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Speaker 1: The one Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

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Speaker 2: Good Afternoon, Bill's Mafia. Welcome to the final week of

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Speaker 2: the regular season. As we get you ready for today's

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Speaker 2: matchup between the thirteen and three Buffalo Bills and the

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Speaker 2: three and thirteen New England Patriots. Here's the snaff back

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Speaker 2: to pass pressure coming from von Miller and he's got

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Speaker 2: him wrapped up for a sack. Here's the snaff. The

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Speaker 2: handoff rollout.

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Speaker 3: Dave is open and he's into the end zone for

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Speaker 3: the touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Handoff goes to Gipson. He fumbled the football.

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Speaker 3: Let's loose on the turf and the Bills say they

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Speaker 3: have it.

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Speaker 2: It is a takeaway for Buffalo.

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Speaker 4: Jevon solovon hand off to Cook finds a hole on

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Speaker 4: the left side and he is in for a one

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Speaker 4: yard touchdown run. The Cook is in the kitchen for

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Speaker 4: the sixteenth time on the ground this season. The Patriots

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Speaker 4: will get their fourth win of the season and when

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Speaker 4: twenty three.

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Speaker 2: To sixteen over Buffalo. This game had no bearing on

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Speaker 2: Buffalo's playoff seed. They will be the number two seed

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Speaker 2: next week in Super wild Card Weekend. Their game rewind

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Speaker 2: is presented by Connect Life, an official sponsor of the

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Speaker 2: All right, here we are wild card week as we

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Speaker 2: set the table for Bill's Broncos on the heels of

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Speaker 2: the season finale up in New England age twenty three

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Speaker 2: to sixteen defeat. With the bulk of Buffalo's roster on

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Speaker 2: Sunday made up of reserve players in the lineup, there

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Speaker 2: were some starters mixed in here and there, especially some

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Speaker 2: that needed to get some regular season snaps to tune

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Speaker 2: up for the playoffs who had been out of the

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Speaker 2: lineup due to injury. Tomorrow, Hamlin, Curtis, Samuel, players of

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Speaker 2: that ILK and.

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Speaker 5: A couple of guys getting some incentives.

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Speaker 2: That's right, Which is big Sam Martin, von Miller mac Hollins. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was, you know it was. It had a preseason

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Speaker 2: feel to it. I'm not gonna lie, Steve, you had

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Speaker 2: no doubt about it.

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Speaker 5: We had a question less, you know, on the on

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Speaker 5: the postgame show about you know, what does it isn't important?

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Speaker 5: You know, for these incentives, what doesn't mean to the player.

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Speaker 5: Certainly the money's nice. I mean you get a guy

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Speaker 5: like Vaughn who's getting a big, a big bonus, but

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Speaker 5: a guy like Mac Hollins, a couple of catches, all

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Speaker 5: the stuff that goes into that. Here's what it means

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Speaker 5: really for the players. Certainly, the money is awesome and

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Speaker 5: in some case great, but what it does mean is

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Speaker 5: the club by allowing, like the coaching staff and it

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Speaker 5: allowing you to get those putting you in there when

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Speaker 5: you really didn't have to be in there for the

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Speaker 5: standings or for the seating of the playoffs, or to

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Speaker 5: get into the playoffs, just to give it to you,

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Speaker 5: give you a chance to get it. It really gives

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Speaker 5: you a feeling you're playing for an organization that's for you,

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Speaker 5: that wants you, that that that's in it with you,

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Speaker 5: that appreciates you. Because I'll say what there are there

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Speaker 5: are dozens and dozens and hundreds of stories over the

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Speaker 5: years of the NFL where coaches would hold a player

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Speaker 5: out to keep them from getting an incentive. Ownership like

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Speaker 5: that has existed in this league. It's never been here

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Speaker 5: in Buffalo, even back when I played, when Ralph Wilson

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Speaker 5: was the was the owner. But this, this ownership group,

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Speaker 5: this GM, this coaching staff, it's a huge message for

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Speaker 5: these players that Hey, we're in it with you. We

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Speaker 5: want you, we want the best for you, we want

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Speaker 5: you to succeed. We're in it for you. And it's

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Speaker 5: not about the money. It's about you. Let's go. That's

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Speaker 5: a huge step. That's a huge gesture on behalf of

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Speaker 5: the ownership toward the players and the coaching staff towards

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Speaker 5: the players. It's not that way every place, and believe me,

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Speaker 5: cool in a game like that. I know that you

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Speaker 2: Probably the biggest achievement turned in by James Cook who

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Speaker 2: the first Bills back with back to back one thousand

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Speaker 2: yard rushing seasons since twenty sixteen to twenty seventeen, when

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Speaker 2: by a Bill's back in a single season. Cook also

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Speaker 2: tied for the league lead in rushing touchdowns with Jamiir Gibbs,

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Speaker 2: who had three last night in the Lions win to

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Speaker 2: share the league lead in rushing touchdowns since Oj in

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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy five for a Bill's player. The Bills set

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Speaker 2: single season franchise records for total points five hundred, twenty

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Speaker 2: five total touchdowns, sixty five rushing touchdowns, thirty two fourth

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Speaker 2: lowest sac great highest touchdown to interception ratio, most twenty

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Speaker 2: eighty three points in the second half this year. Pretty

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Speaker 2: crazy yeah. Buffalo's offense also became the only team in

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Speaker 2: league history to have at least thirty rushing and thirty

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Speaker 2: the Bills finished the regular season with thirty two rushing

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Speaker 2: Bill's finished plus one yes day, and the turnover margin

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Speaker 2: twenty twelve, when the Patriots finished plus twenty five. This

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Speaker 2: In league history, the twenty twenty one Bills also did

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Speaker 2: it in five games. This year's team did it in seven.

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Speaker 2: No team since nineteen sixty has allowed fewer than a

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Speaker 5: They have been a wagon all season, and they've played

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Speaker 5: like it. It's been fun to watch. The defense is

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Speaker 5: they haven't been gotten the payoff that they would have

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Speaker 5: liked a lot of times because of them, you know,

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Speaker 5: even the pressure they're getting. But they've been a really

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Speaker 5: good group, really good group. And I think, you know,

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Speaker 5: we've been hearkening back to Brownie and I in the

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Speaker 5: beginning of the season when none of us knew anything

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Speaker 5: and they were all the doubts that we had in

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Speaker 5: the question marks. It turned out better than even Brownie

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Speaker 5: and I thought it could. When we were spending a

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Speaker 5: positive at the beginning of the year.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think we both share the opinion that with

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Speaker 2: proper player development, by the end of the season this year,

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Speaker 2: this year's team could be even better than last year's team,

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Speaker 2: and I think they are.

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Speaker 5: Brown he's not only did you feel like they're a

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Speaker 2: They're fresher as we saw last year. Well, and partly

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Speaker 2: because they didn't have to sprint to the finish like

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Speaker 5: This team had the division sewed up at week thirteen.

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Speaker 5: That's a long time ago.

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Speaker 2: Yes. Concerning those takeaways that the Bills had thirty one

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Speaker 2: in all, second most in the league, the Bills scored

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Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty eight points off those turnovers. That's

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Speaker 2: good for second most in team history and the most

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Speaker 2: since the two thousand and four Bills, who tied the

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Speaker 2: team records set by the nineteen ninety three Bills. They

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Speaker 2: had one hundred and forty points off turnovers. This year's

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Speaker 2: second most ever in team history. Buffalo also went two

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Speaker 5: It really feels like the Bills are on a collision

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Speaker 2: Well, wasn't it that would be around two Yeah, it'll

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Speaker 5: It really does seem like every collision course. And of

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Speaker 5: course Kansas City's sitting there lying in waits. Well, they're

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Speaker 2: Or they just flew out this morning.

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Speaker 5: They flew out this morning to get back home after

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Speaker 5: their game yesterday. So Denver they got thirteen days off,

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Speaker 5: they're fine. The Baltimore Ravens, however, this is the you

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Speaker 5: got to the guys that are in the heated debate

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Speaker 5: about who's the MVP. Their teams are going to have

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Speaker 5: a chance to go head to head again. They did

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Speaker 5: it back in Week four and the Ravens lumped the

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Speaker 5: Bill up pretty good, thirty five to ten. It's the

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Speaker 5: biggest loss the Bills have had in a minute, and

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Speaker 5: so it's it seems like that's on the horizon. But

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Speaker 5: you know, obviously you got both those teams have a

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Speaker 2: They do. Bill's also finished second in the league in

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Speaker 2: first at thirty three point two. Head coach Sean mcdermotty

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Speaker 2: after the game yesterday said it appeared they came out

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Speaker 2: of the game clean in terms of injuries. Sometimes things

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Speaker 2: crop up a day later, so gross your fingers and

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Speaker 2: toes that there aren't any surprises coming out a Sunday's game.

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Speaker 2: When coach McDermott addresses the media later this afternoon, let's

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Speaker 2: go around the NFL presented by Kalida Healthy, official healthcare

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Speaker 2: system of the Buffalo Bills. Because there is news galore. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: this is often Black Monday. For girod Mayo, it was

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Speaker 2: Black Sunday. We'll get to that in a second. The

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Speaker 2: New York Jets are already putting out interview requests like

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Speaker 2: they're writing down a grocery list.

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Speaker 5: Brownie's on the list, Bill's.

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Speaker 2: Offensive cordator Joe Brady is on their list. A formal

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Speaker 2: request has been made by New York to interview the

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Speaker 2: Bills OC for their head coaching job. They've also put

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Speaker 2: out requests for Pittsburgh O c Arthur Smith, who interviewed

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Speaker 2: with the Jets four years ago, Houston OC Bobby Slowick,

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Speaker 5: It's better for our team to lose this game, no question.

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Speaker 2: In end of season, you know, locker Room. After losing

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Speaker 5: Well, yeah, it's certainly he'll be a highly valued guy

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Speaker 2: He'll be thirty one years old before next season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they don't have it out in his contract until

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Speaker 5: But I could see a team like a an Arizona

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Speaker 5: But the guy's making thirty bill thirty million. Yeah, you

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Speaker 2: His cap hit next year is twenty eight to six.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if it'll be enough because the Dolphins

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Speaker 2: They got to sign Jalen Phillips to a big contract extension.

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Speaker 2: H Javon Holland has to get signed to an extension.

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Speaker 2: I think McDaniel's job was safe. People were wondering about

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Speaker 2: But he's gonna stay on despite some questionable contract extension

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Speaker 2: Has one hundred and thirty million in caps.

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Speaker 2: I think he's tired of his quarterback not being available.

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Speaker 2: They've requested a general manager interview with Buck's assistant GM

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Speaker 2: Mike Greenberg, who is a Long Island native actually grew

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Speaker 2: He's been put on the interview list. So there it is.

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Speaker 5: Yikes, because of the way that now that the playoff

435
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Speaker 5: field is set, the top eighteen picks of the draft

436
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Speaker 5: are also set coming up starts, obviously with Tennessee, then Cleveland,

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Speaker 5: then the Giants at number three, Patriots at fours we

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Speaker 5: talked about. Then it's Jacksonville, Las Vegas at the Jets, Carolina,

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Speaker 5: New Orleans at nine, and the Bears at number ten.

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Speaker 2: Two more head coaching interview requests by the Jets. I

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Speaker 2: think the list is up to about fifteen now. It's

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Speaker 2: a lot Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and Vikings quarterbacks

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Speaker 2: coach Josh McCown.

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Speaker 5: Josh McCown back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got a history with the Jets, as we know.

446
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 2: I spent some time there.

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Speaker 5: As who was flirting with him as their head coach

448
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Speaker 5: last year. I'm not going to pretend to remember the

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Speaker 5: Holy Crow. Is this list long?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 2: Mike Vrabel interviewed, Ron Rivera interviewed Rex Ryan, Brian Flores,

452
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Speaker 2: Josh McCown, Joe Brady, Matt Naggy, Arthur Smith, Brian Greasy.

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Speaker 2: I didn't see that name before. Aaron Glenn Vance, Joseph

454
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Speaker 2: Bobby slowick.

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Speaker 5: Shoo, Brian Greasy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's coaching somewhere. I can't remember where. Though. Long

457
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Speaker 2: list for the Jets that's gonna take him in it.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I almost think you shouldn't you whittle

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Speaker 2: that list down? Like do you need to interview like

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Speaker 2: a dozen candidates? That's a lot. Usually when a team

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Speaker 2: the usually i'll go more than six, you know what

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Speaker 2: I mean? And then they get it down to a

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Speaker 2: couple of finalists.

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Speaker 5: Yeah. Maybe, Well, if they're doing it the right way,

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Speaker 5: I say, the right way.

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't know that they are, because wouldn't you

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Speaker 2: hire the GM first to be part of the head

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Speaker 2: coaching hire.

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Speaker 5: Here's what I the way I would do it. You'd

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Speaker 5: have all these guys coming, but you'd only have them

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Speaker 5: for like a couple of hours each. Bring them in

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Speaker 5: for a couple of hours and just get just to

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Speaker 5: see is it is it gonna work? Could it work?

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Speaker 5: And then after you get through that, you can throw

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Speaker 5: out six candidates and then start on a second round

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Speaker 5: and bring them back.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 5: I don't know though, if they're doing it the way

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Speaker 5: I think it should be, you bring in some professional head,

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Speaker 5: You bring people who know what they're doing in and

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Speaker 5: you bring them in, say find us the best candidate

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Speaker 5: using all the criteria whatever that is, and do it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's Sean McDermott.

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Speaker 2: They did that here, they did.

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Speaker 5: They say, we last night, we bought We hired Rex

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Speaker 5: Ryan last time. So we're going to get some help.

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Speaker 2: Well the Patriots incident, interestingly enough, are not hiring a

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Speaker 2: search firm. The Crafts are doing it themselves. We'll see

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Speaker 2: how that works.

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Speaker 5: Well, they did that last time, didn't they twelve months ago?

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Speaker 5: So I you as keep just get professionals to do it.

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Speaker 5: You know, I don't know it. It's it's a and

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Speaker 5: it can't be a personal decision. It's a billion it's

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Speaker 5: a multi billion dollar business, multi billion dollar business and

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Speaker 5: part of a multi billion billion dollar industry. You can't

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Speaker 5: just like, you know what, I like this guy better.

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Speaker 2: He's you can't really kneel like the way I like

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Speaker 2: the way.

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Speaker 5: You know, come on, you can't do it that way, right.

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Speaker 2: Wanted to remind you that this week's game and the

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Speaker 2: proud sponsor of this year's playoffs is Northtown Automotive Group.

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Speaker 2: Whatever you're looking for, you'll find it at Northtown, the

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Speaker 2: official automotive dealer of the Buffalo Bills. So the proud

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Speaker 2: sponsor this week's wild card game against the Broncos. And

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Speaker 2: in case you were living under a rock and don't know,

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Speaker 2: the game is on Sunday at one pm.

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Speaker 5: Good.

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Speaker 2: I was happy to see that, Holy Crow.

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Speaker 5: I kind of am too. Yeah, Sunday once.

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Speaker 2: It's a little better for the fans too. The sun's

512
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 2: still up, you're not freezing. You took us off. Appreciate

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00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,639
Speaker 2: not that fans would be dissuaded from coming, but I

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00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 2: think a lot of fans appreciate the fact that this

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Speaker 2: is a one o'clock game on Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I'm I'm very I was tickled by that. Yeah, tickled. Okay,

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Speaker 5: Sunday one. Ah, yeah, thank you. That's that's like our wheelhouse.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I've got my that is our wheelhouse. H right.

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00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, we've all got our like routine for a Sunday one.

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00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,439
Speaker 2: Yes, we do. We have can do that in our sleep.

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00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 5: We've been sorely missing Sunday one o'clock games.

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Speaker 2: We do have to pivot to our conversation today with you.

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00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 2: Topic of conversation. Did you get the first round playoff

524
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 2: matchup you wanted for the Bills? Tell us why eight

525
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Speaker 2: oh three oh five point fifty one eight eight eight

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Speaker 2: five fifty two, five fifty the numbers to join us,

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Speaker 2: and we do have open lines for you there, or

528
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Speaker 2: if you don't have time to give us a call,

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Speaker 2: you can hit us up on the tweet sheet at

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Speaker 2: one Bill's Live. Coming up on today's show, to begin

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Speaker 2: hour number two, we're going to catch up with our

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Speaker 2: good friend James Palmer, formerly of NFL Network. He's now

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Speaker 2: doing some other work out West and spends a good

534
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Speaker 2: deal of his time covering the Broncos, so we'll kind

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Speaker 2: of get the update from him as to how the

536
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Speaker 2: Broncos feel after their resounding victory over the Chiefs backups yesterday.

537
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: Offense looked very good under bow Knicks, and their defense

538
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 2: has been a top five unit all season long, so

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be an interesting matchup this weekend for Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: Seemingly strength on strength, Broncos are number three run defense

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Speaker 2: in football. They're really gonna challenge their Bills run game.

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00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 5: Listen, playoff team, folks. They're good and they have a.

543
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 2: Super Bowl winning head coach on the sideline.

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Speaker 5: Sean Payton is a heck of a coach or a

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Speaker 5: heck of a coach, So I'm you know this is

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Speaker 5: I told you wouldn't you rather have the way they

547
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Speaker 5: look the other day? Wouldn't you rather have the Cincinnati

548
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 5: Bengals today? I mean the Broncos looked I mean, I

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00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 5: get it. The Chiefs were, they tang it out, they

550
00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 5: took it out of gear. Yeah, I mean, you know,

551
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Speaker 5: I get it. But the Bengals in the game they

552
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 5: had to win, had to win, and the Steelers same thing.

553
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 5: The Steelers could have wanted to win, and that wasn't

554
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Speaker 5: as important for the Steelers. They were already in and

555
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Speaker 5: they barely squeaked by the Pittsburgh barely squeaky look bad

556
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 5: doing it. They couldn't run it. I mean it was

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Speaker 5: so I'm.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I yeah, that played. That played in the back of

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Speaker 5: the end. So double tip, triple tip, quite gruple, Like

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Speaker 5: five guys touched this thing. Yeah, and they end up

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Speaker 5: with a touchdown. Yeah, it was I don't know. The

563
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Speaker 5: Broncos are a really good football team, great defense, young

564
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 5: talented quarterback and bow knicks And if you saw that yesterday,

565
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 5: he had a chance to show it all yesterday and

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Speaker 5: he did. He showed out and he can run. That

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Speaker 5: dude can run. He is He's like Josh Allen for

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Speaker 5: the Broncos. He can do it all. And uh now

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Speaker 5: he's young. I get it. And everybody says, well the

570
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Speaker 5: Sean McDermott rookie quarterbacks, Well, you know, if the season

571
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 5: ended today, bow Nickson in the court isn't a rookie anymore.

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Speaker 5: You know, he's not a rookie anymore. So I this

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Speaker 5: Denver team, you know, they're the best team. So you

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Speaker 5: wish he had the worst team. You wish he had

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Speaker 5: the Miami Dolphins who are all down there and dissere today. Right, Yeah,

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Speaker 5: I don't know. Yeah, this is this is a tough game.

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00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 5: The Broncos are for real.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's been nine years since the

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Speaker 2: Broncos have been in the playoffs, so it's been a

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Speaker 2: while for their fans. So they're excited to be back

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Speaker 2: in the postseason year two under Sean Payton. So you

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Speaker 2: let us know, did you get the first round playoff

583
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Speaker 2: matchup you wanted for the Bills eight oh three oh

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Speaker 2: five fifty. We do have to step aside here for

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00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 2: a break. When we come back, we'll be taking your

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Speaker 2: phone calls. So if you are on holdsday right where

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Speaker 2: you are, we'll get to you when we return here

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Speaker 2: to Gipson.

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Speaker 3: He fuffled the football, it's loose on the turf, and

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Speaker 3: the Bills say they have it is a takeaway for

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Speaker 3: Buffalo Javon Solomon.

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Speaker 2: This week's Player the Game, defensive end Jevon Solomon, who

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Speaker 2: had seven tackles, including a tackle for loss a quarterback

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Speaker 2: hitting a fumble recovery in the defeat at the hands

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Speaker 2: game this week. As Solomon man, he probably should have

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Speaker 2: had about two sacks in that game. And I thought

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Speaker 2: Eric Wood, my broadcast partner, did a great job of

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Speaker 2: describing how younger players have that extra thing that they

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00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 2: have to learn at the NFL level as a pass rusher,

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Speaker 2: and that's how to finish the play and get the

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Speaker 2: guy on the ground too many times to see him

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Speaker 2: swiping and missing or unable to hang on, or they

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Speaker 2: overrun the quarterback and the pocket where they don't peel

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Speaker 2: back and finish. And we saw that from Salomon yesterday,

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00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 2: but still encouraging signs. Nonetheless, he was living in the

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00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 2: offensive backfield yesterday.

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Speaker 5: The yeah there, it's it's the frantic mindset of trying

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Speaker 5: to make a play and hurrying to do it. You

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00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,239
Speaker 5: got to remain patient and break down, slow down, so

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Speaker 5: you don't go past a quarterback to let him escape.

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Speaker 2: Not for nothing. Joe Milton is a huge man. It's

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Speaker 2: six five, two hundred and forty eight pounds.

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Speaker 5: No question. What you really need to do is make

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Speaker 5: sure you get a grip on the guy. Instead of

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Speaker 5: getting a big hit on the guy, you get a

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Speaker 5: grip on him that bothers a QB. He's gonna start

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Speaker 5: to protect the football. Then he won't throw it then

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Speaker 5: most of the time. So yeah, that's it's it is.

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Speaker 5: One of the things that young pass rushers have to

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Speaker 5: learn is not to come in so fast and so

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Speaker 5: furious as to give the quarterback a chance to make

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Speaker 5: you whiff and miss. So you go by and you

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Speaker 5: take yourself out of the play.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a little run

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Speaker 2: this week though, the way he played yesterday. Yeah, when

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Speaker 2: he plays, you notice him. Yes, I mean even earlier

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Speaker 2: in the season, like in some mop up duty against

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Speaker 2: the Jaguars, and I realized the Jaguars are in pass

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00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 2: all out pass mode down forty to ten or whatever

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00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,799
Speaker 2: the heck it was at the time when he came in.

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Speaker 2: But when he gets on the field, you notice him

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Speaker 2: right away. I think that resonates with this coaching staff.

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Speaker 2: We'll see. Let's go to the phones though at eight

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Speaker 2: three zero five fifty one eight eight eight five fifty

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Speaker 2: two five fifteen the numbers to get on board. Did

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Speaker 2: you get the first round playoff matchup you wanted for

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Speaker 2: the Bills? And let us know why you like it

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Speaker 2: if you do. And leading us off today is Judy

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Speaker 2: in Buffalo. What do you offer for his Judy?

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Speaker 7: Well, you know, the Bills are notoriously slow starters, and

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00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 7: this has got to change. I would like to see

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Speaker 7: the Bills adopt that philosophy when they played New England

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Speaker 7: that every time they touched the ball they went in

651
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 7: for a touchdown. I think or maybe not a touchdown,

652
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 7: but six times in a row. The Bills have to

653
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 7: be very assertive, put the games out of question, and

654
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 7: especially this first game, and just wait to see what

655
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 7: comes because they'll have a monumental battle against the Ravens.

656
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,959
Speaker 7: So they just need to be very assertive in what

657
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 7: they are going to do.

658
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, Judy, I think that's what every NFL team

659
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 2: tries to do every single week. Problem is, you got

660
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 2: another team trying to do the same exact thing, and

661
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 2: when you get to the playoffs, it's harder than ever

662
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 2: to do that. What you saw in the twenty twenty

663
00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 2: one wild Card round between the Bills and the Patriots

664
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 2: was an anomaly, a perfect game, touchdowns on every drive.

665
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 2: I mean, I think it was the first time it

666
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 2: happened that many times in the game. That's how rare

667
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 2: it is. And to think that the Bills are just

668
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 2: gonna go out against the top five defense of the

669
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 2: Denver Broncos and whip up seven straight touchdown drives including

670
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: drive one, two, three, four, five, six, and seven. I

671
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 2: hate to tell you it's it's unrealistic. Not saying it

672
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 2: can't happen, but it's very rare. When it does, especially

673
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,720
Speaker 2: in the postseason where games are notoriously close and usually

674
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 2: of the one score variety.

675
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, certainly, And I think Judy's mindset here is is

676
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 5: kind of the angst that all Bills fans feel, and

677
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 5: all all fans of all their teams field. You got, guys,

678
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 5: you just want your team to put it away quick

679
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 5: because you're just you know, everybody's just nervous as can be.

680
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 5: We're all wringing our hands and clutching our pearls and

681
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 5: just all kinds of you know, anxiety going into games

682
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 5: like this because you know, if you lose, it's it's

683
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 5: a soul crushing and you just can't stand to think

684
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 5: about it. So I that's that's where you live in

685
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 5: these kind of weeks.

686
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 2: You just want to win the game. And look, if

687
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 2: they can get off to a fast start, sure, that

688
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 2: would obviously help. It would probably calm a lot of

689
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 2: the nerves and let the team settle into the game

690
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 2: rather than fighting an uphill battle being down. So I

691
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 2: understand the sentiment, Judy. My only point is it's really

692
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 2: hard to be that air tight on offense against teams

693
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 2: of this caliber when you get to the postseason. That's

694
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,760
Speaker 2: why it's hard to win a super Bowl because everybody's great.

695
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 5: This is a tough matchup, I think for Buffalo because

696
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 5: it is strength on strength. The Broncos defense is real.

697
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 5: It's no joke at all. They are really, really good.

698
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 5: They got they got a gazillion sacks this year.

699
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 2: Sixty three guys in the top twenty two in the

700
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 2: league in sacks, three guys with seven sacks or more.

701
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 2: The Bills have won, grew so up.

702
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 5: They've got a ton of guys who can really get

703
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 5: after the cornerback, and they got some corners that are

704
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 5: no joke at all. They are really good. So their

705
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 5: defense is really where it's at for them. Now. They've

706
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 5: got a rookie quarterback with some weapons and a good,

707
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 5: you know, a good and a great offensive play caller.

708
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 5: But he's gonna come into Buffalo on the road in

709
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 5: the playoffs and got to do it in a rough climate,

710
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 5: you know. So there's that matchup against the Bills defense

711
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,919
Speaker 5: that you know, quite frankly people have doubts about because

712
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 5: of their third down defense and their run defense and

713
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 5: all that stuff.

714
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: Weather looks pretty favorable for Sunday, mid thirties, Yeah, mid thirties,

715
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 2: No sip, right, So should be okay for football, should

716
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: be able to play football. Yeah, let's go to Tony

717
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 2: in South Dayton next. What you got for is Tony Tony?

718
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 2: Are you there?

719
00:38:58,239 --> 00:38:58,520
Speaker 8: All right?

720
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 2: I'm gonna put Tony on hold and we'll move over

721
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,280
Speaker 2: to Carlton on the west side. What do you got forus? Carlton?

722
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,720
Speaker 9: Good afternoon, Happy playoff season, gentlemen too.

723
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 10: I like us against anybody. I don't tear who we play.

724
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 9: Line them up, let's go get it.

725
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 11: We got to win a soldiers, let's do it.

726
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 6: That's it.

727
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 10: You have a good day.

728
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough? What Carlton say I have Mike? He said,

729
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 2: I like us against anybody. I don't care, so let's

730
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 2: just do it. Yeah, very very direct.

731
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 5: I kind of agree with him. If the Bills play

732
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 5: their best, he ain't no stopping them. You're right, I mean,

733
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 5: we've seen it there. Think about this though. This team

734
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 5: that they're playing this week lost to the Kansas City

735
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 5: Chiefs by a block field goal on the last.

736
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: Play of the game in Kansas City.

737
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 5: In Kansas City, and they beat him yesterday. Now yesterday,

738
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 5: you can throw that one at whatever. Uh, there's only

739
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 5: one team in the league who have beaten the number

740
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 5: one seed in the conference in the AFC and the

741
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 5: number one seed in the NFC, that's Buffalo. But the

742
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,359
Speaker 5: Broncos beat the Chiefs and probably should have beaten them

743
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 5: twice this year.

744
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,399
Speaker 2: This game yesterday is kind of an asterisk, that's right.

745
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:18,279
Speaker 2: But think about the inactives were Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones, Yeah,

746
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 2: Isaiah Pacheco, Travis Kelcey, I mean, Creed Humphrey, Yeah, I mean,

747
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 2: it was a it's.

748
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,959
Speaker 5: An all pro list. Yeah, but they did. They played

749
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 5: them really well in their building, and that's the kind

750
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 5: of environment they're walking into Sunday. They're going to be

751
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 5: in a building like Kansas City's Arrowhead And they had

752
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 5: a chance to beat the Chiefs on the last play

753
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 5: of the game, and it was a superhuman effort that

754
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 5: stopped them. Man, that's rough, you know, that's that's not

755
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 5: a team that you're gonna come in here and say, Okay,

756
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 5: here we go. We're gonna play the Baltimore Ravens next week.

757
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,240
Speaker 5: Let's go. You know you got yeah that this Bronco

758
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 5: this is not the matchup is hoping for. I'll just

759
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 5: be honest.

760
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: What are your chief concerns.

761
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 5: Here, their defense, their head coach, they're special teams.

762
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 2: Well, I will tell you Bills have the longest active

763
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 2: winning streak in the regular season at home. It's now

764
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 2: eleven in a row. Their last loss at home to

765
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 2: Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos.

766
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 5: In the twelve minute regular season the twelve minut on

767
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 5: the phone, men on the field.

768
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 2: Game will let's got second chance to kick a game

769
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: winning field goal after missing the first one. So we

770
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 2: have to step aside here, take a break. But when

771
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 2: we come back, more of your phone calls. We'll lead

772
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 2: off with Cindy and Amherst and others holding at eight

773
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 2: oh three oh five fifty. Hey, did you get the

774
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 2: first round playoff matchup you wanted for the Bills? Let

775
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 2: us know aight oh three oh five to fifty open

776
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 2: lines for you. They are more of your phone calls.

777
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 2: Next here on a Buffalo Victory Monday or a Buffalo

778
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 2: Football Monday. On one Bill's Live presented by co Lo

779
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:58,359
Speaker 2: out of Health.

780
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 12: It's Buffalo Bills Radio the.

781
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 2: Numbers that Matter, presented by the New York Lottery backing

782
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 2: the Bills. Sounds grande like the New grounde scratch off

783
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: games from the New York Lottery with prizes up to

784
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 2: three million dollars. Gambling problem called one eight seven seven

785
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,919
Speaker 2: eight Hope and why the Bills became the first team

786
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,720
Speaker 2: in NFL history with thirty plus passing touchdowns and thirty

787
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 2: plus rushing touchdowns in a season. Bills running back James

788
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 2: Cook also tied the franchise record for most rushing touchdowns

789
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 2: in a season with sixteen, tying the record set by

790
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 2: Hall of Famer O. J. Simpson, who, by the way,

791
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 2: did it in fourteen regular season games. That was the

792
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 2: length of the regular season back when he was playing

793
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 2: so interesting thereon. Congrats to James Cook on his second

794
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:57,240
Speaker 2: consecutive one thousand yard rushing season. Back to the phones

795
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 2: at eight oh three zero five to fifty one eight

796
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,480
Speaker 2: eight five fifty two, asking you, hey, did you get

797
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 2: the first round playoff matchup you wanted for the Bills?

798
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 2: And if so, why are you satisfied or dissatisfied with

799
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 2: that matchup? We go to Cindy and Amherst. Next.

800
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,839
Speaker 13: What's up Cindy, Good afternoon, gentlemen, how are you good?

801
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,240
Speaker 5: Good good?

802
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 6: Well.

803
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 13: I'm super excited because this is an exact matchup that

804
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 13: I was looking forward to seeing because I want to

805
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 13: see bon Nix and the Denver team come into town.

806
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 13: And I think Buffalo is going to handle their business

807
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:36,799
Speaker 13: with one confidence. My score prediction is going to be

808
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:41,439
Speaker 13: twenty seven to ten. Buffalo takes care of business. And

809
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,399
Speaker 13: I was just watching the internet this morning and I

810
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 13: saw a clip of the fans at the Mile High

811
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,960
Speaker 13: Stadium or whatever stadium name that is out there yelling

812
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 13: bring on Buffalo, Bring on Buffalo. And my only response

813
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 13: to that is, just be careful for what you ask for,

814
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 13: because you're gonna get it. They're going to come down

815
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 13: off their rocky mountain high next Sunday.

816
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, all right, thank you Sidy.

817
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 2: So Cindy apparently happy with Denver as an opponent. Yeah, fair,

818
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 2: get it.

819
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 14: Sure.

820
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 2: Yeah. We move on to Ron in Virginia. What's up Ron?

821
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 14: Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call. Chris. He appreciate you.

822
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 14: I also want Denver and just hear me out. I

823
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 14: think that we have the best way because I think

824
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 14: the Chargers can take out the Ravens and Pittsburgh they

825
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 14: kind of have Baltimore's number. I'm a little fifty to

826
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 14: fifty on that. But if they take out the Ravens,

827
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 14: we end up playing I think the Chargers, and then

828
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 14: the Steelers will go to Kansas City or vice versa.

829
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 14: So one of the biggest obstacles in Baltimore will already

830
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 14: be out the way with the Chargers because they're very good.

831
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 2: Well, Chargers are playing the Texans just so you know.

832
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,359
Speaker 14: Right, right, so they take out the they take out

833
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 14: the Texans, based on the outcome of the other game,

834
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 14: they'll go to the Chargers will go too Baltimore. So

835
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,320
Speaker 14: I'm just kind of excited because I think that will

836
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 14: better better for us in the long run.

837
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't know that. I don't know that

838
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 2: you got that, Baltimore.

839
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 5: Right, Baltimore has to play Pittsburgh and wild Card weekend.

840
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 2: Right, and so uh, if Baltimore wins their game, they

841
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 2: come to Buffalo and the Chargers would go to Kansas City.

842
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 2: The Chargers Chiefs are going to draw the lowest seed.

843
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 2: I mean, that's how it works. So yeah, so I

844
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:46,320
Speaker 2: I respect your hope, but that's just not how it

845
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:55,239
Speaker 2: would unfold. I mean, if Pittsburgh somehow beats Baltimore, you know,

846
00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:59,240
Speaker 2: they're they're the what are they They're the six? Chargers

847
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 2: are the five? Oh? I see what he's saying. He's

848
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 2: saying Pittsburgh wins, Pittsburgh would come to Kansas City, and

849
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 2: then the Chargers would come here. He's predicting two upsets.

850
00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, okay, if that Yeah, if that happens, that's what

851
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 5: he's predicting. Sure, if the other two games go the

852
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 5: way of the underdog.

853
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 2: Guy, then you draw the Chargers.

854
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 5: When you draw the Chargers.

855
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 2: Sure, but whatever, we're a long way from that. Let's

856
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 2: let's take it one at a time here. I have.

857
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,800
Speaker 2: I had a coach a long time ago, and he

858
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,439
Speaker 2: used to call this paper shooting, and he said, don't

859
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 2: payer shoot, you know, just because this team beat that

860
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:41,040
Speaker 2: team and that team beat this team. You know what

861
00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:43,680
Speaker 2: I mean. So don't get ahead of yourselves.

862
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's not it's not mathematics. It's it's more art

863
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 5: than it is that.

864
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's go to Dan in Lancaster next. What do

865
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 2: you got for us? Dan?

866
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 8: Hey?

867
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 15: Thanks taking my call? I mean we only had three options,

868
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 15: right for who were Ideally I always say, don't play

869
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 15: another division. Bible I originally was this is the year

870
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 15: I said, oh yeah, we'll easily beat Miami, so I

871
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 15: probably would have want Miami. But yes, I'm glad we

872
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 15: got Denver. I didn't want no part of Joe Burrow

873
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 15: and those two receivers. It's still in my mind about

874
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,680
Speaker 15: what happened, I believe two years ago with big Pouton

875
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:25,160
Speaker 15: and I just Joe Burrow has the experience. I am

876
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 15: worried about Denver's defense. But yes, the matchup, definitely, I

877
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 15: would rather play Denver. And I'm also a Bronco and

878
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 15: a Steeler fan. There's only three AFC teams I ever

879
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:40,400
Speaker 15: root for my life, my hometown Bills Steelers in Denver.

880
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 15: And as far as the kick returns, if you kick

881
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 15: the ball out of the end zone, do they start

882
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:51,799
Speaker 15: at at thirty, yes, I would do it every time.

883
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,880
Speaker 15: I'm worried about that MEM's guy.

884
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 14: I just kick it out of the.

885
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 15: End zone every time. That's what I would do if I.

886
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:01,560
Speaker 5: Easy to say, but you're in Buffalo and it's thirty

887
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 5: degrees and so sometimes you can't do that. That's part

888
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 5: of the deal with this new dynamic kickoff is you know,

889
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,760
Speaker 5: the later it got in the year, the more returns

890
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 5: we saw going through the outdoor teams, up in the

891
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:19,680
Speaker 5: northeast zone, so it's a problem.

892
00:48:19,760 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 2: It's harder. It's definitely harder now because you're kicking a rock.

893
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 2: The thing that I'm surprised that more teams have not

894
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:30,000
Speaker 2: attempted is if you kick it into the landing zone

895
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 2: and it lands between the twenty and the goal line

896
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 2: and then skips into the end zone and it's down there,

897
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 2: they get it at the twenty. Why have not more

898
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:41,400
Speaker 2: teams tried that? Is it that difficult.

899
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 5: Bill to tried it the other day and they got

900
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 5: they can't landed the bolt at the twenty three yard

901
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 5: line and.

902
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,520
Speaker 2: It Yeah, but you got kickers that are good enough

903
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 2: to kick it there.

904
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,879
Speaker 5: Listen. I agree one thousand percent with what you're saying.

905
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 5: I covered kicks for a long time in the league.

906
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 5: A bouncing football is the coverage team's best friend. It

907
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,720
Speaker 5: is hard to do it, particularly when you got guys

908
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 5: blowing snot bubbles coming down there trying to take your

909
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 5: head off, and you're trying to look at them, and

910
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 5: while you're feeling at the ground trying to find the ball.

911
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 5: It is a nightmare for a return.

912
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:13,640
Speaker 2: I just don't know why more teams didn't try that.

913
00:49:13,719 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 5: It must be harder than we think it is. I

914
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 5: think it's a I think I would get a guy

915
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 5: to kick it with straight and forget the soccer style thing.

916
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 5: Get one of your linemen with a square toe shoe,

917
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,319
Speaker 5: put the thing sideways on the ball and bang that

918
00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,880
Speaker 5: thing down there like a helicopter and let those guys

919
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 5: try and find it it is. Kick it right down

920
00:49:36,920 --> 00:49:39,280
Speaker 5: the middle of the field with side spin on out

921
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 5: and just see what they can do.

922
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 2: Now, I will say, here is the danger of that.

923
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 2: If you kick the ball and it is low enough

924
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 2: for one of your up men to touch it on

925
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:54,239
Speaker 2: the return team, they are an extension of the out

926
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 2: of bounds area outside the landing zone. So if you

927
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 2: don't kick it high enough to clear those guys and

928
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 2: they slap at it and hit.

929
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 5: It, they're only they get it at the forty yards away.

930
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 5: They're not Yeah, that's they're not going to do that.

931
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,240
Speaker 5: They're some of them don't even face the ball.

932
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's.

933
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 5: Not an issue. You can you can, Yeah, yes, I

934
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 5: get that, but no, that's easily avoided. Okay, But I'm

935
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:16,759
Speaker 5: with you.

936
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 2: I want to skip it through there.

937
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 5: You know.

938
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 2: Now, you got to get it to the end zone.

939
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,720
Speaker 2: But even if you don't, it's bouncing around.

940
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 5: Like Sam, totally with it, right, it's a problem teams.

941
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 5: The other side of that coin is that when you

942
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,400
Speaker 5: do that, the ball skiters down there. It gets there

943
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:33,839
Speaker 5: a little quicker. Okay, so you you know, but when

944
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 5: it hits the ground, guys are down there already. When

945
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,640
Speaker 5: the ball hits the ground, you can go yes, and.

946
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,239
Speaker 2: It's down and the guys are down there already. They're

947
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,239
Speaker 2: not standing with the kicker back at the thirty five.

948
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 5: I'm with you.

949
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,400
Speaker 2: I wanted to see more of that this year. I

950
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 2: was kind of disappointed.

951
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,520
Speaker 5: I'm totally with you. I'm and yeah, there's yes, I'm

952
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 5: with you. I mean, I don't want to go down there.

953
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 2: I mean, I know it. I know it does provide

954
00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:57,879
Speaker 2: an element of uncertainty in terms of where the ball

955
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 2: is going to cover it because you know how it's

956
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:01,000
Speaker 2: gonna bounce.

957
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 5: I'm totally with you, and I'm not gonna get down

958
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 5: this rabbit hole because my experience doesn't automatically make me

959
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:08,279
Speaker 5: qualified to talk about these new rules.

960
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:09,919
Speaker 2: I think it gives you a little more credit.

961
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 5: But there's there's a lot of stuff in it that

962
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 5: I would explore.

963
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 2: Gotta take a break here because when we come back,

964
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 2: we're going to begin our number two with our good

965
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 2: friend James Palmer. He's now the senior NFL reporter for

966
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 2: Underdog Fantasy and he spends a lot of time covering

967
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,920
Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos. So we'll catch up with him to

968
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 2: talk Denver Broncos when we return here on One Bill's

969
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 2: Live presented by co Lot of Health.

970
00:51:35,640 --> 00:52:57,600
Speaker 12: It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

971
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:25,840
Speaker 1: The One Bill's Live presented by Calllida Health.

972
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 2: Power number two on a Buffalo Football Monday. Chris Brown,

973
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 2: Steve Taskar, thanks for joining us here on One Bill's

974
00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 2: Live and also joining us now at this time senior

975
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 2: NFL reporter for Underdog Fantasy, also NFL insider for Bleacher Report.

976
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 2: It's the good friend James Palmer joining us on the line,

977
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 2: who spends a good deal of time in and around

978
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:45,239
Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos, and he was there yesterday for the

979
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 2: game against what amounted to the Chiefs minus they're all

980
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:52,600
Speaker 2: pro players. That inactive list was a who's who yesterday

981
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:55,879
Speaker 2: for the Chiefs. Holy Cow. Bill's in a similar boat

982
00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 2: yesterday sitting a lot of people against the Patriots and uh,

983
00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,360
Speaker 2: you know, the Broncos, to their credit, took care of business, James.

984
00:53:02,400 --> 00:53:08,600
Speaker 2: So how much do we put value in the impressive

985
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:13,040
Speaker 2: performance we saw from the Chiefs for the Broncos offense yesterday.

986
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 2: How much of a grain of salt do we have

987
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,120
Speaker 2: to take knowing who the Chiefs were putting on the field.

988
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you'd take a grain assault with it,

989
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,440
Speaker 6: for sure. But I think outside of Week eighteen, the

990
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,440
Speaker 6: Denver Broncos really showed everybody they are a playoff team, right.

991
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 6: They had three games to win. One, they should have

992
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,000
Speaker 6: beaten the Chargers, they had an unbelievable first half and

993
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 6: fell apart. They should have beaten Cincinnati and my opinion,

994
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 6: should have went for two before it went into overtime

995
00:53:37,120 --> 00:53:39,919
Speaker 6: against Joe Burrow. And so being in both of those

996
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 6: games where they're both playoff teams with a chance to

997
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,359
Speaker 6: get into the postseason, showed you and what else they

998
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 6: did throughout the course of the season that this was

999
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 6: a playoff team. And obviously they got in in a

1000
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 6: fashion that was a little bit you know, it was

1001
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,919
Speaker 6: a dominant performance against the team that was found out

1002
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 6: that they were staying in Denver the night because of

1003
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:01,560
Speaker 6: the Weather and Kansas City, who was probably you know,

1004
00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,360
Speaker 6: the morale was low on that side of things, and

1005
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:06,120
Speaker 6: locked up the number one seed. But nevertheless, this was

1006
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:10,520
Speaker 6: the longest playoff drought for a team since winning the

1007
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 6: Super Bowl eight seasons now, since they won Super Bowl

1008
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:18,319
Speaker 6: fifty with Peyton Manning quarterbacking that team. So nevertheless, it

1009
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 6: was a huge moment in Denver, huge moment for the

1010
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 6: fans with a rookie quarterback and Sean Payton. And actually,

1011
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 6: I will say this, guys, I was talking to Peyton

1012
00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:28,799
Speaker 6: on the sideline, Peyton Manning, that is, prior to the game,

1013
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 6: and he said, I'm gonna get us this win because

1014
00:54:31,040 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 6: I've been dying to see a playoff game with my

1015
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,520
Speaker 6: Denver Broncos with my son, and I changed sweets. I

1016
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 6: used to be in that corner over there when I

1017
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 6: was a player. I've changed sweets, I've changed the mojo,

1018
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 6: and so Peyton Manning is responsible for them.

1019
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:45,279
Speaker 2: Well, I probably, And I'll say this, this is the

1020
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:46,240
Speaker 2: inside information.

1021
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 5: This Broncos team is no flukey. They've been in the

1022
00:54:51,160 --> 00:54:54,279
Speaker 5: playoff bracket since Week seven. I mean they've been there now,

1023
00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:56,359
Speaker 5: They've been all the way up to six. Because they're

1024
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,759
Speaker 5: not catching the Chiefs that whatever. Although they should have

1025
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 5: beat the Chiefs into the pass city, right, I mean,

1026
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 5: that's how good they are. They really did rise up

1027
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:06,839
Speaker 5: and play a great game that day. Got one bad

1028
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:08,560
Speaker 5: play at the end of the game and it cost him.

1029
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,200
Speaker 5: But that's a team that they're the only the team

1030
00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:13,800
Speaker 5: in the league that really could say we should have

1031
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:15,399
Speaker 5: beaten the Chiefs, and the Bills are the only other team.

1032
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,439
Speaker 5: This is a Broncos team with a defense like they've

1033
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 5: got a head coach as savvy and smart as Sean

1034
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:24,319
Speaker 5: Payton is. They really got to like the way they

1035
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 5: they're feeling coming into this playoff run, right.

1036
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, they really do. I mean this is a hot defense.

1037
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:31,720
Speaker 6: I mean, this is one of the better defensive units

1038
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:33,200
Speaker 6: in football. And I think we do have to give

1039
00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:36,040
Speaker 6: Vance Joseph some credit. Who's getting his name, you know,

1040
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,239
Speaker 6: out there once again in the hiring cycle for the

1041
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 6: head coach positionings and openings that are out there. I'd

1042
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:42,960
Speaker 6: expect a couple of interviews from VJ talking to him

1043
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 6: yesterday without a lot of household names. Guys on this defense,

1044
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 6: we all know Patrick Sartan one of the best corners

1045
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 6: in football and in my opinion and a lot of

1046
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:53,200
Speaker 6: other people's opinions, should be in the conversation for defensive

1047
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 6: Player of the Year. That's how good he's been. He

1048
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,480
Speaker 6: shadows number ones quite a bit. That doesn't happen in

1049
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,759
Speaker 6: the league all that much. But outside of Cirtan, I

1050
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 6: think people outside of Denver can name five members of

1051
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,239
Speaker 6: this defense. I mean, that's how good they are as

1052
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:08,839
Speaker 6: a unit. Zach Allen upfront's been playing great. I think

1053
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 6: as a defensive line, that's been their biggest strength. And

1054
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:13,840
Speaker 6: I'm excited to see them go against one of the

1055
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:16,640
Speaker 6: best offensive lines in football that Buffalo has. I mean,

1056
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:19,000
Speaker 6: I think this game has two of the better offensive lines. Actually,

1057
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:21,160
Speaker 6: Denver's been healthy as well on their offensive line, but

1058
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 6: this group up front is really just I talked to

1059
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:26,160
Speaker 6: DJ Jones about it after the game. It's a bunch

1060
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,799
Speaker 6: of man strength up there right with Malcolm Roach and

1061
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:31,960
Speaker 6: DJ Jones and Jonathan Franklin Myers, Zach Allen. They got

1062
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 6: two great edge rushers and Jonathan Cooper and Nick Benito.

1063
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 6: So getting after the quarterback has been the name of

1064
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:39,919
Speaker 6: the game for them. It's sixty three sacks this year.

1065
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 6: That's unbelievable. I think the Ravens were second with fifty four.

1066
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,719
Speaker 6: So they get after the quarterback. That's been the name

1067
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:49,080
Speaker 6: of the game. Secondary doesn't have to cover very long.

1068
00:56:49,360 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 6: The one weakness that we can get into it, I

1069
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 6: think is the linebacker spot at the inside, and we

1070
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 6: know the way Buffalo can attack the middle of the field.

1071
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:57,799
Speaker 6: I think that's an issue for this defense. But there's

1072
00:56:57,840 --> 00:56:59,719
Speaker 6: a lot to like about Denver's defense for sure.

1073
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,560
Speaker 2: All Right, so we've gotten this far and we haven't

1074
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 2: talked about bo Nicks yet. And you know, this is

1075
00:57:05,040 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 2: a guy who, you know, I think unfairly didn't get

1076
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 2: as much coverage as Jaden Daniels did, but played in

1077
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:15,480
Speaker 2: just as many college games, had just over sixty college starts,

1078
00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 2: just like Jayden Daniels did. And holy cow, is that

1079
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,680
Speaker 2: the new calling card for picking a quarterback in the draft.

1080
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 2: I mean, yet, some of these kids that played through

1081
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 2: the COVID years and got six years in college, over

1082
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 2: sixty starts, they've seen everything and they're ready. More ready,

1083
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:32,040
Speaker 2: I think you can argue for the NFL. And with

1084
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 2: Peyton kind of schooling him and bringing him along, you know,

1085
00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 2: you've got a guy that can hit all areas of

1086
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:38,760
Speaker 2: the field with his arm and can take off and

1087
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 2: run for yardage as well. I mean, I don't want

1088
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,920
Speaker 2: to call him a mini Josh Allen just yet, but

1089
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 2: there are some of the same elements to his game

1090
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:47,760
Speaker 2: that Josh has in terms of being an all around talent.

1091
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, you don't have to call him that because he

1092
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 6: has been called that by Steve Spagnolo. Spags actually said

1093
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:56,200
Speaker 6: that going into this Week eighteen game. So when I

1094
00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:59,720
Speaker 6: see bow Nicks run, I see some flashes of Josh Allen. Now,

1095
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 6: I think Josh is a unicorn in terms of how

1096
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:03,760
Speaker 6: he runs the football. I don't think there's a comparison

1097
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 6: out there. But bo Nix is the Broncos third leading rusher.

1098
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:10,280
Speaker 6: I mean of rushing plays over twenty yards, they have

1099
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:12,280
Speaker 6: ten for the season. They don't run the ball very well.

1100
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 6: Bo Nicks has six of the ten. I mean, he

1101
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 6: is an explosive runner, He's got a quick twitch to him.

1102
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 6: He's tied for the team lead and rushing touchdowns like

1103
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 6: he will tuck it and go And that is the

1104
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 6: part that you're gonna have to account for. But I

1105
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:26,760
Speaker 6: like that you brought up the amount of experience that

1106
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:28,640
Speaker 6: he has because if you look at what Michael Pennix

1107
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 6: has done in his short period of time as a

1108
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,360
Speaker 6: starter in the NFL, and then obviously Jaden and bow

1109
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 6: and what they've done for the course of this season.

1110
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,760
Speaker 6: I think that college experience cannot be overlooked. And they're

1111
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:42,760
Speaker 6: about as calm and big situations as you see rookie quarterbacks.

1112
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 6: And I think that's gonna be a feather in the

1113
00:58:45,240 --> 00:58:47,800
Speaker 6: cap of Bo Knicks going on the road, going into

1114
00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 6: a hostile environment in Buffalo. If you're looking for any

1115
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 6: sort of help as a rookie quarterback, I think that

1116
00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:56,720
Speaker 6: experience does help him. It's an inexperienced group of skill

1117
00:58:56,760 --> 00:58:59,000
Speaker 6: guys around him outside of Courtland Sutton, right, I mean

1118
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 6: there's some rookie receiver that he throws to. Sutton has

1119
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 6: been their go to guy, and Bo's really had to

1120
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:07,040
Speaker 6: carry this offense in Buffalo. Anybody up there, I'd keep

1121
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,520
Speaker 6: an eye on. Sean Payton is completely fine putting him

1122
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 6: in the gun, playing three wide, not really running the

1123
00:59:13,640 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 6: football that much, and putting this offense on his rookie

1124
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:19,480
Speaker 6: quarterback shoulders. And he's answered the call more often than not.

1125
00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:21,440
Speaker 6: And I think that's maybe the most impressive part of

1126
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:23,760
Speaker 6: it is that he's had the ability to kind of

1127
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 6: really carry this offense for stretches, because that's the way

1128
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:27,920
Speaker 6: Sean Payton has called this offense.

1129
00:59:28,040 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 16: Yeah.

1130
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,600
Speaker 5: How much cut credit does Sean Payton deserve for the

1131
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 5: way this team has turned it around? I mean there's

1132
00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 5: no question. I mean he had. It was an absolute

1133
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:38,800
Speaker 5: disaster last year with the Russ Wilson experiment, and you

1134
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,200
Speaker 5: got to tip your hat to the leadership inside the

1135
00:59:41,200 --> 00:59:44,840
Speaker 5: building and to Sean Payton for just cutting it. Listen,

1136
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,000
Speaker 5: we got to move on and then turn it around

1137
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:47,919
Speaker 5: as fast as they did.

1138
00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, he deserves a ton of credit, him and general

1139
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:53,240
Speaker 6: manager George Peyton. There's so many Peytons in this town.

1140
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:57,280
Speaker 6: Peyton manning, George Peyton, Sean Payton. But you're right, they

1141
00:59:57,280 --> 00:59:58,880
Speaker 6: get a lot of credit. I mean everybody was going,

1142
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 6: why are you gonna let Justin Simmons walk and all

1143
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 6: pro safety? They haven't missed Justin Simmons at all on

1144
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:05,959
Speaker 6: this defense. Briton Jones has done a good job filling

1145
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,040
Speaker 6: in and as a unit. We talked about how good

1146
01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,760
Speaker 6: they've been. They let you know, one of the favorites

1147
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,360
Speaker 6: is in terms of an experienced receiver, and Tim Patrick.

1148
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:16,120
Speaker 6: They let him leave at the end of training camp

1149
01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 6: because they wanted some young guys like Devon Vele to

1150
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 6: go out there and play. He's pulled a lot of

1151
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:23,880
Speaker 6: levers with some young players and putting them in big spots,

1152
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 6: and it's paid off. I would say this is a

1153
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:29,840
Speaker 6: young culture that he's established that they may not know

1154
01:00:29,920 --> 01:00:32,320
Speaker 6: any better. Right, Sometimes with a young team, you have

1155
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 6: that to where they may not know what they're walking

1156
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:36,919
Speaker 6: into the buffalo and that might be actually a little

1157
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:40,240
Speaker 6: bit beneficial to what this team that Sean has built

1158
01:00:40,280 --> 01:00:42,840
Speaker 6: and put together. So yeah, the culture has flipped very quickly,

1159
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:45,520
Speaker 6: and he's relied on a lot of young guys and

1160
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 6: flipped this roster. And the other part that he deserves

1161
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 6: credit for is they're working with about a third of

1162
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 6: the less money than everybody else is in the NFL.

1163
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:55,200
Speaker 6: With the dead money that they have with Russell Wilson,

1164
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:56,560
Speaker 6: I mean, it's some of the most dead money we've

1165
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:59,400
Speaker 6: ever seen from a single player ever, and they've still

1166
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:01,800
Speaker 6: gotten themselves to the postseason. Sewan has done a very

1167
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:05,560
Speaker 6: impressive job. And I think I mentioned how much you

1168
01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 6: know is put on bow. I think that's also Sean

1169
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,360
Speaker 6: kind of showing the league like none of you thought

1170
01:01:10,400 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 6: he was a first round pick. I did. I think

1171
01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:15,320
Speaker 6: he's a great fit. Let me go succeed with this

1172
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:18,400
Speaker 6: rookie quarterback. It's a little bit of Sean's personality if

1173
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:18,760
Speaker 6: you know it.

1174
01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:21,280
Speaker 5: Oh the way he's called this, Oh yeah yeah.

1175
01:01:21,800 --> 01:01:26,200
Speaker 2: What What is your explanation for why the run game

1176
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:28,919
Speaker 2: has been hit and miss for them this season? Because

1177
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:31,760
Speaker 2: if you look at their offensive line, there are recognizable

1178
01:01:31,840 --> 01:01:35,200
Speaker 2: names there. I mean, Ben Powers, Quinn Minors, Mike mclinchy,

1179
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 2: Garrett Balls. I mean, these are all recognizable names for

1180
01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:40,320
Speaker 2: people to pay attention to the National Football League and

1181
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 2: some veteran players at that is what has been the

1182
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:43,600
Speaker 2: missing link there?

1183
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:48,200
Speaker 6: Well, it's been a revolving door for sure. They've been

1184
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 6: able to stay remarkably healthy upfront, which is a feather

1185
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:52,720
Speaker 6: in their cap. And I've talked to some defensive coordinators

1186
01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 6: that they've gone against this year and they've gone to me, like,

1187
01:01:55,280 --> 01:01:57,760
Speaker 6: I look at the group up front, they're actually run graders.

1188
01:01:57,800 --> 01:01:59,440
Speaker 6: They're better at that than there are in terms of

1189
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:01,920
Speaker 6: pass pro and they just don't seem to run it.

1190
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:04,760
Speaker 6: And dcs have said to me, like they can run

1191
01:02:04,800 --> 01:02:07,600
Speaker 6: it why don't they. And it's been something that we've

1192
01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,920
Speaker 6: seen from Sean Payton putting it on his call sheet

1193
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:12,400
Speaker 6: to saying run it like you saw against the Chargers,

1194
01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:14,640
Speaker 6: Like they just don't call a whole lot of runs.

1195
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,920
Speaker 6: Whether it's the revolving door of backs, whether Julia McLoughlin's

1196
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,240
Speaker 6: kind of the hot one right now, Audrick Estimate, the

1197
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:22,560
Speaker 6: rookie out of Notre Dame's gotten some run, and then

1198
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:25,400
Speaker 6: Javonte Williams. I'd say that's probably the reason why this

1199
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 6: has struggled the most two years. Removed from just a

1200
01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,800
Speaker 6: catastrophic knee injury that they were hoping this year he'd

1201
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:33,200
Speaker 6: be back to the player he was before that knee injury.

1202
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 6: He kind of hasn't been. And then at the same time,

1203
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:41,000
Speaker 6: he is hands down clearly the best pass protecting back

1204
01:02:41,080 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 6: that they have. So with throwing the ball as much

1205
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 6: as they do and wanti protect Bonnicks, which they've done

1206
01:02:46,360 --> 01:02:49,280
Speaker 6: brilliantly this year, you have your worst running back on

1207
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:51,960
Speaker 6: the field probably for the most number of snaps. And

1208
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,400
Speaker 6: so that's been kind of just the situation that they've

1209
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:56,960
Speaker 6: put themselves in in terms of running the football and

1210
01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 6: their inability to run.

1211
01:02:58,120 --> 01:03:01,120
Speaker 5: The football Listen, you mentioned Portland Sutton as being kind

1212
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:03,480
Speaker 5: of the veteran guy on their skill positions. They've got,

1213
01:03:03,520 --> 01:03:06,880
Speaker 5: you know, Jordan Humphrey, They've got Marvin Mims, who has

1214
01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 5: also played extremely well in the return game. What about

1215
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 5: their skill guys aside from the running backs who've kind

1216
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:14,280
Speaker 5: of revolved through there.

1217
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:17,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, Mims has been that try to get the ball

1218
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,240
Speaker 6: in his hands a variety of ways, So you could

1219
01:03:19,240 --> 01:03:21,880
Speaker 6: almost throw what they do with him into a little

1220
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:23,600
Speaker 6: bit of their run game, right, whether it's some of

1221
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:25,400
Speaker 6: these sweeps, some of these end a rounds, some of

1222
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:27,800
Speaker 6: these different ways to just get him the ball in space.

1223
01:03:27,840 --> 01:03:29,640
Speaker 6: That's kind of an element of the run game that's

1224
01:03:29,640 --> 01:03:32,280
Speaker 6: been lacking, just trying to find ways to get explosive.

1225
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:35,000
Speaker 6: And Marvin's been really, really good over the last several weeks.

1226
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:38,240
Speaker 6: I mentioned Vele who's kind of come on. Troy Franklin

1227
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 6: hasn't done a whole lot in Bo Nick's teammate at

1228
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,040
Speaker 6: Oregon who they picked in the fourth round, but Cortland

1229
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:45,120
Speaker 6: Sutton has been the go to. And obviously it's a

1230
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:47,480
Speaker 6: fifty to fifty ball type of receiver, a big bodied

1231
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:50,800
Speaker 6: receiver that's played really well in the red zone for them.

1232
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,760
Speaker 6: What's been lacking for this team? And it's a surprise,

1233
01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 6: right because we know Sean Payton is any production out

1234
01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:58,560
Speaker 6: of the tight end spot. I mean, it is kind

1235
01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 6: of miraculous they're in the spot they're in, guys because

1236
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:02,920
Speaker 6: they don't run the ball all that well, and they

1237
01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:04,600
Speaker 6: don't run it all that often, and they don't have

1238
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:08,200
Speaker 6: very much tight end production at all, and so a

1239
01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:10,000
Speaker 6: lot of this falls on Bow and the way things

1240
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 6: are schemed. I think that's a big part of the

1241
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:14,479
Speaker 6: way this offense works, as guys have to be schemed open.

1242
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:18,080
Speaker 6: They have difficulty at times throwing the football downfield. They

1243
01:04:18,120 --> 01:04:21,360
Speaker 6: have sporadic moments where they're successful, but it's really Sean's

1244
01:04:21,360 --> 01:04:24,280
Speaker 6: scheme that just tries to get whoever's open, you know, open,

1245
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 6: as quickly as possible for Bow. But Cortland's really the

1246
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,640
Speaker 6: one that has made this offense go and and Buffalo

1247
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:31,919
Speaker 6: has to find a way to kind of defend those

1248
01:04:31,960 --> 01:04:34,200
Speaker 6: those fifty to fifty balls that's he's been so good

1249
01:04:34,240 --> 01:04:35,840
Speaker 6: at over the over the last couple of years.

1250
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 2: All Right, let's take a look at, you know, the

1251
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:41,800
Speaker 2: AFC picture here and some of the other matchups. I

1252
01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 2: think Chargers Texans is pretty intriguing. The Texans kind of

1253
01:04:46,680 --> 01:04:49,320
Speaker 2: limped to the finish a little bit. Injuries have kind

1254
01:04:49,320 --> 01:04:53,120
Speaker 2: of compromised the effectiveness of their offense. So what do

1255
01:04:53,160 --> 01:04:55,480
Speaker 2: you kind of see there against the Chargers team that

1256
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,440
Speaker 2: looks to be on the ascent into the postseason.

1257
01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:01,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, you're your spot on. These are two teams headed

1258
01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:03,920
Speaker 6: in opposite directions right now. The way this second half

1259
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:05,520
Speaker 6: of the season has gone. I've covered a couple of

1260
01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:08,000
Speaker 6: Texans games. I've covered a couple of Chargers games this year,

1261
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 6: and Jesse Minter, the defensive coordinator for LA, just keep

1262
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:13,919
Speaker 6: an eye on that name. I mean, he's been outstanding

1263
01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 6: and he would be a guy that I think in

1264
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:18,160
Speaker 6: the next cycle after this one, he's a He's a

1265
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 6: head coaching candidate for sure. They've they've been so diverse,

1266
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:24,400
Speaker 6: and they've been so multiple as a defense. I think

1267
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,880
Speaker 6: that's gonna make things even more difficult on an offensive

1268
01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,440
Speaker 6: line in Houston that has just struggled. And you know,

1269
01:05:29,520 --> 01:05:31,800
Speaker 6: talking to Bobby Slowk earlier in the year, their offensive

1270
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 6: coordinator was we're having different breakdowns in our offensive line,

1271
01:05:35,480 --> 01:05:37,479
Speaker 6: and we don't know which breakdown is going to happen

1272
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:39,960
Speaker 6: on which play and that makes even harder on our

1273
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,200
Speaker 6: quarterback in CJ. Shroud. Oftentimes, if you have a weak

1274
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 6: link on your offensive line, guys right, you know where

1275
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:46,000
Speaker 6: maybe some of the pressure is gonna come from, it

1276
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:48,439
Speaker 6: kind of comes from a different spot, and that makes

1277
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:51,320
Speaker 6: things even harder on the way CJ plays the position.

1278
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:54,320
Speaker 6: And so the way that Jesse Minter mixes things up,

1279
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:56,760
Speaker 6: I think makes things very difficult on this on this

1280
01:05:56,840 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 6: banged up Texans team, obviously at the wide receiver spot.

1281
01:06:00,520 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 6: And I think it's going to be a difficult, you know, difficult,

1282
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,160
Speaker 6: difficult game for Houston to come away with the way

1283
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:08,160
Speaker 6: Herbert has played so efficiently and the way that Chargers

1284
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:08,880
Speaker 6: defense is played.

1285
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:10,840
Speaker 5: And do you think it's are you did you chalk

1286
01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:13,200
Speaker 5: it up to injuries in Houston as their problem?

1287
01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:17,400
Speaker 6: Mainly it's it's it's injuries. It's talking to people that

1288
01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:21,320
Speaker 6: adjustments needed to be made, and they haven't. Offensively. You know,

1289
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:23,240
Speaker 6: the book was out after the first year of so

1290
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 6: much success and then you got to counter that, and

1291
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:27,800
Speaker 6: they've had an inability to kind of counter that. And

1292
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:30,760
Speaker 6: what defenses have brought to this, to this offense, I

1293
01:06:30,800 --> 01:06:32,200
Speaker 6: think that's been part of it now that we do

1294
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:35,880
Speaker 6: have the opportunity in this game to have Texans defense

1295
01:06:35,920 --> 01:06:38,560
Speaker 6: that has had moments where they've been outstanding, and so

1296
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:41,600
Speaker 6: if they can flash and create some turnovers. Derek Stingley

1297
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:44,160
Speaker 6: at the corner spot has been just unbelievable, and Ladd

1298
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:47,240
Speaker 6: McConkie has been kind of the Chargers passing game. I mean,

1299
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:50,440
Speaker 6: he has been unreal as a rookie. Praise across the

1300
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:52,920
Speaker 6: league when I talk to people. If Stingley can kind

1301
01:06:52,920 --> 01:06:55,120
Speaker 6: of shut down Ladd McConkie, I think that does change

1302
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:56,000
Speaker 6: things a little bit though.

1303
01:06:56,280 --> 01:06:59,920
Speaker 2: All right, let's flip it over to Raven Steelers Round

1304
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:04,640
Speaker 2: three and again two teams seemingly going in different directions.

1305
01:07:04,680 --> 01:07:08,840
Speaker 2: Do you think Mike Tomlin pulls the Justin Fields card

1306
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:13,280
Speaker 2: just to try to differentiate things and give Baltimore an

1307
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:15,480
Speaker 2: extra thing to handle defensively.

1308
01:07:16,400 --> 01:07:18,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, this has been a question for several weeks now.

1309
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,640
Speaker 6: If you just kind of make your calls around the league,

1310
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,000
Speaker 6: people just being curious, like when does Field start to

1311
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:24,960
Speaker 6: have a little bit more of a role? Right, he

1312
01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 6: was better in the red zone than Russell Wilson was

1313
01:07:27,080 --> 01:07:29,360
Speaker 6: when he was the starter honestly so could he add

1314
01:07:29,400 --> 01:07:32,200
Speaker 6: an added element to their struggles in the red zone

1315
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,560
Speaker 6: and that's where people were trying to see. And I

1316
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:36,960
Speaker 6: think what you do in the postseason, obviously is I

1317
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:38,800
Speaker 6: would want to leak this out as if I was

1318
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:42,280
Speaker 6: Mike Tomlin. You want somebody to prepare as much as possible.

1319
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:44,440
Speaker 6: That's one of the things that makes the Ravens so

1320
01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:47,360
Speaker 6: difficult to go against is because you have to prepare

1321
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 6: for so much during the week. Talk to coaches that

1322
01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:51,320
Speaker 6: have to go against them, the Bills have gone against them.

1323
01:07:51,360 --> 01:07:53,400
Speaker 6: I mean, there's so many different things with Lamar and

1324
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,840
Speaker 6: company you have to prepare for. It makes Sunday all

1325
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,240
Speaker 6: the more difficult. I would if I was Mike Tomlin,

1326
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:00,200
Speaker 6: wanted to kind of get out there that, hey, keep

1327
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:02,480
Speaker 6: an eye out on some justin Field's wrinkles. So just

1328
01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:05,320
Speaker 6: mainly so the Ravens have to prepare for it, and

1329
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:07,000
Speaker 6: you have it in your back pocket to be better

1330
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:08,600
Speaker 6: in the red zone, because I think you're gonna need

1331
01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 6: to do that against a Baltimore Ravens team that can

1332
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,760
Speaker 6: just put points on the board sometimes just like that

1333
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:17,760
Speaker 6: and and find ways to snowball that I noticed kind

1334
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,200
Speaker 6: of this this turn in Pittsburgh when I covered their

1335
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,400
Speaker 6: game against Philadelphia and talking to some people in Philadelphia,

1336
01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:26,240
Speaker 6: it was we already know Russell Wilson. We didn't fear

1337
01:08:26,320 --> 01:08:29,960
Speaker 6: Russell Wilson. It's it's it's either it's either touchdown check down,

1338
01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,920
Speaker 6: and there's no intermediate game. And that's what's been lacking

1339
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:34,960
Speaker 6: kind of in a lot of people's eyes with what's

1340
01:08:34,960 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 6: going on with Pittsburgh in this offense. So it just

1341
01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:41,720
Speaker 6: seemed talking to people in Philadelphia, what's going on with

1342
01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 6: this offense is starting to get a little predictable, and

1343
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,120
Speaker 6: if some of those moon balls don't fall into George Pickens' hands,

1344
01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:48,880
Speaker 6: I think it's going to be hard to keep up

1345
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:49,880
Speaker 6: with with Baltimore.

1346
01:08:50,000 --> 01:08:52,519
Speaker 5: But Pickens is kind of the key for Russ Wilson.

1347
01:08:52,520 --> 01:08:55,160
Speaker 5: When he goes out, they that started the downslide, and

1348
01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:56,840
Speaker 5: even when he got back in, it was hard to

1349
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:57,840
Speaker 5: get the momentum back.

1350
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:01,200
Speaker 6: Very true, yep, exactly, And he's their guy, and if

1351
01:09:01,200 --> 01:09:03,160
Speaker 6: you talk to anybody around the league, they'll tell you

1352
01:09:03,320 --> 01:09:06,879
Speaker 6: he's as talented as anybody at the wide receiver position.

1353
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:09,120
Speaker 6: There's just a lot of other things that are going

1354
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:11,720
Speaker 6: on there that they need to find ways to keep

1355
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:14,120
Speaker 6: him successful and keep him on the field. And that's

1356
01:09:14,120 --> 01:09:16,519
Speaker 6: no secret, but he really is the one. I mean,

1357
01:09:16,560 --> 01:09:18,880
Speaker 6: they thought Mike Williams would start to coming off the

1358
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,280
Speaker 6: knee back end of the year. They wanted a veteran,

1359
01:09:21,360 --> 01:09:23,439
Speaker 6: a guy that you could be that guy. We saw

1360
01:09:23,479 --> 01:09:25,599
Speaker 6: a great cash this past week, but someone that can

1361
01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 6: go up and get the football and when Russ Lazy's

1362
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,200
Speaker 6: out there, but it's really Ben George Dickens and then

1363
01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:32,240
Speaker 6: running the football. They stick with it. But they've had

1364
01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 6: trouble getting it. And then they obviously had some drops

1365
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,240
Speaker 6: Brian who's a good player. But it's a limited offense

1366
01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:39,599
Speaker 6: in the way that you can attack a defense and

1367
01:09:39,720 --> 01:09:43,679
Speaker 6: the other offense might be as versatile as you possibly

1368
01:09:43,680 --> 01:09:44,719
Speaker 6: could be as an offense.

1369
01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:47,920
Speaker 2: All Right, So NFC fans are gonna have to wait

1370
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:51,080
Speaker 2: until the end of the weekend before the slate even starts.

1371
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 2: AFC is going to be done by four o'clock on

1372
01:09:53,439 --> 01:09:56,840
Speaker 2: Sunday and only then do the NFC matchup start. It's

1373
01:09:56,880 --> 01:09:59,080
Speaker 2: kind of a wacky way that they laid this out

1374
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,760
Speaker 2: for the networks. But what to you is the most

1375
01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:04,799
Speaker 2: sexy NFC matchup?

1376
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 5: Is it?

1377
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:07,559
Speaker 2: Green Bay at Philly, Washington at Tampa or is it

1378
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:11,240
Speaker 2: you know, Minnesota going LA.

1379
01:10:11,439 --> 01:10:13,920
Speaker 6: I was fascinated by what La did. I mean, I

1380
01:10:13,920 --> 01:10:16,280
Speaker 6: would want to have, you know, played my starters and

1381
01:10:16,360 --> 01:10:19,680
Speaker 6: avoided whoever lost that game between Minnesota and Detroit, but

1382
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 6: they they you know, Sean McVay, I think knows more

1383
01:10:21,880 --> 01:10:24,719
Speaker 6: about football than I do. But I would say Green

1384
01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:27,559
Speaker 6: Bay and Philadelphia to me is the one that stands out,

1385
01:10:27,720 --> 01:10:30,160
Speaker 6: and because Jordan Love has it in him to go

1386
01:10:30,240 --> 01:10:32,360
Speaker 6: out there and play unbelievable football. We've seen it in

1387
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:35,000
Speaker 6: the first round of the postseason before, and I think

1388
01:10:35,080 --> 01:10:37,559
Speaker 6: Philly might be top to bottom both sides of the ball.

1389
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:41,120
Speaker 6: The most talented team in the NFL. Obviously Detroit's great.

1390
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:44,840
Speaker 6: Kansas City is great, but Detroit's banged up in Kansas City.

1391
01:10:44,840 --> 01:10:46,920
Speaker 6: I just think it's Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and Steve

1392
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:49,360
Speaker 6: Spagnola that make a lot of that go. Philly's roster

1393
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:51,599
Speaker 6: is so damn talented. I think we got to keep

1394
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:54,960
Speaker 6: an eye on where you know, Jalen Hurts is with

1395
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:58,240
Speaker 6: this concussion that he's coming back from. That's a major storyline.

1396
01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 6: But I do think the way they turn the football

1397
01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:04,439
Speaker 6: over in Green Bay with the way that defense has

1398
01:11:04,439 --> 01:11:07,559
Speaker 6: the ability to play. I think this is the one

1399
01:11:07,560 --> 01:11:08,880
Speaker 6: that I want to keep an eye on because that

1400
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:11,400
Speaker 6: is a legit threat to a team that has Super

1401
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:13,760
Speaker 6: Bowl aspirations for sure in Philadelphia.

1402
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:15,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the only thing is they might play without

1403
01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:17,840
Speaker 2: Christian Watson. Looks like he's out for the year with

1404
01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:21,519
Speaker 2: an ACL knee injury. Really bad break for Watson, who's twenty.

1405
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,439
Speaker 6: It's very versatile at the receiver spot though.

1406
01:11:23,439 --> 01:11:25,599
Speaker 2: Yes they oh they have depth there for sure and

1407
01:11:25,800 --> 01:11:28,280
Speaker 2: tight ends for days that they can throw to also

1408
01:11:28,479 --> 01:11:29,840
Speaker 2: kind of sub into the passing game.

1409
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 5: Maybe the probably the one that last one is the

1410
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:35,800
Speaker 5: Tampa Bay hosting Washington two teams. Tampa Bay once again,

1411
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:37,840
Speaker 5: first team ever to go to start I think what

1412
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:39,600
Speaker 5: four and six or something and make it to the

1413
01:11:39,640 --> 01:11:42,200
Speaker 5: playoffs for two and four and they gotten back to

1414
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,600
Speaker 5: back seasons, got to the playoffs, and they're hosting a

1415
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,919
Speaker 5: Washington team where hey, it's been a minute since Washington's

1416
01:11:47,960 --> 01:11:48,360
Speaker 5: been there.

1417
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:53,040
Speaker 6: Yeah. Yeah, I love this matchup too, just because we

1418
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:55,320
Speaker 6: all need to start paying more attention. I know we are,

1419
01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:58,600
Speaker 6: but like more attention to the little nuances of Jaden Daniels,

1420
01:11:58,640 --> 01:12:01,160
Speaker 6: Like I was at that game in Baltimore earlier in

1421
01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:04,080
Speaker 6: the season where he hardly thought he was gonna beat Lamar,

1422
01:12:04,120 --> 01:12:05,800
Speaker 6: And you know what, everybody in that locker room was like,

1423
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:08,479
Speaker 6: Jane just kind of ran out of time in this game, right,

1424
01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:11,120
Speaker 6: he went toe to toe with Lamar. He in the

1425
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:14,720
Speaker 6: big moments, the game slows down for him just in

1426
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:19,240
Speaker 6: remarkable fashion. And so I love watching him playing big moments,

1427
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:23,280
Speaker 6: playing big games. The poise is off the charts. I mean,

1428
01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,679
Speaker 6: they when you talk to people in Washington, they can't

1429
01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:28,960
Speaker 6: say enough good things about Jade Daniels. There's been some

1430
01:12:29,120 --> 01:12:31,639
Speaker 6: cops and I'll probably get Torch for saying this type

1431
01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:34,400
Speaker 6: of thing. But guys that have played with Patrick Mahomes,

1432
01:12:34,439 --> 01:12:36,800
Speaker 6: that are playing with jayde and Daniels are like, there's

1433
01:12:36,800 --> 01:12:40,880
Speaker 6: some traits that I see. There's there's some traits that are, oh,

1434
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:42,680
Speaker 6: there's no way I fail, you know what I mean,

1435
01:12:42,720 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 6: that type of vibe to him. And it's a really

1436
01:12:45,479 --> 01:12:47,840
Speaker 6: special thing that they've started. And they've started this turn

1437
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,040
Speaker 6: much quicker than we thought. But man, like, who doesn't

1438
01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:53,519
Speaker 6: want to see Baker Mayfield play football? I mean, like,

1439
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:55,919
Speaker 6: especially in Week eighteen going out there, I'm not sliding

1440
01:12:56,200 --> 01:12:58,680
Speaker 6: you know I'm taking hits, and so these are two

1441
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:01,519
Speaker 6: quarterbacks that can definitely win teams to win, and I

1442
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,320
Speaker 6: think that's a that makes this matchup kind of intriguing.

1443
01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:06,960
Speaker 6: But if they if Washington can go and win this game,

1444
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:10,400
Speaker 6: I would also say, as a team that has some

1445
01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:12,639
Speaker 6: money and a team looking for another receiver and looking

1446
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,240
Speaker 6: for obviously some other spots they're looking to fill, what

1447
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:20,519
Speaker 6: a free agent destination Washington has become immediately for anybody

1448
01:13:20,920 --> 01:13:22,800
Speaker 6: this offseason that might want to go to a team

1449
01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:25,479
Speaker 6: that they probably never wanted to play for and now

1450
01:13:25,479 --> 01:13:27,160
Speaker 6: you're very intrigued to possibly play for.

1451
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:29,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think that game's got the biggest chance

1452
01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:33,400
Speaker 2: to be the shootout of the weekend between Dan. I mean,

1453
01:13:33,439 --> 01:13:37,679
Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield forty one touchdown passes this year. He's got

1454
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:40,680
Speaker 2: I mean, everybody's talking about Lamar and Josh and the productivity,

1455
01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:44,040
Speaker 2: but holy cow, like Baker forty one touchdown pass yes.

1456
01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:46,519
Speaker 6: And they lost Chris Godwin so early, Like who's a

1457
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 6: great receiver, you know what I mean? And so they've

1458
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:50,719
Speaker 6: had some young receivers come on as well, and Baker's

1459
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 6: played great. It's it's one of the reasons why we're

1460
01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:56,519
Speaker 6: hearing Liam's Liam Cohen, their offensive quarters name kind of

1461
01:13:56,520 --> 01:13:58,439
Speaker 6: get you know, thrown around some of these coaching searches.

1462
01:13:58,479 --> 01:14:00,000
Speaker 6: It's been a brilliant job on that side of the ball.

1463
01:14:00,320 --> 01:14:02,920
Speaker 2: James, thanks as always for the time. We appreciate it, James.

1464
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:05,360
Speaker 2: We'll catch up with you later down the line here, man.

1465
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:07,759
Speaker 6: For sure. Guys, good shout with douse always.

1466
01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:11,719
Speaker 2: All right, that's James Palmer, joining us senior NFL reporter.

1467
01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:16,400
Speaker 2: Works for the Bleacher Report now and also doing some

1468
01:14:16,439 --> 01:14:21,400
Speaker 2: other stuff for Underdog Fantasy, but still very plugged into

1469
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:23,519
Speaker 2: the league. Wanted to get his thoughts on Broncos nobody

1470
01:14:23,520 --> 01:14:25,840
Speaker 2: covers them a lot of the time, but also get

1471
01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:30,599
Speaker 2: his picks on the landscape of the playoff matchups this weekend.

1472
01:14:30,600 --> 01:14:32,360
Speaker 2: There's gonna be some good ones, for sure. Isn't it

1473
01:14:32,360 --> 01:14:35,439
Speaker 2: crazy that it went all AFC in terms of the

1474
01:14:35,479 --> 01:14:38,879
Speaker 2: lineup Saturday and then early Sunday with the Bills and Broncos,

1475
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:41,759
Speaker 2: and then after that it's all NFC Sunday and Monday

1476
01:14:41,800 --> 01:14:42,679
Speaker 2: night TV stuff.

1477
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:45,280
Speaker 5: I mean, well, yeah, it's pretty normal to have two

1478
01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:50,720
Speaker 5: AFC teams in the in the early slot on Saturday.

1479
01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:54,280
Speaker 5: That's kind of normal. And you cause you you know,

1480
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:56,880
Speaker 5: Like I'll say this though, the LA market and the

1481
01:14:56,880 --> 01:14:58,800
Speaker 5: Tech and the Houston market are two of the top

1482
01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:01,320
Speaker 5: markets in the country, and they're kicking off the slate.

1483
01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:05,639
Speaker 5: But then that that primetime game Saturday night, Steelers Ravens.

1484
01:15:06,240 --> 01:15:08,040
Speaker 5: Everybody wants to see that. You knew that was going

1485
01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:10,920
Speaker 5: to be a primetime matchup Broncos Bills. It's the exact

1486
01:15:10,960 --> 01:15:14,040
Speaker 5: same thing. It's the it's the two smaller markets, and

1487
01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:16,840
Speaker 5: then green Bay and the Eagles of Philly market and

1488
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 5: the Washington market going in the later, later windows. The

1489
01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:23,360
Speaker 5: four thirty Sunday window is usually the massive one. So

1490
01:15:23,400 --> 01:15:25,360
Speaker 5: we'll see what that Eagles game gets with the green

1491
01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:26,120
Speaker 5: Bay Packers.

1492
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,200
Speaker 2: Who and then he got the LA market Monday night,

1493
01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:28,639
Speaker 2: and they got.

1494
01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:30,920
Speaker 5: The LA market again Monday night. They probably had they

1495
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:33,160
Speaker 5: wanted to spread the Chargers Rams game out so that

1496
01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:35,040
Speaker 5: they could well, No, that Chargers are on the road

1497
01:15:35,080 --> 01:15:37,559
Speaker 5: to Houston too, So I was gonna say I thought

1498
01:15:37,560 --> 01:15:39,280
Speaker 5: for a minute, I was telling myself they had to

1499
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:43,000
Speaker 5: flip the stadium over, but uh no, Yeah, the Rams

1500
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:47,640
Speaker 5: and Vikings game, that's that's a little sexy to me.

1501
01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:50,040
Speaker 2: That could be a shootout too. Yes, I was talking

1502
01:15:50,040 --> 01:15:53,519
Speaker 2: about Bucks and Washington being a shootout, which I think

1503
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:55,120
Speaker 2: it very well could be. I mean, I think that

1504
01:15:55,160 --> 01:15:57,719
Speaker 2: could be a Who's got the ball last kind of game.

1505
01:15:59,439 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 5: Ramsen Vike too, Yeah, Rams, Vikings has a chance to

1506
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:08,160
Speaker 5: be attract me. I think the Vikings will bounce back

1507
01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:10,280
Speaker 5: in an enormous way from what happened to them the

1508
01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:13,040
Speaker 5: other night in Detroit. They met a Detroit team that

1509
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:16,280
Speaker 5: was playing as good as it could play, and it showed.

1510
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:19,120
Speaker 5: I mean, they were zero for three on they were

1511
01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:22,640
Speaker 5: over down close and couldn't get the ball in the

1512
01:16:22,680 --> 01:16:26,120
Speaker 5: end zone to save their lives. And that was startling.

1513
01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:28,720
Speaker 2: Break time for us. Here. When we come back, we're

1514
01:16:28,760 --> 01:16:30,360
Speaker 2: back to your phone calls at eight h three oh

1515
01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:33,320
Speaker 2: five point fifty one eight eight eight five fifty two,

1516
01:16:33,360 --> 01:16:35,679
Speaker 2: five point fifty Did you get the first round playoff

1517
01:16:35,720 --> 01:16:38,479
Speaker 2: matchup you wanted for the Bills? And if so, why

1518
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:40,719
Speaker 2: are you happy with it? You let us know next

1519
01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:42,720
Speaker 2: here on one Bills Live presented by Colida Health, It's

1520
01:16:42,760 --> 01:16:43,599
Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills.

1521
01:16:43,439 --> 01:17:03,400
Speaker 17: Radio efficient drive of the game.

1522
01:17:04,520 --> 01:17:07,800
Speaker 2: It came late in the game, came in the third,

1523
01:17:07,840 --> 01:17:11,160
Speaker 2: no came in the first quarter. Thirteen plays, seventy five yards,

1524
01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:13,479
Speaker 2: took seven to sixteen off the clock. It was the

1525
01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:17,040
Speaker 2: Trubisky two yard touchdown pass to Ray Davis to tie

1526
01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:19,200
Speaker 2: the score at Sevenfish and Drive of the Game is

1527
01:17:19,240 --> 01:17:22,599
Speaker 2: presented by a National Grid proud partner of the Buffalo Bills,

1528
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:27,559
Speaker 2: and this touchdown passed Steve gave the Bills thirty passing

1529
01:17:27,600 --> 01:17:31,320
Speaker 2: touchdowns and thirty rushing touchdowns on the season, the first

1530
01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:34,160
Speaker 2: team in NFL history to do it. Thirty and thirty.

1531
01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:36,959
Speaker 2: There you go. It's kind of like thirty thirty in baseball.

1532
01:17:37,000 --> 01:17:39,960
Speaker 2: You know. Now it's forty forty. Heck Otani might do

1533
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:44,080
Speaker 2: fifty to fifty, fifty home runs, fifty stolen basis. Bills

1534
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:47,400
Speaker 2: did thirty thirty passing and rushing touchdowns.

1535
01:17:47,439 --> 01:17:49,679
Speaker 5: Rare and there the first team to ever do that. Yes,

1536
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,519
Speaker 5: that's that's amazing to me. I guess thirty touch thirty

1537
01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:55,920
Speaker 5: rushing touchdowns is a lot, Yes, it is, it's a lot.

1538
01:17:56,360 --> 01:18:00,120
Speaker 2: Lions came very close last nine, got twenty nine and

1539
01:18:00,240 --> 01:18:03,920
Speaker 2: rushing test Ya got miss last night by that much.

1540
01:18:05,240 --> 01:18:07,479
Speaker 5: That's kind of cool, very cool.

1541
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:08,519
Speaker 2: First team ever.

1542
01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:09,519
Speaker 16: I like it.

1543
01:18:10,680 --> 01:18:14,760
Speaker 2: Uh, We've got more coaching news. The Bears have requested

1544
01:18:14,800 --> 01:18:19,479
Speaker 2: to speak with Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka for their

1545
01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:23,160
Speaker 2: vacant head coaching job. As Steve mentioned during the break,

1546
01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:27,000
Speaker 2: Mike Kafka former Northwestern grad. He was a quarterback there,

1547
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:30,720
Speaker 2: so Chicago ties, if you will for the Bears to

1548
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:32,880
Speaker 2: uh think about.

1549
01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:36,320
Speaker 5: He's been the offensive coordinator of the Giants. That's correct,

1550
01:18:36,439 --> 01:18:39,559
Speaker 5: and uh yeah, like we were talking about in the break,

1551
01:18:39,560 --> 01:18:40,960
Speaker 5: he doesn't really call plays for them.

1552
01:18:40,960 --> 01:18:43,479
Speaker 2: I think Dable, I think he handles most of it.

1553
01:18:43,560 --> 01:18:45,479
Speaker 2: There was a question that he used to and then

1554
01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:46,840
Speaker 2: Dable took it back from.

1555
01:18:46,600 --> 01:18:51,040
Speaker 5: The Yet John Marra, owner of the Giants, was asked

1556
01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:55,080
Speaker 5: directly today in his media comments about they were gonna

1557
01:18:55,120 --> 01:18:57,759
Speaker 5: they're gonna stick with Joe, Shane and Mike and Bryant.

1558
01:18:57,960 --> 01:19:01,719
Speaker 5: Uh Brian dabol as head coach GM and they pointed,

1559
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:08,599
Speaker 5: he said. I asked. Mara asked pointedly to Brian Dabole

1560
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:12,160
Speaker 5: if he believed him calling the plays was best. He

1561
01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:16,280
Speaker 5: He questioned that obviously, And that's always a big question

1562
01:19:16,320 --> 01:19:17,519
Speaker 5: for a head coach. Do you want to be the

1563
01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:20,040
Speaker 5: guys calling the defensive signals like Sean McDermott did to

1564
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 5: you last year, or or the offensive play calling like

1565
01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:27,200
Speaker 5: Sean Payton does in Denver and all these other guys.

1566
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:32,760
Speaker 5: There's a lot going on, and it does inhibit you

1567
01:19:32,880 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 5: from doing stuff between series when you're the head coach.

1568
01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:39,439
Speaker 5: It's an issue.

1569
01:19:39,479 --> 01:19:41,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, we heard Sean talk about it. It's an issue,

1570
01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:42,000
Speaker 2: you know.

1571
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 5: Because you can't as a head coach. You can't go

1572
01:19:44,840 --> 01:19:46,920
Speaker 5: over there and talk to your defensive guys because you

1573
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:49,760
Speaker 5: got your back to the field while you while your

1574
01:19:49,800 --> 01:19:53,880
Speaker 5: offense is out there. Yeah, it's a problem. It's a

1575
01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:54,760
Speaker 5: real problem it.

1576
01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:59,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, it pulls it. You're getting pulled in more directions

1577
01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:01,360
Speaker 2: when you're the head CoA coach and the OC or.

1578
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:03,639
Speaker 5: The DC that and I think some of these head

1579
01:20:03,760 --> 01:20:06,920
Speaker 5: some head coaches, and I don't think it's because they

1580
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,120
Speaker 5: have a problem like not just giving it away, but

1581
01:20:09,160 --> 01:20:12,800
Speaker 5: they have a problem delegating. Yeah, because let's face it,

1582
01:20:12,800 --> 01:20:14,880
Speaker 5: a guy like Brian Dable got his job in large

1583
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:17,800
Speaker 5: measure because of the job he does a coordinator call

1584
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:23,439
Speaker 5: and plays. They're good at it. Yeah, so it's you know,

1585
01:20:24,240 --> 01:20:26,200
Speaker 5: it's hard to find somebody as good as they are

1586
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:31,400
Speaker 5: who's not already you know, And he goes on and on.

1587
01:20:32,040 --> 01:20:34,960
Speaker 5: Andy Reid's the guy who he calls the offensive plays

1588
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:36,920
Speaker 5: in Kansas City, so he knows he's never going to

1589
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,240
Speaker 5: lose his offensive play caller to the Jets for their

1590
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:45,640
Speaker 5: head coach. Right, there's that is a plus if you

1591
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:46,800
Speaker 5: get the right guys.

1592
01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:50,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's get back to the phones, though. We got

1593
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:52,479
Speaker 2: people waiting patiently there at eight O three oh five

1594
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:56,320
Speaker 2: point fifty. Are you happy with the first round matchup?

1595
01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:58,439
Speaker 2: Did you get the one you wanted? For the Bills

1596
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:01,960
Speaker 2: here in wildcard? Got some open lines for you there.

1597
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:04,200
Speaker 2: But we go to Stephen in Florida, X. What do

1598
01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:05,000
Speaker 2: you have for a Steven?

1599
01:21:06,120 --> 01:21:08,479
Speaker 9: Hey, good afternoon guys. Okay, before I get to the

1600
01:21:08,920 --> 01:21:12,280
Speaker 9: Bills playoff game, I just want to say this. Yesterday, Joe,

1601
01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:16,599
Speaker 9: Jeremy and Nate in the postgame show, we're talking about

1602
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:20,200
Speaker 9: how people have been so critical of Sean McDermott with

1603
01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:24,920
Speaker 9: time management, but they rightly pointed out that game between

1604
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:30,639
Speaker 9: Pittsburgh and Cincy, what a horrible aspect of time management

1605
01:21:30,680 --> 01:21:32,800
Speaker 9: on the part of Pittsburgh in the last minute and

1606
01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:36,640
Speaker 9: forty seconds. They could have won that game had it

1607
01:21:36,680 --> 01:21:39,200
Speaker 9: not been for that. So, you know, let's put this

1608
01:21:39,360 --> 01:21:42,320
Speaker 9: argument to rest about how horrible McDermott is with his

1609
01:21:42,479 --> 01:21:46,280
Speaker 9: time management. Now, that being said, and by the way,

1610
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:51,400
Speaker 9: I believe that Baltimore is gonna easily beat the Pittsburgh

1611
01:21:51,479 --> 01:21:55,720
Speaker 9: Steelers going you know into that game. Now I'm to

1612
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:59,360
Speaker 9: the Bills and the Denver Broncos. I would have loved

1613
01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:03,839
Speaker 9: to and I think the three possibilities were Miami, Denver,

1614
01:22:03,960 --> 01:22:08,960
Speaker 9: and Cincinnati, correct, right right? Okay, of course Denver's win

1615
01:22:09,120 --> 01:22:13,120
Speaker 9: knocks Miami and Cincinnati out of that, but I would

1616
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:16,200
Speaker 9: have loved for it to be Cincinnati so we could have,

1617
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:20,720
Speaker 9: you know, overcome what happened two years ago when we

1618
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:24,559
Speaker 9: were embarrassed at home by the Cincinnati Bengals and knocked

1619
01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:27,559
Speaker 9: out of the playoffs. Now, but I am happy with

1620
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:31,680
Speaker 9: the Denver Broncos. And here's why. The game yesterday, while

1621
01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:34,880
Speaker 9: I was admirable that you know, Denver won thirty eight

1622
01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:38,400
Speaker 9: nothing again, you have to consider they beat a team

1623
01:22:39,040 --> 01:22:43,679
Speaker 9: that didn't have the Mahomes version of the Kansas City Chiefs.

1624
01:22:43,680 --> 01:22:46,080
Speaker 9: And I'm not taking away from what Denver did, but

1625
01:22:46,640 --> 01:22:49,760
Speaker 9: here's my bottom line. I think Denver, because of that,

1626
01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:52,720
Speaker 9: is going to come into Buffalo, Kacky. And you had

1627
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:55,960
Speaker 9: an earlier collar talking about how they were saying, bring

1628
01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:59,600
Speaker 9: on Buffalo. I think They're coming in Kaki, and I

1629
01:22:59,640 --> 01:23:02,360
Speaker 9: think the Orange Crush is going to get crushed by

1630
01:23:02,400 --> 01:23:06,679
Speaker 9: the Bills, you know, because Buffalo has the number one

1631
01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:09,720
Speaker 9: offense in the league. I don't agree with what I

1632
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:13,200
Speaker 9: think it was. Dan Orlowski said that Cincinnati was the

1633
01:23:13,280 --> 01:23:14,439
Speaker 9: number one offense.

1634
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:16,639
Speaker 2: Well, there's a number one passing offense in the league.

1635
01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:17,879
Speaker 2: That's what I'm talking.

1636
01:23:17,640 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 9: About, right. But but the thing is is that you know,

1637
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:25,960
Speaker 9: you just cited the thirty TDS on rushing and passing,

1638
01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:29,680
Speaker 9: and look at all the records that Josh Allen has

1639
01:23:29,720 --> 01:23:33,000
Speaker 9: rewritten this year. So I think, you know the big

1640
01:23:33,040 --> 01:23:36,000
Speaker 9: concern and I wanted to mention this. I looked on ESPN,

1641
01:23:37,439 --> 01:23:41,040
Speaker 9: and the big concern that the commentators had is what

1642
01:23:41,240 --> 01:23:45,800
Speaker 9: you cited earlier, the third down defense by the Bills.

1643
01:23:46,040 --> 01:23:50,960
Speaker 9: But I think that Bobby Babbitts and Sean McDermott, I

1644
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:53,439
Speaker 9: think that they are going to be up on what's

1645
01:23:53,479 --> 01:23:56,360
Speaker 9: going on with the defense going into this game. You're

1646
01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:59,360
Speaker 9: not going to see another situation like you know what

1647
01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:01,760
Speaker 9: couple of years years ago where they had twelve men

1648
01:24:01,960 --> 01:24:04,400
Speaker 9: or last year twelve men on the field. It could

1649
01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:05,040
Speaker 9: have won that game.

1650
01:24:05,160 --> 01:24:05,720
Speaker 2: Sotcha.

1651
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:09,840
Speaker 9: I think Buffalo will end up handling the Denver Broncos

1652
01:24:09,880 --> 01:24:12,280
Speaker 9: and giving them a real big loss in this game.

1653
01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:15,080
Speaker 9: And I'm gonna make a prediction here. I think it's

1654
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:18,840
Speaker 9: gonna be Buffalo thirty five Denver twenty one.

1655
01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:24,519
Speaker 2: Okay, thanks Steven, appreciate the comments there and opinions and yeah,

1656
01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:27,240
Speaker 2: so apparently not. Yeah, worried about Denver as a playoff matchup.

1657
01:24:27,479 --> 01:24:30,400
Speaker 5: Denver is a good team. They went into Kansas City

1658
01:24:30,439 --> 01:24:32,800
Speaker 5: and we're down to the last kick to win the

1659
01:24:32,840 --> 01:24:37,880
Speaker 5: game in Kansas City when Kansas City was undefeated and

1660
01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:40,840
Speaker 5: they got it blocked, which is you know which is

1661
01:24:41,000 --> 01:24:43,360
Speaker 5: This was during that time when Kansasity was just getting by,

1662
01:24:43,479 --> 01:24:45,200
Speaker 5: just getting by, just getting by, and that was one

1663
01:24:45,240 --> 01:24:47,880
Speaker 5: that they got away with. But they came through and

1664
01:24:47,880 --> 01:24:49,639
Speaker 5: made the play at the end and won the game.

1665
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:52,639
Speaker 5: But Denver played well enough in that game to give

1666
01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:57,719
Speaker 5: themselves a chance in Kansas City. So that's that's not nothing.

1667
01:25:00,960 --> 01:25:03,720
Speaker 5: I think it's going to be a close game. Denver's

1668
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:07,000
Speaker 5: defense is the real thing. And they came in here

1669
01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:09,320
Speaker 5: last year, remember when they had Russ Wilson play in

1670
01:25:09,400 --> 01:25:13,280
Speaker 5: form or whatever whoever was, and they beat the Bills

1671
01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:16,800
Speaker 5: with you know when the Bills had the twelve men

1672
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 5: on the field, but they still got the kickoff and

1673
01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:22,599
Speaker 5: the guy missed it, but he hit the next one.

1674
01:25:22,920 --> 01:25:26,559
Speaker 5: So that's this is not a breeze of a matchup

1675
01:25:26,640 --> 01:25:28,320
Speaker 5: for the Buffalo Bills in this game.

1676
01:25:28,360 --> 01:25:31,639
Speaker 2: Broncos number three in the league in points allowed. Let's

1677
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:33,760
Speaker 2: go to Mark in Jersey City next. What's up Mark?

1678
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:36,840
Speaker 8: Oh, good afternoon, gentlemen. Thanks for taking my call.

1679
01:25:37,960 --> 01:25:38,240
Speaker 15: Steve.

1680
01:25:38,360 --> 01:25:40,679
Speaker 8: That was the same defense they rolled out there last year,

1681
01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:43,120
Speaker 8: and it was that the height of the Bills just

1682
01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:48,040
Speaker 8: I remember Josh looking so he looked as the moralizers

1683
01:25:48,080 --> 01:25:50,600
Speaker 8: I've ever seen him at a postgame press conference, and

1684
01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:54,200
Speaker 8: it was really scary. The next week that morning, actually

1685
01:25:54,439 --> 01:25:57,680
Speaker 8: they fired Dorsey. He cuts his hair and the I

1686
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:03,000
Speaker 8: feel fing back and they've been who they've been ever since.

1687
01:26:03,040 --> 01:26:07,240
Speaker 8: Really stands a bunch of defections from the wide receiver room.

1688
01:26:07,800 --> 01:26:11,680
Speaker 8: They didn't have Ben for that game. Douglas was in

1689
01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:14,240
Speaker 8: his second game, Hyde was out. I think Knox is

1690
01:26:14,240 --> 01:26:18,720
Speaker 8: on IR. It was a ton of turnover. Who they're

1691
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:22,479
Speaker 8: gonna face that that same crew, Benito, Cooper, Allen. They

1692
01:26:22,479 --> 01:26:24,759
Speaker 8: didn't sack Josh once. They turned him over four times,

1693
01:26:24,760 --> 01:26:27,519
Speaker 8: but that's an earmark of a Ken Dorsey offense. Lots

1694
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:30,599
Speaker 8: of turnovers because he puts so much on the quarterbacks plate.

1695
01:26:30,680 --> 01:26:32,720
Speaker 8: So I look at a team that's what two and

1696
01:26:32,880 --> 01:26:36,719
Speaker 8: seven against five hundred plus teams. That was their second

1697
01:26:36,760 --> 01:26:40,240
Speaker 8: win yesterday. That was their most yards yesterday. They are

1698
01:26:40,320 --> 01:26:42,320
Speaker 8: one in five. This is this is this is the

1699
01:26:42,360 --> 01:26:44,599
Speaker 8: good one one in five versus teams that score over

1700
01:26:44,640 --> 01:26:45,200
Speaker 8: twenty points.

1701
01:26:45,479 --> 01:26:47,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, score over twenty points.

1702
01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:50,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, that's it. Yeah, they do lean on their defense.

1703
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:53,280
Speaker 5: There's no question about it. And and I agree, I mean,

1704
01:26:54,439 --> 01:26:57,439
Speaker 5: no doubt about it. The Broncos are in for it too.

1705
01:26:57,439 --> 01:26:59,240
Speaker 5: I mean they're playing a good team too. I'm not

1706
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:01,559
Speaker 5: gonna say like the Bills are aren't all of that

1707
01:27:01,640 --> 01:27:05,600
Speaker 5: because they are. And you're right. The Broncos were the

1708
01:27:05,640 --> 01:27:08,080
Speaker 5: second in a two game losing streak the Bills had

1709
01:27:08,160 --> 01:27:10,120
Speaker 5: last year. It was after that that they went in

1710
01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:14,000
Speaker 5: you know they they is that right when they fired?

1711
01:27:14,080 --> 01:27:17,000
Speaker 5: Of course it was ten after that game they went

1712
01:27:17,040 --> 01:27:19,240
Speaker 5: into New York and lumped up the Jets thirty two

1713
01:27:19,240 --> 01:27:19,679
Speaker 5: to six.

1714
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:22,240
Speaker 2: Well that was at home, that came, yes, right.

1715
01:27:22,120 --> 01:27:24,679
Speaker 5: And then they went to Philadelphia and lost by three

1716
01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:26,920
Speaker 5: in the rainstorm. On a fifty nine yard or so

1717
01:27:26,960 --> 01:27:29,439
Speaker 5: the act overtime, they bounced back in a big way,

1718
01:27:29,680 --> 01:27:32,840
Speaker 5: and it did become a different team after that Denver

1719
01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:36,719
Speaker 5: game last year, So you're right, a lot has changed.

1720
01:27:36,720 --> 01:27:38,800
Speaker 5: And listen, a lot has changed in the last eight

1721
01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:44,559
Speaker 5: or ten weeks, let alone the last eleven months. So yes,

1722
01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:47,479
Speaker 5: this is not the same team that has been on

1723
01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:50,040
Speaker 5: either side, the Denver team and the Bills team. It's

1724
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:53,559
Speaker 5: not the same guys. But yeah, there's a lot of

1725
01:27:53,680 --> 01:27:56,920
Speaker 5: you can make an argument for both these clubs. Denver's defenses,

1726
01:27:56,960 --> 01:28:01,200
Speaker 5: for real, they got a young quarterback who isn't afraid

1727
01:28:01,439 --> 01:28:03,479
Speaker 5: to go into a place like this and play well

1728
01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:06,920
Speaker 5: like he did yet he did this season in Kansas City,

1729
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:11,400
Speaker 5: So we'll see. But you're right, they've got to play

1730
01:28:11,439 --> 01:28:13,679
Speaker 5: the Bills too, just like the Bills are playing the Broncos.

1731
01:28:13,680 --> 01:28:15,519
Speaker 5: They've got a good team to come in and face.

1732
01:28:15,640 --> 01:28:17,080
Speaker 5: So we'll see how it plays.

1733
01:28:16,760 --> 01:28:24,640
Speaker 2: Out this time out here, Steve, for the referee assignments,

1734
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:27,880
Speaker 2: they're out for this weekend's wild card weekend, and the

1735
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:32,240
Speaker 2: Bills will have Bill Vinovich officiating the game between them

1736
01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:37,040
Speaker 2: and the Broncos. Just for statistical let me try to

1737
01:28:37,080 --> 01:28:43,320
Speaker 2: slow down and say that properly. Statistical stats on referees

1738
01:28:43,400 --> 01:28:47,400
Speaker 2: this year, Bill Vinovich's crew has caught thrown the second

1739
01:28:47,640 --> 01:28:51,599
Speaker 2: fewest flags in the league this season. And then as

1740
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:58,639
Speaker 2: far as penalties assessed total penalties assessed. Let me see

1741
01:28:58,640 --> 01:29:05,040
Speaker 2: where he ranks here, he's kind of in the middle. Yeah, so,

1742
01:29:06,000 --> 01:29:06,760
Speaker 2: oh no, he's not.

1743
01:29:07,160 --> 01:29:08,880
Speaker 5: He's I don't want to be Debbie down or that's

1744
01:29:09,080 --> 01:29:10,240
Speaker 5: that's not good for the Bills.

1745
01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:13,760
Speaker 2: Let me see you here. No, he's towards the bottom.

1746
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:15,880
Speaker 5: That's not good. I don't think that's good for the Bills.

1747
01:29:15,960 --> 01:29:21,719
Speaker 2: One two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

1748
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:26,040
Speaker 2: He's tied for twelve fewest penalties assessed among crews.

1749
01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:32,280
Speaker 5: That's look because there's only sixteen crews or fewer. That's

1750
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:33,840
Speaker 5: I don't think that's a good thing for the Bills.

1751
01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:36,599
Speaker 5: Of a crew that throws a very few flags tends

1752
01:29:36,600 --> 01:29:41,479
Speaker 5: to let the defense get away with things. And the Bills,

1753
01:29:42,720 --> 01:29:45,920
Speaker 5: I mean, if Amari Cooper comes back, okay, but they

1754
01:29:45,920 --> 01:29:49,599
Speaker 5: need some guys who can beat man coverage. That's key

1755
01:29:49,680 --> 01:29:51,880
Speaker 5: for the Bills because the Broncos will play man and

1756
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,400
Speaker 5: brings some pressure thinking they can cover them. Up on

1757
01:29:54,439 --> 01:29:56,559
Speaker 5: the outside because they've got those guys and that defense,

1758
01:29:56,600 --> 01:29:59,519
Speaker 5: and they've got a pass rush, so they're gonna try

1759
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:03,479
Speaker 5: and do that. And if they're not calling past interference

1760
01:30:03,560 --> 01:30:06,200
Speaker 5: or holding calls on the defense, you're going to have

1761
01:30:06,280 --> 01:30:07,639
Speaker 5: even more trouble getting separation.

1762
01:30:08,439 --> 01:30:10,240
Speaker 2: Break time for us. Here more of your phone calls

1763
01:30:10,240 --> 01:30:12,799
Speaker 2: when we get back here on a Buffalo Football Monday

1764
01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:31,040
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1765
01:30:31,120 --> 01:30:33,519
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1766
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1770
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1771
01:30:49,760 --> 01:30:51,720
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1772
01:30:51,800 --> 01:30:54,960
Speaker 2: journey to the New high Mark Stadium. Learn more at

1773
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Speaker 2: Bill's Stadium Experience dot com. We're going right through the

1774
01:30:59,800 --> 01:31:00,519
Speaker 2: win over there.

1775
01:31:00,600 --> 01:31:04,080
Speaker 5: Yeah they yeah, I h's weren't a time lapse here

1776
01:31:04,120 --> 01:31:06,760
Speaker 5: of what they've done so far that there are days

1777
01:31:06,760 --> 01:31:08,280
Speaker 5: when you go over there, Wow, look at that and

1778
01:31:08,320 --> 01:31:11,879
Speaker 5: you can just see the difference. They've I had occasion

1779
01:31:11,920 --> 01:31:16,120
Speaker 5: to go over there once, yeah, me or twice, and

1780
01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:19,080
Speaker 5: you know the old joke goes, well, there's always one

1781
01:31:19,080 --> 01:31:21,960
Speaker 5: guy working and four guys leaning on their shovels, you know, watching,

1782
01:31:22,400 --> 01:31:24,599
Speaker 5: And that's not what's going on over there, man. Somebody

1783
01:31:24,680 --> 01:31:28,200
Speaker 5: is cracking the whip on those guys. They are. Everybody's

1784
01:31:28,240 --> 01:31:32,600
Speaker 5: busy over there. I mean everybody's walking around like like

1785
01:31:32,680 --> 01:31:35,280
Speaker 5: that thing and signed for George schod They're all just

1786
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:38,519
Speaker 5: like they got their brow furrow to They're like carrying something,

1787
01:31:38,560 --> 01:31:42,080
Speaker 5: they're driving over It's busy. I mean they are really

1788
01:31:42,160 --> 01:31:46,439
Speaker 5: going hard. So it's it's fun to see and they

1789
01:31:46,680 --> 01:31:48,680
Speaker 5: I can't wait. It's gonna be It's gonna be fun

1790
01:31:48,720 --> 01:31:49,519
Speaker 5: to get in that joint.

1791
01:31:49,640 --> 01:31:51,840
Speaker 2: Let's get back to the phone Tonato three oh five fifty,

1792
01:31:51,920 --> 01:31:54,400
Speaker 2: where we're asking you did you get the first round

1793
01:31:54,400 --> 01:31:57,120
Speaker 2: playoff matchup you wanted for your bills and tell us

1794
01:31:57,120 --> 01:31:59,960
Speaker 2: why Ato three oh five fifty. We go to Diane

1795
01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:02,000
Speaker 2: in Clarence next, what do you got for us? Diane?

1796
01:32:02,920 --> 01:32:05,960
Speaker 18: Hi, Chris, Hi, Steve, Thanks for having me on. Love

1797
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:10,599
Speaker 18: you guys, you're a great duo. What I love about

1798
01:32:10,600 --> 01:32:14,439
Speaker 18: this first matchup is that the Bills are in this

1799
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:19,000
Speaker 18: first matchup. Just want to remind everybody where we were

1800
01:32:19,240 --> 01:32:23,680
Speaker 18: back in July and August lost all these players. We

1801
01:32:23,760 --> 01:32:26,200
Speaker 18: thought they were going to have a five hundred season.

1802
01:32:26,920 --> 01:32:30,600
Speaker 18: So I'm coming from the view of I'm grateful and

1803
01:32:30,720 --> 01:32:34,280
Speaker 18: appreciate what this team and what this organization has done

1804
01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:38,000
Speaker 18: with the team. And don't get me wrong, I want

1805
01:32:38,040 --> 01:32:40,280
Speaker 18: to win every playoff game. I want to go to

1806
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:45,000
Speaker 18: the super Bowl. But I just asked that everybody understand

1807
01:32:45,320 --> 01:32:49,280
Speaker 18: nobody wants it more than those guys that team, and

1808
01:32:49,320 --> 01:32:53,759
Speaker 18: I just hope if we don't win whatever game we lose,

1809
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:57,080
Speaker 18: that it doesn't come down to people coming down on

1810
01:32:57,200 --> 01:33:00,599
Speaker 18: Tyler Bess or coming down on Josh Allen, are coming

1811
01:33:00,640 --> 01:33:04,040
Speaker 18: down on coach McDermott. We should all be grateful for

1812
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:08,759
Speaker 18: this franchise and for the team that we have. Granted,

1813
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:12,080
Speaker 18: we all have our qualms and you know, grapes about

1814
01:33:12,120 --> 01:33:15,000
Speaker 18: certain things. I get it, it always will be that,

1815
01:33:15,560 --> 01:33:19,120
Speaker 18: but let's enjoy the moment and the year that this

1816
01:33:19,200 --> 01:33:22,439
Speaker 18: team has given us. And real quick, Steve, I'd like

1817
01:33:22,520 --> 01:33:27,040
Speaker 18: to know what the pressure this team might be feeling.

1818
01:33:27,479 --> 01:33:30,559
Speaker 18: I was a Buffalo Jill's cheerleader, I said on the side,

1819
01:33:30,600 --> 01:33:34,120
Speaker 18: I cheered on the sidelines in Atlanta when we lost

1820
01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:38,920
Speaker 18: our fourth Super Bowl. I witnessed firsthand grown men with

1821
01:33:39,040 --> 01:33:42,600
Speaker 18: tears in their eyes. I just want everybody to realize

1822
01:33:42,720 --> 01:33:45,320
Speaker 18: nobody wants it more than them. And I just hope

1823
01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:50,480
Speaker 18: that our Bill's Mafia, which I know greatest fans in football,

1824
01:33:51,040 --> 01:33:54,080
Speaker 18: will support this team regardless of what this outcome is

1825
01:33:54,120 --> 01:33:57,559
Speaker 18: this year, and let's be grateful because the years to

1826
01:33:57,640 --> 01:34:00,200
Speaker 18: come are going to be awesome. I will say thank

1827
01:34:01,280 --> 01:34:04,080
Speaker 18: you guys for listening, and I will hang up all right.

1828
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:09,800
Speaker 5: Thanks. Yeah, it's the pressure that you feel. It's most

1829
01:34:09,800 --> 01:34:13,920
Speaker 5: of the pressure these guys feel is self imposed. They

1830
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:16,240
Speaker 5: don't want to be the guy that lets their teammates down.

1831
01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:17,839
Speaker 5: They don't want to be the guy that it falls

1832
01:34:17,840 --> 01:34:22,759
Speaker 5: on that to make a mistake or whatever. The best

1833
01:34:22,800 --> 01:34:24,439
Speaker 5: way to play in the end, You're taking it from

1834
01:34:24,439 --> 01:34:26,559
Speaker 5: a guy who had to It took four, you know,

1835
01:34:26,600 --> 01:34:28,760
Speaker 5: super Bowl losses to get to the point where I've

1836
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:33,440
Speaker 5: kind of figured something out. But watching and talking to guys,

1837
01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:36,639
Speaker 5: the best way to play big games is this. If

1838
01:34:36,680 --> 01:34:38,400
Speaker 5: it doesn't matter, you got to got to go for

1839
01:34:38,479 --> 01:34:41,040
Speaker 5: it like there is no tomorrow, like you don't care

1840
01:34:41,200 --> 01:34:44,360
Speaker 5: about the outcome. Seriously, when you're gonna go and make

1841
01:34:44,360 --> 01:34:49,280
Speaker 5: a play, you're gonna do in that moment, grasp every opportunity.

1842
01:34:49,880 --> 01:34:51,360
Speaker 5: That's kind of the way you got to go into this.

1843
01:34:51,400 --> 01:34:52,960
Speaker 5: And when you start thinking about, Okay, do I really

1844
01:34:53,000 --> 01:34:54,320
Speaker 5: want to do this because I don't want to mess

1845
01:34:54,320 --> 01:34:56,080
Speaker 5: this up? I got to you know, when you start

1846
01:34:56,120 --> 01:35:00,519
Speaker 5: hesitating because you're afraid of the consequences, that's that's when

1847
01:35:00,520 --> 01:35:04,519
Speaker 5: you look like a team that's under pressure. If you

1848
01:35:04,560 --> 01:35:07,200
Speaker 5: worry about the consequences of your actions, sometimes it affects

1849
01:35:07,240 --> 01:35:11,200
Speaker 5: your ability to take the correct action. And that's what

1850
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:15,720
Speaker 5: pressure does to you. Yeah, you see guys walking off

1851
01:35:15,760 --> 01:35:17,760
Speaker 5: the super Bowl in tears. I was probably one of them,

1852
01:35:17,880 --> 01:35:21,120
Speaker 5: maybe one of them. It's not because of the pressure,

1853
01:35:21,160 --> 01:35:25,559
Speaker 5: it's because of the lost opportunity. And that's you know,

1854
01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:29,439
Speaker 5: that's the sad part about the whole thing. You're right,

1855
01:35:32,280 --> 01:35:38,919
Speaker 5: however this season ends, doesn't diminish how fun this Buffalo

1856
01:35:39,000 --> 01:35:41,720
Speaker 5: Bills team, this version of the Bills team has been

1857
01:35:41,760 --> 01:35:44,360
Speaker 5: this year. It's fun to be a part of a

1858
01:35:44,439 --> 01:35:50,320
Speaker 5: team that shattered expectations. That's what this team did. They

1859
01:35:50,360 --> 01:35:55,400
Speaker 5: were counted out poo pooed third in the division. Everybody

1860
01:35:55,439 --> 01:35:58,840
Speaker 5: else was better, everybody else was doing more, and they

1861
01:35:59,040 --> 01:36:05,080
Speaker 5: absolutely crushed the AFC East crushed it. It was not close.

1862
01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:09,920
Speaker 5: They closed out the division in record time and that's

1863
01:36:10,040 --> 01:36:12,600
Speaker 5: kind of fun to watch for Bill's fans. So I

1864
01:36:12,640 --> 01:36:15,479
Speaker 5: think you're right, Diane, and thanks for the call.

1865
01:36:15,880 --> 01:36:18,760
Speaker 2: Break time for us here when we begin our number three,

1866
01:36:18,760 --> 01:36:20,960
Speaker 2: we're gonna do it with my broadcast partner, Eric Wood

1867
01:36:21,280 --> 01:36:24,240
Speaker 2: on the Bills Radio Network at his thoughts on yesterday's

1868
01:36:24,240 --> 01:36:28,080
Speaker 2: game and the outlook on the wild card weekend with

1869
01:36:28,240 --> 01:36:30,680
Speaker 2: Bill's Broncos. We'll catch up with Eric next here on

1870
01:36:30,680 --> 01:36:32,200
Speaker 2: One Bill's Live presented by Colide Health.

1871
01:36:32,200 --> 01:37:38,000
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1872
01:37:09,439 --> 01:37:14,200
Speaker 1: These One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

1873
01:37:14,680 --> 01:37:17,599
Speaker 2: All Right, hour number three here on a Buffalo Football Monday,

1874
01:37:17,680 --> 01:37:21,920
Speaker 2: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker, and Joy now By, the radio

1875
01:37:21,960 --> 01:37:25,160
Speaker 2: color analyst on the Bills Radio Network, host of the

1876
01:37:25,160 --> 01:37:28,040
Speaker 2: Centered on Buffalo podcast. It's my broadcast partner Eric Wood,

1877
01:37:28,120 --> 01:37:30,120
Speaker 2: joining us as he does after every Bill's game. And

1878
01:37:31,040 --> 01:37:34,160
Speaker 2: Eric will certainly talk less about yesterday's game than what

1879
01:37:34,360 --> 01:37:39,120
Speaker 2: lies ahead. But how did you feel the Bill's coaching

1880
01:37:39,160 --> 01:37:42,200
Speaker 2: staff did in terms of navigating the balancing act of

1881
01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:46,559
Speaker 2: playing some guys that needed reps, playing some guys that

1882
01:37:46,680 --> 01:37:51,120
Speaker 2: wanted to hit some incentives, and still trying to kind

1883
01:37:51,120 --> 01:37:53,120
Speaker 2: of protect the guys that they're going to need for

1884
01:37:53,160 --> 01:37:53,880
Speaker 2: a playoff run.

1885
01:37:55,000 --> 01:37:56,160
Speaker 16: Yeah, I thought it went excellent.

1886
01:37:56,320 --> 01:37:58,600
Speaker 19: And you know, after the game, Sean McDermott said he

1887
01:37:58,640 --> 01:38:00,439
Speaker 19: didn't think there was any injuries that came out of

1888
01:38:00,439 --> 01:38:02,960
Speaker 19: the game. And that's the key in this situation. Yesterday

1889
01:38:02,960 --> 01:38:05,439
Speaker 19: you have a game that really doesn't win you anything

1890
01:38:05,760 --> 01:38:07,439
Speaker 19: if you win the game, and it actually hurts your

1891
01:38:07,479 --> 01:38:12,080
Speaker 19: division opponent if you don't win that game yesterday. And

1892
01:38:12,120 --> 01:38:15,400
Speaker 19: so it seemed like everything worked out great in that favor.

1893
01:38:15,680 --> 01:38:17,639
Speaker 19: Many guys were able to earn some extra money. Vond

1894
01:38:17,680 --> 01:38:19,479
Speaker 19: Miller kicked it off on the third play of the game,

1895
01:38:19,640 --> 01:38:22,680
Speaker 19: hitting a one point five million dollar bonus, getting a

1896
01:38:22,720 --> 01:38:25,360
Speaker 19: sack yesterday, Sam Martin got a pun inside the twenty,

1897
01:38:25,680 --> 01:38:28,360
Speaker 19: James Cook hit a couple milestones, going over one thousand

1898
01:38:28,560 --> 01:38:31,400
Speaker 19: and getting that rushing touchdown. Now, I'll be honest, the

1899
01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:33,760
Speaker 19: one I was most nervous about was putting Cook back

1900
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:36,920
Speaker 19: in that game. And look, I know he wanted to

1901
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:41,479
Speaker 19: tie OJ's record. For most touchdowns rushing for a season

1902
01:38:41,520 --> 01:38:44,360
Speaker 19: for the Bills. But that one scared me a little bit.

1903
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:45,680
Speaker 19: But the fact that they were a cover to come

1904
01:38:45,680 --> 01:38:47,519
Speaker 19: out of that game healthy. They were able to get

1905
01:38:47,560 --> 01:38:50,000
Speaker 19: some guys some crucial reps heading into the playoffs. When

1906
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:52,240
Speaker 19: you think of a Curtis Samuel, when you think of

1907
01:38:52,280 --> 01:38:55,600
Speaker 19: a DeMar Hamlin, those guys that are likely going to

1908
01:38:55,640 --> 01:38:57,880
Speaker 19: be coming back into big roles into the playoffs. They

1909
01:38:57,920 --> 01:38:59,599
Speaker 19: were able to get those guys some experience and then

1910
01:39:00,120 --> 01:39:02,599
Speaker 19: young guys. They were able to get some meaningful reps

1911
01:39:02,600 --> 01:39:05,519
Speaker 19: in an NFL game. You think about that entire offensive

1912
01:39:05,520 --> 01:39:09,400
Speaker 19: line getting reps together out there. Kenon Coleman and his

1913
01:39:09,479 --> 01:39:12,360
Speaker 19: rookie year get some extra work yesterday. Just two catches

1914
01:39:12,400 --> 01:39:14,920
Speaker 19: on ten targets, but I give him a pass on

1915
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:18,840
Speaker 19: many of those where they weren't necessarily catchable. But all

1916
01:39:18,880 --> 01:39:20,519
Speaker 19: in all, I thought it was a successful day in

1917
01:39:20,520 --> 01:39:21,000
Speaker 19: New England.

1918
01:39:21,160 --> 01:39:23,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, when Brownie asked you, you know, how they threaded

1919
01:39:23,840 --> 01:39:26,080
Speaker 5: that needle, I was like, they would have been better

1920
01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:28,160
Speaker 5: if they'd done all that, got out healthy and still

1921
01:39:28,160 --> 01:39:31,679
Speaker 5: won the game. Then I thought, well, you know what, no, right,

1922
01:39:31,760 --> 01:39:34,720
Speaker 5: I mean, that's that's the kind of weird spot they

1923
01:39:34,720 --> 01:39:34,960
Speaker 5: were in.

1924
01:39:35,040 --> 01:39:36,840
Speaker 2: Yes, I see, and get the number one pick because

1925
01:39:36,880 --> 01:39:37,080
Speaker 2: of it.

1926
01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:39,639
Speaker 5: And it's and I'll say this too, it's the only

1927
01:39:39,680 --> 01:39:42,240
Speaker 5: time I can remember. Maybe it's happened some other time,

1928
01:39:42,280 --> 01:39:46,360
Speaker 5: but you win a game and get fired as Gerrodmeo

1929
01:39:46,479 --> 01:39:51,520
Speaker 5: did right after the game, that's that is an unusual

1930
01:39:51,560 --> 01:39:53,160
Speaker 5: thing about this game. I think that's the thing I'll

1931
01:39:53,160 --> 01:39:54,479
Speaker 5: probably remember more than anything.

1932
01:39:55,720 --> 01:39:57,400
Speaker 19: Yeah, and it's just not a good look when you

1933
01:39:57,439 --> 01:39:59,680
Speaker 19: only give a guy one year as head coach. Now,

1934
01:39:59,760 --> 01:40:02,559
Speaker 19: I if you know he's not the guy, you move on.

1935
01:40:02,680 --> 01:40:05,519
Speaker 19: You don't want to sit there and you know, waste

1936
01:40:05,560 --> 01:40:07,479
Speaker 19: a year next year, especially when you consider you got

1937
01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:10,320
Speaker 19: Drake May in the second year of his rookie contract

1938
01:40:10,320 --> 01:40:12,920
Speaker 19: and you got to maximize those years when those starting

1939
01:40:13,000 --> 01:40:16,400
Speaker 19: quarterbacks aren't getting these mega deals. But the fact that

1940
01:40:16,439 --> 01:40:19,320
Speaker 19: they let him go after one year, it's just not

1941
01:40:19,439 --> 01:40:23,719
Speaker 19: a great look for the franchise. It maybe deters maybe

1942
01:40:23,720 --> 01:40:26,479
Speaker 19: some veteran head coaches from going to New England. Now,

1943
01:40:26,920 --> 01:40:28,599
Speaker 19: I mean, the fact of the matter is that's got

1944
01:40:28,640 --> 01:40:31,480
Speaker 19: to be a very appealing job. You have the quarterback

1945
01:40:31,600 --> 01:40:34,240
Speaker 19: in place in Drake May, you have the most salary

1946
01:40:34,280 --> 01:40:36,960
Speaker 19: cap money in the league heading into this offseason.

1947
01:40:36,960 --> 01:40:39,360
Speaker 16: We'll see how that shakes out with moves that different

1948
01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:39,920
Speaker 16: teams make.

1949
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:41,960
Speaker 19: But they're sitting there with the most money to spend,

1950
01:40:42,280 --> 01:40:44,240
Speaker 19: and you got a top five draft pick. And so

1951
01:40:45,120 --> 01:40:47,120
Speaker 19: Drove Mayo is a guy that I played against throughout

1952
01:40:47,160 --> 01:40:49,240
Speaker 19: my career. Always had a tremendous amount of respect for

1953
01:40:49,320 --> 01:40:51,800
Speaker 19: him as a player. Then how he transitioned into a

1954
01:40:51,920 --> 01:40:55,840
Speaker 19: coach under Bill Belichick, and it's unfortunate, and you know,

1955
01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:56,759
Speaker 19: it's part of the business.

1956
01:40:56,800 --> 01:40:58,400
Speaker 16: I was with guys yesterday.

1957
01:40:58,840 --> 01:41:01,040
Speaker 19: I walked down the Patriots before the game to say

1958
01:41:01,080 --> 01:41:03,880
Speaker 19: how to Alex van Pelt and Bob Bicknell. Joe Kim

1959
01:41:03,920 --> 01:41:06,240
Speaker 19: who used to be with the Bills. He's on their staff.

1960
01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:10,000
Speaker 19: Robert Kugler, who I've known for I don't know, fifteen

1961
01:41:10,080 --> 01:41:13,200
Speaker 19: years since he was a kid coaching now with New England.

1962
01:41:13,280 --> 01:41:15,800
Speaker 19: Was his dad, was my first offensive line coach in

1963
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:18,759
Speaker 19: the league. So in this business, you feel for those guys,

1964
01:41:18,840 --> 01:41:21,439
Speaker 19: And you know, I was spending some time with Alex

1965
01:41:21,520 --> 01:41:24,240
Speaker 19: van pell last night, and I know, you know, obviously

1966
01:41:24,439 --> 01:41:27,240
Speaker 19: upset to get the news yesterday that after just one

1967
01:41:27,320 --> 01:41:30,040
Speaker 19: year and they felt like they were building on some

1968
01:41:30,120 --> 01:41:32,040
Speaker 19: things and maybe didn't have a lot of talent to

1969
01:41:32,080 --> 01:41:34,240
Speaker 19: work with, but were able to put out some pretty

1970
01:41:34,240 --> 01:41:37,160
Speaker 19: good tape, especially towards the end of the year.

1971
01:41:37,280 --> 01:41:38,599
Speaker 16: So disappointing for.

1972
01:41:38,560 --> 01:41:42,559
Speaker 2: Them, Yeah, it certainly is. And you feel for members

1973
01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:44,639
Speaker 2: of the coaching profession on a day like this, maybe

1974
01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:47,320
Speaker 2: more than any other, with all the heads that rolled

1975
01:41:47,360 --> 01:41:50,160
Speaker 2: already and probably some more coming down the pike here

1976
01:41:50,479 --> 01:41:55,400
Speaker 2: in the near future. So the Bills now turn their

1977
01:41:55,400 --> 01:41:59,719
Speaker 2: attention towards Wild Card weekend. They get a nice slot

1978
01:41:59,760 --> 01:42:03,760
Speaker 2: there Sunday at one, which the coaching staff has to

1979
01:42:03,760 --> 01:42:05,960
Speaker 2: be happy about, certainly. Don't want to play on Saturday,

1980
01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:08,200
Speaker 2: have one less day to prepare, especially coming off a

1981
01:42:08,240 --> 01:42:10,880
Speaker 2: road trip, even as short as the one was to

1982
01:42:10,920 --> 01:42:15,400
Speaker 2: New England. And now the task becomes getting ready for

1983
01:42:15,439 --> 01:42:18,920
Speaker 2: a Denver team that's got a pretty formidable defensive crew

1984
01:42:19,439 --> 01:42:21,800
Speaker 2: seventh in the league in total defense, third in the

1985
01:42:21,880 --> 01:42:25,000
Speaker 2: league against the run, and third in the league in

1986
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:27,600
Speaker 2: points alout. I mean, this is a good crew, and

1987
01:42:27,640 --> 01:42:28,960
Speaker 2: I think they're near the top of the league in

1988
01:42:29,000 --> 01:42:32,599
Speaker 2: red zone defense as well and third down defense, so

1989
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:36,320
Speaker 2: they make life hard for opposing offenses. What are your

1990
01:42:36,360 --> 01:42:37,800
Speaker 2: thoughts at first, blush.

1991
01:42:37,520 --> 01:42:40,400
Speaker 19: Here, Yeah, they might have the defensive player of the

1992
01:42:40,439 --> 01:42:44,080
Speaker 19: Year and Patrick Certan at cornerback, and Sean McDermott always

1993
01:42:44,080 --> 01:42:46,880
Speaker 19: talks about marrying the rush, the pass rush in the

1994
01:42:46,920 --> 01:42:49,920
Speaker 19: coverage and when you have pass rushers like they do

1995
01:42:50,120 --> 01:42:53,280
Speaker 19: upfront in Benito and Franklin Myers and Zach Allen, and

1996
01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:55,040
Speaker 19: they have a number of guys up front that can

1997
01:42:55,280 --> 01:42:56,679
Speaker 19: flat out rush the passer.

1998
01:42:56,720 --> 01:42:58,200
Speaker 16: They also blitz, I.

1999
01:42:58,120 --> 01:43:00,240
Speaker 19: Believe at the second highest rate in the league's They

2000
01:43:00,240 --> 01:43:02,320
Speaker 19: put a lot of pressure on an offense to be

2001
01:43:02,360 --> 01:43:03,400
Speaker 19: completely buttoned up.

2002
01:43:03,439 --> 01:43:05,800
Speaker 16: You're glad you have this game at home where you.

2003
01:43:05,720 --> 01:43:09,720
Speaker 19: Can communicate on offense fully and you're verbally communicating out there.

2004
01:43:09,800 --> 01:43:12,320
Speaker 19: Get to your checks. You're glad you're healthy, and you

2005
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:14,360
Speaker 19: have all your weapons on the outside. Guys that are

2006
01:43:14,400 --> 01:43:16,720
Speaker 19: going to need to get open quick. This could be

2007
01:43:16,760 --> 01:43:20,000
Speaker 19: a Shakir game. This could be a Curtis Samuel game.

2008
01:43:20,080 --> 01:43:22,160
Speaker 19: This could be a you know, take a shot to

2009
01:43:22,160 --> 01:43:24,240
Speaker 19: Amari Cooper or Keon Coleman down the field when you

2010
01:43:24,280 --> 01:43:26,560
Speaker 19: get one on one coverage against the blitz. I just

2011
01:43:26,560 --> 01:43:29,760
Speaker 19: wouldn't test certain on the outside too many times. So

2012
01:43:30,280 --> 01:43:32,679
Speaker 19: UH really impressed from what I've seen this year from

2013
01:43:32,720 --> 01:43:34,600
Speaker 19: this Denver defense, and as a team, this is a

2014
01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:37,080
Speaker 19: team that started out oh to two. They got a

2015
01:43:37,120 --> 01:43:39,519
Speaker 19: rookie quarterback, and you know, it had been easy for

2016
01:43:39,560 --> 01:43:41,280
Speaker 19: them to mail it in at times this year, but

2017
01:43:41,360 --> 01:43:43,920
Speaker 19: instead they fight and they get all the way in.

2018
01:43:44,720 --> 01:43:46,800
Speaker 16: At the end, they lose two out of their last three.

2019
01:43:46,840 --> 01:43:50,000
Speaker 19: They beat Kansas City's backups and a blood bath yesterday

2020
01:43:50,040 --> 01:43:51,559
Speaker 19: that you can't put a whole lot of stock in.

2021
01:43:51,720 --> 01:43:54,479
Speaker 19: But you know, give them credit. You start the season

2022
01:43:54,479 --> 01:43:57,360
Speaker 19: oh and two. It takes some heart to then make

2023
01:43:57,360 --> 01:43:58,120
Speaker 19: it to the postseason.

2024
01:43:58,240 --> 01:43:59,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, they did start out oh and two, but then

2025
01:44:00,040 --> 01:44:03,120
Speaker 5: starting at week seven, all the way till yesterday, they

2026
01:44:03,160 --> 01:44:07,160
Speaker 5: were the sixth, fifth, sixth, seventh seed in the conference.

2027
01:44:07,200 --> 01:44:09,800
Speaker 5: They were never after week seven. They were never out

2028
01:44:09,800 --> 01:44:13,320
Speaker 5: of the playoff bracket. So they've been there the entire

2029
01:44:13,400 --> 01:44:15,200
Speaker 5: year and hung in there really well. We were just

2030
01:44:15,320 --> 01:44:18,720
Speaker 5: reminded by one of our callers about the last time

2031
01:44:18,760 --> 01:44:20,479
Speaker 5: these two teams played was the twelve men on the

2032
01:44:20,479 --> 01:44:23,040
Speaker 5: field with the field goal anything. Wow, that's tough, but

2033
01:44:23,120 --> 01:44:25,640
Speaker 5: that was the game, the caller reminded us. It was

2034
01:44:25,680 --> 01:44:29,120
Speaker 5: right before they changed offensive coordinators. So the Bills were struggling.

2035
01:44:29,120 --> 01:44:32,200
Speaker 5: There was the second of a two game losing streak

2036
01:44:32,600 --> 01:44:34,880
Speaker 5: that the Bills had last year, and then they changed

2037
01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:37,479
Speaker 5: it and things started to climb. So how much, I mean,

2038
01:44:37,479 --> 01:44:39,960
Speaker 5: how much stock can you put into where these teams

2039
01:44:40,000 --> 01:44:42,559
Speaker 5: have evolved to from middle of last year when the

2040
01:44:42,560 --> 01:44:45,839
Speaker 5: Broncos were in a completely different spot and the Bills

2041
01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,519
Speaker 5: now as well with a new offensive coordinator from that

2042
01:44:48,600 --> 01:44:50,719
Speaker 5: point on and the steps they've made this year.

2043
01:44:51,760 --> 01:44:55,000
Speaker 19: Yeah, it seems like both franchises are in a better

2044
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:57,280
Speaker 19: spot when you consider they likely think they got their

2045
01:44:57,360 --> 01:44:59,320
Speaker 19: quarterback of the future and bone Nick who they took

2046
01:44:59,320 --> 01:45:01,640
Speaker 19: in the first round, and Josh is playing at an

2047
01:45:01,760 --> 01:45:05,120
Speaker 19: MVP level this year, has a you know, great relationship

2048
01:45:05,640 --> 01:45:07,880
Speaker 19: with Joe Brady and how they're able to work together

2049
01:45:07,960 --> 01:45:10,879
Speaker 19: in the efficiency that Josh has brought throughout this season,

2050
01:45:10,960 --> 01:45:14,240
Speaker 19: And so you feel pretty good about both franchises if

2051
01:45:14,280 --> 01:45:17,240
Speaker 19: you're on either side of this. You know, Denver being

2052
01:45:17,240 --> 01:45:19,559
Speaker 19: able to make the postseason with a rookie quarterback that's

2053
01:45:19,560 --> 01:45:21,720
Speaker 19: a feat in itself, and you know, give a lot

2054
01:45:21,760 --> 01:45:23,840
Speaker 19: of credit to that defense. And you know, bon Nicks

2055
01:45:23,840 --> 01:45:25,960
Speaker 19: has developed throughout this year. He's a guy that has

2056
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:28,320
Speaker 19: some mobility. He can make you pay with his legs.

2057
01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:29,640
Speaker 19: You kind of worry about that a little bit in

2058
01:45:29,680 --> 01:45:32,360
Speaker 19: the playoffs, just thinking that, you know, we see it

2059
01:45:32,360 --> 01:45:35,000
Speaker 19: from Josh all the time and Mahomes in the playoffs,

2060
01:45:35,040 --> 01:45:37,040
Speaker 19: and these guys that can really run, they can make

2061
01:45:37,080 --> 01:45:37,400
Speaker 19: you pay.

2062
01:45:37,439 --> 01:45:38,680
Speaker 16: They can pick up a few.

2063
01:45:38,680 --> 01:45:41,639
Speaker 19: Extra first downs again on third down by getting out

2064
01:45:41,640 --> 01:45:42,280
Speaker 19: and scrambling.

2065
01:45:42,360 --> 01:45:45,120
Speaker 16: So Bills have a tough test. I mean, Vegas has it.

2066
01:45:45,120 --> 01:45:47,759
Speaker 19: Right now at about a nine point spread, So pretty

2067
01:45:47,760 --> 01:45:50,000
Speaker 19: confident that Bills are gonna be able to handle business

2068
01:45:50,080 --> 01:45:52,880
Speaker 19: at home. But you know, it's the playoffs. Anything can happen,

2069
01:45:52,880 --> 01:45:55,679
Speaker 19: and this is a young and hungry team in Denver

2070
01:45:55,920 --> 01:45:57,160
Speaker 19: and they're going to come in and play with their

2071
01:45:57,160 --> 01:45:57,679
Speaker 19: hair on fire.

2072
01:45:58,479 --> 01:46:02,280
Speaker 2: One thing that kind of peaks my interest regarding the matchup,

2073
01:46:02,360 --> 01:46:05,320
Speaker 2: at least between Denver's offense and Buffalo's defense. We know

2074
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:08,760
Speaker 2: that Buffalo's defense has kind of hung their hat on takeaways.

2075
01:46:08,800 --> 01:46:11,080
Speaker 2: They get another one yesterday. There was only one game

2076
01:46:11,120 --> 01:46:14,240
Speaker 2: all season in which they did not get one, and

2077
01:46:14,680 --> 01:46:17,000
Speaker 2: at no point during the season did they have a

2078
01:46:17,080 --> 01:46:21,479
Speaker 2: negative turnover differential in any game. And they come into

2079
01:46:21,520 --> 01:46:25,439
Speaker 2: this game against a rookie quarterback who you know, in

2080
01:46:25,479 --> 01:46:27,960
Speaker 2: the pressure cauldron of a playoff game on the road

2081
01:46:28,760 --> 01:46:32,080
Speaker 2: could be you know, coerced into a mistake. I just

2082
01:46:32,160 --> 01:46:37,320
Speaker 2: think that the Bills and what they've relied upon defensively, takeaways,

2083
01:46:38,040 --> 01:46:40,479
Speaker 2: They're more likely to get him against a rookie quarterback

2084
01:46:40,520 --> 01:46:42,519
Speaker 2: in his first playoff start than they are against a

2085
01:46:42,600 --> 01:46:45,400
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow or even Atua who's played this team several times.

2086
01:46:45,479 --> 01:46:46,280
Speaker 2: What do you think about that?

2087
01:46:47,200 --> 01:46:49,679
Speaker 19: Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. We've seen Sean McDermott

2088
01:46:49,680 --> 01:46:53,160
Speaker 19: and Bobby Babbage be extra aggressive towards rookie quarterbacks. See

2089
01:46:53,200 --> 01:46:55,800
Speaker 19: if they can handle the blitz especially on the road.

2090
01:46:55,880 --> 01:46:58,640
Speaker 19: I mean, there will be no verbal communication at the

2091
01:46:58,640 --> 01:47:01,320
Speaker 19: line of scrimmage with this Broncos team, with high Mark

2092
01:47:01,400 --> 01:47:03,800
Speaker 19: Stadium rocking and roll, and especially if the Bills are

2093
01:47:03,840 --> 01:47:05,840
Speaker 19: able to get off to a good start, you know,

2094
01:47:05,880 --> 01:47:07,920
Speaker 19: it'll be a tough test for them to be able

2095
01:47:07,920 --> 01:47:10,680
Speaker 19: to identify where guys are coming from, be able to

2096
01:47:10,680 --> 01:47:13,559
Speaker 19: communicate at the line of scrimmage. It's gonna be a

2097
01:47:13,560 --> 01:47:15,799
Speaker 19: tough test for a rookie quarterback to come into Buffalo

2098
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:19,599
Speaker 19: this week. And then, you know, beyond the blitzing, I

2099
01:47:19,680 --> 01:47:24,120
Speaker 19: expect Sean McDermott Bobby Babbage to really mix up the coverages,

2100
01:47:24,200 --> 01:47:27,360
Speaker 19: rock and roll those safeties and make life really difficult

2101
01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:29,800
Speaker 19: on bow Nicks to be able to make pre snap reads.

2102
01:47:30,320 --> 01:47:31,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, and look on the other side of the Bay.

2103
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:35,720
Speaker 5: You mentioned Denver's defense is really aggressive. They blitz a lot.

2104
01:47:35,760 --> 01:47:38,719
Speaker 5: Will they do that against a Buffalo team with Josh

2105
01:47:38,760 --> 01:47:40,640
Speaker 5: at quarterback? Because if you're gonna blitch, you're gonna be

2106
01:47:40,640 --> 01:47:42,639
Speaker 5: a man on the back side. And while they may

2107
01:47:42,640 --> 01:47:45,559
Speaker 5: be able to cover the Bills up, they still got

2108
01:47:45,560 --> 01:47:47,600
Speaker 5: to put find a way to get Josh Allen on

2109
01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:50,880
Speaker 5: the ground and to keep him from extending plays. I

2110
01:47:50,920 --> 01:47:54,160
Speaker 5: mean this, Yeah, what do you think this defense is

2111
01:47:54,360 --> 01:47:56,000
Speaker 5: gonna do with Denver coming in here?

2112
01:47:57,160 --> 01:47:57,360
Speaker 16: Yeah?

2113
01:47:57,560 --> 01:48:00,200
Speaker 19: I think they stick to what they're, what they do,

2114
01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:02,960
Speaker 19: and who they are. Now you play with fire, you

2115
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:05,280
Speaker 19: run Manda man blitz against Josh Allen and he breaks

2116
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:08,080
Speaker 19: out of the pocket, I mean, you're you're gonna give

2117
01:48:08,160 --> 01:48:08,519
Speaker 19: up a.

2118
01:48:08,520 --> 01:48:09,559
Speaker 16: Huge gain there.

2119
01:48:10,200 --> 01:48:13,160
Speaker 19: Early in the season them was starting with that Baltimore game,

2120
01:48:13,200 --> 01:48:15,280
Speaker 19: going to Houston and a number of other times this

2121
01:48:15,360 --> 01:48:18,320
Speaker 19: Bill's offense has been tested by the Blitz. Now, Josh's

2122
01:48:18,360 --> 01:48:21,280
Speaker 19: got an incredible quarterback rating against the Blitz. This year,

2123
01:48:21,439 --> 01:48:23,600
Speaker 19: but there's been times where this offense has sputtered, not

2124
01:48:23,640 --> 01:48:27,240
Speaker 19: being able to separate from man coverage in time when

2125
01:48:27,320 --> 01:48:29,599
Speaker 19: there's a blitz coming and you got to separate quickly.

2126
01:48:29,680 --> 01:48:32,479
Speaker 19: So I expect Denver to test the Bills with the

2127
01:48:32,520 --> 01:48:35,040
Speaker 19: blitz this week, test them with man and man coverage,

2128
01:48:35,080 --> 01:48:38,519
Speaker 19: see if they can separate on the outside. It seems

2129
01:48:38,560 --> 01:48:40,519
Speaker 19: like the Bills have put that narrative to the rest

2130
01:48:40,560 --> 01:48:43,599
Speaker 19: this year, but I'd expect Denver to at least try

2131
01:48:43,640 --> 01:48:45,719
Speaker 19: it early in this game. And then you know there's

2132
01:48:45,720 --> 01:48:47,439
Speaker 19: gonna be some times where you have to sit back

2133
01:48:47,640 --> 01:48:49,720
Speaker 19: and play coverage and try and get home with a

2134
01:48:49,760 --> 01:48:52,519
Speaker 19: four man rush. And that's where when you got an

2135
01:48:52,520 --> 01:48:54,879
Speaker 19: offensive line like the Bills, do you feel really confident

2136
01:48:54,920 --> 01:48:57,280
Speaker 19: going into a matchup against a team that can be

2137
01:48:57,400 --> 01:48:59,559
Speaker 19: really intimidating with their pass rush.

2138
01:48:59,600 --> 01:49:01,880
Speaker 16: For number of teams in this league, and.

2139
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Speaker 2: Then just the coaching matchup Sean Payton Sean McDermott, strength

2140
01:49:07,160 --> 01:49:11,000
Speaker 2: on strength here in terms of offensive background defensive background.

2141
01:49:11,439 --> 01:49:14,040
Speaker 2: Peyton's got a Super Bowl under his belt on his resume.

2142
01:49:14,520 --> 01:49:16,599
Speaker 2: We know that a lot of times when he gets

2143
01:49:16,640 --> 01:49:20,160
Speaker 2: to the postseason, he's even more aggressive. Everyone will remember

2144
01:49:20,200 --> 01:49:22,280
Speaker 2: his onside's kick at the start of the second half

2145
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:24,040
Speaker 2: against the Colts in the Super Bowl when he was

2146
01:49:24,040 --> 01:49:26,599
Speaker 2: coaching New Orleans. It shifted the tie to that game

2147
01:49:26,640 --> 01:49:30,519
Speaker 2: precipitously and they went on to win it. What do

2148
01:49:30,560 --> 01:49:33,120
Speaker 2: you make of what you anticipate his approach to be,

2149
01:49:33,800 --> 01:49:37,840
Speaker 2: especially knowing most people view them as the underdog in

2150
01:49:37,840 --> 01:49:38,280
Speaker 2: this game.

2151
01:49:39,360 --> 01:49:41,680
Speaker 19: Yeah, I expect them to be aggressive. I don't know

2152
01:49:41,720 --> 01:49:43,240
Speaker 19: if it's trying to steal possession.

2153
01:49:43,439 --> 01:49:44,760
Speaker 16: Not very easy to know.

2154
01:49:44,800 --> 01:49:48,439
Speaker 19: You can't fake onside anymore. Yeah, right with this kickoff,

2155
01:49:48,520 --> 01:49:50,920
Speaker 19: but it could be a fake punt. It could be

2156
01:49:50,920 --> 01:49:53,639
Speaker 19: being extra aggressive on fourth down. Just understanding that even

2157
01:49:53,680 --> 01:49:57,479
Speaker 19: though you got the third best point points giving up

2158
01:49:57,520 --> 01:50:00,280
Speaker 19: in the league defensively, this is Bill's offense that's number

2159
01:50:00,280 --> 01:50:02,800
Speaker 19: two in the league and points gained or points put

2160
01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:05,760
Speaker 19: up per game, And so I expect them to be

2161
01:50:05,920 --> 01:50:09,200
Speaker 19: ultra aggressive in this coaching matchup. You know, this dates

2162
01:50:09,200 --> 01:50:11,760
Speaker 19: back to their time Caroline and the Saints, where they

2163
01:50:11,760 --> 01:50:13,599
Speaker 19: were facing off twice a year there.

2164
01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:15,920
Speaker 16: I had Luke Keickley on My Center on Buffalo podcast.

2165
01:50:15,920 --> 01:50:18,639
Speaker 19: At one point I asked them who the toughest offensive

2166
01:50:18,720 --> 01:50:21,960
Speaker 19: coordinator was for him to prepare for and play against.

2167
01:50:22,000 --> 01:50:24,640
Speaker 16: And he said Sean Payton. And that's, you know, a

2168
01:50:24,680 --> 01:50:25,120
Speaker 16: team that.

2169
01:50:25,120 --> 01:50:28,120
Speaker 19: He's had tremendous familiarity with. So you know, you got

2170
01:50:28,120 --> 01:50:30,320
Speaker 19: to give Sean Payton credit. He's in the position he

2171
01:50:30,520 --> 01:50:32,520
Speaker 19: is because of his offensive expertise.

2172
01:50:32,680 --> 01:50:36,760
Speaker 5: We asked our listeners if they got the matchup they

2173
01:50:37,000 --> 01:50:41,200
Speaker 5: liked right, or wanted or wanted. Nobody wanted any piece

2174
01:50:41,240 --> 01:50:43,400
Speaker 5: of the Cincinnati Bengals. I was not a part of

2175
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:48,400
Speaker 5: that crew. I didn't care about whether the Bengals were

2176
01:50:48,400 --> 01:50:50,240
Speaker 5: the team that was struggling. Get they were that team.

2177
01:50:50,280 --> 01:50:52,200
Speaker 5: They were eight and eight, nine and seven, That's what

2178
01:50:52,200 --> 01:50:55,160
Speaker 5: the kind of team they were. Miami's a division opponent.

2179
01:50:55,640 --> 01:50:58,640
Speaker 5: Their offense is really good. Even in Buffalo, they were

2180
01:50:58,680 --> 01:51:00,920
Speaker 5: played really good, although they're bad in cold weather. That

2181
01:51:00,920 --> 01:51:03,559
Speaker 5: would have been a better matchup. But this team, this

2182
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:06,360
Speaker 5: Denver team, is the one I did not want because

2183
01:51:06,360 --> 01:51:09,000
Speaker 5: of their defense. Because they got a really sharp head

2184
01:51:09,040 --> 01:51:11,160
Speaker 5: coach and they got a rookie who just may not

2185
01:51:11,200 --> 01:51:11,800
Speaker 5: know any better.

2186
01:51:12,280 --> 01:51:12,400
Speaker 16: Uh.

2187
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:15,719
Speaker 5: They got a coach who's experienced in the playoffs. Uh.

2188
01:51:15,760 --> 01:51:19,759
Speaker 5: And defense travels, so whether you're at home or away,

2189
01:51:20,000 --> 01:51:22,240
Speaker 5: you're gonna get their best punch. So this is kind

2190
01:51:22,240 --> 01:51:24,040
Speaker 5: of the one I actually did not want.

2191
01:51:25,800 --> 01:51:28,000
Speaker 19: This is likely the one I wanted, you know, I

2192
01:51:28,000 --> 01:51:30,600
Speaker 19: didn't necessarily want to face off against Joe Burrow. I

2193
01:51:30,600 --> 01:51:33,200
Speaker 19: think we talked about it last week on the show. Yes,

2194
01:51:33,280 --> 01:51:38,480
Speaker 19: the storybook would be beat Burrow, beat Jackson, beat Mahomes,

2195
01:51:38,520 --> 01:51:40,599
Speaker 19: then go win the super Bowl. But we don't need

2196
01:51:40,600 --> 01:51:45,720
Speaker 19: a story book. Let's go host the trophy parade and so, uh.

2197
01:51:46,439 --> 01:51:51,200
Speaker 5: Nineteen seventy six Tampa Bay Buccaneers, let's do that right, right.

2198
01:51:52,000 --> 01:51:54,080
Speaker 19: You know, when you look at it, it's the playoffs.

2199
01:51:54,080 --> 01:51:57,280
Speaker 19: Everybody's good. Everybody's gonna have strengths. You know, you look

2200
01:51:57,320 --> 01:52:00,000
Speaker 19: around the AFC and you look at a Pittsburgh offense

2201
01:52:00,120 --> 01:52:03,679
Speaker 19: that isn't great, but they can certainly make big plays

2202
01:52:03,720 --> 01:52:05,280
Speaker 19: with some of their weapons on the outside. But then

2203
01:52:05,320 --> 01:52:07,960
Speaker 19: they have a really good defense. When you I mean

2204
01:52:08,000 --> 01:52:10,400
Speaker 19: you look around at any of these teams that you

2205
01:52:10,400 --> 01:52:12,639
Speaker 19: could have possibly faced coming into the playoffs, there's going

2206
01:52:12,680 --> 01:52:16,160
Speaker 19: to be strengths to the organization and the franchise or

2207
01:52:16,160 --> 01:52:17,679
Speaker 19: else they wouldn't be in this position.

2208
01:52:17,840 --> 01:52:18,120
Speaker 16: Now.

2209
01:52:18,600 --> 01:52:22,080
Speaker 19: You know, with teams looking around the conference as well,

2210
01:52:22,120 --> 01:52:24,759
Speaker 19: they're looking at Buffalo and there's a lot to fear

2211
01:52:25,040 --> 01:52:26,360
Speaker 19: about this Bills team.

2212
01:52:26,640 --> 01:52:28,200
Speaker 16: You know, if they can if they.

2213
01:52:28,120 --> 01:52:30,439
Speaker 19: Can play consistently on the defense side of the football

2214
01:52:30,560 --> 01:52:33,240
Speaker 19: and take the ball away and put pressure on the

2215
01:52:33,320 --> 01:52:35,479
Speaker 19: quarterback with a four man rush throughout the playoffs. And

2216
01:52:35,520 --> 01:52:37,599
Speaker 19: I'm not saying that's a straight up four man rush.

2217
01:52:37,840 --> 01:52:39,640
Speaker 19: You know, at times it may be a Bernard, it

2218
01:52:39,640 --> 01:52:42,720
Speaker 19: may be a Milano coming on a blitz, similar to

2219
01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:45,559
Speaker 19: what we saw out of the Din package against Kansas City,

2220
01:52:45,760 --> 01:52:47,800
Speaker 19: you know, unveiling some things like that where you get

2221
01:52:47,800 --> 01:52:49,880
Speaker 19: creative with the pass rush, but you're not bringing five

2222
01:52:49,920 --> 01:52:52,519
Speaker 19: and six guys to compromise your coverage.

2223
01:52:52,920 --> 01:52:54,920
Speaker 16: You know, this is a scary Bills team.

2224
01:52:55,240 --> 01:52:58,120
Speaker 19: And you know, although we have a lot of respect

2225
01:52:58,160 --> 01:53:01,240
Speaker 19: for Denver and they have some really nice pieces as well,

2226
01:53:01,600 --> 01:53:04,479
Speaker 19: they're co looking out from the other side, I guarantee saying, well,

2227
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:06,639
Speaker 19: this isn't necessarily the matchup we want it either.

2228
01:53:06,920 --> 01:53:09,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, I think that's a good note to end on, Eric,

2229
01:53:09,600 --> 01:53:11,680
Speaker 2: So thanks for the time. As always, we'll see you

2230
01:53:11,760 --> 01:53:12,719
Speaker 2: up here later in the week.

2231
01:53:13,640 --> 01:53:14,880
Speaker 16: Sounds good. Looking forward to you guys.

2232
01:53:14,960 --> 01:53:15,479
Speaker 5: Have great week.

2233
01:53:15,560 --> 01:53:15,840
Speaker 14: All right.

2234
01:53:15,880 --> 01:53:17,880
Speaker 2: That's Eric Wood joining us as he does after every

2235
01:53:17,880 --> 01:53:21,599
Speaker 2: Bill's game. On Monday here on One Bill's Live, and yeah,

2236
01:53:21,640 --> 01:53:25,080
Speaker 2: he's right. And I think the Bills are a tougher

2237
01:53:25,120 --> 01:53:27,160
Speaker 2: team to defend this year than they were last year,

2238
01:53:27,280 --> 01:53:31,080
Speaker 2: just because of the multifaceted nature of this offense. And

2239
01:53:31,120 --> 01:53:33,160
Speaker 2: I'm not just talking about running and throwing the ball.

2240
01:53:33,200 --> 01:53:35,559
Speaker 2: I'm talking about all the different weapons they have utilized

2241
01:53:35,600 --> 01:53:38,759
Speaker 2: through the course of this season. Last year, this Denver

2242
01:53:38,800 --> 01:53:40,519
Speaker 2: team comes in, they say, all right, well we shut

2243
01:53:40,520 --> 01:53:42,040
Speaker 2: down digs and we pretty much take care of the

2244
01:53:42,080 --> 01:53:44,880
Speaker 2: passing game. Right this year, you take care of one

2245
01:53:44,920 --> 01:53:47,280
Speaker 2: of their guys. Okay, they got other people to throw

2246
01:53:47,280 --> 01:53:49,479
Speaker 2: the ball to that they don't have any problem throwing it.

2247
01:53:49,560 --> 01:53:52,160
Speaker 5: It's a tough exercise as a defense to pick which

2248
01:53:52,160 --> 01:53:54,360
Speaker 5: guy you're going to focus on the coverage, and if

2249
01:53:54,400 --> 01:53:58,559
Speaker 5: you don't focus on anybody, you really leave yourself open

2250
01:53:58,560 --> 01:54:02,360
Speaker 5: to getting hit by anybody. So it's a real mental

2251
01:54:02,479 --> 01:54:05,360
Speaker 5: challenge to pick who Josh Allen's gonna pick to throw

2252
01:54:05,400 --> 01:54:07,559
Speaker 5: the football to, and any given play, that's that's a

2253
01:54:07,600 --> 01:54:09,000
Speaker 5: real problem for most defenses.

2254
01:54:09,680 --> 01:54:11,439
Speaker 2: Let's get back to the phones though, at eight oh

2255
01:54:11,439 --> 01:54:13,960
Speaker 2: three oh five fifty one eighty eight five fifty two

2256
01:54:14,040 --> 01:54:16,040
Speaker 2: five fifty, where We've been asking you today, did you

2257
01:54:16,080 --> 01:54:19,839
Speaker 2: get the first round playoff matchup you wanted for the Bills?

2258
01:54:20,160 --> 01:54:23,320
Speaker 2: And waiting patiently, there is Rick in Rochester. What do

2259
01:54:23,320 --> 01:54:23,760
Speaker 2: you got for us?

2260
01:54:23,800 --> 01:54:23,960
Speaker 5: Rick?

2261
01:54:24,880 --> 01:54:25,040
Speaker 2: Oh?

2262
01:54:25,120 --> 01:54:25,479
Speaker 16: Jeezus.

2263
01:54:26,040 --> 01:54:30,920
Speaker 20: Oh you calling me when I'm pumping gas. Okay, anyways,

2264
01:54:31,520 --> 01:54:34,360
Speaker 20: Chris Steve, thanks for taking my call. I just want

2265
01:54:34,400 --> 01:54:37,840
Speaker 20: to talk about like social media and all the Bills fans. Oh,

2266
01:54:37,880 --> 01:54:42,560
Speaker 20: we want Denver, We want Denver. I don't necessarily want

2267
01:54:42,600 --> 01:54:44,520
Speaker 20: to play Denver in the first round. I'd rather have

2268
01:54:44,640 --> 01:54:50,880
Speaker 20: played Cincinnati. And that's because Burrow took a face plant

2269
01:54:50,920 --> 01:54:56,240
Speaker 20: to the ground his last game and Denver's defense, like

2270
01:54:56,360 --> 01:54:59,920
Speaker 20: Eric said, Certan is going to torch us on cover.

2271
01:55:01,480 --> 01:55:05,120
Speaker 20: But I do think the Bills pull it off. But

2272
01:55:05,200 --> 01:55:07,440
Speaker 20: it's gonna be like a twenty one to seventeen game.

2273
01:55:08,160 --> 01:55:11,880
Speaker 20: I hope I'm right, Go Bills, but we could lose

2274
01:55:12,520 --> 01:55:15,120
Speaker 20: reverse that score, is what I'm saying.

2275
01:55:15,480 --> 01:55:18,120
Speaker 2: All right. So yeah, Rick is a little concerned. He

2276
01:55:18,520 --> 01:55:20,360
Speaker 2: shares Steve's concerns.

2277
01:55:20,240 --> 01:55:21,800
Speaker 5: And look, I remember it's a better team.

2278
01:55:22,040 --> 01:55:24,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well yeah, and I know that defense travels. I've

2279
01:55:24,720 --> 01:55:27,040
Speaker 2: said it before. Defense travels in the playoffs. Steve just

2280
01:55:27,080 --> 01:55:29,240
Speaker 2: mentioned it again. When we had Eric on. And it's

2281
01:55:29,240 --> 01:55:33,440
Speaker 2: true offense sometimes can struggle on the road because of

2282
01:55:33,800 --> 01:55:36,320
Speaker 2: you know, crowd noise and silent count and you know,

2283
01:55:36,560 --> 01:55:38,400
Speaker 2: pass rushers getting an extra half.

2284
01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:41,520
Speaker 5: Joe Burrow got sacked a ton, and not only just

2285
01:55:41,560 --> 01:55:45,760
Speaker 5: get sacked, he gets whacked a lot, hit hard a lot.

2286
01:55:48,200 --> 01:55:52,240
Speaker 5: That's yeah, I'm whatever, and he doesn't doesn't mean it

2287
01:55:52,280 --> 01:55:53,160
Speaker 5: doesn't mean anything now.

2288
01:55:53,280 --> 01:55:56,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's a mood point. Yeah, because it is

2289
01:55:56,080 --> 01:55:59,680
Speaker 2: Denver and it could be a low scoring game. I

2290
01:56:00,200 --> 01:56:02,760
Speaker 2: was able to hold the Bills offense down and they're

2291
01:56:02,800 --> 01:56:04,560
Speaker 2: slow out of the gate and it's kind of a

2292
01:56:04,640 --> 01:56:07,280
Speaker 2: slog through the first half. Yeah, it could be a

2293
01:56:07,360 --> 01:56:10,320
Speaker 2: lot closer game than Bill's fans would like to see.

2294
01:56:10,400 --> 01:56:12,280
Speaker 2: I mean, they don't want to come out here on

2295
01:56:12,320 --> 01:56:14,720
Speaker 2: Sunday and start biting their fingernails and pulling out their hair.

2296
01:56:16,160 --> 01:56:21,000
Speaker 2: They're hoping for a comfortable victory. But those are few

2297
01:56:21,000 --> 01:56:24,560
Speaker 2: and far between, very often in the playoffs, because everybody's good.

2298
01:56:25,280 --> 01:56:27,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, if you want to, if you're if you're interested.

2299
01:56:27,840 --> 01:56:31,120
Speaker 5: Where they finished. Cincinnati was the eight seed, just outside

2300
01:56:31,160 --> 01:56:34,400
Speaker 5: the playoffs. Indianapolis was nine. Miami dropped all the way

2301
01:56:34,440 --> 01:56:38,520
Speaker 5: to ten with an eight and nine record, So yeah,

2302
01:56:38,600 --> 01:56:41,440
Speaker 5: Miami just could not hold it together for the season,

2303
01:56:41,720 --> 01:56:45,000
Speaker 5: and uh Cincinnati finished just out of the playoffs. Actually

2304
01:56:45,120 --> 01:56:51,440
Speaker 5: they were a game back. So yeah, there you have it.

2305
01:56:52,040 --> 01:56:54,560
Speaker 2: Let's take a look at the tweet sheet. Crack that

2306
01:56:54,680 --> 01:56:57,600
Speaker 2: open tweet sheet, brought to you by Corgan Moving Systems,

2307
01:56:57,640 --> 01:57:00,240
Speaker 2: the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. Get

2308
01:57:00,240 --> 01:57:03,040
Speaker 2: the first round playoff matchup you wanted for the Bills.

2309
01:57:03,160 --> 01:57:07,760
Speaker 2: Andrea says, no, I wanted Miami. Denver's defense looks tough.

2310
01:57:07,920 --> 01:57:09,840
Speaker 2: We're gonna need our MVP to put the cape on.

2311
01:57:10,720 --> 01:57:14,960
Speaker 2: David says, no I wanted Cincinnati so Allan could run

2312
01:57:14,960 --> 01:57:17,680
Speaker 2: the gauntlet of Hall of Fame QBS on the way

2313
01:57:17,720 --> 01:57:20,360
Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl. Eric advised against that.

2314
01:57:20,520 --> 01:57:24,960
Speaker 5: But right it sounds good after you've done it.

2315
01:57:25,080 --> 01:57:28,280
Speaker 2: It sounds fantastic once it's been accomplished. But I don't

2316
01:57:28,280 --> 01:57:30,560
Speaker 2: know if we we need to check all thees.

2317
01:57:30,640 --> 01:57:33,840
Speaker 5: You need to pick the exact tallest mountain to climb.

2318
01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:38,400
Speaker 2: Connorson credits, Connor says, to be honest, it didn't matter

2319
01:57:38,440 --> 01:57:40,520
Speaker 2: to me going into this weekend. Like Steve says, you

2320
01:57:40,520 --> 01:57:43,000
Speaker 2: have to play your best on that day Buffalo will

2321
01:57:43,000 --> 01:57:44,640
Speaker 2: have to come out and play their best. You don't

2322
01:57:44,680 --> 01:57:47,280
Speaker 2: win a super Bowl by playing mediocre teams in the playoffs.

2323
01:57:47,640 --> 01:57:51,120
Speaker 2: Great matchup should be a fun game. Go Bill says,

2324
01:57:51,120 --> 01:57:53,920
Speaker 2: glad the Chargers got the five, they could give k

2325
01:57:54,120 --> 01:57:57,680
Speaker 2: C a good run. They actually, yeah, they got the five.

2326
01:57:57,720 --> 01:57:58,120
Speaker 5: That's right.

2327
01:57:58,200 --> 01:58:00,600
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh matches up better with the Ravens. Well. With that

2328
01:58:00,640 --> 01:58:03,600
Speaker 2: being said, no, I would have enjoyed bringing the Dolphins

2329
01:58:03,680 --> 01:58:06,280
Speaker 2: up here for a wild card game. Dolphins would have

2330
01:58:06,280 --> 01:58:08,760
Speaker 2: had a tough go of it because Tua wasn't even

2331
01:58:10,160 --> 01:58:11,800
Speaker 2: He was far from a sure thing to be ready

2332
01:58:11,840 --> 01:58:15,080
Speaker 2: to play even this week. He didn't play last week,

2333
01:58:15,120 --> 01:58:16,360
Speaker 2: he didn't play the last two games.

2334
01:58:16,400 --> 01:58:18,920
Speaker 5: Dolphins didn't scare me. That's the team.

2335
01:58:19,000 --> 01:58:21,080
Speaker 2: Their offense kind of turned into a pop gun offense.

2336
01:58:21,160 --> 01:58:23,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, that their offense didn't. They did not scare me.

2337
01:58:24,400 --> 01:58:26,640
Speaker 5: They did not scare me. They're there and you can

2338
01:58:26,640 --> 01:58:29,040
Speaker 5: see too. They were ready to check it in after

2339
01:58:29,080 --> 01:58:35,440
Speaker 5: their game yesterday. They were despondent not playing any better.

2340
01:58:35,240 --> 01:58:35,760
Speaker 2: Than they did.

2341
01:58:36,600 --> 01:58:40,920
Speaker 5: So I'm yeah, I I that's the and obviously I

2342
01:58:40,960 --> 01:58:43,800
Speaker 5: mean now that that's that's all been set. Of course,

2343
01:58:43,800 --> 01:58:46,200
Speaker 5: you want the worst team out there, which is the Dolphin.

2344
01:58:46,240 --> 01:58:49,160
Speaker 5: They were the ten seed, So theoretically you would have

2345
01:58:49,240 --> 01:58:52,760
Speaker 5: rather had that Indianapolis Colts than Theron than the Yeah,

2346
01:58:52,800 --> 01:58:55,200
Speaker 5: I mean you read the Bronx the Dolphins rather than

2347
01:58:55,200 --> 01:59:00,000
Speaker 5: the Colts in this scenario. Yes, that's that says everything.

2348
01:59:00,800 --> 01:59:02,440
Speaker 2: We got to step aside here for a break. But

2349
01:59:02,440 --> 01:59:04,160
Speaker 2: if you're holding an eight h three oh five fifty,

2350
01:59:04,160 --> 01:59:06,440
Speaker 2: we will get to you when we return. Here on

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Speaker 2: a Buffalo Football Monday, Chris Brown Steve Tasker with you.

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Speaker 2: After the Bill's wrapped up the season up in New

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01:59:50,000 --> 01:59:52,480
Speaker 2: England twenty three to sixteen defeat at the hands of

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Speaker 2: the Patriots, They now get set for their wild Card

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Speaker 2: weekend opponent, the Denver Broncos in the two seven matchup

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Speaker 2: in Round one of the AFC Playoffs. We're asking you today,

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Speaker 2: did you get the playoff matchup you wanted for the Bills?

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Speaker 2: And if so, why eight oh three five fifty open

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Speaker 2: lines for you there? But we go to Johnny in

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Speaker 2: Buffalo and X what do you offer is Johnny, are

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Speaker 2: all one? Bill's live?

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Speaker 10: Hey, guys, undertaking my call. You know, I absolutely love

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Speaker 10: the matchup against the Broncos. You know, really didn't want

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Speaker 10: to see the Chargers. I think Carvo's got that team

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Speaker 10: playing well. And to me, the biggest thing that scares

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Speaker 10: me in the playoffs isn't a defense, it's the other

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Speaker 10: the opposing quarterback. You know, you bring a rookie quarterback,

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Speaker 10: we've seen you know, Stroud did well last year, but

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Speaker 10: he was kind of one in a million type guy.

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Speaker 10: In the playoffs for a rookie, most rookie quarterbacks struggle.

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Speaker 10: And I know McDermott and the defense will probably get

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02:00:51,760 --> 02:00:54,920
Speaker 10: this team well prepared. They don't really have a They

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Speaker 10: have a pretty weak running game, which you know, if

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Speaker 10: we can get up early against this team, make them

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Speaker 10: a bit one dimensional. I can see this getting ugly quick.

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Speaker 10: You know, Sutton, big body receiver. But other than that,

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Speaker 10: you know, they don't really have anybody on offense was

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Speaker 10: that scary? And sure, yeah, that defense is is intimidating

2385
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Speaker 10: a bit, and I know, what do you call it?

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Speaker 10: Sertan is a ridiculously good corner. But you know, I

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Speaker 10: trust Joe Brady, I trust Josh Allen in this offense

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Speaker 10: to get it done. You know, they've other than the

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Speaker 10: other than the Baltimore and Houston game this year, which

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Speaker 10: we're early this season, we really haven't laid too many

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Speaker 10: duds offensively, except you know, against a familiar opponent in

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Speaker 10: the Patriots, where it took us little while they're going.

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Speaker 10: But I love the matchup. I wouldn't really want anybody

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Speaker 10: else did not want I'll be honest, did not want

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Speaker 10: to see since he did not want to see Burrow

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Speaker 10: in that offense. But look at Denver the last couple

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Speaker 10: of games before case. Uh, you know, since he put

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Speaker 10: a lot on them, and so did the Chargers, they

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Speaker 10: put you know, thirty plus on them. So yes, they've

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Speaker 10: got a great but I think there are holes in it.

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Speaker 10: And if we can get up early and make Boe

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Speaker 10: Nicks one dimensional, I think we'll kind of run away

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Speaker 10: with it.

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Speaker 2: All right. Thanks for the thoughts, Johnny, appreciate it. We'll

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Speaker 2: move ahead here and go to Mike in Orchard Park next.

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Speaker 2: What's up Mike, Hey, guys, thanks.

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Speaker 11: For taking my car up.

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Speaker 5: Sure.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, this is where I kind of stand as a

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02:02:20,680 --> 02:02:26,120
Speaker 11: buffle bill stand. I had the mindset I'm not in

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02:02:26,200 --> 02:02:29,120
Speaker 11: fear of no one at this point. You know, since

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Speaker 11: since week fifteen when we played the Lions, I feel

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Speaker 11: we've kind of been gearing up for the playoffs, you know.

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Speaker 11: I mean, I think you have your top three teams

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Speaker 11: Kansas City, Buffalo, and Baltimore, and besides that, I you know,

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Speaker 11: I I really don't feel in no other teams in

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02:02:44,160 --> 02:02:46,560
Speaker 11: the tournament. And that's maybe I'm being.

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Speaker 14: Biased, but it is what it is.

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Speaker 11: I don't fear no One, and I feel like this

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Speaker 11: coaching staff, we've been on this run since twenty twenty,

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Speaker 11: and I'm hoping we can learn from number stakes. I

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Speaker 11: feel like a key matchup against Member is going to

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Speaker 11: be the Special Teams Unit Sean Payton. He's a phenomenal

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Speaker 11: coach and I feel he's gonna take He's going to

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02:03:05,920 --> 02:03:10,120
Speaker 11: try to use that as an advantage on his side,

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Speaker 11: so that never like key moments of this game, I'm

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Speaker 11: kind of looking at and hopefully we can minimize the

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Speaker 11: mistakes and you know, come out, come out strong there

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Speaker 11: and put on a good performance.

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Speaker 2: All right, Mike, thanks very much. Yeah, I mean that's

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02:03:22,800 --> 02:03:24,560
Speaker 2: that's what a good opponent does. They try to find

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Speaker 2: where you're vulnerable and see if they can exploit it.

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Speaker 5: Most playoff teams are good enough to do that in

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02:03:29,720 --> 02:03:32,040
Speaker 5: some way or at least put it in the game plan,

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02:03:32,080 --> 02:03:35,320
Speaker 5: whether the situation comes up or not. Yeah, they'll have

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02:03:35,760 --> 02:03:38,760
Speaker 5: some wrinkles in every part of their game, defensively, offensively,

2437
02:03:38,760 --> 02:03:43,560
Speaker 5: and special teams. Uh, they will have some things in

2438
02:03:43,680 --> 02:03:50,800
Speaker 5: there in their ammo box to take advantage of your weaknesses.

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Speaker 5: So we'll see.

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Speaker 2: I would.

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Speaker 5: You're right, Sean Payton commands a lot of respect in

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02:03:56,320 --> 02:03:58,160
Speaker 5: the NFL. He's won a Super Bowl, been back to

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Speaker 5: a Super Bowl. Uh, got unceremoniously with a bad call,

2444
02:04:05,760 --> 02:04:07,760
Speaker 5: kept out of another Super Bowl. I mean, you know,

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02:04:07,760 --> 02:04:10,080
Speaker 5: it's one thing after another for a minute there in

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Speaker 5: New Orleans. But they were at the top of the

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Speaker 5: NFC for a handful of years with Sean Payton, and

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02:04:14,840 --> 02:04:18,600
Speaker 5: he is a sharp guy in game and very aggressive

2449
02:04:18,880 --> 02:04:22,640
Speaker 5: and trust his players and they come through for him.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, this is This is a tough matchup in Denver.

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02:04:26,480 --> 02:04:29,200
Speaker 5: I know you're right. No team is gonna fear any

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Speaker 5: other team. And Denver's not afraid of Buffalo either. They

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Speaker 5: want a shot at him and they're gonna come in

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Speaker 5: and give him their best punch. So it's you're right.

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Speaker 5: The Bills and the Bills fans have been gearing up

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Speaker 5: for this for six weeks. Takes a long time to

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02:04:43,840 --> 02:04:46,120
Speaker 5: get here once you if you're gonna close out the

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02:04:46,160 --> 02:04:50,320
Speaker 5: division that early, and the Bills did it, So I

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02:04:50,360 --> 02:04:52,920
Speaker 5: think you're right on the on the money. And like

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Speaker 5: I always say, if you can play well on that day,

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Speaker 5: you don't have to worry about too much.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to Mark n West. What's that Mark?

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Speaker 21: Hey, guys, I haven't talked to you in a while.

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Speaker 5: How you Ben?

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Speaker 21: That's good? That's good hey, looking at it and listening

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Speaker 21: to it. I understand the trepidation and the Yanks that

2467
02:05:12,040 --> 02:05:15,200
Speaker 21: we have as fans, because you know, one bad game

2468
02:05:15,200 --> 02:05:18,520
Speaker 21: and you're out. But when you really look at this game, uh,

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Speaker 21: and you break it down, you can see why we're

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Speaker 21: nine point favorites. When you look at their offense, you've

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Speaker 21: got a team with a very average to blow average

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Speaker 21: running game. You got a rookie quarterback and you've got

2473
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Speaker 21: one wide receiver that's an established NFL veteran. That's the

2474
02:05:34,120 --> 02:05:37,680
Speaker 21: offense that we're going up against on the defensive side

2475
02:05:37,680 --> 02:05:41,160
Speaker 21: of the ball. When you look at what the Bills

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02:05:41,200 --> 02:05:44,320
Speaker 21: have to offer across the board, and granted they're a

2477
02:05:44,360 --> 02:05:47,680
Speaker 21: good defense, but we have no reason to take one

2478
02:05:47,680 --> 02:05:51,240
Speaker 21: of our best players and go up against Sertan and

2479
02:05:51,320 --> 02:05:54,080
Speaker 21: try to go mono a mono and force the issue

2480
02:05:54,160 --> 02:05:56,880
Speaker 21: that way. We have no reason that we have to

2481
02:05:56,880 --> 02:05:59,680
Speaker 21: get into a drop pass game and just what their

2482
02:05:59,680 --> 02:06:02,720
Speaker 21: pass rush come at us. Okay, when we have the

2483
02:06:02,760 --> 02:06:06,120
Speaker 21: targets that we have that we can substitute a short

2484
02:06:06,200 --> 02:06:10,600
Speaker 21: passing game. Get their defensive line looking around a little bit,

2485
02:06:10,720 --> 02:06:14,280
Speaker 21: get their linebackers turning their heads, their shoulders and looking

2486
02:06:14,280 --> 02:06:16,240
Speaker 21: out they're going to be throwing the ball short? Or

2487
02:06:16,280 --> 02:06:18,520
Speaker 21: do I have to defend the run and then hit

2488
02:06:18,600 --> 02:06:22,360
Speaker 21: them with quick traps or whatever with Cook Cook, because

2489
02:06:22,400 --> 02:06:24,640
Speaker 21: Cook this year goes through that line like a shot.

2490
02:06:25,160 --> 02:06:27,200
Speaker 21: And then on top of it, we got tight ends

2491
02:06:27,520 --> 02:06:30,080
Speaker 21: and we still can go to our whiteouts. And then

2492
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Speaker 21: on top of all that, the cherry on top of

2493
02:06:32,720 --> 02:06:37,160
Speaker 21: all of that is Josh Allen, Okay, they still have

2494
02:06:37,280 --> 02:06:39,640
Speaker 21: to figure out a way to number one get to them.

2495
02:06:39,640 --> 02:06:42,640
Speaker 21: How many sacks have we given up this year? Barely ten,

2496
02:06:42,680 --> 02:06:45,680
Speaker 21: I think it is. And we get him a little

2497
02:06:45,720 --> 02:06:48,200
Speaker 21: bit on the roll on the outside or whatever, and

2498
02:06:48,320 --> 02:06:51,280
Speaker 21: putting pressure on those guys, they're going to be in trouble.

2499
02:06:51,520 --> 02:06:54,560
Speaker 21: They're gonna We have no reason, Supper, if we just

2500
02:06:54,720 --> 02:06:58,520
Speaker 21: play our game that we should not win this game comfortably.

2501
02:06:58,840 --> 02:07:01,520
Speaker 21: And oh, by the way, time we played a defensive

2502
02:07:01,600 --> 02:07:05,600
Speaker 21: line that was a great pass rushing defensive line. I

2503
02:07:05,640 --> 02:07:08,720
Speaker 21: think that was the Rams who They had all kinds

2504
02:07:08,720 --> 02:07:11,480
Speaker 21: of pressures on quarterbacks all year long, even though they're young,

2505
02:07:12,040 --> 02:07:14,720
Speaker 21: and I think we did pretty well against them, So

2506
02:07:15,160 --> 02:07:17,560
Speaker 21: we really have nothing to fear. We play our game,

2507
02:07:17,720 --> 02:07:19,240
Speaker 21: will be absolutely fine.

2508
02:07:19,960 --> 02:07:22,560
Speaker 5: My opinion, Well, I think yeah, you're right, Mark, and

2509
02:07:23,040 --> 02:07:25,520
Speaker 5: you can't argue with it. I'm pretty sure though that

2510
02:07:25,560 --> 02:07:28,720
Speaker 5: if Denver plays their game, they're gonna be fine too.

2511
02:07:28,800 --> 02:07:30,360
Speaker 5: I mean, that's the way it is. In the playoffs.

2512
02:07:30,360 --> 02:07:31,960
Speaker 5: You've got to do it now. Certainly, I'll say this.

2513
02:07:32,560 --> 02:07:35,520
Speaker 5: The Bills offense has more ways to beat people than

2514
02:07:35,560 --> 02:07:39,080
Speaker 5: most offenses do, and most defensive rosters, as good as

2515
02:07:39,120 --> 02:07:43,240
Speaker 5: they are in places, don't have enough to cover everything.

2516
02:07:43,280 --> 02:07:46,640
Speaker 5: The Bills can do and do well. They can run

2517
02:07:46,680 --> 02:07:49,400
Speaker 5: the ball well inside, outside, they run the trap game,

2518
02:07:49,400 --> 02:07:52,440
Speaker 5: they run pin and pull, they run zone concepts. They

2519
02:07:52,440 --> 02:07:54,880
Speaker 5: can throw the ball short. They've got a guy with

2520
02:07:54,920 --> 02:07:56,960
Speaker 5: a big arm. They can take guys deep. They've got

2521
02:07:57,040 --> 02:07:59,680
Speaker 5: big number one wide receivers in Keyon Coleman and Amari

2522
02:07:59,720 --> 02:08:02,160
Speaker 5: Cooper to go man on man on the outside. They've

2523
02:08:02,200 --> 02:08:08,640
Speaker 5: got an elite slot receiver in Khalil Shakir. Their running

2524
02:08:08,680 --> 02:08:10,560
Speaker 5: backs are good in the passing game. They can split

2525
02:08:10,600 --> 02:08:13,440
Speaker 5: out or come inside. Their tight ends are really good

2526
02:08:13,560 --> 02:08:15,960
Speaker 5: route runner and pass catchers. They're great weapons and big

2527
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:18,680
Speaker 5: targets in the red zone and otherwise. And of course

2528
02:08:18,720 --> 02:08:20,400
Speaker 5: that doesn't even mention that the fact that they've got

2529
02:08:20,400 --> 02:08:22,360
Speaker 5: the best player in the league in some people's opinion,

2530
02:08:22,360 --> 02:08:24,200
Speaker 5: in Josh Allen, who can run the ball and throw

2531
02:08:24,240 --> 02:08:28,520
Speaker 5: it everywhere. They're a handful offensively, I will say that.

2532
02:08:28,720 --> 02:08:31,280
Speaker 5: And Denver's defense, as good as it has been, is

2533
02:08:31,320 --> 02:08:34,600
Speaker 5: going to be extremely tested in this game on the

2534
02:08:34,680 --> 02:08:39,160
Speaker 5: road in Buffalo, in pretty good weather it seems like

2535
02:08:40,040 --> 02:08:45,280
Speaker 5: not windy, a little cold, and that's it. Yeah, that's

2536
02:08:45,320 --> 02:08:48,720
Speaker 5: a hard matchup for anybody. But let's face it, Denver's

2537
02:08:48,720 --> 02:08:50,800
Speaker 5: built for it. They live in Denver and they're in a

2538
02:08:50,880 --> 02:08:53,480
Speaker 5: high altitude. It's cold up there. They practice in the cold,

2539
02:08:53,760 --> 02:08:57,400
Speaker 5: and their defense will travel better than an opponent's offense

2540
02:08:57,440 --> 02:09:02,000
Speaker 5: will travel. But yeah, still, the Buffalo offense is a

2541
02:09:02,040 --> 02:09:03,600
Speaker 5: ton is a ton.

2542
02:09:04,560 --> 02:09:07,120
Speaker 2: Let's get back to some thoughts on the tweet sheet.

2543
02:09:07,400 --> 02:09:09,440
Speaker 2: Steven says, yeah, I didn't want to have to play

2544
02:09:09,520 --> 02:09:12,440
Speaker 2: Joe Burrow, but still worried about our defense. Can you

2545
02:09:12,520 --> 02:09:15,000
Speaker 2: help me with a couple of reasons I shouldn't be

2546
02:09:15,040 --> 02:09:18,320
Speaker 2: worried about our defense. My nerves are through the roof. Dude,

2547
02:09:18,360 --> 02:09:20,640
Speaker 2: it's Steven, it's Monday. You're not gonna make it to

2548
02:09:20,680 --> 02:09:25,680
Speaker 2: the game at this rate. I think what you have

2549
02:09:25,760 --> 02:09:29,680
Speaker 2: to remember is for the bulk of this season, the

2550
02:09:29,720 --> 02:09:35,160
Speaker 2: Bills have been a top ten scoring defense. And what

2551
02:09:35,200 --> 02:09:38,840
Speaker 2: I mean by that is if you and look, I

2552
02:09:38,880 --> 02:09:40,440
Speaker 2: know you don't want to take away games, but if

2553
02:09:40,480 --> 02:09:43,880
Speaker 2: you take the Detroit game and the Rams game out

2554
02:09:43,880 --> 02:09:45,920
Speaker 2: of the equation. This year, the Bills are giving up

2555
02:09:45,960 --> 02:09:49,800
Speaker 2: eight little over eighteen points a game, and even with

2556
02:09:49,880 --> 02:09:53,200
Speaker 2: those two games lumped in the Bills are eleventh in

2557
02:09:53,240 --> 02:09:55,480
Speaker 2: the league and points allowed. I mean, they're almost a

2558
02:09:55,480 --> 02:09:57,920
Speaker 2: top ten defense and points allowed with two teams hanging

2559
02:09:57,960 --> 02:10:03,400
Speaker 2: forty on them. So I think that's something that should

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Speaker 2: at least booie or spirits to some degree. I think

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Speaker 2: the other thing that should make you happy is the

2562
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Speaker 2: fact that the Bills are healthy from everything we've been

2563
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Speaker 2: told to this point going into the postseason, which they

2564
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Speaker 2: could not say at this time last year. And in

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Speaker 2: a game that they gave up thirty five points to

2566
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Speaker 2: the Ravens back in Week four, they did not have

2567
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Speaker 2: Matt Mlano to rel Bernard or Tarren Johnson at the

2568
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Speaker 2: second level of their defense in that game for a

2569
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Speaker 2: single snap. So I think there are reasons to be

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Speaker 2: encouraged that the defense will do what it needs to

2571
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Speaker 2: to support the offense, get them extra possessions with takeaways,

2572
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Speaker 2: which have not been a problem getting all season long,

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Speaker 2: and I think they'll be all right. Especially against the

2574
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Speaker 2: rookie quarterback, they might be able to deceive a little bit.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, of course fans can always do this for their team,

2576
02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:57,480
Speaker 5: but you can conjure up a couple of ways this

2577
02:10:57,520 --> 02:11:00,680
Speaker 5: could get out a hand quick with a young quarterback

2578
02:11:01,080 --> 02:11:04,160
Speaker 5: who's got maybe one main guy offensively without a really

2579
02:11:04,200 --> 02:11:08,080
Speaker 5: strong running game. You know, if they cough it up

2580
02:11:08,160 --> 02:11:09,920
Speaker 5: or go three and out a couple of times, and

2581
02:11:09,960 --> 02:11:12,480
Speaker 5: the Bills come out and they and they make the

2582
02:11:12,640 --> 02:11:16,080
Speaker 5: hay offensively like they have done even against really good defenses.

2583
02:11:17,800 --> 02:11:20,080
Speaker 5: You can conjure up away where it kind of gets

2584
02:11:20,080 --> 02:11:22,360
Speaker 5: out of hand in Buffalo's favor. But I kind of

2585
02:11:22,360 --> 02:11:23,840
Speaker 5: think it's going to be more of a close game

2586
02:11:23,880 --> 02:11:27,840
Speaker 5: than that one way or the other. I don't know

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Speaker 5: that I can conjure up away that Denver runs off

2588
02:11:30,240 --> 02:11:35,920
Speaker 5: and leaves Buffalo. I you just don't see that very often.

2589
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Speaker 5: You've seen it in a handful of games over the

2590
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Speaker 5: last four years, five years. It maybe happened three times

2591
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Speaker 5: where a team beat this club by by double digits. Yeah,

2592
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Speaker 5: that's that's the one for me, So I do. There's

2593
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Speaker 5: no question Buffalo's got to be the favorite in this game.

2594
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Speaker 5: But Denver is built for games like this. So that's

2595
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Speaker 5: what's give you. That's what gives you pause.

2596
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Speaker 2: Gotta take a break here when we come back. Some

2597
02:12:06,480 --> 02:12:08,600
Speaker 2: final thoughts on the tweet sheet here on a Buffalo

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Speaker 2: Football Monday on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health.

2599
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Speaker 12: It's Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 2: Got some final thoughts on the tweet sheet here on

2601
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Speaker 2: a Buffalo Football Monday, Christine says, I wanted the Dolphins

2602
02:12:36,920 --> 02:12:39,600
Speaker 2: because they do horrible in the cold weather. So now

2603
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Speaker 2: I'm hoping Denver Chokes Alan will need to bring in

2604
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Speaker 2: and maybe do some scoring himself. Go Bills. Brian says

2605
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Speaker 2: Bills are going to have to be really smart about

2606
02:12:47,960 --> 02:12:51,600
Speaker 2: continuing the achievement of not turning the ball over against

2607
02:12:51,600 --> 02:12:54,480
Speaker 2: that secondary, in particular, use of ty Johnson, Cook and

2608
02:12:54,560 --> 02:12:57,600
Speaker 2: Davis effectively is going to be essential with the short

2609
02:12:57,600 --> 02:13:01,640
Speaker 2: passing game with yards after the catch and not giving

2610
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Speaker 2: up big plays. Joe says I would have preferred Miami

2611
02:13:05,520 --> 02:13:08,440
Speaker 2: because of Josh's dominance over them, but I also like

2612
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Speaker 2: what coach McDermott does to completely confuse rookie quarterbacks. Go Bills, Yeah,

2613
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's a it's a thing.

2614
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Speaker 5: Yeah. Yeah. The Bills are the two seed for a reason.

2615
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Speaker 5: They've shown to be a you know, be able to

2616
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Speaker 5: win games a lot of different ways, but you gotta

2617
02:13:31,040 --> 02:13:33,480
Speaker 5: play well on that day, and it's it's do or die,

2618
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Speaker 5: and if the Bills come out and play their best.

2619
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Speaker 5: I mean, nobody beats them Denver Broncos Chiefs Ravens, nobody.

2620
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Speaker 5: And we have seen this team play at a consistently

2621
02:13:46,000 --> 02:13:48,640
Speaker 5: high level throughout the season, and they have seemed to

2622
02:13:48,680 --> 02:13:52,200
Speaker 5: be particularly on the offensive side of the ball. Ascending

2623
02:13:52,440 --> 02:13:55,080
Speaker 5: here in the last month of the season, not yesterday,

2624
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Speaker 5: you know, the Patriot game, obviously, notwithstanding because of the

2625
02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:02,600
Speaker 5: roster moves and all of that. So we'll see the

2626
02:14:02,640 --> 02:14:06,000
Speaker 5: Bills have been waiting on this week for six weeks

2627
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Speaker 5: because that's when they clinched the division. We'll see if.

2628
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Speaker 2: Broncos commands will argue they've been waiting nine years.

2629
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Speaker 5: We've been there. Yeah, we've been there for double the

2630
02:14:15,600 --> 02:14:18,200
Speaker 5: amount of time. I can commiserate with the Bronco fans.

2631
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Speaker 5: We've been there.

2632
02:14:19,240 --> 02:14:21,840
Speaker 2: Kate says, not worried. Bo is still a rookie and

2633
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Speaker 2: this is still his first playoff and coming into Orchard

2634
02:14:24,320 --> 02:14:26,360
Speaker 2: Park and Bill's mafia, it's going to be a rude awakening.

2635
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Speaker 2: Bill's Mafia is different come the postseason, and Brian says, yes,

2636
02:14:30,960 --> 02:14:33,160
Speaker 2: Broncos have a rookie QB travel in a Buffalo for

2637
02:14:33,200 --> 02:14:35,560
Speaker 2: the first time. If we win, Baltimore likely comes here

2638
02:14:35,560 --> 02:14:38,560
Speaker 2: for the rematch. If we win warm Weather, La Chargers

2639
02:14:38,560 --> 02:14:40,960
Speaker 2: travel across the country to witness Buffalo and Josh in

2640
02:14:41,040 --> 02:14:43,360
Speaker 2: late January. So he's predicting. This guy's already got a

2641
02:14:43,400 --> 02:14:44,280
Speaker 2: charger's upset.

2642
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Speaker 5: Yes, I get it, but yeah, the charge whatever, Okay,

2643
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Speaker 5: we'll see.

2644
02:14:49,640 --> 02:14:52,120
Speaker 2: One step at a time, everybody, one step at a time.

2645
02:14:52,160 --> 02:14:53,960
Speaker 2: We'll see you tomorrow. At one. We'll hear from dan

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Speaker 2: Orlowski as well, who'll join us many