1 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field. 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: player for you, Steve a blimp. We're not even in 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: the straded beer of normalcy. All right, good afternoon, Everybody. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: Is a Tuesday radio only edition of One Bill's Live, 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: as the enhanced protocols have kept us off campus for 7 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: at least one more day, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with 8 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: you on a Tuesday, And we know every Tuesday we 9 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: try to pack together a entertaining show for you, as 10 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: we do every day. But yeah, we're back on the 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 1: home frontier for a little bit. Kind of takes us 12 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: back to the to the early day, Steve of COVID, 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: when you were in your home. I was in my home. 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: Producer Jay Harris was being climbed on like a like 15 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: a cat scratch pole by his kids. Zoe is entertaining 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: for us because we can see him, but never quite 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: as entertaining for our radio listening audience. But I'd be 18 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: happy to do a play by player that one day. 19 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: Stevie would be the color concentator does Yeah, it would 20 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: be good. But yeah, it's good to good to be back. 21 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: And here's the thing. And you know, think of it 22 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: this way. The people who are actually getting a chance 23 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: to listen to us on the radio today are the 24 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: special ones because they're the only ones that can hear 25 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: see us. So there's no television audience today, So you're 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: very special today by being able to find us. Now. 27 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: I know I didn't get a chance to kind of 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: weigh in on Sunday's game since it was you and 29 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: Maddie yesterday, But I will say the biggest thing that 30 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: I took out of that game was the surge in 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: production that continues on the defensive side of the ball. 32 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: There was a trend that was developing the last couple 33 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: of games prior to the buye, and I think it 34 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: continued for the most part in Sunday's game. Now, by 35 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,079 Speaker 1: no means am I saying it was a perfect game 36 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: for the defense. We know it certainly wasn't a perfect 37 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: game for the offense when it got to the fourth 38 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: quarter in particular, But as far as the defense was concerned, 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: sack production continued. They got another takeaway, forced a couple 40 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: of other fumbles and didn't come up with them, and 41 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: getting off the field on third down. Steve best game 42 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 1: of the year, and I mean, I know, I know 43 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers went for it on fourth down five times, 44 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: but still, in all my biggest takeaway from Sunday's game 45 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: is the defense arrows pointing up here, and I'm encouraged 46 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: by that. Yeah, I catch you too, And you forget 47 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: it was only last year where we had a defense 48 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: you could really count on. The problem was we couldn't 49 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: take advantage of it all too often. You know, you 50 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: never felt like your offense could score enough points to 51 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: put the game away. Now you've got an offense. I mean, 52 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: they won with that defense playing like that. All of 53 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: a sudden, you get a sneaky game where think about 54 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: this brown and and I know it's not we're not 55 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: allowed to do this or anything, but you think about 56 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: the You always think about the what ifs of these games. 57 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: The Bills don't turn it over three times in the 58 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, that game is a laugher. They're hanging all 59 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: kinds of points on it. Even if they get three 60 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: field goals out of those three fumbles. You know they're 61 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: scoring thirty six points on these guys, and you know 62 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: they're running away with it with this defense playing better 63 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: like it is and holding the teams under twenty points, 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: it goes a long way towards expanding the margin of air. 65 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 1: And let's face it, they turned it over three times 66 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. Yeah, and one by ten. That 67 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: is that is a mark of error. We haven't seen 68 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: this team half. They can't win games where they turn 69 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: it over three times in the fourth quarter and win 70 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: by ten points. That's a margin of error. That is 71 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: what usually translates into an l. Yeah, you can't win 72 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,840 Speaker 1: games like that, and that's that's where they're at right now. 73 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: That's why you look at him and saying, Wow, how 74 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: good are these guys? Yeah. I really like the fact 75 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: that right from the jump, the defense came out aggressive, 76 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: empty backfield first play from scrimmage and Tremaine Edmonds is 77 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: coming on a five man rush and bats the first 78 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: pass out of the air, which was supposed to be 79 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: like a now route to the flat, and I just 80 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: thought they set the tone early and it went from there. 81 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: There were still a couple of leaky runs, but you 82 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: look at the yards per carry average against lowest of 83 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: the season. You look at the Bill's yards per carry 84 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: average in the game, highest of the season, So I 85 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: think there's a host of things that are trending in 86 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: the right direction here coming out of this game. And 87 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: that's that's what's encouraging to me, because we're in the 88 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: stretch run now. I mean we got five game, five 89 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: regular season games left. This is when you really need 90 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: to be rounding into top form. And I also thought 91 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: they looked refreshed. I'm not gonna say they were dragging 92 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: in that Arizona game. I certainly feel like they laid 93 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: it all out there to try to win that game. 94 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: But you go that long without a break, not to 95 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: mention the fact that they lost the many bye they 96 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: were supposed to get from the Thursday night Kansas City 97 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: game when that game got moved. I think there were 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: some guys that were hanging a little bit going into 99 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: the bye, and I think the bye week served as 100 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: a nice refresher for them coming out of it, because 101 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: they looked a lot of them look pretty lively. The 102 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,280 Speaker 1: thing got gives me, not don't know how much, because 103 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: you always ask about this brownie yourself, how much do 104 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: you depend on it? The fact that this team under 105 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, and this is what fourth year consistently, every 106 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: year gets better and better and better through the season, 107 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 1: how much, how positive or how optimistic are you that, Yeah, 108 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: this is a team's going to get better and this 109 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: last month and a half of the season, they're gonna 110 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: be really good. Now. Now, last year they lost three 111 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: of their last four. Now they're you know, except for 112 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: the you know, the Jet game that didn't matter they 113 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: lost as well, but you know they didn't so they 114 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: didn't you know, win that many games coming down the stretch. 115 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: But when you look at the individuals and the guys 116 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: that were playing on that team, like Ed Oliver and 117 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: the young guys that came into the league. You know, 118 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: last year they had guys getting better and better. Dawson 119 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: Knox was playing better at the end of the year 120 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: last year. Had a lot of hope for him coming 121 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 1: through this year. You know, all this stuff. This is 122 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: a team under Sean McDermott. In all four years this 123 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: one included seeings to have evolved in a positive way 124 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: all the way through the season, and now it's at 125 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: least getting to the point where it's tangible for casual fantasy. 126 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: You think that's something you can depend on going forward. Well, 127 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: I think these trends have to continue if they're going 128 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: to convince us that we can depend on those things 129 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: that you're talking about. You know, I think seeing it 130 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: in two or three games in a row, it's a trend, 131 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: but it's not a certainty, right, So I want to 132 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: see a little bit more evidence of it before I 133 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: feel comfortable to the point where I don't worry about 134 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: biting my nails in a game because we've still seen 135 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: the lulls in play. Now they we're only outscored in 136 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: the third quarter eight to seven on Sunday, but I 137 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: think everyone that watched that game from start to finish 138 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: would agree that again there was this I don't want 139 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: to say they took their foot off the gas. There's 140 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,679 Speaker 1: just this this lull, this dul drum of sorts that 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: that comes over the team where things just aren't tight. 142 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: You know, they're a little they're not loose, but they're 143 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: not highly efficient either, which is how they seem to 144 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: come out at the start of games. I mean, that's 145 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: I guess that's what my question is. It's puzzling. I 146 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: guess that's what my question is. You think it's still 147 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: gonna happen. You think it's gonna happen, You think it's 148 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: I think it could. I think it could. I just 149 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: could happen. I'm talking. I just hope, I'm thinking. I'm 150 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: thinking that's a characteristic Yeah, you're right, I see. I 151 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: don't think you You're not there yet, So you think 152 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 1: it's a trade of the team that third quarters are 153 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: a bugaboo. No, no no, no, no no, no no. I'm talking 154 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: about getting better throughout the season, get better throughout the season. Yeah, 155 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: I would, yes, No, I I I see that because 156 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: now they're really good already and they are getting better. 157 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 1: And I think it's manifesting itself in the fact that 158 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:00,959 Speaker 1: despite the fact they stump offensively and you get a 159 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: couple of unpredictable turnovers like they did, you know, a 160 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: fumbled snap and then eat both backs, get the ball 161 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: batted out of their hands, all that stuff. It's hard 162 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: to predict that stuff. You don't think, yeah, that's going 163 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: to happen every week. No, it probably won't. But even 164 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: with that and happening late in the game, this team 165 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: has evolved to the point where they don't care. Well. 166 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: I think what gives them added confidence is the fact 167 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: that yesterday or Sunday, I should say, it was an 168 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: example of their ability on offense to diversify the way 169 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: in which they attack people. I mean, you went from 170 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: passing almost sixty two percent of the time to running 171 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: the ball fifty five percent of the time on Sunday, 172 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: and it was one of the reasons you were able 173 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: to close out the game. And I don't know if 174 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: we could have said that about this running game a 175 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: month ago. I mean, they had the big game against 176 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: the Patriots, but that was the only cards you were 177 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,080 Speaker 1: holding up through the first ten weeks. So yeah, to 178 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: see the way it performed and the level of success 179 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: was equal essentially equal between Singletary and Moss, I think 180 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: that provides an extra dose of confidence that you know, 181 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: if one thing's not working, they can at least turn 182 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: to the run game and stay on schedule and maybe 183 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: even use it to carry them through some dry spell 184 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: for a few series with the passing game, if let's 185 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: just say there's a defensive scheme that's got them crossed 186 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: up and they're having trouble executing, that's encouraging to me. 187 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: And I also like the use of the screen game. 188 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,439 Speaker 1: Coach Dable said yesterday that you know, they had been 189 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: working on the screen game a little bit more too, 190 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: and we saw more of that on Sunday. Not any 191 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: sharp spike in using it, but using it in timely 192 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: fashion and with success. We've talked about that a lot 193 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: this season, so to see that a little bit more 194 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: was was good too. Day Ball has been masterful, I 195 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: think in his play calling. I've really enjoyed watch and 196 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: the you know, the forget the double passes and all 197 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: of that stuff. That's always fun stuff for fans to 198 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: see in any a brilliant offensive coordinating the trick to 199 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: those you call any play at the right time and 200 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: and it's going to be successful. That's the art form 201 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: of calling plays. It's not it is you know a 202 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 1: little bit of it's drawing them up on the paper 203 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: and seeing watching how they work and all that. But 204 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: the masterful in the art part of being of a 205 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: great play caller is timing when do you call the 206 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 1: play and how the plays you have already called in 207 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: the game affect what the defense thinks you're gonna run 208 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: and having a feel for that. That's where I think 209 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: day Ball has really shined in his ability to pull 210 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: plays out of the menu and say, right, this is 211 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: the perfect spot for this play. Here it comes and 212 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: and of course you know they executed it well as well. 213 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: But that's where I think day Ball hasn't gotten enough credit. 214 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: The timing of that double pass, the timing of the 215 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: cold runs by Josh Alum against the Chargers and in 216 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,199 Speaker 1: the last and in the even in the game against Arizona. 217 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: I just think that's where he has really done a 218 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: nice job. And the screen passes. They needed him this 219 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: last week because the Chargers ran a ton cover one, 220 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: a ton of cover one and the Bills answered it. 221 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: So um, and I can go on to that stuff, 222 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: the screen game and all that's come up. Did I 223 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: agree with it? That was huge this last week. Yeah. 224 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: Around the league, some interesting developments yesterday. Obviously, front and 225 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: center has been this Raven Steelers game that continues to 226 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: be a moving target. Finally it looks like it might 227 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,319 Speaker 1: be settled now as they're going to play tomorrow at 228 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: three forty in the afternoon. Um. Never did I ever 229 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: think we would see an NFL game on a Wednesday 230 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: afternoon in my life. So that was while I wasn't 231 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: shocked that it moved again and lighted was going on 232 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 1: with the Ravens to see a third postponement, it was, 233 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: I don't know, you could have knocked me over with 234 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: a feather when they scheduled that game for three forty 235 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: in the afternoon. And from what I understand, there were 236 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: some issues for NBC Who's got the game, because I 237 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: guess they have the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony 238 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: Wednesday ninth, and so they had to kind of maneuver 239 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: their way around the schedule with that, and the league 240 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 1: was trying to be sympathetic to the networks, knowing how 241 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 1: much they've had to ask of them with moving games around. 242 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 1: So three forty, I guess was the landing spot for that. 243 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: And while the Ravens will get mark Ingram and JK. Dobbins, 244 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: you know, two of their top three running backs back 245 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: for the game tomorrow afternoon, they can't even travel with 246 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: the team today because it's only day nine, not day 247 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: ten coming out of COVID or of their positive COVID tests, 248 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: I should say, so they have to fly to the 249 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: game day of to go play the game. They can't 250 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: even travel with the teammates right now. It's just crazy 251 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: how it's all. And of course, much like we saw 252 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: with the Bills game, we've got another domino effect here 253 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: because now the Cowboys Ravens game, which is supposed to 254 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: be this Thursday, got moved to next Tuesday. So this 255 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: is going to continue into next week. Yeah, the ripple 256 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: effects go deep into the timeline. But and I and 257 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: I retweeted something from our good friend Andrew Brandt, who 258 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: is the you know, the expert on sports law, and 259 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: he has some great observations. He said, listen, if and 260 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: he's right, think about this, brownie. They pull off the 261 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: Steelers Baltimore game like they looks like they're going to. 262 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if I can think of a scenario 263 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: that will derail this season. Did you just say that 264 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: twenty guys. Twenty guys came down with it and they 265 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: stretched it out. Now they're going to have both their 266 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: running backs back. Baltimore will today's their last day of quarantine. 267 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: They can come back off the COVID list, they can 268 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 1: get all these guys back in and now they can 269 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: play the game. And you've got all these other teams 270 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: starting quarterbacks down. Every single solitary quarterback on the roster 271 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: was down, and the league didn't care. I'm trying to 272 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: think of something that would happen that would, you know, 273 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: detonate the entire schedule for the NFL, and I don't 274 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: know if you can think of one. Now we've gone 275 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: through a ton of different scenarios already and they've cloud 276 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: through all of them. It would it would have to 277 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: be an outbreak larger than the two that we've seen 278 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: with the Titans and the Ravens. It would have to 279 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: be upwards of thirty players. And then that way, even 280 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: your practice squad and they entirety doesn't cover you. They 281 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: had eight days of straight positive tests. They couldn't get 282 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: rid of it, right, and that was after they had separated. 283 00:15:55,040 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's the big wound. And they've kind 284 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: of overcome this one now. I think they got lucky though, 285 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: right because of the timing of it, because it was 286 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: a Thursday game. Now they can move it back, move 287 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: it back, move it back, move it back, although you 288 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: know who cares. You know, the problem is if you 289 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: get the one we haven't seen yet now, Brownie is 290 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: day before game, like fifteen positives, you know what I mean. Yeah, 291 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: we have not seen that, thankfully. It's it's with the 292 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: way the rates are going around the country and from 293 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 1: what all the experts say, you know, we're gonna be 294 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: in COVID hell for about the next six weeks, maybe longer, right, 295 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 1: even though there is a light at the end of 296 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: the tunnel, with these vaccines moving with great haste in 297 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: a forward direction, great haste, with all the yeah, with 298 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: all the great haste of the of the ice flow 299 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: in the arguens, they're moving like a glacier. It seems 300 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: like it feels that way because we've been dealing with 301 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: it for as long as we have. But yeah, I mean, 302 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: bravo to the NFL for forgetting this far and then 303 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: maneuvering their way around this because without and you think 304 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: about it, they did it without a bubble. I mean, 305 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: there's it was unfeasible for the league to go into 306 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: a bubble. There's just too many people, too many facility 307 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: problems and all of that, and practice venues and travel 308 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: to and from and YadA, YadA, YadA, so they could 309 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: never do it, and they pulled it off. And I'll 310 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: tell you this too, Brownie. People at home are listening 311 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 1: to us, don't really realize this what the league does 312 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: every single week. They are all the league office and 313 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: the health experts, and I can't remember this is it 314 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 1: Stills Sills is the doctor Sills. Doctor Sills, the league 315 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: infectious disease expert, that the Anthony Fauci of the NFL. 316 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: They send out multitudes of adjustments to protocols every single week. 317 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: They are getting better and better and better and more 318 00:17:54,119 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: diligent and more diligent and more observant and just you know, 319 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: more committed to holding these protocols to the higher level. 320 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 1: They're getting better at it, and that, to me has 321 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,400 Speaker 1: been the amazing part of this. They are honing in 322 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: on what they want these teams to do, and now 323 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: with you know, like the Denver Broncos doing what they 324 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: did with the quarterbacks not wearing masks when they're sitting 325 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: around a table, just you know, milling around and losing 326 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,239 Speaker 1: all of those guys. All the other teams are watching that, 327 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: you know. You know, Sean mcdermot's got is in the 328 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,680 Speaker 1: ear of these guys here in Buffalo saying, listen, you 329 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: see what happened right there. They just didn't have their 330 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: masks on, and now none of them can play. You know, 331 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: that to me is the great example, the and the 332 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: great equal as that. I gotta tell you, the League 333 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: has done an unbelievable job to get this for now, 334 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: no question. We are in the midst of a roller 335 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: coaster right now. Or maybe I don't know what it is. 336 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a roller coaster. What's the great analogy? Like 337 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: a rat maze where you just go to the end 338 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: of this thing and you gotta turn left or right, 339 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: you gotta make a choice. Yeah, right, I mean you 340 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: just go until you're stopped and then you got to 341 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: figure out a way around it, right, I mean, that's 342 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,159 Speaker 1: what they are right now. But they are getting to 343 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: the end of the maze here, they're two thirds of 344 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: the way through, and they've they've done it pretty good, 345 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: pretty well, right, And you know, I know I let 346 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: off the show talking about what I took away from 347 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: Sunday's game. That also is kind of the subject of 348 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: today's Twitter poll, which we wanted to make you aware 349 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:27,719 Speaker 1: of today. So seeing the way that defense has been 350 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: able to come on in recent games, and I know 351 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: this is not a defense that looks like the very 352 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: successful one of the last two years. I think they're 353 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: playing effective football in different ways and that might give 354 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: some fans some pause saying, well, do we really know 355 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: if they're good because they don't look like they did 356 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: the last two years. But I think Leslie Fraser and 357 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: the defensive staff have come to the realization that there's 358 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: more than one way to skin a cat, and they've 359 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: chosen to go in another direction because the way they 360 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: used to hold teams down is just something they're not 361 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: capable of doing to the level that they did each 362 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: of the last two years. So good on them for 363 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: pivoting and trying to play complimentary and winning football for 364 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: this high flying passing attack in a different way. So 365 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 1: with that in mind, our Twitter question today is how 366 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: close is the Bill's defense to peaking? And the choices 367 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: we've got for you there are A they're close, encouraged 368 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: by their improved pass rush and takeaways. B I am 369 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: seeing improvement, but they're not playoff ready or see it 370 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: still doesn't look like twenty twenty versions, so I still 371 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: have concerns. So you can give us a call at 372 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: eight oh three five fifty one eight eight eight five 373 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty if you want to weigh in 374 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: on that. Let us know what you think on an 375 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 1: open line for you there, or you can hit us 376 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: up on the tweet sheet at one Bill's Live and 377 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: we'll get to your answers on the tweet sheet in 378 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: a little bit, I do why to get to some 379 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 1: of the coordinator's sound that we have that we have 380 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: lockstock and barrel, But I think it's probably best if 381 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:17,399 Speaker 1: we begin with coach Frasier in terms of you know 382 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: where he's at with this defense, Steve, and he was 383 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:27,159 Speaker 1: asked yesterday's right off the bat, if the defense is 384 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: regaining its form? Like, are they getting back to where 385 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: they need to be in terms of the type of 386 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: football they need to play. We heard coach McDermott say 387 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 1: right after the game on Sunday, that's the defense I 388 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: expect every week. So it's pretty clear that he on 389 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 1: the whole was pretty pleased with the performance that his 390 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: defensive unit put together in that game. But after reviewing 391 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: the film, here is what coach Frasier thought when he 392 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: was asked, do you think your defense is regaining its 393 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: form of the last two years? I see, yeah, we're 394 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,880 Speaker 1: getting close. Things that aren't out here, but we're getting close, 395 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: but yes they can was more what we're looking for. 396 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: That was the consistencies beginning to show up a little bit. 397 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: And uh, I can talk about before the month of December. 398 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: That's when you really want to be rising, you don't 399 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: want to pick in September or October. You want make 400 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: it improve. And I think our guys that's what you 401 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: need to be able to do in our league. Just 402 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 1: keep improving. Not the best football behind you in September 403 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: of Otober. We got a lot to work on. We're 404 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: hitting in the right direction. So that's coach Frazier's assessment. 405 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't think they've piaqued just yet, but he thinks 406 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,399 Speaker 1: they're they're headed that way. And HiT's December now, Steve 407 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: first of the month today, so there's there's probably still 408 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: some ground that they want to cover to get it 409 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 1: a little bit tighter from start to finish in games. 410 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: But Sunday might have been one of their better defensive 411 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: performances of the season, and it was against an opponent 412 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: that has plenty of offensive capability. I don't think there's 413 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 1: any debating that, Yeah, they played extremely well defensively. List 414 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: this last Sunday, it was the best. I think it 415 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,159 Speaker 1: was their best performance of the season. Um, now, you 416 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: can throw out the Jet game, the Jet games because 417 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: those guys are non competitive, But the Chargers came in 418 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: with some juice and they need. They were knew that 419 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: that was their identity. They're gonna score some points on 420 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: the on everybody. Joe Justin Herbert is gonna come in 421 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: and he's gonna play. Well, you knew he's gonna throw it. 422 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: They've got Keenan Allen, They've they've gotten Austin Eckler was 423 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: back in the in the lineup for them. They you 424 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: knew they were gonna fill it up. Mike Williams is 425 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 1: a good player. They had some guys and they've been 426 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: playing tough one possession games that they've been losing. Now, 427 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: the thing that get you about this Charging how close 428 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 1: would it have been, Brownie, if everything else was equal, 429 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: If the Chargers just would have kicked the field goal 430 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: with ten minutes left, gone down by a touchdown, and 431 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: ended up that last drive coming down there down seven 432 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: instead of down ten, then you might have understood some 433 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 1: of the play calling at the end of the game, 434 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 1: which was a complete debacle. Um twenty seconds left in 435 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: the game and you decide to run the football no timeouts. 436 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: That that blew my mind watching that happen. Yeah, that's 437 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: why that's why they're that's why they're seven. Some of 438 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: the game management from the sideline of the Chargers is 439 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 1: why they're three and seven. That there you go. Yeah, 440 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 1: And unfortunately it's not the first time this season that 441 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: that has happened. And I don't know if you saw it, 442 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: um when you were watching the last twenty seconds there, 443 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: but when they got down there, off the hail Mary 444 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 1: play Keenan Allen is gesturing to the sidelines saying kick 445 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: it here, kick it, kick it, kick it. He's actually 446 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: using his leg doing an air kick. Say kick the 447 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: field goal now with twenty seconds left, you know right 448 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: now you and now you on side kick on the 449 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: next possession. And then if you get the ball, you 450 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: just need to get a touchdown and give you a chance. 451 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: It gives you a chance. So instead they run the 452 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: ball and he run it. That doesn't work, then they 453 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: run it. What are they doing? Yeah? I oh, Steve, 454 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: I heard I heard that in my ears. Just I 455 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: heard Steve Tasker saying, in my ears, just fictitiously, what 456 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 1: are they doing? Which is what are they doing? Which 457 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: is one of Steve's favorite lines when he's reflected by 458 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 1: somebody's behavior or decision making. Why are they doing? I 459 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: couldn't believe? And they and they were like fourth and 460 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,959 Speaker 1: one on the thirty five or something, They're gonna go 461 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 1: for it. I'm like, no, you're down ten yet you 462 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: take the three here? And then you get the why 463 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 1: do you do? Mind blowing? I'm still when I've been 464 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: doing a game in the booth, sometimes I'm way focused 465 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: on the next play, you know, you try to get 466 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: out ahead of it and thinking about that. So I 467 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 1: really didn't have a chance to, you know, kind of 468 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: be too passionate about this as the game's going on. 469 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm too much of a player still. I kind of 470 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: think like that, so I don't get caught up in 471 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: all this Macro, go for it here, take the time 472 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 1: out here. It's one of my shortcomings, of the many 473 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 1: shortcomings that I have as an analyst. I think too 474 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: much like a player list at just what's the next play, 475 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: you know, And as I go back and look at 476 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: that game, and I'm like, I was speechless, Yeah, you're 477 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: a guest. There's just first of all, running with no 478 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: timeouts to me just made zero sense. And to encapsulate this, 479 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: to encapsulate how it regis, it was they run Eckler 480 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,400 Speaker 1: up the middle on first and goal from the two 481 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: after the Hail Mary play and he gets a yard. 482 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 1: They run that play with twenty five seconds left on 483 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: the clock. They don't snap the ball again until eight seconds. 484 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: They killed seventeen seconds with a run play because they 485 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: had no timeouts. If that is not an abuse of 486 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: clock management, I don't. I don't know what is. I 487 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: really don't. And then the whole charade of well, let's 488 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,359 Speaker 1: bring the kicking unit on now, let's bring him out 489 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: like it just it only amplified the level of indecision 490 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: on the sideline. It was Keystone Cops. It was terrible. 491 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 1: Yeah all right. And here's the thing too, the gut 492 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: that caught even the players on the sideline of the Chargers, 493 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: they were out ahead of it. They were like going, yeah, 494 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: it's like Keenan Allen was kicked the ball here, and 495 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: they were they were starting to the players themselves were 496 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: starting to rotate in. They were starting to come on. 497 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: Like with eight minutes to go, I can't remember the 498 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: exact situation it was, but they had fourth down and 499 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,840 Speaker 1: one to go and they were down ten with you know, 500 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: like half a quarter to go and you're gonna get 501 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 1: another possession. They were all there. The players were starting 502 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: to run the field goal units on the coaching staffs 503 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 1: started to do it and they were stopped. They're like wait, wait, wait, wait, 504 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: Like we're gonna go for that here, and they're like 505 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 1: what are we doing? The players were like they didn't 506 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:30,199 Speaker 1: take the time out there because they couldn't. Everybody was like, 507 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: way out ahead of Anthony Linz decision not to do 508 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: the right thing. Yeah, how do you not like lose 509 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 1: your locker room? Well, that's that was gonna be my 510 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: next question for you, Steve, because if you're in that 511 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: situation as a player and you're laying it on the 512 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: line every week, you know, nose to the grindstone in 513 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: practice every day, and then your coach does not help 514 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: you from a from a game management or a decision 515 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,640 Speaker 1: or a you know, challenge flag whatever it is, you 516 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: can visibly see he is not helping the effort. That 517 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: has got to be so draining. And I can't imagine 518 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: that every single guy in that locker room can come 519 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: into the next game with the same amount of fervor 520 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: right to try to pull on that rope with everybody else. Know, 521 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,840 Speaker 1: when the head coach can't make a decision and crunch time, Yeah, 522 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: if that's the thing that you see the head the 523 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,479 Speaker 1: only hope that you've got as a head coach, You've 524 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: got to have a long a lot of conversation. You 525 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: gotta go up in front of your team and tell 526 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: him either you own it like I blew that you 527 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: got to fall on the sword, right, I own it. 528 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: We messed that up. Or you better come up with 529 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: a pretty plausible reason was to why you weren't gonna 530 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: do that and what happened and why you went against 531 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 1: what you know everybody thought you should have done. And 532 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: it better fly right, and you better and you know, 533 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 1: as a player, what you're hoping is if the coach 534 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: did mess it up as the way we're purporting that 535 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: he did, you better have the coach come up there 536 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: and say, guys, that is a mistake I will never 537 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: make again, so at least you can move forward right. 538 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: The problem is he had a similar snaffoo at halftime 539 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: then they had the Now I tweeted this because as 540 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: soon as I saw him bring the punt team on, 541 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 1: the first thing I thought of Steve was Anthony Lynn 542 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: is running scared from Tyler Bass. He's worried that if 543 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: they don't get this fourth and two at the Bill's 544 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: forty eight yard line. They can run a play get 545 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: ten yards and Bass can kick a field goal from 546 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 1: fifty plus because he's fresh off watching that tape from 547 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: the Arizona game, watching that kid kick three from fifty 548 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: four plus right in a row kick the fifty eight 549 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: Or how much do you think that gout in Anthony 550 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: Lynn's head when he ultimately decides to punt there on 551 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: fourth and two with twenty one seconds left and the 552 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: half from midfield. Yeah, I think it had I guess 553 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: it must have had to have played at What other 554 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: reason are you not taking a shot at? Maybe because 555 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: you're afraid of Josh Allen's arm throwing it to the 556 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: end zone on a turnover on downs two? You got, Yeah, 557 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: but can't play that way. You can't weigh that. You 558 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: can't weigh that possibility maybe have hitting on a one 559 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,239 Speaker 1: in a million, one one hundred, well maybe two out 560 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: of two for if you're the Buffalo Bills defense, you 561 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. But you can't weigh that against 562 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: the fact that you could stay on the field and 563 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: close the gap in the game and you got you 564 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: got this rookie quarter does he just not believe in 565 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: Herbert Well, I don't. I don't know how you can't. 566 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: The kids played out of his mind. He was great, 567 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: He's been great. And I know he didn't get off 568 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: to a great start against the Bills. I mean he 569 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: was ten for his first twenty one I mean forty 570 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: seven percent completion percentage. I mean that wasn't good. He 571 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: got off to a rough start. The Bills were aggressive 572 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: and and he paid for it. But just you gotta 573 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: be aggressive in this league. You've talked about the marginal 574 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,959 Speaker 1: error in this game across the league. It's too narrow 575 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: and you can't play scared. I mean, I'm not trying 576 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: to throw anybody else under the bus, but that kind 577 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: of play, that kind of decision making reminded me of 578 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: Dick Giron. Now, Dick Giron had half the roster that 579 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Lynn has, right, so, at least to a certain extent, 580 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: you could understand it. I don't know what Anthony Lynn's 581 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: issue is though, with with the decision he made at halftime. 582 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: And here's another thing. We got a break. But here's 583 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: the thing, you're three and seven, what do you what 584 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: do you playing? Conservative? Thank you? Why why would you like? Ah? 585 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: You know what we're It's like you're playing golf and 586 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,040 Speaker 1: you're protecting a score. You know, I'm lay up here 587 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: playing up every time, right, Ah, I don't know. It's terrible. 588 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 1: All right, we gotta take a break, But in about 589 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: a half hour's time on the show today, we'll get 590 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: our weekly visit from Good Morning Football's Kyle branto Is 591 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: an entertaining conversation with him. Had a couple of interesting 592 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: tweets this week, which included the bills as he's taking 593 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: no prisoners apparently, and we've also got more from coach 594 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: Frasier along with Brian Dable Coach McDermott. All of them 595 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: addressed the media yesterday, so we'll play some of their 596 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 1: best comments for you in the segment to come, and 597 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: we'll get to the tweet sheet and obviously in coming 598 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 1: up in about an hour and a half time, we'll 599 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: be talking with CBS's Jonathan Jones about a number of things, 600 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: including the improving head coaching head coaching candidacy buzz for 601 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: both Brian Dable and for Leslie Frasier. We'll talk to 602 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: him about where that's headed in league circles. All coming 603 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,520 Speaker 1: up on a Tuesday edition of One Bills Live, presented 604 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health. This is Buffalo Bill's Radio. Ask 605 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,799 Speaker 1: Your One Bill's Live Tuesday edition radio only edition. But 606 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: at least at this point, No, we'll be back in 607 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: studio tomorrow, so we'll be back on the MSG side 608 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:21,879 Speaker 1: of things along with the radio effective Wednesday. If we're 609 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: not on the if we're not on the ear back 610 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: in the studio tomorrow, it's because something really bad has happened. 611 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: That's you hear about it before, you'll hear it from 612 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,000 Speaker 1: somebody else before you hear it from us. Well, yeah, 613 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: it would have to it would have to rise to 614 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: that level to to keep us. Yeah right, Yeah, we 615 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: don't want one of those sounders tomorrow or today at 616 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: any point in time, so we can get back in 617 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: studio because it's just more fun that way, to be 618 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,759 Speaker 1: quite honest with you. But eight oh three five fifty 619 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 1: the number two call to get on board, as we 620 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: are asking you on the tweet sheet today, Hey, how 621 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: close is this Bill's defense to peaking had probably one 622 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: of their better performances on Sunday and the win over 623 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:06,279 Speaker 1: the Chargers. The choices are there at One Bills Live, 624 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: so weigh in either on the tweet sheet or give 625 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: us a call eight oh three fifty one eighty eight 626 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: five fifty two five fifty got an open line for 627 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: you there, and Steve, I did want to get back 628 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: to more of what Leslie Fraser had to offer in 629 00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: his conference call or a zoom call I should say 630 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: with the media as he does every Monday, and he 631 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 1: doesn't think the defense has peaked yet, but he thinks 632 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,760 Speaker 1: it's trending in the right direction. One guy who's definitely 633 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,360 Speaker 1: trending in the right direction and getting to a borderline 634 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: dominant level is one aj Kleine. Steve who set a 635 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: single game tackle record for his career on Sunday with 636 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,799 Speaker 1: fourteen tackles, had a lot of crooked numbers and a 637 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: lot of other categories sack and a half. I think 638 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: he had pass breakup, had three tackles for loss, just 639 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: really shooting gaps like a maniac the last few games. 640 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,319 Speaker 1: And I just like the downhill nature that he and 641 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: Tremaine Edmonds for that matter, have played with probably over 642 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,520 Speaker 1: the course of the last three games, and it's made 643 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 1: a difference. And Coach Fraser was asked about aj Klein's 644 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: performance on Sunday, the season is going on and we 645 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:23,280 Speaker 1: become more comfortable with what his strengths are, and also 646 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,399 Speaker 1: his comfortability with our defense and how we approach things 647 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: and what we do. I think early on that was 648 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 1: a little bit of a filling out process on his 649 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: part and hours as well. I mean, we had an 650 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,440 Speaker 1: outside linebacker Matt Malano, who has been very, very productive 651 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: in that role. As you know, we haven't had Matt 652 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,800 Speaker 1: nearly as much this season. We didn't know if AJ 653 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,719 Speaker 1: could do some of the things that that we asked 654 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: Matt to do. But as we've gotten more comfortable with 655 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: him and he's gotten more comfortable with our system, you know, 656 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:57,319 Speaker 1: we've seen him play some much improved football and that's 657 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,439 Speaker 1: a credit to AJ just sticking with and is making 658 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: himself available and then when his numbers call, making those 659 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 1: plays that are that are there for him to make. 660 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,359 Speaker 1: So I want to ask you a question coming off 661 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: of that, Steve, because you know, we've talked many times 662 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:20,440 Speaker 1: about what was lost with no preseason games, an abbreviated 663 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 1: and truncated training camp, and I think a lot of 664 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:27,280 Speaker 1: us were of the belief that, well, for the young players, 665 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:31,480 Speaker 1: it will unquestionably be detrimental. I think we kind of 666 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: forgot that what was lost here was lost for every 667 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: player on the roster to some degree, whether it's the 668 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: offensive line needing more regular season games to get combination 669 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:50,880 Speaker 1: blocks in the run game executed more consistently, or you know, 670 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,640 Speaker 1: whether it's a rookie trying to you know, rep things 671 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,879 Speaker 1: enough times where they feel they have it down from 672 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:02,040 Speaker 1: a physical execution standpoint. I think a J. Klein, even 673 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 1: though he had years in this system from his time 674 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: in Carolina, he was three years removed from that system 675 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: having played in New Orleans. Now he's coming back to 676 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,399 Speaker 1: the system. Sure the terminology might be familiar to him, 677 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: but not none of these players lined up around him, 678 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: maybe with the exception of Josh Norman and Mario Addison, 679 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: are anyone with whom he's familiar. So when he gets 680 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,479 Speaker 1: thrust into the lineup, you know, in weeks four or five, 681 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 1: six seven, I think it was an adjustment for him too, 682 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,560 Speaker 1: and it took him four or five games where you 683 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: think to yourself, well, man, if he had three or 684 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,399 Speaker 1: four preseason games to get up to speed in this way, 685 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: he might have been able to plug and play and 686 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: the defense not miss a beat. But that just didn't 687 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: seem to be the case. And I think it's because 688 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:56,000 Speaker 1: again of that lost preseason, at least to some degree. Yeah, 689 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on here, you know, with the 690 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,880 Speaker 1: lack of preseason. And like I said, I and I 691 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: let me just be the first to say I told 692 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 1: you so. I won't shy away from it. But no, 693 00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 1: because I it was my thought that they didn't know 694 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,480 Speaker 1: what they had in him yet. And he was a 695 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,800 Speaker 1: backup in three years ago when he was in Carolina, 696 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 1: he was a backup. Did you do whippets? What's going on? 697 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: Why'd your voice talking about I was just gonna say, 698 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:29,359 Speaker 1: he sounds like one of those disguised voices on an 699 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,720 Speaker 1: expose show for the guy's face is blurred out and 700 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,840 Speaker 1: too rpm. All right, shut up, both of you. You 701 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: know you sound like Will Farrell when he got shot 702 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 1: with the dart. No, you really do. We need to 703 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 1: stop you. Here we go. So what was I saying? Oh, 704 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: if you caught me in the middle of and I 705 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 1: told you so, that's right, I told you so. Don't 706 00:39:56,200 --> 00:40:00,080 Speaker 1: don't interrupt me whenever I say that. I thought, and 707 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,000 Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier repeated it that they didn't know what they 708 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: had in him. He was backing up Luke Keikley, who 709 00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:10,440 Speaker 1: was playing train Edmund's spot in Carolina. He was not 710 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,719 Speaker 1: backing up Matt Milano's spot when so when he gets 711 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 1: stepped into that spot, he didn't know what he's doing, 712 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:18,239 Speaker 1: and it took him four or five weeks. I think 713 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,839 Speaker 1: it you know what it does say, and unfortunately I 714 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: hate to say this. I think he says something about 715 00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:24,919 Speaker 1: where the Bills had to go to get a guy 716 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 1: to replace Matt Milano because there wasn't anybody on the 717 00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: roster who could do it, and we had you know, listen, 718 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: J Klein looks like a different guy, and we were 719 00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: all thinking here in the first couple of weeks of 720 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,120 Speaker 1: his replacing Milano, this guy's not even good enough athlete 721 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,760 Speaker 1: to be up there. He's not even an NFL player. 722 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:47,799 Speaker 1: He's looking so bad replacing Milano. I don't know that 723 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,000 Speaker 1: he can even play in the league. Well, now a 724 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later, he's like the defensive MVP and 725 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,080 Speaker 1: he's got it going on, and it's like, wow, look 726 00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: at this guy. So there's a lot in this this 727 00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,240 Speaker 1: transition that they've made to aj Klein away from Matt Milano, 728 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: and not only in that, but in what his abilities 729 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: are and what he's what he's showing. So I'm it 730 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: whether it continues or not is one thing, But I'll 731 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,760 Speaker 1: say this, I'm a little shocked they didn't have anybody 732 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,399 Speaker 1: that could play that position mentally better than aj Klein 733 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: was struggling to played earlier on. Yeah, And as much 734 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 1: as Leslie Frasier wants to credit aj Klein for his 735 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 1: spike and play, and deservedly so, I think you do 736 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,600 Speaker 1: have to tip your hat to the defensive staff to 737 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 1: some extent too, for finding the right ways to maximize 738 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,799 Speaker 1: the strengths of his game, which we have seen on 739 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,720 Speaker 1: full display for the better part of the last three games. 740 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,040 Speaker 1: So you know, it's it's kudos all around, because that 741 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:51,560 Speaker 1: is the number one job of a coach, get the 742 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:55,080 Speaker 1: most out of the skill set of the players that 743 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,560 Speaker 1: you have, and they have done that with aj Klein 744 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,880 Speaker 1: in Spain's the last three weeks. Now we're up against 745 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,839 Speaker 1: the break again, and I'm glad we are because Steve, 746 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,320 Speaker 1: you are somewhere between Lurch from uh from the Adams 747 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: family and Barry White. You are kicking it with the 748 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:14,840 Speaker 1: base right now. And I think, Yeah, it's it's it's unbelievable. 749 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: We'll have Jay try to get this figured out as 750 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,759 Speaker 1: we take them break. Yeah, I don't know. I'm telling you, 751 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: our female audience is gonna go up very high with 752 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: Steve talking like this. So we'll see if we can 753 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,040 Speaker 1: get to get it figured out before we come back 754 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,279 Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live, presented by Collid to Health, 755 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. He had three or four preseason 756 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,400 Speaker 1: games to get up to speed in this way, he 757 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,279 Speaker 1: might have been able to plug and play and the 758 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,840 Speaker 1: defense not miss a beat, But that just didn't seem 759 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: to be the case. And I think it's because again 760 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 1: of that lost preseason, at least to some degree. Yeah, 761 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on here you with the lack 762 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: of preseason. And like I said, I and I let 763 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,319 Speaker 1: me just be the first to say I told you so. 764 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:11,960 Speaker 1: I won't shy away from it. But no, because I 765 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 1: it was my thought that they didn't know what they 766 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,920 Speaker 1: had in him yet. And he was a backup in 767 00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:19,880 Speaker 1: three years ago when he was in Carolina, he was 768 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:24,760 Speaker 1: a backup. Did you do whippets? What's going on? Why's 769 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,319 Speaker 1: your voice talking about? I was just gonna say he 770 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,759 Speaker 1: sounds like one of those disguised voices on an expose 771 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:39,640 Speaker 1: show the guy's face is blurred out and two RPM. 772 00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: But alright, shut up both of you there. What do 773 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,160 Speaker 1: you think of that, Steve? I mean that is I 774 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,120 Speaker 1: guess like in the last segment, I thought you guys 775 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,440 Speaker 1: had just gone crazy, because now I'm getting tweeted at, 776 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: like Steven Elliot says, why does Tasker sound like he's 777 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: trapped halfway turning into the Hulk? Michelle says that voice 778 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,960 Speaker 1: at a sizzle put this man in the Hall of Fame. 779 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,400 Speaker 1: And somebody said Steve's voice sounds like whatever the opposite 780 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:10,239 Speaker 1: is of filling your lungs with helium? Yeah, and can 781 00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:15,120 Speaker 1: someone please set Steve's mike to Chipmunk? I did sound 782 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,759 Speaker 1: like a little bit like Barry White. I'm kind of 783 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,319 Speaker 1: digging it. Somebody tweeted at me and you had said, 784 00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,640 Speaker 1: which one does he sound like? More? And they had 785 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,520 Speaker 1: a silhouette of some human that's like, you know, whose 786 00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 1: whose identity is disguised, you know, when they have those 787 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,799 Speaker 1: road round voices that you know, so you can't tell 788 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: who's talking in the interview. And then they had a 789 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,600 Speaker 1: picture of Barry White, so yeah, you were somewhere in between. Yeah. Well, 790 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,240 Speaker 1: I also Lurch from the Adams Family. That was also 791 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: an option, So that might have to be a second 792 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,600 Speaker 1: Twitter poll. Who did Steve sound most like, Hey, Barry 793 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:52,520 Speaker 1: White be halfway changing Hulk or see Lurch from the 794 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:57,600 Speaker 1: Adams Family. Yeah, that was that was entertaining, to say 795 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,800 Speaker 1: the least. I have to say I enjoyed that thoroughly. 796 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:01,760 Speaker 1: And I you know what, and I can't even remember 797 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,320 Speaker 1: what I was talking. Yeah, it was a J. Klein. 798 00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:07,759 Speaker 1: What I was saying got completely lost in that my 799 00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:12,120 Speaker 1: one I told you so moment. But that's what happened. Man. 800 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,839 Speaker 1: The defense is playing better because they're you know, because 801 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:19,160 Speaker 1: Klein's playing better, right, I mean a guy has comes in, 802 00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:21,319 Speaker 1: has a game like that, that whole defense picked up. 803 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:26,400 Speaker 1: Everybody did. That's why that's why Milano is so badly 804 00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,680 Speaker 1: missed when and when he leaves, every you know, nobody 805 00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,840 Speaker 1: plays as well. I didn't know that spot was that 806 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 1: important in that defense. Well, I think people took for 807 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 1: granted all that Matt Milano did within the scope of 808 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,560 Speaker 1: this defense, and I know they're not asking Klein to 809 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,799 Speaker 1: do all of the same things. That Milano did, because 810 00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,680 Speaker 1: when they did initially it was a little bit of 811 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:51,840 Speaker 1: a scramble. Yeah, but wow, I think they've refined his 812 00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:55,560 Speaker 1: role to cater to his strengths, which more often than 813 00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:59,520 Speaker 1: not are him going forward not backward. And the Bills 814 00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,719 Speaker 1: have reaped the benefits of that unquestionably. Even in the 815 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,920 Speaker 1: Charger game, the one time I saw him where they 816 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,960 Speaker 1: had him, he was they were rushing, bringing pressure, and 817 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,320 Speaker 1: he was on kind of a green dog, which means 818 00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:12,719 Speaker 1: where you rush and if you get picked up by 819 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,319 Speaker 1: the back, if you got back coverage on the back. 820 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 1: So he's rushing and he's got coverage on Eckler, so 821 00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:22,360 Speaker 1: Eckler steps up to protect. So Klein thinks, okay, I 822 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 1: can rush the passer now. Well, Eckler then slips him 823 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,560 Speaker 1: and slips out. And that's when times when Eckler caught 824 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,959 Speaker 1: one and he fooled Klining to think and he wasn't 825 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,000 Speaker 1: protecting and he released and that's what got him. But 826 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:37,640 Speaker 1: other than that, in this Charger game, AJ Klein was 827 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:40,560 Speaker 1: a difference maker. And how far away is that from 828 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:43,239 Speaker 1: where we were five weeks ago with him? It's it's 829 00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,880 Speaker 1: in stark contrast for sure, and you're right, that was 830 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:49,120 Speaker 1: probably one of his only miscues. He took a false 831 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:51,680 Speaker 1: step to rush and then could not recover in time 832 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,920 Speaker 1: to get Eckler on that slip screen and he went 833 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,160 Speaker 1: up the sideline for about fifteen yards. He did track 834 00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:00,919 Speaker 1: him down and tackle him out of bounds, right, but still, yeah, 835 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,400 Speaker 1: it was it was a win for the Chargers on 836 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,719 Speaker 1: that play. But and those have been few and far 837 00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:09,359 Speaker 1: between the last few weeks in terms of plays made 838 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,280 Speaker 1: against a. J. Klein, who has been a downright revelation 839 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: the last few weeks. Eighth, three fifty fifty, two, five 840 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,640 Speaker 1: fifty To get on board as we're talking Bill's defense 841 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:24,399 Speaker 1: today and whether you feel they are peaking in light 842 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:26,680 Speaker 1: of their play the last few weeks, and we have 843 00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:30,240 Speaker 1: the choices for you there at one Bills Live, which 844 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:36,280 Speaker 1: you know, among the choices are a, Hey, they're close. 845 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,799 Speaker 1: I'm encouraged by the improved pass rush and the takeaways, 846 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,479 Speaker 1: which by the way, have continued. You know, coming into 847 00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:46,719 Speaker 1: yesterday or Sunday's game, they had nine takeaways in their 848 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 1: previous four games, and they only had seven or eight 849 00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:59,200 Speaker 1: in their first seven games. So yeah, they were barely 850 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,719 Speaker 1: won a game. Yeah, right, And now they're two a game. 851 00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:06,239 Speaker 1: It's ten in their last five, so that's seen a 852 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:11,799 Speaker 1: sharp increase in production. And then their sacks nineteen in 853 00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:16,000 Speaker 1: their last six games. Yeah, so they're they're seventh in 854 00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:19,040 Speaker 1: sac rate in the league right now because of this 855 00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:22,600 Speaker 1: sharp spike over their last five games. So they're getting 856 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,920 Speaker 1: to be a handful defensively, which is where you want them, 857 00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,719 Speaker 1: and it's a little more traditional. Even last year when 858 00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: they were so good, they were more about yards than 859 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,040 Speaker 1: they were even about red zone efficiency or third down 860 00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:34,840 Speaker 1: conversion or any of that stuff. They were they I 861 00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,000 Speaker 1: guess they were really high up in three and outs 862 00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,520 Speaker 1: last year, but they weren't. They were not a takeaway 863 00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,799 Speaker 1: defense last year, and they weren't really. They were like 864 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,560 Speaker 1: tenth in in sacks last year, and they got there 865 00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:49,399 Speaker 1: late in the year as well. This year they're looking 866 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more like one of those, you know 867 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:55,680 Speaker 1: defenses like makes you envy other teams. They can rush 868 00:48:55,719 --> 00:48:59,360 Speaker 1: the passer and they they turn out turnovers. That's what 869 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,960 Speaker 1: they've looked like in the last you know, two or 870 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,239 Speaker 1: three weeks, which is kind of fun to be, you know, 871 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,120 Speaker 1: with an offense like to one they're feeling. You get 872 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:08,359 Speaker 1: a defense that's a playmaking defense that can get after 873 00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:11,359 Speaker 1: the passer. Man. That's that's when you're kind of like 874 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,839 Speaker 1: a billboard for what the NFL should be. That's that's 875 00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:15,080 Speaker 1: a lot of fun. That's a good place to be. 876 00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:18,920 Speaker 1: And I think that's where this this poll came from. Today. 877 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:23,640 Speaker 1: You know, we're it's like we said, the margin of 878 00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:26,319 Speaker 1: air for this team is enormous right now. They're hard, 879 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,080 Speaker 1: they're really good if they can play like they did 880 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:31,920 Speaker 1: this last weekend. They won by ten and they turned 881 00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,520 Speaker 1: it over three times in the fourth quarter, right And 882 00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,080 Speaker 1: I think it's because they won the other two phases 883 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:42,600 Speaker 1: of the game pretty handily. With with what Andre Roberts 884 00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:46,520 Speaker 1: did on returns tier bands, yeah, and with what this 885 00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:50,920 Speaker 1: defense did in terms of keeping the Chargers offense down. 886 00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:54,480 Speaker 1: Buffalo's offense didn't have to be perfect, and in the 887 00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,279 Speaker 1: fourth quarter they were far from it. And as Steve said, 888 00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,360 Speaker 1: they still won by ten points. So they got a 889 00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,320 Speaker 1: little help from poor clock management by the opposing coaching 890 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:06,080 Speaker 1: staff at the end of the first half, end the 891 00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:09,160 Speaker 1: end of the game, but still they're still winning by 892 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,040 Speaker 1: a touchdown. In all likelihood, we have to take a break, 893 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:15,200 Speaker 1: but before we do. We want to remind you that 894 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,240 Speaker 1: Reads Jens is the official jeweler of the Buffalo Bills, 895 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:22,520 Speaker 1: and we bring you this week's Reads Milestones, which, once again, 896 00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:26,080 Speaker 1: as it has very often this year, involves Josh Allen. 897 00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:31,040 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is the only quarterback in NFL history with 898 00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:35,200 Speaker 1: over three thousand passing yards, more than twenty two passing touchdowns, 899 00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:39,000 Speaker 1: and six or more rushing touchdowns in a season's first 900 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:44,040 Speaker 1: eleven games. That is your Reads Jen's milestone. We have 901 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,400 Speaker 1: to take a break, but when we return it is 902 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,960 Speaker 1: our weekly visit from Good Morning Football's Kyle Brandt, who 903 00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,399 Speaker 1: who knows. We may even bounce off Steve's dulcet bass 904 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,080 Speaker 1: tones to him and see if he has a comparison 905 00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,520 Speaker 1: then he can come up with for him. Mine was 906 00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,879 Speaker 1: Barry White. We've had others. We've got people making suggestions 907 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:06,480 Speaker 1: for the show now saying Tasker's teammates should now involve 908 00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:11,360 Speaker 1: a disguised voice giving the clues. So it spawned a 909 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:15,080 Speaker 1: multitude of ideas here. Some people are still cracking up 910 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:16,920 Speaker 1: saying it was the best segment we've done in a while. 911 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:19,200 Speaker 1: So maybe we'll bounce it off Kyle. See what he 912 00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,080 Speaker 1: thinks when we return here on one Bills Live presented 913 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:28,520 Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills, Radio Bills Radio 914 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:33,600 Speaker 1: Network Sports Update. They're a sports Update. Bills off for 915 00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:38,239 Speaker 1: their usual Tuesday, even with NFL facilities closed today. They 916 00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,919 Speaker 1: return Wednesday to the practice field as they get ready 917 00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:43,880 Speaker 1: for their Monday night tilt against the forty nine Ers, 918 00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:47,720 Speaker 1: which was officially moved to Arizona yesterday. It's the second 919 00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:50,440 Speaker 1: time the Bills will play at State Farm Stadium. They 920 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,440 Speaker 1: met the Cardinals there in Week ten. The Ravens Steelers 921 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,399 Speaker 1: game remains on the schedule for tomorrow, a matinee game 922 00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,759 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh set for three forty pm. The Ravens will 923 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,080 Speaker 1: be out at least a dozen players, including quarterback Lamar Jackson, 924 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,960 Speaker 1: due to COVID nineteen positive tests and close contact precautions, 925 00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:09,759 Speaker 1: but they will get running backs JK. Dobbins and mark 926 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,000 Speaker 1: Ingram as they are now ten days removed from their 927 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:16,279 Speaker 1: COVID positive tests. K Metcalf went off last night for 928 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,279 Speaker 1: the Seahawks and their twenty three seventeen went over the Eagles, 929 00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:21,640 Speaker 1: a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated. 930 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:25,000 Speaker 1: Metcalf led all receivers with ten receptions for one hundred 931 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,439 Speaker 1: and seventy seven yards. It was a new career high 932 00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,919 Speaker 1: for the second year wide out Seahawks. With the Winds 933 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:34,040 Speaker 1: stay atop the NFC West, the Broncos had to play 934 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,200 Speaker 1: a game Sunday without a quarterback because of COVID nineteen. Today. 935 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:40,480 Speaker 1: Broncos quarterbacks Drew Lock, Brett Rippon, and Blake Bortles all 936 00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:42,799 Speaker 1: tested negative in the latest round of testing out there. 937 00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:45,719 Speaker 1: They're now cleared to return. Locke is expected to start 938 00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback for the Broncos Sunday night against the Chiefs, 939 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:52,200 Speaker 1: and the NFL will have a Saturday triple header for 940 00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:56,279 Speaker 1: the second straight year, a nice after gift the day 941 00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:59,839 Speaker 1: after Christmas for football fans. On Saturday, December twenty six, 942 00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,879 Speaker 1: calendar will be stacked. The games will be Bucks at 943 00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:06,359 Speaker 1: Lions at one forty nine, Ers at Cardinals, and then 944 00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,880 Speaker 1: a four thirty game that's at four thirty, and then 945 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:12,080 Speaker 1: the nightcap is Dolphins in Vegas to take on the 946 00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,600 Speaker 1: Raiders at eight fifteen. That is your sports update from 947 00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,799 Speaker 1: well from my home. We're not at one Bill's Drive 948 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,640 Speaker 1: today due to the enhanced COVID protocols coming off the 949 00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,920 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving holiday. We will be back in the saddle tomorrow 950 00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:27,440 Speaker 1: and joining us now for the second hour of the program, 951 00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:31,360 Speaker 1: making his weekly visit as he does every Tuesday from 952 00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:35,719 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football. It is one Kyle Brand. Kyle, how 953 00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:39,719 Speaker 1: are you here as we enter lucky Week thirteen of 954 00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,000 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty NFL season? Just another step down the 955 00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,400 Speaker 1: primrose path to twelve and four, Brownie. But I'm trying. 956 00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:49,319 Speaker 1: I'm trying to picture where you are. Do you have 957 00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:53,000 Speaker 1: a you know, an astute study or a man cave situation? 958 00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:56,359 Speaker 1: Pitt the picture for me. Yeah. We we have an 959 00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:58,879 Speaker 1: office in the home, but that is currently occupied by 960 00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:02,680 Speaker 1: my seventy hours a week working wife, so I am 961 00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:06,239 Speaker 1: relegated to the basement just to show the pecking order 962 00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:10,239 Speaker 1: in this home. So I'm down here with my laptop 963 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,640 Speaker 1: set up on my ping pong table. Good acoustics though, 964 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:17,040 Speaker 1: because it is carpeted, it's a finished basement. I have 965 00:54:17,080 --> 00:54:20,360 Speaker 1: a drop ceiling, so not very echoe down here, so 966 00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:24,400 Speaker 1: the sound quality is good. Steve, Steve is in his study. 967 00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:27,719 Speaker 1: You know, he's got his sports illustrated cover adorning the 968 00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:31,560 Speaker 1: wall behind him, so he's got a much better outfit. 969 00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:33,319 Speaker 1: But I guess when you're a Pro Football Hall of 970 00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:38,520 Speaker 1: Fame semi finalist, you're gonna have better, better acoustics, better surroundings. 971 00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,360 Speaker 1: Although I will I will tell you, Kyle, yeah, that 972 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:44,080 Speaker 1: we had a very entertaining second segment of the show 973 00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:47,560 Speaker 1: today which we're gonna which we're gonna allow you to 974 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:51,759 Speaker 1: get a sneak listen on, because let's just say, where 975 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,640 Speaker 1: Steve lives here in western New York, we call it 976 00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:58,719 Speaker 1: the dead zone as far as internet and wireless connectivity 977 00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:02,400 Speaker 1: is concerned. Though, despite the fact that Steve had a 978 00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:07,480 Speaker 1: crack staff of Internet gurus out at his home recently, 979 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,920 Speaker 1: it has done nothing to improve the connectivity quality of 980 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:15,000 Speaker 1: his at home signal. So in the second segment of 981 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:18,759 Speaker 1: the show today, Kyle, we had Steve talking to me 982 00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:22,880 Speaker 1: and to our producer, one Jay Harris, and he morphed 983 00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:28,960 Speaker 1: into either one of those hidden interview expose show voices 984 00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,520 Speaker 1: where you don't want to reveal who is providing the 985 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:36,000 Speaker 1: answers to the top secret classified interview, or he might 986 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,480 Speaker 1: have been lurched from the Adams family. So we're gonna 987 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:40,879 Speaker 1: play back a short snippet of this and you give 988 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:44,080 Speaker 1: us your description of who Steve sounds like because he 989 00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:47,160 Speaker 1: doesn't sound like Steve. Okay, there's a lot going on 990 00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:51,320 Speaker 1: here with lack of preseason and like I said, and 991 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:53,919 Speaker 1: let me just be the first to say I told 992 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:59,360 Speaker 1: you so, I won't shy away from it. But because 993 00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:02,600 Speaker 1: I it was my thought that they didn't know what 994 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,040 Speaker 1: they had in him yet. And he was a backup 995 00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,040 Speaker 1: in three years ago when he was in Carolina, he 996 00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:10,080 Speaker 1: was a backup. Did you do whippets? What's going on? 997 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,040 Speaker 1: Why's your voice talking about? I was just gonna say, 998 00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:17,120 Speaker 1: he sounds like one of those disguised voices on an 999 00:56:17,120 --> 00:56:21,040 Speaker 1: expose show for the guy's face is blurred out and 1000 00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:26,600 Speaker 1: and to rpm. Wow. Yeah. So that so that was 1001 00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,279 Speaker 1: if Kyle and and Steve could not He has no 1002 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,880 Speaker 1: return of his own voice in his own headset, so 1003 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,680 Speaker 1: he has no clue that this is what he sounds like. 1004 00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:38,120 Speaker 1: But where, where where do you pin down? H I 1005 00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:43,960 Speaker 1: gotta know a sheet? What's there? How surprised were you, uh, 1006 00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,440 Speaker 1: when Jody Foster found you and your dog in the 1007 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:49,279 Speaker 1: basement and you were keeping that woman captive and you 1008 00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,360 Speaker 1: were dancing around with your clothes off, and the tattoos 1009 00:56:51,360 --> 00:56:54,279 Speaker 1: and breeding butterflies. That must have really when you pulled 1010 00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:55,880 Speaker 1: it up with the lotion the basket and put it 1011 00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,400 Speaker 1: on at scanner, it gets the hose Again, How surprised 1012 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:01,520 Speaker 1: were you when Jody Foster shut up your base? Well, 1013 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:04,200 Speaker 1: I almost got her in the knowledge because I had 1014 00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:07,160 Speaker 1: my I almost got her and she heard the click 1015 00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:09,040 Speaker 1: of my gun. Otherwise I would I had, I would 1016 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,160 Speaker 1: have gotten away with all of it. Hey, what's he 1017 00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,160 Speaker 1: called buffalo bill? Right? I mean that what are we 1018 00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,840 Speaker 1: talking about here? That's a good point point by the 1019 00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:21,200 Speaker 1: informant is accurate as well. Yeah, what do you think man? 1020 00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,360 Speaker 1: The bills are going to go the distance if they 1021 00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,160 Speaker 1: can just stay away from hail Mary's right? All right? 1022 00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,840 Speaker 1: So we joke and we joke and we joke, but 1023 00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:34,600 Speaker 1: I'm I'm terrified. Um, here's how I look at this, 1024 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:38,200 Speaker 1: the hail Mary thing. The ouds of giving one up 1025 00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:41,960 Speaker 1: or completing one are so miniscule. They're they're very small, 1026 00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:45,280 Speaker 1: the ouds of giving up a Hail Mary two games 1027 00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,840 Speaker 1: in a row. You ever see those stories like on 1028 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,080 Speaker 1: you know, the Huffington Post, where old ninety six year 1029 00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:54,240 Speaker 1: old Betty Sue Simmons she won the lottery and sure enough. 1030 00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,680 Speaker 1: Two years later she won it again. It's the luckiest 1031 00:57:57,680 --> 00:58:00,240 Speaker 1: woman in the world. Like, those stories are ridiculous and 1032 00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:02,600 Speaker 1: they can't be true, and yet they're true for the 1033 00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:06,320 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And it terrifies me. Two times in a row, 1034 00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:08,040 Speaker 1: a Hail Mary at the end of the game, and 1035 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,920 Speaker 1: now where they're returning to the scene of the crime 1036 00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:13,960 Speaker 1: by some act of God or the devil that is 1037 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:16,760 Speaker 1: sending them back to Arizona. And if I was one 1038 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:18,760 Speaker 1: of these teams and I'm saying, oh, you know, the 1039 00:58:18,760 --> 00:58:20,560 Speaker 1: Bills defense is starting to play better, I don't know 1040 00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,400 Speaker 1: if second I crossed the fifty yard line, I'm talking 1041 00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:26,400 Speaker 1: the forty nine yard line going in. I'm calling out 1042 00:58:26,440 --> 00:58:29,840 Speaker 1: hail Mary, first and ten, first quarter, second quarter, doesn't mind, 1043 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:33,000 Speaker 1: because we're probably gonna score. And I feel like Sean 1044 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:35,800 Speaker 1: mcdermotdy's to address this. And if you need to do 1045 00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:38,400 Speaker 1: something like you put in Dawson Knox and stand on 1046 00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:41,200 Speaker 1: the goal line in goal line in hail Mary situations, fine, 1047 00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:44,080 Speaker 1: because if they have another game that ends with a 1048 00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:45,800 Speaker 1: hail Mary, it could be in the playoffs next time. 1049 00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:49,720 Speaker 1: And I'm terrified, and I'm dead serious. Well, you tweeted 1050 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:52,880 Speaker 1: as much yeah, you said, you know, teams should run 1051 00:58:52,880 --> 00:58:56,560 Speaker 1: it on first and ten against the Bills. Yep, I'm curious. 1052 00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,880 Speaker 1: I'm curious is to the blowback that you received on 1053 00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:03,000 Speaker 1: Twitter there, because that's that's a dangerous game to play, 1054 00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:04,880 Speaker 1: and I know you don't shy away from it, but no, 1055 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:07,880 Speaker 1: I'm curious. Well, you tell me the pan is hot, brownie, 1056 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:09,600 Speaker 1: I want to touch it. And here's the funny thing. 1057 00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:12,200 Speaker 1: We've gone back and forth for weeks about how I've 1058 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,120 Speaker 1: caught a lot of heat from the Bills fans and 1059 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,960 Speaker 1: they were disillusioned, they didn't like me anymore, and so 1060 00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,920 Speaker 1: screw it. I did it anyways, And the Bills fans 1061 00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:24,520 Speaker 1: responses to that twite where he's not wrong hashtag can't 1062 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:27,360 Speaker 1: argue like they agreed with me like this this kind 1063 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:30,360 Speaker 1: becoming a problem, you know. Once it's shame on you, 1064 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:33,160 Speaker 1: shame on me. Two hail Mary's in a road I 1065 00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:35,560 Speaker 1: would try it first and tenant Joe at the forty 1066 00:59:35,600 --> 00:59:37,479 Speaker 1: airline going in. Are you telling me if you tried 1067 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:39,720 Speaker 1: four straight hail Mary's against the Bills you wouldn't complete 1068 00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:42,439 Speaker 1: one for a touchdown? I bet you would. Well I will, 1069 00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:46,480 Speaker 1: I will say this so Leslie Frasier, defensive coordinator. He 1070 00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:50,240 Speaker 1: and Brian Dable, they always do their media hits, you know, 1071 00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:53,560 Speaker 1: on Zoom on Mondays after games in the afternoon, after 1072 00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:55,960 Speaker 1: they reviewed the film and all that. So somebody naturally 1073 00:59:56,000 --> 01:00:01,320 Speaker 1: asked him about the Hail Mary issue. Sure, and I'm 1074 01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,600 Speaker 1: not joking when I tell you this. So we're watching 1075 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser answer the question and he says, well, it's 1076 01:00:06,920 --> 01:00:10,560 Speaker 1: it's a head scratcher, and he's literally scratching his head 1077 01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:14,520 Speaker 1: as he's saying it, as like, Wow, I said this, 1078 01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:19,760 Speaker 1: it's a conundrum. There's some communication skills for you right there. 1079 01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:23,280 Speaker 1: But Kyle, I want to ask you this. We did 1080 01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:28,480 Speaker 1: this conversation today as well. The Bills there were times 1081 01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:30,600 Speaker 1: when they don't win a game like this. They fumbled 1082 01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,160 Speaker 1: the ball three straight possessions in the fourth quarter and 1083 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:38,440 Speaker 1: they still won by ten. That's a that is a 1084 01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:42,080 Speaker 1: really wide margin of error for any team to enjoy. 1085 01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:44,479 Speaker 1: There's no way the Bills win that game even last 1086 01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:47,520 Speaker 1: year maybe maybe, and two years ago certainly not. But 1087 01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:51,880 Speaker 1: they are playing so well and with special teams and 1088 01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,360 Speaker 1: defense jumping on the bandwagon and coming up big this 1089 01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,640 Speaker 1: last weekend, and the offense jumping out to a fast 1090 01:00:56,640 --> 01:01:00,120 Speaker 1: start before fumbling it on three straight possessions. This is 1091 01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:03,000 Speaker 1: a team that has a big engine under the hood. Now, 1092 01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:06,280 Speaker 1: certainly they sputtered offensively, but man oh man, their margin 1093 01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,560 Speaker 1: of air has gotten to a point where they're beating teams. 1094 01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:11,280 Speaker 1: When they turn it over on three consecutive possessions in 1095 01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:14,800 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, it's pretty awesome. You know. I still 1096 01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,720 Speaker 1: like to golf with my dad a lot, and sometimes 1097 01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:19,320 Speaker 1: I'll have some chip shot where it bounces off a 1098 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:21,080 Speaker 1: tree and goes totally the wrong way and I get 1099 01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:23,040 Speaker 1: a lucky bounce and it rolls right towards the hole 1100 01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:24,720 Speaker 1: and I can put it in one put. And he 1101 01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:26,960 Speaker 1: always says the same thing. They don't put pictures on 1102 01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:30,120 Speaker 1: the scorecard, just right in your score. I feel the 1103 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:34,160 Speaker 1: same way about that Bills game. Sloppy, ugly, not one 1104 01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:37,920 Speaker 1: to remember. I mean, the Bills versus the Chargers in 1105 01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:40,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty is not going to be one that anyone 1106 01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:41,920 Speaker 1: is going to remember. For one second. There was a 1107 01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:45,320 Speaker 1: cool Cole Beasley play and Josh Allen got flagged for celebration. 1108 01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:47,920 Speaker 1: That's sort of memorable. But other than that, who cares. 1109 01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:51,400 Speaker 1: Stack wins win ugly. You have a fat eight and 1110 01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:54,640 Speaker 1: three record. Chargers are always a really weird team at 1111 01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:56,400 Speaker 1: the end of the game, as they were this day, 1112 01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:58,600 Speaker 1: both for good and for bad. You just want to 1113 01:01:58,600 --> 01:02:00,080 Speaker 1: get the hell out of there with a win. And 1114 01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:02,040 Speaker 1: now you got the national game. Imagine if they had 1115 01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:04,160 Speaker 1: lost that game coming off the buy now going to 1116 01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:06,600 Speaker 1: a national game. A lot of Bills teams lose that game, 1117 01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:07,960 Speaker 1: and we're seeing a lot of teams now are on 1118 01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:09,840 Speaker 1: the league. This is the best time of the year. 1119 01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:12,480 Speaker 1: Everybody loves, you know, the last couple of weeks before 1120 01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:16,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs. I love right now because we're figuring out 1121 01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:19,240 Speaker 1: everybody this team is fake. This team is gonna matter. 1122 01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:22,200 Speaker 1: That Titans Colts game, for example, we saw everyone was 1123 01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:24,520 Speaker 1: done with the Now the Titans are terrifying. You don't 1124 01:02:24,560 --> 01:02:26,160 Speaker 1: want to play them, and you don't want to play 1125 01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,720 Speaker 1: the Bills. We're figuring it all out right now, after 1126 01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,680 Speaker 1: two months of uncertainty in the weirdest season of all time, 1127 01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:34,480 Speaker 1: we know who matters now and the Bills matter. What 1128 01:02:34,600 --> 01:02:38,240 Speaker 1: about what about a team you were kind of encouraged 1129 01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:40,400 Speaker 1: by and almost high on a couple of weeks ago 1130 01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,880 Speaker 1: in the Raiders. They stubbed their tone and oh, okay, 1131 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:47,040 Speaker 1: it's a great question because I happened. I'm not going 1132 01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:49,520 Speaker 1: to go to the superlative here, but I really believe this. 1133 01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:51,919 Speaker 1: I think that was the worst loss by any team 1134 01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:55,000 Speaker 1: all season long, and I include Dallas losing to Washington 1135 01:02:55,000 --> 01:03:00,360 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day the Raiders after they threw Marty Graw 1136 01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:03,600 Speaker 1: in the Raiders facility because they had a close loss 1137 01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,000 Speaker 1: to the Chiefs, they were like, we showed up, We're here, 1138 01:03:06,040 --> 01:03:08,280 Speaker 1: we almost beat the Chiefs again, which I thought was 1139 01:03:08,440 --> 01:03:10,600 Speaker 1: really tone deaf and the wrong way to go about it. 1140 01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:13,560 Speaker 1: You don't you can't celebrate a quality loss at the 1141 01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:16,240 Speaker 1: professional level. Then the next week they go to Atlanta 1142 01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:20,000 Speaker 1: and get hammered. I mean, all of your worst fears 1143 01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:23,680 Speaker 1: about I don't know if Derek Carr's big time, I 1144 01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:26,400 Speaker 1: don't know if Gruden's got it at all of them 1145 01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:28,480 Speaker 1: were just flashed in front of your face. If you're 1146 01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:30,480 Speaker 1: interested in the Raiders. And I like to bring up 1147 01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:32,480 Speaker 1: the Raiders because you know, I don't care if you're 1148 01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:35,640 Speaker 1: in Chicago or Buffalo, Miami. The Raiders are fun as 1149 01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:38,320 Speaker 1: a concept. The Raiders are a fun if you think 1150 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,439 Speaker 1: they're an enemy. If you think they wear the black hat. 1151 01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:43,320 Speaker 1: I like the Raiders mattering. I like them being involved. 1152 01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:45,600 Speaker 1: They're one of about eight or nine teams that I 1153 01:03:45,600 --> 01:03:47,840 Speaker 1: think the league is more fun if they're good. Buffalo 1154 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,040 Speaker 1: being one of them and the Raiders, oh my god, 1155 01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:52,560 Speaker 1: they may still crawl into the playoffs. But do you, 1156 01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:55,280 Speaker 1: as anyone trust them to show up now after what 1157 01:03:55,320 --> 01:03:57,920 Speaker 1: they did and beat like Tennessee or Casey or Pittsburgh. 1158 01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:01,919 Speaker 1: They got hammered and they weren't ready to play. Yeah, 1159 01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:05,040 Speaker 1: I agree with you that you can't show up flat 1160 01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:07,640 Speaker 1: and expect to play well. Like you know, these Bills are. 1161 01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,240 Speaker 1: The game with the Bills and the forty Niners have 1162 01:04:10,240 --> 01:04:12,440 Speaker 1: been moved to Monday night in Arizona. And you mentioned 1163 01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:14,200 Speaker 1: it a minute ago that back to the scene of 1164 01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:17,040 Speaker 1: the crime of the Haile Murray. Yeah, how do you 1165 01:04:17,080 --> 01:04:19,600 Speaker 1: see this game, you know taking shape right now? The Niners. 1166 01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:23,200 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were really surprised at 1167 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:26,080 Speaker 1: the at the game they played against the Rams this 1168 01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,800 Speaker 1: last weekend. What are your thoughts about the Niners going 1169 01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:31,360 Speaker 1: forward in this next game with the Bills. Here's what 1170 01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I like about it, Steven, Here's what I think is 1171 01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:37,520 Speaker 1: scary about it. For Buffalo National game Monday night on 1172 01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:42,280 Speaker 1: unprecedented circumstances. Everyone is going to be rooting for San Francisco. 1173 01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:45,000 Speaker 1: The broadcast that's going to be pulling for them, the fans, 1174 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:49,320 Speaker 1: Neutral fans, the whole country with first of all destroyed 1175 01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:53,720 Speaker 1: by injuries, then completely had their their their table flipped 1176 01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:57,000 Speaker 1: over by COVID. Everybody has, but not like this. I mean, 1177 01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,439 Speaker 1: we were talking about on the show this morning this morning, 1178 01:04:59,480 --> 01:05:02,560 Speaker 1: like they they're going back and forth to Arizona like 1179 01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,959 Speaker 1: just to practice. It's never been it's never had happened before. 1180 01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:09,840 Speaker 1: So this is going to have a full national pull 1181 01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:12,640 Speaker 1: for the Niners here, win one for Shanahan, all of that, 1182 01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:14,680 Speaker 1: and yet what the Bills have to say is that 1183 01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:17,280 Speaker 1: we'll all add we're trying to get playoff position in here. 1184 01:05:17,320 --> 01:05:19,520 Speaker 1: I feel bad for what they've been through, but we're 1185 01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:21,200 Speaker 1: gonna try to hang forty points on them. We gotta 1186 01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:24,120 Speaker 1: crush these guys. They're hurts, they're desperate, and they have 1187 01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:27,520 Speaker 1: a really sharp head coach with nothing to lose, and 1188 01:05:27,600 --> 01:05:30,080 Speaker 1: everybody rooting for him. I was not worried about the 1189 01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:31,880 Speaker 1: Chargers last week at all. The Bills are much better. 1190 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:34,160 Speaker 1: I'm actually worried about this game because there's a lot 1191 01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:37,200 Speaker 1: of emotion and a lot of push behind the Niners 1192 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:39,640 Speaker 1: this week. Yeah, I mean, I think the thing that 1193 01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:44,320 Speaker 1: these two teams have in common is their collective resilience 1194 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:46,680 Speaker 1: and how that's built into the culture of each of 1195 01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:50,160 Speaker 1: these teams. Obviously San Francisco has had to deal with 1196 01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot more adversity this season with the COVID stuff 1197 01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:56,560 Speaker 1: that you mentioned. I mean, the Bills had a game moved, 1198 01:05:56,800 --> 01:06:01,200 Speaker 1: two games moved, but really haven't been struck down by 1199 01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:04,440 Speaker 1: COVID the way the Niners. But still you look at 1200 01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:07,560 Speaker 1: their respective coaching staffs and the way that they kind 1201 01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:12,600 Speaker 1: of hang in and try to grind out games even 1202 01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:14,800 Speaker 1: when maybe they don't have their full arsenal of talent 1203 01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:17,480 Speaker 1: or maybe when they're not playing at their best, and 1204 01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:20,200 Speaker 1: I see a lot of this is like a gumption 1205 01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:23,360 Speaker 1: game between these two teams. I agree, it's I think 1206 01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:26,560 Speaker 1: that's insightful and at least from my perspective, I look 1207 01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:28,680 Speaker 1: at what I look at the Bills and Week five, 1208 01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:32,640 Speaker 1: Week six Titans Chiefs. That was brutal. They bottomed out 1209 01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:34,960 Speaker 1: every you know, the bloom is off the Rows. It 1210 01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:38,240 Speaker 1: didn't look good, but now they're back, and that's despite 1211 01:06:38,280 --> 01:06:41,040 Speaker 1: the Arizona thing. I have found. I think in my 1212 01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:46,200 Speaker 1: belief that front runners, it's really difficult. I mean, to 1213 01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:49,240 Speaker 1: never have a season where you drop a couple of games, 1214 01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:51,080 Speaker 1: or you get your heart ripped out at the last second, 1215 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:53,360 Speaker 1: and then have to bounce back from it. I see. 1216 01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:55,320 Speaker 1: I feel like those teams get bounced. I look at 1217 01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:58,040 Speaker 1: last year's Baltimore team. They had about a three month 1218 01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:01,880 Speaker 1: party where they were not challenge, not tested. They destroyed everybody. 1219 01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:04,120 Speaker 1: Then they show up in the playoffs and the Titans 1220 01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:06,280 Speaker 1: didn't care and they knocked their teeth out. I've seen 1221 01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,480 Speaker 1: it a million times. I would rather have a team 1222 01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:10,400 Speaker 1: that loses a couple of games in middle of the 1223 01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:13,360 Speaker 1: season and everybody writes them off and power rankings and whatnot, 1224 01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:15,600 Speaker 1: and then they bounced back from it, even the Chiefs. 1225 01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:17,280 Speaker 1: This year it's the Chiefs lost at home to the 1226 01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:19,919 Speaker 1: Raiders the homes through his first interception, they bounced back. 1227 01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:22,040 Speaker 1: I'd rather, if you tell me right now, the Bills 1228 01:07:22,040 --> 01:07:26,200 Speaker 1: could be undefeated and cruising towards the playoffs, or they 1229 01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,080 Speaker 1: could have a couple of losses to toughen them up 1230 01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:30,120 Speaker 1: and they learned from I honestly, I think strategically it's 1231 01:07:30,160 --> 01:07:32,800 Speaker 1: better to have a couple of losses and obviously has 1232 01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:36,480 Speaker 1: in common. So with that in mind, though, kid, do 1233 01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:40,640 Speaker 1: you think that the Pittsburgh ten and O team runs 1234 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:43,280 Speaker 1: the risk of falling victim to the same things that 1235 01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,560 Speaker 1: Baltimore did last year or are they a better squad? 1236 01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:48,840 Speaker 1: It depends if they stay healthy. Baltimore got knocked around 1237 01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:51,520 Speaker 1: a few injuries too. But I've seen some takes out 1238 01:07:51,560 --> 01:07:55,080 Speaker 1: there that I don't subscribe to. The takes being that 1239 01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:58,760 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers are the worst ten and O team ever, 1240 01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:02,640 Speaker 1: that they're just really solid but they're not spectacular, and 1241 01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:04,560 Speaker 1: that the you know, the eighteen and old Patriots would 1242 01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:06,280 Speaker 1: beat them by thirty points. I don't believe any of 1243 01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,920 Speaker 1: that stuff, because they have all the ingredients and their 1244 01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:11,880 Speaker 1: defense is great, but nobody goes wire to wire and 1245 01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,960 Speaker 1: newest flash, the Steelers are not gonna go nineteen and oh, 1246 01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:16,960 Speaker 1: They're just not. I don't think it's gonna happen. I 1247 01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:18,960 Speaker 1: do think they're gonna lose the game in the regular season, 1248 01:08:18,960 --> 01:08:21,160 Speaker 1: and I hope they do so. No, I don't look 1249 01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,240 Speaker 1: at Pittsburgh as this unbeatable Juggernaut, absolutely not. They have 1250 01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:26,920 Speaker 1: the best record. Can we even say for sure they're 1251 01:08:26,960 --> 01:08:28,960 Speaker 1: the best team? Would you take them over case right now? 1252 01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,720 Speaker 1: I don't think I would. They're great, but they'll they'll fall, 1253 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:35,280 Speaker 1: they will, I believe it. Yeah, And it's too bad. 1254 01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:37,120 Speaker 1: But we're kind of stuck in the middle here going 1255 01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:39,559 Speaker 1: into week thirteen in the native of the regular season, 1256 01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:41,559 Speaker 1: COVID is kind of at the top of the list. 1257 01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:44,040 Speaker 1: What did you think about how it transpired with the 1258 01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos and their quarterbacks being ejected from the facility 1259 01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:52,200 Speaker 1: and they had to put Kendall Hinton at quarterback in Denver? 1260 01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:55,680 Speaker 1: And for all those people we laughed yesterday, for all 1261 01:08:55,720 --> 01:08:58,680 Speaker 1: those people, those high school quarterbacks, college quarterbacks. You think, 1262 01:08:58,720 --> 01:09:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, you know what I think I could, you know, 1263 01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:02,439 Speaker 1: at least done a little something in the NFL where 1264 01:09:02,479 --> 01:09:05,200 Speaker 1: you get a guy who was like that got plugged 1265 01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:08,599 Speaker 1: in to the offense and it did not go well 1266 01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:11,320 Speaker 1: for the Broncos. What are you do? You know? Is 1267 01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:14,599 Speaker 1: there anything that's going to derail an NFL team more 1268 01:09:14,640 --> 01:09:17,720 Speaker 1: than what the Broncos had done to them? I can't imagine, 1269 01:09:17,880 --> 01:09:20,759 Speaker 1: because even it's like, wouldn't you rather have your starting 1270 01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,400 Speaker 1: quarterback and lose eight other starters then and not even 1271 01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,360 Speaker 1: your starting quarterback, any quarterback who's playing anything at all. 1272 01:09:27,439 --> 01:09:29,840 Speaker 1: I can't imagine it would be something bigger than that. 1273 01:09:29,920 --> 01:09:32,760 Speaker 1: It's that was a wild story. I mean that that 1274 01:09:32,880 --> 01:09:35,600 Speaker 1: was That was a Disney movie. And it's even wilder 1275 01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:38,560 Speaker 1: because the Broncos they were trying to get one of 1276 01:09:38,600 --> 01:09:40,920 Speaker 1: their coaches to be able to play quarterback, this guy 1277 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:43,519 Speaker 1: Rob Calibreeze. They were trying to They asked the league, 1278 01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:46,559 Speaker 1: can we have someone on our staff put the pads 1279 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:49,800 Speaker 1: on and play? And Steve like, that's the dream because 1280 01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:51,800 Speaker 1: everybody when they're done taking the pads off, where you've 1281 01:09:51,800 --> 01:09:53,920 Speaker 1: played high school, pro or college or whatever, for the 1282 01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:56,639 Speaker 1: rest of your life literally will have dreams at night 1283 01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:58,800 Speaker 1: you were called to come back and they need you 1284 01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:01,360 Speaker 1: for one more down. But it was it wasn't even 1285 01:10:01,400 --> 01:10:03,720 Speaker 1: like can you run down on kickoff one more time? 1286 01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:06,240 Speaker 1: It was start at quarterback against one of the best 1287 01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:09,280 Speaker 1: defenses in the league, in the Saints. It was so strange, 1288 01:10:09,720 --> 01:10:12,240 Speaker 1: and um, you know, I saw some things the next day. 1289 01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,800 Speaker 1: I know that CPS on their grades that they gave 1290 01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,519 Speaker 1: out gave the Denver Broncos an f and compared hinton 1291 01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,280 Speaker 1: stats to Ryan Leech. I thought that was ridiculous. I 1292 01:10:21,320 --> 01:10:24,080 Speaker 1: thought it was a hero. I was what he did. 1293 01:10:24,200 --> 01:10:26,040 Speaker 1: He completed a pass, he was tough, he took a 1294 01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:28,120 Speaker 1: million hits. I thought he should have been given the 1295 01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:30,559 Speaker 1: Player of the week for what he did. Is that 1296 01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:35,719 Speaker 1: the COVID story of the year so far? I hope, look, 1297 01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:38,479 Speaker 1: I hope it's the story of the year and that's it. 1298 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:40,920 Speaker 1: I hope that when we look back room, like here's 1299 01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:44,160 Speaker 1: as crazy as it got. The Broncos had to have 1300 01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:46,439 Speaker 1: some guy from their practice squad who wasn't a quarterback 1301 01:10:46,479 --> 01:10:48,639 Speaker 1: play for the entire game. Oh and a few days 1302 01:10:48,720 --> 01:10:50,559 Speaker 1: later they played a Wednesday afternoon game. It was in 1303 01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:52,840 Speaker 1: the afternoon because NBC didn't want to move their Christmas 1304 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,920 Speaker 1: tree lighting. That was twenty twenty, and yet I don't know. 1305 01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:57,479 Speaker 1: I still feel like I'm on the roller coaster with 1306 01:10:57,560 --> 01:10:59,080 Speaker 1: the seatbelt on. And we still got to get through 1307 01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:03,240 Speaker 1: five weeks plus the playoffs, and the worst story, the 1308 01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:05,640 Speaker 1: one we're looking that we're fearing the most, the Boogeyman 1309 01:11:05,920 --> 01:11:11,519 Speaker 1: is Week sixteen is wiped out. It's over. Everybody's locked down. 1310 01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:13,720 Speaker 1: There are no games, there's no nothing, and we have 1311 01:11:13,760 --> 01:11:16,360 Speaker 1: to move the whole shebang and push it into February. 1312 01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,840 Speaker 1: That's the nuclear option, and as we're seeing, oh my gosh, 1313 01:11:19,840 --> 01:11:24,599 Speaker 1: they're doing everything to avoid that last one from me. Kyle, Yeah, 1314 01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:30,479 Speaker 1: we've talked to you more than once about the you know, 1315 01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:34,400 Speaker 1: gun shy nature of Bill's fan optimism in the light 1316 01:11:34,439 --> 01:11:37,040 Speaker 1: of all the wounds that have been endured over the 1317 01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:41,240 Speaker 1: last twenty years or so. The Bills are playing on 1318 01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:45,519 Speaker 1: Monday Night against the Niners, as we know, and they 1319 01:11:45,560 --> 01:11:49,480 Speaker 1: have not won a Monday Night football game this century. 1320 01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:53,200 Speaker 1: Their last Monday Night win was in nineteen ninety nine 1321 01:11:53,240 --> 01:11:57,400 Speaker 1: over the Dolphins, which is a game that I actually remember. 1322 01:11:57,439 --> 01:12:00,760 Speaker 1: I seem to recall the interception turn touchdown, but that's 1323 01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:03,320 Speaker 1: neither here nor there. There have been a lot of 1324 01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:05,840 Speaker 1: horror shows on Monday Night, partly due to the fact 1325 01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:08,360 Speaker 1: that when they are on Monday Night in the last 1326 01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:12,040 Speaker 1: ten or so years they've been playing the Patriots, there 1327 01:12:12,080 --> 01:12:14,960 Speaker 1: have been some terrible endings. You know, Leodis McKelvin with 1328 01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:16,880 Speaker 1: the butter hands on a kick return when they're up 1329 01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:20,160 Speaker 1: eleven in the fourth quarter and Brady does his work 1330 01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:23,120 Speaker 1: and overcomes a twenty four thirteen deficit that they lose 1331 01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,960 Speaker 1: the game twenty five twenty four, the Monday nighter at 1332 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,639 Speaker 1: home against Dallas in two thousand and five, they get 1333 01:12:28,680 --> 01:12:31,720 Speaker 1: two defensive touchdowns and a special team's touchdown and lose 1334 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:33,880 Speaker 1: on a Nick Folk fifty one yard or at the gun. 1335 01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:39,880 Speaker 1: Just some bad ones. So all that in mind, this 1336 01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:45,639 Speaker 1: is a resilient Niners team. As we've said, what kind 1337 01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:48,720 Speaker 1: of of a performance are the Bills getting? Need to 1338 01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:50,960 Speaker 1: get a win out there in Arizona on Monday night. 1339 01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:53,439 Speaker 1: I'd just like to sit back and listen to the 1340 01:12:53,479 --> 01:12:56,720 Speaker 1: Brownie's encyclopedia recall of all the Bills of losses. I mean, 1341 01:12:56,720 --> 01:12:58,800 Speaker 1: that was incredible. I heard Leodis mccalvin. I haven't thought 1342 01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:03,360 Speaker 1: about him in years, but I remember it instantly, and listen. 1343 01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:06,680 Speaker 1: I said this last week. I say it again the 1344 01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:09,120 Speaker 1: last week. The Bills are much better team than the Chargers. 1345 01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:11,360 Speaker 1: This week they're a much better team than the Nyers. 1346 01:13:11,400 --> 01:13:14,960 Speaker 1: I don't want to add to the much better, much 1347 01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:18,840 Speaker 1: better that we're talking about a backup, backup quarterback. The 1348 01:13:18,920 --> 01:13:21,040 Speaker 1: Niners best player on either side of the ball is 1349 01:13:21,040 --> 01:13:23,240 Speaker 1: George Kittle. He's out. If it wasn't George Kittle, it's 1350 01:13:23,320 --> 01:13:25,559 Speaker 1: Nick Bosa, he's out. I know they're resilient, I know 1351 01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:28,799 Speaker 1: they're well coached. This is the no mercy time crush 1352 01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:30,840 Speaker 1: these guys. You know. I don't want to add Nick 1353 01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,599 Speaker 1: Mullins to to Trent Taylor and a two minute drill 1354 01:13:33,680 --> 01:13:35,200 Speaker 1: touchdown at the end of the game to the Leotis 1355 01:13:35,240 --> 01:13:38,400 Speaker 1: Mcalvin all stars next time when we talk. No, you're 1356 01:13:38,439 --> 01:13:42,080 Speaker 1: going in a neutral stadium to a team that is marooned, 1357 01:13:42,439 --> 01:13:45,200 Speaker 1: that is suffering with everything, and don't sympathize for a second. 1358 01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:46,800 Speaker 1: Beat them down. I think the Bills are gonna win 1359 01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:51,360 Speaker 1: going away. That may be the first prediction of that 1360 01:13:51,439 --> 01:13:56,200 Speaker 1: nature I've ever heard from somebody about a Bills game. Seriously, Hey, 1361 01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,479 Speaker 1: twelve and four, we'll be there. And I don't ask 1362 01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:00,920 Speaker 1: much of you guys, but when we get to the playoffs, 1363 01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:03,760 Speaker 1: could someone please, for the love of God, Jay one 1364 01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:05,040 Speaker 1: of you guys, I need to get tape of me 1365 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:07,240 Speaker 1: in August talking to you saying twelve and four because 1366 01:14:07,240 --> 01:14:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm about to stick the landing. We'll run it, We'll 1367 01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:11,800 Speaker 1: run it back. We I think we marked the date 1368 01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:14,640 Speaker 1: and the time everything. Yeah, got it. We've got you 1369 01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:16,360 Speaker 1: all right, and I want to play it back in 1370 01:14:16,439 --> 01:14:17,960 Speaker 1: my natural voice. I don't want to hear it in 1371 01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:22,000 Speaker 1: the Steve Tasker FBI informant voice, like that thing terrifies me. 1372 01:14:22,120 --> 01:14:25,640 Speaker 1: They're just a normal voice. Here's the problem with that. 1373 01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:31,160 Speaker 1: You will do it, but here's what you'll get there, 1374 01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:33,280 Speaker 1: and you'll be close, like I was close last year. 1375 01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:37,040 Speaker 1: I said eleven and five and they get to week 1376 01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:40,320 Speaker 1: seventeen and the game is meaningless and they're playing Matt 1377 01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:41,720 Speaker 1: Barkley and the rest of the game and they don't 1378 01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:44,400 Speaker 1: have to win the game, and they end up they 1379 01:14:44,439 --> 01:14:47,000 Speaker 1: lose the game when they should be they should be 1380 01:14:47,040 --> 01:14:49,559 Speaker 1: eleven and five, they end up ten and six. And 1381 01:14:49,600 --> 01:14:51,960 Speaker 1: when they're gonna be eleven and five going into week seventeen, 1382 01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,360 Speaker 1: they could be twelve and four. You know, that's what 1383 01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:57,519 Speaker 1: you're running into. You get into those meaningless games at 1384 01:14:57,520 --> 01:14:59,439 Speaker 1: the end of the year, and that stinks. So but 1385 01:14:59,479 --> 01:15:01,960 Speaker 1: I thought I to that, Steve I incorporated for that. 1386 01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:03,599 Speaker 1: So that's why I think they're going to go into 1387 01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:10,160 Speaker 1: that last game and they're going to be twelve and three. WHOA, everybody, 1388 01:15:11,680 --> 01:15:14,280 Speaker 1: all right? I think that's the effective mic drop mic 1389 01:15:14,360 --> 01:15:16,639 Speaker 1: drop for one. Kyle Brand so, Kyle, thanks for the time. 1390 01:15:16,640 --> 01:15:18,800 Speaker 1: As always, we'll catch up with you next week less 1391 01:15:18,840 --> 01:15:21,920 Speaker 1: than twenty four hours after this game against the Niners 1392 01:15:22,040 --> 01:15:25,080 Speaker 1: is played. No problem, Thank you, Ronnie, Thank you, Steve 1393 01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:27,599 Speaker 1: so hid a doctor lecter for me. All right, man, 1394 01:15:27,640 --> 01:15:30,599 Speaker 1: Thank you. That Kyle Brand from Good Thank You, Thank 1395 01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:35,080 Speaker 1: You Questions podcast. Yeah, we had to bounce that off 1396 01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:36,760 Speaker 1: him because I knew there was going to be some 1397 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:40,759 Speaker 1: archaic movie or pop culture reference that he that only 1398 01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:43,840 Speaker 1: he can come up with. We have to take a break, 1399 01:15:43,840 --> 01:15:45,840 Speaker 1: but when we return, we'll get to your answers on 1400 01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:48,400 Speaker 1: the tweet sheet in terms of whether or not you 1401 01:15:48,439 --> 01:15:52,960 Speaker 1: feel this Bill's defense is peaking that and your phone calls. 1402 01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,400 Speaker 1: Next here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health, 1403 01:15:55,400 --> 01:16:02,840 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. John's gonna throw it behind him, 1404 01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:05,080 Speaker 1: the beasy gonna thrown again to a man might open. 1405 01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:09,919 Speaker 1: Gabriel Davis touchdown, touchs down Buffalo Cole Beasley, the Gabriel 1406 01:16:10,000 --> 01:16:13,920 Speaker 1: Davis how about that. It's just trying to get him 1407 01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:16,519 Speaker 1: to come up them thinking it was a bubble screen. 1408 01:16:17,040 --> 01:16:19,320 Speaker 1: M and I just had to have eyes on the safety, 1409 01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:22,599 Speaker 1: make sure he's not coming over and back there and um, 1410 01:16:22,720 --> 01:16:25,320 Speaker 1: the guys who were who were guarding, um, the guys 1411 01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:27,640 Speaker 1: going deep came up so I had a chance to 1412 01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:29,800 Speaker 1: throw it. That's that's the whole whole deal. I mean, 1413 01:16:29,800 --> 01:16:32,080 Speaker 1: they sell it more than more than I do, you know, 1414 01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:34,400 Speaker 1: and they just they sell it with the blocks and 1415 01:16:34,439 --> 01:16:37,320 Speaker 1: then um they give like a three count and then 1416 01:16:37,320 --> 01:16:44,160 Speaker 1: they go, I mean my feet weren't sat right. It was. 1417 01:16:44,240 --> 01:16:46,559 Speaker 1: It was really ugly, but it got there. I'll take it, 1418 01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:51,960 Speaker 1: all right. That is your free do lay Crunch time 1419 01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:55,920 Speaker 1: play of the game. It's Crunchtine. Bills fans, don't forget 1420 01:16:55,960 --> 01:16:59,240 Speaker 1: the chips. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker. Second half of the 1421 01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:03,400 Speaker 1: show now under way, and we are asking you at 1422 01:17:03,439 --> 01:17:07,960 Speaker 1: eight fifty one eight eight five fifty two five fifty 1423 01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:12,040 Speaker 1: how close is this Bill's defense? Two peaking. They had 1424 01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,920 Speaker 1: one of their better performances of the season on Sunday 1425 01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:18,000 Speaker 1: against the Chargers, where they helped to hold down a 1426 01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:26,719 Speaker 1: Charger's offense despite an eight play debacle by Buffalo's offense 1427 01:17:26,720 --> 01:17:28,720 Speaker 1: where they could not hold on to the football with 1428 01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:32,400 Speaker 1: fumbles and two fumbles in an interception. And yet the 1429 01:17:32,400 --> 01:17:35,960 Speaker 1: Bills defense stood tall there and pretty much played one 1430 01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:39,759 Speaker 1: of their better games start to finish on Sunday against 1431 01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:43,599 Speaker 1: the Chargers, and as Steve said, despite those three miscus 1432 01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:46,479 Speaker 1: by the offense in the fourth quarter, the defensive play 1433 01:17:46,600 --> 01:17:49,120 Speaker 1: was so good that the Bills still win the game 1434 01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:51,840 Speaker 1: by ten points, which they probably had no business in doing. 1435 01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:54,240 Speaker 1: But the defense was just that good. So let us 1436 01:17:54,240 --> 01:17:56,719 Speaker 1: know open line for you at eight three, five fifty, 1437 01:17:57,400 --> 01:18:00,639 Speaker 1: or you can send your answers to us Add one 1438 01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:04,960 Speaker 1: Bills live on Twitter. As we are now going to 1439 01:18:04,960 --> 01:18:08,800 Speaker 1: turn to the tweet sheet, which is brought to you 1440 01:18:09,400 --> 01:18:14,280 Speaker 1: by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official moving provider of the 1441 01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:18,800 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, and we lead off Steve with Rachel, who 1442 01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:22,240 Speaker 1: says the Chargers game was their best performance against the 1443 01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:26,480 Speaker 1: non Jets team this year, but they are still struggling 1444 01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:30,439 Speaker 1: out of halftime. The Charges drove right down the field 1445 01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:34,880 Speaker 1: on both third quarter drives, and coincidentally, their fourth down 1446 01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:39,679 Speaker 1: stop came on the first play of the fourth quarter, 1447 01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:43,400 Speaker 1: So there's that. I don't know, what do you think. Yeah, 1448 01:18:43,439 --> 01:18:45,960 Speaker 1: I think at some point it's a little bit overblown. 1449 01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,639 Speaker 1: I mean, they outscored the Bills, I think eight to six, 1450 01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:52,240 Speaker 1: eight to seven in the third quarter. The Bills have 1451 01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:55,200 Speaker 1: been able to put together a scoring drive. The problem 1452 01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:58,679 Speaker 1: is it's almost come out of halftime. They actually play 1453 01:18:58,720 --> 01:19:01,800 Speaker 1: pretty good offensively the Bills have, I think, but as 1454 01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:06,360 Speaker 1: a whole then it kind of goes away this last game. 1455 01:19:07,439 --> 01:19:10,040 Speaker 1: You're right, I mean you kind of look for it now, 1456 01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:11,479 Speaker 1: and so now are you kind of I think we're 1457 01:19:11,479 --> 01:19:14,280 Speaker 1: inflating a little bit of something that may have maybe 1458 01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:18,040 Speaker 1: on the down on the downtry downtrack I think, and 1459 01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:21,559 Speaker 1: I think it's on the downturn, this third quarter swoon 1460 01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:24,920 Speaker 1: that we've been talking about. Not that I'm saying yeah, 1461 01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:27,519 Speaker 1: I do. I don't think it's gone. But they came 1462 01:19:27,560 --> 01:19:32,960 Speaker 1: out I think it was against the Cardinals, and and 1463 01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:36,280 Speaker 1: I think perhaps a week before before that game as well, 1464 01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:41,679 Speaker 1: they came out and let's see, they came out against 1465 01:19:41,720 --> 01:19:46,000 Speaker 1: maybe the Seahawks and scored in the third quarter right 1466 01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:48,760 Speaker 1: out a halftime, but then they kind of, you know, 1467 01:19:50,520 --> 01:19:52,240 Speaker 1: everything kind of came apart when they kind of let 1468 01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:53,720 Speaker 1: when they didn't score out it. They did the same 1469 01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:56,479 Speaker 1: thing against La Rams. They came out twenty eight to 1470 01:19:57,080 --> 01:19:59,760 Speaker 1: twenty eight to three at halftime, and they scored again 1471 01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:03,160 Speaker 1: after the halftime, and then then they let their foot 1472 01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:05,040 Speaker 1: off the gas when they were up thirty five to 1473 01:20:05,640 --> 01:20:08,120 Speaker 1: you know, to seven or thirty five ten or something 1474 01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,040 Speaker 1: like that. So I think it's a little bit overblown 1475 01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:15,200 Speaker 1: at this point after watching it. I'm not to say 1476 01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:18,320 Speaker 1: that they're gangbusters after halftime, but I don't think it's 1477 01:20:18,320 --> 01:20:20,280 Speaker 1: a swoon like we've seen them do, like like last 1478 01:20:20,360 --> 01:20:25,200 Speaker 1: year was yeah from ELI on the tweet sheet for 1479 01:20:25,400 --> 01:20:29,200 Speaker 1: not having preseason games and a full practice schedule in camp. 1480 01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:32,240 Speaker 1: I think they are close to peaking. They are not 1481 01:20:32,280 --> 01:20:36,400 Speaker 1: the only defense struggling though. Scoring this year is around 1482 01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:39,360 Speaker 1: twenty seven points per game for the league when they 1483 01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,639 Speaker 1: used to hold teams to less than twenty points. That's 1484 01:20:42,640 --> 01:20:45,360 Speaker 1: a valid point. I mean scoring is up. I mean 1485 01:20:45,400 --> 01:20:50,240 Speaker 1: it's the highest scoring season on record through what is it, 1486 01:20:50,280 --> 01:20:53,160 Speaker 1: eleven games now or twelve, yeah, eleven games now, So 1487 01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:56,679 Speaker 1: I get it. I think that's a valid point to make. 1488 01:20:57,280 --> 01:20:59,479 Speaker 1: But I think they are close to peaking. I agree 1489 01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:02,479 Speaker 1: with ELI think I don't know if they're quite there yet, 1490 01:21:02,520 --> 01:21:05,200 Speaker 1: but they're they're well on their way. Just the way 1491 01:21:05,200 --> 01:21:08,639 Speaker 1: it's all seemingly coming together on that side of the ball, 1492 01:21:08,680 --> 01:21:12,240 Speaker 1: it's very very encouraging because if the offense can put 1493 01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:15,720 Speaker 1: up somewhere between twenty seven and thirty every week. If 1494 01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:18,960 Speaker 1: the defense can continue to play like that and hold 1495 01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:23,760 Speaker 1: opponents under twenty man, this is gonna be This team 1496 01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:25,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be a bear to deal with. This is 1497 01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:28,960 Speaker 1: almost an impossible year to hold your opponents under twenty points. 1498 01:21:29,479 --> 01:21:31,400 Speaker 1: I know, you got to think they're gonna win. Now, 1499 01:21:31,400 --> 01:21:33,240 Speaker 1: the Bills have won a couple of games scoring less 1500 01:21:33,240 --> 01:21:36,000 Speaker 1: than twenty points as well, so there's that. But I 1501 01:21:36,280 --> 01:21:38,360 Speaker 1: no question, I think we all know that the bar 1502 01:21:38,479 --> 01:21:40,280 Speaker 1: for having a great defense this year in the NFL 1503 01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:42,640 Speaker 1: is a little bit lower than it has been. You know, 1504 01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:44,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna give up twenty seven points and think, okay, 1505 01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:47,479 Speaker 1: we've done it, you know kind of thing that hasn't 1506 01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:51,280 Speaker 1: flown like that in years past. That that bar was 1507 01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:53,519 Speaker 1: way higher last year for this team than it is 1508 01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:56,920 Speaker 1: this year. Saying you had a really good day, I 1509 01:21:56,960 --> 01:21:59,559 Speaker 1: mean they've given up. Think about it. They've given up 1510 01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:03,519 Speaker 1: thirty two, forty two, thirty four, thirty two, and they've 1511 01:22:03,520 --> 01:22:06,120 Speaker 1: won all those games. They did not win the forty 1512 01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:09,160 Speaker 1: two they lost to the Titans, but they beat the 1513 01:22:09,160 --> 01:22:12,680 Speaker 1: Seahawks and given up thirty four points. They gave up 1514 01:22:12,720 --> 01:22:15,080 Speaker 1: thirty two to the Arizona Cardinals, and of course they 1515 01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:18,559 Speaker 1: could have should have won that game. They gave up 1516 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,839 Speaker 1: twenty eight to the Dolphins thirty two to the Rams, 1517 01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:24,040 Speaker 1: so they you know, I think this year, I think 1518 01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:26,760 Speaker 1: that twenty seven point mark kind of is that threshold, 1519 01:22:26,760 --> 01:22:29,960 Speaker 1: that twenty point threshold from a year ago, and so 1520 01:22:30,040 --> 01:22:32,240 Speaker 1: I think the bars lower for having a good defense. 1521 01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:35,960 Speaker 1: And I think we're measuring this defense if you're gonna 1522 01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:38,840 Speaker 1: look at it strengths Brownie. This year, it's different than 1523 01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:41,160 Speaker 1: it was last year. This year, at this point of 1524 01:22:41,160 --> 01:22:43,040 Speaker 1: the season, now finally it's starting to be about the 1525 01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:46,559 Speaker 1: pass rush and it's starting to be about turnovers, and 1526 01:22:46,920 --> 01:22:49,280 Speaker 1: that's not the way it was last year. Yeah, I 1527 01:22:49,320 --> 01:22:52,519 Speaker 1: mean ten takeaways in their last five games, nineteen sacks 1528 01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:55,360 Speaker 1: in their last five games. Those are that is a 1529 01:22:55,439 --> 01:22:58,240 Speaker 1: significant uptick from where it was for the first six 1530 01:22:58,280 --> 01:23:01,360 Speaker 1: games of the season. And if that can continue, and 1531 01:23:01,439 --> 01:23:05,160 Speaker 1: I know, you know, you can't count on winning with 1532 01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:09,480 Speaker 1: turnovers every week because you know they aren't a guarantee, 1533 01:23:10,120 --> 01:23:13,080 Speaker 1: And because the Dolphins had a five game winning streak 1534 01:23:13,160 --> 01:23:17,719 Speaker 1: relying on turnovers and points off defense and special teams, 1535 01:23:17,720 --> 01:23:20,639 Speaker 1: and then when that dried up in Denver a couple 1536 01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:23,479 Speaker 1: of weeks ago. We saw what happened to them. Now 1537 01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:27,760 Speaker 1: they don't have the offensive firepower to overcome it. When 1538 01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:30,600 Speaker 1: that defense and special teams can't contribute with points on 1539 01:23:30,640 --> 01:23:34,760 Speaker 1: the board, the Bills offense can. So I don't know 1540 01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:37,559 Speaker 1: that the Bills defense has to provide that every single week, 1541 01:23:37,600 --> 01:23:40,600 Speaker 1: but when they do, this team becomes pretty much unbeatable. 1542 01:23:41,920 --> 01:23:45,439 Speaker 1: From Chris on the tweet sheet, I think once Milano returns, 1543 01:23:45,479 --> 01:23:49,160 Speaker 1: our defense will look top notch. Keep getting sacks and 1544 01:23:49,200 --> 01:23:51,799 Speaker 1: creating turnovers, and we can very well be a team 1545 01:23:52,120 --> 01:23:54,640 Speaker 1: that other teams don't want to face in the postseason. 1546 01:23:54,880 --> 01:23:58,200 Speaker 1: Especially if our offense and defense is clicking at the 1547 01:23:58,240 --> 01:24:04,200 Speaker 1: same time, we will be dangerous. It's right, um, when 1548 01:24:04,360 --> 01:24:06,719 Speaker 1: we've we saw this last week and this Charger defense 1549 01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:08,720 Speaker 1: was really good, and you know, Joey Boza being what 1550 01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:12,160 Speaker 1: it was, had a phenomenal day. If the Bills don't 1551 01:24:12,160 --> 01:24:14,720 Speaker 1: cough it up on their own accort, well, you know, 1552 01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:19,160 Speaker 1: two forced fumbles and one fumbled snap, they're moving the 1553 01:24:19,160 --> 01:24:22,280 Speaker 1: ball right down the field in those drives as well. Um, 1554 01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:25,479 Speaker 1: I keep saying, you know that that game could have 1555 01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,840 Speaker 1: gone out of hand. Did I have I have to 1556 01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:32,760 Speaker 1: bring this up because you just jogged my memory here. 1557 01:24:33,479 --> 01:24:37,559 Speaker 1: So Chris Mortensen had a tweet after watching the game 1558 01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:40,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday or the film of the game, I don't know, 1559 01:24:41,320 --> 01:24:45,200 Speaker 1: and he was effusive in his praise for Joey Bosa, 1560 01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:49,720 Speaker 1: who by all accounts had a fantastic game, absolutely unbelievable. 1561 01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:54,799 Speaker 1: Three sacks, had like five quarterback hits, forced fumble for loss, 1562 01:24:54,800 --> 01:24:58,559 Speaker 1: everything forced fumble, like he did everything he could for 1563 01:24:58,640 --> 01:25:01,639 Speaker 1: that Chargers defense, and by all accounts had a great game. 1564 01:25:02,200 --> 01:25:06,040 Speaker 1: So mord is just going on and on and listing 1565 01:25:06,040 --> 01:25:09,639 Speaker 1: all the things that he did in the game. Thurman 1566 01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:15,800 Speaker 1: retweets Mort's tweet and his only the only key that 1567 01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:19,879 Speaker 1: was pressed by Thurman in the retweet is a capital 1568 01:25:20,160 --> 01:25:24,519 Speaker 1: L for love. Oh my god, it was fell off 1569 01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:28,320 Speaker 1: my chair when I saw Thurman is a Buffalo treasure. 1570 01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:31,599 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I loved it. I'll tell you what. 1571 01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:33,760 Speaker 1: I was flying out of my eyes. What I during 1572 01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:36,920 Speaker 1: the broadcast. During the broadcast, I was going off because 1573 01:25:37,040 --> 01:25:40,160 Speaker 1: Joey Boza was just dominant. Was unbelievable because you could 1574 01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:43,799 Speaker 1: tell if you watch those games, you could offensive lineman 1575 01:25:43,880 --> 01:25:49,160 Speaker 1: like you know, Dion Dawkins Feliciano winners, Morse you know, 1576 01:25:49,200 --> 01:25:53,439 Speaker 1: and Williams every So they moved they tip tip your 1577 01:25:53,439 --> 01:25:55,679 Speaker 1: hat to the Chargers. They moved Joey around a lot 1578 01:25:56,120 --> 01:25:58,240 Speaker 1: and so they you know, they could get him wherever 1579 01:25:58,280 --> 01:26:00,880 Speaker 1: they wanted him to be to rushed the pastor so 1580 01:26:00,920 --> 01:26:03,280 Speaker 1: all five of those guys got a belly full of Joey. 1581 01:26:03,560 --> 01:26:06,240 Speaker 1: And you could see the conversations between those guys going 1582 01:26:06,280 --> 01:26:09,439 Speaker 1: on when after the plays they're looking at each other, going, 1583 01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:13,479 Speaker 1: you know what we're gonna do, And you know, they 1584 01:26:13,840 --> 01:26:16,559 Speaker 1: got enough done to hang some pretty good, you know 1585 01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:19,280 Speaker 1: points on them, and you know it wasn't the offensive 1586 01:26:19,320 --> 01:26:22,200 Speaker 1: line's fault that. You know, the backs both got stripped 1587 01:26:22,200 --> 01:26:24,200 Speaker 1: to the ball and you can say what you want 1588 01:26:24,240 --> 01:26:26,559 Speaker 1: to buy, Mitch Morrison the fumbled snap, maybe that's their fault, 1589 01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:30,599 Speaker 1: but man oh man, yeah, they they were having long 1590 01:26:30,760 --> 01:26:34,680 Speaker 1: conversations between plays about what Joey Bosa was doing to 1591 01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:37,600 Speaker 1: them and you know, so yeah, I mean I was 1592 01:26:37,640 --> 01:26:41,680 Speaker 1: on that boat too, I do Marvel. I mean, I 1593 01:26:41,760 --> 01:26:45,120 Speaker 1: know their dad played in the league, but you want 1594 01:26:45,160 --> 01:26:48,360 Speaker 1: to talk about a teacher, man, that guy taught his 1595 01:26:48,400 --> 01:26:51,439 Speaker 1: boy's hand technique like I've never seen before. I mean, 1596 01:26:51,479 --> 01:26:54,920 Speaker 1: it's so advanced. I mean even in college, they were 1597 01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:58,560 Speaker 1: men among boys because their hand technique was so polished 1598 01:26:58,960 --> 01:27:01,880 Speaker 1: at the college level. And it's what made them, you know, 1599 01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:05,400 Speaker 1: top five draft choices because you don't even have to 1600 01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:08,000 Speaker 1: teach that to those guys. They've already got it. They 1601 01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:10,880 Speaker 1: have that level of technique to be that effective. Plus 1602 01:27:10,920 --> 01:27:13,640 Speaker 1: the athleticism on top of it. It's just, yeah, you 1603 01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:15,840 Speaker 1: can't lose. That's why they can come in and they 1604 01:27:15,960 --> 01:27:18,440 Speaker 1: and there, they've all all of them have been productive 1605 01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:20,680 Speaker 1: as soon as they hit the field because they've got 1606 01:27:20,760 --> 01:27:23,800 Speaker 1: technique that carries them through in the pro level. It's 1607 01:27:23,920 --> 01:27:26,400 Speaker 1: it's just downright impressive. All right, break time for us 1608 01:27:26,760 --> 01:27:29,679 Speaker 1: more of your tweets from the tweet sheet when we return, 1609 01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:32,760 Speaker 1: and coming up in a little over fifteen minutes time, 1610 01:27:32,840 --> 01:27:36,200 Speaker 1: Jonathan Jones from CBS Sports. We'll talk to him about 1611 01:27:36,760 --> 01:27:40,280 Speaker 1: where things are shaping up in the AFC conference race, 1612 01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:45,439 Speaker 1: and we'll also talk about where the candidacy lies in 1613 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:50,360 Speaker 1: terms of head coaching cache, shall we say for one 1614 01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:53,920 Speaker 1: Brian Dable, one Leslie Frazier and for a defensive coordinator 1615 01:27:53,920 --> 01:27:55,960 Speaker 1: for the Niners coming up this week and Robert Sale 1616 01:27:56,120 --> 01:27:59,280 Speaker 1: so We'll cover all that with him at the top 1617 01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:02,559 Speaker 1: of the hour. Morir tweet answers next though here on 1618 01:28:02,560 --> 01:28:05,040 Speaker 1: one Bills Live presented by collid to Health, It's Buffalo 1619 01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:16,080 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. Back on one Bills Live, Chris Brown, Steve 1620 01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:21,400 Speaker 1: Tasker time for New York Lottery inside the Numbers. New 1621 01:28:21,439 --> 01:28:24,439 Speaker 1: York Lottery has released their seasonal scratch off games once again. 1622 01:28:24,520 --> 01:28:26,439 Speaker 1: Head to your nearest retailer for the chance to win 1623 01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:31,759 Speaker 1: up to five hundred thousand dollars. Please gift responsibly. Bill's 1624 01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:34,559 Speaker 1: wide receiver Cole Beasley now has six hundred sixty seven 1625 01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:38,120 Speaker 1: receiving yards this season, a new career best over the 1626 01:28:38,160 --> 01:28:40,320 Speaker 1: first eleven games of a season for him, and he 1627 01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:42,920 Speaker 1: had six hundred forty seven through eleven games in twenty 1628 01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:46,320 Speaker 1: sixteen with Dallas. That was his previous high. Beasley now 1629 01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:49,240 Speaker 1: needs just one hundred and sixty seven receiving yards to 1630 01:28:49,439 --> 01:28:53,960 Speaker 1: establish a new personal single season high. Again, it was 1631 01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:56,280 Speaker 1: that twenty sixteen season for me at eight hundred and 1632 01:28:56,320 --> 01:28:59,639 Speaker 1: thirty three receiving yards that year on pace two eet 1633 01:28:59,680 --> 01:29:03,880 Speaker 1: clips that this season and Steve, He's been a godsend, 1634 01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:07,519 Speaker 1: especially when John Brown's been out of the lineup. Yeah, 1635 01:29:07,520 --> 01:29:10,360 Speaker 1: he's um. He was crucial in the Arizona game in 1636 01:29:10,360 --> 01:29:12,280 Speaker 1: that final drive. He got him to the point where 1637 01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:13,960 Speaker 1: Diggs could get open in the end zone for the 1638 01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:18,080 Speaker 1: touchdown or the go ahead touchdown. Late he's been even 1639 01:29:18,439 --> 01:29:21,200 Speaker 1: even his other receiver and buddies Diggs and John Brown. 1640 01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:25,160 Speaker 1: He's always open and he always catches everything. And for 1641 01:29:25,320 --> 01:29:28,240 Speaker 1: a quarterback like Josh Allen, I mean, could greet how 1642 01:29:28,360 --> 01:29:32,479 Speaker 1: valuable he'd possibly be playing the slot receiver. He's just 1643 01:29:32,520 --> 01:29:34,640 Speaker 1: got to be such a great he's got. He's like 1644 01:29:34,680 --> 01:29:38,320 Speaker 1: a piece of mind receiver for a quarterback because I 1645 01:29:38,360 --> 01:29:41,160 Speaker 1: think when all when, maybe when stuff's hitting the fan, 1646 01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:44,920 Speaker 1: you're pretty confident he's gonna be open or at least 1647 01:29:44,920 --> 01:29:47,320 Speaker 1: open enough to at least dump the ball if you 1648 01:29:47,400 --> 01:29:49,120 Speaker 1: need to. Yeah, and if if you can get that 1649 01:29:49,200 --> 01:29:51,880 Speaker 1: defense into a spot where they're gonna single him all 1650 01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:54,640 Speaker 1: the time, you gotta feel like he's gonna be your 1651 01:29:54,760 --> 01:29:58,600 Speaker 1: go to guy all day. Yeah. We did want to 1652 01:29:58,680 --> 01:30:00,680 Speaker 1: jump back to the tweet sheet here before we have 1653 01:30:00,720 --> 01:30:03,000 Speaker 1: to go to break. How close is the Bill's defense 1654 01:30:03,040 --> 01:30:05,879 Speaker 1: to peaking is the question of the day, Tiffany says, honestly, 1655 01:30:06,479 --> 01:30:08,880 Speaker 1: with the emergence of aj Klein, Hats off to his 1656 01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:11,320 Speaker 1: hard work and effort, and hopefully the return of Matt Milano. 1657 01:30:11,360 --> 01:30:13,639 Speaker 1: The defense is beginning to peek at an opportune time 1658 01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:16,840 Speaker 1: heading towards a playoff. Berth with all hands on deck 1659 01:30:16,840 --> 01:30:23,160 Speaker 1: will be crucial to a deep playoff run. Yeah, and 1660 01:30:24,120 --> 01:30:28,320 Speaker 1: it's unclear right now as to whether Matt Milano will 1661 01:30:28,360 --> 01:30:31,400 Speaker 1: return to the lineup this week. He is eligible to 1662 01:30:31,439 --> 01:30:34,000 Speaker 1: return off of IR because he has now missed the 1663 01:30:34,120 --> 01:30:37,280 Speaker 1: required minimum of three games, which is what you need 1664 01:30:37,320 --> 01:30:40,120 Speaker 1: to do when you have that IR designation. But coach 1665 01:30:40,200 --> 01:30:45,880 Speaker 1: McDermott and coach Fraser both asked about Milano yesterday in 1666 01:30:45,920 --> 01:30:52,600 Speaker 1: their media availabilities and essentially there was no real definitive 1667 01:30:52,640 --> 01:30:56,200 Speaker 1: answer on his availability for Monday night's game. They just said, well, 1668 01:30:56,479 --> 01:30:57,920 Speaker 1: we'll take it a day at a time, and it 1669 01:30:57,960 --> 01:30:59,880 Speaker 1: was kind of left at that. I think if he's 1670 01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:03,280 Speaker 1: out on the practice field Steve on Wednesday, that would 1671 01:31:03,280 --> 01:31:05,519 Speaker 1: certainly be an encouraging sign that he might be able 1672 01:31:05,560 --> 01:31:09,519 Speaker 1: to return in some capacity. Yeah. I think that's one 1673 01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:12,800 Speaker 1: of those things I'm thinking. When he when they put 1674 01:31:12,880 --> 01:31:15,720 Speaker 1: him on IR, and even at the beginning when he 1675 01:31:15,840 --> 01:31:18,160 Speaker 1: first got it hurt. It looked like it's going to 1676 01:31:18,200 --> 01:31:20,920 Speaker 1: be one of those torn pack. I mean, you hear 1677 01:31:20,920 --> 01:31:25,200 Speaker 1: about guys losing entire seasons for that. To me, they 1678 01:31:25,200 --> 01:31:27,000 Speaker 1: were trying to make it go. And if if it 1679 01:31:27,080 --> 01:31:29,400 Speaker 1: was one of those things where listening, if you make 1680 01:31:29,439 --> 01:31:31,959 Speaker 1: it worse, you're still gonna have the same surgery anyway, 1681 01:31:32,720 --> 01:31:33,880 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So if you go out 1682 01:31:33,880 --> 01:31:35,960 Speaker 1: there and play and it does get injured, you're gonna 1683 01:31:35,960 --> 01:31:37,200 Speaker 1: be out for the year. If you want to try 1684 01:31:37,240 --> 01:31:40,639 Speaker 1: and squeeze in this year to get a year under 1685 01:31:40,640 --> 01:31:42,920 Speaker 1: your belt, you can give it a try, but it's 1686 01:31:42,920 --> 01:31:44,639 Speaker 1: going to be a hard thing and if you pull 1687 01:31:44,640 --> 01:31:46,040 Speaker 1: it off, then you're gonna be done for the year, 1688 01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:48,360 Speaker 1: you know, So if you regress, so, I don't know, 1689 01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:50,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how optimistic we had we can be 1690 01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:54,479 Speaker 1: about him getting back, right, What do you think about this? 1691 01:31:54,479 --> 01:31:59,760 Speaker 1: This week's game is an NFC opponent, and then after 1692 01:31:59,800 --> 01:32:05,080 Speaker 1: that it's all AFC. Do you wait another week let 1693 01:32:05,120 --> 01:32:10,280 Speaker 1: him heal up. Knowing the games where you're really gonna need, 1694 01:32:11,560 --> 01:32:14,160 Speaker 1: you know, a guy like Mulano might be that Pittsburgh game, 1695 01:32:14,200 --> 01:32:16,840 Speaker 1: which is an AFC conference game. Maybe wait another week, 1696 01:32:17,280 --> 01:32:19,040 Speaker 1: see what he can give you in the Pittsburgh game, 1697 01:32:19,040 --> 01:32:22,200 Speaker 1: and then assess, well, you know what he can give 1698 01:32:22,280 --> 01:32:25,840 Speaker 1: us enough where it's worth dressing him every week, let's go. 1699 01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:30,160 Speaker 1: I don't know if you make decisions like that, Brownie, 1700 01:32:30,280 --> 01:32:33,720 Speaker 1: with guy's health and careers. You play him when he's 1701 01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:36,160 Speaker 1: ready to play and when he can play well, and 1702 01:32:36,200 --> 01:32:38,479 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if it's AFC NFC. I don't think. 1703 01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:40,760 Speaker 1: I think it's more about if it is the guy 1704 01:32:40,800 --> 01:32:43,479 Speaker 1: ready or not, and when is he going to get 1705 01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:46,280 Speaker 1: ready enough to be prepared to play in this particular game. 1706 01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:48,200 Speaker 1: If you can't get ready to play him this particular 1707 01:32:48,280 --> 01:32:50,240 Speaker 1: game mentally, you know, like with a game plan and 1708 01:32:50,360 --> 01:32:54,559 Speaker 1: enough reps and his conditionings right, if he if he's 1709 01:32:54,560 --> 01:32:57,840 Speaker 1: ready to play and can go and play like without hesitation, 1710 01:32:58,640 --> 01:33:02,800 Speaker 1: then he's in. And if he's not, he's not, you 1711 01:33:02,840 --> 01:33:04,559 Speaker 1: don't play him and you wait till the next one. 1712 01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:06,640 Speaker 1: So I don't think they make that. I don't think 1713 01:33:06,640 --> 01:33:08,840 Speaker 1: there's any way they make decisions. I mean, I get it, 1714 01:33:09,680 --> 01:33:11,800 Speaker 1: you know, give them the extra week kind of thing, 1715 01:33:12,240 --> 01:33:14,320 Speaker 1: and I think back in my day and a little 1716 01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:17,200 Speaker 1: before my day, that was pretty prevalent. But I don't 1717 01:33:17,200 --> 01:33:18,839 Speaker 1: think they do that. I don't think they make decisions 1718 01:33:18,840 --> 01:33:22,040 Speaker 1: like that anymore in the NFL. Right from Nick on 1719 01:33:22,080 --> 01:33:26,000 Speaker 1: the tweet sheets Sunday, they hit twenty nineteen levels. Nick's 1720 01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:28,760 Speaker 1: talking about the Bills defense. The Chargers have a top 1721 01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:31,680 Speaker 1: ten offense, and we gave them three straight turnovers, yet 1722 01:33:31,680 --> 01:33:34,439 Speaker 1: the defense still held them to seventeen points. Herbert was 1723 01:33:34,479 --> 01:33:36,240 Speaker 1: the golden boy of the league and we made them 1724 01:33:36,280 --> 01:33:39,439 Speaker 1: look unremarkable. But that was just one game. So now 1725 01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:43,200 Speaker 1: we need to maintain it. And that's probably the key here. 1726 01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:45,439 Speaker 1: You had a good performance. Now let's see you do 1727 01:33:45,479 --> 01:33:48,240 Speaker 1: it again. Yeah, you can't, specially against a backup quarterback 1728 01:33:48,280 --> 01:33:53,679 Speaker 1: this week. That's true. A backup to a backup. Yeah, 1729 01:33:53,720 --> 01:33:56,639 Speaker 1: that's it, and that's what it's all about. You got 1730 01:33:56,640 --> 01:33:58,519 Speaker 1: to prove it every week, and it's a week to 1731 01:33:58,560 --> 01:34:01,439 Speaker 1: week league, Brownie. And as apprehensive as we were going 1732 01:34:01,439 --> 01:34:03,800 Speaker 1: to evince that offense last week, I'm just as apprehensive 1733 01:34:03,840 --> 01:34:07,799 Speaker 1: about this game because this coach isn't going to blow 1734 01:34:08,160 --> 01:34:11,160 Speaker 1: the clock at the end of the game. And he's 1735 01:34:11,160 --> 01:34:14,959 Speaker 1: got a good DC because that guy did some marvelous 1736 01:34:15,000 --> 01:34:17,559 Speaker 1: coach in this past week to hit them the win. 1737 01:34:18,240 --> 01:34:20,920 Speaker 1: Two Cordiners and two coordinators in this game that are 1738 01:34:20,960 --> 01:34:24,120 Speaker 1: on the short list of head coaching candidates. Brian day 1739 01:34:24,120 --> 01:34:26,400 Speaker 1: Ball for the Bills, of course the offensive coordinator, and 1740 01:34:26,800 --> 01:34:29,360 Speaker 1: Robert salaf for the San Francisco forty nine Ers is 1741 01:34:29,439 --> 01:34:32,960 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Both those guys and everybody's shortlist. Yeah, and 1742 01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:35,920 Speaker 1: we will be talking about that very subject because we 1743 01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:38,120 Speaker 1: have to take a break now. But when we return, 1744 01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:42,360 Speaker 1: we'll be talking with CBS is Jonathan Jones about the 1745 01:34:42,439 --> 01:34:46,400 Speaker 1: head coaching candidacy cash a of one Brian Dable and 1746 01:34:46,560 --> 01:34:49,880 Speaker 1: one Robert Salat when we return. Here on one Bills Live, 1747 01:34:50,000 --> 01:34:53,639 Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health, this is Buffalo Bill's Radio, your 1748 01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:57,639 Speaker 1: sports Update. Bills off for their usual Tuesday day off, 1749 01:34:57,680 --> 01:35:01,000 Speaker 1: even with NFL facilities closed today. Return Wednesday to the 1750 01:35:01,000 --> 01:35:03,040 Speaker 1: practice field as they get ready for Monday night's game 1751 01:35:03,040 --> 01:35:06,000 Speaker 1: against the forty nine Ers, which was officially moved to 1752 01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:09,599 Speaker 1: Arizona on Monday. It's the second time the Bills will 1753 01:35:09,640 --> 01:35:12,519 Speaker 1: play at State Farm Stadium this season. They met the 1754 01:35:12,560 --> 01:35:16,479 Speaker 1: Cardinals there in Week ten. Ravens Steelers game remains on 1755 01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:19,880 Speaker 1: schedule four Tomorrow. It's a matinee game in Pittsburgh set 1756 01:35:19,880 --> 01:35:22,840 Speaker 1: for three forty pm. The Ravens will be out at 1757 01:35:22,920 --> 01:35:25,519 Speaker 1: least a dozen players, including quarterback Lamar Jackson, due to 1758 01:35:25,520 --> 01:35:29,760 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen positive tests and close contact precautions, but they 1759 01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:32,599 Speaker 1: will get running backs JK. Dobbins and mark Ingram back 1760 01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:36,639 Speaker 1: as they will be ten days removed from there COVID 1761 01:35:36,680 --> 01:35:40,479 Speaker 1: positive tests effective tomorrow. DK Metcalf went off last night 1762 01:35:40,520 --> 01:35:42,599 Speaker 1: for the Seahawks in their twenty three seventeen went over 1763 01:35:42,640 --> 01:35:44,439 Speaker 1: the Eagles, a game that wasn't even as close as 1764 01:35:44,439 --> 01:35:47,880 Speaker 1: the score indicated. Metcalf led all receivers with ten catches 1765 01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:50,000 Speaker 1: for one hundred and seventy seven yards, a new career 1766 01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:53,040 Speaker 1: high for the second year wide receiver. As the Seahawks 1767 01:35:53,360 --> 01:35:57,200 Speaker 1: stay atop the NFC West, Broncos had to play a 1768 01:35:57,240 --> 01:36:01,639 Speaker 1: game Sunday without a quarterback because of COVID nineteen positive tests. Today. 1769 01:36:01,720 --> 01:36:05,760 Speaker 1: Broncos quarterback Drew Locke, Brett Rippon, and Blake Bortles all 1770 01:36:05,800 --> 01:36:08,519 Speaker 1: tested negative in the latest round of testing, Now clear 1771 01:36:08,600 --> 01:36:11,000 Speaker 1: to return. Locke expected to start a quarterback for the 1772 01:36:11,000 --> 01:36:13,960 Speaker 1: Broncos on Sunday night when they play the Chiefs. And 1773 01:36:14,120 --> 01:36:16,680 Speaker 1: doctor Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of 1774 01:36:16,720 --> 01:36:19,679 Speaker 1: Allergy and infectious diseases. Told Yah Who Sports on Monday 1775 01:36:20,000 --> 01:36:23,639 Speaker 1: that pro football could see crowded houses by the start 1776 01:36:23,680 --> 01:36:27,680 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty one season. Quote. I think that's possible, 1777 01:36:27,960 --> 01:36:32,160 Speaker 1: Fauci said, regarding the possibility of full stadiums in the 1778 01:36:32,280 --> 01:36:37,080 Speaker 1: NFL by September. That is your sports update from one 1779 01:36:37,160 --> 01:36:40,479 Speaker 1: Bill's Drive, which is where we'll be tomorrow as we 1780 01:36:40,479 --> 01:36:43,439 Speaker 1: are off campus today, but we'll be back in the 1781 01:36:43,479 --> 01:36:46,200 Speaker 1: saddle tomorrow. And joining us on the line right now 1782 01:36:46,240 --> 01:36:49,920 Speaker 1: for the third hour of the program is one Jonathan Jones, 1783 01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:55,360 Speaker 1: CBS Sports NFL Insider And Jonathan, how are you doing. 1784 01:36:55,400 --> 01:36:57,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for taking the time to join us today. How 1785 01:36:57,240 --> 01:36:59,960 Speaker 1: are you? I'm doing quite well. I appreciate it, guy, 1786 01:37:00,160 --> 01:37:04,000 Speaker 1: And happy holidays. Yes, happy holidays to you as well. 1787 01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:08,200 Speaker 1: Family doing wealth during this pandemic here for the most part. Yeah, absolutely, 1788 01:37:08,200 --> 01:37:11,200 Speaker 1: and I appreciate you asking. Yeah. Well, we wanted to 1789 01:37:11,240 --> 01:37:15,600 Speaker 1: begin with a game that that brings some interest, with 1790 01:37:15,680 --> 01:37:17,559 Speaker 1: the Bills and the Niners set to face off on 1791 01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:20,479 Speaker 1: Monday night. Granted, the first headline to come out of 1792 01:37:20,479 --> 01:37:22,640 Speaker 1: this game is it's not taking place in San Francisco. 1793 01:37:22,720 --> 01:37:26,799 Speaker 1: After the Santa Clara County shut down on all contact sports. 1794 01:37:28,400 --> 01:37:31,680 Speaker 1: But man, what a resilient forty nine ers team that 1795 01:37:31,840 --> 01:37:34,120 Speaker 1: was on display in that division tilled with the Rams 1796 01:37:34,160 --> 01:37:36,880 Speaker 1: this past week. I mean, granted, they're still without a 1797 01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:39,000 Speaker 1: lot of players, although they are scheduled to get some 1798 01:37:39,120 --> 01:37:42,040 Speaker 1: back this coming week coming off the COVID list. But 1799 01:37:42,600 --> 01:37:44,559 Speaker 1: in the times that you've had a chance to look 1800 01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:47,160 Speaker 1: at this forty nine ers team, what what what strikes 1801 01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:51,000 Speaker 1: you about them? What's what's their identity to you? Well, 1802 01:37:51,640 --> 01:37:53,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna win with defense, and I think that we 1803 01:37:54,080 --> 01:37:57,719 Speaker 1: just saw that this h this past week against the Rans. 1804 01:37:57,800 --> 01:38:02,040 Speaker 1: They have a defensive coordinator and Robert Sala, who obviously 1805 01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:04,519 Speaker 1: probably should have gotten a head coaching job last season. 1806 01:38:05,280 --> 01:38:07,200 Speaker 1: I think that's he's going to be a shoe win 1807 01:38:07,320 --> 01:38:10,760 Speaker 1: for one of the half dozen to eight jobs that 1808 01:38:10,960 --> 01:38:13,799 Speaker 1: are or will be open soon enough. And they're getting 1809 01:38:13,800 --> 01:38:16,640 Speaker 1: healthier as well. They just got Richard Sherman back, They 1810 01:38:16,680 --> 01:38:18,879 Speaker 1: got a couple of guys off the COVID list, including 1811 01:38:19,080 --> 01:38:22,639 Speaker 1: left tackle Trent Williams. You know, they've gotten their running 1812 01:38:22,640 --> 01:38:26,559 Speaker 1: backs back, and so you know they've been dealt a 1813 01:38:26,560 --> 01:38:29,400 Speaker 1: difficult hand in twenty twenty. You know, no one's gonna 1814 01:38:29,439 --> 01:38:32,400 Speaker 1: cry for the forty nine Ers over anyone else this season. 1815 01:38:32,479 --> 01:38:36,160 Speaker 1: But they're working through it. And you know, they still 1816 01:38:36,200 --> 01:38:38,640 Speaker 1: also have one of the top three offensive play callers 1817 01:38:38,680 --> 01:38:43,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL and Kyle Shanahan, when you know, you 1818 01:38:43,160 --> 01:38:45,679 Speaker 1: put him up there with Sean Payton and Andy Reid, 1819 01:38:46,280 --> 01:38:50,599 Speaker 1: so they can win With Nick Mullins. They can't win 1820 01:38:51,280 --> 01:38:54,320 Speaker 1: big time games. They can't I don't really think win 1821 01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:57,840 Speaker 1: in January with Nick Bollins at quarterback. But they can 1822 01:38:57,920 --> 01:39:00,960 Speaker 1: be in games and just about any game because of 1823 01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:03,800 Speaker 1: that defense, because they're getting healthier and so yeah, in 1824 01:39:03,800 --> 01:39:08,240 Speaker 1: the regular season against really any opponent this side of 1825 01:39:08,400 --> 01:39:11,559 Speaker 1: let's say the Kansas, the forty nine ers in the 1826 01:39:11,560 --> 01:39:15,200 Speaker 1: fourth quarter can absolutely do with the one possession. Yeah, 1827 01:39:15,200 --> 01:39:16,880 Speaker 1: and as you as you see this game, you know, 1828 01:39:17,040 --> 01:39:20,840 Speaker 1: coming taking fruition, they've got some logistical problems they've got 1829 01:39:20,840 --> 01:39:23,120 Speaker 1: to overcome as well. And are they going to relocate 1830 01:39:23,800 --> 01:39:27,760 Speaker 1: to Arizona? I mean, obviously the local government isn't going 1831 01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:29,600 Speaker 1: to work with them and allow them to be in 1832 01:39:29,640 --> 01:39:33,439 Speaker 1: their facility. How big a toll will this take on 1833 01:39:33,479 --> 01:39:36,320 Speaker 1: their ability to put out you know, you know, to 1834 01:39:36,560 --> 01:39:39,679 Speaker 1: show up really well this game on a Monday night 1835 01:39:40,000 --> 01:39:44,120 Speaker 1: in Arizona. Yeah, it'll it's certainly going to be interesting 1836 01:39:44,200 --> 01:39:47,599 Speaker 1: for them. And you know, a couple I think it 1837 01:39:47,640 --> 01:39:50,400 Speaker 1: was weeks two and three or three and four. You know, 1838 01:39:50,479 --> 01:39:53,160 Speaker 1: they stayed in West Virginia at the Greenbrier Hotel, but 1839 01:39:53,280 --> 01:39:56,519 Speaker 1: they had consecutive games at MetLife Stadium against the Jets 1840 01:39:56,520 --> 01:39:58,840 Speaker 1: and Giants, and so they have stayed away from home. 1841 01:39:58,880 --> 01:40:01,559 Speaker 1: They do know what that it's like. They have a 1842 01:40:01,640 --> 01:40:04,080 Speaker 1: very recent example that they can draw from on that. Now, 1843 01:40:04,760 --> 01:40:07,840 Speaker 1: you know, they're dealt again a tough hand here having 1844 01:40:07,880 --> 01:40:10,840 Speaker 1: to go to Arizona on a Wednesday, and they don't 1845 01:40:10,840 --> 01:40:13,640 Speaker 1: really know what the rest of December is going to 1846 01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:15,880 Speaker 1: look like for them. You can look at the forty 1847 01:40:15,960 --> 01:40:19,120 Speaker 1: nine ers schedule and on papers say, oh, well, you 1848 01:40:19,160 --> 01:40:21,720 Speaker 1: have four out of five games that are going to 1849 01:40:21,840 --> 01:40:25,000 Speaker 1: be in Arizona. Why don't you just stay in Arizona. 1850 01:40:25,479 --> 01:40:28,240 Speaker 1: And you know that that's fine and well and dandy, 1851 01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:30,880 Speaker 1: but you know, it's it's a holiday season and you 1852 01:40:30,920 --> 01:40:33,519 Speaker 1: didn't necessarily sign up for a bubble. We can continue 1853 01:40:33,560 --> 01:40:37,000 Speaker 1: to compare the NFL to the NBA or other leagues 1854 01:40:37,040 --> 01:40:40,720 Speaker 1: that bubbled, but one when they did that, everyone understood 1855 01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:43,040 Speaker 1: that that they were bubbling. They didn't just all of 1856 01:40:43,080 --> 01:40:44,920 Speaker 1: a sudden not have a bubble, and then they had 1857 01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:48,120 Speaker 1: a bubble. And then also they did it, you know, 1858 01:40:48,400 --> 01:40:52,439 Speaker 1: several months ago. We have a lot of pandemic fatigue 1859 01:40:52,560 --> 01:40:56,880 Speaker 1: right now. And then finally it is again the holiday season. 1860 01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:59,000 Speaker 1: You're going to be away from your family, friends and 1861 01:40:59,040 --> 01:41:03,400 Speaker 1: loved ones, so all of those things. It makes a 1862 01:41:03,439 --> 01:41:05,760 Speaker 1: lot of sense again when you don't really consider the 1863 01:41:05,840 --> 01:41:07,760 Speaker 1: human element, for them to just say, all right, let's 1864 01:41:07,760 --> 01:41:11,439 Speaker 1: find a hotel somewhere in the greater Glendell area and 1865 01:41:11,560 --> 01:41:14,680 Speaker 1: let's let's practice at some facilities, let's play the games 1866 01:41:15,200 --> 01:41:18,559 Speaker 1: at the Arizona Cardinal Stadium and go from there. But again, 1867 01:41:18,600 --> 01:41:21,000 Speaker 1: there there is a human toll, an emotional toll that's 1868 01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:25,320 Speaker 1: involved in all this as well. Jonathan, you already talked 1869 01:41:25,360 --> 01:41:28,360 Speaker 1: about Robert's a lot, and you know, I think he's 1870 01:41:28,479 --> 01:41:30,680 Speaker 1: obviously going to be in the mix if there are 1871 01:41:30,760 --> 01:41:33,120 Speaker 1: openings around the league once we get to the offseason, 1872 01:41:34,240 --> 01:41:36,439 Speaker 1: why don't you just as set because it makes for 1873 01:41:36,479 --> 01:41:39,439 Speaker 1: a very interesting matching of wits here between him and 1874 01:41:39,479 --> 01:41:42,400 Speaker 1: Brian Dable on Monday Night. You know another guy that's 1875 01:41:42,880 --> 01:41:47,480 Speaker 1: quickly becoming part of that You know head coaching candidacy 1876 01:41:47,560 --> 01:41:50,720 Speaker 1: circle as well. So maybe just assess the merits of 1877 01:41:50,760 --> 01:41:53,800 Speaker 1: those two matching wits against one another Monday night, and 1878 01:41:53,840 --> 01:41:56,720 Speaker 1: then the chances of each of them, you know, being 1879 01:41:56,840 --> 01:42:01,040 Speaker 1: firmly in the mix for a head coaching vacancy. Yeah. Well, 1880 01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:04,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, if it's a matter of personnel, 1881 01:42:04,800 --> 01:42:08,120 Speaker 1: I think that that Brian Dable has the advantage over 1882 01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:11,160 Speaker 1: salast group. Uh. You know, if this were Week one 1883 01:42:11,200 --> 01:42:13,760 Speaker 1: and everyone were healthy, I think we'd have a much 1884 01:42:13,880 --> 01:42:18,679 Speaker 1: closer contest here. But you know, listen, it really starts 1885 01:42:18,680 --> 01:42:24,040 Speaker 1: with the incredible trade for Stefan Diggs and what the 1886 01:42:24,080 --> 01:42:27,200 Speaker 1: Bills have at receiver, how well Josh Allen has played 1887 01:42:27,960 --> 01:42:31,040 Speaker 1: throughout this season, and the fact is that the Niners 1888 01:42:31,040 --> 01:42:34,360 Speaker 1: are still missing some some quality pass rushers h And 1889 01:42:34,439 --> 01:42:36,800 Speaker 1: so you know that's that's where I would look at 1890 01:42:36,800 --> 01:42:40,240 Speaker 1: it from a personnel standpoint. Uh. And then if you 1891 01:42:40,280 --> 01:42:43,640 Speaker 1: want to talk about their bona fides, you know, day 1892 01:42:43,680 --> 01:42:46,240 Speaker 1: Ball obviously has been an offensive coordinator and a handful 1893 01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:49,120 Speaker 1: of stops Sala. You know what he was able to 1894 01:42:49,160 --> 01:42:52,240 Speaker 1: do last season with that defensive unit. It was number 1895 01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:54,400 Speaker 1: one in any number of areas, Number two and several 1896 01:42:54,439 --> 01:42:57,560 Speaker 1: others as well, and winning the NFC title game. You know, 1897 01:42:57,640 --> 01:42:59,639 Speaker 1: I'm sure that I know that he wants some place 1898 01:42:59,680 --> 01:43:02,880 Speaker 1: back Super Bowl fifty four against the Chiefs, But then again, 1899 01:43:02,920 --> 01:43:05,360 Speaker 1: you know it's against the Chiefs. The fact that they're 1900 01:43:05,400 --> 01:43:08,880 Speaker 1: able to hold up right now with the injuries that 1901 01:43:08,960 --> 01:43:11,960 Speaker 1: they've had, still be competitives, still win against some some 1902 01:43:12,080 --> 01:43:15,759 Speaker 1: quality opponents, still very much be in the NFC playoff 1903 01:43:15,840 --> 01:43:19,160 Speaker 1: race while being in the toughest division in football, the 1904 01:43:19,280 --> 01:43:24,400 Speaker 1: NFC West, really speaks highly of salas abilities, I believe, 1905 01:43:24,439 --> 01:43:28,040 Speaker 1: and you know, he's a dearborn Michigan guy. Obviously, the 1906 01:43:28,080 --> 01:43:32,439 Speaker 1: Detroit Lions job is open. I think everyone if we 1907 01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:34,599 Speaker 1: get to the first week in January and he's announced 1908 01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:37,040 Speaker 1: as the Detroit Lions head football coach, I don't think 1909 01:43:37,080 --> 01:43:40,360 Speaker 1: anyone's really going to be surprised. But you know, you'll 1910 01:43:40,360 --> 01:43:44,960 Speaker 1: look out there, there's probably gonna be five or six openings, 1911 01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:47,680 Speaker 1: depending on how the rest of the season goes. We 1912 01:43:47,720 --> 01:43:50,559 Speaker 1: can stretch that out to seven or eight depending on 1913 01:43:50,680 --> 01:43:55,559 Speaker 1: Chicago and Philadelphia. You know, those are certainly in the 1914 01:43:55,600 --> 01:43:59,400 Speaker 1: mix as well. So you know, I don't know if 1915 01:44:00,040 --> 01:44:02,320 Speaker 1: Able is going to get his chance at a head 1916 01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:05,639 Speaker 1: coaching job this year. But you know, I wrote this 1917 01:44:05,880 --> 01:44:08,519 Speaker 1: in my notebook on Sunday that both he and Leslie 1918 01:44:08,560 --> 01:44:12,720 Speaker 1: Fraser absolutely should be getting some some interviews. I don't 1919 01:44:12,720 --> 01:44:15,360 Speaker 1: know if they'll be in person or zoom interviews with 1920 01:44:15,400 --> 01:44:17,439 Speaker 1: the pandemic, but they should absolutely be getting some head 1921 01:44:17,479 --> 01:44:22,720 Speaker 1: coaching interviews. Come come January. Yeah, Jonathan, I gotta ask 1922 01:44:22,720 --> 01:44:25,599 Speaker 1: you this too. Is this game approaches the we just 1923 01:44:25,640 --> 01:44:29,719 Speaker 1: heard today Kyle Shanahan said that Brandon Nayuk, dj Jones, 1924 01:44:29,800 --> 01:44:32,280 Speaker 1: Jordan Willis, Daniel Helm all these guys are coming off 1925 01:44:32,280 --> 01:44:35,960 Speaker 1: the COVID list today. How much does that help them? 1926 01:44:35,960 --> 01:44:38,200 Speaker 1: And how much help are they going to get in 1927 01:44:38,240 --> 01:44:39,960 Speaker 1: the future when guys come off. I don't even know 1928 01:44:39,960 --> 01:44:41,800 Speaker 1: how many guys they've got on the COVID list, but 1929 01:44:41,880 --> 01:44:44,080 Speaker 1: three of them are four of them are coming off today? 1930 01:44:44,160 --> 01:44:45,960 Speaker 1: And how will that help them on Monday night if 1931 01:44:45,960 --> 01:44:54,320 Speaker 1: they can get a little healthier. Ye did we lose, Jonathan? 1932 01:44:55,479 --> 01:44:59,519 Speaker 1: Maybe we did. We're talking to Jonathan Jones, CBS Sports 1933 01:44:59,600 --> 01:45:03,800 Speaker 1: NFL Insider, and we heard him just talking about, you know, 1934 01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:07,439 Speaker 1: the candidacy once we get to the offseason for not 1935 01:45:07,640 --> 01:45:11,160 Speaker 1: only Brian Dable, but Leslie Frasier. The interesting thing for me, Steve, 1936 01:45:11,880 --> 01:45:20,120 Speaker 1: is I wonder about offense versus defense in terms of 1937 01:45:20,160 --> 01:45:24,080 Speaker 1: the background of these coaching candidates, because after Sean McVeigh 1938 01:45:24,160 --> 01:45:28,400 Speaker 1: got hired and was a resounding success, we saw it 1939 01:45:28,520 --> 01:45:31,400 Speaker 1: kind of lean towards the offensive side of the ledger. 1940 01:45:32,760 --> 01:45:35,160 Speaker 1: One of the main reasons why was because I think 1941 01:45:35,200 --> 01:45:37,640 Speaker 1: a lot of owners felt, well, if I hire the 1942 01:45:37,680 --> 01:45:41,599 Speaker 1: offensive guru and name him my head coach to work 1943 01:45:41,640 --> 01:45:44,240 Speaker 1: with maybe a young quarterback or whatever the case might be, 1944 01:45:44,520 --> 01:45:47,439 Speaker 1: I don't run the risk of losing him to some 1945 01:45:47,479 --> 01:45:50,080 Speaker 1: other team if he's just my coordinator, If he's my 1946 01:45:50,160 --> 01:45:52,639 Speaker 1: head coach, I can keep him, I can hold onto him. 1947 01:45:52,880 --> 01:45:56,160 Speaker 1: And I think that's why we saw some offensive coaches 1948 01:45:56,280 --> 01:45:58,920 Speaker 1: kind of get hired as head coaches in the years 1949 01:45:58,920 --> 01:46:03,439 Speaker 1: that followed. Matt Nagie, for example, in Chicago. You know, 1950 01:46:03,680 --> 01:46:07,679 Speaker 1: people like that, Frank Reich in Indianapolis. So there were 1951 01:46:07,720 --> 01:46:10,519 Speaker 1: examples of that. I wonder if it's swinging back towards 1952 01:46:10,560 --> 01:46:13,360 Speaker 1: the defense now when you have candidates as strong as 1953 01:46:13,439 --> 01:46:16,479 Speaker 1: Robert Silly, you know That's what I'm wondering. Yeah, and 1954 01:46:16,479 --> 01:46:20,120 Speaker 1: we've got We've We've got Jonathan Jones back on the line, Jonathan, 1955 01:46:20,120 --> 01:46:21,679 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you that that the Niners 1956 01:46:21,680 --> 01:46:24,880 Speaker 1: are getting some guys off the COVID list, how will 1957 01:46:24,960 --> 01:46:27,680 Speaker 1: if they could clear their COVID list completely by Monday night. 1958 01:46:27,920 --> 01:46:29,439 Speaker 1: I don't know if they can. It's possible. If they 1959 01:46:29,439 --> 01:46:31,040 Speaker 1: can do that, how much will that help them? How 1960 01:46:31,080 --> 01:46:35,000 Speaker 1: many guys do they have on that list? If you know, yeah, 1961 01:46:34,880 --> 01:46:36,559 Speaker 1: I don't know that I'll top of my head. But 1962 01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:40,920 Speaker 1: it's I mean, obviously, again, they've been getting healthier. Last 1963 01:46:40,920 --> 01:46:42,719 Speaker 1: week was a big week for them, just getting guys 1964 01:46:42,720 --> 01:46:45,400 Speaker 1: off the injured reserve much less COVID list. And so 1965 01:46:46,160 --> 01:46:48,000 Speaker 1: again it was a it's a Richard Sherman who had 1966 01:46:48,000 --> 01:46:51,479 Speaker 1: an interception, it's it's Deebo Samuel, it's getting the running 1967 01:46:51,479 --> 01:46:54,599 Speaker 1: backs like most aret back m and so I think 1968 01:46:54,600 --> 01:46:57,759 Speaker 1: that that was the big one. Obviously again Trent Williams 1969 01:46:57,760 --> 01:47:00,559 Speaker 1: getting off that COVID nineteen list, and it really it 1970 01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:02,960 Speaker 1: ravaged that team a couple of weeks ago. So I 1971 01:47:03,040 --> 01:47:05,639 Speaker 1: think that they should, you know, fingers crossed and hoping 1972 01:47:05,640 --> 01:47:08,599 Speaker 1: for everyone's health. They should be getting much much healthier 1973 01:47:08,720 --> 01:47:10,759 Speaker 1: here in the final five game stretch of the season. 1974 01:47:11,880 --> 01:47:15,200 Speaker 1: And Jonathan, we've also seen the trickle down effect you 1975 01:47:15,240 --> 01:47:19,000 Speaker 1: know of this raven Steelers game already because the Thursday 1976 01:47:19,080 --> 01:47:23,200 Speaker 1: night game got moved also, you know, to the following 1977 01:47:23,240 --> 01:47:26,080 Speaker 1: week on Tuesday for Baltimore because they were supposed to 1978 01:47:26,080 --> 01:47:28,120 Speaker 1: play the Cowboys this Thursday, and we know that's not 1979 01:47:28,160 --> 01:47:31,640 Speaker 1: going to happen. And it's funny because Steve and I 1980 01:47:31,680 --> 01:47:33,680 Speaker 1: were talking to one another before all of this was 1981 01:47:33,720 --> 01:47:35,320 Speaker 1: announced and we said, well, we know where this is 1982 01:47:35,360 --> 01:47:38,639 Speaker 1: going because the Bills lived it in Week five. They 1983 01:47:38,640 --> 01:47:41,080 Speaker 1: had to get their game against the Titans moved to 1984 01:47:41,120 --> 01:47:44,559 Speaker 1: a Tuesday, and they had the Chiefs that Thursday, and 1985 01:47:44,560 --> 01:47:46,840 Speaker 1: that got moved to the following Monday, and they did 1986 01:47:46,840 --> 01:47:51,799 Speaker 1: a carbon copy of that scheduling here with the Ravens schedule. 1987 01:47:52,240 --> 01:47:56,720 Speaker 1: So I don't know, they've been fortunate in that they 1988 01:47:56,760 --> 01:48:00,920 Speaker 1: had a place to put them. Where as we run 1989 01:48:00,960 --> 01:48:03,640 Speaker 1: out of weeks, though, you wonder if they're going to 1990 01:48:03,720 --> 01:48:06,120 Speaker 1: be able to pivot as well as they have with 1991 01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:10,760 Speaker 1: a couple of these outbreak instances going forward. Yeah, I mean, 1992 01:48:11,479 --> 01:48:13,080 Speaker 1: i'll tell you why. First of all, I know that 1993 01:48:13,560 --> 01:48:16,320 Speaker 1: the folks with the Bills were not very pleased that 1994 01:48:16,400 --> 01:48:18,320 Speaker 1: they were sort of getting, you know, jerked around a 1995 01:48:18,320 --> 01:48:20,880 Speaker 1: little bit back when that happened, and having a game 1996 01:48:20,920 --> 01:48:22,800 Speaker 1: plan for two games and not really knowing when you 1997 01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:24,439 Speaker 1: were going to play the first or the second one. 1998 01:48:24,520 --> 01:48:29,519 Speaker 1: So yeah, I certainly understand any team that is on 1999 01:48:29,560 --> 01:48:33,120 Speaker 1: the other end of that their frustration that that would 2000 01:48:33,120 --> 01:48:36,400 Speaker 1: be associated with it in terms of, you know, a 2001 01:48:36,439 --> 01:48:41,960 Speaker 1: possible Week eighteen or a cancelation slash slash forfeiture. If 2002 01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:45,240 Speaker 1: we were going to see either one of those, this 2003 01:48:45,280 --> 01:48:47,120 Speaker 1: would have been the week for it. Right this has 2004 01:48:47,160 --> 01:48:50,919 Speaker 1: been the biggest outbreak we've seen in the NFL. Appears 2005 01:48:50,960 --> 01:48:54,679 Speaker 1: that you know, a strength coach did not report symptoms 2006 01:48:54,760 --> 01:48:57,120 Speaker 1: or wear a mask, and you know, the breakout was 2007 01:48:57,400 --> 01:49:01,959 Speaker 1: the outbreak was totally preventable. You're never going to completely 2008 01:49:02,000 --> 01:49:05,000 Speaker 1: prevent COVID nineteen and obviously most of the cases have 2009 01:49:05,080 --> 01:49:09,160 Speaker 1: been community spread, but yeah, that one the outbreaks certainly 2010 01:49:09,160 --> 01:49:13,840 Speaker 1: seemed preventable. And then, look, you're right, we're running out 2011 01:49:13,840 --> 01:49:15,639 Speaker 1: of weeks. We're on the other side of just about 2012 01:49:15,640 --> 01:49:18,200 Speaker 1: every other team's bye week, and so if you're gonna 2013 01:49:18,200 --> 01:49:20,240 Speaker 1: have a Week eighteen, here's where you're gonna have it. 2014 01:49:20,240 --> 01:49:23,200 Speaker 1: But what the league is showing us right now is 2015 01:49:23,240 --> 01:49:24,960 Speaker 1: that they want to play all two hundred and fifty 2016 01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:28,800 Speaker 1: six regular season contests in the time frame that they 2017 01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:31,639 Speaker 1: have a lotted. They don't want to add a week eighteen. 2018 01:49:31,680 --> 01:49:33,160 Speaker 1: They don't want to get rid of the Super Bowl 2019 01:49:33,200 --> 01:49:34,720 Speaker 1: by week I don't want to push the Super Bowl 2020 01:49:34,760 --> 01:49:37,760 Speaker 1: from February seventh to fourteenth. They're okay with getting rid 2021 01:49:37,800 --> 01:49:41,360 Speaker 1: of the Pro Bowl and you know, some other associated 2022 01:49:41,640 --> 01:49:44,479 Speaker 1: sort of ancillary things, but they want to keep the 2023 01:49:44,920 --> 01:49:48,400 Speaker 1: integrity of their schedule as much as possible, so that means, 2024 01:49:48,680 --> 01:49:51,360 Speaker 1: you know, moving some things around week to week. You know, 2025 01:49:51,439 --> 01:49:53,720 Speaker 1: that's what we're seeing. I'll tell you what I did 2026 01:49:53,720 --> 01:49:58,000 Speaker 1: not anticipate this game be postponed three times. You know, 2027 01:49:58,120 --> 01:50:01,080 Speaker 1: as of probably about thirty years ago. I thought that 2028 01:50:01,120 --> 01:50:04,040 Speaker 1: we were barreling toward a week eighteen and we would 2029 01:50:04,040 --> 01:50:05,759 Speaker 1: see it that game would even need to be played 2030 01:50:05,760 --> 01:50:08,040 Speaker 1: based on how the Ravens season has been going of late. 2031 01:50:08,560 --> 01:50:10,880 Speaker 1: But they're gonna play it. They're willing to mess around 2032 01:50:10,920 --> 01:50:13,680 Speaker 1: with other teams schedules, and which is something that we 2033 01:50:13,720 --> 01:50:16,280 Speaker 1: saw back in Week five and six. We just hadn't 2034 01:50:16,280 --> 01:50:17,479 Speaker 1: seen it in a while, and maybe we got a 2035 01:50:17,479 --> 01:50:21,800 Speaker 1: little old to sleep by that. Your best guest, now, 2036 01:50:21,840 --> 01:50:24,000 Speaker 1: I know that the Seattle Seahawks put an impressive win 2037 01:50:24,120 --> 01:50:27,840 Speaker 1: last night. Up, what who do you think is gonna 2038 01:50:27,840 --> 01:50:29,800 Speaker 1: win the NFC West. At the beginning of this season, 2039 01:50:29,840 --> 01:50:32,360 Speaker 1: we all thought, and you said, it's still maybe the 2040 01:50:32,360 --> 01:50:36,400 Speaker 1: most competitive division in football as opposed to the NFC East. 2041 01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:39,680 Speaker 1: Who do you think is gonna win that division? To 2042 01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:42,120 Speaker 1: Seattle's gonna hang on, or the Ram's gonna catch him, 2043 01:50:42,200 --> 01:50:44,040 Speaker 1: or one or the other two Arizona or San Francisco 2044 01:50:44,040 --> 01:50:46,800 Speaker 1: are gonna put together a run. Yeah, it's interesting, And 2045 01:50:47,280 --> 01:50:49,240 Speaker 1: you mentioned the NFC East. I think you can't have 2046 01:50:49,280 --> 01:50:50,840 Speaker 1: one without the other. I think it's kind of a 2047 01:50:50,920 --> 01:50:53,840 Speaker 1: unit yang right, But no doubt in my mind, the 2048 01:50:53,920 --> 01:50:56,599 Speaker 1: NFC West is the is the best division, most competitive 2049 01:50:56,640 --> 01:50:59,040 Speaker 1: division in football. I don't think San Francisco is gonna 2050 01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:01,240 Speaker 1: make a run. They could make a run to the 2051 01:51:01,240 --> 01:51:03,759 Speaker 1: seventh seed, but I don't think that they're gonna wind 2052 01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:07,800 Speaker 1: up getting there. It's hard because I can see the 2053 01:51:07,840 --> 01:51:09,760 Speaker 1: pros and cons of all these teams. I can look 2054 01:51:09,760 --> 01:51:12,120 Speaker 1: at Seattle and say, all right, well, the past defense 2055 01:51:12,200 --> 01:51:13,840 Speaker 1: isn't all that great, and we got to see what's 2056 01:51:13,840 --> 01:51:17,360 Speaker 1: going on with Carlos Dunlap's foot. But then they have 2057 01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:20,200 Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the division in Russell Wilson. I 2058 01:51:20,320 --> 01:51:21,880 Speaker 1: look at the Rams and I say, boy, they can 2059 01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:25,040 Speaker 1: really turn on that defense. And they have a fantastic 2060 01:51:25,080 --> 01:51:27,120 Speaker 1: head coach in Sean McVay, and they've been there before. 2061 01:51:27,200 --> 01:51:29,559 Speaker 1: But if Jared Golf turns the ball over once in 2062 01:51:29,560 --> 01:51:31,439 Speaker 1: a game, well they might not. They don't. They have 2063 01:51:31,479 --> 01:51:34,720 Speaker 1: a much lesser chance of winning. And what do you know, 2064 01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:37,559 Speaker 1: he sometimes turns the ball over. And then you know, 2065 01:51:37,640 --> 01:51:40,240 Speaker 1: I look out there at Arizona and I just say, gosh, 2066 01:51:40,280 --> 01:51:43,160 Speaker 1: you know what, in a year from now, they could 2067 01:51:43,200 --> 01:51:45,679 Speaker 1: be the team in the NFC East. But they just 2068 01:51:45,880 --> 01:51:49,080 Speaker 1: don't have that experience yet. They sort of remind me of, 2069 01:51:49,439 --> 01:51:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, maybe a Bills from last year. I've covered 2070 01:51:51,840 --> 01:51:53,720 Speaker 1: the Panthers for five or six years. They remind me 2071 01:51:53,760 --> 01:51:55,760 Speaker 1: of a Carolina Panthers before they made their run in 2072 01:51:55,800 --> 01:51:58,200 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen when they went fifteen and one. You have 2073 01:51:58,320 --> 01:52:02,160 Speaker 1: to go through those pain a little bit before you 2074 01:52:02,200 --> 01:52:04,559 Speaker 1: can finally make that jump to being one of the 2075 01:52:04,600 --> 01:52:06,280 Speaker 1: top teams in the conference. And I think that this 2076 01:52:06,360 --> 01:52:09,040 Speaker 1: is the year where, all right, you play well, you 2077 01:52:09,120 --> 01:52:11,479 Speaker 1: get into the playoffs, you have a home game, maybe 2078 01:52:11,479 --> 01:52:13,240 Speaker 1: in the divisional round after you win in the wild 2079 01:52:13,320 --> 01:52:15,680 Speaker 1: card and you have a disappointing loss. That's what I 2080 01:52:15,680 --> 01:52:18,080 Speaker 1: can see for the Arizona Cardinals, maybe even in a 2081 01:52:18,120 --> 01:52:20,640 Speaker 1: game that they're favored, and just because they don't have 2082 01:52:20,760 --> 01:52:24,120 Speaker 1: that experience there yet. So that's what I'm looking at. 2083 01:52:24,120 --> 01:52:25,479 Speaker 1: If I had to put my money on one, I 2084 01:52:25,520 --> 01:52:28,559 Speaker 1: would probably say Seattle, just based off of Russell Wilson 2085 01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:32,559 Speaker 1: and the experience they have. The last COVID question I've 2086 01:52:32,560 --> 01:52:34,800 Speaker 1: got for you, Jonathan, and I apologize for asking you 2087 01:52:34,880 --> 01:52:37,599 Speaker 1: more than one of those, because we're all tired of it. 2088 01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:42,400 Speaker 1: But the situation that happened in Denver where they were 2089 01:52:42,479 --> 01:52:47,120 Speaker 1: left without quarterbacks because they did not pull one of 2090 01:52:47,160 --> 01:52:50,000 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks on their roster out of you know, the 2091 01:52:50,040 --> 01:52:54,360 Speaker 1: normal day to day practice regiment, meeting regiment, etc. I 2092 01:52:54,479 --> 01:52:58,880 Speaker 1: was surprised to learn that I think I read more 2093 01:52:58,920 --> 01:53:01,439 Speaker 1: than half the teams in the league did not have 2094 01:53:02,200 --> 01:53:06,799 Speaker 1: a quote unquote designated survivor at the quarterback position to 2095 01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:10,000 Speaker 1: protect against such a scenario. Now, the Bills do that 2096 01:53:10,439 --> 01:53:14,080 Speaker 1: with their rookie quarterback Jake fromm who is kept at 2097 01:53:14,080 --> 01:53:18,120 Speaker 1: a distance from coaches in the quarterback room and from 2098 01:53:18,160 --> 01:53:21,160 Speaker 1: the other quarterbacks. That's why he's listed as a limited 2099 01:53:21,200 --> 01:53:24,800 Speaker 1: participant in practice every week, but he is their designated 2100 01:53:24,840 --> 01:53:28,599 Speaker 1: survivor should there be an outbreak in the quarterback room. 2101 01:53:29,640 --> 01:53:32,160 Speaker 1: Does it catch you by surprise as it did me 2102 01:53:32,280 --> 01:53:35,760 Speaker 1: that fewer than half the teams in the league are 2103 01:53:35,800 --> 01:53:40,479 Speaker 1: employing this, at least at the quarterback position, You know, 2104 01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:42,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't surprise me. And I'd talked to a couple 2105 01:53:42,880 --> 01:53:45,200 Speaker 1: of general managers about this back at the start of 2106 01:53:45,200 --> 01:53:47,880 Speaker 1: the season, when you know, this was sort of just 2107 01:53:47,960 --> 01:53:51,280 Speaker 1: an idea in the media sphere, and I wasn't entirely 2108 01:53:51,280 --> 01:53:54,400 Speaker 1: sure if NFL teams were actually thinking about it or not, 2109 01:53:54,520 --> 01:53:57,040 Speaker 1: and so I wanted to find out from some teams. 2110 01:53:57,080 --> 01:53:59,680 Speaker 1: And the response I got back from a handful of 2111 01:53:59,720 --> 01:54:02,679 Speaker 1: again or well, I mean, first of all, if you're 2112 01:54:02,720 --> 01:54:06,400 Speaker 1: down to that string of quarterback, third or fourth string, 2113 01:54:06,800 --> 01:54:10,880 Speaker 1: you're you're in bad shape. Number one, and then number two? 2114 01:54:11,439 --> 01:54:13,840 Speaker 1: Does it work? Can it? Can it work? Can you 2115 01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:16,800 Speaker 1: do it? You can absolutely do it? But you know, 2116 01:54:16,920 --> 01:54:19,439 Speaker 1: how much practice time is that person getting, how much 2117 01:54:19,479 --> 01:54:22,240 Speaker 1: actual quality meeting room time are they getting, how much 2118 01:54:23,040 --> 01:54:25,880 Speaker 1: you know, personal time are they getting. With the wide receivers, 2119 01:54:25,920 --> 01:54:29,000 Speaker 1: And we always talk about, Hey, you know, even Josh 2120 01:54:29,040 --> 01:54:31,920 Speaker 1: Allen going out and throwing with Stefan Diggs and the 2121 01:54:31,960 --> 01:54:34,400 Speaker 1: rest of the wide receivers over the summer, like, hey, 2122 01:54:34,400 --> 01:54:36,920 Speaker 1: that stuff matters. And if you're just going to quarantine 2123 01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:41,480 Speaker 1: a quarterback, a lesser quarterback at that and miss out 2124 01:54:41,520 --> 01:54:44,920 Speaker 1: on all those other sort of intangibles or at least 2125 01:54:44,920 --> 01:54:49,200 Speaker 1: things that offer intrinsic value to the quarterback position, you 2126 01:54:49,320 --> 01:54:52,160 Speaker 1: might be losing a little bit more than you're gaining. 2127 01:54:52,160 --> 01:54:55,680 Speaker 1: And then again, frankly, I know that the Denver situation 2128 01:54:55,880 --> 01:54:59,320 Speaker 1: was sort of worst case scenario because it decimated one position, 2129 01:54:59,520 --> 01:55:02,720 Speaker 1: and it's important position in sports. But you know, I 2130 01:55:02,720 --> 01:55:05,800 Speaker 1: don't necessarily agree with Jerry Jones trying to compare the 2131 01:55:05,800 --> 01:55:09,080 Speaker 1: Denver situation to Ben da Nucci because at least he 2132 01:55:09,400 --> 01:55:12,720 Speaker 1: took some snaps under center for the Dallas Cowboys and 2133 01:55:12,760 --> 01:55:15,520 Speaker 1: had thrown a couple of passes to one of the 2134 01:55:15,560 --> 01:55:19,320 Speaker 1: wide receivers at some point in practice. But the Dallas 2135 01:55:19,360 --> 01:55:23,280 Speaker 1: Cowboys didn't have a chance with Ben da Nucci at quarterback, 2136 01:55:23,320 --> 01:55:26,360 Speaker 1: and so let's pretend like he was the quarantine quarterback. 2137 01:55:26,400 --> 01:55:28,120 Speaker 1: That's what you're gonna get. You're still going to go 2138 01:55:28,120 --> 01:55:30,320 Speaker 1: out there and not really have a chance to win. 2139 01:55:30,480 --> 01:55:33,080 Speaker 1: So did the Broncos have less of a chance to 2140 01:55:33,080 --> 01:55:36,160 Speaker 1: win with Kendall Hinton at quarterback than the Cowboys did 2141 01:55:36,160 --> 01:55:39,120 Speaker 1: with Ben da Nucci? Absolutely a far, far or less 2142 01:55:39,200 --> 01:55:42,560 Speaker 1: chance of winning. However, years they were still going to 2143 01:55:42,600 --> 01:55:46,640 Speaker 1: lose the game my last one. We've talked a lot 2144 01:55:46,680 --> 01:55:48,480 Speaker 1: about the going forward. At the end of the year. 2145 01:55:48,520 --> 01:55:51,520 Speaker 1: We've seen a wave of firings in Houston and Detroit 2146 01:55:51,640 --> 01:55:54,520 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville at both the GM level and the head 2147 01:55:54,520 --> 01:55:58,080 Speaker 1: coaching level. Do you have a I don't want to 2148 01:55:58,120 --> 01:56:00,720 Speaker 1: put anybody on the spot or maybe to fire under 2149 01:56:00,760 --> 01:56:04,080 Speaker 1: somebody's chair that shouldn't be lit, But is there a 2150 01:56:04,200 --> 01:56:08,440 Speaker 1: dark horse coach or GM that you think may not 2151 01:56:08,680 --> 01:56:10,000 Speaker 1: make it to the end of the season or may 2152 01:56:10,040 --> 01:56:12,400 Speaker 1: not make it into the offseason as somebody's maybe not 2153 01:56:12,480 --> 01:56:16,480 Speaker 1: on our radar for struggling with a franchise that may 2154 01:56:16,480 --> 01:56:19,720 Speaker 1: get fired sooner that rather than later. Yeah, I'll keep 2155 01:56:19,720 --> 01:56:24,160 Speaker 1: it at GM, And I can think of four right 2156 01:56:24,200 --> 01:56:26,640 Speaker 1: now that we should all keep an eye on. I 2157 01:56:26,680 --> 01:56:28,400 Speaker 1: think we need to look at how Hey Roseman's job 2158 01:56:28,600 --> 01:56:31,160 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia just a couple of years after he won 2159 01:56:31,200 --> 01:56:32,640 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl I think they need to look at 2160 01:56:33,000 --> 01:56:37,120 Speaker 1: New York and general manager Dave Gettlman, especially if they 2161 01:56:37,200 --> 01:56:39,920 Speaker 1: do not win the NFC East. They got two NFC 2162 01:56:39,960 --> 01:56:42,680 Speaker 1: East general manager jobs that could be open. I could 2163 01:56:42,720 --> 01:56:46,040 Speaker 1: see if one gets the division crown, then the other 2164 01:56:46,080 --> 01:56:48,200 Speaker 1: one is safe. But you know, that's very much a 2165 01:56:48,240 --> 01:56:50,880 Speaker 1: TVD that we'll see how these last five games play out. 2166 01:56:51,240 --> 01:56:55,200 Speaker 1: Of course, Chicago Ryan Pace and just how that quarterback 2167 01:56:55,240 --> 01:56:59,280 Speaker 1: situation has completely blown up in his face starting with 2168 01:56:59,320 --> 01:57:02,160 Speaker 1: the twenty seven team draft and really every year since 2169 01:57:02,600 --> 01:57:04,440 Speaker 1: and then finally one that was kind of brought to 2170 01:57:04,480 --> 01:57:06,680 Speaker 1: my attention today that we all need to be looking at. 2171 01:57:07,240 --> 01:57:11,400 Speaker 1: We're all talking about their quarterback situation, but Denver. It's 2172 01:57:11,440 --> 01:57:14,800 Speaker 1: hard to imagine that Denver would cut ties with John Elway, 2173 01:57:14,880 --> 01:57:17,520 Speaker 1: but there's been a lot of turmoil in that organization 2174 01:57:18,760 --> 01:57:21,880 Speaker 1: at an ownership level as they're trying to figure things 2175 01:57:21,880 --> 01:57:24,400 Speaker 1: out there. They've gone through a couple of head coaches. 2176 01:57:24,440 --> 01:57:27,200 Speaker 1: As we know, they have not been able to figure 2177 01:57:27,240 --> 01:57:30,879 Speaker 1: out the quarterback position ever since Peyton Manning decided to retire, 2178 01:57:31,120 --> 01:57:32,480 Speaker 1: and they've had a lot of cracks at it, and 2179 01:57:32,560 --> 01:57:34,320 Speaker 1: John Elways had a lot of cracks at it. So 2180 01:57:34,760 --> 01:57:37,040 Speaker 1: I think those are four that we should that we 2181 01:57:37,040 --> 01:57:39,240 Speaker 1: should keep an eye on, not that all four definitely 2182 01:57:39,280 --> 01:57:41,920 Speaker 1: going to happen, but that we should keep an eye on. 2183 01:57:42,000 --> 01:57:44,000 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this, there's gonna be a whole 2184 01:57:44,040 --> 01:57:48,680 Speaker 1: lot of interviews emanating from the Buffalo area with the 2185 01:57:48,760 --> 01:57:52,080 Speaker 1: incredible staff that Brandon being that the Bagoulas there have 2186 01:57:52,200 --> 01:57:57,320 Speaker 1: put together just a wonderful personnel staff with you know, 2187 01:57:58,040 --> 01:58:00,080 Speaker 1: you have Brian Gaine, you have to have shown of 2188 01:58:00,400 --> 01:58:03,520 Speaker 1: Dan Morgan, you have Lake Dawson. Like all four of 2189 01:58:03,520 --> 01:58:05,760 Speaker 1: those guys, I will not at all be surprised if 2190 01:58:05,800 --> 01:58:09,640 Speaker 1: and when they get one and multiple general manager interviews, 2191 01:58:09,640 --> 01:58:11,600 Speaker 1: and one or two of them may very well be 2192 01:58:11,720 --> 01:58:14,800 Speaker 1: general managers when we're talking in about six weeks from now. 2193 01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:19,680 Speaker 1: So that's that's a credit to Buffalo. You never you 2194 01:58:19,760 --> 01:58:22,960 Speaker 1: never want to lose good people. But if you're a 2195 01:58:23,000 --> 01:58:25,680 Speaker 1: Buffalo bill saying, you should be very pleased with one 2196 01:58:25,760 --> 01:58:29,960 Speaker 1: the direction of the franchise and two the staff. The 2197 01:58:30,000 --> 01:58:35,320 Speaker 1: incredible staff there that's been put together. Jonathan Jones, CBS 2198 01:58:35,320 --> 01:58:37,920 Speaker 1: Sports NFL Insider, Thanks very much for the time. We 2199 01:58:37,960 --> 01:58:40,720 Speaker 1: appreciate the inside, especially on the head coaching and general 2200 01:58:40,760 --> 01:58:44,600 Speaker 1: manager front. Thanks very much, thank you. All Right, that's 2201 01:58:44,680 --> 01:58:47,960 Speaker 1: Jonathan Jones, as we said, NFL Insider for CBS Sports, 2202 01:58:48,320 --> 01:58:53,160 Speaker 1: kind of painting the potential offseason landscape for head coaching 2203 01:58:53,240 --> 01:58:56,360 Speaker 1: vacancies and for GM vacancies. And Steve He's absolutely right. 2204 01:58:56,400 --> 01:59:00,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you think about Brandon Breen's front office and 2205 01:59:00,240 --> 01:59:05,920 Speaker 1: the experience in that area, Joe Shane, the assistant GM, 2206 01:59:06,000 --> 01:59:07,920 Speaker 1: you know Dan Morgan they brought on a couple of 2207 01:59:08,000 --> 01:59:13,080 Speaker 1: years ago, getting Brian gained back in the building after Yeah, yeah, 2208 01:59:13,160 --> 01:59:18,000 Speaker 1: I mean they are loaded. It's an embarrassment of riches 2209 01:59:18,080 --> 01:59:21,800 Speaker 1: really when you think about the personnel acumen that Brandon 2210 01:59:21,840 --> 01:59:24,960 Speaker 1: Bean has at his disposal. Yeah, I agree with you, 2211 01:59:25,000 --> 01:59:26,960 Speaker 1: and I think it's it's something that you know, you 2212 01:59:27,040 --> 01:59:29,440 Speaker 1: got to brace yourself for. And I think if um, 2213 01:59:29,680 --> 01:59:32,240 Speaker 1: certainly Brandon Bean should be thinking about this, and show 2214 01:59:32,240 --> 01:59:36,240 Speaker 1: should Sean McDermott that um, you know, Sean McDermott just 2215 01:59:36,240 --> 01:59:40,520 Speaker 1: got put under an extension to his contract. They got 2216 01:59:40,520 --> 01:59:43,680 Speaker 1: to start thinking about how they're gonna bolster their staff 2217 01:59:43,760 --> 01:59:47,240 Speaker 1: when they get pillaged, because that's what that's what the 2218 01:59:47,280 --> 01:59:50,040 Speaker 1: way it is in the NFL, that's the atmosphere of 2219 01:59:50,080 --> 01:59:52,480 Speaker 1: the hiring cycle. That happens. The good teams are the 2220 01:59:52,520 --> 01:59:55,040 Speaker 1: teams that have grown exponentially. You look at what they've 2221 01:59:55,040 --> 01:59:57,280 Speaker 1: done with Josh Allen, look at what they've done with 2222 01:59:57,320 --> 02:00:00,160 Speaker 1: their roster year in year out, replenishing and going on 2223 02:00:00,200 --> 02:00:03,320 Speaker 1: short term contracts, bringing guys in on proved deals. They 2224 02:00:03,360 --> 02:00:06,080 Speaker 1: are They get guys that are motivated to play and 2225 02:00:06,160 --> 02:00:11,360 Speaker 1: play well, and they developed players as well. Yeah, teams 2226 02:00:11,400 --> 02:00:14,120 Speaker 1: want a piece of that, and they're gonna hire him, right, 2227 02:00:14,280 --> 02:00:18,080 Speaker 1: And I do think that to a certain extent. You know, 2228 02:00:18,120 --> 02:00:22,680 Speaker 1: Brandon Bean has insulated his staff where he's got people 2229 02:00:23,200 --> 02:00:25,560 Speaker 1: that he can promote from within. Should he lose people 2230 02:00:25,600 --> 02:00:30,240 Speaker 1: like Gane or Shane or even Morgan, you know you've 2231 02:00:30,280 --> 02:00:34,120 Speaker 1: got him, Alique Boyd. They've got Terrence Gray their college 2232 02:00:34,120 --> 02:00:39,760 Speaker 1: scouting director. I mean, it was interesting that Jonathan Jones 2233 02:00:39,800 --> 02:00:43,160 Speaker 1: even thinks Lake Dawson is going to get some general 2234 02:00:43,200 --> 02:00:46,800 Speaker 1: manager consideration too. So and then you wonder if even 2235 02:00:46,840 --> 02:00:49,360 Speaker 1: just one of those guys Steve does land at the 2236 02:00:49,440 --> 02:00:51,880 Speaker 1: GM job, does he try to pull a couple other 2237 02:00:51,920 --> 02:00:54,280 Speaker 1: guys in that front office along with it. How many 2238 02:00:54,320 --> 02:00:57,320 Speaker 1: guys are the bist from Carolina? How many times the 2239 02:00:57,360 --> 02:01:00,640 Speaker 1: Bills pulled away from Carolina, both players and outs and stuff, 2240 02:01:01,720 --> 02:01:08,280 Speaker 1: Dan Morgan, Joe Shane and Brandon m Sean McDermott. You 2241 02:01:08,280 --> 02:01:10,280 Speaker 1: can down the list Malik now and they've got Malik, 2242 02:01:11,880 --> 02:01:17,200 Speaker 1: Malik Jackson, Malik Malikue Boyd is also in that they've 2243 02:01:17,240 --> 02:01:19,280 Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys that are really good at 2244 02:01:19,280 --> 02:01:21,920 Speaker 1: what they do. And they've got and here's the thing 2245 02:01:21,920 --> 02:01:23,520 Speaker 1: that's the best part in which gives you a little 2246 02:01:23,560 --> 02:01:27,120 Speaker 1: hope for the future, Brownie. One of the reasons it 2247 02:01:27,120 --> 02:01:31,040 Speaker 1: worked here in Buffalo is that they work good, to 2248 02:01:31,360 --> 02:01:34,840 Speaker 1: work well together, right, they see, they know what kind 2249 02:01:34,880 --> 02:01:36,800 Speaker 1: of guys they're looking for. They all look for that 2250 02:01:36,880 --> 02:01:40,760 Speaker 1: same type of guy, and there is willingness to be 2251 02:01:40,880 --> 02:01:44,080 Speaker 1: a dissenter in the room. You can be and say, 2252 02:01:44,280 --> 02:01:46,400 Speaker 1: you can say no, I don't like that because of 2253 02:01:46,400 --> 02:01:48,400 Speaker 1: this this, and then you know what I'm saying. It's 2254 02:01:48,400 --> 02:01:51,640 Speaker 1: a stimulating it's a stimulating atmosphere for guys to not 2255 02:01:51,680 --> 02:01:54,520 Speaker 1: only argue both sides of every argument, but to feel 2256 02:01:54,560 --> 02:01:56,480 Speaker 1: like they're safe in doing it. Yeah. And I'm not 2257 02:01:56,480 --> 02:01:59,760 Speaker 1: going to pretend to know what the goings on are 2258 02:01:59,760 --> 02:02:02,440 Speaker 1: like in those rooms, in those meetings, but I do 2259 02:02:02,520 --> 02:02:05,480 Speaker 1: get the sense having had the opportunity to talk to 2260 02:02:05,560 --> 02:02:08,280 Speaker 1: most of those men that there are no egos in 2261 02:02:08,320 --> 02:02:10,600 Speaker 1: that room either, you know what I mean. They just 2262 02:02:10,760 --> 02:02:15,600 Speaker 1: they all work very seamlessly together, not only in their 2263 02:02:15,600 --> 02:02:20,879 Speaker 1: own respective college or pro departments, but across two across 2264 02:02:20,960 --> 02:02:23,200 Speaker 1: that aisle, you know, pro to college, college de pro 2265 02:02:23,320 --> 02:02:27,480 Speaker 1: and vice versus. So it's Brandon being has really assembled 2266 02:02:27,480 --> 02:02:30,320 Speaker 1: a good personnel department, both in the college ranks and 2267 02:02:30,520 --> 02:02:32,920 Speaker 1: at the pro level, and it's why this team is 2268 02:02:32,960 --> 02:02:35,560 Speaker 1: as strong as it is roster wise. Now, this last 2269 02:02:35,560 --> 02:02:37,360 Speaker 1: thing I say about it, this is the year two 2270 02:02:38,800 --> 02:02:41,120 Speaker 1: when Sean McDermott said, this is the year where he 2271 02:02:41,200 --> 02:02:44,880 Speaker 1: finally had his coaching staff right where he wanted. You know, 2272 02:02:45,040 --> 02:02:48,080 Speaker 1: he made the move at a defensive line or offensive 2273 02:02:48,080 --> 02:02:50,640 Speaker 1: line last year and defensive line this year, bringing Eric 2274 02:02:50,680 --> 02:02:55,360 Speaker 1: Washington on board. It took him three years to get there. Yeah, 2275 02:02:55,600 --> 02:02:58,720 Speaker 1: it's not easy. It's not easy. No, All right, break 2276 02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:00,760 Speaker 1: time for us when we return more of your thoughts 2277 02:03:00,760 --> 02:03:02,480 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet, and if Steve and I have 2278 02:03:02,480 --> 02:03:04,400 Speaker 1: a little time, we may get to a little NFL 2279 02:03:04,600 --> 02:03:06,760 Speaker 1: true false when we come back here on one Bill's 2280 02:03:06,760 --> 02:03:13,320 Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio christ 2281 02:03:13,440 --> 02:03:16,320 Speaker 1: round seats. After final half hour of the program, we 2282 02:03:16,440 --> 02:03:18,600 Speaker 1: wanted to get back to the tweet sheet, which is 2283 02:03:18,640 --> 02:03:20,800 Speaker 1: always is brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the 2284 02:03:20,800 --> 02:03:25,800 Speaker 1: official moving provider of the Buffalo Bills, and Steve where 2285 02:03:26,120 --> 02:03:28,680 Speaker 1: we're up to Bills and Mets fan who tweets us 2286 02:03:28,760 --> 02:03:33,280 Speaker 1: regularly and when asked how close is the Bill's defense 2287 02:03:33,320 --> 02:03:37,120 Speaker 1: to peaking, he says, if it wasn't for the Milano injury, 2288 02:03:37,760 --> 02:03:40,240 Speaker 1: I would say that we're pretty close to ready for 2289 02:03:40,280 --> 02:03:42,760 Speaker 1: the playoffs. But he's such a big factor on defense 2290 02:03:43,120 --> 02:03:45,160 Speaker 1: that I don't think we're quite there yet until he 2291 02:03:45,200 --> 02:03:47,640 Speaker 1: gets back and stays in the lineup. And that's a 2292 02:03:47,680 --> 02:03:50,920 Speaker 1: big if, Steve, because even if he does get back 2293 02:03:50,920 --> 02:03:54,240 Speaker 1: in the lineup, I don't know that he's completely healthy. 2294 02:03:54,280 --> 02:03:56,880 Speaker 1: I don't know that he'll be one hundred percent healthy 2295 02:03:56,920 --> 02:04:01,000 Speaker 1: until the off season, and that at he leaves some 2296 02:04:01,120 --> 02:04:05,240 Speaker 1: doubt as to what kind of Matt Milano you're going 2297 02:04:05,280 --> 02:04:09,560 Speaker 1: to get. Yeah, I, oh, so he comes back one 2298 02:04:09,600 --> 02:04:12,080 Speaker 1: hundred percent healthy. Well, I'm pretty sure he started the 2299 02:04:12,080 --> 02:04:15,240 Speaker 1: season one hundred percent healthy too. There's no guarantee that 2300 02:04:15,240 --> 02:04:18,280 Speaker 1: he's going to stay that way. Well, right, but I 2301 02:04:18,280 --> 02:04:19,960 Speaker 1: don't even know if he can get there in light 2302 02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:21,880 Speaker 1: of the injury he's dealing with. Oh, I know. And 2303 02:04:22,000 --> 02:04:23,680 Speaker 1: even if he gets that's what my point is. Even 2304 02:04:23,720 --> 02:04:25,680 Speaker 1: if he gets there, which we don't know if he can, 2305 02:04:26,600 --> 02:04:29,000 Speaker 1: there's no guarantee that he's going to stay there. It's 2306 02:04:29,040 --> 02:04:33,560 Speaker 1: been it's becoming part of his bio. You know, he's 2307 02:04:33,640 --> 02:04:36,800 Speaker 1: oft injured, Which leads to the whole other question about 2308 02:04:36,840 --> 02:04:40,440 Speaker 1: resigning him. What level of commitment? What value do you 2309 02:04:40,480 --> 02:04:42,560 Speaker 1: put on him in light of the injury history. There's 2310 02:04:42,560 --> 02:04:45,520 Speaker 1: no question he is a valuable piece of what has 2311 02:04:45,520 --> 02:04:47,840 Speaker 1: made this defense successful for the better part of the 2312 02:04:47,920 --> 02:04:53,040 Speaker 1: last three seasons. But what's the value on a player 2313 02:04:54,160 --> 02:04:57,600 Speaker 1: who once again, now I don't want to knock him 2314 02:04:57,600 --> 02:04:59,760 Speaker 1: too much for injuries, but because I think he only 2315 02:04:59,800 --> 02:05:03,600 Speaker 1: miss one game last year, but he missed a few 2316 02:05:03,640 --> 02:05:06,640 Speaker 1: with the broken and with the broken leg. I think 2317 02:05:06,640 --> 02:05:09,520 Speaker 1: he broke his leg week twelve, week thirteen two years ago, 2318 02:05:09,600 --> 02:05:12,560 Speaker 1: missed the last three or four games, and I think 2319 02:05:12,560 --> 02:05:15,360 Speaker 1: he missed a little bit of time his rookie year 2320 02:05:15,400 --> 02:05:19,400 Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury. So there's a history there and 2321 02:05:19,520 --> 02:05:24,240 Speaker 1: that unquestionably will be factored into what the value is 2322 02:05:24,280 --> 02:05:26,720 Speaker 1: that the Bills put on him in terms of resigning him. 2323 02:05:26,800 --> 02:05:28,560 Speaker 1: Would they love to have him? I'm sure they would, 2324 02:05:29,040 --> 02:05:31,680 Speaker 1: even with the injury history, but there's going to be 2325 02:05:31,720 --> 02:05:34,800 Speaker 1: a distinct value put on him, and that value is 2326 02:05:34,840 --> 02:05:37,600 Speaker 1: going to be hurt, at least from Matt Milano's standpoint, 2327 02:05:38,200 --> 02:05:41,880 Speaker 1: because of the injury history. Yeah, and it gets the 2328 02:05:41,920 --> 02:05:45,320 Speaker 1: point where do they resign him? Yeah? They And like 2329 02:05:45,320 --> 02:05:47,240 Speaker 1: you said, yes, you'd love to have that guy on 2330 02:05:47,280 --> 02:05:50,680 Speaker 1: your team, absolutely no question about it. But he's certainly 2331 02:05:50,680 --> 02:05:52,400 Speaker 1: not going to hit a home run financially like he 2332 02:05:52,440 --> 02:05:56,360 Speaker 1: would have had he stayed healthy. Yeah, you're yeah. In 2333 02:05:57,240 --> 02:06:01,080 Speaker 1: two thousand and they drafted him in seventeen, he started 2334 02:06:01,120 --> 02:06:05,800 Speaker 1: five games. In eighteen, he played thirteen games, nineteen fifteen games, 2335 02:06:06,080 --> 02:06:08,920 Speaker 1: and of course he's played in only five. He played 2336 02:06:08,920 --> 02:06:12,400 Speaker 1: in five games, started three games this season. Yeah, it's not. 2337 02:06:12,720 --> 02:06:15,360 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. How you think it's taken him 2338 02:06:15,360 --> 02:06:17,120 Speaker 1: a long time? I was taking him half a season 2339 02:06:17,160 --> 02:06:20,040 Speaker 1: now they I think if things continue like they are, 2340 02:06:20,120 --> 02:06:22,360 Speaker 1: you think, Okay, aj Klein's gonna be We're gonna be 2341 02:06:22,400 --> 02:06:25,600 Speaker 1: fine with him in there instead of Milano. We're not 2342 02:06:25,640 --> 02:06:27,360 Speaker 1: dead in the water. We're not dead in the water 2343 02:06:27,480 --> 02:06:30,640 Speaker 1: like we were as soon as it happened. They had 2344 02:06:30,640 --> 02:06:32,840 Speaker 1: an entire offseason, and I don't want I'm not saying 2345 02:06:32,840 --> 02:06:34,800 Speaker 1: anything about anything about it. I'm not trying to belittle 2346 02:06:34,840 --> 02:06:37,520 Speaker 1: what Matt Milano has done, because he's played really well 2347 02:06:37,520 --> 02:06:41,000 Speaker 1: for this franchise. But he's a fifth round draft pick 2348 02:06:41,680 --> 02:06:44,400 Speaker 1: and that's the kind of athlete they can get in 2349 02:06:44,440 --> 02:06:47,720 Speaker 1: the fifth round to play that role. And they have 2350 02:06:47,880 --> 02:06:50,920 Speaker 1: not tried. They have not done anything to try and 2351 02:06:51,000 --> 02:06:53,960 Speaker 1: replace Matt Milano in the off season. If they know 2352 02:06:54,040 --> 02:06:56,000 Speaker 1: they're not going to sign him more have doubts about it, 2353 02:06:56,040 --> 02:06:58,640 Speaker 1: they will try to replace him so they won't be 2354 02:06:58,720 --> 02:07:01,920 Speaker 1: dead in the water. If they don't sign him back, 2355 02:07:02,760 --> 02:07:04,520 Speaker 1: they'll have a chance to wind up and get it 2356 02:07:04,640 --> 02:07:07,960 Speaker 1: right and find another player like like A J. Klein 2357 02:07:08,080 --> 02:07:10,920 Speaker 1: has grown into well. I mean, they've largely tried to 2358 02:07:10,960 --> 02:07:15,000 Speaker 1: provide depth at the linebacker position with undrafted rookies, whether 2359 02:07:15,000 --> 02:07:19,760 Speaker 1: it's Tyrrell Dodson or Corey Thompson. Prior to that, they've 2360 02:07:19,760 --> 02:07:22,760 Speaker 1: tried to scoop up undrafted rookies guys that can run well. 2361 02:07:24,400 --> 02:07:27,800 Speaker 1: Darren Leave, They've given a chance and they both Sean Joseph, 2362 02:07:27,840 --> 02:07:29,800 Speaker 1: who was also a fifth round draft choice and is 2363 02:07:29,840 --> 02:07:34,880 Speaker 1: no longer even with the team. So they've tried with 2364 02:07:35,160 --> 02:07:39,560 Speaker 1: low round and undrafted prospects to at least build the 2365 02:07:39,640 --> 02:07:43,160 Speaker 1: depth behind Malano. But you're right they have not out 2366 02:07:43,200 --> 02:07:45,520 Speaker 1: and now tried to replace him with some high draft 2367 02:07:45,600 --> 02:07:50,800 Speaker 1: choice sorts. The other thing that you know, general managers 2368 02:07:50,960 --> 02:07:54,800 Speaker 1: consider when they think about resigning a player that's been 2369 02:07:54,880 --> 02:07:58,720 Speaker 1: valuable but has also been injured, They say to themselves, 2370 02:07:58,760 --> 02:08:02,200 Speaker 1: all right, look, this guy's got an injury history from 2371 02:08:02,240 --> 02:08:05,240 Speaker 1: age twenty two to twenty five. Is that going to 2372 02:08:05,320 --> 02:08:09,400 Speaker 1: get better or worse from age twenty five to twenty nine? Right, 2373 02:08:09,680 --> 02:08:12,040 Speaker 1: And the history of this league will tell you more 2374 02:08:12,080 --> 02:08:16,120 Speaker 1: often than not it gets worse, exactly. Yeah, And I 2375 02:08:16,400 --> 02:08:20,080 Speaker 1: can see it. You got a weigh those on both 2376 02:08:20,120 --> 02:08:26,080 Speaker 1: sides of the coin. I just think this is a 2377 02:08:26,240 --> 02:08:29,120 Speaker 1: guy that they were depending on to be there, and 2378 02:08:29,280 --> 02:08:31,400 Speaker 1: when they got caught with him getting hurt so early 2379 02:08:31,480 --> 02:08:33,920 Speaker 1: in the season, I think it did leave a void. 2380 02:08:34,000 --> 02:08:36,360 Speaker 1: I mean, A J. Klein didn't have time to learn 2381 02:08:36,480 --> 02:08:39,640 Speaker 1: that spot, as we've seen, took him time to it 2382 02:08:39,720 --> 02:08:43,160 Speaker 1: just took them time to wash over that scab of him. 2383 02:08:43,200 --> 02:08:44,880 Speaker 1: Being gone. I don't think they would like to get 2384 02:08:44,960 --> 02:08:48,240 Speaker 1: caught in that position again. And that's one of the 2385 02:08:48,280 --> 02:08:50,960 Speaker 1: things coming into to the season weird from a lot 2386 02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:54,160 Speaker 1: of listeners were we were all kind of worried about 2387 02:08:54,160 --> 02:08:58,440 Speaker 1: their depth at linebacker. Matakevich he's special teams and he's 2388 02:08:58,480 --> 02:09:04,880 Speaker 1: the next guy in right. So I don't know. I'm 2389 02:09:04,960 --> 02:09:07,640 Speaker 1: starting now that the defense starts playing well, and it 2390 02:09:07,680 --> 02:09:09,560 Speaker 1: doesn't take long for people to get to that point. 2391 02:09:09,600 --> 02:09:11,600 Speaker 1: If the defense starts playing well and Matt Milano's not 2392 02:09:11,680 --> 02:09:18,200 Speaker 1: in there, let's not spend the money. Yeah, from Jack 2393 02:09:18,320 --> 02:09:21,440 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet, I still have concerns about this defense. 2394 02:09:21,760 --> 02:09:24,560 Speaker 1: They still miss a space eater in the middle, and 2395 02:09:24,680 --> 02:09:28,400 Speaker 1: they miss Milano in coverage. Klines improved his play around 2396 02:09:28,440 --> 02:09:30,800 Speaker 1: the line and as a rusher, but both he and 2397 02:09:30,920 --> 02:09:34,120 Speaker 1: Edmonds have looked like a liability in space. As Jack. 2398 02:09:34,440 --> 02:09:37,320 Speaker 1: While it's gotten better and our O gives us a chance, 2399 02:09:37,680 --> 02:09:41,600 Speaker 1: the D still needs improvement. Now. I will say this, 2400 02:09:42,080 --> 02:09:47,400 Speaker 1: the linebacker position should should get healthier. I'll have to 2401 02:09:47,480 --> 02:09:51,280 Speaker 1: double check, but I believe Tyrell Dotson can come off 2402 02:09:51,360 --> 02:09:56,000 Speaker 1: of I R IF healthy. Whether he does or not, 2403 02:09:56,320 --> 02:09:59,680 Speaker 1: I guess we'll know. We'll know body tomorrow, we'll see 2404 02:09:59,680 --> 02:10:01,920 Speaker 1: if he's practicing. If he's still not practicing, well, well 2405 02:10:02,000 --> 02:10:04,200 Speaker 1: then we know it's probably another week that we'll be 2406 02:10:04,280 --> 02:10:08,120 Speaker 1: waiting for depth at the position. Because they called up 2407 02:10:08,560 --> 02:10:10,760 Speaker 1: Darren Lee from the practice squad last week and he 2408 02:10:10,880 --> 02:10:14,240 Speaker 1: actually played on kick coverage in the game on Sunday. 2409 02:10:14,760 --> 02:10:18,400 Speaker 1: So they get Dodson back. That's not only a guy 2410 02:10:18,440 --> 02:10:20,720 Speaker 1: who can play on teams, but you know, if necessary, 2411 02:10:21,440 --> 02:10:23,600 Speaker 1: can play a linebacker because he's done it a couple 2412 02:10:23,640 --> 02:10:26,120 Speaker 1: of times already this season. Right, I mean you're looking 2413 02:10:26,160 --> 02:10:29,480 Speaker 1: at a j Klein, Tyler, Medic Kevig and the other guys, 2414 02:10:29,720 --> 02:10:34,640 Speaker 1: Dion Lacy, I mean that's their depth. Yeah, I don't 2415 02:10:34,640 --> 02:10:37,040 Speaker 1: even well Lacey's what is he back on the practice squad? 2416 02:10:38,440 --> 02:10:41,880 Speaker 1: Might not. I'm looking at the official tech chart on 2417 02:10:41,920 --> 02:10:44,480 Speaker 1: the website, which is absolutely out of date, so is 2418 02:10:44,520 --> 02:10:47,480 Speaker 1: it okay? Well, it's on the website today, so that 2419 02:10:47,640 --> 02:10:51,280 Speaker 1: doesn't guarantee that it's proper, but that you know, they're 2420 02:10:51,320 --> 02:10:53,440 Speaker 1: looking for guys, and they got all these guys you 2421 02:10:53,560 --> 02:10:57,680 Speaker 1: just mentioned standing in the wings covering kicks, waiting to 2422 02:10:57,720 --> 02:11:01,560 Speaker 1: play right break time for us. But when we return, 2423 02:11:01,840 --> 02:11:04,320 Speaker 1: it's what have we learned and we'll find out what 2424 02:11:04,480 --> 02:11:07,560 Speaker 1: that was when we come back here on One Bill's Live, 2425 02:11:07,680 --> 02:11:23,040 Speaker 1: presented by Collid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. What 2426 02:11:23,200 --> 02:11:26,600 Speaker 1: has it learned from today's show? That's brought to you 2427 02:11:26,720 --> 02:11:30,880 Speaker 1: by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental company of the 2428 02:11:30,920 --> 02:11:34,960 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills and Steve. If we learned anything today, I 2429 02:11:35,120 --> 02:11:40,240 Speaker 1: think it's that Buffalo's personnel department might be just as 2430 02:11:40,320 --> 02:11:45,040 Speaker 1: in demand as they're offensive and defensive coordinators granted on 2431 02:11:45,080 --> 02:11:49,280 Speaker 1: the GM front, maybe more than the head coaching front. Yeah. 2432 02:11:49,440 --> 02:11:51,960 Speaker 1: I think that's something Bills fans got to think about. 2433 02:11:52,000 --> 02:11:54,640 Speaker 1: Depending and if this season goes as like you know, 2434 02:11:54,720 --> 02:11:57,360 Speaker 1: Bills fans all dream and hope and dream that it will. 2435 02:11:57,800 --> 02:12:00,360 Speaker 1: This team makes a deep playoff off runner and you know, 2436 02:12:00,440 --> 02:12:02,160 Speaker 1: goes to the distance and gets into the super Bowl 2437 02:12:02,200 --> 02:12:05,040 Speaker 1: and has a chance to win at whatever wins it. Certainly, 2438 02:12:05,080 --> 02:12:08,200 Speaker 1: if they win the super Bowl, this it's gonna get decimated. 2439 02:12:08,400 --> 02:12:12,000 Speaker 1: Every hiring site, they're gonna they're gonna talk to everybody. 2440 02:12:12,400 --> 02:12:16,080 Speaker 1: M Brownie, you may get headhunted out of here. So um, 2441 02:12:16,320 --> 02:12:18,320 Speaker 1: I mean everybody's going to be up for grabs. That's 2442 02:12:18,400 --> 02:12:20,560 Speaker 1: just the way it works. So the more success the 2443 02:12:20,640 --> 02:12:24,000 Speaker 1: team has going forward from this point on in the season, Brownie, 2444 02:12:24,520 --> 02:12:27,520 Speaker 1: the more in demand Leslie Frazier, Brian day Ball, and 2445 02:12:27,600 --> 02:12:29,840 Speaker 1: all those guys, Joe Shane, Dan Morgan, all those guys 2446 02:12:29,880 --> 02:12:32,480 Speaker 1: in the front office are going to be Yeah. I mean, 2447 02:12:33,200 --> 02:12:36,400 Speaker 1: we just had Jonathan Jones on earlier this hour, and 2448 02:12:36,600 --> 02:12:40,920 Speaker 1: he mentioned assistant GM Joe Shane, He mentioned Director of 2449 02:12:40,960 --> 02:12:43,960 Speaker 1: Player Personnel Dan Morgan, and he mentioned assistant Director of 2450 02:12:44,000 --> 02:12:47,760 Speaker 1: College Scouting Lake Dawson specifically, along with Senior Personnel Advisor 2451 02:12:47,800 --> 02:12:51,120 Speaker 1: Brian Gaines. So you still have Director of Pro Personnel 2452 02:12:51,200 --> 02:12:53,720 Speaker 1: maliaque Boyd, who's got time in this league. You got 2453 02:12:53,800 --> 02:12:58,680 Speaker 1: Director of College Scouting Terrence Gray. Um. It's gonna be 2454 02:12:58,800 --> 02:13:01,240 Speaker 1: interesting to see how it all shakes out. But that, 2455 02:13:01,400 --> 02:13:03,240 Speaker 1: as you said, that's the way that it works in 2456 02:13:03,320 --> 02:13:09,520 Speaker 1: this league, because when you're that good and another team 2457 02:13:09,640 --> 02:13:12,839 Speaker 1: struggling to be that good and going around in circles 2458 02:13:12,920 --> 02:13:15,520 Speaker 1: chasing their own tail, they want a piece of that. Yeah. 2459 02:13:15,840 --> 02:13:18,320 Speaker 1: It's yeah, it's not so much. It's not so much 2460 02:13:18,400 --> 02:13:20,480 Speaker 1: what you're doing and the guys you found and all that. 2461 02:13:20,720 --> 02:13:23,480 Speaker 1: It's how you're doing it. What are your processes for 2462 02:13:23,560 --> 02:13:26,520 Speaker 1: getting the best players. What are your thoughts and philosophies. 2463 02:13:26,960 --> 02:13:29,040 Speaker 1: We want to know what that is, and most teams 2464 02:13:29,760 --> 02:13:33,680 Speaker 1: really really guard that secret. Yeah, no question about it. 2465 02:13:34,640 --> 02:13:37,000 Speaker 1: We have got a good show lined up for tomorrow 2466 02:13:37,080 --> 02:13:41,960 Speaker 1: as well, and we'll get to that tomorrow. That's all 2467 02:13:42,000 --> 02:13:43,560 Speaker 1: the time we have today. Steve and I with you 2468 02:13:43,680 --> 02:13:45,240 Speaker 1: tomorrow in studio, we'll see that