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Speaker 1: right and throwing from the pocket and make it. It's

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Speaker 1: about those guys in the huddle looking at you when

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Speaker 1: you call this play and saying, yeah, okay, we got this.

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Speaker 1: It's that simple. Makes it difference. It makes a difference. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's funny when you'd start reciting play calls in the huddle.

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Speaker 1: And I'm just reminded of that NFL films thing on.

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Speaker 1: When Gruden was coaching the Bucks and he had a

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Speaker 1: bunch of different quarterbacks, poor Chris Sims could not I mean,

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Speaker 1: his offensive system was supremely wordy. I mean some of

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Speaker 1: his play calls were like forty eight words. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: poor Chris Sims cannot get the play call out well.

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Speaker 1: And Gruden's standing right there next to the huddling and

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Speaker 1: they keep repeating it. Back goes and I know, Chris,

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Speaker 1: let's try it again. So now you're on edge because

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Speaker 1: you screwed it up the first time. Now you barely

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Speaker 1: even remember what the hell the play was in the

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Speaker 1: first place. And he's just tripping over too. Here's the

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Speaker 1: thing too, he could say it right, and Gruden can

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Speaker 1: still say what did I know? What? Yea? So then

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Speaker 1: it goes. It gets even better. So another quarterback that

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Speaker 1: was there at the time was Rob Johnson, the former

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Speaker 1: Bills quarterback. He's there as a backup and he's running

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Speaker 1: some plays during a preseason game, and you hear Gruden

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Speaker 1: on the sidelines yelling Rob, what the hell was that?

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Speaker 1: And you know they cut to Johnson. He's looking at

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Speaker 1: the sidelines and going, what the heck are you talking about?

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Speaker 1: He goes, Rob, that's not even a play. Even know

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Speaker 1: what the hell he ran. Let me tell you something, though,

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Speaker 1: you can run that if your off listen, if your

449
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Speaker 1: offense can take a snap and everybody runs off fires

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Speaker 1: off enough for Rob. But it wasn't good enough for Gruden.

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Speaker 1: If your offense fires off the ball after that play

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Speaker 1: is called, it's a play. It's a play. I got

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Speaker 1: news for you. You need you need to fix your

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Speaker 1: your verbiage. Oh my gosh. And for me maybe because

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Speaker 1: it's and of co it's what I because what I

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Speaker 1: had success doing. It's on a team that had great

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Speaker 1: success doing it. The fewer words the better, Well, think

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Speaker 1: about how far it's come. I mean, it went from that,

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Speaker 1: you know Bill Walsh eighties offense multiple words. Sure, they're

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Speaker 1: talking thirty forty word plays in the huddle to what

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Speaker 1: we saw with Brady and Belichick, which was one word identification. Bang,

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Speaker 1: here we go, right, so they could change the tempo

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Speaker 1: and whatnot. And then a lot of people have adopted that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it makes it once you learn the concepts and

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Speaker 1: you're all on the same page. This concept means to

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Speaker 1: the offensive line, it means this to the wide receiver

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Speaker 1: skill sets, it means this to the running backs, it

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Speaker 1: means this and M and it's the same thing. And

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Speaker 1: you just go with it. And to me, if you

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Speaker 1: if you have fifty words in your play call, you

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Speaker 1: got fifty individual got eleven individuals running those words. You know,

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Speaker 1: if you got one word that means something to everybody,

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Speaker 1: then it seems like you're working more together. I don't

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Speaker 1: know that's that's probably a vast over a simplification, but

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Speaker 1: man o, man simplest better. Yeah, we got off on

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Speaker 1: a crazy tangent there and just just kept we just

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Speaker 1: kept digging. I got the shovels out, We just kept going.

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Speaker 1: I don't know where we came out. I feel like bugs.

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Speaker 1: Remember those bugs Bunny cartoons where he used to go

480
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Speaker 1: digging with the Daffy duck and they pop up out

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Speaker 1: of the ground. And they realized they're not where they

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Speaker 1: thought they were supposed to be, and he said, I

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Speaker 1: must have taken a wrong turn at malbo Querque. That's

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Speaker 1: where we're at right now. But we have a jam

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Speaker 1: Pack show on the back half of the program today

486
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Speaker 1: because about an hour from now we will get our

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Speaker 1: weekly visit from Good Morning Football's Kyle Brand. Will obviously

488
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Speaker 1: be talking to him about his widely successful Bill's Hype

489
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Speaker 1: video before the Divisional playoff against Baltimore, which was played

490
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Speaker 1: on the scoreboard before the game for the sixty seven

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Speaker 1: hundred fans in attendance. And you want to talk about

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Speaker 1: a group and a froth after watching that. They were

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Speaker 1: ready and loaded after that. So we'll talk to Kyle

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Speaker 1: about that and the upcoming AFC title game, of course,

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Speaker 1: and then in about an hour and a half half

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Speaker 1: from now, we will have Adam Shine from Shine on

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Speaker 1: Sports on Mad Dog Radio Sirius XM and be talking

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Speaker 1: to him. He has been kind of on this Bill's

499
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Speaker 1: freight train for a while now. He was calling Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen a superstar before he even legitimately became one. So

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to Adam Shine about an hour and a

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Speaker 1: half from now and then in the final half hour

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Speaker 1: of the program, we'll have Mark Schofield from USA Today.

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Speaker 1: Has had some nice breakdowns this week with one of

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Speaker 1: his co workers there, Doug Ferrar, who's been on the

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Speaker 1: show before. They've kind of sliced and diced different components

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Speaker 1: of this matchup between the Bills and the Chiefs, so

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Speaker 1: we wanted to get him on to kind of share

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Speaker 1: some of his findings and what could be critical components

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Speaker 1: of how the game unfolds on Sunday. So plenty of

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Speaker 1: people loaded up for you to listen to and hear

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Speaker 1: them drop the knowledge on this game coming up on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: but the first half of the show is largely dedicated

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Speaker 1: to you, the listener or the viewer. Eight fifty one

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Speaker 1: eight eight five fifty two five fifty. There are tons

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Speaker 1: of matchups in this game, both individual and unit wise,

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Speaker 1: and we wanted to find out which matchup you are

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Speaker 1: most excited to see in Sunday's game, whether you're pulling

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Speaker 1: it from what you saw in the first matchup between

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Speaker 1: these two teams in week six, and want to reassess

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Speaker 1: where those matchups lie now for this game, or if

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Speaker 1: it's an individual deal or if it's Josh Allen against

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Speaker 1: some component of the Chiefs defense. There are choices for

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Speaker 1: you on the tweet sheet at one Bills Live, but

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Speaker 1: we also want you to pick anything in any everything

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Speaker 1: under the sun, the number one matchup that intrigues you

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Speaker 1: the most about Sunday's game. So let us know at

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Speaker 1: eighth three, five fifty one, eighty eight, five fifty two,

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Speaker 1: five fifty do you have one, Steve that's like at

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Speaker 1: the top of your list that you're like, Oh, man,

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Speaker 1: I really want to see this one. No, the matchups,

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Speaker 1: I just want to see this offense play, the Bills

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Speaker 1: offense play. Yeah, that's what I want to see. I

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Speaker 1: want to see him get back on track. Certainly, they've

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Speaker 1: played a couple of stellar defenses in the last couple

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Speaker 1: of days, the athleticism of the Colts defense and Eberflus

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Speaker 1: and his ability to get those guys deployed right, and

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Speaker 1: then of course the Ravens, who really changed who they

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Speaker 1: were in response to how good Josh in this offense

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Speaker 1: where they didn't blitz nearly like they have in the pause,

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Speaker 1: they really relegated themselves to a four man rush all game,

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Speaker 1: and it seemed to work. It seemed to work. They

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Speaker 1: knew that they couldn't cover up in the back end

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Speaker 1: with the Bills going four wide, and I think they

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Speaker 1: I think the Ravens got a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: break with Gabriel Davis coming down lame in that game.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Bills willingness to throw the football

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Speaker 1: exclusively in the first half says a lot about how

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Speaker 1: confident they are and I want to see I want

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Speaker 1: to see him get back on track and do that.

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Speaker 1: The matchup that I would say intrigues me the most

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Speaker 1: is Josh Allen against Tyranne Matthew. This is a guy

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Speaker 1: that just has instincts that are akin to Ed Reid,

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Speaker 1: like he just knows how to read the field, know

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Speaker 1: where the ball is going. Does he take chances, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: But the difference between him and a lot of other

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Speaker 1: dbs in this league he's usually right. Yeah, He's usually right.

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Speaker 1: And I that is the only grave concern that I

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Speaker 1: go into this game with that He's just gonna find

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Speaker 1: that play and bait Josh just the right way. That

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Speaker 1: is the only fear I have in this game, because

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Speaker 1: I have that much respect for Matthew and what he

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Speaker 1: does out and he did it last week to Baker.

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Speaker 1: He did it last week and it changed the course

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Speaker 1: of that game. And that is the only thing that

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Speaker 1: concerns me here in this entire matchup, Tyrant feel good

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Speaker 1: about a lot of the rest of it. Those guys

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Speaker 1: time around, He's right, he's instinctive, and like we heard

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Speaker 1: yesterday that Philip Rivers retired and some guys telling stories

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Speaker 1: about Philip Rivers where he's saying telling the linebacker, hey,

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Speaker 1: you're lined up wrong for the blitz. You guys are

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Speaker 1: about to run. You need to move over here, and

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Speaker 1: like JJ Watscorn, he was right, Yeah, our guy was

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Speaker 1: lined up wrong. So that kind of knowledge on it

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Speaker 1: for a quarterback who's watched film and knows that stuff.

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Speaker 1: It's the same thing on defense Tyronne Matthews, except Tyrone

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Speaker 1: Matthews isn't going, Hey, when you come across here, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna cheat up and jump this route? Is do that? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's you know, It's like Ed Reid, It's like Luke Keikley.

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Speaker 1: There are defensive players who watch enough film and have

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Speaker 1: an intuitive sense about why an offense does what it

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Speaker 1: does to anticipate why they're doing this and what they're

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Speaker 1: going to do. Because of it and to get out

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Speaker 1: ahead of it. Mentally, it's rare. It's rare, but he

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Speaker 1: seems to be one of those guys. And when he

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00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 1: actually idolizes ed Reid, so it's almost ironic that his

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00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: game in many ways mirrors what ed Reid did, which

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Speaker 1: all in the secondary for as long as he did.

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott saw it. He was defensive coordinated with Keikley

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Speaker 1: in Carolina, and I used to do Carolina games. I'd

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Speaker 1: watch him on film and I would watch Luke Keekley

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Speaker 1: play on the All twenty two and I used ticipations.

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Speaker 1: I used your word. I used it every time we

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Speaker 1: saw him. I would say, Luke Keikley is clairvoyant. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he is. Even right before the snap, he'll take not

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Speaker 1: just a step early, like a quick step after the snap,

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Speaker 1: he takes two steps before the snap, right to the

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Speaker 1: point where the ball's gonna be. It's it's rare. It's rare. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's rare. Break time for us. But when we come back,

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Speaker 1: we'll take your phone calls at eight oh three oh

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Speaker 1: five fifty. Tell us the matchup you're looking forward to

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Speaker 1: the most you can let us know. At eight o

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Speaker 1: three five fifty open line for you. There one eight

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Speaker 1: eight five fifty two five fifty back in a moment

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Speaker 1: here on One Bill's Live presented by Kalida Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Just rounded Steve Tasker one Fills Live

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Speaker 1: Thursday edition, and uh, we did get some sad news

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Speaker 1: in the NFL world that just came across. Ted Thompson,

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Speaker 1: former GM of the Green Bay Packers, has passed away.

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Speaker 1: It happened on the seventeenth this week, and he was

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Speaker 1: just sixty eight years old. And I was unaware of this,

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Speaker 1: but Steve shared with me that he was a former

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Speaker 1: teammate of Thompson's with the Houston Oilers. My first NFL

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Speaker 1: training camp was Teddy Thompson's last training camp. He was

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Speaker 1: a nine year ten year vet actually and did not

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Speaker 1: make the team my rookie year when I when I

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Speaker 1: actually made my first team. We became acquainted over the

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Speaker 1: course of that offseason and through that training camp, through

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Speaker 1: that training camp, and then of course he was in

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Speaker 1: and around Houston after that as well. A wonderful guy,

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Speaker 1: an undersized outside linebacker, played a lot of special teams,

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Speaker 1: and then course his career went on to the Green

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers. He was the general manager of the Packers

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Speaker 1: for thirteen years, was three times voted by the other

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Speaker 1: GMS in the league as General Manager of the Year.

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Speaker 1: He had a real eye for great players and during

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Speaker 1: his time as the GM, Packers made the playoffs nine

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Speaker 1: times over the thirteen years and reached the championship game

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Speaker 1: of the NFC four times, and of course won a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl with him as the general manager three times

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Speaker 1: or twice actually he was Executive of the Year for

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Speaker 1: the GMS. He was a good man and the league

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Speaker 1: was better with him in it. And of course he

634
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Speaker 1: has struggled with an illness over the recent years. But yeah,

635
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Speaker 1: Ted was a fixture in the NFL. Sorry to see

636
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Speaker 1: him go. Sorry to see him go. Lost way too

637
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 1: many people in the last calendar year for sure, But yeah,

638
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 1: he was dealing with a long term illness from what

639
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: we understood, So all the best to his family at

640
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Speaker 1: this difficult time. We do want to get to your comments.

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Speaker 1: Feel free to hit us up at eight O three

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Speaker 1: oh five fifty one eight eight five fifty two five

643
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Speaker 1: fifty tell us which matchup you're most excited to see

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Speaker 1: in Sunday's AFC title game between the Bills and the Chiefs.

645
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 1: It could be a side of the ball. It could

646
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: be two individuals going head to head, could be two

647
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Speaker 1: coaches that are matching wits. Maybe it's Dabele and Spagnolo,

648
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Speaker 1: you know, or the other way around. So let us

649
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Speaker 1: know what you think. At eight o three oh five fifty.

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Speaker 1: We do want to start though, with the tweet sheet,

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Speaker 1: which is brought to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the

652
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Speaker 1: official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills, and Jose

653
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Speaker 1: is leading us off and in terms of the matchup

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Speaker 1: he's most excited to see. He says, if our boys

655
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Speaker 1: hold Mahomes to something similar to what they did with

656
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, we have a great shot to win this game.

657
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: Our offense has the ability to score more than fourteen points. Yeah,

658
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 1: you're dealing with a different animal here, though. Lamar Jackson

659
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes are two stark different quarterbacks, both great athletes,

660
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: but both achieve the goals of their respective offense is

661
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: in very different ways. Oh yeah, I mean that's Lamar Jackson,

662
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:15,640
Speaker 1: who couldn't get more opposite. Yeah, Mahomes extends plays, but

663
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: he will kill you through the air. He'll he'll hang

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Speaker 1: a four hundred and five hundred yard day on you

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Speaker 1: from the quarterback position. With the weapons he has around him,

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson won't throw for two hundred and fifty. That's

667
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Speaker 1: the big difference. Lamar can make the big play at

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Speaker 1: any moment because of his legs. Mahomes will make a

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Speaker 1: big play at any moment because of his arm and

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Speaker 1: his weapons and his legs. He's you know, he's all

671
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Speaker 1: about it. So yeah, Mahomes is. They're both great. Both

672
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,400
Speaker 1: of them have won the MVP. And that's what happens

673
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: when he get into these playoffs, Brownie. One week he

674
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Speaker 1: get the defending MVP of the league and the next

675
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Speaker 1: week he get the Super Bowl MVP, who was of

676
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Speaker 1: the MVP two years ago. It ain't easy to beat

677
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: these guys, and Mahomes is going to bring an entirely

678
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 1: different set of problems than Lamar Jackson. So I understand

679
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Speaker 1: the premise, Jose, Yeah, I hold Mahomes down like he

680
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: did Lamar Jackson. The plan to do that, not only

681
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:16,720
Speaker 1: is it harder, it's different, it's completely differently different, completely different.

682
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Speaker 1: Nick t on the tweet sheet says Alan had his

683
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Speaker 1: worst game of the season against Casey back in Week six,

684
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Speaker 1: but he's learned and developed so much since then. I

685
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Speaker 1: think Casey is about to face a much more mature

686
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Speaker 1: and intelligent version of Alan than they faced in Week six,

687
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Speaker 1: and I don't know if they're ready for it. I

688
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 1: think I think that's a fair statement to make. He

689
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Speaker 1: is a much better quarterback than he was in Week

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Speaker 1: six right now. I mean, his ascent was a giant

691
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Speaker 1: one even from the very start of the season, but

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Speaker 1: I think you could definitely make the argument he's even

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Speaker 1: better now than he was in Week six. We've been

694
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Speaker 1: saying that that was one of the most surprising things

695
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,399
Speaker 1: we've said, and I've said it time and time again.

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Speaker 1: I'll say it again. The thing that was the best

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Speaker 1: part of this football season for me was, you know,

698
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Speaker 1: going in against the entirely the really tough schedule that

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Speaker 1: the Bills had, understanding who they were playing and how

700
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: good those teams were, and then having the Bills come

701
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: out and play offensively awesome and play great, and when

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Speaker 1: they can hang up a bunch of points and thinking, wow,

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Speaker 1: I hope they can kind of keep that up, and

704
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Speaker 1: then the next week, with another tough opponent, they play

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Speaker 1: even better. It happened for like six straight weeks at

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Speaker 1: the end of the season, when even when they weren't

707
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Speaker 1: playing a tough team, they dominated. I mean the Denver

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Speaker 1: Broncos game, Are you kidding me? They ran it up

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00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:37,239
Speaker 1: on those guys. And then the Miami Dolphins with coming

710
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Speaker 1: in with the number one scoring defense in the league,

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00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: the Bills absolutely beat them with a ball bat. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they lumped them. I mean, this team was

713
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: playing great. Now you get the playoffs and for whatever reason,

714
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,879
Speaker 1: the Bills you know, haven't played as well offensively. That's

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Speaker 1: where you want them to get back to, because man

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00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: oh man, they were humming along. So that's been the

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Speaker 1: funnest part for me. You're right, they're a different team

718
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Speaker 1: than they were in Week six when they played the Chiefs.

719
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Speaker 1: Not only do they have healthier and different players on

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Speaker 1: the field, like Feliciano Milano, John Brown will be healthy,

721
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Speaker 1: all of that stuff, Levi Wallace, all the stuff. You know,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be healthier than they were within They're just

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Speaker 1: if they've evolved week after week after week, they're doing

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Speaker 1: things now offensively that they weren't doing, then they have

725
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: the ability to not only adjust, but to better execute

726
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: their adjustments. Than they did back in Week six. All

727
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 1: of that stuff is on the table now. The Chiefs

728
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Speaker 1: are in the same boat. I mean, they're good football,

729
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 1: they're the defending world champions, and they know a lot

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Speaker 1: about themselves as well. I think what happened in Week

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Speaker 1: six and how it affects this game is going to

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Speaker 1: be more about the perception each coaching staff has about

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Speaker 1: the other one and where that team is was then

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Speaker 1: and is now, and how they tailored their game plans.

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Speaker 1: Once again, it's just like last week we were talking

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Speaker 1: about Baltimore. It was fascinating to think to wonder that

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Speaker 1: game was gonna look like to you know, I don't

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Speaker 1: think it turned out to anybody anticipated at all. Well,

739
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Speaker 1: we thought the three was not something anybody called the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: We thought, man, they're gonna they blitz everybody. They're gonna

741
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Speaker 1: have to blitz him. And they didn't. Right. And for

742
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,360
Speaker 1: the Bills, same thing. You didn't. He thought, how are

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Speaker 1: they going to stop the run? Nobody stops that run? Yeah,

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00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: and they did. Let's go to the phones where we

745
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: have Claire in Buffalo leading us. So off, Claire, what

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Speaker 1: do you have You're on one Bills live? Oh oh,

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Speaker 1: she's got her up, is it? Clario on delay? Got

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Speaker 1: turn your radio down. I have it right, Claire, turn

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Speaker 1: your radio down, Claire, it's Clarence. Sorry, Clarence, turn your

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Speaker 1: radio down. I got it. Widened my margin here, Clarence,

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Speaker 1: what chick you're killing us? Let's go, I thought you said, Claire. Yeah, Well,

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00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 1: Dent and I just, uh, I'm just little tired and

753
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: listening to all these so called next we'll say our

754
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: defense is not able to stop their offense. And it's

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00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: it's crazy because because we've played come out and playing

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Speaker 1: the aggressive style that we've played over the past sixty

757
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: eight weeks, that uh, we should be able to hang

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00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,760
Speaker 1: in there with them, and and and I believe believe

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00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: we have a chance of beating them. You know, I

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00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: hope a defensive line is the one that that's going

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00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 1: to be the key to us this week. Well yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, if they can get pressure with just the

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Speaker 1: front four, that is a huge boon to what should

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Speaker 1: be a success at least a successful day from the

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00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: standpoint of neutralizing Kansas City enough to the point where

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Speaker 1: they score ten to twelve points below their average, you know,

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00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 1: which is about twenty nine point eight per game. So

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Speaker 1: you know, you hold them to twenty, you got a

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Speaker 1: really good chance to win this football. Yeah. So if

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Speaker 1: your front four is getting pressure like you want Clarence,

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00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: that is a game changer. That's right, and that's and

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00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: that's it's critical, no question that you've got to get

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00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: pressure on Mahomes. How much pressure can you get? And

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00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: us think about this. I'm really intrigued about his the

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00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 1: injury to his toe. And now certainly if he takes

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00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: some medication, gets the pain out of But man, oh man,

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00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: if you watch the clips of the Browns game, there

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Speaker 1: are times when he won't even walk on that thing.

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00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: That ain't going away in a week. Yeah, not if

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00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: it's a turf toe. It is not gonna get better

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00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: in a week. Um. You know, mschief fans are watching

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00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,240
Speaker 1: to play against the Browns. You can see he's really

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00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: hobbling on. He runs good and he gets out there,

784
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Speaker 1: gets a first down, dives forward. When he gets up,

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00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: he can't even hobble back. He like, his left foot

786
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: is killing. He can't even put any pressure on it.

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Speaker 1: It's killing him. So that's a big issue, a big issue,

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Speaker 1: And you know that's what I want to find. You

789
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Speaker 1: might want to see if you can defies affront and

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Speaker 1: a rush that makes him run, just to evaluate how

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Speaker 1: good he can do it. Right at the end of

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Speaker 1: that clip, you just saw his knee buckle how much

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00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 1: that toe just screamed at him and said, oh, just

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00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,759
Speaker 1: reminded him made his knee buckle. So yeah, that I

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00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 1: think that is more of an issue than potentially is concussion,

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Speaker 1: which is probably a good thing because if you had

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Speaker 1: two problems, your brain and your toe, you'd probably prefer

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Speaker 1: your toe. So seriously, like, seriously, I know, I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: it struck you. Well, yeah, most of us. Most of

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Speaker 1: us wouldn't pick, well, we would are you thinking about

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Speaker 1: some disgusting dude picking his toes? Un listen, listen unless

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00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,839
Speaker 1: our brain is deficient in the beginning, right, so then

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Speaker 1: you might well Okay, yeah, valid, that's valid. Okay. Jake

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00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,120
Speaker 1: and Buffalo, John and Baltimore, hang tight. We gotta take

805
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 1: a break, but we'll get to you when we return.

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Speaker 1: Here on One Bills Live presented by Kalida Health, It's

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown,

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00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you, asking you about the matchup you're

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00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: most looking forward too. In Sunday's game between the Bills

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Speaker 1: and you've se AFC Title game, and right back to

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Speaker 1: the phones, we go into Jake and Buffalo. Jake, what

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Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Hey,

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Speaker 1: what's going on? Guys? A big fan? It's not so

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Speaker 1: much for me and match up on the field. I

815
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:15,479
Speaker 1: feel like we match up pretty good against them, both

816
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: defense and offensively. The thing that I'm most I wouldn't

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00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 1: say concerned about, because they don't even come close to

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00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: Bill's Mafia, is how we handle a fan noise. So

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Speaker 1: I would say more of our offense against their whatever,

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Speaker 1: sixteen seventeen thousand fans. I mean, we haven't really had

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Speaker 1: a chance to play against that at all really this year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's true, that's true, not in those not in those

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Speaker 1: numbers anyway. So we were about that. We talked about

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Speaker 1: this at different times where there's a theory out there

825
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: that maybe one of the reasons Josh has taken an

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Speaker 1: extra big step forward this year was the fact that

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Speaker 1: it was quiet in the stadiums and he didn't have

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Speaker 1: that crowd to feed off. Because we all know when

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Speaker 1: Josh gets jacked up, jacked up and his adrenaline goes

830
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Speaker 1: on overdrive. He's you know, sometimes he goes off the

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Speaker 1: rails a little bit, and without fans in the stands,

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Speaker 1: there's nothing to feed off. So you know, it's easier

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Speaker 1: for him to take a deep breath, relax and make

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Speaker 1: his reads. You know, do you have to peel Josh

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Speaker 1: off the ceiling when you get seventeen thousand? You know, fans,

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Speaker 1: I would think it's different on the road, but I

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Speaker 1: don't think so too. But you know, no, but it is.

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Speaker 1: But it is the highest number of fans they will

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Speaker 1: play in front of this season. I believe it was

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00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: eleven thousand in Miami in Week two. And Miami's fans

841
00:45:29,800 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: are not known as a boisterous bunch. We've said that

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Speaker 1: about kind of a wine and cheese crowd. I said

843
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: that like four times every time you said, I go, well,

844
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: because I'm right, I know. Yeah, they're not a boisterous bunch. No,

845
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 1: to be kind, And they played in drunk well, yeah,

846
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,240
Speaker 1: they played in front of forty two hundred in Arizona

847
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 1: in Week ten against the Cardinals. There were no fans

848
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 1: there for the San Francisco Monday night game and that

849
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: and there may be one or two other road games

850
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,800
Speaker 1: that I'm free getting about, but they have not played

851
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: in front of seventeen thousand, which it sounds silly that

852
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: we're talking about the impact of seventeen thousand fans. But

853
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,920
Speaker 1: I will say this about Arrowhead Stadium, the way it

854
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:14,760
Speaker 1: is configured, the sound does tend to rain back down

855
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: onto the field because it is closed all the way around.

856
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 1: There are no open ends to that stadium whatsoever, so

857
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: it does get loud in there. So it'll be interesting

858
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 1: to see how it goes. Although I will say this, Steve,

859
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,280
Speaker 1: there wasn't a time during the game against the Browns

860
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: last week where I was like, wow, you can really

861
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: hear the fans here, right? Did you get it? Did

862
00:46:33,239 --> 00:46:35,399
Speaker 1: you arrive at that conclusion on the point in time?

863
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,200
Speaker 1: I didn't. I was not affected. I didn't even think

864
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: about it. It was not an issue. Yeah, you know,

865
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: I didn't see the players react to it. I didn't

866
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 1: see any of that stuff. So yeah, I'm kind of

867
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: with you. Seventeen thousands a lot of It's a lot

868
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:50,399
Speaker 1: of people, no question. I think three times the number

869
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: they had here, that's right, so almost yeah, So it's

870
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,720
Speaker 1: but they they spread those out through all three levels

871
00:46:57,719 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: of their stadium. Yeah, they're are and interesting, but that's

872
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,719
Speaker 1: what it gets me. It doesn't really matter to me.

873
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: I think the players are going to deal with it. Yeah,

874
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: I can't imagine it's going to disrupt the offense all

875
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 1: that much, but we'll see. I'm even guys like Gabriel Davis.

876
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: I'm in a UCF. They played in front of you know,

877
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,799
Speaker 1: more than seventeen thousand fans, right, I mean good. They

878
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: pack him in down there, right, So it's not like

879
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:24,200
Speaker 1: it's new for any of these guys. Yeah, let's go

880
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 1: back to the phones, John and Baltimore. What do you

881
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:29,719
Speaker 1: have for us? John, You're on one Bills Live. Thank

882
00:47:29,760 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 1: you so much for taking my call. Guy, listen every day.

883
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 1: You guys are awesome. Um. I was nineteen when I

884
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,719
Speaker 1: was nineteen when the coach left, and um, you know,

885
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: I was a Browns fan for a few years, and

886
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:44,800
Speaker 1: then when the Browns played the Bills in January nineteen ninety,

887
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: I fell in love with this team. There was something

888
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 1: about this team. And then the next year we just

889
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 1: bought we just bought all kinds of dull stuff. We

890
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:54,920
Speaker 1: were tired of the Browns man. And then anyway, make

891
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: a long story short. My oldest was two years old

892
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 1: at the Music City Miracle. Now she's twenty two, and

893
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:03,480
Speaker 1: my little one is thirteen. We're gonna watch a game tonight.

894
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: We're gonna watch the nineteen ninety three AFC Championship, right,

895
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: I have it on VHS tape, and we're gonna have

896
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:11,640
Speaker 1: a watch game. I want I want them to see

897
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:15,680
Speaker 1: the fans, the colors, the atmosphere, the great saturation of

898
00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: the atmosphere, the players. I want him to want them

899
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 1: to see Steve Tasker. I want them to see everything

900
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: so they can get pumped up for this game. You know,

901
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: I want so other than the the Miracle comeback. I've

902
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,360
Speaker 1: never working out tape. I have VHS tapes up to

903
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 1: the ceiling of all games, Brothers, and I'm it's my

904
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 1: pleasure to talk to you. Steve. You're gonna be in

905
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame. Bro. You know, it's just a

906
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,200
Speaker 1: matter of win. I appreciate John. That's nice and and

907
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:44,239
Speaker 1: it's funny. We're freaked out down here. Yeah, I've got

908
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,839
Speaker 1: I got VHS tapes too, I just don't have VHS player. Yeah,

909
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:49,319
Speaker 1: I get rid of it. I have to buy they're

910
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: all boy converted. That's great. That's great, John, I appreciate it.

911
00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,799
Speaker 1: And that's and thank you for spreading the love to

912
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: your kids too. I hope they hope they have something

913
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: to cheer about this weekend. It's great to be, um,

914
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: to have those old games to go back to in

915
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: the day and age in which we live. You know,

916
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 1: you couldn't get you couldn't get recordings to the games

917
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,239
Speaker 1: unless you made him yourself. Right now, you can go

918
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 1: on YouTube and catch all these games, um. And I've

919
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 1: done it a couple of times to go back and

920
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,880
Speaker 1: get a kind of a feel for it. But I

921
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 1: watched the Chiefs Bill's championship game last night and it

922
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,560
Speaker 1: was on condensed version. You know, it gets you about it.

923
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: It's Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy on the car, oh my,

924
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:31,360
Speaker 1: and it's just and Joe Montana is there, and you

925
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: know Marcus Allen, those guys. It's just and I remember,

926
00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:38,160
Speaker 1: you know, Marty Schottenheimer. Some legends, man, that's and it

927
00:49:38,239 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: just takes you back to the moments when you know

928
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: those guys were big parts of what was going on

929
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,399
Speaker 1: and they were legendary. It was just so much fun,

930
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: so much fun to watch that. And that was Joe

931
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,839
Speaker 1: Montana's last game. That right there msg that pick right

932
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 1: there is it? That was the last play of his career.

933
00:49:57,239 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 1: Um and and it happened exactly like it happened to

934
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson where his head got slapped down on that

935
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 1: old hard turf. Six yards he had like he had

936
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 1: like eighty yards receiving two. Yeah, he crushed those guys.

937
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: And that was That was the game where he went

938
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: up to the podium after the game and let everybody know,

939
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 1: do you remember that postgame press conference? Say, because people

940
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: were doubting you guys that year, like, uh, you know,

941
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,359
Speaker 1: the rain is over, Chiefs are gonna come in, They're

942
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:32,839
Speaker 1: gonna do this that, and the other Bills don't have

943
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: enough in the tank, don't have enough left in the

944
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,560
Speaker 1: tank to compete, and Marcus Allen for gonna say she

945
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,000
Speaker 1: can't beat those guys. So Thurman comes up to the

946
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: podium after the game. It's I mean, I'm paraphrasing here

947
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 1: because I'm not gonna remember everything, but I remember watching

948
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: the press conference because it was very it was very

949
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 1: highly publicized because Thurman was hot, game was over, they

950
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: won convincingly. Thurm was still the fire was still burning

951
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: in the belly. That good enough for you, That good

952
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 1: like it was. It was like one of those kind

953
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 1: of deals, like you know when Thurman's eyes get real

954
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 1: big and he's all hot and bothered because their adrenaline

955
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,640
Speaker 1: still pumping through his veins. Whoa he that was a

956
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,200
Speaker 1: that we gotta get to get Thurman on one time.

957
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:11,400
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna remember exactly what he said, but he

958
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: was basically challenging every member of the media. We're watching

959
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:16,680
Speaker 1: the highlights now. It's just kind of the thing and

960
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: the look at the stands, it's just like it's like

961
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:25,560
Speaker 1: the Persian army man, like Chris Moore out of the stadium. Yeah,

962
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,880
Speaker 1: I wrote, I wrote, piggyback on Chris Moore's back, all

963
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: the way out of the stadium headed and it's and

964
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: my actually one of my brothers. I got him out

965
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:33,759
Speaker 1: of the stands and he was he's right behind his

966
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,680
Speaker 1: following a step up the tunnel to come to the

967
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:40,480
Speaker 1: locker room. The fan I mean it's packed, packed, packed, packed.

968
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 1: And that's back in the days before the M ANDT

969
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: Bank Club and the big sweet no dugout sweets, no nothing, man,

970
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: it is you're s eighty thousand people and I mean

971
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 1: they are shoulder to shoulder from the bottom right at

972
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,799
Speaker 1: the wall all the way to the back top of

973
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,480
Speaker 1: the third the second deck. It just packed and they

974
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:01,640
Speaker 1: are all going crazy, Yeah, every last one of them.

975
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,400
Speaker 1: It is just it's amazing. All right, we gotta take

976
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,920
Speaker 1: a break as our story time has brought us over

977
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:10,640
Speaker 1: once again. But break time for us. More are your

978
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,759
Speaker 1: phone calls though? When what is the matchup you are

979
00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:16,960
Speaker 1: most looking forward to in Sunday's game? You let us know.

980
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: We'll get John eighth three, five fifty back with more

981
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 1: here in a second. Here on One Bill's Live, presented

982
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio, Balo Bills

983
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: Radio Network Stories date your sports update from One Bill's Drive.

984
00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: The Pro Football Writers of America have named Brandon Bean

985
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:45,320
Speaker 1: their Executive of the Year, and they've named offensive coordinator

986
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 1: Brian Dable their assistant Coach of the Year. Being earlier

987
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 1: today also named Executive of the Year by The Sporting News,

988
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:54,839
Speaker 1: Being received wide acclaim for orchestrating the trade that brought

989
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs to Buffalo day Ball, getting plenty of praise

990
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,160
Speaker 1: for helping to turn Josh Out into one of the

991
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:04,760
Speaker 1: best quarterbacks in the league in his third season. Bill's

992
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,839
Speaker 1: back on the practice field today. We hope to get

993
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,880
Speaker 1: updates later this afternoon on Gabe Davis and Vernon Butler,

994
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,760
Speaker 1: both of whom did not practice on Tuesday. Good news

995
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:18,240
Speaker 1: is Cole Beasley no longer on the Bill's injury report.

996
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,399
Speaker 1: For the Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes limited in practice Wednesday, though

997
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:24,720
Speaker 1: it was a walkthrough. He did take all the snaps,

998
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,440
Speaker 1: according to head coach Andy Reid, not showing any symptoms.

999
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: His participation in practice expected to be ramped up through

1000
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: the course of the week, though he does remain in

1001
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,400
Speaker 1: concussion protocol and is also dealing with a toe injury.

1002
00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,040
Speaker 1: After going unclaimed on waivers, former Ravens running back Mark Ingram,

1003
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,319
Speaker 1: who made the Pro Bowl in twenty nineteen, is clear

1004
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: to sign with a playoff team as he officially became

1005
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,799
Speaker 1: a free agent. Ingram was released by the Ravens in

1006
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:55,520
Speaker 1: a cap cutting move on Tuesday. Drew brees wife says

1007
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 1: he was playing hurt all season with multiple injuries. Brittany

1008
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: Brees posted a social media it said Breeze had serious

1009
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: foot and shoulder injuries and not just the cracked ribs

1010
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:08,520
Speaker 1: and punctured lung. It caused him to miss four games

1011
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 1: during the season. Breeze is reportedly planning to retire this offseason,

1012
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,840
Speaker 1: although he hasn't announced those plans officially. And the Sabers

1013
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:18,160
Speaker 1: on the practicizes this afternoon as they prepare for Friday

1014
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:21,240
Speaker 1: night's game at Washington, the Caps could be without several

1015
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 1: key players. Four Caps players, including Alex Ovechkin, have been

1016
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:29,400
Speaker 1: placed on the COVID related absence list after a hotel

1017
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:34,120
Speaker 1: room gathering between those four players. League also find Washington

1018
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:37,800
Speaker 1: one hundred grand for violating the COVID protocols. That is

1019
00:54:37,840 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 1: your sports update, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker our number two

1020
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,279
Speaker 1: of the program, and phone lines open for you at

1021
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:47,400
Speaker 1: eight oh three, five fifty as we are asking you

1022
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,400
Speaker 1: for the matchup you're most looking forward two in this

1023
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 1: AFC title game between the Bills and the Chiefs. And

1024
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: we are going to go right back to the phones

1025
00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: and we go to Dave on a sell. Dave, what

1026
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one bills live, David,

1027
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:08,719
Speaker 1: You're there, no day? All right. We'll put Dave back

1028
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:11,160
Speaker 1: on hold and check back with him in a second.

1029
00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:14,799
Speaker 1: Here we will go to Russ in Lackawana. Russ, what

1030
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:17,480
Speaker 1: do you have for us? You're on one bills live. Yeah,

1031
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 1: first time caller. Thanks for Russ the manchus And I'm

1032
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:26,919
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing is the defensive coordinator from our

1033
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:30,479
Speaker 1: team and the defensive coordinator from Kansas City and see

1034
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:33,719
Speaker 1: how they match up against each other and who is

1035
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,440
Speaker 1: going to get the best of the other one or

1036
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: is it going to be a draw? Yeah, so you're

1037
00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:41,600
Speaker 1: talking about Leslie Frasier and Eric b enemy slash Andy

1038
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: Reid here. Yeah, Yeah, I think it'll be an interesting one.

1039
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 1: I think Leslie Frasier's gonna find it hard to top

1040
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,000
Speaker 1: his crafting of a game plan from last week's game,

1041
00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:59,160
Speaker 1: for sure, because that was a downright masterpiece. And you're

1042
00:55:59,200 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 1: going against some guys that have not only been in

1043
00:56:02,480 --> 00:56:06,480
Speaker 1: this position before, but no you inside and out. Leslie

1044
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:11,279
Speaker 1: Frasier coached under Andy Reid for eight seasons in Philadelphia.

1045
00:56:11,400 --> 00:56:15,239
Speaker 1: So these are two guys. These are two guys that

1046
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:19,879
Speaker 1: know each other intimately well, including their tendencies, the way

1047
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:23,800
Speaker 1: they philosophize about football and game planning and scheming and such.

1048
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:27,040
Speaker 1: So this is this is gonna be an interesting one. Yeah,

1049
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:29,560
Speaker 1: Sean was also a defensive coordinator for Andy. There's a

1050
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:32,640
Speaker 1: lot of familiarity here. Steve Spagnola worked with those guys

1051
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: in Philly also, so there's a lot of that and

1052
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:41,879
Speaker 1: it's it's really impossible to think of how different these

1053
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: two offenses were last week compared to this week. For

1054
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:48,440
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser to you know, to prepare for one to

1055
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,600
Speaker 1: run run first offense and almost runs exclusively, and this

1056
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:53,719
Speaker 1: one they lead the league in passing. I mean, these

1057
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: guys aired out and they've got weapons. I think this

1058
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:59,360
Speaker 1: this game the Chiefs have always been this under Mahomes,

1059
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:02,480
Speaker 1: with Mahomes and Tyreek Hill and now Mikole Hardman and

1060
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:08,000
Speaker 1: Edwards Hilaire. This team with the Chiefs is scary because

1061
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:12,480
Speaker 1: you really feel like they can out athleticize you. Defensively.

1062
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 1: You've got to really get a headstart on them. You know,

1063
00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 1: when they go deep, you got to stay on top

1064
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 1: of him. You got to take out early and get

1065
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: out of there. So if they stop and turn around,

1066
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: it takes you that much to get back in into

1067
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:27,280
Speaker 1: the play. They can out athleticize a lot of defenses

1068
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 1: and that's the really scary part for fans you don't know.

1069
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 1: In fact, I'll tell you you know. You don't you know.

1070
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 1: Davis White can't run with Tyreek Hill. He's gonna have

1071
00:57:38,040 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 1: to beat him with technique and anticipation. That's how he

1072
00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:44,640
Speaker 1: usually wins though, right, same thing with Matt Milano and

1073
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:47,600
Speaker 1: Kelsey and all these guys. You've got to win with

1074
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:50,560
Speaker 1: technique and execution. You're not gonna be able to out

1075
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 1: athleticize these guys. Milano has been able to, you know,

1076
00:57:53,160 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 1: kind of hang with tight ends because he he's a

1077
00:57:55,920 --> 00:58:00,520
Speaker 1: really great athlete. Well, Kelsey's a really great athlete. It's

1078
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: gonna be hard to do. So that's the kind of

1079
00:58:02,360 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: the scary part for me. It's not the x's and

1080
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:08,760
Speaker 1: o's matchup. It's the physical matchup where you've got to

1081
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:12,400
Speaker 1: run with guys that are really fast and really good technicians,

1082
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 1: and they've got a creative head coach who will give

1083
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,720
Speaker 1: you something you think you were gonna get and then

1084
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:20,520
Speaker 1: it's not what you thought you were gonna get you right,

1085
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:23,880
Speaker 1: so now you're all discombobulated. That kind of stuff happens.

1086
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,200
Speaker 1: So that's the real challenge I think for the Buffalo

1087
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,400
Speaker 1: Bills going against his Chiefs thing. First of all, it's

1088
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: a creative head coach with a lot of stuff at

1089
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:35,640
Speaker 1: his disposal, with an elite quarterback with a lot of

1090
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:38,600
Speaker 1: weapons that you can't match up with athletically. That's a

1091
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:42,480
Speaker 1: real challenge, right, which is why a lot of teams

1092
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 1: in the league decided to copy the Chiefs, including teams

1093
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:47,720
Speaker 1: in their own division, including the Bills. Yea, and the

1094
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:51,439
Speaker 1: Bills too for that matter. Eighth three, five fifty open

1095
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,840
Speaker 1: line for you. But we go to Ken in North Town, Awanda. Ken,

1096
00:58:54,880 --> 00:58:59,600
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on one Bill's Live, Kenny,

1097
00:58:59,640 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 1: You're there. Yeah, we got the number one scoring red zone.

1098
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: They got the number thirty two. How do you think

1099
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:07,760
Speaker 1: that's going to play out? Yeah? I mean if you

1100
00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:09,840
Speaker 1: just look on paper, you feel really good about it,

1101
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:12,440
Speaker 1: right Ken? But yeah, I mean the Chiefs have had

1102
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 1: their problems, especially down the stretch in the red zone.

1103
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 1: On defense, they have not come up with the stops

1104
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:22,880
Speaker 1: and they've given up touchdowns a good deal of the time.

1105
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,160
Speaker 1: I don't have the number in front of me, but

1106
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right. They have like one of the worst

1107
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:30,160
Speaker 1: red zone defenses in football, definitely. Since Week twelve, the

1108
00:59:30,240 --> 00:59:32,440
Speaker 1: Bills have been pretty good. Think about the Bills too.

1109
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 1: How many games I mentioned it yesterday, The Rams game,

1110
00:59:35,240 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: the Seattle game, and what was the other game of

1111
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:42,360
Speaker 1: the Denver game were throughout the course of the regular

1112
00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:45,880
Speaker 1: season at different times the Bills have gotten into these stretches.

1113
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:49,680
Speaker 1: In those games, it seemed like they scored like six

1114
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:54,280
Speaker 1: times finally to get one count. They had two or

1115
00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:56,840
Speaker 1: three touchdowns called back in the Rams game before they

1116
00:59:56,840 --> 00:59:58,720
Speaker 1: finally got into the end zone. Same thing in the

1117
00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 1: Denver game. They had a couple of touch towns that

1118
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:02,680
Speaker 1: didn't work. Didn't work. They scored, they scored, they scored,

1119
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:04,520
Speaker 1: they all got called back, got called back, and they

1120
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 1: ended up scoring. Anyway, that was the game where Josh

1121
01:00:07,240 --> 01:00:11,760
Speaker 1: said how many touchdowns we have to score? Yea, So

1122
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:14,720
Speaker 1: the Bill's red zone offense. And the thing too is

1123
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 1: you remember too, this is one of those games where

1124
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: you know you got the you can anticipate day ball

1125
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,440
Speaker 1: putting it in. You toss it to Isaiah McKenzie and

1126
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 1: he throws it back to Josh, or you toss it

1127
01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,520
Speaker 1: to you know, Devin's singletary and he throws it to

1128
01:00:28,600 --> 01:00:30,760
Speaker 1: John Brown, or vice versa. John Brown throws it to

1129
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:32,840
Speaker 1: Devin's singletary. All that stuff is on the table. The

1130
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:35,959
Speaker 1: Bills have been very good and creative at that. They've

1131
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,240
Speaker 1: also had a lot of stuff like that that didn't work.

1132
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:41,680
Speaker 1: Remember in the game against Miami, I think it was

1133
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:47,440
Speaker 1: where they tried to shovel pass to who was some

1134
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 1: Taiwan Jones or Andre Roberts to try and get into

1135
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 1: the end to get that fifteenth guy that catch a

1136
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:54,160
Speaker 1: touchdown pass over the course of the regular season, get

1137
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:57,360
Speaker 1: that NFL record. They threw one in Taiwan Jones banked

1138
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 1: it off his face mask and he missed it. They

1139
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:04,120
Speaker 1: have been extremely creative in the red zone. The problem is,

1140
01:01:04,800 --> 01:01:09,360
Speaker 1: and this attribute to Brian Daybole and his creativity, that's

1141
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:11,120
Speaker 1: what you gotta have. You got to come up with

1142
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,880
Speaker 1: something they haven't seen. And the Bills have run so

1143
01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 1: many successful red zone plays, you gotta give him something

1144
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:21,840
Speaker 1: to haven't You kind of worry about running one again

1145
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:24,040
Speaker 1: because they may snap it off or pick it off

1146
01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:25,640
Speaker 1: and go one hundred and one yards the other way

1147
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:28,360
Speaker 1: like the Bills did. So all that stuff's on the table.

1148
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 1: But you're right, I've loved the Bills red zone offense

1149
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:35,040
Speaker 1: this year. I thought has been spectacular because of its creativity. Yeah,

1150
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,480
Speaker 1: and I think the reason that you can be that

1151
01:01:37,600 --> 01:01:41,440
Speaker 1: creative is because Josh Allen is the additional threat down there,

1152
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:44,320
Speaker 1: especially once you're inside the ten yard line, right, you

1153
01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:47,840
Speaker 1: have to account for that guy, So you automatically have

1154
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:51,440
Speaker 1: to devote somebody to him specifically. That takes another man

1155
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,240
Speaker 1: out of your coverage. That creates just the little bit

1156
01:01:54,280 --> 01:01:56,640
Speaker 1: more space down there where things are tight to begin with.

1157
01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 1: And it makes a huge difference because when he's inside

1158
01:01:59,360 --> 01:02:02,800
Speaker 1: the ten, you got to come up with something to

1159
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: be ready for him to run the thing in right,

1160
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: you just do msg heures are watching the Cole Beasley

1161
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:11,800
Speaker 1: to Gabriel Davis touchdown pass against the Chargers where they

1162
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,480
Speaker 1: had to, you know, a backward pass and then the

1163
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,680
Speaker 1: throw to Gabe Davis by Bye Beasley, and it's just

1164
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 1: stuff like that. And here's the thing, it's all well

1165
01:02:21,080 --> 01:02:24,439
Speaker 1: and good. The best part about it is you're gonna

1166
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:27,240
Speaker 1: run that. You're gonna run that play once in a

1167
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,680
Speaker 1: game in the regular That's that's the first and only

1168
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 1: time you're gonna run it. Yeah, you gotta get it right,

1169
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,480
Speaker 1: You gotta get more often than not. They have hit

1170
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:39,040
Speaker 1: on all of those, they really have. They have executed

1171
01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:42,320
Speaker 1: extremely well on a lot of those gadget plays. They

1172
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 1: really I mean the one that you mentioned is the

1173
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:46,919
Speaker 1: only one that I can think of that they didn't

1174
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:50,439
Speaker 1: hit on. Um, So yeah, they've they've been really good

1175
01:02:50,440 --> 01:02:52,320
Speaker 1: at that. Yeah, let's go back to the phones. We

1176
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,280
Speaker 1: go to Brian in New Joyzy. Brian, what do you

1177
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,200
Speaker 1: have for us? You're on one Bill's Live. Hey, Christ

1178
01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:01,240
Speaker 1: and Steve. I've good to talk to you guys. I'm

1179
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:03,560
Speaker 1: not sure if this is my most excited matchup, but

1180
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,919
Speaker 1: the most important for me is Chris Jones against Harding

1181
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,080
Speaker 1: Sario offensive line. Josh has to stay up or it's

1182
01:03:10,080 --> 01:03:12,800
Speaker 1: going to be a long day. He's pressure too much,

1183
01:03:13,000 --> 01:03:14,760
Speaker 1: He's not going to be able to be effective. And

1184
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,800
Speaker 1: I just have one question for you guys. Since it's unexpected,

1185
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: do you think the run game will be switched up

1186
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:25,160
Speaker 1: a little bit? Maybe at Antonio Williams and get that going. Yeah,

1187
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:27,920
Speaker 1: I'm not anticipating that, Brian. And the only reason I

1188
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,360
Speaker 1: say that is, you know, I think we have to

1189
01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:34,320
Speaker 1: remember in the end, Antonio Williams, while he did pop

1190
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:37,720
Speaker 1: in that week's seventeen game against the Dolphins, he's an

1191
01:03:37,760 --> 01:03:41,960
Speaker 1: undrafted rookie, You're in the AFC Championship game, and what

1192
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 1: carries weight with coaches in games of this magnitude is

1193
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,640
Speaker 1: trust more than anything else. Who do I trust the

1194
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:50,840
Speaker 1: most if they have to play a role for me

1195
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:54,200
Speaker 1: in this game? And I think we got that answer

1196
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,720
Speaker 1: each of the last two well, in this last playoff

1197
01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:00,440
Speaker 1: game when T J. Eldon was the active play and

1198
01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:03,320
Speaker 1: even though he was active, he barely saw the field

1199
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:05,280
Speaker 1: and he would not have seen the field even at

1200
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:07,080
Speaker 1: the end of the game on those last two carries

1201
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:11,080
Speaker 1: he had on the final possession. Had had Devin Singletary

1202
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:13,520
Speaker 1: not had a hamstring cramp and had to come out

1203
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,480
Speaker 1: of the game, he would not have seen a snap

1204
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:17,920
Speaker 1: on offense were it not for that, And I think

1205
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:20,400
Speaker 1: you can expect much of the same this week. I

1206
01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:24,480
Speaker 1: think Devin Singletary is toting the mail the majority of

1207
01:04:24,480 --> 01:04:27,760
Speaker 1: the time, probably eighty to eighty five to ninety percent

1208
01:04:27,840 --> 01:04:30,880
Speaker 1: of the snaps on offense. And I also think the

1209
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:33,360
Speaker 1: Bills are going to be who they are and the

1210
01:04:33,480 --> 01:04:37,480
Speaker 1: running game at best is used as a compliment to

1211
01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:39,480
Speaker 1: the passing game. They showed you all you needed to

1212
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:41,760
Speaker 1: know last week when they threw twenty three straight times

1213
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: to start the game. Yeah, and they they've done that

1214
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:48,080
Speaker 1: before as well. Yes, in other games. The one game

1215
01:04:48,200 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 1: that I can remember, I know there's another one. I

1216
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,000
Speaker 1: can't remember what it was, but the Patriots game from

1217
01:04:52,000 --> 01:04:56,280
Speaker 1: the first meeting in the season. They gave the Bills

1218
01:04:56,880 --> 01:05:01,440
Speaker 1: exaggeratedly inviting set to run against and they ran for

1219
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:03,440
Speaker 1: one hundred and ninety yards. They you know, they opened,

1220
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:06,320
Speaker 1: They just absolutely handed it off to Zach mosson get

1221
01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: and Devin Singletary and they rushed for a buck ninety.

1222
01:05:09,680 --> 01:05:11,840
Speaker 1: So the Bills will do Chargers game was the only

1223
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:14,240
Speaker 1: other game where they ran more than they throw. Right,

1224
01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:19,600
Speaker 1: So it happens occasionally, I doubt, although I don't know,

1225
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:23,000
Speaker 1: I doubt the Chiefs will do that. You wonder if

1226
01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:25,480
Speaker 1: I wonder if the Chiefs take a play out of

1227
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:28,640
Speaker 1: the Bill's defensive playbook and dare the Bills to run

1228
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:32,000
Speaker 1: the football. They may. I mean, I guess you can't

1229
01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 1: rule it out and think about it too, but it might.

1230
01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:36,760
Speaker 1: It might play right into what the Chiefs want to do.

1231
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,280
Speaker 1: Becausist you've got one running back in Devin Singletary that

1232
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:41,600
Speaker 1: you trust, and the other guy is t J. Yelden,

1233
01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:45,640
Speaker 1: a backup, a career backup. Yeah, maybe think, Okay, we'll

1234
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:48,280
Speaker 1: take our chances with those two guys rather than Steph Diggs,

1235
01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:52,040
Speaker 1: John Brown and Coleby Beasley. Only from only for this reason,

1236
01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:55,400
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary is not a guy that's gonna go sixty

1237
01:05:55,480 --> 01:05:57,680
Speaker 1: yards to the house, right. He's not a home run hitter.

1238
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:00,960
Speaker 1: I'll say this though. He'll make you look foolish if

1239
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,320
Speaker 1: you do. Yes, he does make you miss. If you

1240
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:07,840
Speaker 1: do that, you open yourself up for the Bills to

1241
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:12,320
Speaker 1: go play action ten personnel play action. I mean, if

1242
01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:13,840
Speaker 1: you're gonna if the Bills come out there and four

1243
01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:15,600
Speaker 1: wide like they are prone to do, and you still

1244
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:19,440
Speaker 1: invite them to run the football and they do it,

1245
01:06:19,880 --> 01:06:23,320
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen when Josh pulls it out, you know,

1246
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: pulls the ball out and drops back and goes over

1247
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:28,440
Speaker 1: the top. I mean, that's what you run. The risk

1248
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:30,120
Speaker 1: you run. You're gonna have to stay very disciplined in

1249
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,600
Speaker 1: the back end because if you start to cheap in

1250
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:34,439
Speaker 1: there and start to cheat in for the run game,

1251
01:06:35,400 --> 01:06:37,760
Speaker 1: if the Bills start removing the football on you. And

1252
01:06:37,840 --> 01:06:41,600
Speaker 1: here's the thing too, the Bills would probably take that say, listen,

1253
01:06:41,600 --> 01:06:44,280
Speaker 1: we'll run the ball because A you're not as susceptible

1254
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:47,680
Speaker 1: to turnovers. B if you get down in the red zone.

1255
01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:50,360
Speaker 1: The Chiefs red zone defense is what it is. It's

1256
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:51,920
Speaker 1: not going to change. And you still can throw the

1257
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,320
Speaker 1: football down there if you can feel like it. So

1258
01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:57,520
Speaker 1: if the Bills start finishing drives and they move between

1259
01:06:57,560 --> 01:06:59,840
Speaker 1: the twenties with ease and the run game, the Chiefs

1260
01:06:59,840 --> 01:07:03,040
Speaker 1: are very quickly gonna go, man, that's enough of this, yeah, right,

1261
01:07:04,560 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 1: depending on what their offense is doing. Because when your

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01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:11,040
Speaker 1: offense isn't successful and the Bill's offense is going down

1263
01:07:11,120 --> 01:07:13,320
Speaker 1: the field, running the football, going down and punching it

1264
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:16,640
Speaker 1: in for a touchdown and they do it again and

1265
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 1: your offense, you know, standing on the sidelines while the

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01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:25,080
Speaker 1: clock's ticking away. Man, that's pretty frustrating. That's pretty frustrating. Yeah,

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01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:29,320
Speaker 1: I don't know that. Yeah, it makes a lot of

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01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:32,480
Speaker 1: sense on some level though, Right, if Devin's you can

1269
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: get there, if you can, if you can beat us

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01:07:34,520 --> 01:07:37,920
Speaker 1: with Devin's singletary, bless your heart, then right the Chiefs

1271
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:40,040
Speaker 1: could say it, if you can beat us, Devin singletary,

1272
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:43,080
Speaker 1: we salute you. You know, Devin Singletary is not going

1273
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:44,920
Speaker 1: to be able to keep up with Pat Mahomes, even

1274
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:47,280
Speaker 1: if it is against your defense, which is very good. Yeah,

1275
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:49,960
Speaker 1: you wonder if that's the approach they take. Have we

1276
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,760
Speaker 1: hit a eureka moment? I don't know, maybe we did

1277
01:07:51,840 --> 01:07:55,959
Speaker 1: that kind of good call by Briante, because I'm gonna

1278
01:07:55,960 --> 01:07:58,280
Speaker 1: think about you do that. We go to lou and

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01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:00,160
Speaker 1: West Seneca, Louis. What do you have for us? On

1280
01:08:00,200 --> 01:08:03,320
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live. Hey, guys, how are you doing today? Good?

1281
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:06,960
Speaker 1: I just up calling to say how excited you know,

1282
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:11,120
Speaker 1: Western New York is right now over this AFC Championship game.

1283
01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:14,200
Speaker 1: There's a buzz, Baby, there's a huge buzz. I was

1284
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:18,040
Speaker 1: at the Habachi Steakhouse the other night. You have. Hey,

1285
01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: oh boy, it's a great time to be to be

1286
01:08:21,360 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 1: a Bills fan. It's a great time to be here

1287
01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:25,599
Speaker 1: in Western New York. And you know, we just gotta

1288
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:28,200
Speaker 1: we we gotta live it up, do what we did

1289
01:08:28,600 --> 01:08:31,280
Speaker 1: in order to get us to this point and believe

1290
01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:33,559
Speaker 1: in the process. It's still a process. You know. I'm

1291
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,400
Speaker 1: gonna hang up and listen to you guys. Yeah, yeah,

1292
01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 1: no question, Yeah, soak it all up. I encourage anybody

1293
01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:40,840
Speaker 1: to soak it all up. These kinds of seasons, as

1294
01:08:40,840 --> 01:08:43,000
Speaker 1: we well know, no matter how you don't slimb along

1295
01:08:43,080 --> 01:08:45,320
Speaker 1: very often, no matter how you slice it, it's ending

1296
01:08:45,320 --> 01:08:48,519
Speaker 1: in two weeks, best case or worst case scenario. Yeah,

1297
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:53,479
Speaker 1: all over sometime between now and then. Um, this has

1298
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:56,280
Speaker 1: been a season to remember, no question about it. And

1299
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:58,799
Speaker 1: it's you know, the downer part of it is obvious.

1300
01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:01,200
Speaker 1: We can't get out share it with each other. Yeah,

1301
01:09:01,240 --> 01:09:04,160
Speaker 1: you know, we're all bundled up and locked down. So

1302
01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:08,479
Speaker 1: that stinks. But man, oh man, what a fun season.

1303
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:11,439
Speaker 1: It has been fun season. It has been a joozy

1304
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,160
Speaker 1: for sure. I don't think there's any question about that. Um.

1305
01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:17,760
Speaker 1: I want man, I am still thinking about this thing

1306
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:20,200
Speaker 1: now that we just single time stumbled upon the whole

1307
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:24,240
Speaker 1: that I wonder if they do that, because it would

1308
01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:27,080
Speaker 1: be exactly what the Bills did to the Chiefs last

1309
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:32,200
Speaker 1: time they met, right now, Chiefs won by eleven. Yes,

1310
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:35,479
Speaker 1: but it was a one score game with eight minutes left.

1311
01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 1: It was a one score game of the Bills had

1312
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:38,320
Speaker 1: a chance to get in it. They had the ball.

1313
01:09:39,320 --> 01:09:42,840
Speaker 1: So I want yeah, because because when you run down

1314
01:09:42,840 --> 01:09:45,800
Speaker 1: the list of guys that you feel you have to

1315
01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:48,240
Speaker 1: have answers for in this game plan. You need an

1316
01:09:48,240 --> 01:09:51,080
Speaker 1: answer for Digs, you need an answer for Beasley, you

1317
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:55,160
Speaker 1: need an answer for Brown. And those are probably those

1318
01:09:55,160 --> 01:09:57,800
Speaker 1: are probably your top three priorities. And the defensive game

1319
01:09:57,800 --> 01:09:59,880
Speaker 1: plan would be, we're not even going to ask that question.

1320
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 1: We're not even gonna ask the questions do we have

1321
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:04,479
Speaker 1: an answer for deeds. We're just gonna take him off

1322
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:06,519
Speaker 1: the table with our alignment. We're gonna dump. You know,

1323
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:09,720
Speaker 1: we're gonna spread out. We're gonna leave six in the box, right,

1324
01:10:09,840 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 1: six in the box, drop two safeties deep, keep a

1325
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:16,400
Speaker 1: lid on it, go man across the board, and presto change.

1326
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:18,479
Speaker 1: It'll see what you got. Yeah, you know, I'll see

1327
01:10:18,479 --> 01:10:20,040
Speaker 1: if we can see if you can run it on us.

1328
01:10:20,240 --> 01:10:25,000
Speaker 1: That's that could happen. We may have uncovered it's Steve.

1329
01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:27,479
Speaker 1: I feel like we're on an episode of Scooby Doo.

1330
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 1: It's like we just took the mask off the phantom.

1331
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:34,160
Speaker 1: Pesky kids, meddling kids. I feel like we just took

1332
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,640
Speaker 1: the mask off the phantom and it's just some uh,

1333
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:42,200
Speaker 1: some fifty year old dude, or or it's Andy Reid. Um. Yeah,

1334
01:10:42,240 --> 01:10:46,000
Speaker 1: so boy, I'm gonna be annoyed if we're right about that,

1335
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:47,960
Speaker 1: because I want us to throw the ball like we usually.

1336
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,479
Speaker 1: Can they stop our run game with five or six

1337
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:53,000
Speaker 1: guys in the box? I don't know if they can.

1338
01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:57,800
Speaker 1: If we go four wide with a back, yeah, it's

1339
01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,320
Speaker 1: like the old Chan Gailey offense here, that's what they

1340
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:05,080
Speaker 1: used to do with spiller. Four wide and back. It's

1341
01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:07,639
Speaker 1: a lot more lanes. And if you only got six guys,

1342
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: I mean you got you got those four guys taking

1343
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:13,760
Speaker 1: those cover guys up the field. Yeah, they're out of

1344
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:17,759
Speaker 1: the box. I mean it might do it. It's pretty intriguing.

1345
01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:20,479
Speaker 1: It's pretty intriguing. All right, break time for us. But

1346
01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:23,160
Speaker 1: when we return, it is time for the weekly visit

1347
01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:28,479
Speaker 1: from One Good Morning Football's Kyle Brand, he of the

1348
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 1: enormously popular Bill's Divisional Playoff hype video. We'll talk to

1349
01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:37,000
Speaker 1: him about that along with the matchup coming up on Sunday.

1350
01:11:37,360 --> 01:11:39,479
Speaker 1: That's up next here on One Bill's Live, presented by

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01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:54,240
Speaker 1: Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. I see sixty

1352
01:11:54,320 --> 01:11:58,280
Speaker 1: seven hundred fans from Buffalo with the power of sixty

1353
01:11:58,320 --> 01:12:02,000
Speaker 1: seven thousand fans anywhere else in the world. And I

1354
01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:06,360
Speaker 1: see a squad who's about finishing business. It's not about

1355
01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:10,759
Speaker 1: breaking tables. It's not about breaking records or breaking streaks.

1356
01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:16,760
Speaker 1: It's about breaking wills. It's about breaking the cycle. It's

1357
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:21,720
Speaker 1: about breaking the entire AFC right over their knees. Boom.

1358
01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:25,280
Speaker 1: I listen, You've won the East, the Buffalo built are champion,

1359
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,639
Speaker 1: you won the wild card, but you haven't won the doubters.

1360
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:30,800
Speaker 1: So way I see it, there's just one thing left

1361
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 1: to do. Win the whole damn thing. Mafia. Mount up,

1362
01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:47,000
Speaker 1: because Saturday night is fight night, Buffalo. Let's go. Oh

1363
01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:51,080
Speaker 1: my goodness, that's the best f It's happening all over again.

1364
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,040
Speaker 1: It's Kyle Brad from Good Morning Football. Need we say

1365
01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:57,440
Speaker 1: anything else? Guy? I cannot tell you how many texts

1366
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:01,479
Speaker 1: Steve and I got from family friends, people coming out

1367
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:05,000
Speaker 1: of the woodwork saying, oh my god, that Kyle brand

1368
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:07,800
Speaker 1: He's unbelievable. I want to run through a wall right now.

1369
01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:12,000
Speaker 1: The best be well done, Thank you, thank you. It's

1370
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:15,400
Speaker 1: time to mount up again, guys. Yeah, dude, no dismounting.

1371
01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:18,960
Speaker 1: It's mount up again. And listen. Steve Tasker was the

1372
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:22,000
Speaker 1: guy who started the hype videos. He told everyone. It

1373
01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:24,439
Speaker 1: was gonna be chilly. He's walking through the stadium, he's

1374
01:13:24,439 --> 01:13:28,280
Speaker 1: got the dapper scarf. I was thrilled, honored, floored and

1375
01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:32,679
Speaker 1: flattered to take that baton. And if we're lucky, and

1376
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:35,360
Speaker 1: there might be there might be another one coming. Yeah.

1377
01:13:35,400 --> 01:13:38,320
Speaker 1: I mean that's the I've said it for years and

1378
01:13:38,360 --> 01:13:40,839
Speaker 1: it's the truth. When you win big games, your reward

1379
01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:43,559
Speaker 1: is usually a bigger one. And the Bills are certainly

1380
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 1: in that this week and it and it looks like

1381
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:47,200
Speaker 1: it's going to be a really great matchup the Chiefs

1382
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,200
Speaker 1: the Bills. And I've said, and I might have said

1383
01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:50,799
Speaker 1: it to you when you were on the show earlier.

1384
01:13:51,479 --> 01:13:53,760
Speaker 1: It has seemed for weeks now that the Bills have

1385
01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:55,720
Speaker 1: been on a collision course with the Chiefs. And here

1386
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:59,760
Speaker 1: we are. It's so well put, Steve, That's exactly it.

1387
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:02,800
Speaker 1: This is destiny. You've always known it was gonna be

1388
01:14:02,840 --> 01:14:05,400
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. You've always felt it in your bones. It

1389
01:14:05,479 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 1: was gonna be Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City. There's none

1390
01:14:08,120 --> 01:14:11,439
Speaker 1: of these strange turns of fortune where oh, Kansas City

1391
01:14:11,479 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 1: got knocked off in the divisional round and you avoided

1392
01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:16,160
Speaker 1: them and all, aren't you No, you didn't avoid anything.

1393
01:14:16,479 --> 01:14:18,400
Speaker 1: You gotta go right through them. You gotta do it

1394
01:14:18,760 --> 01:14:22,000
Speaker 1: in their stadium. This is the one you've been waiting for, Bills.

1395
01:14:22,280 --> 01:14:26,040
Speaker 1: K c Alan mahomes like, it's it's how it should be,

1396
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:27,920
Speaker 1: and I it's it's how it's gonna be in a

1397
01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:29,880
Speaker 1: few days. I got goosebumps right now. We're not even

1398
01:14:29,920 --> 01:14:32,040
Speaker 1: a kickoff, Yes, got right? Yeah? I mean And one

1399
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:34,920
Speaker 1: last thing, just about the Bills fans that were in attendance.

1400
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:37,559
Speaker 1: I know you were not expecting to see your hype

1401
01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:41,640
Speaker 1: video aired in the stadium prior to kickoff. Now, I

1402
01:14:41,680 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 1: could tell you before any Bills game, fans are already amped.

1403
01:14:45,520 --> 01:14:49,280
Speaker 1: But they threw that thing on and people went from

1404
01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:53,960
Speaker 1: being hyped to downright rabid. There were mouths foaming in

1405
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: the stands. And after that, people were ready to put

1406
01:14:56,520 --> 01:14:58,160
Speaker 1: They were ready to run on the field and butt

1407
01:14:58,200 --> 01:15:00,840
Speaker 1: heads with the Ravens defensive line. That thing came on.

1408
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:04,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm talking like you thought they were excited

1409
01:15:04,200 --> 01:15:08,360
Speaker 1: after that Terren Johnson returned that thing finished up. I mean,

1410
01:15:08,760 --> 01:15:11,120
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen on social media the number of

1411
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,320
Speaker 1: people shooting the thing with their phones at the screen.

1412
01:15:13,840 --> 01:15:16,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it was bananas, man, I mean, you want

1413
01:15:16,160 --> 01:15:18,720
Speaker 1: to talk about people in a froth. They were like

1414
01:15:18,880 --> 01:15:22,880
Speaker 1: ready to run onto the field and nothing had happened yet. Brownie,

1415
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:25,639
Speaker 1: you're telling me that the shirtless gentleman with a giant

1416
01:15:25,720 --> 01:15:27,320
Speaker 1: chicken wing on his head is going to run on

1417
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:29,360
Speaker 1: the field and try to tackle Klaia's campbell. They were

1418
01:15:29,360 --> 01:15:31,760
Speaker 1: remed glad than I could have that effect on them.

1419
01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:34,760
Speaker 1: I started getting those messages on social media as it

1420
01:15:34,800 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 1: was happening. I didn't know they're gonna play it in

1421
01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: the stadium. I knew it was on social media, which

1422
01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:41,120
Speaker 1: was great. Playing in the stadium was a whole different

1423
01:15:41,120 --> 01:15:43,200
Speaker 1: type of honor. And they started sending him and sending

1424
01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:44,920
Speaker 1: it to me. This whole thing has been just as

1425
01:15:44,920 --> 01:15:47,920
Speaker 1: surreal for me as anybody watching it. That afternoon, after

1426
01:15:47,960 --> 01:15:50,200
Speaker 1: the video came out, I got a text message from

1427
01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:51,880
Speaker 1: a number I didn't I didn't have in my phone.

1428
01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:53,680
Speaker 1: I didn't recognize it, one of these unknown numbers. Do

1429
01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:57,800
Speaker 1: you think it's junk or something? And it was someone saying, unbelievable,

1430
01:15:57,880 --> 01:16:00,800
Speaker 1: you got me so fueled up, You're incredible. It's from

1431
01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:05,200
Speaker 1: Jim Kelly. He texts me, that sounds right and he's

1432
01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:07,200
Speaker 1: telling me how fired up he is and who knows

1433
01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:09,400
Speaker 1: who knew Jim Kelly is a big emoji. Guys, it's

1434
01:16:09,400 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 1: the muscle emoji, and it's the excitement emoji, and he's

1435
01:16:12,200 --> 01:16:15,680
Speaker 1: throwing backflips himself. I could not be more honored and

1436
01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:18,559
Speaker 1: more starstruck. Did to look at my phone, he texts

1437
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:20,040
Speaker 1: me on the day of the game. It was awesome. Yeah,

1438
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:21,720
Speaker 1: you could thank his daughters for helping him with the

1439
01:16:21,720 --> 01:16:25,160
Speaker 1: emojis there. But yes, I wanted to run this by you, Kyle,

1440
01:16:25,160 --> 01:16:26,800
Speaker 1: because I wanted you to feel me out on this.

1441
01:16:26,840 --> 01:16:29,160
Speaker 1: So I want to go back to Week six and

1442
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:31,479
Speaker 1: the gun between the Bills and the Chiefs. We obviously

1443
01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:34,280
Speaker 1: know how that turned out. We know all the game plans, this, that,

1444
01:16:34,360 --> 01:16:36,320
Speaker 1: and the other. I want to talk to you strictly

1445
01:16:36,400 --> 01:16:40,599
Speaker 1: from a personnel availability standpoint here. Okay, the Chiefs did

1446
01:16:40,640 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 1: not have Sammy Watkins in that game. You gotta run

1447
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:45,400
Speaker 1: down the list of guys the Bills did not have

1448
01:16:45,479 --> 01:16:50,800
Speaker 1: in that game. Okay, Matt Milano, Dawson Knox, John Feliciano,

1449
01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:55,479
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace, a Gimpie John Brown played, and a Tremaine

1450
01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:58,559
Speaker 1: Edmonds coming back from a shoulder injury played. Does that

1451
01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:02,479
Speaker 1: have any impact your thoughts for this game, knowing all

1452
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:07,280
Speaker 1: of those guys are playing this time around? It should Yeah,

1453
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:09,200
Speaker 1: And this is what we do this in this week

1454
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:12,280
Speaker 1: because we had this gift or this curse if you

1455
01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:14,080
Speaker 1: call it, of Both of these games in the AC

1456
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:16,320
Speaker 1: and NFC had been played before, and both of them

1457
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:18,320
Speaker 1: did not go terribly well. I mean, the Packers got

1458
01:17:18,320 --> 01:17:21,000
Speaker 1: stomped by the Buccaneers and it was not a great

1459
01:17:21,080 --> 01:17:23,800
Speaker 1: night for the Bills against Kansas City. I think that

1460
01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:26,080
Speaker 1: game is so weird though, in so many ways. And

1461
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:27,800
Speaker 1: I talked about this this morning. If you go back

1462
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:30,120
Speaker 1: and look at that game, it was the Edwards a

1463
01:17:30,160 --> 01:17:33,200
Speaker 1: layer game. He touched the ball thirty times. Their leading

1464
01:17:33,240 --> 01:17:36,559
Speaker 1: receiver for the Chiefs that day was DeMarcus Robinson. I mean,

1465
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:39,600
Speaker 1: Tyreek did nothing. Kelsey scored a couple of times, but

1466
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:41,640
Speaker 1: he didn't go up and down the field. And I

1467
01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:43,800
Speaker 1: started talking about that this morning on the air of

1468
01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:46,120
Speaker 1: Browning and I'm like, I don't know. It felt like

1469
01:17:46,160 --> 01:17:48,320
Speaker 1: the Chiefs beat him with their curveball. They didn't even

1470
01:17:48,360 --> 01:17:50,439
Speaker 1: get the fastball. They struck him out with their junk

1471
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:52,639
Speaker 1: And then I got all these Bills fans and old On,

1472
01:17:52,720 --> 01:17:56,760
Speaker 1: hold On Milano, all the guys I just mentioned they

1473
01:17:56,800 --> 01:17:59,320
Speaker 1: were not having it to say that the Chiefs stuck

1474
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:01,040
Speaker 1: out and they say, no, no, we were. And Alan

1475
01:18:01,120 --> 01:18:03,840
Speaker 1: wasn't himself Alan, he was having shoulder issues too, So

1476
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:07,080
Speaker 1: throw that thing out. I think I will quote Aaron

1477
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:09,559
Speaker 1: Rodgers who spoke earlier this week and he was asked,

1478
01:18:09,600 --> 01:18:11,839
Speaker 1: you know, how much do you think the Buccaneers smashing

1479
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:14,679
Speaker 1: you last time is going to affect this game? He said, Listen,

1480
01:18:15,160 --> 01:18:18,360
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers got smashed by the Saints earlier this year.

1481
01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:20,080
Speaker 1: It was terrible, and then they went to their house

1482
01:18:20,120 --> 01:18:22,680
Speaker 1: and stopped him. Those months ago, there was a lot

1483
01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:25,959
Speaker 1: of double digit wins for the Bills, Ago and the Packers.

1484
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:28,439
Speaker 1: I don't take a lot from it, especially since the

1485
01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:31,439
Speaker 1: number one player in that whole game, Clyde Edwards. Ahlaire,

1486
01:18:31,479 --> 01:18:33,080
Speaker 1: we still don't even know what effect he's gonna have

1487
01:18:33,160 --> 01:18:34,680
Speaker 1: on this game, if at any I think this is

1488
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 1: a clean slate. But you also said, and rightfully so,

1489
01:18:38,040 --> 01:18:40,280
Speaker 1: you came up with three keys of the game and

1490
01:18:40,640 --> 01:18:42,760
Speaker 1: just recite them, or what are the three keys? And

1491
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:45,960
Speaker 1: I kind of agree with you. Okay, my three keys

1492
01:18:46,000 --> 01:18:48,360
Speaker 1: for the Bills in this game, you gotta keep an

1493
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:51,799
Speaker 1: eye on Travis Kelsey, you gotta try to contain Travis Kelsey,

1494
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:54,479
Speaker 1: and you have to try to guard Travis Kelsey. Those

1495
01:18:54,520 --> 01:18:57,680
Speaker 1: are my three. This guy is, listen, as good as

1496
01:18:57,680 --> 01:19:00,120
Speaker 1: Mahomes is, I think, pound for pound, I think he

1497
01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:01,919
Speaker 1: is just as good as the tight end as Mahomes

1498
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:05,200
Speaker 1: and Alan our quarterbacks. He is a killer. Just look

1499
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:07,960
Speaker 1: at his playoff numbers. He's one of the best players

1500
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:11,320
Speaker 1: on the planet, maybe the most productive. And listen, everybody says,

1501
01:19:11,320 --> 01:19:13,679
Speaker 1: slow down, Kelsey. I get it, It's not rocket science.

1502
01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:17,160
Speaker 1: You gotta do something. Take your chances with the Sammy

1503
01:19:17,200 --> 01:19:21,080
Speaker 1: Watkins types, with the DeMarcus Robinsons, with anybody else pring Goal,

1504
01:19:21,360 --> 01:19:25,719
Speaker 1: even Hill, even Hill. Do not let Kelsey just destroy

1505
01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,639
Speaker 1: you because he'd done it every single week. I think,

1506
01:19:28,880 --> 01:19:31,120
Speaker 1: if this is the year that you know Jordan Poyers

1507
01:19:31,240 --> 01:19:36,120
Speaker 1: is disrespected and underappreciated, step up and do something about

1508
01:19:36,120 --> 01:19:38,320
Speaker 1: that maniac that plays tight end for the Chiefs, because

1509
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:40,679
Speaker 1: I mean, as the Houston Texans. They were up twenty

1510
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:43,439
Speaker 1: four to nothing last year on the Chiefs and then

1511
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:45,719
Speaker 1: Kelsey just decided to be the best player in the world.

1512
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:48,719
Speaker 1: He is so good and so dangerous, please jump in Buffalo,

1513
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,720
Speaker 1: never mind the rest of the Keys one, two, and

1514
01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:52,800
Speaker 1: three or all. Kelsey Yeah, and I mean he had

1515
01:19:52,800 --> 01:19:55,120
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in the game back in Week six. Yeah. Well,

1516
01:19:56,320 --> 01:20:01,080
Speaker 1: but really, Kyle, he and Stefan Digg have been pretty

1517
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:05,880
Speaker 1: much unguardable all season long, both of them. So I

1518
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:07,800
Speaker 1: don't know if there is an answer for either one

1519
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:10,120
Speaker 1: of those guys. I mean, I know that these coordinators

1520
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:12,400
Speaker 1: are smart and they can scheme things up and you know,

1521
01:20:12,439 --> 01:20:14,760
Speaker 1: maybe hold them down for a quarter or two or

1522
01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:17,160
Speaker 1: what have you. But man like for a whole game,

1523
01:20:17,240 --> 01:20:19,479
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's possible for either of those two.

1524
01:20:20,520 --> 01:20:22,760
Speaker 1: I know, And what's I was so exciting for? You know,

1525
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:25,360
Speaker 1: Bills fans know this, but there's gonna be so many

1526
01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:28,280
Speaker 1: fan bases watching this game this weekend that maybe don't

1527
01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:30,880
Speaker 1: know Bills football as well as they should. And I

1528
01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:34,880
Speaker 1: think what's so intoxicating about this game is that the

1529
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:37,559
Speaker 1: Bills have the punch for punch power to keep up

1530
01:20:37,600 --> 01:20:39,639
Speaker 1: with Kansas City. No one can keep up with Kansas City.

1531
01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:41,320
Speaker 1: Don't want to get in a quote unquote shoot out

1532
01:20:41,360 --> 01:20:43,240
Speaker 1: with them. I don't know if Kansas City wants to

1533
01:20:43,240 --> 01:20:45,080
Speaker 1: get in a shoot out with Buffalo, Like they're the

1534
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:47,680
Speaker 1: only team I think maybe them and the Packers that

1535
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:50,000
Speaker 1: could really go back and forth and they could win

1536
01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:51,760
Speaker 1: the game forty three to forty one. I think they

1537
01:20:51,800 --> 01:20:55,799
Speaker 1: have that much firepower. So like this is a fan's dream.

1538
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,320
Speaker 1: And like if the Chiefs go down and score in

1539
01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:01,160
Speaker 1: four plays and they're opening drive most teams, that's a rap.

1540
01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:03,759
Speaker 1: You can't play that game with Mahomes. The Bills camp

1541
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:07,320
Speaker 1: like they have just as much firepower and player for player.

1542
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:09,320
Speaker 1: If I were really to take let's say you give

1543
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:11,720
Speaker 1: me Allen and Diggs and Smoke and Call and all

1544
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:14,400
Speaker 1: them versus the Chiefs. Guys, I don't mind it at all.

1545
01:21:14,439 --> 01:21:16,080
Speaker 1: I like the matchup a lot. Yeah, and you get

1546
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:18,639
Speaker 1: to this AFC Championship game. Both teams are talented, Both

1547
01:21:18,640 --> 01:21:21,240
Speaker 1: teams are playing great football, so you know that, and

1548
01:21:21,320 --> 01:21:23,439
Speaker 1: both of them are gonna be relatively I expect Pat

1549
01:21:23,479 --> 01:21:25,200
Speaker 1: Mahomes is gonna play, even with it, you know, the

1550
01:21:25,200 --> 01:21:27,920
Speaker 1: concussion protocols stuff. Certainly it seems like a formality that

1551
01:21:27,960 --> 01:21:30,840
Speaker 1: he's gonna play, no problem. What do you think I

1552
01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:32,680
Speaker 1: have a hard time seeing one of these teams run

1553
01:21:32,720 --> 01:21:35,720
Speaker 1: off and hide from the other on the scoreboard. What

1554
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:37,720
Speaker 1: do you think this teams this game is gonna look

1555
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: like overall? Probably high scoring. Listen. I think the Bill's

1556
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:47,920
Speaker 1: defense is hot right now. Listen, Lamar Jackson just scored

1557
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,920
Speaker 1: three points through three points the Ravens, I mean they

1558
01:21:50,920 --> 01:21:53,720
Speaker 1: were great. The Chiefs defense though, too. I mean, like,

1559
01:21:54,040 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 1: I think Tyrend Matthew is a complete maniac. And I

1560
01:21:56,880 --> 01:22:00,320
Speaker 1: think him versus Diggs and really versus Allan and Allen

1561
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:02,680
Speaker 1: runs as a huge matchup. But I don't see those

1562
01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:05,240
Speaker 1: defenses stopping him. I think it's gonna be really high scoring,

1563
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:08,320
Speaker 1: and I think it's I think it's gonna be who

1564
01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:10,000
Speaker 1: can put up the most touchdowns. And I don't mean

1565
01:22:10,080 --> 01:22:11,920
Speaker 1: score the most points. I mean touchdowns like field goals

1566
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:14,559
Speaker 1: are gonna feel like losses in this one. It's so exciting.

1567
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:17,439
Speaker 1: There's so many nerves, guys, I think on both sides.

1568
01:22:17,880 --> 01:22:20,280
Speaker 1: I had to tell you, I got a friend of

1569
01:22:20,280 --> 01:22:22,679
Speaker 1: mine who I work out with, and you know, you're

1570
01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:24,360
Speaker 1: exercise and you talk about the game. He's a big

1571
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:26,840
Speaker 1: Bills fan. Just earlier, a couple of hours ago, he

1572
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:28,559
Speaker 1: said something to me that I didn't know if it

1573
01:22:28,640 --> 01:22:32,920
Speaker 1: was fascinating or nauseating. He said, I honestly am sow

1574
01:22:32,920 --> 01:22:34,479
Speaker 1: in my head about where we are right now. I've

1575
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:36,200
Speaker 1: been a fan of my whole life, he said, I'm

1576
01:22:36,240 --> 01:22:39,400
Speaker 1: going back and forth about would I rather lose this

1577
01:22:39,479 --> 01:22:41,320
Speaker 1: game and it's a really tight game and you lose

1578
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,320
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs and the season's over, or you get

1579
01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:47,479
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl and you lose and we've lost

1580
01:22:47,560 --> 01:22:50,800
Speaker 1: another super Bowl and we've lost five of them. And

1581
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:52,800
Speaker 1: you know what, maybe we lose that Super Bowl to

1582
01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:55,000
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. He's like just just part of me things.

1583
01:22:55,400 --> 01:22:57,280
Speaker 1: Maybe we just play the Chiefs tough and lose. I

1584
01:22:57,320 --> 01:22:59,120
Speaker 1: don't know if I can take the heartache of losing

1585
01:22:59,160 --> 01:23:02,360
Speaker 1: another super Bowl, especially to Tom Brady. And I don't

1586
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:04,680
Speaker 1: know how you guys feel. How does how would that

1587
01:23:04,760 --> 01:23:06,720
Speaker 1: go over where? I'm just gonna tell you, I've heard

1588
01:23:06,760 --> 01:23:09,719
Speaker 1: that exact argument from my one hundred percent Sicilian wife

1589
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:12,160
Speaker 1: in my own house, because she said, I don't want

1590
01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:13,599
Speaker 1: to go to this. I don't even want to bother

1591
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:15,519
Speaker 1: unless we're winning the whole damn thing. What the hell

1592
01:23:15,600 --> 01:23:18,000
Speaker 1: is the point? And I'm just like, well, I'm sorry, Hunter,

1593
01:23:18,040 --> 01:23:20,000
Speaker 1: but it doesn't really work that way, right, Like this

1594
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:23,439
Speaker 1: is professional sports. Like they're playing on good teams. Do

1595
01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:25,320
Speaker 1: they have a chance to lose, Yes, but they also

1596
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,800
Speaker 1: have a chance to win. You'd rather be there than

1597
01:23:27,880 --> 01:23:30,040
Speaker 1: not get there at all, Right, I mean, Steve, help

1598
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:35,160
Speaker 1: us out with this. You've had I've lost four of these. Yeah, yeah, Okay,

1599
01:23:35,800 --> 01:23:38,760
Speaker 1: let's turn to the expert here. Taken the swing is

1600
01:23:38,760 --> 01:23:41,720
Speaker 1: worth it. Take the swing even if you get I've

1601
01:23:41,760 --> 01:23:44,840
Speaker 1: had my head caved in and embarrassed in a super Bowl.

1602
01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:48,479
Speaker 1: We've also lost one in the most excruciating fashion with

1603
01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:50,120
Speaker 1: a missed field goal where you had a chance to

1604
01:23:50,120 --> 01:23:54,000
Speaker 1: win it. Ye, take the swing. You earned your way there.

1605
01:23:54,400 --> 01:23:56,800
Speaker 1: You're good enough. The league has put you in a

1606
01:23:56,880 --> 01:23:59,479
Speaker 1: spot where you have proven time and time again you

1607
01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: deserve to be in that game. Go in there and

1608
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:03,960
Speaker 1: walk in there like you're gonna own it. And if

1609
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:06,479
Speaker 1: you get embarrassed, that's fine. There were thirty other teams

1610
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:09,800
Speaker 1: who wish they were there. Don't worry about the consequences.

1611
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:12,000
Speaker 1: You worry about the you know what it's all about.

1612
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:14,840
Speaker 1: And you're right going in there and all of a

1613
01:24:14,840 --> 01:24:17,160
Speaker 1: sudden you're facing Tampa Bay. It's to be the only

1614
01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:19,840
Speaker 1: NFL team in history to play a home game in

1615
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:24,639
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, all that yigty, listen, go in there,

1616
01:24:24,640 --> 01:24:28,439
Speaker 1: and revenge would be all the sweeter if you do

1617
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:33,479
Speaker 1: it in their refrigerator. Right, let's go. You gotta take

1618
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:39,120
Speaker 1: your swing. And that's why he sits in this chair. Everybody,

1619
01:24:39,880 --> 01:24:42,160
Speaker 1: that's that's fantastic. I may have to write that into

1620
01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:45,160
Speaker 1: a script somewhere. I don't know. I'm Tom Yeah, and

1621
01:24:45,520 --> 01:24:54,080
Speaker 1: Kyle is revenge is a dish best served chili. Oh yeah,

1622
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:57,240
Speaker 1: we are. We're off and running now. I think we'd

1623
01:24:57,240 --> 01:24:59,920
Speaker 1: be remiss Kyle if we did not at least no

1624
01:25:00,920 --> 01:25:04,360
Speaker 1: the toe injury for Mahomes. Everybody's talking about the concussion

1625
01:25:04,360 --> 01:25:07,240
Speaker 1: protocol and everything, but you watch him getting up in

1626
01:25:07,280 --> 01:25:10,320
Speaker 1: that game after taking a couple of scramble runs. He

1627
01:25:10,520 --> 01:25:15,080
Speaker 1: is hobbling. Steve and I have been of the opinion

1628
01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:19,040
Speaker 1: that it would be wise for the Bills to get

1629
01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:22,879
Speaker 1: some pressure on him early and test his mobility, because

1630
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:25,479
Speaker 1: this is a thing that I mean, look at this guy.

1631
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:29,400
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he looks like a peg legged pirate

1632
01:25:29,479 --> 01:25:31,760
Speaker 1: the way he's hopping around on that thing. If he

1633
01:25:31,800 --> 01:25:35,160
Speaker 1: can't move around, the face of this game and the

1634
01:25:35,200 --> 01:25:38,680
Speaker 1: defensive plan therein for the Bills. I think changes dramatically.

1635
01:25:40,280 --> 01:25:43,240
Speaker 1: I did too, and I Jack Good Morning Football Resident

1636
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:46,280
Speaker 1: insider Peter Schrager was on this this morning. He said, look,

1637
01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:48,599
Speaker 1: I am not qualified to talk about what's ever going

1638
01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:51,280
Speaker 1: on with Patrick Mahomes and the concussion protocol, but I

1639
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:54,200
Speaker 1: can't tell you. The foot thing is real, and it

1640
01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:57,439
Speaker 1: was real, and it's what happened with his concussion just

1641
01:25:57,520 --> 01:26:00,479
Speaker 1: took everybody's eyeball. That wagged the dog away from what

1642
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:02,800
Speaker 1: was going on with his foot, which was obvious. If

1643
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:04,800
Speaker 1: you're watching the game, you're like, damn, what's going on

1644
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:07,639
Speaker 1: with mahomes foot or his toe? It's palpable. And listen,

1645
01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:10,080
Speaker 1: go back to last year. The Chiefs are not I

1646
01:26:10,120 --> 01:26:12,120
Speaker 1: don't think they're going to the super Bowl without Patrick

1647
01:26:12,120 --> 01:26:14,759
Speaker 1: Mahomes running. He makes the hero run against the Titans

1648
01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:17,719
Speaker 1: down the sideline and how many times has he killed teams.

1649
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:19,760
Speaker 1: It's third and twelve and he runs for thirteen and

1650
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,360
Speaker 1: scoots out of bounds and then brushes himself off. It's

1651
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 1: part of the Patrick Mahomes thing. If he's hobbled, if

1652
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:28,439
Speaker 1: he cannot run like that, is not an insignificant thing

1653
01:26:28,439 --> 01:26:31,360
Speaker 1: at all. It's massive. I mean it's he doesn't run

1654
01:26:31,360 --> 01:26:33,400
Speaker 1: as well as Alan. He doesn't run quite as often

1655
01:26:33,400 --> 01:26:36,040
Speaker 1: as Alan usually, but he runs a lot. And everything

1656
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,600
Speaker 1: I'm hearing is okay. The concussion stuff is serious and

1657
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:40,760
Speaker 1: gets the headline. Of course, it was a really bad

1658
01:26:40,760 --> 01:26:43,479
Speaker 1: optic when he couldn't get up. But before that, do

1659
01:26:43,560 --> 01:26:46,599
Speaker 1: not forget about the visual and yeah, shoot, listen, if

1660
01:26:46,600 --> 01:26:48,200
Speaker 1: you can hit him, do what you can do. Listen

1661
01:26:48,240 --> 01:26:50,080
Speaker 1: if they were playing the Bucks this weekend and Dominican

1662
01:26:50,160 --> 01:26:55,160
Speaker 1: stew would be stepping on his foot in the first series, point,

1663
01:26:57,479 --> 01:26:59,280
Speaker 1: good point. Yeah, maybe he will in the super Bowl.

1664
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,120
Speaker 1: I hope not. Guy, I helpe that, but maybe. All right, Jip,

1665
01:27:02,160 --> 01:27:04,439
Speaker 1: before we go, I gotta ask you, what is your

1666
01:27:04,479 --> 01:27:08,240
Speaker 1: thought about the NFC Championship with Brady going against Aaron Rodgers.

1667
01:27:08,240 --> 01:27:10,040
Speaker 1: They played before and all the you know, months ago,

1668
01:27:10,080 --> 01:27:12,280
Speaker 1: the same same week as the Bills Chiefs game in

1669
01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:17,240
Speaker 1: the season the Bucks Packers played. How do you think

1670
01:27:17,280 --> 01:27:21,640
Speaker 1: that game's gonna look? That's such a great game, you know,

1671
01:27:22,400 --> 01:27:25,960
Speaker 1: the Brady versus Rogers thing. It reminds me in a

1672
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:29,000
Speaker 1: certain way of you know, you look at at Brady,

1673
01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:34,800
Speaker 1: he's older, he's got all the championships. Rogers younger and

1674
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:38,160
Speaker 1: not the championships, but maybe more God given talent. It

1675
01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:42,600
Speaker 1: Brady versus Rogers feels like the closest we're coming the

1676
01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:45,920
Speaker 1: Jordan versus Lebron Like it's it's the two of them

1677
01:27:45,960 --> 01:27:48,559
Speaker 1: against each other. And I know they don't guard each

1678
01:27:48,600 --> 01:27:50,120
Speaker 1: other and all that type of stuff, but it's a

1679
01:27:50,120 --> 01:27:54,479
Speaker 1: back and forth. I don't I haven't seen anybody play

1680
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:56,920
Speaker 1: as well all season as Aaron Rodgers. He has that

1681
01:27:57,120 --> 01:28:00,680
Speaker 1: sickening twinkle in his eye. He's smiling about everything. I'm

1682
01:28:00,680 --> 01:28:02,679
Speaker 1: as impressed as the Bucks defense as the next guy.

1683
01:28:02,880 --> 01:28:05,680
Speaker 1: I just can't fathom somebody stopping Green Bay. If I'm

1684
01:28:05,680 --> 01:28:08,160
Speaker 1: a Buffalo Bills fan and I can take care of

1685
01:28:08,240 --> 01:28:11,240
Speaker 1: Kansas City somehow, I'm dying for the Bucks to win.

1686
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:14,479
Speaker 1: I want the Bucks because Brady escaped without us putting

1687
01:28:14,479 --> 01:28:16,400
Speaker 1: his hat on a stick. I want to play Tampa

1688
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:18,720
Speaker 1: and the super Bowl. But if the Bills win, if

1689
01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:21,040
Speaker 1: they beat Kansas City, I feel like they're gonna face

1690
01:28:21,080 --> 01:28:23,080
Speaker 1: the number twelve who wears green, not red. I think

1691
01:28:23,080 --> 01:28:24,599
Speaker 1: the Packers are gonna win that game. He's too good.

1692
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:27,320
Speaker 1: He's the best player in the world this year. All right, Kyle,

1693
01:28:27,439 --> 01:28:30,559
Speaker 1: thanks very much. As always for the time. We look

1694
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:33,160
Speaker 1: forward to man who knows, maybe seeing you again somewhere

1695
01:28:33,160 --> 01:28:35,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the week. I would love to

1696
01:28:35,680 --> 01:28:37,160
Speaker 1: be here. I would love to be back to talk

1697
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:40,040
Speaker 1: super Bowl week. And I would say to the Bills mafia,

1698
01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:43,320
Speaker 1: pay very close attention to the Buffalo Bills social media

1699
01:28:43,400 --> 01:28:48,960
Speaker 1: channels on Saturday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening because there's

1700
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:51,200
Speaker 1: probably something about to drop that we'll get you ready

1701
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:56,479
Speaker 1: for Sunday. That sounds good to me. That's Steve's hype.

1702
01:28:56,520 --> 01:29:01,040
Speaker 1: Not take the swing. Tasker, Yes, that we might have

1703
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:03,559
Speaker 1: to put that on a T shirt. Thanks Kyle. All right, Kyle,

1704
01:29:03,600 --> 01:29:05,760
Speaker 1: see thank you guys. All right, that's Kyle Brand from

1705
01:29:05,760 --> 01:29:07,920
Speaker 1: Good Morning Football. We have to take a break, but

1706
01:29:08,360 --> 01:29:10,559
Speaker 1: we'll be back with more. We got to calm down

1707
01:29:10,600 --> 01:29:13,280
Speaker 1: after that. That was an energetic segment, Steve, my goodness,

1708
01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:15,840
Speaker 1: as it usually is with Kyle. No surprise there break

1709
01:29:15,880 --> 01:29:17,479
Speaker 1: time for us back in a second. Here on one

1710
01:29:17,520 --> 01:29:19,840
Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's

1711
01:29:19,920 --> 01:29:33,840
Speaker 1: Radio Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, closing up our

1712
01:29:33,920 --> 01:29:36,760
Speaker 1: number two of the program, and we do want to

1713
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:40,120
Speaker 1: get a call in real quick here because we have

1714
01:29:40,160 --> 01:29:42,519
Speaker 1: a short segment as we're asking you the matchup you're

1715
01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:45,320
Speaker 1: most looking forward to in Sunday's game, and we go

1716
01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:48,000
Speaker 1: to Dave in Amherst for that. Dave, what do you

1717
01:29:48,000 --> 01:29:50,760
Speaker 1: have for us? You're on one bills Live. Hey, guys,

1718
01:29:51,080 --> 01:29:54,880
Speaker 1: you do a great job. Thank you. I've heard you,

1719
01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:58,519
Speaker 1: guys and many other sports commentators say that the games

1720
01:29:58,520 --> 01:30:01,800
Speaker 1: are one in the trenches, and I hope you can

1721
01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:03,680
Speaker 1: prove me wrong, but I don't think we have the

1722
01:30:03,760 --> 01:30:08,840
Speaker 1: offensive line to open holes and give them substantial pass protection.

1723
01:30:09,880 --> 01:30:13,320
Speaker 1: Maybe in the top three, four or five in the league.

1724
01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:18,559
Speaker 1: And just a short time ago, I won't mention his name,

1725
01:30:18,600 --> 01:30:21,479
Speaker 1: but he said our defense against the run is feeble.

1726
01:30:21,520 --> 01:30:24,160
Speaker 1: I don't think it's that bad, but I don't think

1727
01:30:24,160 --> 01:30:29,200
Speaker 1: we can stay with the top defenses in the in

1728
01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:33,439
Speaker 1: the league. So please, would you give me your comments

1729
01:30:33,479 --> 01:30:36,920
Speaker 1: on that and make me feel better? Yeah, and thanks

1730
01:30:36,920 --> 01:30:40,360
Speaker 1: for the call, Dave. I think the defensive front has

1731
01:30:40,439 --> 01:30:44,400
Speaker 1: played considerably better down the stretch this season. There there

1732
01:30:44,439 --> 01:30:47,240
Speaker 1: have been some games where it hasn't been air tight,

1733
01:30:47,920 --> 01:30:52,080
Speaker 1: but if you're using week six is performance as a

1734
01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:56,160
Speaker 1: litmus test, I don't think it holds water. This is

1735
01:30:56,160 --> 01:30:59,720
Speaker 1: a much better group in the front seven, not to

1736
01:30:59,800 --> 01:31:01,840
Speaker 1: make the fact that Matt Malano did not play in

1737
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:03,960
Speaker 1: Week six and Tremaine Edwinds was still playing with a

1738
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:07,720
Speaker 1: bum left shoulder. So I think when you roll it

1739
01:31:07,760 --> 01:31:10,240
Speaker 1: all together and the way the Bills are playing right now,

1740
01:31:10,280 --> 01:31:14,879
Speaker 1: coming off the defensive performance they had against Baltimore, albeit

1741
01:31:14,920 --> 01:31:19,240
Speaker 1: a much differently constructed offense, I would venture as far

1742
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:22,559
Speaker 1: as saying this defensive front is playing some of its

1743
01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:25,960
Speaker 1: best football of the season. That is going to help

1744
01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:27,920
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Now, does that mean they're going to hold

1745
01:31:27,920 --> 01:31:31,240
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards laire if he even plays to under fifty

1746
01:31:31,320 --> 01:31:34,280
Speaker 1: yards rushing. No, that's not what this defense has been

1747
01:31:34,320 --> 01:31:37,479
Speaker 1: about all season long. This defense has been about making

1748
01:31:37,600 --> 01:31:41,360
Speaker 1: timely plays in critical moments to change the course of

1749
01:31:41,400 --> 01:31:43,559
Speaker 1: the game and help their offense, either by getting them

1750
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:46,840
Speaker 1: a couple of extra possessions a game or by getting

1751
01:31:46,880 --> 01:31:49,800
Speaker 1: the football back from them and keeping points off the

1752
01:31:49,800 --> 01:31:53,840
Speaker 1: board for the opponent. Buffalo's red zone defense has been

1753
01:31:54,320 --> 01:31:57,920
Speaker 1: very good, and the Chiefs red zone offense, if you

1754
01:31:57,960 --> 01:32:01,759
Speaker 1: can believe it, has been substandard down the stretch this season.

1755
01:32:01,960 --> 01:32:05,559
Speaker 1: Now it's one game. Can all these stats go flying

1756
01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:10,439
Speaker 1: out the window, sure, because circumstances can obviously change, especially

1757
01:32:10,479 --> 01:32:12,160
Speaker 1: if weather is going to be a factor, and it

1758
01:32:12,320 --> 01:32:14,880
Speaker 1: very well could be. With a fifty percent chance of

1759
01:32:14,960 --> 01:32:17,519
Speaker 1: rain and tempts in the mid thirties, it's going to

1760
01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:20,640
Speaker 1: be a bone chilling type day. Ball security could be

1761
01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:22,920
Speaker 1: an issue if the footballs are getting wet because of

1762
01:32:23,000 --> 01:32:26,280
Speaker 1: a rain, steady rain coming down and it's on grass,

1763
01:32:26,720 --> 01:32:30,080
Speaker 1: which if it's raining steadily, could get sloppy in a hurry.

1764
01:32:30,520 --> 01:32:33,920
Speaker 1: But I think the Bills defensive front is playing as

1765
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:35,360
Speaker 1: well as they have. You want to know about their

1766
01:32:35,360 --> 01:32:39,120
Speaker 1: offensive front. Also, Buffalo's offensive line is a better pass

1767
01:32:39,200 --> 01:32:42,400
Speaker 1: protecting unit than they are run blocking unit. I think

1768
01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:45,719
Speaker 1: that goes without saying. Look at what the Bills believe

1769
01:32:45,720 --> 01:32:47,599
Speaker 1: their identity to be. That tells you all you need

1770
01:32:47,640 --> 01:32:49,800
Speaker 1: to know about where they feel the strength of their

1771
01:32:49,840 --> 01:32:53,880
Speaker 1: offensive line lie. It's clearly in past protection. It's not

1772
01:32:54,000 --> 01:32:56,599
Speaker 1: in being a road grading offensive line. They are not

1773
01:32:56,640 --> 01:32:59,960
Speaker 1: the great Roman offensive line of Eric Wood and Richie Incogni.

1774
01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:02,000
Speaker 1: You know when those guys anymore. They're more of a

1775
01:33:02,080 --> 01:33:05,080
Speaker 1: lightweight group. Right. The Bills defense has, for one, whatever

1776
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:07,759
Speaker 1: it is, whether it's undermanned or whether it's really talented.

1777
01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:11,320
Speaker 1: The Bills defense has been very well coordinated, and they

1778
01:33:11,439 --> 01:33:14,400
Speaker 1: have executed game plans extremely well, much better at a

1779
01:33:14,479 --> 01:33:17,040
Speaker 1: much higher rate of late than they have. The game

1780
01:33:17,080 --> 01:33:21,519
Speaker 1: plan they executed against the Baltimore Ravens was outstanding. They

1781
01:33:21,600 --> 01:33:23,920
Speaker 1: forced the Ravens to do something that the Ravens weren't

1782
01:33:23,960 --> 01:33:26,439
Speaker 1: good at. The problem is, you're not playing the Ravens

1783
01:33:26,439 --> 01:33:28,080
Speaker 1: this week. You're playing the Chiefs, and they can run

1784
01:33:28,080 --> 01:33:29,920
Speaker 1: it and pass it. They are very balanced, they have

1785
01:33:29,960 --> 01:33:33,200
Speaker 1: outside weapons and tight ends and running back weapons. You

1786
01:33:33,320 --> 01:33:36,519
Speaker 1: have to do something different against the Chiefs. The Bills

1787
01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:38,320
Speaker 1: are very well coordinate. They're gonna have a game plan

1788
01:33:38,439 --> 01:33:41,240
Speaker 1: in place, and it's going to be predicated on analytics

1789
01:33:41,240 --> 01:33:44,599
Speaker 1: and what the Chiefs have done since then. But you're right,

1790
01:33:45,000 --> 01:33:47,400
Speaker 1: you should be concerned about a Chiefs offense. Good grief.

1791
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:51,040
Speaker 1: It's the highest flying offense so the last two years

1792
01:33:51,560 --> 01:33:53,839
Speaker 1: in the league and it's nothing as much as changed.

1793
01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:56,559
Speaker 1: So you're gonna have your handsful, no question. But don't

1794
01:33:56,600 --> 01:33:58,920
Speaker 1: count the Bills out from being able to make plays

1795
01:33:58,960 --> 01:34:01,200
Speaker 1: here and there and maybe even doing some things consistently

1796
01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:02,720
Speaker 1: against them that give him a chance to win. And

1797
01:34:03,160 --> 01:34:05,799
Speaker 1: I think the Bills as a complete team are playing

1798
01:34:05,920 --> 01:34:09,559
Speaker 1: better complete football of late than the Chiefs. And here's

1799
01:34:09,560 --> 01:34:11,880
Speaker 1: the thing. People talk about the chief scoring points. They've

1800
01:34:11,880 --> 01:34:13,840
Speaker 1: scored twenty two or fewer points in each of their

1801
01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:16,720
Speaker 1: last three games. They haven't even hit thirty come near

1802
01:34:16,800 --> 01:34:19,839
Speaker 1: thirty in each of their last three games. So hopefully

1803
01:34:19,880 --> 01:34:22,160
Speaker 1: that continues, because if it does, I think the Bills

1804
01:34:22,160 --> 01:34:24,920
Speaker 1: have a very good chance of winning. On Sunday, break

1805
01:34:24,920 --> 01:34:27,559
Speaker 1: time for us. But when we come back from Sirius

1806
01:34:27,720 --> 01:34:31,920
Speaker 1: XM Mad Dog Radio, Shine on Sports one Adam Shine

1807
01:34:31,960 --> 01:34:34,679
Speaker 1: will be joining us. Stay tuned. He's coming up next

1808
01:34:34,680 --> 01:34:36,280
Speaker 1: in the third hour of the program. Here on one

1809
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:39,000
Speaker 1: Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo Bills

1810
01:34:39,080 --> 01:34:57,280
Speaker 1: Radio had a Steve Tasker who has been all over

1811
01:34:57,400 --> 01:34:59,040
Speaker 1: the fields. Kind of unique. He was kind of a

1812
01:34:59,120 --> 01:35:06,040
Speaker 1: dual role player, Steel Steve a blimp. We're not even

1813
01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:11,679
Speaker 1: in the strated beer of normalcy. Here our number three

1814
01:35:11,680 --> 01:35:14,160
Speaker 1: of the program, Chris Brown, Steve Fast with you Thursday

1815
01:35:14,280 --> 01:35:16,920
Speaker 1: edition of One Bills Live. Please to be joined now

1816
01:35:17,680 --> 01:35:21,879
Speaker 1: by the man who does Shine on Sports on Sirius

1817
01:35:22,040 --> 01:35:25,479
Speaker 1: XM Mad Dog Radio, the man who was on the

1818
01:35:25,560 --> 01:35:29,000
Speaker 1: hype train before it was hyped for the Buffalo Bills.

1819
01:35:29,320 --> 01:35:32,280
Speaker 1: It is one Adam Shine joining us now. He said

1820
01:35:32,360 --> 01:35:34,439
Speaker 1: Josh Allen was going to be great before he was.

1821
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:36,080
Speaker 1: He said the Bills were going to be a playoff

1822
01:35:36,080 --> 01:35:38,760
Speaker 1: team before they were. And here we are low and

1823
01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:42,040
Speaker 1: behold a year and a half later, and Adam Shine

1824
01:35:42,040 --> 01:35:44,280
Speaker 1: deserves to have a grin from ear to ear because

1825
01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:46,519
Speaker 1: he was right on all fronts. Adam, how are you doing?

1826
01:35:47,680 --> 01:35:51,000
Speaker 1: Oh man? After an introduction like that, I was great anyway,

1827
01:35:51,040 --> 01:35:53,680
Speaker 1: but now I'm even better. I'm fired up, and it's

1828
01:35:53,720 --> 01:35:56,439
Speaker 1: thrilled to be I'm thrilled to be on with you, guys. Adam.

1829
01:35:56,479 --> 01:35:58,000
Speaker 1: I note you and I've been friends for a while.

1830
01:35:58,040 --> 01:36:00,400
Speaker 1: We are co workers at CBS Sport, so I was on.

1831
01:36:00,439 --> 01:36:02,759
Speaker 1: I got on time to Shine. I've been on Shine

1832
01:36:02,760 --> 01:36:05,240
Speaker 1: on sports, and I've read your stuff on NFL dot Com.

1833
01:36:05,280 --> 01:36:07,200
Speaker 1: But I gotta tell you you are no longer my

1834
01:36:07,240 --> 01:36:10,240
Speaker 1: favorite Shine. That honor now goes to Theo. Your son,

1835
01:36:11,080 --> 01:36:14,120
Speaker 1: big Bills fan, his mom, your wife is a huge

1836
01:36:14,120 --> 01:36:16,519
Speaker 1: Baltimore fan, his grandpa's a Baltimore fan, and when the

1837
01:36:16,520 --> 01:36:19,599
Speaker 1: Bills win, he rubs it in their face with a fudgie.

1838
01:36:19,640 --> 01:36:22,920
Speaker 1: The whale cake, a fudgie. Yeah, I mean, it really

1839
01:36:22,920 --> 01:36:24,920
Speaker 1: doesn't get any better. You know, We've always had a

1840
01:36:24,920 --> 01:36:27,519
Speaker 1: tradition in the house and I love you got the

1841
01:36:27,560 --> 01:36:31,120
Speaker 1: picture right there. We'd like to get ice cream or

1842
01:36:31,200 --> 01:36:34,640
Speaker 1: cake on Sundays for football, and so he wanted to

1843
01:36:34,680 --> 01:36:36,720
Speaker 1: get a carvel cake. I mean, we got a great

1844
01:36:36,760 --> 01:36:39,599
Speaker 1: carvel right near us. And he said, on the fudge

1845
01:36:39,640 --> 01:36:43,759
Speaker 1: of the whalecake, I want to write go bills. Hate that, mommy,

1846
01:36:43,960 --> 01:36:46,599
Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't just enough to get go bills.

1847
01:36:46,640 --> 01:36:49,160
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was awesome, man, you know,

1848
01:36:49,240 --> 01:36:52,240
Speaker 1: being fair. My wife had a great sense of humor

1849
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:55,000
Speaker 1: about it. She loves how much the kids are into

1850
01:36:55,000 --> 01:36:57,840
Speaker 1: the football, how much Theo's into the Buffalo Bills. And

1851
01:36:58,400 --> 01:37:01,439
Speaker 1: so we had this cake. Can we surprise my wife

1852
01:37:01,600 --> 01:37:04,040
Speaker 1: with it? And she loved it, had a great sense

1853
01:37:04,040 --> 01:37:07,479
Speaker 1: of humor. Right after the first game. And this was

1854
01:37:07,680 --> 01:37:10,360
Speaker 1: obviously right after, you know, the Green Bay and the

1855
01:37:10,439 --> 01:37:14,040
Speaker 1: Rams game. So we're sitting down getting ready to watch

1856
01:37:14,040 --> 01:37:17,519
Speaker 1: the Bills and the Ravens, and my son, THEO is

1857
01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:21,800
Speaker 1: very into the Carrie Underwood song on Sunday nights, waiting

1858
01:37:21,800 --> 01:37:24,679
Speaker 1: all day for Sunday night. Great, he asked me since

1859
01:37:24,680 --> 01:37:26,800
Speaker 1: the Games on NBC. Is there going to be a

1860
01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:29,640
Speaker 1: special song? I said, I don't think so, buddy, but

1861
01:37:29,720 --> 01:37:33,559
Speaker 1: let's watch and find out. So he sees the Bills

1862
01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:37,680
Speaker 1: Mafia peace and the piece ends and he looks at

1863
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:40,639
Speaker 1: me and he's got his Josh Allen Jersey on. He says, Dad,

1864
01:37:41,600 --> 01:37:45,400
Speaker 1: am I in Bills Mafia? And I said, yes, son,

1865
01:37:46,040 --> 01:37:50,160
Speaker 1: You're officially in Bills Mafia. So it was the I mean,

1866
01:37:50,200 --> 01:37:53,439
Speaker 1: I couldn't believe he said that this after I jumped

1867
01:37:53,439 --> 01:37:57,680
Speaker 1: through the table. I was like, Wow, yes, you're a

1868
01:37:57,720 --> 01:38:01,840
Speaker 1: Bills fan. You're rubbing it in everyone's face. You're you're

1869
01:38:01,960 --> 01:38:05,920
Speaker 1: taunting your mother. You're officially in builds mom. Oh no,

1870
01:38:06,040 --> 01:38:09,080
Speaker 1: that yeah, that is a full blown initiation. He is

1871
01:38:09,120 --> 01:38:11,800
Speaker 1: in Like that is the equivalent of the blood Oath

1872
01:38:11,800 --> 01:38:14,040
Speaker 1: as far as I'm concerned. When you bust out of Fudgie,

1873
01:38:14,200 --> 01:38:16,320
Speaker 1: when you bust out of Fudgie the whale cake and

1874
01:38:16,439 --> 01:38:19,480
Speaker 1: use it as trashed fig and in your own household,

1875
01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:22,080
Speaker 1: that's something else. And he was also big fan of

1876
01:38:22,080 --> 01:38:24,080
Speaker 1: you when you jumped through the table as well. I

1877
01:38:24,120 --> 01:38:26,320
Speaker 1: loved it. It was great, good on you for that,

1878
01:38:26,400 --> 01:38:29,760
Speaker 1: and it was just an absolute trip to see it all. Yeah,

1879
01:38:29,800 --> 01:38:31,479
Speaker 1: you did up your game here, we have to say,

1880
01:38:31,560 --> 01:38:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean we have the footage. Yeah, I mean year one,

1881
01:38:33,479 --> 01:38:36,000
Speaker 1: when I guarantee that they were gonna be the Cinderella team.

1882
01:38:36,080 --> 01:38:38,640
Speaker 1: You know, look, I went basically through a table that

1883
01:38:38,760 --> 01:38:42,639
Speaker 1: was a cardboard box. And you know our senior producer

1884
01:38:42,680 --> 01:38:45,960
Speaker 1: Alison Cohen who you know, Steve, She's she's fantastic, and

1885
01:38:46,040 --> 01:38:48,920
Speaker 1: our director Jake Gettitch I was gonna jump off of

1886
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:52,559
Speaker 1: something in studio like Adam, you're gonna hurt yourself. We

1887
01:38:52,600 --> 01:38:55,080
Speaker 1: can't let you do that. So this year I'm like,

1888
01:38:55,240 --> 01:38:59,040
Speaker 1: all right, fine, I'll get a real table. And then

1889
01:38:59,080 --> 01:39:01,679
Speaker 1: it's funny. My wife was watching the Bills Mafia piece

1890
01:39:01,720 --> 01:39:03,800
Speaker 1: and she looked at me. She goes, you know, if

1891
01:39:03,800 --> 01:39:05,680
Speaker 1: the Bills win the Super Bowl, you're gonna have to

1892
01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:08,759
Speaker 1: jump through a real table. You have to keep going

1893
01:39:08,880 --> 01:39:14,240
Speaker 1: to the next level. Said sure. If, in fact, I'm

1894
01:39:14,240 --> 01:39:18,120
Speaker 1: telling you guys, the Bills win the Super Bowl, I

1895
01:39:18,200 --> 01:39:22,000
Speaker 1: will jump through one of those tables that Josh Allen

1896
01:39:22,080 --> 01:39:25,800
Speaker 1: said I jumped off of. I'll jump through it after

1897
01:39:25,840 --> 01:39:27,920
Speaker 1: the Bills winn't. Okay, So you heard it here first

1898
01:39:28,040 --> 01:39:31,639
Speaker 1: January twenty first two ten pm. Adam Shine has laid

1899
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:34,280
Speaker 1: it down. Now, you don't want to do it exactly

1900
01:39:34,280 --> 01:39:36,840
Speaker 1: how Josh has suggested it, because he was saying he

1901
01:39:36,920 --> 01:39:39,479
Speaker 1: wants to light his on fire. So don't go that

1902
01:39:39,560 --> 01:39:42,479
Speaker 1: far because I know the liability insurance isn't that good

1903
01:39:42,479 --> 01:39:45,880
Speaker 1: at CBS. So yeah, the regular table is more than

1904
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:48,720
Speaker 1: enough at HIM. You'll be good there with everybody enough

1905
01:39:48,760 --> 01:39:50,519
Speaker 1: at all this. What do you think about the game

1906
01:39:50,640 --> 01:39:56,439
Speaker 1: Chiefs Bills in Arrowhead late in the year seventeen thousand people?

1907
01:39:57,840 --> 01:40:00,880
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and the Bills and they're they're passing, attack,

1908
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:03,200
Speaker 1: built a lot like the Chiefs are. What kind of matchup?

1909
01:40:03,240 --> 01:40:06,360
Speaker 1: What do you think, Steve? I gotta tell you, I

1910
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:10,519
Speaker 1: love what Josh said at his press conference yesterday when

1911
01:40:10,560 --> 01:40:14,759
Speaker 1: he talked about going against Patrick Mahomes. I always find

1912
01:40:14,800 --> 01:40:18,639
Speaker 1: it just disingenuous when quarterbacks say, well, I'm only playing

1913
01:40:18,640 --> 01:40:23,080
Speaker 1: against the opposition to defense. No, you're playing against Patrick Mahomes.

1914
01:40:23,120 --> 01:40:26,160
Speaker 1: You have to do what you do, but be able

1915
01:40:26,240 --> 01:40:31,000
Speaker 1: to outscore them. And I think that the Buffalo Bills

1916
01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:33,599
Speaker 1: are capable. I think it's gonna be a high scoring game.

1917
01:40:34,040 --> 01:40:37,000
Speaker 1: I think both quarterbacks are going to be fabulous. I

1918
01:40:37,800 --> 01:40:41,200
Speaker 1: think Josh Allen has become a star. I think by

1919
01:40:41,240 --> 01:40:44,760
Speaker 1: a smidge Allen had a better season than Patrick Mahomes

1920
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:48,200
Speaker 1: this year. I think this connection with Alan and Diggs

1921
01:40:48,280 --> 01:40:52,439
Speaker 1: is remarkable. You know, leader first upon Diggs all regular season,

1922
01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:57,240
Speaker 1: postseason targets and receptions and yards, and I don't think

1923
01:40:57,320 --> 01:40:59,479
Speaker 1: Kansas said even though their defense, to me is underrated

1924
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:02,720
Speaker 1: Chris Joe a stud, Honey Badger's stud, I don't think

1925
01:41:02,720 --> 01:41:05,840
Speaker 1: you can stop this kind of combo. My trust level

1926
01:41:05,880 --> 01:41:09,160
Speaker 1: and Brian day balls through the roof and Seuman Derman's

1927
01:41:09,160 --> 01:41:12,360
Speaker 1: through the roof. I could see some of the role

1928
01:41:12,439 --> 01:41:15,439
Speaker 1: players at the receiver position stepping up, and that's been

1929
01:41:15,439 --> 01:41:17,679
Speaker 1: a big key all year. A little concerned about Gabe

1930
01:41:17,760 --> 01:41:20,559
Speaker 1: Davis and his health. You guys would know a little

1931
01:41:20,560 --> 01:41:22,840
Speaker 1: bit better than I would, But I think this is

1932
01:41:22,840 --> 01:41:25,320
Speaker 1: going to be a classic, and I have Buffalo winning

1933
01:41:25,400 --> 01:41:28,960
Speaker 1: thirty five thirty one. We like the sound of that. Obviously,

1934
01:41:29,080 --> 01:41:32,639
Speaker 1: as unstoppable as Stefan Diggs has been, I mean, people

1935
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:35,479
Speaker 1: pretty much say he's unguardable, and his numbers would bear

1936
01:41:35,520 --> 01:41:38,200
Speaker 1: that out. Travis Kelsey is kind of in the same boat.

1937
01:41:38,240 --> 01:41:40,519
Speaker 1: He finished right behind him in receiving yards and oh,

1938
01:41:40,560 --> 01:41:42,479
Speaker 1: by the way, he plays a tight end position. Essentially

1939
01:41:42,520 --> 01:41:45,160
Speaker 1: he's a wide receiver the way he plays. But with

1940
01:41:45,200 --> 01:41:48,679
Speaker 1: these two unguardable guys in the game, do you think

1941
01:41:48,720 --> 01:41:51,320
Speaker 1: it's more a matter of which one of those shines

1942
01:41:51,439 --> 01:41:54,479
Speaker 1: brightest in this one or to your previous point, do

1943
01:41:54,560 --> 01:41:58,240
Speaker 1: you think there is a role player that probably makes

1944
01:41:58,240 --> 01:42:01,599
Speaker 1: a difference in the game, Allah Terren Johnson last week,

1945
01:42:03,320 --> 01:42:05,800
Speaker 1: I think it's more about the role players, Chris, because

1946
01:42:05,800 --> 01:42:08,040
Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, I expect

1947
01:42:08,120 --> 01:42:10,720
Speaker 1: Kelsey to dominate. And that's not a disrespect to the

1948
01:42:10,720 --> 01:42:14,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's defense, But you know, I think Kelsey and

1949
01:42:14,080 --> 01:42:17,000
Speaker 1: Digg's gonna have similar statlines and also a similar feel

1950
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:19,679
Speaker 1: when you watch it. I mean, you know, I think

1951
01:42:19,760 --> 01:42:22,280
Speaker 1: Kelsey's gonna have eight catches and one hundred and twenty

1952
01:42:22,320 --> 01:42:24,679
Speaker 1: yards and score a touchdown. I think if I said

1953
01:42:24,720 --> 01:42:28,240
Speaker 1: anything else, you know, it would be disingenuous. You know,

1954
01:42:28,520 --> 01:42:30,400
Speaker 1: I'll tell you a player is a guy who I

1955
01:42:30,520 --> 01:42:33,200
Speaker 1: voted for First team All Pro at the safety position.

1956
01:42:33,640 --> 01:42:36,480
Speaker 1: I could see him making a big play on defense.

1957
01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:38,639
Speaker 1: You know, I'd like to see a little bit more

1958
01:42:38,720 --> 01:42:42,200
Speaker 1: Devin Single Terry. I love the game plan against Baltimore,

1959
01:42:42,520 --> 01:42:45,280
Speaker 1: and maybe it's not even so much guys in terms

1960
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:48,080
Speaker 1: of carries as much as it is overall touches. I

1961
01:42:48,160 --> 01:42:50,120
Speaker 1: know Josh tried to hit him a couple of times

1962
01:42:50,400 --> 01:42:53,720
Speaker 1: in the Baltimore game. I think single Terry could be

1963
01:42:53,760 --> 01:42:57,400
Speaker 1: a bit of an unsung hero. You know, McKenzie could

1964
01:42:57,439 --> 01:43:00,479
Speaker 1: be utilized in that kind of role as well. You know,

1965
01:43:00,560 --> 01:43:03,880
Speaker 1: I think the stars on both sides are gonna come

1966
01:43:03,920 --> 01:43:06,040
Speaker 1: to play in this one. I think it's gonna be

1967
01:43:06,080 --> 01:43:08,280
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. You know, I don't think the

1968
01:43:08,320 --> 01:43:10,920
Speaker 1: Buffalo bill is as well coached as they are. I

1969
01:43:10,960 --> 01:43:13,639
Speaker 1: don't think you could stop Travis Kelsey. I don't think

1970
01:43:13,680 --> 01:43:17,000
Speaker 1: anyone could stop Travis going. We saw the Chiefs emerged

1971
01:43:17,040 --> 01:43:20,040
Speaker 1: onto the scene, and Pat Mahomes first year as a starter,

1972
01:43:20,080 --> 01:43:22,240
Speaker 1: he's the league MVP. Is second years of starter, he's

1973
01:43:22,280 --> 01:43:24,240
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl MVP, and of course he's in the

1974
01:43:24,280 --> 01:43:27,120
Speaker 1: conversation once again. They're the one seed in the conference.

1975
01:43:27,160 --> 01:43:30,040
Speaker 1: Three straight AFC Championship games, and you could kind of

1976
01:43:30,080 --> 01:43:31,880
Speaker 1: see that if you remember back three years when they

1977
01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:34,599
Speaker 1: got put out of the AFC Championship by Tom Brady

1978
01:43:34,600 --> 01:43:37,479
Speaker 1: and Belichick and those guys they've been there for three years,

1979
01:43:37,479 --> 01:43:39,519
Speaker 1: and you still had a sense even back then that

1980
01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:42,599
Speaker 1: this was a team with Mahomes that was gonna be

1981
01:43:42,600 --> 01:43:45,800
Speaker 1: good for a while. In Buffalo, there's kind of that

1982
01:43:45,920 --> 01:43:48,920
Speaker 1: same vibe. And even today, we just got word today that,

1983
01:43:49,400 --> 01:43:52,080
Speaker 1: you know, Brian Dable, Brandon Bean is the Executive of

1984
01:43:52,120 --> 01:43:54,120
Speaker 1: the Year, Brian Dable is the Assistant Coach of the

1985
01:43:54,160 --> 01:43:56,479
Speaker 1: Year in the National Football League. This seems to be

1986
01:43:56,479 --> 01:44:00,720
Speaker 1: an organization where this kind of level of success during

1987
01:44:00,720 --> 01:44:02,960
Speaker 1: the regular season is gonna be kind of expected, and

1988
01:44:02,960 --> 01:44:07,280
Speaker 1: it seems to be, you know, replicatable. What do you

1989
01:44:07,280 --> 01:44:10,519
Speaker 1: think about Brandon being in the job they've done. I

1990
01:44:10,720 --> 01:44:14,120
Speaker 1: think I think you're one hundred percent right. And I listen,

1991
01:44:14,240 --> 01:44:16,840
Speaker 1: I have a vote for the Associated Press Awards and

1992
01:44:16,880 --> 01:44:19,599
Speaker 1: I voted Brian dave All the Assistant Coach of the Year.

1993
01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:22,519
Speaker 1: I think he is superb. You know, I think the

1994
01:44:22,560 --> 01:44:27,519
Speaker 1: culture that coach McDermot has established is amazing. Brandon being

1995
01:44:27,640 --> 01:44:30,800
Speaker 1: is smart, he's aggressive. See I always go back when

1996
01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:33,519
Speaker 1: I look at Brandon being a couple off seasons to

1997
01:44:33,560 --> 01:44:36,280
Speaker 1: go and what they did with Beasley and Brown, where

1998
01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:40,479
Speaker 1: you know, they weren't necessarily national headlines, but that's what

1999
01:44:40,560 --> 01:44:44,080
Speaker 1: a young quarterback needed. And they were proven veterans. And

2000
01:44:44,200 --> 01:44:47,960
Speaker 1: then you make the monster trade for for Stefon Diggs

2001
01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:52,320
Speaker 1: and they've drafted, well, they signed the right veterans receiver,

2002
01:44:52,600 --> 01:44:56,280
Speaker 1: defensive line front seven. We've seen that. I mean, look,

2003
01:44:56,320 --> 01:44:59,960
Speaker 1: it's so tough in the NFL to predict the year

2004
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:03,639
Speaker 1: a year, right, you just it's built for competitive balance.

2005
01:45:03,680 --> 01:45:05,599
Speaker 1: I mean, I think what the Patriots did will never

2006
01:45:05,640 --> 01:45:09,400
Speaker 1: be duplicated again. You know it's I mean, is Deshaun

2007
01:45:09,479 --> 01:45:12,280
Speaker 1: Watson gonna get traded in the afcast. There's so many

2008
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:15,719
Speaker 1: things you just don't know. But I think the Bills

2009
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:18,160
Speaker 1: have the right people in place. That's always been my

2010
01:45:18,200 --> 01:45:23,160
Speaker 1: favorite part of this group. Bean's a genius. Mcdermot's brilliant

2011
01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:27,920
Speaker 1: love Frasier, loved day Ball, and they have brilliantly surrounded

2012
01:45:27,960 --> 01:45:33,000
Speaker 1: their franchise quarterback who's young and a star with incredible talent.

2013
01:45:33,200 --> 01:45:35,040
Speaker 1: I know your time is short, Adam. So the last

2014
01:45:35,040 --> 01:45:38,200
Speaker 1: one for me is this. We hear all about the

2015
01:45:38,240 --> 01:45:42,240
Speaker 1: concussion protocol for Patrick Mahomes this week. It has overshadowed

2016
01:45:42,800 --> 01:45:46,360
Speaker 1: the toe injury that left him very hobbled at the

2017
01:45:46,439 --> 01:45:48,880
Speaker 1: end of that Cleveland game. Before he left, you know,

2018
01:45:48,920 --> 01:45:55,400
Speaker 1: with the concussion stuff. So if his mobility is somewhat compromised,

2019
01:45:55,960 --> 01:45:57,800
Speaker 1: assuming he plays in the game, which I think we're

2020
01:45:57,800 --> 01:46:01,480
Speaker 1: all expecting at this point, but if his ability is compromised,

2021
01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:05,360
Speaker 1: how much does that change the complexion of this game?

2022
01:46:06,760 --> 01:46:09,960
Speaker 1: I think it's incredible. And let me say, for the record,

2023
01:46:10,000 --> 01:46:12,120
Speaker 1: I agree with you like I. I you know, you

2024
01:46:12,120 --> 01:46:14,160
Speaker 1: can't really predict how someone's going to come out of

2025
01:46:14,160 --> 01:46:16,600
Speaker 1: a concussion protocol, but I can pay attention to what

2026
01:46:16,680 --> 01:46:20,000
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is saying. And I think that Andy Reid

2027
01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:22,479
Speaker 1: thinks he'll eventually be cleared. And you see that in

2028
01:46:22,600 --> 01:46:25,880
Speaker 1: terms of the signs with practice. Guys, that toe is

2029
01:46:25,920 --> 01:46:29,519
Speaker 1: problematic and you could tell he couldn't plant, he couldn't run.

2030
01:46:30,040 --> 01:46:33,479
Speaker 1: Like Patrick Mahomes, we're talking about, you know, that level

2031
01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:38,080
Speaker 1: of superstar, best player in the NFL, best player in sports.

2032
01:46:38,080 --> 01:46:41,519
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you expect from Patrick Mahomes. Think

2033
01:46:41,520 --> 01:46:45,479
Speaker 1: about Championship Sunday last year, the Tennessee game. I thought

2034
01:46:45,520 --> 01:46:47,439
Speaker 1: that run at the end of the first half was

2035
01:46:47,479 --> 01:46:51,040
Speaker 1: as significant as anything. So you know, there's a very

2036
01:46:51,080 --> 01:46:54,639
Speaker 1: realistic chance that you know, again, I thought Josh Allen

2037
01:46:54,720 --> 01:46:58,040
Speaker 1: had a better year than Mahomes this season, but Josh

2038
01:46:58,080 --> 01:47:01,720
Speaker 1: Allen could clearly be the host athletic quarterback on the

2039
01:47:01,760 --> 01:47:06,280
Speaker 1: field on Championship Sunday. That's I mean. Mahomes a magician.

2040
01:47:06,479 --> 01:47:09,320
Speaker 1: I never put anything past him. He's capable of anything.

2041
01:47:09,760 --> 01:47:12,640
Speaker 1: But I am genuinely concerned here when you look at

2042
01:47:12,720 --> 01:47:15,880
Speaker 1: it from the chiefs perspective with that tough Adam, thanks man,

2043
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:17,760
Speaker 1: it's great talking to you and give your my best

2044
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:20,160
Speaker 1: to your newest member of the Bill's Mafia. THEO te

2045
01:47:20,280 --> 01:47:24,360
Speaker 1: absolutely he is in like Flynn. I'm telling you. It

2046
01:47:24,439 --> 01:47:27,840
Speaker 1: was the greatest moment. It was so cool in fatherhood.

2047
01:47:27,920 --> 01:47:31,920
Speaker 1: He's dad and he's sports obsessed. He's my child after

2048
01:47:31,960 --> 01:47:34,639
Speaker 1: all my girls who are older, they're into it as well,

2049
01:47:34,680 --> 01:47:37,840
Speaker 1: and they're obsessed with sports. When THEO asked him I

2050
01:47:37,960 --> 01:47:40,320
Speaker 1: part of Bill's Mafia, it didn't get it. It just

2051
01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:43,800
Speaker 1: doesn't get any better than enjoy Conference Championship weekend Sunday. Adam,

2052
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:46,400
Speaker 1: thanks for the time. Can't wait, guys. Thanks all right,

2053
01:47:46,400 --> 01:47:49,040
Speaker 1: that's Adam Shine from Shine on Sports on Sirius XM

2054
01:47:49,040 --> 01:47:54,880
Speaker 1: mad Dog Radio. We I don't know. I mean, Steve

2055
01:47:54,920 --> 01:47:56,360
Speaker 1: grown up in the New York area, I knew all

2056
01:47:56,360 --> 01:47:59,120
Speaker 1: about the Carvel bakery and stuff. Fudgie the Whale has

2057
01:47:59,120 --> 01:48:02,040
Speaker 1: been around for like fifty years. I saw it. I

2058
01:48:02,080 --> 01:48:03,960
Speaker 1: was like, holy cat, I haven't seen him in like

2059
01:48:04,080 --> 01:48:06,280
Speaker 1: twenty years, right, So I was just like, oh my god,

2060
01:48:06,280 --> 01:48:08,160
Speaker 1: it's Fuggie the Whale. You're telling Oh my god, there's

2061
01:48:08,200 --> 01:48:12,240
Speaker 1: smack talk on Fudgie the Whale. I've ever seen that before.

2062
01:48:12,280 --> 01:48:15,120
Speaker 1: The thing that is high level stuff? Is it? That's awesome.

2063
01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:18,040
Speaker 1: Trash talk on a on a cake? Who does that?

2064
01:48:18,040 --> 01:48:20,519
Speaker 1: That's the trash talker on the cake. That's what I'm

2065
01:48:20,520 --> 01:48:23,040
Speaker 1: talking about. That's what that's next level. That is next level.

2066
01:48:23,160 --> 01:48:27,240
Speaker 1: That is Take that, mommy. It's not like, mom he

2067
01:48:28,080 --> 01:48:31,800
Speaker 1: he's little eight or nine ers. Mommy serious, isn't That'd

2068
01:48:31,800 --> 01:48:35,439
Speaker 1: be like no more than absolute bestow and and good

2069
01:48:35,439 --> 01:48:37,400
Speaker 1: on missus Shine for being a good sport about it

2070
01:48:37,439 --> 01:48:40,040
Speaker 1: because she grew up in Baltimore. Her dad, I guess

2071
01:48:40,080 --> 01:48:42,719
Speaker 1: Adam told us in the break as a huge Ravens

2072
01:48:42,720 --> 01:48:47,799
Speaker 1: fan and house divided there wo wow, Take that, mommy.

2073
01:48:47,800 --> 01:48:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm glad they're all alive. I love that THEO could

2074
01:48:50,920 --> 01:48:52,400
Speaker 1: have been ended up. The spending the rest of the

2075
01:48:52,479 --> 01:48:54,040
Speaker 1: day in his room. I mean, who knows how that

2076
01:48:54,160 --> 01:48:58,519
Speaker 1: could have the absolute best that's uh teaching him early

2077
01:48:58,560 --> 01:49:00,760
Speaker 1: in the Shine household. Good on you. Yep, so you

2078
01:49:00,840 --> 01:49:03,599
Speaker 1: gotta kind of be Could you imagine your kids would

2079
01:49:03,600 --> 01:49:06,200
Speaker 1: being anything other if you're Adam Shine. Adam is obsessed

2080
01:49:06,240 --> 01:49:08,400
Speaker 1: with sports. You heard his shows, well, yeah, yeah, he's

2081
01:49:08,640 --> 01:49:12,120
Speaker 1: as outspoken as any guy on the air, and always

2082
01:49:12,160 --> 01:49:15,200
Speaker 1: the reactionary take from Adam and it's it's always fun

2083
01:49:15,240 --> 01:49:17,200
Speaker 1: to be a part of it. I've been on his

2084
01:49:17,240 --> 01:49:21,240
Speaker 1: show before. It's he's great. But you're right. We had

2085
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Speaker 1: him on the show because he's one of those guys

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01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:25,880
Speaker 1: and he saw the film of him jumping through the table.

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01:49:26,720 --> 01:49:29,920
Speaker 1: But he was on Josh Allen's bandwagon very early on,

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01:49:30,160 --> 01:49:32,519
Speaker 1: and that of this team as well. He saw something

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01:49:32,560 --> 01:49:34,200
Speaker 1: in him very early year and a half ago, like

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Speaker 1: when they were six and ten in eighteen. In twenty eighteen,

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01:49:38,280 --> 01:49:40,240
Speaker 1: he was like, this and this team's coming, They're the team,

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Speaker 1: and he was right. There is breaking news in the

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01:49:42,720 --> 01:49:47,120
Speaker 1: NFL on two fronts. The Eagles have named their head coach.

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01:49:47,560 --> 01:49:51,599
Speaker 1: It is Colt's assistant coach, Nick Sirianni, the offensive coordinator

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01:49:51,640 --> 01:49:54,679
Speaker 1: under Frank Reich, and a Jamestown native, has been named

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Speaker 1: head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, replacing Doug Peterson. He's

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01:49:58,200 --> 01:50:02,479
Speaker 1: thirty nine years old, so congrat to him. And that

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01:50:02,680 --> 01:50:06,960
Speaker 1: is another door closed on head coaching openings. So really,

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01:50:07,040 --> 01:50:10,479
Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier, it's Houston or bust at this point in

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Speaker 1: time for one of the coordinators to leave the Bill's organization.

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01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:17,960
Speaker 1: So we'll have to wait and see on that one.

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Speaker 1: The Steelers, meanwhile, have signed free agent quarterback Dwayne Haskins

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01:50:23,400 --> 01:50:28,160
Speaker 1: to a one year contract. Haskins, of course, released by

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01:50:28,240 --> 01:50:31,920
Speaker 1: the Washington football team after he ran a foul of

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01:50:31,920 --> 01:50:36,799
Speaker 1: the COVID protocols among other things, and Ron Rivera basically

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01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:39,880
Speaker 1: said enough is enough and released him, And so their

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01:50:39,880 --> 01:50:43,960
Speaker 1: former first round pick finds a job in Pittsburgh next year,

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01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:46,559
Speaker 1: where there is a whole lot of speculation about Ben

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01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:51,240
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger's future, obviously, and so this looks like the Steelers

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01:50:51,680 --> 01:50:56,320
Speaker 1: are preparing themselves with an alternative plan potentially at the

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01:50:56,400 --> 01:50:58,439
Speaker 1: quarterback position. Not saying he's going to be the starter

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01:50:58,479 --> 01:51:00,760
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, but he's certainly option for that,

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01:51:01,240 --> 01:51:04,599
Speaker 1: especially if Ben Roethlisberger retires, which is certainly not out

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01:51:04,600 --> 01:51:07,800
Speaker 1: of the realm of possibility. It's a little surprising to

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01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:11,200
Speaker 1: me that they went with Haskins. It's surprising to me too,

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01:51:11,400 --> 01:51:13,960
Speaker 1: because this is not the kind of organization that takes

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01:51:13,960 --> 01:51:16,400
Speaker 1: a chance on a player like this with off the

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01:51:16,479 --> 01:51:18,920
Speaker 1: field and teammate issues like this. I don't know though

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01:51:18,920 --> 01:51:20,840
Speaker 1: that you can say that. But they had Antonio Brown

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01:51:20,880 --> 01:51:23,840
Speaker 1: on their roster, and well that was before he went

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01:51:23,960 --> 01:51:26,880
Speaker 1: Mike Nutstell, Mike Tomlin did well, as I'm saying, you don't.

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01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:28,880
Speaker 1: He didn't change his stripes. I mean, all of a sudden,

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01:51:28,880 --> 01:51:30,960
Speaker 1: the guy did. I mean, Mike Tomlin had his thumb

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01:51:30,960 --> 01:51:32,760
Speaker 1: on that. Yeah. And you're just I mean, he's gonna

2125
01:51:32,800 --> 01:51:34,840
Speaker 1: run out of thumbs of guys to keep him on, right,

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01:51:34,920 --> 01:51:39,760
Speaker 1: you know, well, yeah, because he's only got two right, Um, Yeah,

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01:51:40,040 --> 01:51:43,200
Speaker 1: what do you make first blush, I'm surprised. I am too.

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01:51:43,400 --> 01:51:48,479
Speaker 1: I'm I'm surprised. I'm very surprised by it. I guess

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01:51:48,560 --> 01:51:51,040
Speaker 1: it's I guess it's something that I mean, you have

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01:51:51,080 --> 01:51:54,439
Speaker 1: to assume because he was released, what it's two weeks

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01:51:54,439 --> 01:51:56,559
Speaker 1: ago now, it was before the regular season was over,

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01:51:57,000 --> 01:51:59,040
Speaker 1: so it's like three or four weeks ago that he

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01:51:59,120 --> 01:52:03,840
Speaker 1: was released a while, so you would say, knowing the

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01:52:03,880 --> 01:52:08,519
Speaker 1: Steelers organization like we do over the years, they certainly

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01:52:08,560 --> 01:52:13,360
Speaker 1: did due diligence on Haskins. And even so it's a

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01:52:13,360 --> 01:52:16,559
Speaker 1: one year deal. So I think it's limited risk in

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01:52:16,600 --> 01:52:19,439
Speaker 1: addressing the quarterback position because you're not giving anything up

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01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:24,200
Speaker 1: other than a one year contract, and you know, if

2139
01:52:24,200 --> 01:52:29,320
Speaker 1: a better option comes along, they'll take it because the

2140
01:52:29,400 --> 01:52:31,719
Speaker 1: one year contract doesn't put you in a precarious position.

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01:52:31,720 --> 01:52:34,320
Speaker 1: I'll say this, I would imagine they're going to give

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01:52:34,400 --> 01:52:36,360
Speaker 1: him a hard look in the off season if it

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01:52:36,439 --> 01:52:38,040
Speaker 1: doesn't go the way they want. He doesn't even make

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Speaker 1: it a training camp. Yeah, that's what this is. The

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01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:45,679
Speaker 1: next question. Nick Sirianni as as head coach in Philadelphia,

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01:52:46,120 --> 01:52:49,840
Speaker 1: formerly the offensive coordinator of the Colts and a guy

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01:52:49,920 --> 01:52:53,680
Speaker 1: that has you know, been around the block, even though

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01:52:53,720 --> 01:52:56,000
Speaker 1: he is a relatively young guy for the head coaching position.

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01:52:57,760 --> 01:53:01,880
Speaker 1: Does he is I mean, the Eagles organization has said

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01:53:02,960 --> 01:53:05,400
Speaker 1: we want to move forward with Carson Wentz on this roster.

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01:53:05,880 --> 01:53:11,240
Speaker 1: They still believe he is fixable. Can Nick Sirianni pull

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01:53:11,320 --> 01:53:17,200
Speaker 1: that off? That's that's because that's a big and those

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01:53:17,240 --> 01:53:18,880
Speaker 1: guys he will try and remember if he was in

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01:53:19,760 --> 01:53:21,360
Speaker 1: staff and the Super Bowl year, I'm going to check

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01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:23,280
Speaker 1: it out. I want to say this, but and this

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01:53:23,400 --> 01:53:26,280
Speaker 1: is just my own tenuous look at it. Seven or

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01:53:26,280 --> 01:53:30,880
Speaker 1: eight years ago. UM, when my son signed with a

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01:53:31,400 --> 01:53:34,720
Speaker 1: San Diego chart then the San Diego Chargers, Sirianni was

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01:53:34,720 --> 01:53:38,519
Speaker 1: on that staff, and so was Frank Reich and Tim

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01:53:38,560 --> 01:53:42,160
Speaker 1: and Ken wizzen Hunt was the coordinator and I and

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Speaker 1: I heard some things about Sirianni. Then he was not

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01:53:45,439 --> 01:53:48,040
Speaker 1: He was still with the Chargers organization while Frank was

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01:53:48,080 --> 01:53:51,360
Speaker 1: in Philly. Right, Okay, so Sirianni was out there, and

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01:53:51,439 --> 01:53:54,080
Speaker 1: I heard nothing but stellar reviews on what the kind

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Speaker 1: of coach Sirianni was, at least as a wide receiver coach,

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Speaker 1: and then I think as a quarterback coach. When Frank left,

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01:53:58,960 --> 01:54:01,680
Speaker 1: maybe he got elevated. UM. And then of course when

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Speaker 1: Frank got the head job, he asked Sirianni to come

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01:54:03,760 --> 01:54:07,200
Speaker 1: over and be his coordinator. Right. I think Sirianni has

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Speaker 1: been one of those guys a little bit like Sean McDermott,

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01:54:09,520 --> 01:54:11,320
Speaker 1: like these guys that have been on the fast track,

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01:54:11,360 --> 01:54:13,599
Speaker 1: and like Eric b has been on a fast track.

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01:54:13,680 --> 01:54:16,240
Speaker 1: He he was with the Chiefs as an offensive quality

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01:54:16,280 --> 01:54:19,280
Speaker 1: control coach in oh nine, right, and here he is

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01:54:19,960 --> 01:54:22,760
Speaker 1: eleven years later he's a head coach. Yeah, that's a

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01:54:23,200 --> 01:54:27,600
Speaker 1: that's a rapid ascent. It's a big jump. But I

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01:54:27,640 --> 01:54:30,320
Speaker 1: know that. But this is not this is not going

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01:54:30,400 --> 01:54:33,200
Speaker 1: to leave the league in a very good position here

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01:54:33,280 --> 01:54:38,600
Speaker 1: because you had what seven head coaching openings and what

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01:54:38,640 --> 01:54:43,240
Speaker 1: do we have? One minority candidate hired in Robert Sala right,

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01:54:43,520 --> 01:54:46,920
Speaker 1: one minority candidate out of seven jobs right now? Now?

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01:54:47,160 --> 01:54:50,520
Speaker 1: The Texans job is still open. And I know that

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01:54:50,520 --> 01:54:54,960
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons hired Terry fontane Um, who was black,

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01:54:55,320 --> 01:55:01,840
Speaker 1: as their GM. Right, that's it. Yeah, that's not doesn't

2185
01:55:01,880 --> 01:55:07,120
Speaker 1: feel the standard. Thinking to wondering if the if the

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01:55:07,160 --> 01:55:11,120
Speaker 1: Texans are waiting for one of the shoes to drop

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01:55:11,160 --> 01:55:13,400
Speaker 1: in the championship game, neither the Kanas City Chiefs or

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, whether they get Leslie Leslie Frasier. Has

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Speaker 1: it was report yeah, Leslie Fraser. Leslie Frasier was said

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01:55:22,640 --> 01:55:26,680
Speaker 1: to have really impressed him in Houston, which I was like, yeah,

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01:55:26,680 --> 01:55:29,000
Speaker 1: but uh, and I know this Eric b Enemy is

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01:55:29,040 --> 01:55:32,600
Speaker 1: an impressive dude too. Um, maybe that the reason the

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01:55:32,680 --> 01:55:35,360
Speaker 1: Houston job hasn't been filled. Is because they're waiting on

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Speaker 1: one of those two guys. I don't know. Well, you know,

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01:55:38,240 --> 01:55:40,720
Speaker 1: those two have interviewed, so that would make sense. Your

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01:55:40,760 --> 01:55:42,800
Speaker 1: theory makes sense, And I don't know that either one

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01:55:42,840 --> 01:55:44,680
Speaker 1: of them has been asked back for a second one.

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Speaker 1: I think it seemed man, maybe I maybe I have

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't believe so, right, all right, Well

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01:55:50,160 --> 01:55:52,560
Speaker 1: that's where it's at. But I know that this is

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01:55:52,600 --> 01:55:56,520
Speaker 1: not a good look for the league that you had

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01:55:56,880 --> 01:56:00,040
Speaker 1: qualified minority candidates for a lot of these positions, and

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01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:04,240
Speaker 1: the vast majority of them have gone to young, up

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01:56:04,280 --> 01:56:07,880
Speaker 1: and coming coaches who are very good in their own right.

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01:56:07,920 --> 01:56:11,560
Speaker 1: There's we're not saying those people are not qualified. But

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01:56:12,120 --> 01:56:14,680
Speaker 1: I have to believe, I have to believe the league

2207
01:56:14,720 --> 01:56:18,280
Speaker 1: office on Park Avenue is not happy with how this

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01:56:18,320 --> 01:56:22,120
Speaker 1: has panned out to this point, right knowing, knowing what

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Speaker 1: they're trying to do, but it just hasn't happened. I

2210
01:56:24,640 --> 01:56:27,320
Speaker 1: think it's a problem. It's a real mean. Eric b

2211
01:56:27,400 --> 01:56:30,960
Speaker 1: Enemy is fifty one and has not gotten a head

2212
01:56:31,000 --> 01:56:34,080
Speaker 1: coaching job, and then you see someone like Nick Nick

2213
01:56:34,160 --> 01:56:39,320
Speaker 1: Sirianni thirty nine, Brandon Staley thirty seven in LA. It's

2214
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Speaker 1: just it's not a good look. I'll say this though,

2215
01:56:43,960 --> 01:56:47,840
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell in Detroit, one of the he was a

2216
01:56:47,880 --> 01:56:50,800
Speaker 1: former Lion, I get. Yes, there's a connection there. There

2217
01:56:50,920 --> 01:56:53,120
Speaker 1: is some of this that there's a lot of guys

2218
01:56:53,120 --> 01:56:56,880
Speaker 1: who were just saying, you know what, I'm I pass. Well,

2219
01:56:56,920 --> 01:57:02,320
Speaker 1: that's possible, that's certainly possible. And that's not the reason

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01:57:02,440 --> 01:57:05,640
Speaker 1: that minorities are underrepresented because they all said no, thank you.

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01:57:06,280 --> 01:57:08,760
Speaker 1: But there are some head jobs out there that are

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01:57:09,320 --> 01:57:13,480
Speaker 1: are not attractive, and Houston is one of them. Well yeah,

2223
01:57:13,480 --> 01:57:16,000
Speaker 1: because of the mess with Watson. But if they see

2224
01:57:16,920 --> 01:57:20,240
Speaker 1: if they sit well and the cap situation and the ownership.

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01:57:20,360 --> 01:57:24,440
Speaker 1: Good point. So it's times three break time for us.

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Speaker 1: But when we come back, we've got one Mark Schofield

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Speaker 1: from USA Today put together some really good breakdowns of

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01:57:32,600 --> 01:57:35,960
Speaker 1: this Bill's Chiefs matchup with one of his co workers,

2229
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Speaker 1: Doug Ferrar, who we've had on this show, so he

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Speaker 1: joins us next to break down some of those very matchups.

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Speaker 1: When we return here on One Bills Live presented by

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Speaker 1: Kalid to Health, it's Buffalo Bill's Radio five Christ Rounds

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01:57:59,200 --> 01:58:02,640
Speaker 1: gud Castier number three of the program and joining us

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01:58:02,680 --> 01:58:05,280
Speaker 1: on the line right now is a guy that's put

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Speaker 1: together some pretty good pieces with one of his co workers,

2236
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Speaker 1: Doug Ferrar. They've got a series of these surrounding Conference

2237
01:58:12,040 --> 01:58:14,440
Speaker 1: Championship weekend and they do a lot of this to

2238
01:58:14,480 --> 01:58:16,240
Speaker 1: begin with, but it looks like they've really gone the

2239
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Speaker 1: extra mile this week. On the Touchdown Wire site on

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Speaker 1: USA today dot Com, it is one Mark Scofield joining us. Mark,

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01:58:23,840 --> 01:58:26,720
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We appreciate it, and I

2242
01:58:26,800 --> 01:58:29,800
Speaker 1: gotta say like it's fun watching you'd break down some

2243
01:58:29,840 --> 01:58:31,680
Speaker 1: of these plays, whether it's social media or on your

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01:58:31,680 --> 01:58:35,320
Speaker 1: site here, So thanks again for a few minutes. Why

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01:58:35,320 --> 01:58:38,920
Speaker 1: don't we start, though, right with your little QB camp

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01:58:39,000 --> 01:58:42,720
Speaker 1: right up on Josh against Baltimore and your biggest takeaways

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01:58:42,760 --> 01:58:46,520
Speaker 1: from that game and his performance they're in. Well, guys,

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01:58:46,520 --> 01:58:48,360
Speaker 1: thanks for having me. It's always great to catch up

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01:58:48,360 --> 01:58:51,040
Speaker 1: with you, gentlemen. I think the biggest takeaway from Josh

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01:58:51,080 --> 01:58:53,400
Speaker 1: Allen in that Baltimore game, and it's really a theme

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01:58:53,440 --> 01:58:56,240
Speaker 1: of his entire season, are the strides that he's made

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01:58:56,280 --> 01:58:58,080
Speaker 1: in the mental part of the game. When you see

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01:58:58,160 --> 01:59:00,760
Speaker 1: him making some reads and some rows, either in the

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01:59:00,760 --> 01:59:03,200
Speaker 1: pre snap phase or after the play begins when the

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01:59:03,240 --> 01:59:06,680
Speaker 1: defense adjusts what his expectations are with they're showing him

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01:59:06,680 --> 01:59:09,440
Speaker 1: pre snap and he's making the right decisions with a football.

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01:59:09,440 --> 01:59:11,120
Speaker 1: When you're seeing him make throws like he did on

2258
01:59:11,120 --> 01:59:13,280
Speaker 1: that deep out route along the right side, just Sefawn

2259
01:59:13,400 --> 01:59:16,200
Speaker 1: Diggs and the ball is coming out on time, in rhythm,

2260
01:59:16,280 --> 01:59:19,160
Speaker 1: with anticipation. That's the sign that the game is slowing

2261
01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:21,800
Speaker 1: down for him. That's a sign that he's speeding up

2262
01:59:21,800 --> 01:59:24,360
Speaker 1: his mental process, that the game has come to him,

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01:59:24,560 --> 01:59:27,200
Speaker 1: that he's reading defense is better. And that's going to

2264
01:59:27,240 --> 01:59:29,320
Speaker 1: be a huge part of this game on Sunday because

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01:59:29,640 --> 01:59:31,800
Speaker 1: back in Week six, that was during a four game

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01:59:31,840 --> 01:59:34,720
Speaker 1: stretch where Josh Allen was sort of struggling a little

2267
01:59:34,720 --> 01:59:37,480
Speaker 1: bit against zone coverage. He had some bad numbers in

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01:59:37,520 --> 01:59:39,680
Speaker 1: that four game stretch when you have the Tennessee game,

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01:59:39,920 --> 01:59:42,000
Speaker 1: the Kids a City game, the Jets game that first

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01:59:42,000 --> 01:59:44,760
Speaker 1: and Wingland Patriots game when he struggled against zone. He's

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01:59:44,800 --> 01:59:47,760
Speaker 1: gotten much better down the stretch and into the postseason

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01:59:47,800 --> 01:59:50,160
Speaker 1: against zone coverage, and that's going to be a huge

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01:59:50,160 --> 01:59:52,400
Speaker 1: factor in whether the Bills can go into Arrowhead and

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01:59:52,400 --> 01:59:55,000
Speaker 1: pull out this game on Sunday. What about the Chiefs,

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01:59:55,000 --> 01:59:57,000
Speaker 1: and we've seen, we've talked about it. We all expect

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01:59:57,200 --> 02:00:00,480
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes to play. What kind of defense, what's the

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Speaker 1: personality of the Chiefs defense, and what the Bills might

2278
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Speaker 1: face or what kind of game plan are you anticipating

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs Unferral on Championship weekend. Yeah, I think one

2280
02:00:09,920 --> 02:00:12,600
Speaker 1: of the most intriguing matchups when the Bills out of

2281
02:00:12,600 --> 02:00:14,600
Speaker 1: the football is that sort of cat and mouse game

2282
02:00:14,640 --> 02:00:18,320
Speaker 1: between Josh Allen and safety Tyron Matthew. Tyron Matthew is

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02:00:18,400 --> 02:00:21,280
Speaker 1: so good at sort of reading what quarterbacks are trying

2284
02:00:21,280 --> 02:00:23,240
Speaker 1: to do. When I was talking with Doug Ferrar on

2285
02:00:23,280 --> 02:00:25,920
Speaker 1: our show earlier today, he talked about how you know

2286
02:00:26,400 --> 02:00:29,240
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman this week compared Tyron Matthew to Ed Reid

2287
02:00:29,280 --> 02:00:32,280
Speaker 1: and the ability of Tyron Matthew to read what the

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02:00:32,360 --> 02:00:35,560
Speaker 1: offense is doing, to jump routes, to bait the quarterback

2289
02:00:35,600 --> 02:00:38,920
Speaker 1: into making mistakes, to read the quarterback's eyes. And that's also, guys,

2290
02:00:38,960 --> 02:00:42,760
Speaker 1: an area where Josh Allen has improved manipulating defenders looking

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Speaker 1: off defenders. So that little cat and mouse game is

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02:00:45,720 --> 02:00:48,720
Speaker 1: going to be very fascinating to me. Ken Matthew gets

2293
02:00:48,800 --> 02:00:51,120
Speaker 1: right on some of these plays, Kenny jump in front

2294
02:00:51,160 --> 02:00:54,160
Speaker 1: of a throw, destances to Fawn Diggs or Nicole Beasley,

2295
02:00:54,400 --> 02:00:56,360
Speaker 1: or is Alan going to be able to move him

2296
02:00:56,360 --> 02:00:59,800
Speaker 1: away from his first read, lock eyes with his second

2297
02:00:59,800 --> 02:01:01,880
Speaker 1: read and make reads and throws. So that Cat and

2298
02:01:01,920 --> 02:01:03,720
Speaker 1: Mills game, I think is going to be fascinating to

2299
02:01:03,760 --> 02:01:06,680
Speaker 1: watch on Sunday. Do you think the Bills defense can

2300
02:01:06,720 --> 02:01:10,120
Speaker 1: do something similar to that though on their side of

2301
02:01:10,120 --> 02:01:13,600
Speaker 1: the ball against Mahomes. I know your compatriot there, mister

2302
02:01:13,640 --> 02:01:16,800
Speaker 1: Ferrar puts something together on how Mahomes can be fooled

2303
02:01:16,800 --> 02:01:19,480
Speaker 1: in the red zone. I was fascinated by the play

2304
02:01:19,560 --> 02:01:22,600
Speaker 1: he picked out from Week sixteen between the Chiefs and

2305
02:01:22,640 --> 02:01:26,800
Speaker 1: the Falcons where the linebacker is looking off the quarterback.

2306
02:01:26,880 --> 02:01:29,880
Speaker 1: So many times we hear about quarterbacks looking off safeties

2307
02:01:30,160 --> 02:01:32,600
Speaker 1: to get them going the wrong way. And here's the

2308
02:01:32,640 --> 02:01:36,600
Speaker 1: Falcons defense looking off Mahomes. It was fascinating. I really

2309
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Speaker 1: enjoyed that. I wanted to break that down for us. Yeah,

2310
02:01:39,640 --> 02:01:42,080
Speaker 1: that was definitely a fascinating and play the dug highlighted

2311
02:01:42,120 --> 02:01:44,120
Speaker 1: with the linebacker in the middle of that defense sort

2312
02:01:44,120 --> 02:01:46,040
Speaker 1: of baited Mahomes and to make it a read and

2313
02:01:46,160 --> 02:01:48,880
Speaker 1: trying to throw backside and he jumps in front of

2314
02:01:48,880 --> 02:01:51,280
Speaker 1: it for a critical interception that obviously reminds a lot

2315
02:01:51,280 --> 02:01:53,760
Speaker 1: of people of the Tehront Johnson pick six where he

2316
02:01:53,840 --> 02:01:56,200
Speaker 1: sort of jumps into the throwing lane laid against the

2317
02:01:56,200 --> 02:01:59,240
Speaker 1: Baltimore ravens Lamark. Jackson thinks he has that sit road

2318
02:01:59,320 --> 02:02:00,720
Speaker 1: to the tight end of the middle of the field,

2319
02:02:00,720 --> 02:02:02,880
Speaker 1: and Johnson jumps in front of that for the pick six.

2320
02:02:03,240 --> 02:02:04,960
Speaker 1: And that's what you need to do to Mahomes. You

2321
02:02:05,040 --> 02:02:07,920
Speaker 1: need to sort of make some late rotations against him,

2322
02:02:08,160 --> 02:02:10,200
Speaker 1: make him think that he has a route concept, to

2323
02:02:10,240 --> 02:02:12,760
Speaker 1: make him assume that he has a receiver that's opening

2324
02:02:12,800 --> 02:02:14,880
Speaker 1: to jump into the throwing lanes late. And that's why

2325
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Speaker 1: I think the two safeties as well as Ron Johnson,

2326
02:02:17,600 --> 02:02:20,880
Speaker 1: Michael Hi Jordan Employer, they're gonna play critical roles into

2327
02:02:21,920 --> 02:02:24,160
Speaker 1: trying to slow down this chief's offense because you're gonna

2328
02:02:24,200 --> 02:02:25,920
Speaker 1: want to rotate him one of those safeties down at

2329
02:02:25,960 --> 02:02:29,280
Speaker 1: times try to rob or steal those crossing routes the

2330
02:02:29,400 --> 02:02:31,600
Speaker 1: Kansas City likes to call, whether it's you know, with

2331
02:02:31,720 --> 02:02:34,720
Speaker 1: mcole Hardman over the middle, Travis Kelcey over the middle,

2332
02:02:34,880 --> 02:02:37,240
Speaker 1: Tyree Hill over the middle, drop those guys, one or

2333
02:02:37,280 --> 02:02:39,440
Speaker 1: two of those guys down into the middle of the field,

2334
02:02:39,440 --> 02:02:42,560
Speaker 1: take away those quick throws and forced Mahomes to come

2335
02:02:42,600 --> 02:02:45,080
Speaker 1: to a different receiver laid in the down, and that's

2336
02:02:45,120 --> 02:02:47,560
Speaker 1: what you can make some plays against him. We've talked

2337
02:02:47,560 --> 02:02:50,000
Speaker 1: about these four quarterbacks in the Championship round, and we

2338
02:02:50,080 --> 02:02:52,760
Speaker 1: also actually threw Deshaun Watson into the group as well.

2339
02:02:52,800 --> 02:02:56,280
Speaker 1: These may be the guys that have played the best

2340
02:02:56,520 --> 02:02:59,280
Speaker 1: start to finish of the entire NFL. Certainly, Deshaun Watson

2341
02:02:59,320 --> 02:03:01,040
Speaker 1: had a phenomenal year on a team that only won

2342
02:03:01,120 --> 02:03:05,720
Speaker 1: what four games, But these four guys, Alan Mahomes, Brady

2343
02:03:05,840 --> 02:03:08,800
Speaker 1: and of course Rogers, they really are the guys that

2344
02:03:08,840 --> 02:03:11,480
Speaker 1: are that played the best down the stretch and actually

2345
02:03:11,520 --> 02:03:15,320
Speaker 1: from start to finish this regular season. Absolutely, Steve, I mean,

2346
02:03:15,440 --> 02:03:17,320
Speaker 1: these are four of the best passing offenses in the

2347
02:03:17,400 --> 02:03:20,080
Speaker 1: NFL right now. You want to mention Watson in the

2348
02:03:20,120 --> 02:03:22,480
Speaker 1: season he had, absolutely he's one of the best quarterbacks

2349
02:03:22,480 --> 02:03:24,760
Speaker 1: of the game. But these four quarterbacks have done it

2350
02:03:24,840 --> 02:03:27,520
Speaker 1: so well throughout this entire season, whether it's against man

2351
02:03:27,560 --> 02:03:31,040
Speaker 1: or zone coverage, against pressure, you know, outside of the

2352
02:03:31,080 --> 02:03:33,640
Speaker 1: pocket and created outside of the pocket, and I think

2353
02:03:33,640 --> 02:03:36,440
Speaker 1: football fans are in for two fantastic games this weekend,

2354
02:03:36,480 --> 02:03:39,160
Speaker 1: and I think particularly on the AFC side, this matchup

2355
02:03:39,200 --> 02:03:41,440
Speaker 1: between Kansas City and Buffalo, it's the game that people

2356
02:03:41,480 --> 02:03:44,880
Speaker 1: wanted to see. Two incredible offenses, two young quarterbacks playing

2357
02:03:44,920 --> 02:03:47,240
Speaker 1: at such a high level. Two defenses they're going to

2358
02:03:47,280 --> 02:03:49,520
Speaker 1: try to sort of slow them down, you know, see

2359
02:03:49,560 --> 02:03:52,040
Speaker 1: if they could force him or stake or two against them.

2360
02:03:52,040 --> 02:03:54,120
Speaker 1: So it's just going to be a fantastic week of football.

2361
02:03:54,120 --> 02:03:57,320
Speaker 1: And I absolutely think these four quarterbacks are, like you said, Steve,

2362
02:03:57,640 --> 02:03:59,320
Speaker 1: some of the best at what they do right now.

2363
02:03:59,640 --> 02:04:03,920
Speaker 1: Talk USA Today's Touchdown Wire NFL writer Mark Schofield and

2364
02:04:05,240 --> 02:04:07,200
Speaker 1: Mark Steve and I were having this discussion a little

2365
02:04:07,200 --> 02:04:10,160
Speaker 1: bit earlier in the show today. We were kind of

2366
02:04:10,200 --> 02:04:13,840
Speaker 1: talking about how the Bills used a lot of light

2367
02:04:13,880 --> 02:04:16,960
Speaker 1: boxes to dare the Chiefs to run back in Week six,

2368
02:04:17,000 --> 02:04:18,920
Speaker 1: and they did to the two to two hundred and

2369
02:04:18,920 --> 02:04:21,800
Speaker 1: forty five yards. We were just thinking, just in our

2370
02:04:21,840 --> 02:04:25,880
Speaker 1: mind's eye a little bit here, knowing that they're they're

2371
02:04:25,880 --> 02:04:28,320
Speaker 1: gonna have a game plan for Stefan Diggs, They're gonna

2372
02:04:28,320 --> 02:04:31,240
Speaker 1: have some kind of matchup scenario figured out for Cole

2373
02:04:31,320 --> 02:04:35,320
Speaker 1: Beasley and for John Brown, who's healthy. Now, what do

2374
02:04:35,360 --> 02:04:39,120
Speaker 1: you think the odds are that Steve Spagnolo uses a

2375
02:04:39,160 --> 02:04:41,000
Speaker 1: little bit of what the Bills did in Week six

2376
02:04:41,040 --> 02:04:44,320
Speaker 1: against the Bills. Knowing Devin Singletary is not a home

2377
02:04:44,400 --> 02:04:46,720
Speaker 1: run hitting running back, He's not somebody that's taken at

2378
02:04:46,760 --> 02:04:49,720
Speaker 1: sixty yards to the house. Do you think maybe they

2379
02:04:49,880 --> 02:04:53,680
Speaker 1: use some light boxes against the Bills to dare them

2380
02:04:53,720 --> 02:04:57,800
Speaker 1: to run and overcompensate for their passing game. I think

2381
02:04:57,840 --> 02:04:59,440
Speaker 1: that's a great point, Chris, and I think it's something

2382
02:04:59,480 --> 02:05:01,800
Speaker 1: the coach back will probably try. We know this is

2383
02:05:01,800 --> 02:05:04,360
Speaker 1: a passing league right now, which is why you're seeing teams,

2384
02:05:04,760 --> 02:05:07,680
Speaker 1: whether it's the Bills, whether it's the Patriots against the Chiefs,

2385
02:05:07,680 --> 02:05:10,320
Speaker 1: whether it's you know, the whole philosophy that Brandon Staley

2386
02:05:10,360 --> 02:05:12,600
Speaker 1: had with the Los Angeles Rams this year is to

2387
02:05:12,720 --> 02:05:15,800
Speaker 1: use that lightbox because you'd rather have guys like Mahomes

2388
02:05:15,960 --> 02:05:18,240
Speaker 1: or Josh Allen turn and hand the ball off then

2389
02:05:18,320 --> 02:05:20,720
Speaker 1: drop back to throw. You'd rather give up five or

2390
02:05:20,720 --> 02:05:23,000
Speaker 1: six yards on the ground, not a potential forty fifty

2391
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:25,680
Speaker 1: sixty yard throw. And when you look at this Bill's

2392
02:05:25,680 --> 02:05:28,280
Speaker 1: offense right now, this is a passing team. Like you mentioned,

2393
02:05:28,320 --> 02:05:30,520
Speaker 1: it's a team but struggling to run the ball, not

2394
02:05:30,560 --> 02:05:32,880
Speaker 1: really a home run threat right now on the ground game.

2395
02:05:33,080 --> 02:05:34,960
Speaker 1: And so coach Bagnell was probably gonna look at this

2396
02:05:35,000 --> 02:05:37,720
Speaker 1: and say, look, I'd rather have their run game beat me.

2397
02:05:37,960 --> 02:05:40,960
Speaker 1: If I go into this game and Josh Allen's defaunt

2398
02:05:41,000 --> 02:05:43,320
Speaker 1: Diggs Cole Beasley, if they beat me, I didn't do

2399
02:05:43,400 --> 02:05:45,880
Speaker 1: my job. But if I go into this game slow

2400
02:05:45,920 --> 02:05:48,160
Speaker 1: them down, and you know, Devin Singletary runs for one

2401
02:05:48,240 --> 02:05:50,400
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards and two touchdowns and we lose,

2402
02:05:50,720 --> 02:05:53,760
Speaker 1: look I'll tip my hat to them, I'll say congratulations.

2403
02:05:53,760 --> 02:05:55,480
Speaker 1: But I did my job because I took away what

2404
02:05:55,520 --> 02:05:57,600
Speaker 1: their biggest threat is right now. So I think if

2405
02:05:57,640 --> 02:05:59,440
Speaker 1: you're looking at this game, you might expect to see

2406
02:05:59,440 --> 02:06:01,560
Speaker 1: a lot of light boxes on both sides of the ball.

2407
02:06:01,880 --> 02:06:04,880
Speaker 1: Try to dare these offensive coaches and quarterbacks to rather

2408
02:06:05,120 --> 02:06:07,920
Speaker 1: than drop back to throw, turn and hand the ball off,

2409
02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:10,080
Speaker 1: take them out of the game by doing that. Is

2410
02:06:10,080 --> 02:06:14,880
Speaker 1: there any either of these two championship games here coming

2411
02:06:14,960 --> 02:06:18,760
Speaker 1: up on this weekend? It seems to me nobody would

2412
02:06:18,800 --> 02:06:22,080
Speaker 1: be surprised at any two of the four showing up

2413
02:06:22,080 --> 02:06:24,120
Speaker 1: in the super Bowl. But all four of these teams

2414
02:06:24,120 --> 02:06:26,680
Speaker 1: earned their way here, and it just seems like, man,

2415
02:06:27,360 --> 02:06:30,440
Speaker 1: there really is no favorite of the four to go

2416
02:06:30,520 --> 02:06:32,160
Speaker 1: in win the whole thing. You certainly you can point

2417
02:06:32,160 --> 02:06:33,960
Speaker 1: to the Chiefs, Yeah, they've been in the number one seed,

2418
02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:36,560
Speaker 1: and the Packers as well, But at this point, the

2419
02:06:36,600 --> 02:06:38,360
Speaker 1: way all the four of these teams are playing, is

2420
02:06:38,360 --> 02:06:41,280
Speaker 1: there one Super Bowl matchup that might surprise you that

2421
02:06:41,320 --> 02:06:44,440
Speaker 1: these two teams made it through. I mean, I don't

2422
02:06:44,480 --> 02:06:46,240
Speaker 1: really think there is a Super Bowl matchup that would

2423
02:06:46,240 --> 02:06:48,320
Speaker 1: surprise me, Steve. I mean, you're talking about the four

2424
02:06:48,320 --> 02:06:50,440
Speaker 1: teams that have made it to this point for the

2425
02:06:50,480 --> 02:06:53,360
Speaker 1: best passing offenses in the NFL right now, teams that

2426
02:06:53,440 --> 02:06:55,760
Speaker 1: could find ways to stop you on the defensive side

2427
02:06:55,800 --> 02:06:57,880
Speaker 1: of the ball. You know, whether it's what would the

2428
02:06:57,920 --> 02:07:00,560
Speaker 1: Bills do with their secondary and their safeties and how

2429
02:07:00,560 --> 02:07:03,240
Speaker 1: they rotate them, Tredavious White and coverage. When you look

2430
02:07:03,280 --> 02:07:05,240
Speaker 1: at the linebacker Tandon let's say the you know, the

2431
02:07:05,240 --> 02:07:08,520
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers have and Lavante David and Devin White.

2432
02:07:08,720 --> 02:07:10,720
Speaker 1: When you look at the ways that the Packers can scheme,

2433
02:07:10,800 --> 02:07:13,240
Speaker 1: some stuff up, a scheme, some pressure looks up, you know,

2434
02:07:13,320 --> 02:07:15,640
Speaker 1: these are four really good teams. You know, I think

2435
02:07:15,680 --> 02:07:17,880
Speaker 1: the matchup would probably surprise people the most would be

2436
02:07:17,880 --> 02:07:19,800
Speaker 1: the two road teams and winning, and that's Tampa Bay

2437
02:07:19,840 --> 02:07:22,360
Speaker 1: and Buffalo. But that shouldn't really be a shock if

2438
02:07:22,360 --> 02:07:24,360
Speaker 1: both of those road teams win. When you look at

2439
02:07:24,360 --> 02:07:26,960
Speaker 1: what Tom Brady has done over his career, certainly he

2440
02:07:27,000 --> 02:07:29,080
Speaker 1: can go into lambeau Field and lead that Tampa Bay

2441
02:07:29,080 --> 02:07:31,120
Speaker 1: team to victory. And I think you have to really

2442
02:07:31,200 --> 02:07:33,640
Speaker 1: like Buffalo's chances in this game on Sunday. This is

2443
02:07:33,640 --> 02:07:36,000
Speaker 1: a much different team than we saw when these two

2444
02:07:36,000 --> 02:07:38,280
Speaker 1: teams met back in Week six. When you talk about

2445
02:07:38,400 --> 02:07:41,200
Speaker 1: the Josh Allen improvements against his own coverage, and even

2446
02:07:41,240 --> 02:07:43,320
Speaker 1: in that Week six game when he had some opportunities

2447
02:07:43,320 --> 02:07:45,880
Speaker 1: against man coverage he just missed on those. He will

2448
02:07:45,880 --> 02:07:48,160
Speaker 1: probably see some man coverage opportunities. If he hits on

2449
02:07:48,200 --> 02:07:51,040
Speaker 1: a couple of those, Buffalo could easily go into aarrahead

2450
02:07:51,040 --> 02:07:52,920
Speaker 1: and win this game. And so I don't think any

2451
02:07:52,920 --> 02:07:54,800
Speaker 1: potential super will match up out of these four teams

2452
02:07:54,840 --> 02:07:58,760
Speaker 1: would surprise me at all. So Mark you, when you

2453
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:02,480
Speaker 1: look at this game, I think everybody is expecting because

2454
02:08:02,520 --> 02:08:05,680
Speaker 1: they've essentially been unguardable. You're expecting Stefan Diggs to get

2455
02:08:05,720 --> 02:08:08,520
Speaker 1: his yards, You're expecting Travis Kelsey to get his yards.

2456
02:08:08,800 --> 02:08:12,640
Speaker 1: And very often the difference maker in these playoff games,

2457
02:08:12,680 --> 02:08:16,400
Speaker 1: which are by nature tighter, is some role player stepping

2458
02:08:16,480 --> 02:08:20,200
Speaker 1: up and making some kind of major contribution. Give me

2459
02:08:20,240 --> 02:08:23,560
Speaker 1: your best guests as to who you think that might

2460
02:08:23,640 --> 02:08:27,520
Speaker 1: be for the Bills and for the Chiefs in this one. Well,

2461
02:08:27,520 --> 02:08:29,840
Speaker 1: I think from the Bills offensive perspective, if we do

2462
02:08:29,960 --> 02:08:32,200
Speaker 1: see that lightbox game plan, that it might be an

2463
02:08:32,200 --> 02:08:34,960
Speaker 1: opportunity for Devin's singletary to sort of, you know, have

2464
02:08:35,040 --> 02:08:37,040
Speaker 1: a good game on the ground, maybe give you close

2465
02:08:37,040 --> 02:08:39,040
Speaker 1: to one hundred yards, maybe get a touchdown or two

2466
02:08:39,080 --> 02:08:41,360
Speaker 1: along the way. That would certainly be sort of one

2467
02:08:41,360 --> 02:08:43,520
Speaker 1: of the surprise heroes. I'd also look at tight end

2468
02:08:43,560 --> 02:08:46,280
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox. If you look at this Bill's offense and

2469
02:08:46,360 --> 02:08:48,280
Speaker 1: you're trying to take away Diggs, you're trying to take

2470
02:08:48,280 --> 02:08:50,680
Speaker 1: away Beasily and Brown and some of the other receivers,

2471
02:08:51,080 --> 02:08:53,360
Speaker 1: you see an opportunity for the tight end to get

2472
02:08:53,400 --> 02:08:56,480
Speaker 1: open over the middle, to perhaps get some favorable matchups

2473
02:08:56,480 --> 02:08:59,120
Speaker 1: in coverage. When the Chiefs do play man coverage or

2474
02:08:59,160 --> 02:09:02,480
Speaker 1: even some opportunities against zone coverage when the zone coverage

2475
02:09:02,560 --> 02:09:05,080
Speaker 1: is rotated towards those other receivers. This might be an

2476
02:09:05,120 --> 02:09:07,440
Speaker 1: opportunity for Dawson Knox to have a big game. He

2477
02:09:07,520 --> 02:09:10,600
Speaker 1: had the big third down conversion against Baltimore on Saturday night,

2478
02:09:10,880 --> 02:09:12,280
Speaker 1: and then I think if you look at the Kansas

2479
02:09:12,280 --> 02:09:14,600
Speaker 1: City Chiefs, you know, if you start thinking about perhaps

2480
02:09:14,720 --> 02:09:17,040
Speaker 1: an unsung hero for them, you know, maybe the running

2481
02:09:17,040 --> 02:09:18,880
Speaker 1: back Clyde Edward's a layer. He could have a big

2482
02:09:18,920 --> 02:09:20,920
Speaker 1: game if you get see that similar game plan with

2483
02:09:20,960 --> 02:09:23,040
Speaker 1: some light boxes. But as far as the Bills go,

2484
02:09:23,160 --> 02:09:25,400
Speaker 1: I'd look for Dawson Knox to have a surprise game

2485
02:09:25,440 --> 02:09:28,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday and perhaps be that little critical edge. Last

2486
02:09:28,680 --> 02:09:32,720
Speaker 1: one for me, Mark, We're sitting here a couple of

2487
02:09:32,800 --> 02:09:37,000
Speaker 1: days before the championship round of the playoffs five months ago.

2488
02:09:38,240 --> 02:09:40,280
Speaker 1: What kind of percentage of chance would you have given

2489
02:09:40,320 --> 02:09:42,880
Speaker 1: the National Football League to get in all two hundred

2490
02:09:42,880 --> 02:09:47,600
Speaker 1: and fifty six regular season games, all the playoffs, have

2491
02:09:47,720 --> 02:09:50,600
Speaker 1: the entire season take place and be as competitive as

2492
02:09:50,640 --> 02:09:53,120
Speaker 1: it has been, as fun to watch as it has been,

2493
02:09:53,600 --> 02:09:57,600
Speaker 1: as phenomenal as the year has been. What kind of accomplishment.

2494
02:09:57,600 --> 02:09:59,880
Speaker 1: Do you place on the NFL's ability to get that

2495
02:10:00,120 --> 02:10:03,720
Speaker 1: done in a world pandemic, Yeah, Steve, it's a great

2496
02:10:03,760 --> 02:10:05,480
Speaker 1: question that I wouldn't have given them that much of

2497
02:10:05,480 --> 02:10:07,240
Speaker 1: a chance at all. I think everybody assumed that we

2498
02:10:07,280 --> 02:10:10,360
Speaker 1: would have seen some cancelations, maybe a restructure of the

2499
02:10:10,400 --> 02:10:13,160
Speaker 1: schedule to add in an extra buy week, maybe they'd

2500
02:10:13,160 --> 02:10:15,680
Speaker 1: have to bubble the teams for the playoffs. They were

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Speaker 1: able to get this done, and I think it is

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Speaker 1: a tremendous credit to the National Football League for the

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Speaker 1: season that we've had, the competition we've seen on the field,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that here we are on championship weekend

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Speaker 1: and we could be pretty sure that we're gonna get

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Speaker 1: two really good games because of the four teams that

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Speaker 1: made it so credits to the players, the staffs, the coaches,

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Speaker 1: the organizations from top to bottom for getting this done

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Speaker 1: and giving us just a fantastic season to remember from

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Speaker 1: start to finish. Is Mark Scofield, the USA Today Touchdown Wire,

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Speaker 1: NFL writer. Mark, thanks for giving us some time enjoy

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Speaker 1: these conference championship games on Sundays. Thanks so much, guys,

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Speaker 1: have a great day, all right. That's Mark Scofield joining

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Speaker 1: us and a good breakdown there. You want to go

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Speaker 1: to touchdown wire dot USA Today dot com. They really

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Speaker 1: do if you really are invested in the XS and os,

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Speaker 1: they do a good job of breaking down the tape

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Speaker 1: for you. So check them out when you get a chance,

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Speaker 1: because they apply them to the games coming up. So

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Speaker 1: some interesting analysis there, certainly a good read. Check it out,

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Speaker 1: Steve and I back to close things up here on

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Speaker 1: a Thursday with what have We Learned? It's next here

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Speaker 1: on one Bills Live, presented by Kalid to Health. This

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Speaker 1: is Buffalo Bills Radio. It is that time in the

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Speaker 1: show Whatever we Learned, brought to you by Skyworks, the

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Speaker 1: official construction equipment rental company of the Buffalo Bills. And

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Speaker 1: we didn't really mention this on the air today, Steve,

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Speaker 1: but I don't care. I'm gonna stick it here anyway,

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Speaker 1: because we learned about this. I think the general vibe

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Speaker 1: from the fan base this week, they're much more relaxed

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Speaker 1: than they were last week. They were on pins and

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Speaker 1: needles going into that Ravens game last week. I'm there

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Speaker 1: with them too, you know, I pressure's off. I think

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Speaker 1: this is this is the gravy game pressure exactly. Pressure's off.

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Speaker 1: And I hate to say that like we don't care

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Speaker 1: if we win, because we do. We cared. This is

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Speaker 1: absolutely like I like I was telling Kyle Brain, you man,

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Speaker 1: take your swing man and make it count, you know.

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Speaker 1: But for fans to see the progress that Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: has made this year, to see the team come together

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Speaker 1: like it has to get to this point of the

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Speaker 1: season and win this many games against the schedule that

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Speaker 1: they had phenomenal season, phenomenal season already. Yeah, now you're

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Speaker 1: going up against the best quarterback in football and the

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Speaker 1: game you're not supposed to win. But I will say this,

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Speaker 1: and I think this is the difference, and I'm hoping

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Speaker 1: I'm capturing this and for some fans, I could be wrong,

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Speaker 1: but this is my best shot at it. I don't

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Speaker 1: think Bill's fans want to see this as the end

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Speaker 1: point of the twenty twenty season, but they certainly hoped

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Speaker 1: this would be a destination. That's right, the Chiefs in

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Speaker 1: the AFC title game, that's right, right. I think people

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Speaker 1: wanted to get here and then you say, let's see

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Speaker 1: what happens, and they hadn't really gone, you know. It's

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Speaker 1: it seemed unrealistic to go further than this game for

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Speaker 1: a lot of people, certainly now when it's going back,

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Speaker 1: we've talked about, you know, hey, this is the first

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Speaker 1: this side of the first Super Bowl, isn't you know?

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Speaker 1: In Tampa? And then they got that guy that's won

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Speaker 1: like nineteen thousand playoff games, that the quarterback for Tampa,

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Speaker 1: and it could be the home game, and that the

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Speaker 1: Bills could waltz in there and crush their hopes and dreams.

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Speaker 1: That would be pretty cool. Now they're getting to that point.

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Speaker 1: But for this game, I think they I hope that

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Speaker 1: the team feels that I just want to see him play. Man.

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Speaker 1: This is awesome. I think this is gonna be a

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Speaker 1: great further evidence that Mahomes is on track to play.

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid, according to reports out of Kansas City, said

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Speaker 1: that he took the majority of the starters snaps today.

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Speaker 1: We'll have more on this tomorrow in our jam packed

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Speaker 1: show of shows on Friday. Lorenzo Alexander, We've got the usuals.

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Speaker 1: Greg Cosell, We'll see you tomorrow.