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Speaker 1: But I think it's just I'm just all about playing

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Speaker 1: Greetings from way up north and Vermont. Up here in Coventry, Vermont,

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Speaker 1: use of having a bigger stadium. We can't even bring

426
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Speaker 1: sell out a home playoff game? Tight tra tray tray trade.

427
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Speaker 1: They're not building a bigger stadium now. It won't be

428
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: bigger one it turns of seating, it will probably be smaller.

429
00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,400
Speaker 1: It'll probably be smaller. Yeah, but I mean, we can't

430
00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,720
Speaker 1: even sell out a home playoff game. Well, I think

431
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,879
Speaker 1: the tickets are sold. I mean with the exception of

432
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Speaker 1: the five hundred that are sitting out there right now. Um,

433
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: I mean all but five hundred of what are we

434
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:55,280
Speaker 1: talking about, sixty nine and change are sold. So yeah,

435
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,679
Speaker 1: I mean I get what you're saying. But you know,

436
00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 1: at the same time, I think whether there is a

437
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: factor and people are thinking long and hard about sitting

438
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Speaker 1: out in that weather, I think if it was a

439
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:12,040
Speaker 1: day game, it's not even an issue. I think the

440
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 1: whole prospect of going to a January playoff game here

441
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 1: when the sun is out makes a world of difference

442
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 1: to a lot of people. Yeah, in the in this Yeah,

443
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 1: it with the weather as bad as it's gonna be,

444
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,640
Speaker 1: that's what it's gonna That's what's gonna happen with any

445
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: NFL team putting on a on us on a game

446
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: on a weekend like this, with an outdoor stadium, Green Bay, Buffalo,

447
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: New England, Uh, MetLife, Chicago, Chicago, you name it. It's

448
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: that's what it's going to be in any in any market,

449
00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: not just Buffalo. Yeah, Denver, plus you're at altitude. Yeah,

450
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,520
Speaker 1: it's it's if if the weather is gonna be brutally

451
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Speaker 1: cold and they know it's gonna be Uh. It's always

452
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,720
Speaker 1: an issue like this for every stadium. So and I

453
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Speaker 1: get it. It looks bad for the team, and you

454
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Speaker 1: can you can, you can insult the fan base if

455
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Speaker 1: you want. Yeah, I would put this fan base up

456
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: against anybody's. Yeah, let's go back to the phones and

457
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Speaker 1: we go to Paul on Grand Island. What do you

458
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Speaker 1: got for us, Paul, you're on One Bill's Live. Yeah, Steve,

459
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Speaker 1: I've got a question for you. Let's say it's late

460
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 1: in the game, it's you know, zero degrees, and you

461
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Speaker 1: come up to kicking a field goal that normally would

462
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Speaker 1: be a gimme, but you're wondering that ball so hard,

463
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: how are you going to be able to kick it?

464
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Speaker 1: Would it be possible for the coach to tell Bass, look,

465
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Speaker 1: you go ahead and kick. Make the kick, I'm going

466
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Speaker 1: to call time out just before you kick it. Had

467
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: him go and talk to the ref So if he

468
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,679
Speaker 1: makes it, kick it again. If it looks like that

469
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: ball is too hard and it's just it ain't gonna work,

470
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: go for it on fourth down. Can you use your

471
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Speaker 1: time out to advantage just the way that the defense

472
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 1: would use that time out to your kicker. Yeah, it's

473
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: an interesting strategy. You can ice your own kicker if

474
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,159
Speaker 1: you want, but there's no guarantee of the second one

475
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: will go through. But yes you could, Yes, you could

476
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Speaker 1: do that. And you're right too, Paul. You only do

477
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 1: that if you tell your kicker you're gonna do that. Yeah,

478
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 1: and I and I and I think it's actually I

479
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: tell you this if you have conversations about it, if

480
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,679
Speaker 1: it's part of your repertoif you talk about it in

481
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,800
Speaker 1: practice all the way from training camp, all the way through,

482
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: and you tell your kicker, hey, we're gonna do this.

483
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: Uh like like that forty mile an hour win game. Uh,

484
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Speaker 1: if that might have been, that might have been the

485
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Speaker 1: time to actually do it. Give him two shots at

486
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: the same kick, call a time out right before, take

487
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: the practice kick, and then give it a shot. Now,

488
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: I've said this a lot. If I was a special

489
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Speaker 1: team's coach, Um, if somebody, if if somebody ices the

490
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 1: kicker and they snap the ball, there is no way

491
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Speaker 1: my kick off, my kick block team lets that guy

492
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: kick the ball. You rush, don't give him a free

493
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: practice kick. That is an absolute no no. So you

494
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 1: go in, you rush it, you block it, you bump

495
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 1: into him, you do anything you can. But if the

496
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 1: play's dead, you do not let them get a free

497
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: kick to try and practice it. So I get you, Paul,

498
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 1: give the guy a practice shot at it, But that

499
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: has to be something you talk about in the lead

500
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: up to the game, and you warn the kid coming in,

501
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 1: holder or everybody, listen, we're gonna try and take a

502
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 1: practice kick here and then take the time out. So

503
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: and then reassess. Yeah, and you would only do and

504
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 1: I would say this with the kicker you've got now,

505
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: and the coach you've gotten now, everybody in place in

506
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: the same season and remembering the forty mile an hour wins,

507
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: you say, listen, if we get into a spot like

508
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: that again, that's exactly what we're gonna do. We're gonna

509
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 1: give you two shots at it if we have the

510
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: time out to spare. It's a good idea, Paul, Um.

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Speaker 1: But man, oh man, Like I say, you got to

512
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: have a long runway to make sure your kicker's okay

513
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 1: with it, get all right with it, get your team

514
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: ready for it, your long snapper ready for it. You can't.

515
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: You don't spring that at last minute. But I see

516
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:30,120
Speaker 1: your I see your reasoning. I see your reasoning in Buffalo. Yeah,

517
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 1: that's a that's a big yes at forty mile hour winds.

518
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: If the weather is the biggest factor impacting your kicker,

519
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 1: it's it's an interesting strategy, it is, Um. Now, you

520
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: would never ever do that in a dome. No, you

521
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: wouldn't because the weather's not impacting the kick. Right, you

522
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: don't do that anyplace else. But I get the idea.

523
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: But that is such a you know, a remote right.

524
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: But but they're also two has been attempted. If you're

525
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Speaker 1: gonna I'll say this too, Paul, If you're gonna do that.

526
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: It's interesting because then you might say, Okay, we're gonna

527
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: practice it. We're gonna this is a little too long,

528
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: like this is in forty mile wins and it's a

529
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: forty two yard or not a twenty two yard er. Yeah,

530
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna give him a chelle. We're him practice it

531
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Speaker 1: and see what he thinks, because then we get a

532
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: look at it, it's like fifteen yards short and sideways.

533
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: It's like, you know what, we took the time out,

534
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: We're gonna send the offense back out. Yeah, that kind

535
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: of thing. So I could see that they might give

536
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 1: you a chance, a chance to experiment with a more

537
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: difficult kick if you're gonna not let him kick it

538
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: or call the time out to check it out. And

539
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: I know there might be some people out here that say, well,

540
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 1: isn't that why you send the kickers out early before

541
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: the second half and before the game, to give you

542
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 1: a line of demarcation as to with what their limit is,

543
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: Like where is the line where they're good to kick

544
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: and where is the line where it's this is too far,

545
00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna make it. That changes. Yeah, from the

546
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: beginning of the second half to the end of the game.

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00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: I mean it could chat. It certainly could change here. Well,

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00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: I mean I remember when I was working in news,

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00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: we used to have a tagline for weather every ten

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Speaker 1: minutes because of Western New York weather. It can change

551
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: in a minute. I mean it can. Yeah, it can.

552
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: Certainly they do that at the beginning of the game,

553
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: and certainly that doesn't hold true to the end of

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00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: the game. Now they still have to reassess. So yeah,

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00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: that's it's an interesting idea. And I've never I've never

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00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 1: heard about that. But for what we see, the kick

557
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: that Bass missed in the fourteen ten New England game

558
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: would have been a good practice kick. Would have really

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00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: been a nice scenario because he had the distance and

560
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 1: he had it he sent it down the middle. He

561
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:43,640
Speaker 1: didn't send it down the middle. It got blown hard, right,

562
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: So if you if you hit it just inside the left,

563
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: that thing had a chance, or maybe just outside the

564
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: left and trust it's gonna get blown back in. I

565
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: don't know if I want to do that, but yeah,

566
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: I know what you're saying. You gotta yeah, but at

567
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: least you have another shot at it. You have another shot.

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Speaker 1: So interesting. Yeah, good, Oh, Paul, I like it. Others

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Speaker 1: holding at eight o three five fifty. Stay right where

570
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Speaker 1: you are. We'll get to you when we come back.

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00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 1: We have to take a break here, but your phone

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Speaker 1: calls coming up next here on One Bill's Live, presented

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Speaker 1: by Collat of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker

575
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: with you and asking you, following Saturday's Bills Pats playoff game,

576
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: what's your Sunday morning headline? Get creative if you want,

577
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:37,719
Speaker 1: or anything else on your mind? At eight three five

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00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: fifty we go back to the phones now and leading

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Speaker 1: us off here as Tom and cheek Towaga. What do

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00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: you got for us? Tommy, you're on One Bills Live.

581
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: I ain't on good good. Oh. I was listening to

582
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,479
Speaker 1: that Boston sports station last week, and you know they said, uh,

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00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: if the Bills lose a big game, a lot of

584
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: the fans will jump in a barrel and go over

585
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: Niagara follows. You know, but I don't think it's the bad.

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00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: But uh, I was at that Readers playoff game years

587
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: ago where they won fifty one to three. Right, it

588
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: was cold, but you know we had read and you

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00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: know loft In, we had Thurmon Thomas and of course

590
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: we have Steve and Kelly playing. Uh, but I'll tell

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00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 1: you we're a passing game. I don't mind going on

592
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: the road because you know, we don't hear an O. J.

593
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: Simpson or Thurmond Thomas running. I granted, Singletary is great,

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00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: but Alan does great on the road. And uh, I

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00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: don't worry about that. We get behind this, get through

596
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: with this game, and no telling where we can go.

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00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 1: But uh, I hate to play. I'm sure you guys

598
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: don't want to play in zero degree temperature. You know

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00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: it's no fun. Well, it's not ideal. The fans either,

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00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: but we'll see what happens. I wish they wish them

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00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: good luck and good luck to you Steve. Okay, okay,

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00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Tom. Thanks m Yeah, the fifty one

603
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: to three game was not cold. It was a little cold.

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00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 1: It wasn't that cold. It wasn't the Raiders in ninety

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00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: four January of ninety four cold. That was cold. It

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00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: was zero with minus like twenty six. It was. It

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00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 1: was cold. Cold, cold with a capital cold. Yeah, it was.

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00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 1: It was beyond cold. It was yeah, dangerous cold. Um

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00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,799
Speaker 1: and it was also a clear day that ninety four

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00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,359
Speaker 1: game against the Raiders, which always makes it colder, which

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00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,960
Speaker 1: is yeah, right, because overcast the heat rises and it's gone. Yeah,

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00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: there's no black like yeah, because when you have a

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00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: cloudy or an overcast day. And I'm not a meteorologist,

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00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: nor do I pretend to be one on the radio

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00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 1: or television. You can pretend, but when you have a

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00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: cloud deck, it actually keeps the warmth that the sun

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Speaker 1: does create closer to the Earth's surface. It keeps the

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00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: air temperature a little bit warmer. When you have a

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Speaker 1: clear day, all of that escapes, it's not retained, and

620
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: so it makes for colder weather. Um. Obviously Saturday's game

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Speaker 1: is going to be cold because the sun is gonna

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00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: be down and that's not even gonna be a factor.

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Speaker 1: Oh my, it's gonna be dark. It'll be dark for

624
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:10,479
Speaker 1: almost four hours by the time they play kick it off. Um, yeah,

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00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: it's it's gonna be really It was cold that day too,

626
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: and I'm telling you you know, the water on the

627
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 1: sidelines was freezing. In the cups, it was hard to

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00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: stay hydrated. Um. I remember running that kick back and thinking, man,

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Speaker 1: oh man, I got too many clothes on, you know something,

630
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: you know every it was and you see even in

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Speaker 1: the highlights, you know, like Kenny Davis jumping over the

632
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: pile a carwall gardener. None of those guys had sleeves on,

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Speaker 1: though they went sleeveless because you can come off the

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00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 1: feet of the let's face it. You know, the fans,

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00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: bless their heart, they don't have it as good as

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Speaker 1: the players do. The players are taking care of We

637
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: got heated benches, we got ponchos, We're running around, we're

638
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,840
Speaker 1: keeping warm. Fans are sitting still in the stands. They

639
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: can jump up and down and clap, but now they

640
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Speaker 1: like running around covering X or running routes. Um, it's

641
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: it's cold cold for them for the for us, the players,

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00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 1: I say us. For the players, you know they you know,

643
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 1: they got people working to keep them warm, so they'll

644
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: be all right. And you see in the in the

645
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: highlights there's a bunch of guys with you know, Bruce

646
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: had no sleeves, nuts, just nuts. Let's let's go back

647
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Speaker 1: to the phones and we go to Judy and Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Yeah for us Judy, um, yeah, I'm wondering if we

649
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: lose day Ball and our Frazier. Do we have him

650
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: a coaching tillent presently on the team so that we

651
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: could promote from inside or would we have to go

652
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 1: out in the market too and try to find some coaches. Yeah,

653
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,280
Speaker 1: that's a good question, Judy. I would say this. John Butler,

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00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: who is the secondary coach, has been a defensive coordinator

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00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 1: prior to here. He was a defensive coordinator for one

656
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,439
Speaker 1: Seas in Houston. So there is somebody on staff that's

657
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: done it on that side of the ball at the

658
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: pro level and on the offensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe there is anybody who has coordinator experience.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people have mentioned Ken Dorsey as a

661
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,959
Speaker 1: possible successor to Brian Dable. He is the quarterbacks coach

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Speaker 1: who has worked very closely with Josh also the last

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Speaker 1: few years. So those would be I would think at

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Speaker 1: least candidates that would qualify to promote from within. Whether

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Speaker 1: they go and go and do that or look outside

666
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: the organization, I think is something that's obviously up to

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and what Brandon Bean decide. Now. I don't

668
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Speaker 1: think all these guys will be available, but you don't

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Speaker 1: think if if he wants to work that Brian Flores

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00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: could coordinate or Vic Fangio could, and that's that's the

671
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: outlier here. Yes, it's nice to promote from within, but

672
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Speaker 1: you have something someone like well Fangio has his own

673
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Speaker 1: style of defense. Yeah, but yes, you're right, I'm I'm

674
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Speaker 1: just saying, as an example, it doesn't have to be

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Speaker 1: Fan Joe exactly, but it could be a guy like

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Speaker 1: Brian Flores. It could be other guys who move on

677
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: or out there that have some chops behind him, you know.

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Speaker 1: So I think that's more likely to happen on the

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Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball than the defensive. I would

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Speaker 1: tend to think that McDermott, for continuity's sake, would like

681
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: to keep the scheme in place defensively, which he is

682
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Speaker 1: very intimately familiar with. And it's interesting too, because you

683
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Speaker 1: don't want to get all I mean, I get they

684
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Speaker 1: got this, you know, for instance, say all our hopes

685
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: and dreams come true. I take it back. I believe

686
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Speaker 1: Eric Washington, the defensive line coach. It just hit me

687
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Speaker 1: in the head. He's been a defensive coordinator also, he

688
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: was defensive coordinator in Carolina after Sean left. So I

689
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: believe he has a coordinator experience as well. I know

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Speaker 1: we have hit me for not remembering that off the

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Speaker 1: top of my head. For instance, we have this big

692
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 1: kumbay yam moment where the Bills win the Super Bowl

693
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Speaker 1: and all this when day Ball goes and coaches and

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Speaker 1: Leslie Frasier goes and coaches. I think it's a it

695
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 1: might be a mistake to let the glow of that

696
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: accomplishment say, you know what, we're good the way we

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Speaker 1: are and we'll just take this guy. You know, I

698
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 1: think you need to continue to make Josh Allen the

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00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:20,080
Speaker 1: offensive line, your coach, give them some another voice in

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Speaker 1: the you know, another you know, I just don't want

701
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 1: to fill up with this yes, yes, yes, we're all

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00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: okay kind of mentality. You need somebody to push you're saying, yeah,

703
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: change could be good. It could be refurbied, it could

704
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: be refurbish what you're doing. And um, and I think

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Speaker 1: you need to have somebody come in there and get something,

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00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: pull something out of Josh too, you know. Let's you know,

707
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: take Josh to another level, take Steph Digs to another level.

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00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: Ask some more of Cole Beasley and Gabriel Davis and

709
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 1: these guys, can you know, pull some stuff out of them.

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00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 1: You need to continue to stoke the fire of growth.

711
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 1: And I think if you run the risk of you know,

712
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: everybody's just going to click up one notch on the

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Speaker 1: totem pole. That you know, assistant quarterback coach becomes a

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Speaker 1: quarterback coach, The quarterback coach becomes the offensive coordinator, the

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Speaker 1: assistant wide receiver coach becomes a whims changed this coordinator

716
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 1: several times over through the course of pen Roethlisberger's career.

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Speaker 1: That's right, set a number of coordinators. Oh yeah, and

718
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Speaker 1: I right. I think that's a different story than what

719
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Speaker 1: we're talking about. Well, I'm just saying, here's a guy

720
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Speaker 1: that's coached for a long time. It wasn't going anywhere,

721
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Speaker 1: but wasn't afraid to make changes. And you know what

722
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 1: I mean, bringing people from the outside. I think you

723
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Speaker 1: need to change what you do. I need. I think

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Speaker 1: you do need to refurbish. Not that I'm saying that

725
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Speaker 1: if if Brian Dabo and Leslie Frazier don't get head

726
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Speaker 1: coaching jobs, that you kick him to the curb. I

727
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Speaker 1: don't want to do that, No, but I'm saying is

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Speaker 1: if they assumption that they do. Go. I don't think

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Speaker 1: there's anything wrong with giving a long, hard look to

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Speaker 1: bring in a new perspective into your room. All right,

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Speaker 1: we gotta take a break here. Walterronto, Sell, Dennis and

732
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Speaker 1: Blaisdell hang type. We'll get to you when we return

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

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, jumping right back to the phones.

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Speaker 1: Here on a Thursday edition of One Bill Vive, Chris Brown,

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00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you. You want to have some fun today?

737
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Speaker 1: Hit us up on the tweet sheet with the following

738
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Speaker 1: After Saturday's Bills Pat's playoff game, what's your Sunday morning headlines?

739
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Speaker 1: But we go back to the phones and we go

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Speaker 1: to Walter on a seal, What do you have for us? Walter? Hey, Hey,

741
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: Brownie and Steve. I just want to talk about the

742
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: stadium for the Bills. I'm just I'm tired. I'm sick

743
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: of every single time, like now, every single time, but

744
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: every single time I have to go watch a football

745
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 1: game and it's gotta be windy, it's gotta be snowing out,

746
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: and I'm just I'm just thinking of it, Like why can't.

747
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,399
Speaker 1: I love Terry and Kim Bagola. Of course, they gave

748
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Speaker 1: us the magic of Brandon being at seanap Derman, and

749
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 1: they gave us Josh Jones. But I just want to

750
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,359
Speaker 1: like a roof stamp because Anna plays his best game

751
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: when he's throwing the ball. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I

752
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,839
Speaker 1: get what you're saying. Um, yeah, I understand it, because

753
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 1: you're saying, oh, if there's no weather, you're not going

754
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: to impact the passing game in any way, shape or form,

755
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 1: and you're not alone. I understand the sentiment, but I don't.

756
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm not going to pretend to know what the

757
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: ins and outs of all the stadium negotiations are with

758
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,879
Speaker 1: respect to the renderings and the decisions that have been

759
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: made and the costs involved. But all indications from what

760
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:35,400
Speaker 1: we've heard is that kind of those kinds of decisions

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00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: have already been locked in. You know, I don't. I

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00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: don't see anything changing that. You know, No, they did.

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Speaker 1: You know. Here's the thing tonight, that ship is sailed. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it has too. I'll say this. You know

765
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: what I was thinking about, how I would I'm trying

766
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Speaker 1: to project myself into the future and be a guy

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00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: who goes to games and do that in the new station,

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Speaker 1: in the new stadium, if it were a dome stadium,

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Speaker 1: and I this is my take on and I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's gonna change. And I'm gonna say it from

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00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: now until the stadium's built, I'm gonna say this. If

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Speaker 1: it's a dome, if it's an outdoor stadium, I think

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Speaker 1: the environment is going to be much like it is today.

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00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: It's gonna be you know, tailgates, breaking through tables, big tents,

775
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,879
Speaker 1: lots of fun, getting ready for the games and stuff,

776
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 1: and we go into the game, watch the game. I

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00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 1: think when you get a dome stadium, and this has

778
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 1: been a personal observation of mine and a feeling I

779
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: get putting myself in the position of our fans here

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00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: in Buffalo going to the game in a dome, tailgating

781
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: will cease to be Why well, because when it's bad weather,

782
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 1: you won't because you just go in, right, you show

783
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: up and go in, show up and go in. Okay,

784
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: in good weather, it won't be a habit. So you

785
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: have to get it going, and slowly but surely, over time,

786
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: tailgating becomes less and less and less and less of

787
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Speaker 1: a thing. Go to any of the dome stadiums in

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Speaker 1: the country, there's no tailgating. Well, and I get it.

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Speaker 1: They do tailgate in Houston and they never open that

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00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,239
Speaker 1: roof the tailgate there unless it's too hot, and then

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00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: they don't. It's not the same. I mean think about

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00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: like that. Of course it's different, but they can't in

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Speaker 1: downtown Detroit. Nobody tailgates. There really isn't anywhere in New

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00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: Orleans to do that. At least you're just I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you will cease to see tailgates become a thing. Now.

796
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: There'll be once in a while. They'll be once in

797
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 1: a while one offs like where it's okay, our company

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00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: party is gonna be outside the stadium and for this game,

799
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 1: but there will not be. There won't be lot after

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Speaker 1: lot after lot after a lot of tailgate after tailgate

801
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 1: after tailgate. All that will will change drastically if you

802
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,879
Speaker 1: cover the stadium, because it's not it's no longer an

803
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: outdoor party all day. Yeah, now it's an indoor party,

804
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: and you just go to the indoor party. Okay, what's

805
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: gonna happen And you can say what you want about it,

806
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: whether I'm right or wrong. And I'm it's unfathomable of

807
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: me if anybody would disagree with me. But I'm telling

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Speaker 1: you that my thought is nobody will tailgate anymore in Buffalo.

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00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: If the game, if you have a roof on that stadium?

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Speaker 1: Are you going to insert your Charles Barkley line here.

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Speaker 1: I may not be right, but I'm not wrong. I

812
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 1: may not be right. I may be wrong, but I

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00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 1: doubt it. All right, let's get back to the phones.

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Speaker 1: Dennis and Blaisdell is next. What do you got for

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Speaker 1: as Dennis, thank you for taking my call time listener

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Speaker 1: to love your show. Thank you. I have one question

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00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:41,320
Speaker 1: and then I if I could have two statements. Sure

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Speaker 1: with the game that Matt the punter had last week,

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00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 1: do you think BILLI check well, spend time and heart

820
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:54,919
Speaker 1: rush the punter in our first punter of the game.

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Speaker 1: Number two, he knows that there's only two ways to

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00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: stop Josh Allen and company, and that's play bump and run,

823
00:46:04,560 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: which you're taking a half of a chance there first

824
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Speaker 1: five yards, or jump up and try to take away

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Speaker 1: his passing links. Number three, as a statement, Steve, the

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Speaker 1: Football Hall of Faening is for the best of the best,

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Speaker 1: and you were one of the best, and you should

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Speaker 1: be in the Hall of Fame, no question to ask

829
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: because people in Buffalo know how hard you contributed with

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Speaker 1: special teams, but when we needed a receiver, you were

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Speaker 1: also there for us. You belong in the Hall of Fame. Well,

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Speaker 1: thank you, n I appreciate that, and thanks for the call.

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00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:51,319
Speaker 1: That's nice. I think you're right. I think there's no

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Speaker 1: doubt that they are very familiar with the struggles that

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Speaker 1: Matt Hawk had last week, and they will have a

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00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: plan for that. Whether it comes early. I kind of

837
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,319
Speaker 1: doubt that it will be on the first punt, but

838
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: it'll be at some point when they think they'll get

839
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 1: a bigger advantage of it to it, and it will

840
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: be something that they have not shown on film yet,

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00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: so they got to be ready for it. Secondly, you're

842
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: right the physicality of their DB's playing bump and run,

843
00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 1: as you call it. They'll do some of that, but

844
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,720
Speaker 1: they're also going to try and bat down the balls

845
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: the Josh Allens throwing as well. They'll do that all

846
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 1: the time without exception, because if they can't get home,

847
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: that's what a defensive lineman is supposed to do. And

848
00:47:28,120 --> 00:47:29,719
Speaker 1: the Jets put some of that on tape last week

849
00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: they had about two or three battered passes, right, So

850
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: there's going to be some of all of that that

851
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,759
Speaker 1: you said, yes, So I would say, yeah, Matt Hawk

852
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,920
Speaker 1: had better work on his getoff times this week, and

853
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 1: they better shore up their protection and make sure it's sound.

854
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 1: And I think you're right, John, There's no question Bill

855
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: Belichick knows Josh Allen's a key to this game for

856
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, and their plan is going to center

857
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: around making him uncomfortable, making it difficult for him to

858
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: complete passes and get the ball out of the pocket.

859
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 1: And it will be a mixture of everything they can

860
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:04,799
Speaker 1: think of to get an advantage by confusing him and

861
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,920
Speaker 1: by getting in on him quick. They want him to

862
00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 1: make They want to push him into a bad decision

863
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: and get takeaways to get extra possessions for their offense.

864
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,839
Speaker 1: I think these coaches know in New England, man to man,

865
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 1: they do not match up well enough. They are not

866
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 1: as deep a team as the Bills. They are not

867
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: as talented a team as the Bills. Defenses are pretty comparable,

868
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,600
Speaker 1: but offensively speaking, they do not. They do not have

869
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 1: the same horses that the Bills do. It's as simple

870
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 1: as that. So now it's on the Patriots coaching staff

871
00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:38,399
Speaker 1: to find other places to get an advantage. This will

872
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,560
Speaker 1: be a very desperate New England team coming in here

873
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 1: because they know they have to find other areas to exploit,

874
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,359
Speaker 1: to try to level the playing field. And it may

875
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 1: come on special teams. You have a guy that they're

876
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: going to test. Hey, how mentally tough is this kid?

877
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: Is he going to be able to bounce back from

878
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: a bad week last week? Let's not give him the

879
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: chance to. Let's go after his first punt, right, And

880
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: that might impact what coach McDermott decides to do on

881
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 1: fourth downs in this game. I mean, there's a whole

882
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: bunch of layers there to that. But I would expect

883
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:12,880
Speaker 1: a very very desperate Patriots team because they know man

884
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:16,840
Speaker 1: to man offense, defense, special teams they do not level

885
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 1: up to what the Bills can put out there. Yeah,

886
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 1: particularly in the offensive skill positions. I agree with you.

887
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: I think they're spending long hours dissecting what's wrong or

888
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 1: what's right with the Bill special teams, particularly the punt team,

889
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,720
Speaker 1: and if they could, you know, and because they hope,

890
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:36,399
Speaker 1: let's think about it. He had a twenty eight yard

891
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: punt last week that didn't count because they had offsetting penalties.

892
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: They came back and kicked it again. He kicked a

893
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 1: twenty one yarder. Then he dropped a snap on a

894
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,720
Speaker 1: punt and it's a little off the mark in fairness,

895
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,560
Speaker 1: but he should have caught it. Yeah so, and he

896
00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: admitted as much. Sure, so, you know, the Patriots are gonna,

897
00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 1: you know, think about it now. There's not much they

898
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:02,320
Speaker 1: can do because a lot of that is just a

899
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,759
Speaker 1: snapper and the kicker catching it and stuff. There's nothing

900
00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 1: the Patriots can do about that, but certainly it races

901
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 1: their antenna. And I like what you said. It may

902
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: be just every single spunt this week the Patriots are

903
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,879
Speaker 1: going to go all out to try and block. Yeah,

904
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: I mean, it could be any of that stuff, and

905
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 1: any of it could be coming our way. We have

906
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,319
Speaker 1: to take a break here, but when we come back,

907
00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: NBC Sports Boston Patriots reporter Phil Perry joins us. They

908
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: give us the latest on the pads heading into the

909
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:33,319
Speaker 1: wild card matchup. Bill Perry coming up next year on

910
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: One Bills Live, presented by Kalid of Health. It's Buffalo

911
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Whoever we play, you know, we're gonna prepare

912
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,640
Speaker 1: accordingly and try to get a win. However the cards

913
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: may fall. We're excited for the next opportunity. It's a

914
00:50:53,600 --> 00:51:03,000
Speaker 1: brand new season, brand new season, looking forward the opportunity.

915
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: Whoever we get to play. We failed, We've learned our lesson.

916
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:22,520
Speaker 1: We've got back in the building. You've worked. You know,

917
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: it's turning to stop the blue collar away. It's buffalo.

918
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:27,080
Speaker 1: We're anxious and excited to go out there, chomping at

919
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,239
Speaker 1: a bit so they'll get out on the field. We

920
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:31,680
Speaker 1: got the best tools to have a chance. But no

921
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,799
Speaker 1: means does this feel like we've accomplished what we want

922
00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:40,840
Speaker 1: to accomplish. The main goal is to win a Super Bowl. Alright,

923
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: hour number two here on a Thursday edition to One

924
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:47,040
Speaker 1: Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and joining

925
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:51,400
Speaker 1: us now from NBC Sports Boston. It's Patriots Beat reporter

926
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 1: Phil Perry joining us here, and Phil, thanks for giving

927
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: us the time. First and foremost, let's jump right into

928
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: this thing. I think the thing that stands out the

929
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: most right now is the length of the Patriots injury report.

930
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 1: And look, I'm well aware of the tactics here they

931
00:52:08,800 --> 00:52:11,920
Speaker 1: usually have fifteen guys listed as questionable or limited participation

932
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,319
Speaker 1: every single week. I get it, but there are some

933
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: real injury question marks here, it would seem. The most

934
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: interesting of which are probably Kyle Dugger with the hand

935
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 1: injury from what we've seen, not practicing again today. Isaiah

936
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: Win their left tackle. I know they've had no Ah

937
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 1: Heer and phill in for him for a couple of

938
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: starts this year, already back earlier in the season, maybe

939
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 1: not as catastrophic a loss. What do you feel are

940
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: the biggest concerns with regard to player availability, because I

941
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: know Jalen Mills is also on the COVID list. Yeah,

942
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 1: it's a mess right now for the Patriots, to put

943
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:52,600
Speaker 1: it quite frankly, it's just one of those deals where

944
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 1: they've gotten to the end of the season and they

945
00:52:54,040 --> 00:52:57,000
Speaker 1: are in a lot of cases limping to the finish line. So,

946
00:52:57,239 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: whether it's Kyle Dugger, who had missed last week's game

947
00:52:59,800 --> 00:53:02,200
Speaker 1: as he was limited in practice yesterday, but then he

948
00:53:02,239 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: wasn't spotted at the start of practice today, he's dealing

949
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 1: with a hand injury. Dante high Tower didn't play last week.

950
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:10,120
Speaker 1: He's been banged up for the last few weeks. Christian

951
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,759
Speaker 1: Barmore suffered a knee injury at the end of that

952
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:15,520
Speaker 1: Dolphins game. Matt Judon, Guys, he really hasn't been the

953
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: same guy since the Patriots were in Buffalo back in

954
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,400
Speaker 1: Week thirteen. He hasn't had a sack or a quarterback

955
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:24,279
Speaker 1: hit since that game. I think he's dealing with something.

956
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,839
Speaker 1: He's not even on the injury report right now. So

957
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:31,320
Speaker 1: between those sort of name players and then you mentioned

958
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 1: Isaiah Win, it looks like they're gonna be getting Justin

959
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:39,320
Speaker 1: harn ready to play left tackle and Jalen Mills on

960
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: the outside. They really don't have a serviceable third outside

961
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,720
Speaker 1: the numbers type of corner. You know, they lost Jonathan Jones,

962
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:49,799
Speaker 1: who was their slock eye, their primary slock eye early

963
00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: in the season. Obviously they trade it's to find Gilmore.

964
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:54,640
Speaker 1: Their depth there just is not very good at all.

965
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:57,560
Speaker 1: Jewan Williams would probably be the guy to replace Mills

966
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,000
Speaker 1: if he can't play, if he's still on COVID. I

967
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:00,680
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys remember this from the game

968
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,399
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, but Jowan Williams played I don't know, two

969
00:54:03,480 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 1: maybe three snaps defensively. The snap the second snap he

970
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:09,880
Speaker 1: was in the game, somebody noticed on Buffalo's side Josh Allen,

971
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:13,600
Speaker 1: Bryan day Ball maybe both Stefon Diggs, and they threw

972
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:17,920
Speaker 1: a deep fade down the sideline two Diggs hit him

973
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 1: in the hands. It looked like probably should have been

974
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: caught for about a forty yard touchdown. The Patriots probably

975
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 1: pulled Williams off the field, and we haven't seen very

976
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 1: much of them since, so it just it just gives

977
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 1: you an indication of where they're at. They're just they're

978
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: not deep enough in my opinion, to withstand all these

979
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,600
Speaker 1: injuries and beat a team like Buffalo on the road.

980
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:35,680
Speaker 1: The playoffs, what are they gonna expect of mac Jones.

981
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: I mean, they came up here to Buffalo and they

982
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,440
Speaker 1: they won the game, asking him just really to show

983
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:45,840
Speaker 1: up and right and then in the second game, fourteen

984
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,799
Speaker 1: to thirty two is not good enough. But it's the

985
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:52,880
Speaker 1: playoffs that it's all. It's no holds barred. So do

986
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,000
Speaker 1: they do you think they bite the bullet and say, okay,

987
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: Mack here, we need you to do this and this

988
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: and this. What do you think they don't want to

989
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,360
Speaker 1: do that? See, I can tell you that the formula

990
00:55:02,400 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 1: for them all year has been pretty consistent, which is,

991
00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: we need to run the ball well, we need to

992
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:10,840
Speaker 1: play outstanding defense, and we need our quarterback to not

993
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: lose it for us. And that goes back to us

994
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 1: saying that we've heard from Bill Belichick four years, which is,

995
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,080
Speaker 1: before you can win, you have to first learn how

996
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:21,680
Speaker 1: not to lose. And so that's really what they've asked

997
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,959
Speaker 1: of Mac Jones over the course of his rookie season,

998
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:27,120
Speaker 1: just don't lose it for us, which, unfortunately for them,

999
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 1: he's done. It's not just on him, but he has

1000
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: been a significant part of why they've lost three of

1001
00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 1: their last four here. I mean, you get two picks

1002
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:38,319
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. You just mentioned some of the numbers from

1003
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:39,719
Speaker 1: the Buffalo game. I mean, they had a hell of

1004
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 1: a time trying to move the ball through the air

1005
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 1: on that day at Cholette Stadium, which was a pretty

1006
00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:47,320
Speaker 1: mild day for December. In Foxboro and then in Miami,

1007
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:49,960
Speaker 1: I thought it was just a disastrous first half for

1008
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:52,160
Speaker 1: Mac Jonesy theres a pick six the first third down

1009
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 1: of the game, he fumbles just outside the red zone.

1010
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:56,640
Speaker 1: I mean, he's taking points off the board for his team.

1011
00:55:56,680 --> 00:55:58,399
Speaker 1: He's putting him on the board for the other team.

1012
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,439
Speaker 1: It's about as bad performance as we've seen from him

1013
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: really all year. So he's not hurt, but he's kind

1014
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:06,919
Speaker 1: of olympic to the finish line here as well. So

1015
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,919
Speaker 1: if they had their druthers the Patriots did, they would

1016
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,359
Speaker 1: have the same sort of game plan that they ran

1017
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: in Buffalo the first time around. Obviously they're going to

1018
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:16,440
Speaker 1: need him to throw out more than three times, but

1019
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 1: they are going to try to be run, run heavy

1020
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,600
Speaker 1: in this one and hope that it can keep them

1021
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:24,440
Speaker 1: afloat so that it maybe he's just a play or

1022
00:56:24,480 --> 00:56:26,560
Speaker 1: two at the end of the game ends up deciding

1023
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: the thing. I think they have to just try to

1024
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,640
Speaker 1: make sure this thing is close, guys at the very end,

1025
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 1: because again, between the injuries, the way they're playing that

1026
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:36,279
Speaker 1: all the self inflicted mistakes that they've had at the

1027
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 1: end of the season here, it's just not shaping up

1028
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 1: to be a great time to see a really good

1029
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:44,800
Speaker 1: team like Buffalo right now, you know. And Damian Harris

1030
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: is one of the few guys that has consistently performed

1031
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: against this Bill's team. He's consistently performed in the run

1032
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 1: game all season, it would seem for them not having

1033
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:57,840
Speaker 1: seen every single game, but hey, I had him on

1034
00:56:57,880 --> 00:56:59,600
Speaker 1: my fantasy team and he did me pretty well this

1035
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: year with fifteen touchd There you go. But you know,

1036
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: in any event, it would seem that he is arguably

1037
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:10,840
Speaker 1: their most important player on offense in this game because

1038
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:14,760
Speaker 1: early fast starts have been a problem for New England

1039
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:17,440
Speaker 1: as well, and if they can't get on the scoreboard early,

1040
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:21,600
Speaker 1: you fall behind ten points or more. To this Buffalo team,

1041
00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 1: it's right where you want. They want you because they

1042
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,440
Speaker 1: want you to throw the football because their past defense

1043
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,800
Speaker 1: is the best in the league. Well, their past defense

1044
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 1: is great. And on the other side of the Patriots

1045
00:57:31,760 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: just aren't dynamic enough, explosive enough through the year to

1046
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:39,200
Speaker 1: make up big deficits in short periods of time. They've tried,

1047
00:57:39,400 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 1: they've tried like hell to put out the fires that

1048
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: they have started offensively early in some of these games.

1049
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,400
Speaker 1: And you watch, you know, the second half in Indianapolis

1050
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:50,680
Speaker 1: or even you know, the end of the game in Miami.

1051
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: Mac Jones made some breakthrows down the field's accurate on point.

1052
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:57,160
Speaker 1: It's all well and good, but they don't have enough

1053
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 1: in the way of playmakers, and mac Jones doesn't have

1054
00:57:59,840 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: an enough experience right now to be able to string

1055
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,960
Speaker 1: those kinds of plays together if you fall behind double digits.

1056
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,120
Speaker 1: So Damian Harris is a really critical player for them.

1057
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:09,080
Speaker 1: I thought the Patriots run game was the least of

1058
00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 1: their issues when they played in that second matchup here

1059
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,960
Speaker 1: at Chelte Stadium, because the Bills clearly wanted to take

1060
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: the runaway. Patriots run numbers still ended up pretty good,

1061
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,360
Speaker 1: even with eight guys in the box right quite often,

1062
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,360
Speaker 1: But it was the score of that game that took

1063
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:25,640
Speaker 1: the run game away for the Patriots. So they can't

1064
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 1: get into a situation like they did again against Buffalo

1065
00:58:28,320 --> 00:58:30,880
Speaker 1: second matchup. What happened on that first drive? They run

1066
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:33,760
Speaker 1: it into the line for nothing, then they bring some pressure,

1067
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:35,480
Speaker 1: they get a throwaway from mac Jones, and now all

1068
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,280
Speaker 1: of a sudden, it's third long. That's where they want

1069
00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 1: mac Jones all day long. I would assume how will like,

1070
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:42,960
Speaker 1: for instance, the left tackle Isaiah Win being out, how

1071
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:46,240
Speaker 1: much will that affect the run game and the health

1072
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:50,120
Speaker 1: of the team overall, affect you know, Harris's ability to run.

1073
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: I think it's impactful. I think it would be more

1074
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 1: impactful if this somehow became a passing game for them.

1075
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,160
Speaker 1: To me, that's the biggest issue. If wins not out there,

1076
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,480
Speaker 1: I think Justin Harran can give them something as a

1077
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:05,880
Speaker 1: run blocker. He did play early in the season. The

1078
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 1: Patriots run game wasn't as good as it was really

1079
00:59:08,560 --> 00:59:10,680
Speaker 1: in the middle of the season, but they were able

1080
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: to create some momentum on the ground, even with some

1081
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:15,120
Speaker 1: backups in and out of the lineup through the first

1082
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:16,960
Speaker 1: month of the season or so. It was when they

1083
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,640
Speaker 1: had to pass protect that they had all kinds of issues.

1084
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:22,439
Speaker 1: Mc jones was on pace through the first four games

1085
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,200
Speaker 1: of the season. He was on pace to set a

1086
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:27,479
Speaker 1: record in terms of quarterback hits absorbed. You know, you'd

1087
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:30,520
Speaker 1: go back last twenty years in the NFL and he

1088
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:33,480
Speaker 1: was going to be the new high water mark in

1089
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:36,200
Speaker 1: terms of that statistic that you don't want to be

1090
00:59:36,240 --> 00:59:38,520
Speaker 1: a part of if you're playing that position, and it

1091
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:40,320
Speaker 1: was because they had guys like you, Sere Durant and

1092
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:42,160
Speaker 1: Justin Horan in the game. If they can keep it

1093
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: on the ground and it doesn't become one of these

1094
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:47,240
Speaker 1: situations where they have to throw to come back, I

1095
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:50,919
Speaker 1: think they'll be okay on the left side. But even

1096
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:53,240
Speaker 1: if it's a run game, guys, you guys know it's

1097
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 1: a divisional game. Again, it's a playoff game. You're gonna

1098
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,000
Speaker 1: need the quarterback to make a play at some point.

1099
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,000
Speaker 1: So if you've got to backup left tackle in there

1100
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,000
Speaker 1: against the Bill's pass that has been pretty good the

1101
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: last month of the season or so here, it's just

1102
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:05,720
Speaker 1: not a great situation for them to be in. Talking

1103
01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:10,720
Speaker 1: with NBC Sports Boston, Patriots Boston, NBC Sports Boston, I

1104
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:12,560
Speaker 1: don't want to call him the Boston Patriots. That's what

1105
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: it was sounding like. Patriots b reporter Phil Perry with

1106
01:00:15,320 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 1: US and film people. I watched football like back in

1107
01:00:18,240 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 1: the sixties, right yeah, the last time these two teams

1108
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:24,640
Speaker 1: met in the playoffs, right back in sixty three. I

1109
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you about special teams because there have

1110
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:33,000
Speaker 1: been some very uncharacteristic misques by New England's special teams.

1111
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:35,400
Speaker 1: And believe me, our punter had enough problems here last

1112
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:39,480
Speaker 1: week where they're focused on that primarily here in Buffalo,

1113
01:00:39,560 --> 01:00:43,800
Speaker 1: but that usually doesn't happen for Patriots special teams. What's

1114
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: going on there? And I don't know if you guys

1115
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:48,680
Speaker 1: even have access to special teams coach cam Accord, But

1116
01:00:48,720 --> 01:00:52,760
Speaker 1: what's happening there, it's hard to explain, it really is.

1117
01:00:53,000 --> 01:00:55,960
Speaker 1: And you know, the two miscus this past week that

1118
01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 1: extended drives for the Dolphins and led to points. One

1119
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,400
Speaker 1: of them probably shouldn't have been called. Brandon Bolding got

1120
01:01:02,440 --> 01:01:05,200
Speaker 1: called for making a tackle with his helmet down, and

1121
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:07,280
Speaker 1: the posture thing is is certainly a thing that these

1122
01:01:07,360 --> 01:01:10,360
Speaker 1: these officials are looking out for. That's one. The other

1123
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:13,920
Speaker 1: was completely avoidable, which was Lawrence Sky was lined up

1124
01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:16,760
Speaker 1: on the center, which since twenty thirteen, I believe is

1125
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 1: when the rule can't came in to be you can't

1126
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:22,560
Speaker 1: do it, and everybody knows that, and I would assume,

1127
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 1: you know, the players have to know that even as well.

1128
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 1: Lawrence guy's a veteran guy who's been on that unit before.

1129
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:31,360
Speaker 1: So it's it's really these these brain fart kind of

1130
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:34,440
Speaker 1: moments on that, you know, in that phase that have

1131
01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:37,720
Speaker 1: really killed them. You know, blockpunt in Indianapolis to me

1132
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:40,280
Speaker 1: that the game was never the same after that moment.

1133
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:43,480
Speaker 1: We know how critical those errors can be. So it's

1134
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,040
Speaker 1: really guys, it's just for them. It's unfortunately been a

1135
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,800
Speaker 1: trend for them since that by week, since they left

1136
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:53,040
Speaker 1: Buffalo riding high, feeling themselves, I think, feeling like they

1137
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 1: were the baddest team on the planet. They threw it

1138
01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: three times and they beat a good team on the road.

1139
01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,280
Speaker 1: They ran it when they wanted to, They ran it

1140
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,160
Speaker 1: when the entire stadium knew they were going to run it.

1141
01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,120
Speaker 1: They were feeling great, they got back from there by

1142
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:06,960
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, these mistakes start to crop up,

1143
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 1: whether it's the special team's errors or the penalties. It

1144
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 1: feels like they roll out of bed on game day

1145
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:12,680
Speaker 1: and it's you know, you can you can count on

1146
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 1: them for eight penalties, you know, just like that. And

1147
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:20,080
Speaker 1: again it's not a Bill Belichick style coached team that

1148
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:22,280
Speaker 1: you know we're used to see in here. Yeah, you

1149
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:24,320
Speaker 1: go back to their return guy that the Bills have

1150
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,880
Speaker 1: been rotating return men to three different guys over the

1151
01:02:26,920 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: last month, with Micah Hyde, Isaiah McKenzie and Marquez Stevenson.

1152
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,960
Speaker 1: Gunnar Olshefsky has been your guys, the returner for the

1153
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:40,920
Speaker 1: Patriots from start to finish. How has he played and

1154
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:43,680
Speaker 1: has he you know, been has he been part of

1155
01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:45,400
Speaker 1: the problem or I don't think so I mean, it

1156
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:47,240
Speaker 1: seems like he's pretty steady back there, and they trust

1157
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 1: him a great deal. He's pretty steady, though, I will

1158
01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:52,720
Speaker 1: say Steve, he's gotten away with a few muffs that

1159
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:55,320
Speaker 1: have not ended up hurting the Patriots. But you know,

1160
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:57,200
Speaker 1: we go back and we do our grades and other

1161
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 1: places do similar things. You know, the special teams great

1162
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:03,640
Speaker 1: hasn't been good consistently again over the course of the

1163
01:03:03,720 --> 01:03:06,360
Speaker 1: last month, month and a half, and there are moments

1164
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:08,320
Speaker 1: where he gets a little loose with the football, So

1165
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:10,360
Speaker 1: that's just something you'd have to keep an eye out for.

1166
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:13,200
Speaker 1: He's obviously he's kind of a slight guy, but he

1167
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:16,240
Speaker 1: runs like he's Adrian Peterson, like he wants to take

1168
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:19,360
Speaker 1: on the world with every punt return, so he'll leave

1169
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:23,240
Speaker 1: a feed on occasion. He doesn't always catch it totally cleanly,

1170
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 1: so you know, even Generoschewski hasn't been the most short

1171
01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:29,640
Speaker 1: handed player back there. So it's really all facets of

1172
01:03:29,720 --> 01:03:31,480
Speaker 1: that kicking game that it feels like they're going to

1173
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:35,360
Speaker 1: have to get shored up really quickly here to avoid

1174
01:03:35,400 --> 01:03:37,680
Speaker 1: a big time error in a critical game. Last one

1175
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:41,840
Speaker 1: I've got for you, Phil, is there a theory as

1176
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 1: to why Judeon's production has kind of fallen off the

1177
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:47,800
Speaker 1: table here because I know he was on the COVID

1178
01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:49,960
Speaker 1: list for a while, wasn't he Is there any theory

1179
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:52,600
Speaker 1: as to maybe dealing with some lasting effects from that?

1180
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:55,120
Speaker 1: Is that maybe the best theory we can come up with,

1181
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:58,520
Speaker 1: or is there some other explanation there, you know. I

1182
01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:01,760
Speaker 1: asked him about the COVID packed, and it felt like

1183
01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:05,080
Speaker 1: was pretty honest and that the only impact he felt

1184
01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:06,840
Speaker 1: like it had on him was that he wasn't really

1185
01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:08,680
Speaker 1: able to work out, and so it did take him

1186
01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:10,680
Speaker 1: a few days to get his win back in that regard,

1187
01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:12,520
Speaker 1: but he really didn't feel like he had much in

1188
01:04:12,560 --> 01:04:16,000
Speaker 1: the way of symptoms or after effects. The one thing

1189
01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:18,840
Speaker 1: that I would say, you know, would be a real

1190
01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:22,880
Speaker 1: indicator of how he's feeling is what happened at the

1191
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:25,320
Speaker 1: end of the game in Buffalo. So there was a

1192
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:29,360
Speaker 1: play late in that game where he sort of landed awkwardly,

1193
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:32,040
Speaker 1: and he told us after that he hurt his ribs.

1194
01:04:32,040 --> 01:04:33,800
Speaker 1: He had to come out of the game briefly there

1195
01:04:34,240 --> 01:04:36,240
Speaker 1: eventually made his way back in and he really hasn't

1196
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:38,840
Speaker 1: missed much time since then outside of the COVID list.

1197
01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:41,600
Speaker 1: But I think he's probably dealing with a rib issue

1198
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:44,240
Speaker 1: because to me, he looks like a player who just

1199
01:04:44,320 --> 01:04:47,680
Speaker 1: doesn't have the same kind of pop and explosion that

1200
01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 1: he had for the vast majority of the season. He

1201
01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 1: was probably the most valuable player either side of the

1202
01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:54,840
Speaker 1: ball guys for the first three quarters of the season,

1203
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:57,680
Speaker 1: and for him to just disappear the way he has

1204
01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,720
Speaker 1: over the course of the last month has been a

1205
01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:01,680
Speaker 1: real surprise. So I don't know if that can get

1206
01:05:01,720 --> 01:05:04,480
Speaker 1: better between now and Saturday. But they need him to

1207
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:06,840
Speaker 1: play really well because if he doesn't and he doesn't

1208
01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: play discipline, that's another thing that's kind of gone out

1209
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 1: the window with him is when he doesn't play discipline,

1210
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:13,680
Speaker 1: he flies up the field. It really opens up these

1211
01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 1: rush lanes for you know two a tongue of vloa

1212
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:17,920
Speaker 1: killed them last week. Josh Allen, we know, is a

1213
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,560
Speaker 1: much better athlete. That's one thing that I know this

1214
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 1: entire defense is really focused on. You can't let Josh

1215
01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 1: Allen kill you with his legs. I knows. That's something

1216
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:28,640
Speaker 1: they've been harping on all week here. Phil, Thanks appreciate it,

1217
01:05:28,720 --> 01:05:30,560
Speaker 1: Thanks for taking some time. It's good talking to you again.

1218
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:33,440
Speaker 1: We'll see you over the weekend anytime, guys. Sounds good.

1219
01:05:33,560 --> 01:05:36,360
Speaker 1: Enjoy the game Saturday. All right, that's NBC Sports Boston's

1220
01:05:36,520 --> 01:05:39,240
Speaker 1: Patriots beat reporter Phil Perry joining us here helped us

1221
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:41,160
Speaker 1: out two times this year, so many thanks to him

1222
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:46,600
Speaker 1: for giving us the four one one on the Patriots. Steve,

1223
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:49,600
Speaker 1: You know everybody's talking about the Bills punter Matt Hawk.

1224
01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:53,200
Speaker 1: Do you know that Patriots punters three blocks this year?

1225
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:57,760
Speaker 1: It's a three punts block? Really? Yeah? Three? Man, that's

1226
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:04,840
Speaker 1: a crusher. I wonder if he Farwell sees something on tape. Well, yeah,

1227
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:07,320
Speaker 1: I mean everybody sees it. Can you get there? Well,

1228
01:06:07,360 --> 01:06:09,960
Speaker 1: I mean that's what I mean. You see something? Can

1229
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,400
Speaker 1: we take advantage of Bill's blocked a jetpunt? Yeah? The

1230
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:14,440
Speaker 1: other day, so that Lewis did it with his arm

1231
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:17,120
Speaker 1: pitted that which sometimes it happens like that. I mean,

1232
01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:22,400
Speaker 1: I it's never easy, I'm telling you. So maybe both

1233
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:24,400
Speaker 1: these teams are holding their breath when their punters go

1234
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,200
Speaker 1: out there. Yeah, and may make coaches think twice about

1235
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: putting the punter out there in the first place. May

1236
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:30,640
Speaker 1: the hell with it. I'm just gonna go for it,

1237
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,560
Speaker 1: you know, I mean that's interesting, do you what do

1238
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:34,880
Speaker 1: you think, Brownie, Because if I'm Sean McDermott in a

1239
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 1: game like this, depending on how everything's going with the

1240
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:40,680
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback at across the field, like when you're across midfield,

1241
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:44,800
Speaker 1: is it four down territory all day? Well, I think

1242
01:06:45,600 --> 01:06:48,760
Speaker 1: i'm fourth and say fourth and three or less. Yeah.

1243
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:52,880
Speaker 1: I think We've seen coach McDermott handle these situations all

1244
01:06:52,920 --> 01:06:58,960
Speaker 1: season long, and he has not gone strictly by whatever

1245
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:03,800
Speaker 1: the statistical probabilities say. He's factored in how is my

1246
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 1: defense playing, what's the score on the board, how much

1247
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 1: time is left in the game. He always weighs all

1248
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:14,880
Speaker 1: those other things into that decision. I think if it's

1249
01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:17,040
Speaker 1: fourth and one or fourth and two, yes they're going

1250
01:07:17,080 --> 01:07:19,640
Speaker 1: forward fourth and three. He has said himself, that's where

1251
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:21,960
Speaker 1: it gets a little murky, dependent on where you are

1252
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 1: on the field. And that's true, and the statistical probabilities

1253
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:26,560
Speaker 1: bear that out. And we talked about the last the

1254
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:29,080
Speaker 1: last meeting in Foxboro between the Bills and the Patriots.

1255
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:32,520
Speaker 1: He went for to every time except for one. Yeah,

1256
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,160
Speaker 1: and he kicked kick field goal on a fourth and

1257
01:07:35,320 --> 01:07:37,640
Speaker 1: two to go up ten to seven. They went up

1258
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:39,640
Speaker 1: ten to seven. And here's the thing. I didn't have

1259
01:07:39,640 --> 01:07:43,360
Speaker 1: a problem with it then. And here's why. Two plays

1260
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:47,560
Speaker 1: right before that, two plays before it was when Doc

1261
01:07:47,840 --> 01:07:52,200
Speaker 1: who wasn't that got hurt the guard, but Bucker got

1262
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:54,840
Speaker 1: hurt two plays before that fourth down would have been

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01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 1: and they bring Dion Dawkins in. They slide Spencer Brown over.

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01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:04,880
Speaker 1: They moved Bates from the right guard left guard, and

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01:08:04,920 --> 01:08:07,560
Speaker 1: then it comes well, no, Darryl Williams moved from the

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01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:10,680
Speaker 1: right right guard, so they've shuffled the whole lot. Guys

1267
01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:13,480
Speaker 1: moved right, four guys moved two plays before that, and

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01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:15,000
Speaker 1: you're gonna try and go for it on a critical

1269
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: fourth thing, So you know what, let me just kick.

1270
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:18,720
Speaker 1: Let's kick it. That's the only time he didn't go

1271
01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:20,960
Speaker 1: for it last time these two teams met. Now, then,

1272
01:08:21,240 --> 01:08:24,720
Speaker 1: now here's the thing. Every single drive except for the

1273
01:08:24,840 --> 01:08:27,800
Speaker 1: end of it, they were inside the twenty right, so

1274
01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,120
Speaker 1: moving the ball was not in they were moving the football.

1275
01:08:30,200 --> 01:08:31,760
Speaker 1: He knew, I think he knew. Let me take the

1276
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 1: points here, let's reset the offensive line, get them settled in,

1277
01:08:35,720 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 1: and we're gonna keep moving the bulls the way I

1278
01:08:37,479 --> 01:08:40,479
Speaker 1: thought about it. Yeah, because there was. It was very

1279
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:42,960
Speaker 1: clear from the beginning of that game the Bills had

1280
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:46,559
Speaker 1: more juice than the Patriots did. You could just I'm

1281
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:48,800
Speaker 1: watching it through the television and I could feel it

1282
01:08:49,200 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 1: like they just had far more intensity down in and

1283
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,720
Speaker 1: down out than the Patriots did. It used to be

1284
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:58,040
Speaker 1: when when I was playing, and not when I was

1285
01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:00,400
Speaker 1: playing so much. But when you watch games, you get

1286
01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:02,479
Speaker 1: an idea, like in the first couple of minutes of

1287
01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:06,760
Speaker 1: a game, which teams sharp by a good break or

1288
01:09:06,760 --> 01:09:08,880
Speaker 1: a lucky break or a tackle or a play or

1289
01:09:08,920 --> 01:09:11,840
Speaker 1: something like that and any and sometimes not always, but

1290
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:13,599
Speaker 1: sometimes that carries through all the way. And I think,

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01:09:13,800 --> 01:09:15,280
Speaker 1: I get what you're saying about the juice of the

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01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:17,479
Speaker 1: Bills brought to the table, and I think and you

1293
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:19,720
Speaker 1: could argue the same thing for the Patriots. And in

1294
01:09:19,760 --> 01:09:22,040
Speaker 1: the first game out here, yes exactly. And I'll say

1295
01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:24,280
Speaker 1: this too, the Bills had every reason to have an

1296
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:26,559
Speaker 1: enormous sized chip on their shoulder from the way the

1297
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:28,880
Speaker 1: game went here in Buffalo. In this three weeks they

1298
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:31,559
Speaker 1: were trying to be trying to win it left handed,

1299
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:35,000
Speaker 1: almost you know, with you couldn't throw the football. And

1300
01:09:35,080 --> 01:09:39,559
Speaker 1: even this last game against the Jets. Eric would brought

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01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:42,200
Speaker 1: it up to us on Monday. The thirty four out

1302
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:44,880
Speaker 1: of the thirty seven points scored this last game against

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01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:49,439
Speaker 1: the Jets. We're going towards the tunnel. Yeah, the thirty

1304
01:09:49,479 --> 01:09:52,000
Speaker 1: seven total points. Yeah, yeah, thirty four the thirty seven

1305
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:56,120
Speaker 1: total points for both teams. So it was you get

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01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:57,920
Speaker 1: into the stadium and it's hard to do that. You

1307
01:09:57,960 --> 01:10:00,000
Speaker 1: got to take that into account and it will be introduced.

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01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:03,720
Speaker 1: See which team has the wind and the lead or

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01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 1: one or the other in the fourth quarter this game

1310
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: coming up Saturday night. The only quarter this season in

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01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 1: which the Patriots, who finished second in point differential to

1312
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:15,000
Speaker 1: the Bills this year, the only quarter in which they've

1313
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:18,320
Speaker 1: been outscored this season is the first quarter. They've been

1314
01:10:18,320 --> 01:10:21,920
Speaker 1: outscored in the first quarter eighty nine to seventy seven.

1315
01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:24,160
Speaker 1: It's not a wide margin, but they've been outscored in

1316
01:10:24,160 --> 01:10:26,599
Speaker 1: the first quarter, and getting off to slow starts has

1317
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:29,559
Speaker 1: put them in bad spots because then they usually have

1318
01:10:29,720 --> 01:10:32,080
Speaker 1: to put more on mac Jones plate, which is what

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01:10:32,080 --> 01:10:34,600
Speaker 1: they do not want to do. Meanwhile, the Bills have

1320
01:10:34,680 --> 01:10:37,360
Speaker 1: outscored their opponents in the first quarter one oh two

1321
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:40,160
Speaker 1: to thirty seven. That is the key to this game.

1322
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:43,280
Speaker 1: It might be get off put it on Mac Joe.

1323
01:10:43,320 --> 01:10:45,040
Speaker 1: Even like Phil Perry, who just had on some of

1324
01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:48,639
Speaker 1: the other media people you hear talking about this Patriot team,

1325
01:10:48,720 --> 01:10:52,080
Speaker 1: Mac Jones has gotten off to slow starts. It doesn't

1326
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:55,120
Speaker 1: look that way statistically, obviously, because they're not that slow,

1327
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,320
Speaker 1: because they're only down what ten points over the course

1328
01:10:57,320 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 1: of the whole season. But of late, the Patriots have

1329
01:11:01,479 --> 01:11:04,320
Speaker 1: struggled to get get out of the blocks fast, at

1330
01:11:04,360 --> 01:11:08,200
Speaker 1: least offensively. We are asking you, following Saturday's Bills Pats

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01:11:08,240 --> 01:11:11,280
Speaker 1: playoff game, what's your Sunday morning headline? It looks like

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01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:14,200
Speaker 1: Linda in North Boston has a headline for us. What

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01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:17,160
Speaker 1: do you have for us? Linda? Oh, hi, and I'm

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01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 1: so glad I got through. Um. My headline is Bill's

1335
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:27,320
Speaker 1: iceberg sinks the paths. Okay. I like that, a little

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01:11:27,400 --> 01:11:30,400
Speaker 1: Titanic analogy. That's a that's a clever one. I like it.

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01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:32,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna take into the take the cold weather into

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01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:35,320
Speaker 1: account as well. Well done, Linda. I like that one.

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01:11:35,720 --> 01:11:38,880
Speaker 1: Very nice. Appreciate the call. We're gonna move along here.

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01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:40,960
Speaker 1: That's pretty good, not bad. Yeah, you know you got

1341
01:11:40,960 --> 01:11:42,479
Speaker 1: a factor in the weather. That's got to be part

1342
01:11:42,479 --> 01:11:45,519
Speaker 1: of it. We're gonna go to Dennis in Lewiston. He's

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01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:48,280
Speaker 1: got a headline. Let's see what Dennis has. Welcome to

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01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:51,599
Speaker 1: one Bill's Live, Denni's what you got. I just want

1345
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,400
Speaker 1: to start by saying Gold Bills a big fan. Everybody

1346
01:11:55,439 --> 01:12:01,280
Speaker 1: ever here is with me. We got the dog. The

1347
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:03,880
Speaker 1: dog loves us too, it loves you too. Okay, great,

1348
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:08,240
Speaker 1: but uh from my headline, I want to say bills

1349
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:11,600
Speaker 1: of the Iceberg Patriot Titanic. But I also got a

1350
01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:16,120
Speaker 1: couple of questions. Okay, uh for for mostly for Steve,

1351
01:12:16,439 --> 01:12:20,200
Speaker 1: no no disrespect, I get it, but uh, I love

1352
01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,120
Speaker 1: you Steve Manning. You're my hero. I'm not here a

1353
01:12:22,160 --> 01:12:25,679
Speaker 1: few years ago at a party for body. Uh yeah,

1354
01:12:25,720 --> 01:12:28,240
Speaker 1: my most treasured picture is the two of us together.

1355
01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:32,080
Speaker 1: But uh, I wanted to I wanted to ask you

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01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:36,840
Speaker 1: if you thought anybody specific stuck out on special teams

1357
01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:40,880
Speaker 1: this year for the Bills. And I also want to

1358
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:45,040
Speaker 1: know if Isaiah McKenzie's plan and what his favorite candy is.

1359
01:12:46,680 --> 01:12:48,320
Speaker 1: That's all I got. I don't know if we can

1360
01:12:48,360 --> 01:12:51,559
Speaker 1: answer that one, but uh, I'm not going to pretend

1361
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:54,680
Speaker 1: to know Isaiah McKenzie's favorite candy. But anybody stand down

1362
01:12:54,720 --> 01:12:58,639
Speaker 1: on special teams this year for you, Steve uh there's

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01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:01,680
Speaker 1: a couple of them. Um cam Lewis has had a

1364
01:13:01,720 --> 01:13:08,439
Speaker 1: really nice year. Metakevic's a stalwart out there, Sandi Sirrand

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01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:10,479
Speaker 1: Neil has really had a really year. He's really had

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01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:13,920
Speaker 1: a nice year Pro Bowl consideration. He's had a really

1367
01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:20,720
Speaker 1: nice year, and so have Tyler. Bass has been sensational.

1368
01:13:22,240 --> 01:13:23,760
Speaker 1: They got off to a slow start when they gave

1369
01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:26,000
Speaker 1: up a punt block in Week one, but they've been

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01:13:26,040 --> 01:13:30,439
Speaker 1: really good after that. Hawk has been I think one

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01:13:30,479 --> 01:13:32,080
Speaker 1: of the reasons Bass has had a great year is

1372
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:33,960
Speaker 1: because of Matt Hawk and his ability to hold the ball.

1373
01:13:34,040 --> 01:13:39,040
Speaker 1: Don't discount that Hawk's ability to get the ball down

1374
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:42,160
Speaker 1: deep and penn teams inside the twenty has been good.

1375
01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:45,839
Speaker 1: His leg out in the field not as good. Obviously,

1376
01:13:45,920 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 1: we saw the bad game list last week, but I

1377
01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:50,880
Speaker 1: will note this too. And Sean McDermott did as well.

1378
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:53,800
Speaker 1: He bounced back and late in that game, and he

1379
01:13:53,840 --> 01:13:57,320
Speaker 1: punted it really well after a couple of bad actually

1380
01:13:57,360 --> 01:14:00,160
Speaker 1: two punts that really counted that were really horrible. He

1381
01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,840
Speaker 1: had three the drop snap and then the twenty one

1382
01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:06,160
Speaker 1: yarder that followed the twenty eight yarder that didn't count.

1383
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:09,000
Speaker 1: So yeah, it was a rough day for him. But

1384
01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:14,719
Speaker 1: special teams wise, I like Heath Farwell. He's much better

1385
01:14:14,760 --> 01:14:18,280
Speaker 1: coordinator than he was two years ago. And I think

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01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:20,439
Speaker 1: this is a team with the guys that they've got

1387
01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:22,840
Speaker 1: on it now, with Taiwan Jones back in the full

1388
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:29,040
Speaker 1: metacavic here, Siran Neil and Cam Lewis, they got some guys.

1389
01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:31,760
Speaker 1: They've really got some guys, and he's sprinkling a couple

1390
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:33,479
Speaker 1: of other guys around him. So I like where they're

1391
01:14:33,479 --> 01:14:36,479
Speaker 1: at special teams wise, but they've got to be aware.

1392
01:14:36,520 --> 01:14:38,719
Speaker 1: I think the thing that gets me with Micah Hyde

1393
01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:40,479
Speaker 1: able to catch punch like he does, it's awesome, and

1394
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:46,160
Speaker 1: Mackenzie and Marquez cool, I think they really need to

1395
01:14:46,160 --> 01:14:50,559
Speaker 1: have their antennae up for something Saturday from the Patriots.

1396
01:14:50,600 --> 01:14:52,439
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots need to do that kind of

1397
01:14:52,479 --> 01:14:54,120
Speaker 1: thing to keep this holder there. They're going to be

1398
01:14:54,120 --> 01:14:57,400
Speaker 1: a desperate team, they know they especially with their injuries now,

1399
01:14:57,439 --> 01:14:59,360
Speaker 1: they've gotta be even more shorthanded than they would have

1400
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:01,679
Speaker 1: been with all their horses, and even then, I still

1401
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,479
Speaker 1: don't think they match up man to man. They're they're

1402
01:15:04,479 --> 01:15:07,719
Speaker 1: gonna have a probably one at least one awareness play

1403
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,479
Speaker 1: a quarter. You know what I'm saying. They're gonna have

1404
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 1: one of those plays where it's a double pass or

1405
01:15:13,640 --> 01:15:18,679
Speaker 1: a flea flicker or something like that, or a double

1406
01:15:18,720 --> 01:15:22,680
Speaker 1: returners or you know, Mac Jones out of the backfield

1407
01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:26,960
Speaker 1: and a wildcat with a wildcat with Harrison and the

1408
01:15:27,040 --> 01:15:30,120
Speaker 1: other So I think the Patriots are gonna have to

1409
01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:34,120
Speaker 1: do that. I think they're gonna really make a concerted effort.

1410
01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 1: And this is not special teams are not, but special

1411
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:38,720
Speaker 1: teams could be one of those awareness plays that I'm

1412
01:15:38,720 --> 01:15:41,000
Speaker 1: talking about. But I think they're gonna make a concerted

1413
01:15:41,000 --> 01:15:44,519
Speaker 1: effort offensively, defensively, and special teams wise to win the

1414
01:15:44,560 --> 01:15:48,720
Speaker 1: turnover battle at all costs. At all costs, that's their

1415
01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:51,120
Speaker 1: best chance to win. They have got to steal some

1416
01:15:51,200 --> 01:15:54,519
Speaker 1: possessions from Buffalo. If they can win the turnover battle

1417
01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:58,280
Speaker 1: by plus two, they got a chance. Break time for

1418
01:15:58,360 --> 01:16:00,599
Speaker 1: us here, Mike and Orchard Park other holding an eighth

1419
01:16:00,680 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 1: three five fifty, Hang tight, We'll get to you. Take

1420
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,000
Speaker 1: a break here and be back with more. You're on one.

1421
01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:07,599
Speaker 1: Bill's line presented by collot of health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio.

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01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:22,080
Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown,

1423
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:23,920
Speaker 1: Steve Asker with you. We want to get right back

1424
01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:26,760
Speaker 1: to the phones and squeeze in Mike from Orchard Park. Mike,

1425
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:28,280
Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're on One Bills Live.

1426
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:31,760
Speaker 1: I got three quick questions. Sure. First one, have you

1427
01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:36,680
Speaker 1: guys shown the video of Beasley dunking on your program?

1428
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:39,640
Speaker 1: I don't believe so you mean dunking a basketball or

1429
01:16:40,160 --> 01:16:45,960
Speaker 1: oh yeah, okay, dunking? Yeah, believable. Anyway, here's my question, Steve,

1430
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: could you ever dunk a basketball? Yes? Two hands behind

1431
01:16:50,120 --> 01:16:56,120
Speaker 1: my head? What? Yeah? Two hands behind my head? So

1432
01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:58,720
Speaker 1: you could do pretty much on your kind of dunk. Yeah, well,

1433
01:16:58,880 --> 01:17:01,120
Speaker 1: not any kind, but two hands behind my head was

1434
01:17:01,160 --> 01:17:05,519
Speaker 1: probably my my biggest accomplishment. We've had some hops. Wow,

1435
01:17:06,280 --> 01:17:10,720
Speaker 1: all right, I've always wondered that. My other questions, aside

1436
01:17:10,800 --> 01:17:16,000
Speaker 1: from thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, is there any pattern of weather

1437
01:17:16,479 --> 01:17:21,240
Speaker 1: that could cancel a football game? Lightning? Yeah, lightning, lightning,

1438
01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:24,840
Speaker 1: that's thunderstorm to me. Can it be too cold? No? No,

1439
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:30,080
Speaker 1: well ye can't, probably can't it cannot. They played the

1440
01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:33,120
Speaker 1: Ice Bowl in fifty six below or something like that. Well,

1441
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:38,559
Speaker 1: so they're they're not. And the NFL doesn't have weather

1442
01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:43,400
Speaker 1: stoppages or postponements. They have unless it's a hurricane. Right,

1443
01:17:43,560 --> 01:17:46,280
Speaker 1: they've done that, but they've moved in. They moved the

1444
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:50,759
Speaker 1: game and play it. So yeah, because I mean Stefan

1445
01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:53,280
Speaker 1: dis even told us because he I had forgotten this.

1446
01:17:53,640 --> 01:17:57,960
Speaker 1: When they were building the new Minneapolis Stadium, the Vikings

1447
01:17:57,960 --> 01:18:00,040
Speaker 1: had to play outside at the University of Minnesota for

1448
01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:02,519
Speaker 1: a year and they had a playoff game. It was

1449
01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:05,840
Speaker 1: minus fifteen. That's without the wind. Maybe it's cold. They

1450
01:18:05,880 --> 01:18:09,639
Speaker 1: played outside and minus fifteen it's dangerous cold. Yeah, yes,

1451
01:18:09,760 --> 01:18:12,639
Speaker 1: didn't didn't stop the game. Yes, we want to pass

1452
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,120
Speaker 1: along some comments to you from head coach Sean McDermot,

1453
01:18:15,160 --> 01:18:17,120
Speaker 1: who addressed the media today as well as some of

1454
01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:21,480
Speaker 1: the players about the upcoming game. Naturally and coach McDermott

1455
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:27,439
Speaker 1: talked about preparing his team for the cold weather and

1456
01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:30,080
Speaker 1: there are some interesting steps that they have taken to

1457
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:33,360
Speaker 1: do that. Here is coach on that subject. I believe

1458
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:35,240
Speaker 1: in getting out where you're going to play the game

1459
01:18:35,360 --> 01:18:38,400
Speaker 1: is to be in that environment as much as you can,

1460
01:18:39,040 --> 01:18:43,440
Speaker 1: all the while not trying to put too much physiological

1461
01:18:43,479 --> 01:18:46,040
Speaker 1: stress on the players too early in the week, you know,

1462
01:18:46,040 --> 01:18:49,040
Speaker 1: and trying to balance trying to balance that as well.

1463
01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:51,920
Speaker 1: So I think we've done a good job of tearing

1464
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:55,360
Speaker 1: it into Saturday at this point. You know, we talked

1465
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:59,320
Speaker 1: about it as a staff, and so those guys trying

1466
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 1: to cool those is down a little bit. And you know,

1467
01:19:02,960 --> 01:19:04,920
Speaker 1: as you know, even growing up, when you're planning in

1468
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:07,880
Speaker 1: the backyard and it's cold, I'm sure in Buffalo, right

1469
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:10,439
Speaker 1: for a lot of people out there, that's the case

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Speaker 1: this time of year, trying to go out there and

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01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:14,840
Speaker 1: just play touch football or tackler or whatever, and a

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01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:19,400
Speaker 1: ball gets slicked because it is so firm, right, And

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01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:21,760
Speaker 1: so just trying to make sure, just like anything, that

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01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:24,400
Speaker 1: we try to dept our guys to that as much

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01:19:24,400 --> 01:19:28,800
Speaker 1: as possible. So basically coach told us today today would

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01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,519
Speaker 1: be their first completely outdoor practice of the week. It

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01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:35,200
Speaker 1: was in the stadium yesterday. They were in the field house,

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01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:37,320
Speaker 1: but they had all the doors open and they turned

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01:19:37,320 --> 01:19:41,280
Speaker 1: the heat off. So it's like prexing in a tent, right,

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01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:43,920
Speaker 1: And it was windy yesterday, and I think when wind

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01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: enters the equation you don't want it to compromise the

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01:19:47,840 --> 01:19:50,400
Speaker 1: work you need to get done to prepare for the game,

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01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:53,920
Speaker 1: especially if windy conditions are not expected on game day,

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01:19:53,920 --> 01:19:55,519
Speaker 1: and that is the case. It is supposed to be

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01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:59,599
Speaker 1: relatively calm by Orchard Park standards for the game Saturday night,

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01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,520
Speaker 1: even though it will be bitterly cold, but they're freezing

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01:20:02,600 --> 01:20:08,040
Speaker 1: the footballs steve for practice. Think about it. And after

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01:20:08,080 --> 01:20:10,680
Speaker 1: the game here in Orchard Park when they played the Patriots,

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01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:14,360
Speaker 1: the postgame comments by Bill Belichick, he went into his

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01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:18,080
Speaker 1: team and they do their he said, he goes, he goes, guys,

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01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:20,920
Speaker 1: he goes, that's why we practice in this stuff. And

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01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:26,439
Speaker 1: they were all like, they're like, but yeah, so that's

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01:20:27,080 --> 01:20:29,840
Speaker 1: that's the idea. You got to get used to it.

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01:20:29,920 --> 01:20:32,559
Speaker 1: And so it's so it's not there are no questions

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01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:34,160
Speaker 1: in your mind about what has to happen and what

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01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:36,080
Speaker 1: it's going to be like when you go out there.

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01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:38,320
Speaker 1: Certainly you may make mistakes, and you may make and

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01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:40,840
Speaker 1: the cold may be a factor, but at least it's

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01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:42,960
Speaker 1: not a surprise and you know how to handle it.

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Speaker 1: And if you don't execute how to handle it, that's

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01:20:44,720 --> 01:20:46,920
Speaker 1: one thing. But it's just something you need to know

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01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:48,200
Speaker 1: how to do. You need to be used to it.

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01:20:48,200 --> 01:20:50,840
Speaker 1: You need to you know, you need to have gone

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01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:53,880
Speaker 1: through it once or twice. That's why it is a

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01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:56,880
Speaker 1: thing when quarterbacks like mac Jones have never played in

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01:20:56,920 --> 01:20:59,040
Speaker 1: cold weather and the guys you know who have never

1507
01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:01,040
Speaker 1: played in the rain, and guys who have never played

1508
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:03,760
Speaker 1: in the wind um, it is something you need to

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01:21:03,760 --> 01:21:06,000
Speaker 1: think about and get used to and if you can

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01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:09,559
Speaker 1: practice in it, all the better. Dion Dawkins, who has

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01:21:09,600 --> 01:21:14,800
Speaker 1: been here for the whole run of coach McDermott's tenure, uh, basically,

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01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:18,280
Speaker 1: was asked about what it means to him to be

1513
01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,720
Speaker 1: back in the playoffs. Obviously, he was here for the

1514
01:21:20,720 --> 01:21:24,400
Speaker 1: playoff loss in Houston. He was here for their season

1515
01:21:24,520 --> 01:21:27,320
Speaker 1: ending last year obviously in Kansas City. So here is

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01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:32,320
Speaker 1: Dion on his thoughts about being back in postseason where

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01:21:32,360 --> 01:21:35,959
Speaker 1: one of one of few to be in a position

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01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:39,439
Speaker 1: you know, like, uh, we look on our social media's

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01:21:39,479 --> 01:21:41,920
Speaker 1: and we see some of the guys that are that

1520
01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:45,960
Speaker 1: are all ready home and and and uh back like

1521
01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:49,720
Speaker 1: where their full time like residency is and and and

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01:21:49,760 --> 01:21:52,040
Speaker 1: we take pride in it that we're still going and

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01:21:52,160 --> 01:21:55,599
Speaker 1: we're still practicing and that we still have meetings and

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01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:59,800
Speaker 1: and we still are in the flow and we take

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01:21:59,840 --> 01:22:03,160
Speaker 1: it serious. You know. Um, the postseason is special. It's

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01:22:03,160 --> 01:22:06,559
Speaker 1: a special thing to and get to. And everybody can't

1527
01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:09,840
Speaker 1: say that they've gotten there. You know. I'm playing with

1528
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:13,880
Speaker 1: like Kyle Williams. The first year that he's been there

1529
01:22:14,040 --> 01:22:18,640
Speaker 1: was after that Dolphins game, Um, with the blessing of

1530
01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:22,160
Speaker 1: of Dalton, and he's been in the league for shoot,

1531
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:27,240
Speaker 1: what twelve thirteen years? Like maybe even more like like

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01:22:27,240 --> 01:22:29,960
Speaker 1: like I don't know. So, Um, we just take it

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01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:32,880
Speaker 1: with a lot of pride. It's not easy to get

1534
01:22:32,960 --> 01:22:36,000
Speaker 1: and get here, and we don't take it lightly. And

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01:22:36,080 --> 01:22:37,679
Speaker 1: a lot of the players, a lot of the veteran

1536
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:40,400
Speaker 1: players have told some of the younger players, Hey, it

1537
01:22:40,520 --> 01:22:43,479
Speaker 1: doesn't happen every year, so make sure you're doing your

1538
01:22:43,560 --> 01:22:46,840
Speaker 1: job this week so we can keep playing. Yeah, you've

1539
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:49,320
Speaker 1: got like forty members of the Bills on the active

1540
01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:52,000
Speaker 1: roster have appeared in at least one playoff game. Thirty

1541
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:55,439
Speaker 1: eight players of the Bills roster have appeared in multiple

1542
01:22:55,479 --> 01:22:59,160
Speaker 1: playoff games. Micah Hyde and Emmanuel Sanders lead him with

1543
01:22:59,439 --> 01:23:02,280
Speaker 1: thirteen playoff games. Of course, they were with other teams

1544
01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:06,120
Speaker 1: and all of that now McDermott, Leslie Frazier, Brian Dayble,

1545
01:23:06,439 --> 01:23:09,439
Speaker 1: Heath Farwell, all of those guy, all the coordinators and

1546
01:23:09,479 --> 01:23:11,880
Speaker 1: the head coach have all played, I have all coached

1547
01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:15,400
Speaker 1: in or even played and coached in Super Bowls themselves.

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01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:18,599
Speaker 1: So there's a lot of experience and in a lot

1549
01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 1: of realization as much as and it's as much as

1550
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:23,439
Speaker 1: big a numbers as those are, Like all these guys

1551
01:23:23,439 --> 01:23:29,160
Speaker 1: have played, it doesn't happen that often. It's it's an

1552
01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:31,920
Speaker 1: opportunity and they don't take it lightly, you know how.

1553
01:23:32,360 --> 01:23:34,840
Speaker 1: I think it's more precious because all of these guys,

1554
01:23:35,840 --> 01:23:40,559
Speaker 1: guys like me and others of these guys have know

1555
01:23:40,680 --> 01:23:42,800
Speaker 1: how it ends, particularly the thirty eight members of the

1556
01:23:42,800 --> 01:23:44,320
Speaker 1: Bills or forty members of the Bills who were with

1557
01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:46,680
Speaker 1: the team last year who saw it in so all

1558
01:23:46,680 --> 01:23:49,280
Speaker 1: too quickly. Only one team is going to be happy

1559
01:23:49,280 --> 01:23:51,040
Speaker 1: at the end of the year. That's right, only one.

1560
01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:55,040
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, as it pertains to this game against the

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01:23:55,080 --> 01:23:59,640
Speaker 1: Patriots specifically knows defending the Patriots run game will be important.

1562
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:03,400
Speaker 1: They had trouble stopping it obviously in the first matchup.

1563
01:24:03,800 --> 01:24:06,760
Speaker 1: The Patriots were even productive in the second matchup. They

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01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:09,040
Speaker 1: just had to throw it more because they fell behind.

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01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:12,240
Speaker 1: So here is Poyer on defending the Patriots run game

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01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:16,800
Speaker 1: more effectively, very very diverse, and they got string good

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01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:20,800
Speaker 1: running backs, we got good contact balance, run botching Art,

1568
01:24:21,840 --> 01:24:25,920
Speaker 1: and they got a very solid offensive line blocks well

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01:24:26,000 --> 01:24:28,720
Speaker 1: for him. And so then they're able to turn the

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01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:31,360
Speaker 1: dial one where I's not working. They mixed up and

1571
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:33,720
Speaker 1: go to the next round. So you know, we have

1572
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:39,200
Speaker 1: to play well the next slut. No secret there, And

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01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:44,160
Speaker 1: what I would say this steve. The prevailing response in

1574
01:24:44,200 --> 01:24:47,160
Speaker 1: the games where the Bills have not defended the run

1575
01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:51,160
Speaker 1: well from both Leslie Fraser and his players has been

1576
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:57,240
Speaker 1: gap integrity and poor tackling. So those two things, which

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01:24:57,479 --> 01:25:00,720
Speaker 1: I think we could safely say our fundamental principles of

1578
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:04,599
Speaker 1: good defensive football, have to be there because if they're not,

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01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:08,120
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a big problem and you're gonna only

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01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:11,600
Speaker 1: encourage the Patriots to keep running the ball. Yeah. I

1581
01:25:11,640 --> 01:25:14,360
Speaker 1: think we've been talking about it as well too earlier

1582
01:25:14,360 --> 01:25:17,040
Speaker 1: in the week about the more physical team will win.

1583
01:25:18,160 --> 01:25:19,960
Speaker 1: And it's easy to say, well, the team that runs

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01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:21,840
Speaker 1: the ball better or stops the run better, it's going

1585
01:25:21,880 --> 01:25:24,160
Speaker 1: to be the more physical team, not exactly on case.

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01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:26,840
Speaker 1: Some of that physicality has to do with just the

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01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:30,439
Speaker 1: attitude you're playing with. Certainly, you can't miss tackles, and

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01:25:30,479 --> 01:25:33,880
Speaker 1: certainly you can't lose gap control and the integrity of

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01:25:33,880 --> 01:25:36,439
Speaker 1: the defense when you're playing. But I think there's something

1590
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:39,280
Speaker 1: more in there that we've alluded to in a number

1591
01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:41,599
Speaker 1: of occasions. If you're not going to execute the game

1592
01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:43,640
Speaker 1: plan and like miss tackles and not get into the

1593
01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:47,200
Speaker 1: right gap, you're gonna lose. For the most part, these

1594
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:50,440
Speaker 1: both these teams are very good at it. They're statistical

1595
01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:53,200
Speaker 1: rankings will tell you that. But this game is going

1596
01:25:53,240 --> 01:25:58,200
Speaker 1: to come down to something else. I think something that's

1597
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:01,599
Speaker 1: going to be different. Certainly, if both teams executed at

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01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:05,040
Speaker 1: a high level, it's gonna be it will be a

1599
01:26:05,040 --> 01:26:08,520
Speaker 1: close game, and it should be. But we've talked about

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01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:14,200
Speaker 1: a thousand times, Brownie, there's something about football that makes

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01:26:14,240 --> 01:26:18,000
Speaker 1: it different than any other sport in that you've got

1602
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:23,000
Speaker 1: to have a mindset of aggression and hostility and attack

1603
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:25,519
Speaker 1: and all of that stuff that like you're going into

1604
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:28,080
Speaker 1: a like you're going into a fight, and you gotta

1605
01:26:28,120 --> 01:26:30,439
Speaker 1: have it collectively. You gotta get like fifty three guys

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01:26:30,479 --> 01:26:34,320
Speaker 1: on that on that value, that vibe. That's what Josh

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01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:36,960
Speaker 1: did before the second game. That's right into the locker room.

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01:26:37,000 --> 01:26:39,919
Speaker 1: He goes, gentlemen, I woke up this morning with violence

1609
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:42,720
Speaker 1: on my mind. That's what's got to be brought collectively,

1610
01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:44,920
Speaker 1: as you said, But and Patriots know that, the Bills

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01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:47,559
Speaker 1: know that. Who's gonna bring it? You gotta get there,

1612
01:26:47,600 --> 01:26:50,120
Speaker 1: You gotta get there somehow mentally, Who's gonna bring it?

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01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:52,000
Speaker 1: That's the question. All right, We have to take a

1614
01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:54,080
Speaker 1: break here, but when we come back, we'll get to

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01:26:54,200 --> 01:26:59,479
Speaker 1: some of your headlines submissions for Sunday Mornings headline after

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01:26:59,479 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 1: the Saturday night game between the Bills and Patriots, we'll

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Speaker 1: get to your creativity next Here on One Bill's Live,

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Speaker 1: presented by Collat of Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right,

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01:27:20,560 --> 01:27:25,360
Speaker 1: following Saturday's Bills Pat's playoff game. What's your Sunday Morning headline?

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01:27:25,400 --> 01:27:27,519
Speaker 1: We go to the tweet sheet for answer. Is brought

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01:27:27,560 --> 01:27:30,599
Speaker 1: to you by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving

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01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:34,080
Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. Prent framp Jack starts us off.

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01:27:35,040 --> 01:27:40,120
Speaker 1: Frozen fans witness resilient Bills defeat Patriots. That's a little lengthy.

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01:27:40,560 --> 01:27:43,240
Speaker 1: Good luck fitting that on one line there in the paper.

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01:27:43,280 --> 01:27:45,280
Speaker 1: But you know I predicted a hard fought game and

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01:27:45,320 --> 01:27:47,559
Speaker 1: a spirited effort buyer beloved Bills, similar to the game

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01:27:47,560 --> 01:27:50,639
Speaker 1: in Foxborough. I think Singletary will play you a huge role,

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01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:54,719
Speaker 1: both rushing and receiving. Sanderson Beasley will make their presence felt.

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01:27:55,360 --> 01:28:00,400
Speaker 1: Dean says Frostbit Patriots cracked like thin ice. Oh that's

1630
01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:03,040
Speaker 1: pretty good. Look at him, Bills and the cold temperature

1631
01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:04,920
Speaker 1: is free his Patriots super Bowl hopes and the Bills

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01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:09,920
Speaker 1: defeat him thirty four seventeen. Bill's Mafia of Kazakhstan is

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01:28:09,960 --> 01:28:14,960
Speaker 1: weighed in, Steve, you're ready for this one. These translations

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01:28:14,960 --> 01:28:17,000
Speaker 1: are great. If you've never been to the Twitter handle

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01:28:17,040 --> 01:28:20,800
Speaker 1: of Bill's Boma of Kazakhstan, I will try to do

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01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:26,280
Speaker 1: my best Kazakhstani accent. Mighty grizzly bear Josh Allen Crush

1637
01:28:26,439 --> 01:28:32,519
Speaker 1: is hopeless and pitiful Patriots with his little finger. That's

1638
01:28:32,600 --> 01:28:37,560
Speaker 1: good stuff, Bob the Twitter handle Bill's Bob Fakhstan is

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01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:40,800
Speaker 1: a keeper. It is pretty good and remain and is

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01:28:40,840 --> 01:28:44,360
Speaker 1: another another of the many reasons why the Internet is undefeated.

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01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:48,920
Speaker 1: Bob says Bills serve a helping of revenge to Patriots.

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01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:53,320
Speaker 1: Ice cold and Mark again playing off the cold forecast.

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01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:58,760
Speaker 1: Bitter cold Bills be fuddle bobbling Belichick. I want to

1644
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:01,400
Speaker 1: go with bumbling Belichick would be even better if he

1645
01:29:01,439 --> 01:29:04,000
Speaker 1: has a couple of coaching errors, although he never seems

1646
01:29:04,000 --> 01:29:08,840
Speaker 1: to have a coaching error. Big show tomorrow, as we

1647
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:12,880
Speaker 1: usually do on Friday. We've got one Greg Cosell joining

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01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:17,000
Speaker 1: us as he does every Friday. And who else? Who else?

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01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:21,000
Speaker 1: Do we have? Jay? That's right, we have Charles Davis

1650
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:24,840
Speaker 1: who's doing the game with Ian Eagle on CBS, so

1651
01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:28,240
Speaker 1: CD will be in to break down the game. We'll

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01:29:28,280 --> 01:29:36,880
Speaker 1: see you on Friday at one