probably give it a go,

928
00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:21,759
Speaker 1: so to speak, uh and not be one hundred percent

929
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: out after getting some time off. But even if they do,

930
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 1: it's interesting because you know, you get their tarrant arms.

931
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:36,680
Speaker 1: He's got like four things going on right uh, toe, knee, hip, hip,

932
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: and peck. Then you know they've all got a long

933
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 1: list of this stuff. So most of them, it seems

934
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 1: to be stuff they're gonna have to deal with that

935
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,600
Speaker 1: they'll probably be able to go at least a handful

936
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:51,839
Speaker 1: of these guys. Yeah, that's the problem is that I'm

937
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:55,279
Speaker 1: not sure because again, as I mentioned, mosters got a

938
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 1: broken thumb, which for a running back who who wants

939
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 1: he wants to who you want to have carry the

940
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:05,359
Speaker 1: ball not exactly ideal. Two has already been ruled out

941
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,760
Speaker 1: Brandon Shell. Mike McDaniel told us on Monday that it's

942
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:13,560
Speaker 1: not likely. Ikenberg's a big question mark. And then Armstead,

943
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:18,360
Speaker 1: he's been injured the entire year. He's rarely practiced pretty

944
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:21,319
Speaker 1: much every week. It's coming down to Sunday morning. But

945
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: he's missed the past two games, and then he's had

946
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: three injuries for a while now, and then he had

947
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,680
Speaker 1: the hip injury a couple of weeks ago and he

948
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:32,759
Speaker 1: hasn't played since stat popped up. He missed the last

949
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: two games against Doing It and against the Jets. So

950
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 1: I see knock on wood that he's in the lineup

951
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,719
Speaker 1: because he makes a huge difference. Everybody's talking about not

952
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: having two in the lineup. Well, a lot of the

953
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,800
Speaker 1: times the backup quarterbacks haven't had Armstead, and that's played

954
00:54:46,239 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 1: a big role as well in the offense not performing

955
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 1: as well, when two is out of the lineup, because

956
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 1: the past protection just asn't hold up. They can't do

957
00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 1: the same things offensively. Farm says, not in the lineup,

958
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:58,600
Speaker 1: And at this point, yeah, you know, you keep your

959
00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: fingers crossed. They'll be able to go. But it's far far,

960
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:05,000
Speaker 1: far far from you know from a certainty that he'll

961
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:09,200
Speaker 1: be able to play. So obviously two is a big

962
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: loss because the offense clearly functions best when he is

963
00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:16,920
Speaker 1: in there. He's clearly their most efficient passer, probably their

964
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: most accurate passer, and probably their best anticipatory passer. All

965
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:28,040
Speaker 1: of that being said, can Skyler Thompson at least make

966
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:33,640
Speaker 1: the offense functional as you see it? I think he can,

967
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 1: But a lot of it depends on what the offensive light,

968
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 1: the offensive line does in front of him, because a

969
00:55:40,200 --> 00:55:42,880
Speaker 1: lot of the times what happens is is pressure gets

970
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:46,000
Speaker 1: to Thompson fairly quickly. He's not going to get the

971
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,359
Speaker 1: ball out nearly as quickly as two of does because

972
00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:51,759
Speaker 1: that's one of two of strengths, and Thompson kind of

973
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:53,719
Speaker 1: wants to see things develop in front of him a

974
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:58,160
Speaker 1: little bit more. And one funny thing is one of

975
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 1: Thompson's longest completions week. It was like a thirty six yarder.

976
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:03,920
Speaker 1: I think it was the Mike Gisicki. While on the

977
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:06,520
Speaker 1: play there was a deeper receiver and they got to

978
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 1: Gisiki because his arm was hit as he was throwing

979
00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:12,760
Speaker 1: the ball. So that just kind of illustrates the issues

980
00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,359
Speaker 1: they have upfront. But I mean, Thompson, I think there's

981
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,440
Speaker 1: a lot of comparisons being made of what Brock Purdy,

982
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: a fellow rookie seventh round PA's doing in San Francisco. Well,

983
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,080
Speaker 1: I mean, San Francisco has got talent all over the

984
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 1: place on offense, and the Dolphins are not quite at

985
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,920
Speaker 1: that level. I think if the offensive line can perform

986
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,040
Speaker 1: and hold up a little bit, I think they can

987
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,040
Speaker 1: get some things done, more so than they did against

988
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 1: the Jets. And the other thing against the Jets. If

989
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,719
Speaker 1: we look back at the eleven to sixth final, I

990
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,680
Speaker 1: think the Dolphins were ultra conservative on offense in that

991
00:56:43,719 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 1: game because they knew the Jets offense was injury riddle

992
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 1: number one not very good number two, so they didn't

993
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 1: have to do that much offensively to win the game.

994
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:54,800
Speaker 1: That's obviously another case where the Bills they're gonna have

995
00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:56,279
Speaker 1: to do a lot more offensively, and I think they

996
00:56:56,360 --> 00:57:00,719
Speaker 1: might open things up. And as I and I'm going

997
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,440
Speaker 1: to go back to it again, the offensive line has

998
00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:05,439
Speaker 1: to do its job. And if Skyler Thompson is given protection, yeah,

999
00:57:05,440 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 1: I do think he has the ability to make some

1000
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 1: things work offensively. It seems that the best chance the

1001
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins would have in the scenarios that we're talking about

1002
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: would be spine some way, shape or form to get

1003
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:18,959
Speaker 1: the ball to Jayden Waddle and Tyreek Hill as fast

1004
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,400
Speaker 1: as you can, either line them up in the backfield

1005
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:23,960
Speaker 1: handed to him or give them quick passes and let

1006
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: them work in space. That those two guys really are

1007
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,919
Speaker 1: the hope for the Dolphins to come out and play

1008
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:36,200
Speaker 1: well in this game. Offensively. Yeah, no question that the

1009
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 1: running game was really good when the team's played at

1010
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:42,400
Speaker 1: high Mark Stadium on December or eighteenth there was or

1011
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: December seventeenth there was. I'm sorry, is it going to

1012
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,360
Speaker 1: be as effective depending on the offensive line issues and

1013
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,720
Speaker 1: with no rheamost Art, probably not. And this is where

1014
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:54,320
Speaker 1: Hale and Waddle, with their ability to turn like a

1015
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:57,440
Speaker 1: ten yard catch into a sixty yard touchdown, can make

1016
00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:00,439
Speaker 1: a difference. And necessarily obviously would help if they can

1017
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: hit them on one or two of those. I think

1018
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: the big thing with the Dolphins is their margin for air,

1019
00:58:04,800 --> 00:58:07,840
Speaker 1: and this game is going to be microscopic. If they

1020
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,520
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to hit a big play, they need

1021
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: to connect every single time. And then they need to

1022
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:16,040
Speaker 1: be able to get a long gain off a really

1023
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:18,440
Speaker 1: short throw, whether it'd be a short cross or a

1024
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver's screen jet sweep, you know, one of those things.

1025
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:25,000
Speaker 1: Flipping it over to the defensive side. Alan I saw

1026
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 1: that total defense over the last three weeks. Miami's up

1027
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:32,240
Speaker 1: around the top of the league. They lost two of

1028
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 1: those three games to Green Bay and New England, doing

1029
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:39,440
Speaker 1: part to some defensive touchdowns being scored against them off

1030
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 1: turnovers second in yards per play allowed second, and run

1031
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,800
Speaker 1: defense second in yards per carry average. How much do

1032
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:51,160
Speaker 1: you attribute that to the level of their opponents that

1033
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 1: they were playing, and how much do you attribute that

1034
00:58:53,360 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: to Hey, this defense is finishing on an uptick. Yeah,

1035
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: that's a good question. Maybe a combination of both. Against

1036
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: the Jets on Sunday, I mean I was looking at

1037
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:08,480
Speaker 1: the Jets and felt sorry for them because my lord

1038
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:12,000
Speaker 1: was at a a you know, like a really bad

1039
00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 1: offense with injury issues on top of everything else. And

1040
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,280
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco was sitting back there and he had a

1041
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 1: guy in his face the second he dropped back. Even

1042
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:23,200
Speaker 1: though Dolphins didn't get any sacks, there's some talent on

1043
00:59:23,280 --> 00:59:25,800
Speaker 1: defense and they have the ability, you know, to get

1044
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: things done. And if the Dolphins are gonna pull off

1045
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,680
Speaker 1: this upset on Sunday, yeah, the defense are gonna have

1046
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:32,840
Speaker 1: to come up big. It's going to have to create

1047
00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: some turnovers. There was one in the game in December.

1048
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:39,680
Speaker 1: It was a fumble forced by Jayalen Phillips on the

1049
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:43,120
Speaker 1: sack and that's the recipe for success. Again, the Dolphins

1050
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,919
Speaker 1: have to have everything pretty much go right for them

1051
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: to be able to win this game, and that includes

1052
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: forcing the turnover and not let Josh Allen go crazy

1053
00:59:52,160 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: with the running. Dolphins finished six in the NFL in

1054
00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:58,000
Speaker 1: run defense. But the one area where they've had problems

1055
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:01,720
Speaker 1: there is running quarterbacks, whether it'd be Lamar Jackson justin

1056
01:00:01,800 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: fields or Josh Allen. So that's an area where again

1057
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,880
Speaker 1: they have to tighten up a little bit. Will what

1058
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:10,920
Speaker 1: have the Dolphins learned about playing Josh Allen? I mean,

1059
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:14,320
Speaker 1: certainly the running quarterback does give them problems, there's absolutely

1060
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:17,520
Speaker 1: no question about it. But Josh Allen has really played

1061
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:20,880
Speaker 1: well against the Dolphins and they just don't or haven't

1062
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 1: been able to derail him as of yet. What do

1063
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: you think, what do you think their plan is and

1064
01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 1: how's it going to be different this time than it

1065
01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:32,200
Speaker 1: has been in the last well eight or ten games

1066
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 1: against Josh Allen, all eight or ten of them. Yeah,

1067
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:37,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, they haven't solved him period.

1068
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:41,520
Speaker 1: They've played well against them for like portions of games,

1069
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:43,720
Speaker 1: like the first half in the game at Buffalo last year,

1070
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,000
Speaker 1: the first quarter in the season finale in twenty twenty

1071
01:00:47,040 --> 01:00:49,600
Speaker 1: before Allen and the Bills when nuts in the second quarter,

1072
01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 1: but never for a full game, and eventually they just

1073
01:00:53,520 --> 01:00:55,880
Speaker 1: haven't found an answer for him. I think. What I mean,

1074
01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:58,520
Speaker 1: what they have to do is basically try to get

1075
01:00:58,560 --> 01:01:02,120
Speaker 1: pressure with their front four up front when when they

1076
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:05,680
Speaker 1: line up with four guys to get pressure, you know,

1077
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 1: maintain the edge to not get you know, not get

1078
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 1: killed by you know, bootlegs out with Allen getting outside

1079
01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:18,960
Speaker 1: too too easily. But they have to pay very sound

1080
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:23,520
Speaker 1: fundamental ball excuse me, and then you know, tackle very well.

1081
01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:26,920
Speaker 1: But like as I mentioned, they have not really solved

1082
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 1: even in the game they won in Miami in September.

1083
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 1: It's not because the Bills didn't move the ball. They

1084
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:33,640
Speaker 1: just couldn't finish drives and they were a couple of

1085
01:01:33,680 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 1: self inflicted mistakes from the Bills that eventually became the

1086
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 1: difference in the outcome. But yeah, I mean that's part

1087
01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 1: of the tough task. I mean, this is why even

1088
01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 1: if the Dolphins had everybody available on offense, going up

1089
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:51,320
Speaker 1: to Buffalo and winning this game would still be a

1090
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,160
Speaker 1: major challenge because the Dolphins have just not really solved

1091
01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and now they have to do it with

1092
01:01:57,520 --> 01:02:00,560
Speaker 1: an offense that you know, might be limited in terms

1093
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:03,040
Speaker 1: of when it can chip in. And you know, if

1094
01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 1: you look at last week's game for the Bills against

1095
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:10,120
Speaker 1: New England, the Patriots defense decided they weren't going to

1096
01:02:10,200 --> 01:02:15,000
Speaker 1: give him an escape route to lengthen a play, make

1097
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:18,120
Speaker 1: an off script play, play some backyard football, and they

1098
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:21,000
Speaker 1: kept him hemmed in the pocket pretty effectively for most

1099
01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:23,280
Speaker 1: of the game. They let him out one time and

1100
01:02:23,320 --> 01:02:25,640
Speaker 1: he throws a forty two yard touchdown to John Brown

1101
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:29,880
Speaker 1: on a backyard football play, but they were committed to

1102
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:33,640
Speaker 1: giving him no escape lanes, and you know, their offense

1103
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:35,040
Speaker 1: was good enough to keep him in the game for

1104
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:42,120
Speaker 1: a while. It just that doesn't sound like coach Boyer's approach,

1105
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,480
Speaker 1: though defensively more often than not. I mean, you tell

1106
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:47,240
Speaker 1: me if I'm wrong, but I'm just wondering if they

1107
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:49,560
Speaker 1: might try to take a page out of New England's

1108
01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:53,360
Speaker 1: book last week. Oh, I could see that happening, because

1109
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:56,480
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, everything else they've tried against Shoshowen hasn't worked.

1110
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 1: Or they may know, try to ben but don't break approach,

1111
01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:05,960
Speaker 1: you know, just and one problem for the Dolphin defense

1112
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,320
Speaker 1: all year has been getting off the field on third down,

1113
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:11,480
Speaker 1: and this is where they have to hone in. And

1114
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:15,720
Speaker 1: if you remember the game in Buffalo December, that long

1115
01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 1: game winning drive, there were a couple of third down

1116
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: conversions that completely now to prove the difference in the outcome.

1117
01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 1: So yeah, I would not be surprised if the Dolphins

1118
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: tried a different approach, And even if it means, you know, again,

1119
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:33,760
Speaker 1: perhaps a little bit less of an aggressive approach with

1120
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:35,320
Speaker 1: the pass rush, as you managed to make sure to

1121
01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:37,800
Speaker 1: keep all in the pocket make him eventually have to

1122
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:41,120
Speaker 1: throw the ball. But that doesn't come without its risks,

1123
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:44,360
Speaker 1: you know as well, because Alan, if you give him

1124
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,160
Speaker 1: long enough and that and that was one of the

1125
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:48,720
Speaker 1: big plays in that game in December was I believe

1126
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:50,480
Speaker 1: it was a fifteen yard completion after they got a

1127
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:54,720
Speaker 1: second and eighteen after a second by Zach Seeler on

1128
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:58,120
Speaker 1: that gaming and drive and Alan had all day to

1129
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 1: throw and eventually found Gabe Davis, which made it a

1130
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:02,600
Speaker 1: third and three that they were able to convert and

1131
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:06,480
Speaker 1: then go on for that long game winning drive. Also,

1132
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:09,400
Speaker 1: some of the rhetoric coming out of Miami hasn't had

1133
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,840
Speaker 1: to do with the Dolphins at all, has had to

1134
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:16,480
Speaker 1: do with Tom Brady becoming on the table for ownership.

1135
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:18,520
Speaker 1: Back into that you know, you're going back into that

1136
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:23,080
Speaker 1: abyss of starting to think about replacing ta As too

1137
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:25,160
Speaker 1: is sitting there trying to come out of concussion protocol

1138
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 1: and they got all this other stuff. How big a

1139
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:31,160
Speaker 1: distraction is all of that? And is it? I mean,

1140
01:04:31,360 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: it can't be helping. What are your thoughts on the

1141
01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 1: rhetoric that is surrounding the team that has nothing to

1142
01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:39,600
Speaker 1: do with what they're doing this weekend? Yeah, I think

1143
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:42,640
Speaker 1: it's inevitable. And I mean, Steve, you played in the

1144
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:46,080
Speaker 1: league a long time. I think once you get into

1145
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:49,280
Speaker 1: the prep mode for the game. Two is not even

1146
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:51,520
Speaker 1: playing in the game. So if anybody would be bothered

1147
01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 1: by that kind of talk, he would be too. And

1148
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:57,040
Speaker 1: he's not playing. I don't think Skyler Thompson really he's

1149
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,120
Speaker 1: going to be worried about anything beyond the game on

1150
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:01,840
Speaker 1: Saturday with I mean Sunday, which is such a huge

1151
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:04,760
Speaker 1: opportunity for him as a rookie seventh round pick. And

1152
01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:08,080
Speaker 1: as I mentioned before, also it's inevitable because and it's

1153
01:05:08,080 --> 01:05:12,320
Speaker 1: a discussion that everybody's going to dive into very deeply

1154
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:17,280
Speaker 1: after the season ends, especially if it ends on Sunday.

1155
01:05:17,320 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: If you're the Miami Dolphins, what do you do a quarterback?

1156
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:23,520
Speaker 1: Moving forward? With tah who had a very very good year.

1157
01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:24,840
Speaker 1: I mean, he had a great year for most of

1158
01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:27,120
Speaker 1: the season until his production dipped a little bit toward

1159
01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:30,360
Speaker 1: the end, and then with the concussion issues, He's misfour

1160
01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:33,680
Speaker 1: starts every season he's been in the NFL, he's misstarts,

1161
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:36,640
Speaker 1: and now we have arrived at the point where the

1162
01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:39,600
Speaker 1: Dolphins could sign him to a long term extension if

1163
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:42,480
Speaker 1: they wanted to. Kind of hard to see them doing

1164
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:44,960
Speaker 1: that right now because of again the Dr Billy cloud,

1165
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:50,320
Speaker 1: over which fair unfair is absolutely there. Could they exercise

1166
01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:52,400
Speaker 1: a fifth year option to keep him, you know, under

1167
01:05:52,520 --> 01:05:55,120
Speaker 1: team control for twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four.

1168
01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:58,919
Speaker 1: That's certainly possibility, But they also have to think, Okay,

1169
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:03,360
Speaker 1: what's what's our learn plan at quarterback? And this is

1170
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:05,240
Speaker 1: where I would tell you that Tom Brady is not

1171
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:07,000
Speaker 1: a long term plan. If you bring in Tom Brady,

1172
01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:09,040
Speaker 1: it's for I'm gonna guess one year at the most

1173
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:12,560
Speaker 1: and then you're kind of back to the square one

1174
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:14,160
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. Is what do you do for

1175
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:16,880
Speaker 1: a long time answering at quarterback in a division where

1176
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:21,520
Speaker 1: you have to deal with Josh Allen Hice a year? Yeah,

1177
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: have fun with that. Um Yeah, it's it's interesting, to

1178
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:28,280
Speaker 1: say the least, in terms of what they're gonna do there.

1179
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:36,880
Speaker 1: Red zone defense alan hasn't been terribly great. I mean,

1180
01:06:36,920 --> 01:06:39,080
Speaker 1: they did find against the Jets last week, but as

1181
01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:41,880
Speaker 1: you said, you're talking about, you know, a washed up

1182
01:06:41,960 --> 01:06:44,680
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco and a myriad of other problems with the Jets.

1183
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:49,040
Speaker 1: The Bills went four or five in the red zone

1184
01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:51,160
Speaker 1: in the last matchup. It was a big reason why

1185
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:54,920
Speaker 1: Miami couldn't finish that game with a win. And I

1186
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:56,800
Speaker 1: know New England went too for two a couple of

1187
01:06:56,800 --> 01:07:00,200
Speaker 1: weeks ago. What is it that's been tough for them

1188
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:02,640
Speaker 1: to get stops down there and then at the very

1189
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:07,240
Speaker 1: least force field goals instead of touchdowns. Yeah, that's a

1190
01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:11,840
Speaker 1: good question. I look back at that Buffalo game to me,

1191
01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,400
Speaker 1: to me, everything boiled down to Josh Allen was just

1192
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 1: just won the game. Because I don't know that the Dolphins,

1193
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,040
Speaker 1: even though it wasn't perfect. I'm not sure that they

1194
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: could have played a much better game under their circumstances.

1195
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:28,080
Speaker 1: But Josh Josh Allen just beat them. But going back

1196
01:07:28,120 --> 01:07:31,040
Speaker 1: to like the overall red zone issues, well, the fact

1197
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:33,040
Speaker 1: that the Dolphins have not been able to generate a

1198
01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:36,000
Speaker 1: great pass rush with only four guys as a problem.

1199
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:40,160
Speaker 1: We mentioned the offensive line being decimated. They've had injuries

1200
01:07:40,280 --> 01:07:46,000
Speaker 1: in the secondary all year. Even the one guy who's

1201
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:48,160
Speaker 1: been able to play. I mean, actually that two starters

1202
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:49,800
Speaker 1: have been able to play the whole years, Javon Holland

1203
01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:52,960
Speaker 1: and Xavian Howard. But Howard's dealt with stuff pretty much.

1204
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 1: The whole year has not had Xavien Howard type year,

1205
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:58,760
Speaker 1: even though he made the Pro Bowl cough cough by

1206
01:07:58,800 --> 01:08:03,120
Speaker 1: reputation only, and that's been a problem. I mean, they

1207
01:08:03,160 --> 01:08:04,840
Speaker 1: can only cover guys for so long, and the pass

1208
01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:07,520
Speaker 1: rush is not getting into quarterbacks all right. So so

1209
01:08:07,600 --> 01:08:11,360
Speaker 1: let's take that a step further. Bradley Chubb comes in

1210
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:15,240
Speaker 1: a first round draft pick, goes out one hundred and

1211
01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:19,479
Speaker 1: fifteen million dollars goes to Bradley Chubb's bank account at

1212
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 1: least over the next several years, and he's got two

1213
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:26,200
Speaker 1: and a half sacks in a Dolphins uniform. Are they're

1214
01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:30,639
Speaker 1: all ready ticked off Dolphins fans as to the ransom

1215
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:33,559
Speaker 1: that was paid for Bradley Chubb in light of the

1216
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:36,040
Speaker 1: results they've gotten through what is it now, seven games?

1217
01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:40,680
Speaker 1: No question? I mean yeah, a lot of a lot

1218
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 1: of the fans are not happy about it. And then

1219
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 1: throwing darts at Chris Career because he's a favorite target

1220
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:49,719
Speaker 1: if the Dolphin are not blowing out every every opponent,

1221
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:52,320
Speaker 1: but knowing they paid a huge price for him, and

1222
01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:55,960
Speaker 1: it's fair to question the impact he's made even before

1223
01:08:56,040 --> 01:09:00,360
Speaker 1: now he's dealing with ankle and thumb injuries. He missed

1224
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:05,160
Speaker 1: a game, came back against the Jets, played very limited snaps.

1225
01:09:08,360 --> 01:09:11,120
Speaker 1: Likely to play this weekend much more. Is he gonna

1226
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:12,719
Speaker 1: be able to play and he played against the Jets'm

1227
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:15,120
Speaker 1: not sure, But this is a guy. For what they

1228
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:19,360
Speaker 1: gave up and the contract they gave him, you expect him.

1229
01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:20,720
Speaker 1: I don't want to say you don't want to use

1230
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 1: von Miller, but I think a lot of fans were

1231
01:09:24,240 --> 01:09:27,200
Speaker 1: kind of looking for maybe a similar kind of impact,

1232
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:30,120
Speaker 1: and first of all, he's not Von Miller to begin with,

1233
01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:35,760
Speaker 1: and but it hasn't been there. That's been very disappointing.

1234
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:37,960
Speaker 1: It doesn't help also that you can make the argument

1235
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, if they were going to make that kind

1236
01:09:39,920 --> 01:09:42,200
Speaker 1: of move, they'd have been better off trading for Roquan Smith,

1237
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:46,360
Speaker 1: who just got voted you know, Ravens Team MVP, and

1238
01:09:46,360 --> 01:09:48,240
Speaker 1: it would have filled a major need on the Dolphins

1239
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:52,160
Speaker 1: for a very athletic, playmaking inside linebacker, which the Dolphins

1240
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:56,000
Speaker 1: really don't have. What has been the problem up front

1241
01:09:56,000 --> 01:10:01,280
Speaker 1: because Christian Wilkins seems to be playing really well, Jalen

1242
01:10:01,320 --> 01:10:03,439
Speaker 1: Phillips seems to be light years ahead. Of where he

1243
01:10:03,520 --> 01:10:07,040
Speaker 1: was just a year ago for this defense, Bradley Chubb,

1244
01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:09,920
Speaker 1: while you're right, he hasn't been effective. I was telling

1245
01:10:10,000 --> 01:10:12,519
Speaker 1: Brownie earlier, if Chubb comes in and knocks it out

1246
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,759
Speaker 1: of the park in the planet now his injuries aside,

1247
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:17,599
Speaker 1: if he came in, it would all be forgiven if

1248
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:20,680
Speaker 1: he became that guy for the next three weeks, or

1249
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:23,519
Speaker 1: he could get him on a little run here. But

1250
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:27,719
Speaker 1: they seem to be talented enough. What is the problem

1251
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:32,320
Speaker 1: aside from injuries, I suppose, Well, it's pass rush related,

1252
01:10:32,360 --> 01:10:34,519
Speaker 1: because again against the run, they've been really really good,

1253
01:10:34,560 --> 01:10:37,519
Speaker 1: and it's largely because Christian Wilkins, I mean, just had

1254
01:10:37,520 --> 01:10:39,479
Speaker 1: a phenomenal year. I mean, the guy is like mister

1255
01:10:39,560 --> 01:10:42,760
Speaker 1: TfL I mean, and almost a hundred tackles from from

1256
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:46,559
Speaker 1: an interior defensive line position, which is ridiculous. Zack Steelers

1257
01:10:46,840 --> 01:10:49,839
Speaker 1: turned into a really, really good NFL starting defensive lineman.

1258
01:10:50,160 --> 01:10:53,800
Speaker 1: So against the run, no issues whatsoever. It's in the

1259
01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,880
Speaker 1: pass rush game, it's they just they just do not

1260
01:10:57,000 --> 01:11:00,120
Speaker 1: win very often when they're rushing four guys. For them

1261
01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:01,960
Speaker 1: to get pressure, it's more often than not has to

1262
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:04,800
Speaker 1: they have to bring in a blitzer, a fifth guy

1263
01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:09,120
Speaker 1: or a sixth guy, and their secondary again partly because

1264
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:13,000
Speaker 1: of all the injuries they have, you know, it hasn't

1265
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,320
Speaker 1: been as good as it's been in the past. The

1266
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:16,840
Speaker 1: Dolphins really have missed Byron Jones, who's a really, really

1267
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:19,240
Speaker 1: good cornerback. And when they had Byron Jones on one

1268
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:21,400
Speaker 1: side and Xavian Howard on the other side locking up

1269
01:11:21,479 --> 01:11:24,320
Speaker 1: receivers one on one, it allowed them to freedom to

1270
01:11:24,360 --> 01:11:27,080
Speaker 1: be so much more aggressive up fronts and line up

1271
01:11:27,120 --> 01:11:30,000
Speaker 1: and put nine guys near the near the line of scrimmage,

1272
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:32,240
Speaker 1: even if obviously they weren't bringing all nine guys, but

1273
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:35,280
Speaker 1: they could show different looks and without worrying, you know,

1274
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 1: about coverage as much as they do now. So and

1275
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,200
Speaker 1: having said that, they have a really good success story

1276
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:45,080
Speaker 1: in caterk Or, who was a rookie free agent who

1277
01:11:45,080 --> 01:11:47,519
Speaker 1: started a cornerback pretty much the whole year, who's been

1278
01:11:47,520 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 1: really pretty good in coverage and absolutely phenomenal tackler for

1279
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 1: a cornerback who's got a little bit of an issue

1280
01:11:54,479 --> 01:11:56,720
Speaker 1: getting hands down down the field and getting called for

1281
01:11:56,760 --> 01:12:00,360
Speaker 1: a few defensive holding penalties. But the biggest this yue

1282
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:02,000
Speaker 1: for them though, they just have not been able to

1283
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:05,479
Speaker 1: get home with a four man rush. Alan, thanks is

1284
01:12:05,479 --> 01:12:07,439
Speaker 1: always for bringing us up to speed on the Dolphins.

1285
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:10,479
Speaker 1: We know you'll be covering the game on Sunday for

1286
01:12:10,720 --> 01:12:13,599
Speaker 1: Supports Illustrated, so we'll keep our ear to the ground

1287
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:15,719
Speaker 1: on your coverage throughout the golf season because that quarterback

1288
01:12:15,760 --> 01:12:17,519
Speaker 1: thing is going to be really interesting with that group.

1289
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:21,599
Speaker 1: Man ever a doll moment with the Miami Dolphins. Let's

1290
01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:25,400
Speaker 1: for shore. Thanks Alan, appreciate the time. That's Alan Poopar,

1291
01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:28,439
Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated Dolphins writer joining us. We will take a

1292
01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:31,360
Speaker 1: break because when we come back, we've got this week's

1293
01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:36,200
Speaker 1: legend of the game in studio. You know him, we

1294
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:39,919
Speaker 1: all know him. Former number twenty two one, Fred Jackson

1295
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:42,200
Speaker 1: joining us in studio. Next here on one Bills Live,

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01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:52,960
Speaker 1: presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All

1297
01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:55,559
Speaker 1: right back here on one Bills Live Chris Brown, Steve Tasker,

1298
01:12:55,680 --> 01:12:58,439
Speaker 1: and please to be joined now on the line by

1299
01:12:58,520 --> 01:13:01,320
Speaker 1: this week's legend of game. When the Bills host the

1300
01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:05,120
Speaker 1: Dolphins and Sunday's a wild card playoff game, it is

1301
01:13:05,439 --> 01:13:08,200
Speaker 1: Fred Jackson joining us. The Legend of the Game is

1302
01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:12,080
Speaker 1: presented by the BFLO Store, the official retailer of the

1303
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:14,479
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, download and visit the Bills app enter for

1304
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 1: a chance to win a two hundred fifty dollars Bflo

1305
01:13:16,479 --> 01:13:20,360
Speaker 1: store gift card and assigned Fred Jackson football. How about that?

1306
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,080
Speaker 1: Are we doing? Fred? Good to see him? Man? Not

1307
01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 1: too bad? Man? How are you guys doing? We're doing good?

1308
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:28,280
Speaker 1: We're doing good. Uh, I wanted I wanted to start

1309
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:31,880
Speaker 1: here last week's game. Uh. You know you you did

1310
01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:34,040
Speaker 1: a little kick return duty in your time. What do

1311
01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:38,040
Speaker 1: you think of Nihim? Heinz effort done Sunday? You know what, man,

1312
01:13:38,040 --> 01:13:41,240
Speaker 1: it was the icing on the cake, man, it was.

1313
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 1: It couldn't happened at a better time. You know, it

1314
01:13:43,479 --> 01:13:45,559
Speaker 1: couldn't happened at a better time for you know, not

1315
01:13:45,720 --> 01:13:48,800
Speaker 1: only you know me as a Bills fan, all of

1316
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:51,599
Speaker 1: Bills mafia out there, all of his teammates, but people

1317
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:54,760
Speaker 1: around the country. Man, it was great to see, you know.

1318
01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:56,920
Speaker 1: And I'm glad it couldn't happened to a better person too.

1319
01:13:56,960 --> 01:13:59,840
Speaker 1: You know, I haven't met Kim personally, but I've heard nothing,

1320
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:04,320
Speaker 1: nothing but good things about him, So I'm happy he

1321
01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:05,479
Speaker 1: was able to go out there and make a play

1322
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:07,479
Speaker 1: for a team. So You're coming back into town to

1323
01:14:07,520 --> 01:14:10,240
Speaker 1: be the legend of the game and a playoff game,

1324
01:14:10,360 --> 01:14:13,800
Speaker 1: something that you know eluded you during your time with

1325
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:16,080
Speaker 1: the Bills. What are your thoughts on coming back and

1326
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:17,920
Speaker 1: seeing this team in the midst of such a run

1327
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 1: like they have been for the last four or five

1328
01:14:19,520 --> 01:14:22,800
Speaker 1: years and being a part of it. Yeah, I mean,

1329
01:14:22,920 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 1: it's it's special. Man. When I got the phone call

1330
01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:29,400
Speaker 1: or as a possibility of doing it, I was ecstatic,

1331
01:14:29,479 --> 01:14:31,040
Speaker 1: you know, it was. It was something I wanted to

1332
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:33,599
Speaker 1: be a part of. I love watching these guys, love

1333
01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:35,679
Speaker 1: what they're doing, love what the coaching staff is doing,

1334
01:14:35,760 --> 01:14:38,000
Speaker 1: love you know, everything about this team right now. So

1335
01:14:38,040 --> 01:14:39,519
Speaker 1: to be able to come back and be the legend

1336
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:42,719
Speaker 1: of the game, you know as they goal this march

1337
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:44,800
Speaker 1: towards this Super Bowl, is a lot of fun, man.

1338
01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,600
Speaker 1: I want to be able to be a part of

1339
01:14:46,640 --> 01:14:48,920
Speaker 1: it in some kind of way. Uh. And I know

1340
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:51,000
Speaker 1: that that building is going to be electric, man, and

1341
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:52,559
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun to be in the building with

1342
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,760
Speaker 1: all those guys. Yeah, we appreciate you not big time.

1343
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:57,360
Speaker 1: And it's like fits did you know Fitz basically said, Hey,

1344
01:14:57,400 --> 01:14:59,439
Speaker 1: if you get to the AFC Championship, game, then you

1345
01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:02,840
Speaker 1: can call me. That's it. That's pretty much. He's too big.

1346
01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:06,519
Speaker 1: Sounds sounds about right from Fitzy. All right, So I'm

1347
01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:08,120
Speaker 1: gonna get off the phone with you guys, and I'm

1348
01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:09,920
Speaker 1: gonna call him right now and blow his phone up

1349
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:15,000
Speaker 1: for that. Yeah. Yeah, but this this game, meeting a

1350
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,320
Speaker 1: team for the third time, the Dolphins coming in. The

1351
01:15:17,320 --> 01:15:19,800
Speaker 1: Dolphins are all nicked up, They've got the third string quarterback.

1352
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:21,840
Speaker 1: I mean, it's I mean, one of the things you

1353
01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:25,280
Speaker 1: have to fight against is like, well, let's just get

1354
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:28,200
Speaker 1: through this game and get onto the next one. You know,

1355
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:30,519
Speaker 1: you're not entitled to win this game. You gotta go

1356
01:15:30,560 --> 01:15:33,920
Speaker 1: out and do it. Yeah, and you know that they're

1357
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:37,439
Speaker 1: gonna be motivated, they're gonna be their coach will they'll

1358
01:15:37,479 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 1: they'll show up ready to play. So it's only these

1359
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:41,519
Speaker 1: guys just go out and do what they what they're

1360
01:15:41,560 --> 01:15:43,360
Speaker 1: capable of doing, you know, go out and make the

1361
01:15:43,400 --> 01:15:46,479
Speaker 1: plays that they are capable of making. Uh, show why

1362
01:15:46,560 --> 01:15:49,720
Speaker 1: you're considered the better team, what it is you bring

1363
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:51,240
Speaker 1: to the table. And as long as those guys go

1364
01:15:51,320 --> 01:15:54,280
Speaker 1: out and handle those things, I think they'll be just fine.

1365
01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:56,880
Speaker 1: What do you what do you what are your thoughts

1366
01:15:56,880 --> 01:16:00,320
Speaker 1: Fred about you know, Buffalo's rushing attack. I mean they've

1367
01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:02,479
Speaker 1: it took some it took a little while for them

1368
01:16:02,479 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: to get some traction in the run game to serve

1369
01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:08,000
Speaker 1: as a compliment to the passing attack. But much like

1370
01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: last season, down the stretch here, they've kind of the

1371
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 1: kind of hit a groove and you know, James, James

1372
01:16:14,400 --> 01:16:17,360
Speaker 1: Cook's coming on and getting more time on the field.

1373
01:16:17,720 --> 01:16:20,120
Speaker 1: What's your what's your thoughts about that group and the

1374
01:16:20,120 --> 01:16:23,920
Speaker 1: ground game here down the stretch and man, I absolutely

1375
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:27,960
Speaker 1: love them, you know, I that Singletary has been Singletary man,

1376
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:30,920
Speaker 1: and I've loved the way he's worked all season long.

1377
01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:34,120
Speaker 1: You know, he's he's kind of an unhold guy where

1378
01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:37,080
Speaker 1: we we don't see him getting twenty five, you know,

1379
01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:40,439
Speaker 1: thirty carries a game, but when his number is called, man,

1380
01:16:40,479 --> 01:16:44,240
Speaker 1: he showed up and he's produced every time. James continues

1381
01:16:44,280 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 1: to be you know, James Cook, the reason that he

1382
01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:50,080
Speaker 1: was drafted and brought in the Buffalo. He's he's continuing

1383
01:16:50,080 --> 01:16:53,080
Speaker 1: to get better. He's, you know, hit tremendous strides. And

1384
01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:56,320
Speaker 1: the thing that I'm I'm happy about is it's going

1385
01:16:56,360 --> 01:16:58,840
Speaker 1: into the playoffs where They're gonna need those guys to

1386
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:01,640
Speaker 1: really step up. You know, Weather's not going to be

1387
01:17:01,680 --> 01:17:03,719
Speaker 1: the greatest every time they step out on the field,

1388
01:17:03,760 --> 01:17:06,040
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have to have a running game, you know.

1389
01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:08,400
Speaker 1: You know what, Josh springs to the table with his legs,

1390
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:10,680
Speaker 1: So to be able to not just count on him

1391
01:17:10,720 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 1: to do that, knowing you can turn around and hand

1392
01:17:12,960 --> 01:17:15,320
Speaker 1: the ball off to a guy like Singletary or to

1393
01:17:15,479 --> 01:17:17,720
Speaker 1: James takes a lot of pressure off from him and

1394
01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:19,800
Speaker 1: it makes it a lot easier for the offensive line

1395
01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:22,000
Speaker 1: when they have two tremendous running backs like that, they're

1396
01:17:22,040 --> 01:17:24,800
Speaker 1: like that behind them. So it's been awesome to see

1397
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:26,559
Speaker 1: it kind of progress to where it is now, and

1398
01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:28,720
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully they can continue to build on that

1399
01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,519
Speaker 1: and continue to get better and it carries them all

1400
01:17:31,560 --> 01:17:33,240
Speaker 1: the way to the super Bowl because those guys have

1401
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,120
Speaker 1: the potential to take them there. It's one of the

1402
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:38,400
Speaker 1: problems with watching the team, like Josh Allen has been

1403
01:17:38,439 --> 01:17:40,559
Speaker 1: the quarterback for the last couple of years. Last year

1404
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:43,080
Speaker 1: they come into the playoffs, they get the New England

1405
01:17:43,080 --> 01:17:47,200
Speaker 1: Patriots in Buffalo, and it's an absolute thing of perfection.

1406
01:17:47,320 --> 01:17:50,160
Speaker 1: No punts, never took a negative play until they knelt

1407
01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:53,440
Speaker 1: down to put the game away, every drive into a touchdown.

1408
01:17:53,680 --> 01:17:58,719
Speaker 1: I mean, how do you temper those expectations for Bills fans? Yeah,

1409
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:02,160
Speaker 1: I mean as a as a player, that's what you want,

1410
01:18:02,240 --> 01:18:04,400
Speaker 1: you know, you want those things to happen. You want

1411
01:18:04,400 --> 01:18:07,920
Speaker 1: to be in absolute control from start to finish. You

1412
01:18:08,040 --> 01:18:10,439
Speaker 1: have to be confident in what it is, whatever game

1413
01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:12,680
Speaker 1: plan it is you're putting together, and you know the

1414
01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:15,559
Speaker 1: coaches are gonna do a tremendous job breaking down film.

1415
01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:17,880
Speaker 1: Like you said, it's the third time they play these guys,

1416
01:18:18,439 --> 01:18:21,479
Speaker 1: they'll have a great scheme and you have the players

1417
01:18:21,640 --> 01:18:23,920
Speaker 1: and the potential to go out and dominate like you

1418
01:18:23,960 --> 01:18:26,400
Speaker 1: did last year in the opening round. It's just about

1419
01:18:26,439 --> 01:18:28,720
Speaker 1: you to go out there and execute. Not overlook these

1420
01:18:28,760 --> 01:18:31,640
Speaker 1: guys because obviously they have some tremendous talent on that

1421
01:18:31,680 --> 01:18:34,080
Speaker 1: side of the field. They're they're gonna come in, they're

1422
01:18:34,120 --> 01:18:36,880
Speaker 1: gonna be willing to compete. They're gonna compete early for sure,

1423
01:18:36,920 --> 01:18:38,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna try and weather the storm and make this

1424
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:41,080
Speaker 1: a sloppy game where they can get you into the

1425
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:43,120
Speaker 1: fourth quarter and have a chance of winning it. But

1426
01:18:43,200 --> 01:18:45,040
Speaker 1: if you go out and you go handle your business.

1427
01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:47,519
Speaker 1: You know you're the better team. You know, all you

1428
01:18:47,600 --> 01:18:49,439
Speaker 1: have to do is execute the game plan that your

1429
01:18:49,439 --> 01:18:51,960
Speaker 1: coaches are gonna put together, and uh, you know see

1430
01:18:52,000 --> 01:18:55,160
Speaker 1: where it goes from there. No, it's the playoffs, so

1431
01:18:55,280 --> 01:19:00,120
Speaker 1: every team is capable of winning. When you're playing. You

1432
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:01,960
Speaker 1: just go out and handle your business and let the

1433
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,160
Speaker 1: cards lie in at the end of the day, you know,

1434
01:19:04,280 --> 01:19:06,280
Speaker 1: hope that you've made more players than the other team

1435
01:19:06,560 --> 01:19:09,680
Speaker 1: and the rest will take care of itself. All right.

1436
01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:12,280
Speaker 1: So Fred, you know you got a little more leisure

1437
01:19:12,280 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 1: time at your disposal here. I know your son's tearing

1438
01:19:14,479 --> 01:19:17,919
Speaker 1: it up on the field. But who would you say

1439
01:19:18,080 --> 01:19:21,200
Speaker 1: amongst your former teammates, you're probably keeping in touch with

1440
01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:24,760
Speaker 1: the most. If you had two or three to pick from, well,

1441
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:27,880
Speaker 1: I can tell you the top three is easily fits.

1442
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,960
Speaker 1: Marshawn and Aaron Williams are the guys that I'm talking

1443
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 1: to and keep keep in touch with the most. Yeah,

1444
01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:36,640
Speaker 1: and give us an idea of you know, how do

1445
01:19:36,680 --> 01:19:39,559
Speaker 1: you expect this game to transpire? This Sunday, You're gonna

1446
01:19:39,560 --> 01:19:41,439
Speaker 1: be there and you're gonna do the thing before the game,

1447
01:19:41,479 --> 01:19:45,120
Speaker 1: and it's gonna you know, it's gonna be awesome. How

1448
01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:47,720
Speaker 1: do you expect this to transpire? With the Dolphins coming in,

1449
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 1: It's a very familiar foe. Bills fans are used to

1450
01:19:51,400 --> 01:19:55,559
Speaker 1: cheering against them, and you know, these teams see each other.

1451
01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:57,599
Speaker 1: I mean they see each other on film when they're

1452
01:19:57,640 --> 01:19:59,680
Speaker 1: playing in the division, they see them play each other,

1453
01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 1: they team play other people. How's this go? Yeah, it's

1454
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:07,360
Speaker 1: gonna be. It's hopefully, you know, I can come out there,

1455
01:20:07,360 --> 01:20:10,280
Speaker 1: I get the crowd going and the Bills. The Bills

1456
01:20:10,280 --> 01:20:12,040
Speaker 1: just feed off of that and come out the gate,

1457
01:20:12,479 --> 01:20:15,160
Speaker 1: you know, hit the Dolphins in the mouth. They're they're

1458
01:20:15,160 --> 01:20:17,439
Speaker 1: gonna be you know, ready for that. They know what's

1459
01:20:17,479 --> 01:20:19,400
Speaker 1: coming when they walk in it. Like you said, they've

1460
01:20:19,439 --> 01:20:22,120
Speaker 1: walked into the stadium, you know already this year. They

1461
01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:25,519
Speaker 1: know what to expect from Bill's mafia. But I'm hoping,

1462
01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:28,559
Speaker 1: and just like everybody else, I'm hoping that the Bills

1463
01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:30,400
Speaker 1: just become too much for him. You know, I think

1464
01:20:30,439 --> 01:20:32,960
Speaker 1: they go out there, they have some possessions, put some

1465
01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:36,240
Speaker 1: points up. Um. I don't know how good he is,

1466
01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:39,120
Speaker 1: how good of a quarterback he is, but I don't

1467
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:42,639
Speaker 1: think a third guy who's the third string quarterback can

1468
01:20:42,720 --> 01:20:46,240
Speaker 1: keep up with Josh Allen playing against the Buffalo Bills defense.

1469
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:49,000
Speaker 1: I think, you know, it just eventually becomes too much

1470
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:51,519
Speaker 1: for him, even with the weapons that he has on

1471
01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:53,720
Speaker 1: that offensive side of the ball. Granted, they're gonna tie

1472
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:56,080
Speaker 1: and take some pressure off of him, but I think

1473
01:20:56,120 --> 01:20:59,840
Speaker 1: those guys make enough plays that it becomes something that

1474
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:03,640
Speaker 1: they're they're overcome and drowning trying to keep up with

1475
01:21:03,680 --> 01:21:05,800
Speaker 1: the Bills in the offensive explosions that they're able to

1476
01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:09,200
Speaker 1: put up. So I think it's it's a game early,

1477
01:21:09,240 --> 01:21:11,360
Speaker 1: but I think eventually the Bills become too much for

1478
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:14,880
Speaker 1: the Dolphins to handle. Fred, thanks for the time, safe

1479
01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:17,080
Speaker 1: travels up here this weekend. We look forward to seeing you.

1480
01:21:17,160 --> 01:21:20,880
Speaker 1: Please give our best to your wife, Danielle. Well dude, Thanks, guys,

1481
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:23,559
Speaker 1: I appreciate you having me on. All right, that's Fred Jackson,

1482
01:21:23,640 --> 01:21:27,559
Speaker 1: your Legend of the Game for this weekend's Wildcard matchup

1483
01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:32,599
Speaker 1: Bills Dolphins. Legend of the Game, presented by the BFLO Store,

1484
01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:36,040
Speaker 1: the official retailer of the Buffalo Bill. He's right. I

1485
01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:37,559
Speaker 1: mean he put it into terms like that. I love

1486
01:21:37,600 --> 01:21:38,920
Speaker 1: the way he said it is. It's going to be

1487
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:41,400
Speaker 1: hard to imagine a third string quarterback keeping up with

1488
01:21:41,479 --> 01:21:44,760
Speaker 1: Josh Allen playing against the Buffalo Bills defense. It's a

1489
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:47,880
Speaker 1: big ask. We've seen it happen though. I mean, and

1490
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:53,120
Speaker 1: at this point you hate to feel like that because

1491
01:21:53,160 --> 01:21:55,679
Speaker 1: the game is so final, you can't be wrong. Yeah,

1492
01:21:55,680 --> 01:21:57,599
Speaker 1: it's a winner, go home. Yeah if you lose, if

1493
01:21:57,600 --> 01:21:59,920
Speaker 1: you make that mistake, it's you know, you're you're done,

1494
01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:02,080
Speaker 1: and all the effort in the months of work and

1495
01:22:02,160 --> 01:22:06,160
Speaker 1: the entire season is wasted. So you gotta stay on it.

1496
01:22:06,360 --> 01:22:10,400
Speaker 1: Like you're playing against Tuah and Dan Marino and Joe

1497
01:22:10,439 --> 01:22:13,400
Speaker 1: Montana and all those jokers, you know, and not Tyler

1498
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:17,960
Speaker 1: or Skyler Thompson. He almost looks like a wide receiver.

1499
01:22:18,040 --> 01:22:19,800
Speaker 1: Do you see that footage we were showing on to

1500
01:22:19,920 --> 01:22:24,080
Speaker 1: our MSG viewers. He's walking alongside Tyreek Hill and Jalen Wattle.

1501
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:27,840
Speaker 1: He almost looks like Gissicky. Well, well Gassick, he's kind

1502
01:22:27,840 --> 01:22:30,120
Speaker 1: of a bean pole, but I mean, he kind of

1503
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:32,080
Speaker 1: looks like he's got a receiver potty. It's like he's

1504
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:35,599
Speaker 1: like Tannehill. Remember Tannehill used to be a receiver in college,

1505
01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 1: so you understand why he would ever receive kind of

1506
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:40,559
Speaker 1: as a receiver body little Taysom Hill, like maybe just

1507
01:22:40,640 --> 01:22:42,880
Speaker 1: not as thick. Yeah, not quite as thick as Taysom Hill.

1508
01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:45,439
Speaker 1: But yeah, he's an athlete. Certainly you can see it.

1509
01:22:46,200 --> 01:22:50,639
Speaker 1: And and he's gonna you know, think, think where he's at,

1510
01:22:50,680 --> 01:22:52,519
Speaker 1: and you put it in the most positive light, and

1511
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,559
Speaker 1: you know, these guys are vetted. I mean they don't.

1512
01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:58,559
Speaker 1: They don't get into the league not having been through

1513
01:22:58,600 --> 01:23:01,120
Speaker 1: some stuff and overcome some obstacle. So you know he's

1514
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:03,879
Speaker 1: back there thinking, you know what, I'm the starting quarterbacks.

1515
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:07,880
Speaker 1: I have nothing to lose. I am gonna let it ripe.

1516
01:23:08,040 --> 01:23:11,000
Speaker 1: Just go out and let it rip. Anybody if he

1517
01:23:11,040 --> 01:23:13,160
Speaker 1: comes out throws a pick six to begin the game

1518
01:23:13,240 --> 01:23:15,439
Speaker 1: or whatever. They're not jerking him. They they're not putting

1519
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:20,479
Speaker 1: Mike Glennon in. You know, you're the guy, So let's

1520
01:23:20,479 --> 01:23:22,719
Speaker 1: go out and just go out and let it rip. Yeah,

1521
01:23:22,760 --> 01:23:25,800
Speaker 1: And I think that's probably tell him it's really a

1522
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:27,759
Speaker 1: no lose for him if you put it in that perspective.

1523
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:29,960
Speaker 1: He's not expected to win this game. So if he

1524
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:33,639
Speaker 1: comes out pressure and gain some respect, make some throws,

1525
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:39,280
Speaker 1: shows some courage and leadership the guy, it helps his

1526
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:43,320
Speaker 1: career whether they win or lose. So that's kind of

1527
01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:45,519
Speaker 1: where you're at if you're Skyler Thompson, and you can

1528
01:23:45,560 --> 01:23:48,360
Speaker 1: bet that's right where he's at mentally for this game.

1529
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:50,800
Speaker 1: Has he let it rip? Yeah? You know he's got

1530
01:23:51,760 --> 01:23:55,599
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle out there. Let them go

1531
01:23:55,640 --> 01:24:00,519
Speaker 1: to work for you? Why not? I mean that's a

1532
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:02,479
Speaker 1: whole yea, why not? He can just let it all

1533
01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:05,439
Speaker 1: hang out, he really can. We want to get to

1534
01:24:05,479 --> 01:24:08,559
Speaker 1: the those are tough guys to beat man. Well, that's true,

1535
01:24:08,640 --> 01:24:10,400
Speaker 1: which is you know, this is why Josh is so

1536
01:24:10,439 --> 01:24:13,920
Speaker 1: tough to me. Yeah, right, that's where he lives. Yeah,

1537
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:16,240
Speaker 1: we wanted to get to the tweet sheet here as

1538
01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:18,120
Speaker 1: we're fast running out of time. Here on the show

1539
01:24:18,160 --> 01:24:20,240
Speaker 1: tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

1540
01:24:20,280 --> 01:24:23,599
Speaker 1: official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. As we've

1541
01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:25,000
Speaker 1: been asking you what's the one thing you want to

1542
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:27,200
Speaker 1: see from the Bills in Sunday's game with Miami. Sharon

1543
01:24:27,280 --> 01:24:30,120
Speaker 1: leads us off and she says, the backups get our

1544
01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:32,640
Speaker 1: injured players out as soon as possible, and then the

1545
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:35,679
Speaker 1: rest of the starters after a commanding lead. I'm still

1546
01:24:35,720 --> 01:24:38,479
Speaker 1: concerned about our players getting hurt on a dirty play.

1547
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:41,400
Speaker 1: So Sharon's already booked it. We're gonna be up by

1548
01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:44,320
Speaker 1: twenty four by the third quarter. Get everybody out of

1549
01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:47,040
Speaker 1: the game after that. Yeah, Joshua, come out careful one

1550
01:24:47,120 --> 01:24:50,160
Speaker 1: series into the second half and then it's in its case. Keenum,

1551
01:24:50,160 --> 01:24:51,880
Speaker 1: they're careful with that line to thank you better be

1552
01:24:51,920 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 1: careful with that that. Like I said, guys that have

1553
01:24:57,120 --> 01:25:00,960
Speaker 1: nothing to lose are difficult to beat. Listen this this

1554
01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:04,519
Speaker 1: is a theme, Ryan says Bury Miami early and sit

1555
01:25:04,640 --> 01:25:06,280
Speaker 1: josh Allen and the rest of the starters in the

1556
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:08,280
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. This is the closest to a bye week

1557
01:25:08,320 --> 01:25:11,519
Speaker 1: they can get without actually having one take advantage of it.

1558
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:17,519
Speaker 1: I will say this, Steve, This game to me is

1559
01:25:17,640 --> 01:25:22,160
Speaker 1: similar to the season finale against the Dolphins in twenty twenty. Yes,

1560
01:25:22,400 --> 01:25:26,640
Speaker 1: I believe that if Buffalo can get up fourteen three,

1561
01:25:27,280 --> 01:25:32,759
Speaker 1: you know, seventeen to seven by like early second quarter,

1562
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:36,320
Speaker 1: I think there's guys on that Dolphins squad that are

1563
01:25:36,360 --> 01:25:39,320
Speaker 1: just going to pack it in because much like we

1564
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:41,640
Speaker 1: saw back in twenty twenty in the season finale in

1565
01:25:41,680 --> 01:25:44,400
Speaker 1: which the Dolphins were in a win and get in

1566
01:25:44,560 --> 01:25:47,679
Speaker 1: scenario to the playoffs, they had a rookie and Twa

1567
01:25:47,840 --> 01:25:52,000
Speaker 1: at quarterback. They go down fourteen three early and they're like,

1568
01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:55,320
Speaker 1: we're not beating these guys with TWA fifty six. They went,

1569
01:25:55,760 --> 01:25:59,120
Speaker 1: they were away, they went looking for the bus. I

1570
01:25:59,200 --> 01:26:01,720
Speaker 1: think the same thing applies here, because you can't tell

1571
01:26:01,760 --> 01:26:04,640
Speaker 1: me these guys if they're down seventeen seven in the

1572
01:26:04,640 --> 01:26:07,000
Speaker 1: second quarter, they think they're coming back and beating this

1573
01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:10,120
Speaker 1: Bills team with Skylar Frickin Thompson a quarterback. I'm sorry,

1574
01:26:10,160 --> 01:26:13,720
Speaker 1: no offense to Skylar, but seriously, there may be a

1575
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,080
Speaker 1: moment in there where their team goes, you know, well,

1576
01:26:16,080 --> 01:26:19,000
Speaker 1: we're not going to get it done. Let's make sure

1577
01:26:19,040 --> 01:26:22,360
Speaker 1: we live another day and enjoy the offseason without doing

1578
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:27,680
Speaker 1: to rehab, you know, seriously. So, yes, there is that

1579
01:26:27,800 --> 01:26:30,080
Speaker 1: in there they're not expecting when this game, everybody in

1580
01:26:30,120 --> 01:26:32,479
Speaker 1: their uncle is hurt on their roster. If they come

1581
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:35,320
Speaker 1: out laying egg early, Bills, are you know it's twenty

1582
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:39,439
Speaker 1: four to seven, yeah, or twenty four tenths if they

1583
01:26:39,560 --> 01:26:41,080
Speaker 1: really get even if they if the Bills get that

1584
01:26:41,160 --> 01:26:44,240
Speaker 1: extra possession and like a turnover and get a score

1585
01:26:44,280 --> 01:26:45,880
Speaker 1: out of it, and now starting to get away a

1586
01:26:45,920 --> 01:26:49,000
Speaker 1: little bit, Yeah, I could see him pack. You could

1587
01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:51,799
Speaker 1: see it. You could see it easily, Jeremiah says quickly.

1588
01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:54,840
Speaker 1: A beastly running game with Motor and Cook two hundred

1589
01:26:54,880 --> 01:26:57,000
Speaker 1: plus rushing yards and then three touchdowns through the air

1590
01:26:57,040 --> 01:26:59,400
Speaker 1: for Allen. We don't get greedy, Jeremiah. Let's not forget.

1591
01:26:59,640 --> 01:27:02,880
Speaker 1: This is a top five run defense. That is one

1592
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:05,800
Speaker 1: thing that the Dolphins actually do well. If they can

1593
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:10,599
Speaker 1: run up two hundred plus yards on that front. Look out, man,

1594
01:27:11,080 --> 01:27:13,960
Speaker 1: look out. Yeah, that's that's a big ask as well. Yeah,

1595
01:27:14,240 --> 01:27:16,320
Speaker 1: all right, we are up against the clock, so we're

1596
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:18,320
Speaker 1: going to take a break here. Some final thoughts on

1597
01:27:18,360 --> 01:27:20,920
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. Next here on one Bill's Live presented

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01:27:20,920 --> 01:27:38,160
Speaker 1: by Kalota Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio Bills Mopia. The

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1603
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:56,760
Speaker 1: Some final thoughts on the tweet sheet. Quickly, Steve and

1604
01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:59,599
Speaker 1: we have Owen chiming in with. Would love to see

1605
01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:01,800
Speaker 1: the defense for us. A few more turnovers. The Bills

1606
01:28:01,800 --> 01:28:05,439
Speaker 1: currently have an even turnover differential, which ranks fifteenth in

1607
01:28:05,479 --> 01:28:08,680
Speaker 1: the league. That's due more to their carelessness with the

1608
01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:11,040
Speaker 1: football through the course of the season. You should not

1609
01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:14,479
Speaker 1: have twenty seven turnovers. Twenty seven takeaways is a pretty

1610
01:28:14,479 --> 01:28:17,000
Speaker 1: good season. Yeah, they've done They've done fine in the takeaways.

1611
01:28:17,120 --> 01:28:20,400
Speaker 1: The Bills turning it over a little too much, and

1612
01:28:20,400 --> 01:28:23,840
Speaker 1: that's something you get with throwing the ball. I hate

1613
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:25,800
Speaker 1: to say the top flight quarterbacks do it a lot.

1614
01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:29,360
Speaker 1: Maybe not the old guys like Aaron Rodgers and Tom

1615
01:28:29,400 --> 01:28:31,640
Speaker 1: Brady because they don't throw it. I mean because they

1616
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:35,800
Speaker 1: don't run it. They just throw it away and they

1617
01:28:35,840 --> 01:28:38,479
Speaker 1: live to play another down. But guys like Mahomes and

1618
01:28:38,600 --> 01:28:41,920
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Joe Burrows a little bit like Aaron Rodgers

1619
01:28:41,920 --> 01:28:44,240
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady, they don't turn it over too much.

1620
01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:46,519
Speaker 1: But all those guys that get out of the pocket

1621
01:28:46,520 --> 01:28:49,120
Speaker 1: and make some things happen, you kind of gotta live

1622
01:28:49,160 --> 01:28:52,439
Speaker 1: with it. It's not great. It's one of the things

1623
01:28:52,479 --> 01:28:55,000
Speaker 1: that it's a drawback to that type of quarterback, so

1624
01:28:55,040 --> 01:28:58,880
Speaker 1: that balls at risk more often. But you also get

1625
01:28:58,920 --> 01:29:01,680
Speaker 1: some bonus plays about every game that you would never

1626
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:05,000
Speaker 1: get with one of the other guys, Manny says, obviously,

1627
01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:07,439
Speaker 1: healthy players in a win, but most importantly, I'd like

1628
01:29:07,479 --> 01:29:11,080
Speaker 1: to see no drop football fumbles and catches in parentheses

1629
01:29:11,439 --> 01:29:13,599
Speaker 1: for the first time, because we need to stop those

1630
01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:17,400
Speaker 1: small mistakes as we head closer to the super Bowl.

1631
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:21,560
Speaker 1: And then Rick says, September Bills, you know, fluent offensively

1632
01:29:21,560 --> 01:29:24,679
Speaker 1: and stout defensively. That month, the Bills looked untouchable. Find

1633
01:29:24,720 --> 01:29:28,040
Speaker 1: that and we might just hoist a Lombardy. Let's see.

1634
01:29:28,040 --> 01:29:29,880
Speaker 1: It's true, it was good. It was fun there that

1635
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:32,400
Speaker 1: first month, but we'll see if they can get that back.

1636
01:29:32,400 --> 01:29:35,280
Speaker 1: Certainly they're getting healthy enough to do it. Tomorrow's show,

1637
01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:38,519
Speaker 1: we've got as always Greg co Sell and a D

1638
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:44,360
Speaker 1: D King Kabwalla. We'll see at one