Speaker 1: But we're live right now. Hey, we're live. Everybody got
Speaker 1: me not Let's go bury everybody to do their job.
Speaker 1: One eleven, well, Calvert defense, let's go no overthinking, right,
Speaker 1: go play some ball. We'll play some football. It's an
Speaker 1: exciting time to be a Buffalo Bill and a fan
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Hi, everybody, and welcome to the
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott Show, presented by ECMC and Collide to Healthy,
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Speaker 1: join Sean McDermot. Sean, thanks for giving us some time,
Speaker 1: thanks for being here. Tough conditions last week and a
Speaker 1: big physical football game. You know, the Philadelphiils came in
Speaker 1: very angry and embarrassed from the week before, and it
Speaker 1: really showed in their play. You got an uptick in
Speaker 1: their performance and it was hard to contend with. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they were very urgent to your points, Steve, and and
Speaker 1: you know we didn't come out and establish a line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage early to set a tone on their quarterback,
Speaker 1: and they set a tone on our quarterback or in
Speaker 1: the game. And then you know, we were within I
Speaker 1: think we were up seven three right before half. We
Speaker 1: turned the ball over and that that was a big
Speaker 1: momentum swing in the game. Yeah, come out. He knew
Speaker 1: a physical game like that, particularly with their ability to
Speaker 1: establish the line of scrimmage. It leads to their running game,
Speaker 1: which had a big day. What's your message to your
Speaker 1: team about having a bad day and moving forward and
Speaker 1: having better ones. Yeah, we have to learn from it.
Speaker 1: We've got to look ourselves square in the eye and say, hey,
Speaker 1: you know what was my part of it? Starting with me,
Speaker 1: and then we make the appropriate adjustments and the corrections
Speaker 1: and we moved forward and get ourselves ready for this week.
Speaker 1: You got, even with their success, Matt Malano back on
Speaker 1: the field. How did you assess his coming back? I
Speaker 1: know it was a game time decision. Did he give
Speaker 1: you everything you hope for? And I know he's probably
Speaker 1: the lend even in his play, but talk about Matt
Speaker 1: getting him back on Yeah, for it was good to
Speaker 1: have Matt back out there. I mean, he's he's a
Speaker 1: big part of what we do and how we do things,
Speaker 1: and he and Tremaine worked, we all together, and so
Speaker 1: there's some plays you know, honestly, he would like to back.
Speaker 1: But we're looking forward to Matt building on that this week.
Speaker 1: You know, even after this game against Philadelphia where you
Speaker 1: took it on the chin, your defense is still top
Speaker 1: five defense and giving up the giving up points, and
Speaker 1: yet your red zone, which was an emphasis in the offseason,
Speaker 1: still struggles to keep those guys out of the end
Speaker 1: and when they get down close. What are some things
Speaker 1: you can do or what's your message to your team
Speaker 1: about getting stiffer in your own into the field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I mean, red zone defense is
Speaker 1: critical to playing good football and defense, and so we've
Speaker 1: got to do just a better job of knowing us
Speaker 1: and executing at a higher level down there, whether it's
Speaker 1: the run game or the past game. And then again
Speaker 1: affecting the quarterback on third down when we can affect
Speaker 1: him on passing downs down there, We've got to do
Speaker 1: it well. Your team's still going to lean on that
Speaker 1: defense going forward. Offensively, you're eight nine, seven games into it.
Speaker 1: You know, you're kind of hanging in there. But you
Speaker 1: got nine new starters on offense. You get Devin Singletary
Speaker 1: back on the field this week. How was motor able
Speaker 1: to contribute? He not too many touches in the first
Speaker 1: but he gained some momentum in the second Yeah, he
Speaker 1: did some good things. I was I was glad that
Speaker 1: we were able to get him, get him the pill
Speaker 1: there a little bit in the second half, and again
Speaker 1: good to get him back off the injury from a
Speaker 1: rookie standpoint, dealing with his real first injury in the NFL,
Speaker 1: and and so we hope he'll continue to build as
Speaker 1: well as we move ahead here. One other guy you
Speaker 1: got back in who's been dealing with injuries is Tyler Craft.
Speaker 1: Had one game against the Miami Dolphins and now really
Speaker 1: made a splash in his second game when he got included. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Great to see a lot of hard work, you know,
Speaker 1: just a lot of resiliency that went into his approach,
Speaker 1: and I think the guys felt good for Tyler to
Speaker 1: get out there, get his first catch and have some success.
Speaker 1: All Right, So you got the Washington Redskins coming in town,
Speaker 1: last game of a three game homestand you got a
Speaker 1: chance to go two and one and finish the first
Speaker 1: half of the season six and two. What's your message
Speaker 1: to your team coming into this one with a chance
Speaker 1: to really set yourself apart. Yeah, reset, really, reset, Let's
Speaker 1: get back. Let's let's get back to work. Let's prepare
Speaker 1: like we know how to prepare, and prepare for a
Speaker 1: close game. Prepare for an urgent team coming in here,
Speaker 1: just like we're urgent, and our urgency quite honestly has
Speaker 1: to has to be through the roof. Right. Okay, Sean,
Speaker 1: thanks for wrapping up the fieldy game. We're gonna come
Speaker 1: back for some final thoughts about the Washington game later
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Speaker 1: The five and two Buffalo Bills are at home for
Speaker 1: the third straight week as they welcome the one and
Speaker 1: seven Washington Redskins into New Airfield. The Redskins are at
Speaker 1: the bottom of the NFC East and the Bills dropped
Speaker 1: the five and two and next Sunday, the final game
Speaker 1: of the Bills three game homestand Washington is here one
Speaker 1: o'clock kickoff of New Airfield. Safety Landing Collins is known
Speaker 1: for flying all over the place as he leads the
Speaker 1: Redskins with seventy tackles, which also ties for six in
Speaker 1: the NFL. His teammate Jonathan Allen has gotten after opposing quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: leading the team with four sacks. Washington's defense has struggled
Speaker 1: when it comes to letting teams convert third downs. They
Speaker 1: allowed third down conversions fifty percent of the time, shrinks
Speaker 1: thirty first in the league. They have struggled with converting
Speaker 1: third downs on offense as well, only converting twenty five
Speaker 1: percent of the time, that second worst in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The lack of keeping the offense on the field has
Speaker 1: shown in their point total, averaging just twelve point four
Speaker 1: points per game and two hundred and sixty one point
Speaker 1: one yards per game. Veteran running back Adrian Peterson is
Speaker 1: a bright spot on their offense. Peterson leads the team
Speaker 1: with three hundred and eighty three rushing yards. Sunday will
Speaker 1: mark the first time in NFL history that two players
Speaker 1: with more than thirteen thousand, five hundred rushing yards will
Speaker 1: play in the same game. Those two, Frank Gore and
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson. Runs to his right fires are short one
Speaker 1: front of the five unto the drone touchdown briefly touchdown.
Speaker 1: Buffalo wide receiver Cole Beasley has helped the Bills be
Speaker 1: successful in the red zone Beasley has scored back to
Speaker 1: back touchdowns for the first time since two thousand and sixteen.
Speaker 1: Fix a handoff, pressure gets wrapped around and dropped. Here
Speaker 1: your sack back of the twenty two yard line. Rutdown
Speaker 1: by shack washing. The Bills defense still ranks at the
Speaker 1: top of the league in several categories. They have only
Speaker 1: allowed twenty one plays of twenty or more yards, which
Speaker 1: is the third best in the league. They will look
Speaker 1: to fix their run game defense on Sunday, as the
Speaker 1: Eagles game marked just the first time since Week sixteen
Speaker 1: of twenty and eighteen the Bills have allowed more than
Speaker 1: two hundred rushing yards in a game. Buffalo has won
Speaker 1: the last six of seven matchups against Washington. Steve, back
Speaker 1: to you, Thanks, Mattie. We're back here for some final
Speaker 1: thoughts from coach McDermott. Coach, you're gonna face Bill Callahan
Speaker 1: across the sidelines, a very experienced NFL coach. Is it
Speaker 1: too early in the game, or is it possible for
Speaker 1: a new interim coach like Bill Callahan is for the Redskins,
Speaker 1: for them to take on a new identity. Well, I
Speaker 1: think we've seen that, honestly, since the game he took
Speaker 1: over watching them on TV that week and then watching
Speaker 1: him and his team in the games going forward. They've
Speaker 1: they've established a new identity and that's a credit to
Speaker 1: coach Callahan and his staff and their players. So it'll
Speaker 1: be we'll get their best effort and we'll get their
Speaker 1: best football this week. All right. So Bill Callahan, he's
Speaker 1: an old offensive line coach and he's got Adrian Peterson
Speaker 1: on his team, and you're just coming off a game
Speaker 1: in which he gave up some rushing yards. You kind
Speaker 1: of expect, you know, them to try and kind of
Speaker 1: locomotive you over this week. I mean, is that kind
Speaker 1: of an anticipatory fact. I mean, you got to think
Speaker 1: that's kind of where an offensive line coach's mind goes. Right, Well,
Speaker 1: we've got to prepare. We're both for the past and
Speaker 1: the run and get back to good, fundamentally sound physical football.
Speaker 1: All right, coach, thanks for spending some time with us,
Speaker 1: and we'll be back next week to recap the Washington
Speaker 1: game and look ahead to the Cleveland Browns coming up.
Speaker 1: Thanks for watching. Everybody to have a great Eeke game.
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