WEBVTT - Sean McDermott Show, Week 2 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:08.039 But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.440 me lot, Let's go bury. Everybody do their job. One 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:16.000 to look health calvert deaf. Let's let's go no overthink 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.240 all right, go play some ball, Go play some football. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:20.599 It's an exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:42.159 am a fan of the Buffalo Bills, and this is 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:47.800 one heck of a team. Welcome to the Sean McDermott Show, 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.559 brought to you by ECMC and Collide to Healthy, official 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.320 healthcare providers of the Buffalo Bills. I'm Steve Tasker and 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.360 we're please once again to join Sean McDermott. Sean, congratulations 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.440 on the win in MetLife. Oh thanks, Steve. It's a good, 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:00.240 good team win, good good to get off. It's a 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.080 good start, hostile environment, but overall good team win. Just 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.040 before we came on, we saw a little little snippet 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.600 of the postgame locker room. Certainly an emotional locker room 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.960 as it is after every game, but also after the victory. 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.280 Is there something tangibly different about this group of guys 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:18.399 as opposed to maybe you're even your first two years 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.520 here in Buffalo. You know what, We've had some good 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.760 teams and a good group of guys, But this is 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.959 a This is a pretty close knit group of guys 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:28.880 that take a lot of pride in what they do 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:30.880 on the field and off the field, and I think 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.000 they have a pretty good feel for what football means 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.840 to the fans of Buffalo, of the Buffalo Bills in 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.360 this great city. Yeah, you always want to talk about Josh. 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.199 The overriding theme of this last game against the Jets 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.160 was the four turnover first half. How do you get 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.120 him to be maybe a little more consistent in the 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.480 first half, or maybe the guys around him, you know, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.240 how do you handle him going forward? And like this 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.080 week against the Giants, Oh, we want to take what 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.960 the defense gives a Steve and sometimes that means shot, 0:01:57.040 --> 0:01:59.440 Sometimes it means checking the ball down, sometimes it means 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.600 Josh you his feet, or sometimes, quite honestly, it means 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:04.640 him throwing the ball away. And so I think for 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.640 a young quarterback in Josh's development in this case, it's 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.399 understanding that and being okay with that, and that will 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:14.640 come as he continues to get experience and reps. So 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.919 you get into this game, you're you're only down six 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.799 points at halftime. After four turno your minus four in 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:23.320 the turnover ratio? How do you well, how do you 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:25.760 what message do you give your team at halftime? Yeah, 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:27.520 you know what. We took a deep breath, and the 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:31.200 guys this did a great job of just keeping their composure, um, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.200 not only on the field in the second half, but 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.040 also in the locker room. That's where it really started. 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.400 And the guys knew we were in in a decent 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.399 spot even though we had given the ball up four 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.920 times and and yet the game was still still in 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.520 We felt like in our control. To be honest with you, 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.079 and um, that doesn't mean we had the lead or 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:49.840 anything like that. It just meant that we feel like 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.600 the game was still yet to be decided, and so 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:54.639 we were felt like we were in a good position. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.080 We needed to come out after half and have a 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.919 good a good stop defensively and then and then put 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.120 some good drives together offensively. Didn't happen right away, but 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:05.720 eventually we kept playing and we kept making adjustments and 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:08.519 communicating on the sideline, and the players and staff just 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.400 did a phenomenal job. Well. It was anything. When it 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.120 did finally start to turn around. New faces were a 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.600 big part of it. That's been a big theme this offseason. 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.360 A lot of free agents, like you know, the draft 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.960 picks you're depending on. John Brown came through the best 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.360 debut of a wide receiver in Bill's history, over one 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.120 hundred yards and he had the touchdown to go ahead. 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.880 His contribution really is exactly why you wanted to sign him. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.240 It is number one, the type of person he is. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.120 You know, John's the type of person that if he 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:40.000 catches two balls, he's okay. If he catches twenty balls, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.080 he's okay, as long as the team wins and we 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.680 get the result that we're looking for. So I really 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.640 appreciate that about John and the way that he impacted 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.680 us in the first game. But it was a team 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:54.520 effort again with the protection Josh's throws and then being 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:58.120 able to distribute the ball to Devin's Singletary, to Zay Jones, 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.880 to Cole Beasley, and then to use Frank Gore like 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:03.760 we did. I thought. I thought, all in all, it 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:06.360 was a good team effort and good blend. Yeah, Devin 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.360 Singletary is one of the guys that kind of splashed 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.360 on the consciousness of the fan base for this first 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.960 game and didn't see him much to the first three quarters, 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.520 but then in the fourth quarter it's almost like you 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.720 unfurled him and when you handed in the ball, some 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:22.240 things happened. Yeah, he made some plays, and really he 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.000 did a lot of that in college, and so we 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.080 had some good background on Devin coming out and some 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.360 good intel and got to know him a little bit 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:34.000 on our own as well there so we were able 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.640 to get him in the game and he was able 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.719 to make them most of his opportunities, which for a 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.320 young player, much like the rest of our young players 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.039 who played, and we had some other young players that 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.880 played their first NFL game, regular season NFL game and 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.800 made big impacts for us. Well, the story the game 0:04:49.839 --> 0:04:52.320 was the four first half turnovers and the fun of 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.320 the game was the late comeback. But the reason it 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:58.200 all happened was your defense. Those guys really played well. Yeah, 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.960 they kept the game tight. You mentioned the four turnovers 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:04.000 in the first half, Well, just the football gods don't 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:07.320 look down on that kindly. So usually those games get 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:12.039 get pretty lopsided rather early. So the defense and special teams, 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:13.880 I thought did a really nice job of keeping the 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:17.120 game close, holding them and when and where we needed 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.279 to hold them. And then you know, they got the 0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:22.640 big stop at the end once we did go ahead, Steve, 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.200 they got the big stop at the end to close 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.200 it out. Yeah. One of the things that's different about 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:27.880 this defense, and we knew it was going to be 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:29.960 good like it was last year with so many returning 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:33.160 guys and added depth. Your pass rush really showed up 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:35.640 in a big way. Four sacks, five batted balls at 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.040 the line of scrimmage. That's a huge difference maker. Very 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.600 active up front, very active, and to me, the biggest 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:43.159 thing is is they played really hard their feet, their 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.719 hands and never stopped. They were always going, always moving, 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.800 great effort and coordination up front, and to me, the 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:52.120 game is won to us. As we've talked about before, 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:55.520 the game is won front to back, both on the 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.200 defensive side and the offensive. Thanks she We'll be back 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.279 later in the show to get your final thoughts. Thanks, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.920 Thanks Steve. Coming up later in the show, we examine 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.320 the progressive nature of coach mcdermot's process and celebrate the 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:11.719 important contribution that female staff members provide the bills. But 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.120 up next, Eric Wood joins us to cut through the 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:20.360 game tape in our film room segment Choppin' Wood. Choppin' 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:25.000 Wood is presented by Saint Bonaventure University, the official education 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:29.320 provider of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome back to the Sean 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.080 McDermott Show. I'm Steve Tasker once again. This week we're 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.200 gonna be joined by former center of the Buffalo Bills, 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.160 Eric Wood. He's gonna come in and help us break 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.760 down film in the segment we call Choppin Wood. Eric. 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:40.520 Thanks for being with us. Of course. You know today 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.919 we're gonna talk about two young running backs, one for 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:47.400 the Buffalo Bills, of course, Devin Singletary and say Quon Barkley, 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:50.680 the Giants this week's opponent. Thanks for joining us again, Eric, Yeah, 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.640 it's my pleasure. I'm looking forward to it. Those are 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.520 two explosive running backs, guys that can make big plays. 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.120 And we saw Motor's ability firsthand for the first time 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.040 this Sunday against Jets. Let's start here from his run 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.080 to the outside to the left and what do you 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:07.279 see here as this plate unfolds. This is a scheme 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.040 called a G scheme. So there's down blocks on the 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:14.160 front side, zone off the backside, and then Quentin Spain 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.360 is going to pull no matter what he's pulling for 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:18.480 the outside defender on the line of scrimmage. He does 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.480 a great job. He goes to the ground, but that's 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:23.200 all you need. You need him to set the edge 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.040 and not let it get collapse, and he doesn't. And 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.280 then you have Mitch Morris pulling and he does a 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.320 great job getting in space and he goes through the 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.520 ground here and a lot of people would say he 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.160 missed the cup block here, but what he does is 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.239 he makes Jamal Adams defend his legs and get way 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.040 out of the run laid. And then Lee Smith, a 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:45.920 glorified offensive lineman with number eighty five on. Absolutely love 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.520 that guy, and he shows how well he can block. 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.200 And notice John Feliciano here on the backside. He goes 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.280 behind Dion Dowkins block which isn't necessarily his track, but 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.120 he does a great job of zoning over the top. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.480 Devin Singletary hits the whole extremely fast and it's an 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:04.600 explosive play, all right. One more play from that drives 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.840 Devin Singletary now in a powering josh Alan under center. 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.400 How does this change things? So this is a very 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.480 similar play to the first one we saw. Another g 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:14.800 scheme only this time we have two tight ends on 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:18.400 the front side, so Inseci, Lee Smith and Tommy Sweeney 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.400 are all gonna block down again. Policiato this time is 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.480 pulling for the end man on the line of scrim 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.560 and so he'll end up pulling for what will end 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.640 up being a safety. The jet sweep motion makes the 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.800 defense just hesitate a second with day Jones going across 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.000 the formation. I thought Tommy Sweeney did an excellent job 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.719 at the point of attack here as a rookie tight end. 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:42.400 That is so tough and that's such an impressive block. Again, 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:46.120 Mitch Morris pulls on the very athletic Jamal Adams and 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.360 gets just enough of him here, another great block in 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.480 space by him, but a great job up front again 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:56.600 by the Bills blocking. Now, let's move to this week's opponent, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.040 the New York Giants, and of course most football fans 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.560 know the name of say Kuon Barkley. What does he 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.480 bring to the table and what does this offensive line 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.280 in front of him really know about their own running back? 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.760 A very explosive player can hit a home run at 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.079 any time on the field. This play here is a 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:17.160 simple duo play, as it's called everybody double teams up front. 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.760 It's similar to a power without a puller. And here 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.400 they're simply looking for where the misfit is. So sae 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.560 Quon Barkley will press into the left, a gap between 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.960 the center and the guard, and he'll draw up the linebacker. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.600 When fifty five hits there, now sa Quon's going the 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.800 next gap out and as number twenty five for the 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.200 Cowboys plays outside leverage. Now sa Quan's out the gate. 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.360 And this is his big playability. He is so fast 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.560 when he turns it on, similar to Leveon Bell with 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:49.200 his patience right there, one stutter step, but then when 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.560 he hits it, he is gone. One of the things 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.840 about this giant game that we're watching here a gets 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:55.800 the Cowboys in week one is the game got out 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.160 of hand a little bit in the second half, so 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:00.320 that kind of took the ball out of s Quon 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.040 Barkley's hands. But on this play, when the game's still 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.000 in the position where they can give him the football, 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.920 he still makes some plays on his own. He does, 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.280 and here you see his ability to break tackles and 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.440 make people miss. He uses the double spin move here 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.200 and with the Bills often bringing pressure off the edges 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:22.160 of the offense and then penetrating up front. It'll be 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.600 crucial for them to make plays when they get there. 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.319 You see here they have two guys that will get 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.119 their hands on him. One spin move there with penetration 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:33.600 in the backfield, another spin move here, and sa Quan 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:37.280 avoids both of those tackles. And luckily for the pursuit 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.520 of the Cowboys, they're able to tackle him for not 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.439 too big of a game. But if everybody's not pursuing 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.200 sae Quon Barkley, he can really make you pay because 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.640 he can often break at least one tackle a play. 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.440 Thanks for your insights, Eric, we appreciate it. We'll see 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:54.080 you next week. Up next, a thoughtful look into the 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:58.000 positive influence of female staff members in the Bills organization. 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:03.640 When we return to the Sean mcdermo show, Bills fans 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.600 often here Sean McDermott talk about the process of the 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.320 football team. Tonight, we'd like to take a more thoughtful 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:13.240 look at the contributions to that culture that the female 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:17.040 staff provides. Here at one Bill's Drive and a group 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.280 of men and women in that locker room, I just 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:20.960 want to get that out. Man, just I'll tell you what. 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.160 I'm so proud of that group on the road in 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.480 the division down like we were momentum certainly not in 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.679 our favor for most of the game, and just what 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:32.360 a blessing to be a part of that group in there. 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.040 So my title is Coordinator of Player Services. I'm a 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:40.480 sports scientist. I work in college scouting. I'm an offensive 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.800 coaching intern with the Bills. I played when I was 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:44.400 a kid. I played when I was nine and ten, 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.200 and then going into high school, I tried to play 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.840 again and was told no that they were not ready 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.000 to have a female. Oh. I started coaching in high 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.440 school a few years ago and kind of thought that 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:57.439 was going to be the cap for me. Eventually got 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.480 involved in the women's Careers in Football forum that was 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:01.800 put on by the NFL and I met coach McDermott again. 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.000 He had offered an opportunity to come and shadow for 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:05.520 a couple of days if that was something I was 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:07.920 interested in, and when I followed up with that, he 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:09.679 kind of countered the offer and said why don't you 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.040 come an intern for training care So I'm from just 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.520 south of London in England and my background was working 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.560 as a sports scientist in soccer, and then when the 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:21.760 opportunity arose to come over to Buffalo initially to start 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.920 working hockey, I jumped at the chance of trying a 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.359 different sport, and likewise, then when I got the opportunity 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.640 to come over to the Bills and start working in football, 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.240 just seemed like a really exciting opportunity in a very 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.560 forward thinking organization that I didn't want to turn down. 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:42.240 We have a Dietitian scouting equipment. We have several in 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.520 the training room, our sports science and chiefs from England 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:49.520 coaching and football operations. We had several during camp and 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.840 we have one for the season and then player engagement. 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.200 We're looking for the best ones and you know, maybe 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.800 at some point we run across one for strength or 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.160 you and or the video department. I went to well 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.080 at University in New England. We established a coaching minor. 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.000 So my professor we were just talking about what kind 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.680 of sport I would like to work with, said like, 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:11.440 why don't you just do football? So my pathway to 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.360 the NFL changed, but my overall goal was always to 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:17.720 be here. You know, as we all know, football is 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:19.880 it's a hard sport to get into you know, we 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.320 want to hire the best, We want to hire people 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.720 that can help us win, and so when they see 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.600 women in these positions, it's because if they are the 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.640 best person for that job, especially having Kim as an owner, 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.959 they're very progressive. I think they're not just progressive with women. 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.600 I think they're progressive across the board with diversity, and 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.719 I know Sean's been the key aspect in helping with 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:42.680 that diversity. With the start of Phoebe and then bringing 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:45.400 Calli in, we have normalized the culture here. I mean, 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.440 I think ultimately you don't stand out and you're like, oh, 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.040 Bills have a lot of women in these football specific roles. 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:51.959 You don't think that you say, oh, why is really 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:54.000 good at her job? Joe's really good at her job. 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:56.360 That's all it is. It's these are the best people 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.880 for the position, and that's what it is. It just 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.840 happens to be a great group of women in the 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.880 same building. When I was young, women didn't coach and 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.640 it was hard to envision yourself in that role, whereas 0:14:06.679 --> 0:14:08.960 now what we're doing for young girls as being able 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.280 to say, like, this is a career profession, this is 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.360 something you can pursue. It's not just a dream, it's attainable. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:19.160 I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a trailbloizer. People have done 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.760 that before me. I'm stepping in. I'm continuing the trend. 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:25.640 Just so lucky to be in an organization that does 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:30.280 treat people like family. Coach McDermot always reiterates that here 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.440 we are a family, and you do get that feeling. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.200 They all fit the roles perfectly. As I watch the 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:38.520 interaction with our players. They are all very well accepted, 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:42.520 both in the player coaches business side. Everybody accepts them 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.320 because they're professionals at what they do. If you have 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.480 people all from the same background, I think you miss 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:52.280 different perspectives, different ideals, you know, different experiences that people 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:55.320 have had along the way, you know, working across different countries, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.760 across different teams and different sports. I do believe that 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.960 the NFL is at the fourth of being diverse and 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:05.440 having women in roles that they deserve to be in. 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.120 You know. My hope is that we get to a 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.520 point where the culture is so welcoming that women are 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:11.880 no longer intimidated to try and take that step. That's 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:17.560 where I hope we can get after the break we 0:15:17.680 --> 0:15:20.360 take a deep dive into the science behind the biggest 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.960 plays from the bills comeback win over the Jets. Later on, 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:27.359 coach shares his insight on Buffalo's returns of the meadowlands 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:34.760 for a Week two matchup with the Giants. Bill Sportsology 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:39.280 is presented by ECMC, bringing hope and healing to Western 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:45.720 New York. Welcome to this week's Sportsology or our first play, 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.640 let's take a look at how much separation Levi Wallace 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.560 made up breaking up a critical deep fourth quarter pass 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.320 just before the two minute warning on third and one, 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:58.240 Jets wide out Robbie Anderson gets off the line quickly 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.800 and creates two point two three yards of separation from Wallace. 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:05.480 Quarterback Sam Donald looks down field as Anderson stretches the 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.520 separation gap to three point zero six yards at the 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:12.320 thirty nine yard line. That's when Wallace turns on his 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.320 own Jets and reaches a speed of sixteen point four 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.000 seven miles per hour as he closed the gap to 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.120 point two five yards at the Bill's thirty one yard line. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.480 So how many yards did Wallace make up two point 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.400 eight one yards in just two point eight seconds? For 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.240 our next play will show you the completion probability of 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.160 the game winning touchdown pass from Josh Allen to wide 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:37.440 receiver John Brown. With the Jets playing with a single 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.800 high safety, Allen decides to take a shot and throw deep. 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.920 On third and four. Brown streaks down the left side, 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:47.000 topping out at sixteen point zero eight miles per hour, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.680 creating point nine three yards of separation between him and 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:54.280 the defender. When the ball arrives at the thirteen yard line, 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:57.920 the gap is down to point six five yards. Brown 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.280 makes the catch despite being inter spired with and runs 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.960 into the end zone for the game winning score. So 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.240 what was the completion probability of the Allen touchdown throw? 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.520 Thirty two point two percent. With a look at this 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:18.200 week sportsology, I'm John Murphy. Next on The Sean McDermott Show, 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.320 Mattie Glab joins us to preview this Sunday's game against 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.919 the Giants and coach shares his final thoughts before the 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:30.679 team departs for the big out. Game. Preview is presented 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.280 by Independent Health from her every Day to your Unexpected, 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:38.800 That's the Red Shared Treatment. Maddie Glab here with this 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.560 week's game preview. In Week two, the Bills head back 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.440 to MetLife Stadium for the second week in row. This 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:48.120 time it's an NFC matchup against the New York Giants, 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.440 a one hundredth season of NFL football. The Buffalo Bills 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:55.160 in their sixtieth season and season number sixty is underway. 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.840 Buffalo enters this game with a winning Week one, while 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.840 the Giants suffered a thirty five to seventeen loss against 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.240 the Cowboys. The Bill's victory over the Jets was the 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:11.600 team's largest four quarter comeback since nineteen ninety one. Buffalo 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.159 will go up against another talented running back in sae 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:17.640 Quon Barkley. Last year's offensive Rookie of the Year, total 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.960 thirteen hundred and seven rushing yards, which was second in 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.160 the NFL. He also had ninety one receptions for seven 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:28.200 hundred and twenty one yards and racked up fifteen total touchdowns. 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:32.400 Another talented Giant is tight end Evan Ingram. In Week one, 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:34.800 he had the best performance of any tight end with 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:38.359 eleven catches for one hundred and sixteen yards and a touchdown. 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.480 The Giants defense features a bevy of new faces, which 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.040 could explain why their defense gave up four hundred and 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:47.439 ninety five total yards, including four hundred and five yards 0:18:47.440 --> 0:18:50.240 through the air. The Bills passing defense held the Jets 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.960 to one hundred and seventy five yards, making it the 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.800 ninth straight game that the Bills have held their opponent 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.040 to under two hundred and ten passing yards. The Bills 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:01.040 are looking to win back to back games at the 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.920 same stadium for the first time since the Chicago Bears 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.920 beat the Jets and Giants at MetLife Stadium in two 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.160 thousand and six. That's this week's game for you, Steve, 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:13.960 back to you, Thank you, Mattie. We're back here with 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.320 Sean McDermott for some final thoughts. A lot of things 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:18.359 are parallel about these two games. You're going back on 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.480 the road, but to the exact same stadium. You're playing 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:25.159 a team that's got maybe an elite running back, and 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:29.280 it's the home opener for them. Some of that stuff 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:32.040 really stinks. It sounds like on the surface yea, but 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.360 still by the same thing, it's not just another road game. Yeah, 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:36.439 big challenge. It really is, and every week in the 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:39.359 NFL is a big challenge in particularly win the play away. 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:41.879 We talked to the players a lot about hey, that 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:44.240 each and every week we're improving whether we win or 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:47.879 we lose. Obviously we want to win it. But having 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:49.840 said that, we continue to grow each and every one 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.600 of us and then collectively as a team going back 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:54.119 on the road, no question about it. But the one 0:19:54.160 --> 0:19:57.080 thing about an old adage in the NFL defense travels well, 0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.840 you're taking that same defense in. You've had great success 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.680 holding quarterbacks off the passing yard statistics sheet. A lot 0:20:03.680 --> 0:20:06.160 of times they're under two hundred yards. You know, our 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.040 staff does a really good job and the continuity of 0:20:09.040 --> 0:20:11.320 our defense has helped as well. Second year from most 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:14.280 of these guys, sometimes third year in some cases. So 0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:17.200 it allows our players to play faster. There's no such 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:18.960