1 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: At a Steve Tasker who has been all over the field. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: Kind of unique. He was kind of a dual role 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: player for you. State of a little Steve a blimp. 4 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: We're not even in the strated beer of normalcy. All right, 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: it's a back on the field Wednesday, Patriots week. Let's 6 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: do this Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you midweek of 7 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: the most important week of Buffalo's twenty twenty one season. 8 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: The division title is essentially going to be decided on 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: Sunday in Foxborough one pm kickoff. Bill's Patriots. Huge magnitude 10 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: of this game. This is a huge game, massive game, 11 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: absolutely massive, gigundo. So make sure you enjoy yourself on 12 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day because the nail biting will 13 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: ensue at about twelve forty five on Sunday. Yeah, unless 14 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,960 Speaker 1: it is a lopsided affair similar to Week sixteen last 15 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: year on Monday Night, I am not anticipating that, and 16 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: I don't think you are either. No. New England's defense 17 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: is too good. The Bills struggled to score points on 18 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 1: them the last time they played three weeks ago. The 19 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: Bills are hamstrung by their offensive line shuffling again. COVID 20 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: players in and out, injured players in and out, different 21 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: guys playing different positions. It's been a constant, ongoing thing 22 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: and that's causing the problems. I think that's the problem 23 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: offensively for this team on a nic in a chronic way. 24 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: They got a little better last week against in the 25 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: run game. But you know, this is a different New 26 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: England Patriot football team than it was he you know, 27 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: last year, certainly in Monday Night and as we saw 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: three weeks ago, it's a different it's a different team completely. So, yeah, 29 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: this is a this is an enormous game. It's going 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: to be really really hard for the Bills to win 31 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: without Emmanuel Sanders, without Cole Beasley. We got some guys, miss. Yeah. 32 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: The good news is coach McDermott, in addressing the media 33 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,239 Speaker 1: this morning, did say that Emmanuel Sanders was out there 34 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: for practice. Take it with a grain assault. It was 35 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: a walk through practice. So what does that mean for 36 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders availability. We'll have to see what the estimated 37 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: participation level will be listed for him when the Wednesday 38 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: injury reports released later this afternoon. Suspicion is he'll be 39 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: listed as limited. He was listed as a week to 40 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: week injury with the knee last week by coach McDermott. 41 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: He did not give a similar designation this week. All 42 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: he would say is that he would be out there 43 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: did not outline what his participation status might be, so 44 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: something we're gonna have to keep an eye on. And 45 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: obviously if he is back in the fold, that is 46 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: big because we already know that Cole Beasley will miss 47 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: this game. Went on the COVID reserve list yesterday after 48 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 1: testing positive. He's unvaccinated, so he is out ten days 49 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: Dune Deal Lucille, so he will not play in Sunday's 50 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: game against the Patriots. So that's one guy they're down 51 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: for sure. The other unknowns are Dion Dawkins, John Feliciano, 52 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: Tyrell Dodson, and aj Epinessa who went on the list 53 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: two days ago. So you would tend to think provided 54 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 1: they can test out, the chances are better for Dawkins 55 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: who went on the COVID list late last week and 56 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: Feliciano who went on the COVID list on Sunday just 57 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: before the game. Epinessa and Beasley, well, Beasley we already 58 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: know that status. Dodson was also last week as well, 59 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: so in an ideal world, you get the two linemen, 60 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: Dodson back Epinessa. I'm just not counting on it because 61 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: we haven't really seen a guy come back in less 62 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: than a week to play, and all these other guys 63 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: would be a week Dawkins, Feliciano, Dodson or more So, 64 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: I'm not really holding out all that much hope for 65 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: Epinessa going on past examples of players going on the 66 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: reserve COVID list. Although I suppose it's possible, I just 67 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: think it's unlikely based on the past evidence we've seen 68 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,239 Speaker 1: with other players across the league. So we'll have to see. 69 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: Josh Allen is just wrapped up addressing the media. We're 70 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: going to turn his comments around for you probably in 71 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: about ten minutes or so and let you hear from 72 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback as he looks ahead to Sunday's game. Two o'clock, 73 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,239 Speaker 1: we have Scott Pioli from NFL Network, former front office 74 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: executive for twenty years in the league, including a lengthy 75 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: stint in New England, talking about this Bill's Patriots matchup. 76 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 1: Steve talked to him earlier today, and we'll rerack that 77 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: for you and Steve, there is an update from Patriots practice. 78 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: They're also dealing with some COVID positives. First of all, 79 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: wide receiver Nelson Agalore has an injury from last week's 80 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: game against the Colts. He is not practicing today. Wide 81 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: receiver Kendrick Bourne is on the COVID reserve list, so 82 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,760 Speaker 1: he is obviously not at practice. They also have a 83 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: reserve offensive lineman Yasir Durant on the COVID reserve list, 84 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: and then running back Ramandre Stevenson not out at practice today. 85 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: That is interesting. You have Damien Harris, who's trying to 86 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: return from a hamstring injury suffered against the Bills a 87 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, did not play in last week's 88 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: game against the Colts. Is he good enough to get 89 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: back in the lineup If he is not, and Ramandre 90 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,840 Speaker 1: Stevenson has some kind of lingering issue, could be shorthanded 91 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: at running back and receiver this week for the Patriots. 92 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: We'll have to see, right and it looks like both 93 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: teams are going to be hamstrung in one way or 94 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: another by it. Plus the injury the regular injuries that 95 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: every team has at this point of the season as well. 96 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: It very different game coming into this one than it 97 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: was three weeks ago. I don't think either team feels 98 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: like they're in as good a spot because of the 99 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: COVID outbreak, you know what I mean. It's just, yeah, 100 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 1: you could have you could literally have guys popping up 101 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: on the list day of a game like the Bills 102 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: did last week with John Feliciano and the like. So 103 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: certainly there's a chance that maybe one or two, like 104 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna get like one or two may come back 105 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: onto the off the list. But you know, with so 106 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: much uncertainty, it's really gonna come down and really force 107 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: both these coaching staffs to jump through hoops to get 108 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 1: as many guys ready to play and function and execute 109 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: plays as they can, because if you got fifty three 110 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: guys on the roster on game day, all fifty three 111 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to execute, they're all gonna get on 112 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: the field. You really feel like it's gonna be all 113 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: hands on deck these games. Forget about, you know, the 114 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: star power and all that stuff. It's going to come 115 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: down to. I think the nuts and bolts of the 116 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: roster that are going to really win these games. I 117 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: really believe that. Yeah, And speaking of games, we had 118 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: two more last night. These two of the postpone games 119 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: from Week fifteen pushed out until Tuesday, which the Bills 120 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: experienced firsthand last year as they were one of the 121 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: teams that had to do that when they played the Titans. 122 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: And the Rams beat the Seahawks, who are sinking fast, 123 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: and the rumors are already swirling in Seattle that Russell 124 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: Wilson is going to be asking for a ticket out 125 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: of there and will waive his no trade clause to 126 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: do so once again, much like he did in the offseason, 127 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: he started listing teams he'd be willing to go to, 128 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: or he's telling somebody that and it's leaking out. The 129 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: Giants were one, the Broncos were another. I can't remember 130 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: if the Bears were still on list, but in any event, 131 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: it looks like there is a future divorce coming down 132 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: the pike this offseason between the Seahawks and Russell Wilson, 133 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: as they're not going to make the playoffs for the 134 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: first time since I think twenty eleven, right, I think 135 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: this is one of those years, or one of these 136 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: spots in NFL history. You look around the league and 137 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: or like the Chiefs, like the Green Bay packers. Name 138 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: the teams that have that quarterback that makes a ton 139 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: of cash, and can they put together a roster that 140 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: can win Aaron Rodgers certainly their competitive Certainly they've been 141 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: to the championship game a ton of times, but they 142 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: can't get back to the Super Bowl. If a quarterback 143 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: is not on his rookie contract, can the roster be 144 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: strong enough around him to get to the championship There's 145 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: a real question. The Patriots never had to go through 146 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 1: that they want. They've won their six championships with a 147 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 1: quarterback that took way less than market value and Mahomes 148 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: they got back, but they didn't win it, and the 149 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: roster kind of deteriorated around him. You know, the offensive 150 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: line went could put and they didn't have anybody to 151 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: put in, so they you know, they lost the Super 152 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: Bowl as a result of that. It's been a peculiar 153 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: build by the Seahawks after they got to the mountaintop, 154 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: because the defense got old and they were no longer 155 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: the legion of Boom, and then it became kind of 156 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Russ his team. They kicked a lot of the legion 157 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: of Boom to the curb because we want to pay 158 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: him well that, and they got old right, and then 159 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: they did not replenish the roster with young defensive talent 160 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: behind them, whether that's because they didn't draft well or 161 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: what have you. And then their offensive line was suspect. 162 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: When they wanted to make it Russ his team, We're 163 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: going to throw the ball more, they could not do 164 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: that because the protection wasn't sound enough. They tried to 165 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: become a running team with mixed success. And then after 166 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: that they found out how far behind they were in 167 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: keeping a strong roster together to perennially contend. And then 168 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: they started making the desperate trade type moves here there 169 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 1: and everywhere Jamal Adams trade. So they coughed up first 170 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: round picks here, there and everywhere in cloudy for a minute. Yeah, 171 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: and so now they're not even going to have the 172 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 1: draft capital to replenish the rose they won. They got 173 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: two and won a Super Bowl and then got to 174 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: another Super Bowl and then had the bad interception to lose. 175 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: They would go all right, They built that team, and 176 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: here's what happened. They drafted They had Russ Wilson on 177 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: a rookie contract quarterback. They also got in Russ Wilson's draft. 178 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: They got Russ Wilson and three other starters, and the 179 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: next draft they also got four starters. They had eight 180 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: starters from two consecutive drafts that turned out to be 181 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: really good players. That's why they went to the Super 182 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: Bowl and won it. They had a couple of drafts 183 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: where they hit the rang the bell big time consecutive 184 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: on cheap labor and consecutive in consecutive years, and they 185 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: were on cheap contracts, boom and they were good. And 186 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: then they you know, how do you move those pieces 187 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: and keep them intact? Well, they couldn't do it, and 188 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: they deteriorated year by year over the course of the 189 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: last Now this year they're not gonna They're not gonna 190 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 1: make the playoffs with a quarterback who up till now 191 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: has been extremely I think this is the biggest difference 192 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: between how people how organizations like the Seahawks and the 193 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: Rams have tried to build it, get good, and then 194 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: do whatever you can to beg borrow and steal, circumnavigate 195 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: the cap every which way to Sunday to stay competitive, 196 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: rather than the Bills approach, which would seem on the surface, 197 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 1: and granted it will get more complex now that Josh 198 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: Allen has the big money contract eating up a good 199 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 1: portion of the cap. They're trying to perennially contend. They 200 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: make some difficult decisions. They let players go sometimes a 201 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 1: year early rather than a year too late, and shed 202 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: veteran players with high salaries and hope they can replenish 203 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: the roster with young draft choices who you know, work 204 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 1: on cheap labor contracts to stay cap friendly. So we'll 205 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: see where it goes, because this is where the rubber 206 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:19,119 Speaker 1: meets the road as far as the bill's construction is concerned. 207 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: Because now the money starts climbing for Josh Allen. He 208 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 1: gobbles up significantly more of the cap than he did 209 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 1: on his rookie deal, and that leaves the personnel department 210 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 1: with less room to maneuver and supplement the roster with 211 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: talent that they feel is needed in certain places. So 212 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: the next couple of years will be very telling in 213 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: terms of how they can kind of keep the core 214 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: together sign promising young players to a second contract while 215 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: still staying under the cap. It's gonna it gets more 216 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: challenging now. It's more challenging now Josh's cap hits ten 217 00:12:55,559 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: million this year of course hasn't hit yet, right, And 218 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: then in twenty two it goes to it goes jumps 219 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: up to here we go, okay, come on, come on baby, seventeen. Yeah, no, 220 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, that's not right. It goes up to sixteen, sixteen, three. 221 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: But then they've got Tredavious White at sixteen and Steph 222 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: Diggs at seven talkings, so they've got they've got an 223 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: full of guys. Yes goes and next year it will 224 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: be Steph Diggs at seventeen, Trey White at sixteen, Josh 225 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: at sixteen, Dion at twelve, Mitch Morse at eleven, Star 226 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: at ten, Jordan Poyer at ten, Matt Milano at ten, 227 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: and then it goes Micah Hide, Daryl william and all 228 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: those got you know, it goes on down from there. 229 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 1: Those are, you know, all important pieces. But as we've 230 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: seen a difficult decisions, you gotta win with fifty three guys, 231 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: not just ten yea. So it'll be interesting to see 232 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: where it goes in the off season. But that's another 233 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: conversation for another day. So the Rams beat the Seahawks, 234 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: and then the Eagles, with another strong rushing day, beat 235 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: the Washington football team with fifth string quarterback Garrett Gilbert, 236 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: who you know, did what he could to keep Washington 237 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: in the game. But the Eagles running game is a 238 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: force right now. Seventh straight game with at least one 239 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five rushing yards. I mean, the Eagles 240 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 1: very quietly have become a powerhouse on the ground. And 241 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: it's not at all surprising knowing Nick Sirianni, who comes 242 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: from the Frank Wright coaching tree, has got that run game. Humming. Yeah, 243 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: they were. They were a force last night. And I'll 244 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: tell you this, we saw it in the Cleveland game 245 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: when they were so ravaged by by COVID and injury. 246 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: Really come out and give the Raiders all they could handle. 247 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Last night. You saw it from the Washington football team, 248 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: Garrett Gilbert, and it was on Somebody put them on 249 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: my timeline, and I remembered I was going to tweet 250 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: it out myself. I kind of touched down from Garrett 251 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: Gilbert's dad against the Washington football team back in nineteen 252 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: ninety two. Those two teams gave game efforts, Washington football 253 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: team and the Cleveland Browns in losses this last weekend 254 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: when they should have had no chance against whoever they're 255 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: playing now the Raiders. I mean, the Raiders escaped Cleveland 256 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: with a win, and Washington gave Philly a good game, 257 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: although what didn't end up being that close with a 258 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: guy that had just gotten there at quarterback, just gotten 259 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: there three days before. That was a game effort by Washington. 260 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: But you know, that's the that's the situation we find 261 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: ourselves in, and that's how that's how hard it is 262 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: to win. You get a team like Philly with their 263 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: quarterback and their guys, and they they put it on 264 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: Washington with a late score. But I'm telling you what, 265 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: that was a game with a guy on the other 266 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: side that had barely even knew the words to the offense. 267 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: It's so hard to win in this league. Are you 268 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: kidding me? Right? It's unbelievable. I can't believe that game 269 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: was as competitive as it was both of them. I 270 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: think the Eagles, though, with that rushing attack, provided their defense, 271 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: can you know, hold up get some third down stops there. 272 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: They're not a great team, but in the NFC this year, 273 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: they may be good enough to sneak into the playoffs 274 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: as a wild card. Um I think Dallas is probably 275 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: winning that division, barring some unforeseen collapse. They're ten and four, 276 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: but the Eagles could sneak in with that rushing attack. 277 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: They're the eighth seed right now. And and the other 278 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: thing that it is interesting about it is there the 279 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: eighth seed, Minnesota is Minnesota is the seventh seed. And 280 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: you want to flawed team, Well, they all have warts, 281 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: let's be honest, every last one of them. And maybe 282 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: the play the Rams this coming week. Yeah, and they 283 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: play the Packers after that, and then they play the 284 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: Bears again after that. Yeah, Minnesota is no way. Yeah, 285 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: they struggled to beat Chicago, which you know still has 286 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: a decent defense but can't do anything. Yes, I'm what 287 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: I guess what I'm saying is Philly, There's no question 288 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: they could sneak in. I think they could sneak in. 289 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: I'm not confident they could win a playoff game, but 290 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: if they play a weak run defense, they might be 291 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: able to make a little noise. Very interesting there. They're 292 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: a team that is really transformed themselves from last year 293 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: to this year, and they're a totally different kind of team, 294 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: and I just find I found them very interesting watching 295 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: them perform last night. And I mean they're using all 296 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: different kinds of run plays, you know, inside zone, outside zone, 297 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: stretched like they're running everything and you don't know what's 298 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: coming at you. And you looked at that Washington defense 299 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: midway through the third quarter. They were dead. They were 300 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: dog tired. They got tired of tackling those guys. Man. 301 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,360 Speaker 1: That's hard. It where it just absolutely wears you out, 302 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:56,760 Speaker 1: playing off, taking a block, on playing off the block, 303 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: making attack with a guy with some velocity. Yeah, we 304 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: want to turn now to Josh Allen, who has addressed 305 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: the media here following the team's walk through practice earlier today. 306 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: So here is Josh on the upcoming matchup with the Patriots. 307 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: I know we're kind of all COVID weary, but given 308 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: what's going on these days, do you think the COVID 309 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: protocols are fair? Um? I mean that's really not my 310 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: place to speak on that. I'm just again trying to 311 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: be the best quarterback I can be, be the best 312 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: teammate I can be for this team, and try try 313 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: to go win a game on Sunday. So all that stuff, 314 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,639 Speaker 1: it's for me. It's minusha. So um, I try to 315 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: pay a little as attention to it as possible. Fair enough, Yeah, 316 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,919 Speaker 1: because I mean, Cole Coles kind of like went up 317 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: and said that it's not it's not COVID, it's the 318 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: rules that are the issue. And obviously he can speak 319 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: for himself, but what are the concerns of not having 320 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: call in the lineup this weekend and such a what 321 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: could be I mean a very critical game. Yeah, I 322 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: mean again, he's he's one of our best players. UM, 323 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: whether he was fascinated or not, if he caught it, 324 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: still be out. So that's that's kind of my stance 325 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: on that. Fair enough, I have a good have a 326 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: good game, say Christmas, Hey, Josh. I know we often 327 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: have asked you throughout the season about big games and 328 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: all that, and we usually hear the it's the biggest 329 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: because it's the next But truly, I mean, you guys 330 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: are all I'm sure well aware of the playoff ramifications 331 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 1: and the division ramifications of this one. So are you 332 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: guys embracing everything that's on the line here this week? 333 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: For sure? UM? And again we we know what's at stake, 334 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 1: but we're not trying to make it the biggest game. 335 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: But like you said, it is because it is the next, UM, 336 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,439 Speaker 1: and we're not trying to approach it any differently than 337 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: we would any other week. You know, we're trying to 338 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: hone in on our skills, figure out a game plan, 339 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: and figure out what we can do. It's the best 340 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: execute that game plan on Sunday, and I know we 341 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 1: got you often say, uh, you know you can't take 342 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: necessarily something from a previous matchup over to the next 343 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: one because every game is different. Is that especially true 344 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: or how especially true is it here with this one 345 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: considering how drastic the weather elements played a factor in 346 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,879 Speaker 1: the original meeting. Um. I mean again, I think that 347 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: game we had our chances and we didn't execute like 348 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: we should have. UM. But make no mistake, that's a 349 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: it's a really good team obviously, they're they're leading the 350 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: division for a reason. They're extremely well coached. UM. And 351 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're going to switch up some things too 352 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: and show us some things we haven't seen from them 353 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: this year. So we got to be ready for whatever 354 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: they throw at us. And like I said, just trying 355 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: to go execute a game plan and gives a chance 356 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 1: to win a game. Thanks of a good holiday, So 357 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: thank you, hey, josh Adambini. UM. I just wanted to 358 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: follow up one more on the on the vaccination issue. 359 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:02,479 Speaker 1: You've declined to discuss your own status. Um, But in 360 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: terms of in light of what's happening in the league, 361 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: I think I just read from the head coach on 362 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: down fifteen New York Jets are positive as of today 363 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: in light of what's going on with this variant and 364 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: anything else. Has your view of that issue? Now? You 365 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: said Cole, whether he's vaccinated or not, he'd be out. 366 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: But do you have an overall view on that issue 367 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: now as we had toward the playoffs and down the 368 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 1: stretch of the season in light of what's happening in 369 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: the NFL. UM, not particularly Um. And yet I've got 370 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: I've got my views as well as everybody else in 371 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: the nation that have the right to their own views. 372 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: And um yeah, again, I'm just trying to trying to 373 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: be the best quarterback that I can be for this 374 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: team and set aside anything that that I can't I 375 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: can't control nor should affect us. So again, we're just 376 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: trying to go out there and have a good week 377 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: of practice. Next feed on Sunday, All right, fair enough, 378 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: So let's turn our attention to the game, and forecast 379 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: is looking pretty favorable. I think forty degrees, partly cloudy, 380 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 1: maybe a chance of a shower, wins ten miles an hour, 381 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: maybe got slightly above that. Do you think that gives 382 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to maybe do what you do best 383 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: offensively as a team, which is is put the ball 384 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 1: in the air, right, That's been your m in the 385 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: way you've had the most success. How much are you 386 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: looking forward to this matchup and maybe more favorable conditions 387 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: from that standpoint, I mean, well, set aside conditions. Again, 388 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: we're we're excited to have an opportunity like this to 389 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: play meaningful games this late in the season. And again, 390 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: whatever the weather is, if it if it turns into 391 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: another you know what show. Um, you know, we got 392 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,400 Speaker 1: to be prepared and be ready to execute, and again 393 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: we didn't execute how how we wanted to the first game. 394 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: We understand that. But again we're excited to go against um, 395 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: you know, this team that let's lead in the division 396 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: and we have a really really fun, cool, exciting opportunity 397 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: in front of us, and I think as a team 398 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: we understand that. All right, Thanks Josh, appreciate it, Thank 399 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 1: you afternoon, Josh. How you doing good? How are you 400 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: doing good? I know it's crucial every week, but how 401 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: important is player leadership this week to keep keep the 402 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: team focused and motivated with the importance of the game 403 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, I mean again, with all the distractions 404 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: that could be distractions, we just gotta make sure we're 405 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: talking to each other and leaning on each other and um, 406 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: not not letting little things become big things, and more 407 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: importantly keeping the main thing, the main thing, um, and 408 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: that's to go out next cut and try to win 409 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: a game on Sunday against a really good opponent. So um, 410 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna take all of us practice squad included, 411 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: from everyone from you know, the mail room to the 412 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: to the cafeteria. It's gonna take us all. So uh, 413 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: like I said that, we're excited for an opportunity like this. 414 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: Thank you. Have a good holiday. Thank you as well. 415 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: Hey Josh Josh Reid here, thanks for taking some time 416 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: and happy holiday to you. Thank you, thank you. Um, 417 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: some troubles this year and one possession games. I don't 418 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: know if you know this because ore and five, Um, 419 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: when it comes to those games, what has it been 420 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: that you guys just haven't been able to to kind 421 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: of finish the job. Yeah, I mean, I guess that's uh, 422 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 1: that's football, because I think last year in one possessions 423 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: games we were like almost the opposite. So um. Part 424 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: of it's the game, you know, the other team gets 425 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: paid too, um. But at the end of the day, 426 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: we got to continue to try to make plays and 427 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: execute a game plan and put ourselves in position to 428 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: win football games instead of not winning so um, just 429 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: just gutting down and focusing on the play and situation 430 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: at hand and trying to attack it extet that way. 431 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: Sean had mentioned that Emmanuel Sanders he was expecting him 432 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: to be on the practice field today. Obviously he had 433 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: been dealing with the knee. Um with Cole being out. 434 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: What would it mean to the offense if Emmanuel could 435 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: play on Sunday, Well, I think it'd be a big 436 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: boost for us, just giving you know, his talent level, 437 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: his his knowledge, um, you know, and the juice and 438 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: the knowledge that he brings. So um. Whether he's ready 439 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: to go or not not up to me, um, but 440 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:11,920 Speaker 1: we'll see. You know, I want him not in the 441 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: field with us. Thanks Josh, appreciate it, Happy all days, 442 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: Thank you us Well, doctor Josh Mukie Arkinsports today. He 443 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: was good hanging out. Mukie, how you doing. What do 444 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: you got to say about your guys winning the potato 445 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: ball last night? That's uh, that's that's what we do 446 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: up there in Man. That's that's all right, that's our 447 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,360 Speaker 1: ball game. That was a that was good performance. Fire 448 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: Quarterback's good to see. Yes, sir, Yes, sir, Josh everything 449 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: this team is, Jos Pallas Levi Williams. Williams. Don't tell 450 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: him I said that. We got that, Joe, But Josh, 451 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,920 Speaker 1: everything this team has gone through. You know, a win Sunday, 452 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: it puts you back how you started, man in the 453 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: divisional driver's seat, if you will. How excited are you 454 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 1: for this game in particular? And how will this offense 455 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,360 Speaker 1: be able to dictate tempo? I mean again, that's that's 456 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: why we play this game, is to have opportunities like this, uh, 457 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: this late in the season. Um, you know, we just 458 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: gotta go out there. We gotta play play us. Um, 459 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: do our job and go out and try to execute 460 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: a game plan. You know, there's gonna be different situations 461 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: that we haven't seen, but using all the knowledge that 462 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 1: we've gathered throughout this year is going to be very 463 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: important in figuring out a way how to win this game. So, um, 464 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: you know we want it, they want it. Um. You 465 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: know my college coach used to say, there's two hungry 466 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: dogs and one piece of meat, so it's gonna be 467 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: a dog fight, absolutely, man, and we know dog will 468 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: definitely hunt man. But it is Christmas, no big, guys, 469 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: so I gotta ask you, what do you want for Christmas? 470 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: Ask go out there and execute on Sunday so I 471 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: can ask for Hey, that'd be a great Christmas piss 472 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,680 Speaker 1: to every Bills fan. Man, have a good week and 473 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: happy holiday. Steve, thank yous. Well. Hey, Josh, it's Jay 474 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: with the Buffalo News. Um, have you come to appreciate 475 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: over your four years here, maybe the disdain that Bill's 476 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 1: fans hold for the Patriots And do you do you 477 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: have a full sort of recognition and understanding of maybe 478 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,120 Speaker 1: just how much this means for the fan base when 479 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: you guys go up against New England. Yeah, we understand. 480 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: Um No, for how long this team has been kind 481 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: of the top dog in this division and really the conference. 482 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: So um, we players, we know that we feel that, um, 483 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: but you know, we try to set that aside as 484 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: much as possible and just try to focus in and 485 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: hone in on executing a game plan. And Mookie asked 486 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: what you wanted for Christmas? Everybody likes to know what 487 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: you what you get the offensive line? Last year it 488 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: was golf clubs. What was it this year? I can't 489 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: tell you because I haven't given it to him. So 490 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: week understood, all right, man, have a good Christmas. Thank you, 491 00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: thank you. Well, hey, Josh, Mike catalana Um. Everybody has 492 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: seen and you probably grew up watching big games Foxborough 493 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: late in the year. Last year you played there, there 494 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: was no fans. Take us in what it's like, especially 495 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: late in the year, going into a place like you 496 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: know it's gonna be and trying to perform and like 497 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 1: like Brady used to say, come in to Buffalo, try 498 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 1: to quiet the crowd, that type of thing. What's it? 499 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: What's it like in a big moment when you know 500 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: it's that kind of atmosphere against your team. Well, again, 501 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: it's we've talked about this before every game from here 502 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: on now it's a playoff game. The type of atmosphere 503 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: that's going to be there, I mean, the energy is 504 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: going to be extremely high. We know that the crowd 505 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: is gonna be really loud. We know that. So we 506 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: got to prepare as best as we can and again 507 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: be prepared as possible before we step foot in that 508 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: stadium on Sunday and not let it affect us and 509 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: really just do our drops. So all right, that's Josh 510 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: Allen addressing the media. And I understand why kind of 511 00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: sidestep the whole vaccination thing. Cole Beasley being on the 512 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: vaccination you know, being on the COVID reserve now after 513 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: testing positive yesterday, He's got no control over that. He's 514 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: just got to get ready for a football game. It's 515 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: interesting he's gonna have to do it without Cole. He's yeah, 516 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: he's trying to get ready to play football. Everybody in 517 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: there who's asking him questions, and you and I sitting 518 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: here on the radio every day, all we all, all 519 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: of us, any of us do is talk about COVID. 520 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: So we start talking about COVID to him, He's like, Hey, 521 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: I'm not interested, and I get it. That's that's where 522 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: he should be. It's uh, these guys don't have any 523 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: control over that. The choices are what they are. They 524 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: know the ramifications of if certain things happen and we're 525 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: playing out one of those scenarios. Now here we go. 526 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: I think one of the things about it is this 527 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: a team, This is a Bills team that really should 528 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: look forward to this opportunity they have. I mean, this 529 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 1: is and I'm sure the Patriots are feeding the same 530 00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: way this is. These are kind of games, man, you 531 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: want to play in this is. This is one of 532 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: the fun ones, one where it's it means something and 533 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people are watching this game. A lot 534 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: of teams around the NFL are watching the outcome of 535 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: this game. You want to have a say in what happens, 536 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: and you want to go out and play your best. 537 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 1: I think it's the fun one of the fun games 538 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: about it. Certainly it's nerve wracking for fans. And you know, 539 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 1: we all sit here and wring our hands because it's 540 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: the Patriots again. And but man, oh man, as a player, 541 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: this is awesome for you to get a chance to 542 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: play in a game like this. And I know this 543 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: from Cole Beasley all the way through to to get 544 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: to Emmanuel Sanders and all the guys that are hurt 545 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: that can't play for whatever reason, man or man, it 546 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: kills them. This is what you play the game for 547 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: games like this. It's gonna be a it's gonna be 548 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: a fun game. It's gonna be a great opportunity for 549 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: both the Patriots and the Bills. This is and I 550 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: think that's kind of where their mindset has to be. 551 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:47,959 Speaker 1: And all this other stuff that we get caught up 552 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: in is the furthest thing from their mind. Speaking of 553 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: the things that we get caught up in, this is 554 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: a nerve wracking game for Bills fans, based on the history, 555 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: based on the scar tissue. And that is our Twitter 556 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: conversation today. What encourage you and what worries you about 557 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: Sunday's game coming up against the Patriots? Eight oh three 558 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: oh five fifty The number to get on board one 559 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two five fifty or you 560 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: can hit us up on the tweet sheet at one 561 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: bills Live. We take a break here, but we'll be 562 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: back with your phone calls and comments next on one 563 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Collot to help. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. 564 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to one Bills Live. Chris Brown, 565 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you Twitter conversation today. What encourages you 566 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: and worries you about Sunday's game with the Patriots. It 567 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,959 Speaker 1: is the rematch. It is essentially for the division title 568 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: as far as the two teams in the game are concerned. 569 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: Patriots when Bills cannot eclipse them for the division title 570 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: because they will lose on the head to head even 571 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 1: if they end up tied. We go to the phones, though, 572 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: and we lead off today with Dan and Rochester. Dan, 573 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 1: what do you have for us? You're all one? Bills live. 574 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: Mary Christmas? Guys, Yeah, Marry Christmas. Yeah, great job. Hey, Steve, Yes, 575 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: if you think if we blitzed Jones or Mac, yeah, 576 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: Mac Jones, we should have a good chance of winning 577 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: if we blitz him. Yeah, well yeah, and maybe not 578 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: on every play, but you got to do it once 579 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 1: in a while. I don't know if that's the I 580 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: don't know if there's a magic wand that will help 581 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: him because he'll get a lot of help from his 582 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: running game and his offensive line. His coaches will give 583 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: him plays that will work against the blitz. So if 584 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: you do it too much, he'll get predictable and he'll 585 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: be able to even he will be able to take 586 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: care of it, I mean, and to beat it. So 587 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: I think you've got to do what he doesn't expect, 588 00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: and you've got to give him things he doesn't know 589 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: exactly what he's looking at. Um, that's the question. And 590 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: of course, if you can get quick pressure consistently, yeah, 591 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: that's that's obviously the recipe for any quarterback. So if 592 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: if they do blitz him and they can get quick 593 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: pressure and they take away his answers, yeah, that's a 594 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: that's a great plan. But there's no magic wand yeah, 595 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: And we should note that Jones does get the ball 596 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: out quick, which has been the m of the Patriots 597 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: passing game for the better part of the last twenty years, 598 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: and Jones is effective in doing that. He gets it 599 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: out in two point five one seconds on average. I 600 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:17,400 Speaker 1: think it was the sixth fastest time in the entire league. 601 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: And he's a rookie. So that'll tell you that they 602 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: give him answers early in the down on purpose. And 603 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 1: what's the advantage that the Bills come into the game with. Well, 604 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: in the first meeting, they didn't really show him a 605 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: lot of coverage looks because he wasn't throwing the football, 606 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: So at least they can spring presumably some looks on 607 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: him that he didn't even see in the first matchup 608 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: because he only attempted three passes. So to me, that's 609 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: the advantage that the Bills bring into this card to 610 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 1: read the coverage when the dbs are all running towards 611 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: the line of scrimage, to stopped the run exactly. Yeah, 612 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: that was, let's face it, the Patriots really beat him 613 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: left handed when they were here in Orchard Park forty 614 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: mile an hour wins. They were running only a handful 615 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 1: of plays right and left and just dominated the line 616 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,800 Speaker 1: of scrimmage and the play clock, and they were able 617 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,919 Speaker 1: to keep the Bills off the scoreboard defensively, which put 618 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: them under no pressure to have to score points quickly 619 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: at any point. So, you know, they could have had 620 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,399 Speaker 1: a crash test dummy at quarterback in the last game, 621 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,879 Speaker 1: and you know, as long as a guy could hand off, 622 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: they were fine. That was so that you know that game, 623 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 1: with the wind and the way it came down, there's 624 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: no doubt and we're hearing a lot of stuff coming 625 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: out now. And they missed like twenty two tackles in 626 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: that game, and one hundred and sixty plus yards of 627 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: the two hundred and twenty they got on the ground 628 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,839 Speaker 1: to England came after a mistackle. So if you want 629 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: to clean something up and make a dig, the game 630 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,319 Speaker 1: go differently than it did the first time. That's where 631 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: you start. That's where you start. Let's go back to 632 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,239 Speaker 1: the phones. At eight o three five fifty, we go 633 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: to Rick and Cheek to wagin X, what do you 634 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:06,800 Speaker 1: have for us? Rick? It was an embarrassment. I'm getting 635 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: sick and tired of the Buffalo media getting up there 636 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: and trying to pin one player against another because of 637 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: their political views on the vaccine. They wanted to get 638 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: Josh to say something derogatory about Cole Beasley, and to 639 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: his credit, he was a hell of a lot more 640 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: polite than I would have been. I would have said, look, 641 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: you guys asked me questions about the game, or I'm 642 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: just gonna get up and leave. You know what about 643 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 1: finding out what his opinion is about Emmanuel Sanders in 644 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: the slot, if he's able to play, or what about 645 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: his chemistry with Dave Davis or the recent success of 646 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,359 Speaker 1: the running game. We didn't get any of that. All 647 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,960 Speaker 1: we got is a bunch of damn questions about the 648 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: freaking vaccine. And it's getting to the point our media 649 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: does it all the time, and I can't be the 650 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,440 Speaker 1: only person that's fed up with this crap. Well, with 651 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: all due respect, Rick, it's enveloped the league. It's literally 652 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: enveloped the league. Has it changed the protocols last week? 653 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 1: It is it's the story that is dominating the NFL, 654 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: and not only that, the NBA and the NHL, which 655 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: by the way, is on pause right now. It's the 656 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 1: headline story across the country. I mean, it's gonna be 657 00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 1: asked right, wrong, or indifferent, no matter how you feel 658 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: about it. It's it's dominating the news. Chris. The questions 659 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:22,880 Speaker 1: weren't about the vaccine. Their questions were directed specifically at Cole. 660 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 1: And you can't tell me you're a very smart individual. 661 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: You cannot tell me that you didn't feel that they 662 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: were trying to get Josh to say something, you know, 663 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,840 Speaker 1: negative about Cole's decision not to get vaccinated. We all 664 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: know that he's been Cole has been public on social media. 665 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: Whatever it is, what it is, I want to know 666 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: more about, how in the hell are they gonna beat 667 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots and win this division this week? 668 00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: And I could care less about Josh's opinion on Cole 669 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,800 Speaker 1: being vaccinated or not. Yeah, I guess that's your opinion, 670 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,440 Speaker 1: your title too. I don't think it's gonna stop them 671 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: from asking it, though I can certainly sympathize you with 672 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,279 Speaker 1: your right. And it's and it's an easy thing to do. 673 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 1: And media does it, maybe not because they're combative or whatever, 674 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:13,240 Speaker 1: but because they want And it is what the media 675 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: does a lot of times because they want to know 676 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,399 Speaker 1: what player's opinions are about, what everybody else's opinions are about. 677 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,879 Speaker 1: Because everybody's talking about coleby Easley and he's unvaccine, he's 678 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 1: been so vocal. Is that they want to know what 679 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: Josh Allen thinks about it. And they do it in 680 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: such a way as to they frame the question in 681 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: a way that seems like divisive inside the locker room. 682 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,879 Speaker 1: And I get it. I totally get it. And that's 683 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: and that is and I'll say this, and you know, 684 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,640 Speaker 1: because all the meat, because it is the story, like 685 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 1: Brownie said, it's it is what people are talking about. 686 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,719 Speaker 1: It is the thing that's overwriting and overwriting concern not 687 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,360 Speaker 1: just for it's not about the media, it's about the 688 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,399 Speaker 1: teams and the guys they're losing hand over fist every 689 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 1: team in the league. So that week, right, So that's 690 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,839 Speaker 1: that's the story around the league. So that's those are 691 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: where the questions are. And you're right, it is divisive 692 00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 1: for the media to go that direction. There's nothing and 693 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 1: I'll say this again, I said it a minute ago. 694 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: Players don't care. They really don't. They don't have any 695 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,359 Speaker 1: say in this. They're gonna show up and they're gonna play. 696 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: And Cole Beasley if he had twisted his ankle stepping 697 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,319 Speaker 1: off the curb crossing the street, it's the same thing. 698 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,919 Speaker 1: He's gone. He can't play. You gotta play anyway. That's 699 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: the way it is. So the players don't spend any 700 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: time or effort worrying about who's not there or who 701 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:33,080 Speaker 1: is there. They got to get ready. Yeah, so that's 702 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,320 Speaker 1: where the players and Josh you know, rightfully, so diffuse 703 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: the situation. But the problem is the media does get 704 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:45,479 Speaker 1: a little bit shortsighted and a little bit focused on 705 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 1: their story and what's going on and not realizing the 706 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 1: players could not possibly care less as long as the 707 00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,040 Speaker 1: rules are applied to everybody, the same players don't care. 708 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: They do not care well and not only that they 709 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,719 Speaker 1: really don't have any control in the grands things as 710 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,279 Speaker 1: to what the protocols are going to be. As we 711 00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 1: have seen, I mean, the Players Association has collectively bargained 712 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: the protocols, but the league just up and change them. 713 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,640 Speaker 1: Sure surely they have to talk to the PA to 714 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: get the new protocols accepted. So, you know, Rick, if 715 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: you're upset with the with the way questions are being framed, 716 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: that's your opinion. You're entitled to it. If you have 717 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: a problem with them asking about vaccines, which what I 718 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: was what I initially thought your issue was, that's not 719 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,880 Speaker 1: going away. Yeah, you want to argue how they asked 720 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,759 Speaker 1: the questions or you feel like they were trying to 721 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,600 Speaker 1: corner Josh, that's your opinion. You're entitled to it. We've 722 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: all seen if there have been moments, not just this year. 723 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,839 Speaker 1: We're all COVID weary. I mean, yeah, we're all COVID 724 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,720 Speaker 1: with there. And there have been issues in the past 725 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,920 Speaker 1: where not just this year, with you know, with the 726 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: last Patriot game when they got a little combative in there, 727 00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:50,920 Speaker 1: but it was also all the way back you go 728 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 1: back to work. Terrell Owens was here and the media 729 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 1: was like you know, pok poking sticks through the bars 730 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: and the zoo. Um, yeah, they do that once in 731 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:05,160 Speaker 1: a while for whatever reason. Um. And let's face it, 732 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,239 Speaker 1: there's a niche market for a combative media. People want 733 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: to people want to read arguments. So there's people out 734 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,920 Speaker 1: there who do it. And yeah, so you gotta be 735 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,480 Speaker 1: you gotta be aware of that as a player. And 736 00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:21,320 Speaker 1: in this climate, you're right, I mean people, people are weary, 737 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:22,759 Speaker 1: and when you got a team that's really good and 738 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,680 Speaker 1: playing well, the last thing you want to do is 739 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: one of the local media to throw some controversy in 740 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 Speaker 1: the locker room and mess it all up. So I 741 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 1: get I get your disdain for that. We go back 742 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,279 Speaker 1: to the phones into Joel in New Hampshire. What do 743 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:40,720 Speaker 1: you have for us? Joel? Hey, guys, how are you doing? Hey? Um? 744 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: Real quick, hey, Steve Um, I'm looking at this Patriots 745 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: game as a you know, it's like I'll backtrack raiders 746 00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:03,480 Speaker 1: Bill's playoff game AFC Championship. We were underdogs, my believing 747 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,479 Speaker 1: uh McDermot kind of the same type player coach, right, 748 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:12,680 Speaker 1: you know, players coached for whatever. You guys went out 749 00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:15,959 Speaker 1: there and totally destroyed them. I was at the game 750 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,480 Speaker 1: fifty one three, I believe it was. Did he change 751 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:28,680 Speaker 1: anything in his coaching approach towards that game? Did he 752 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:33,120 Speaker 1: like like shut the boar and say, hey, guys, because 753 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: I'm looking at this game is as big as that 754 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: game was back then. Yeah, you're right, Um, you know 755 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,320 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Yeah, I think just one thing we weren't. 756 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,319 Speaker 1: We were not the underdogs in that game at home 757 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: against the Raiders. But I get your point. Um, you 758 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 1: don't know, you don't have to do that. But every 759 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,840 Speaker 1: game is, Every game is special in its own way. 760 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:59,080 Speaker 1: And but you know, there are games that are massive 761 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,000 Speaker 1: and bigger and more important to your future than others, 762 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 1: like Super Bowls and AFC championship games and playoff games 763 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,920 Speaker 1: and games that are decide the division title. This is 764 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:13,760 Speaker 1: one of those games, and it does force a coach, 765 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,839 Speaker 1: and it does demand a coach to acknowledge it in 766 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: some way, shape or form. That doesn't mean you're doing 767 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,640 Speaker 1: everything differently. It doesn't mean you're you know you're And 768 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:24,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean also you make an extra special effort 769 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,040 Speaker 1: to make this like every other game. Like God, no, guys, 770 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:28,880 Speaker 1: this is just another game. Don't worry about now. You 771 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,000 Speaker 1: don't have to do that. Do it for what it is. 772 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: These are games that you've earned. That's the beauty of it. 773 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: This is a game you earned a right to be in. 774 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: That's that's what coaches do. They remind you you're good 775 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,759 Speaker 1: enough to deserve this right to be in this game, 776 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: and let's have some fun play in it, because we're 777 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: pretty good and they are too. They've earned their right. 778 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,200 Speaker 1: But that's that's what this whole shooting matches about. That's 779 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,120 Speaker 1: what coaches do. They don't get out there and say, 780 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna throw everything you know, we gotta do. Hey, 781 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,880 Speaker 1: this is the most important game of your life. And no, 782 00:42:57,960 --> 00:42:59,360 Speaker 1: you don't have to lie about you have to. You 783 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,799 Speaker 1: have to do with professional athletes. You can't get up 784 00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:03,360 Speaker 1: for that on your own. You got a problem. You 785 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,760 Speaker 1: don't have to. You don't have to inflate the importance 786 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:08,120 Speaker 1: of the game you're playing with a You've got a 787 00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,719 Speaker 1: bunch of grown men in the room. They know, so 788 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,160 Speaker 1: you have to you're be idiotic not to acknowledge it. 789 00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,080 Speaker 1: But you also got to have the right kind of 790 00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:18,880 Speaker 1: guys in that room where they're like putting their arms 791 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,160 Speaker 1: around saying Yeah, let's go. That's that's what you got 792 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,879 Speaker 1: to do. As a coach. You don't have to shy 793 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,600 Speaker 1: away from like making this important because it is. And 794 00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:29,920 Speaker 1: you don't have to certainly have to pile but your 795 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,240 Speaker 1: entire life and existence on it. Either it's organically important. 796 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: You don't have to manufacture anything for a game. But 797 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,440 Speaker 1: what you have to do is make sure your guys 798 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,800 Speaker 1: love where they're at, understand it, and are all in together. 799 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,399 Speaker 1: That's and that's that's what it's. Just enjoy it and 800 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,319 Speaker 1: play their best is to cut loose all breaks. What 801 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:53,279 Speaker 1: you gotta do. Break time for us here, Scott and Blackstone, 802 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 1: Cliff and Buffalo, hang tight. We'll get to you next. 803 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,120 Speaker 1: Here on One Bill's Line presented by Kalota Health, it's 804 00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:10,400 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back One Bill's Live, Bill's Mafia. 805 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,920 Speaker 1: You could win a trip to the Super Bowl on us. 806 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,840 Speaker 1: Just download the official mobile app of the Buffalo Bills, 807 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:19,080 Speaker 1: create a profile and fill out the entry form. Already 808 00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,640 Speaker 1: have a profile, Just fill out the form in your app. 809 00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,200 Speaker 1: One lucky fan will win two tickets to the Super 810 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,719 Speaker 1: Bowl in LA, including flights in hotel. Don't miss out 811 00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:33,840 Speaker 1: on this once in a lifetime experience. Bill's Wednesday injury 812 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:39,320 Speaker 1: report has been released and as expected, Emmanuel Sanders listed 813 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,120 Speaker 1: as a limited participant. The Bills, as we know, conducted 814 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,040 Speaker 1: a walkthrough practice, so this is just an estimate as 815 00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:49,000 Speaker 1: to what they did. Josh Allen a full participant coming 816 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:53,120 Speaker 1: off the foot injury. Jerry Hughes Micah Hyde also limited 817 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,960 Speaker 1: with neck and back injuries, respectively, and Taiwan Jones did 818 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,360 Speaker 1: not practice at all due to the knee injury. He 819 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,640 Speaker 1: was able to play last week. He was questionable going 820 00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:04,800 Speaker 1: into the game last week, but was able to play. 821 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,200 Speaker 1: We'll see how he's able to make his way through 822 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 1: the week this week. So that is your Wednesday injury 823 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:13,879 Speaker 1: report for the Bills. Let's go to the phones here 824 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,239 Speaker 1: and we lead off with Scott and Blackstone. What you 825 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:22,040 Speaker 1: got for a Scott, Hey, good afternoon, gentlemen. Let me first, 826 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:24,200 Speaker 1: I very merry Christmas to you. Yeah, you as well. 827 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,759 Speaker 1: You should have been in the hall a long time ago. 828 00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:32,720 Speaker 1: That's long overdue. I live in the heart of Patriot Country, Okay, 829 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,960 Speaker 1: about a half an hour north of the stadium. This 830 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: is my first time calling w G all right, think 831 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,520 Speaker 1: guys started listening to you guys about a year ago 832 00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,960 Speaker 1: because I got tired of all the stuff I've kept 833 00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,680 Speaker 1: hearing about the Patriots. It's hard living in Patriot Country. 834 00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,920 Speaker 1: So anyway, the reason I'm calling you, guys were wondering 835 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,040 Speaker 1: what it is that concerns me about this Sunday's game. 836 00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I'd feel a lot better if the 837 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,560 Speaker 1: Patriots hadn't been handed their lunch on Saturday. They're going 838 00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,439 Speaker 1: to come in and these guys are going to be motivated, 839 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,960 Speaker 1: and I think we can hang with them, but I 840 00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:08,920 Speaker 1: think they definitely have something to prove. Yeah, that's a 841 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,279 Speaker 1: legit concern. I'll give you that. Um. It's funny you 842 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:15,040 Speaker 1: mentioned that, Scott, because my son was watching the game 843 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,480 Speaker 1: Saturday night between the Colts and the Patriots, and he's 844 00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:20,040 Speaker 1: sitting there going, this is the week they put up 845 00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,399 Speaker 1: the stinker. This is when they commit presnap penalties. This 846 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,960 Speaker 1: is when Mac Jones is throwing interceptions. Wonderful. It's gonna 847 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:29,080 Speaker 1: be great when we play him next week. It's like, 848 00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,480 Speaker 1: it's like the Bills fan laments. You know it's true, 849 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,440 Speaker 1: you can't. This is a team that has always beaten 850 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:40,879 Speaker 1: the Bills by playing more mistake free than them. It's 851 00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:45,080 Speaker 1: it's classic, and it's it's a frustrating way to lose 852 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:48,680 Speaker 1: games because you always feel like you look in the 853 00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,160 Speaker 1: mirror and that's the person who beat you, it's not 854 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots, and the Patriots just walk off and go, hey, 855 00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,839 Speaker 1: thanks for stopping by. It's pretty frustrating, right, And I 856 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,640 Speaker 1: think the other reason it gives people like Scott concern 857 00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,279 Speaker 1: is because as you rarely see two performances like that 858 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:06,640 Speaker 1: consecutively from the Patriots. They might have a stinker every 859 00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:10,320 Speaker 1: now and then, but they rarely stack them back to back. 860 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:13,680 Speaker 1: I would say this though the Bills. I mean, when 861 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,760 Speaker 1: the Bills lose, they're losing by less than one score, 862 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,600 Speaker 1: with the Indianapolis game is the exception this year. But 863 00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:20,600 Speaker 1: they lose by one score and they win by win 864 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:26,120 Speaker 1: by double digits. Um. It's it's there. That's the way 865 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:27,640 Speaker 1: they do things. You know, it's just the way their 866 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,520 Speaker 1: season is gone. So you can't really think that those 867 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:33,000 Speaker 1: games and those things are they're not going to affect 868 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,759 Speaker 1: what happens when the gap ball is kicked off. What 869 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,640 Speaker 1: they do affect is your preparation. You know, the Bills 870 00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,840 Speaker 1: come into this week thinking, man, we've We've got it. 871 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,480 Speaker 1: This is this has got to be the week when 872 00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,239 Speaker 1: we really show up. And the Patriots are like, when 873 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,279 Speaker 1: we can't lay another stinker like we did last week. 874 00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:50,040 Speaker 1: So they come in on Monday and then throughout the 875 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,680 Speaker 1: week are like, listen, we got let's go. You know, 876 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: they're they're at a higher level of awareness, They're a 877 00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:59,840 Speaker 1: higher level of concentration, of commitment, the whole thing. This 878 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:01,920 Speaker 1: is a big one. We gotta be ready. Yeah, if 879 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,080 Speaker 1: there's anything extra you can think of, yeah, let's do it. 880 00:48:06,920 --> 00:48:08,719 Speaker 1: So I don't think all of that stuff in the 881 00:48:08,719 --> 00:48:10,960 Speaker 1: past is going to have a huge effect on it. 882 00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:14,520 Speaker 1: But you're gonna see is not on game day, but 883 00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,239 Speaker 1: you're gonna see the effect of their preparedness and how 884 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:21,560 Speaker 1: it was affected. And I guess you know that functionally 885 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,480 Speaker 1: it might be kind of the same thing. But on 886 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:28,200 Speaker 1: game day when it kicks off, you still got to 887 00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:30,719 Speaker 1: play that guy across from fair enough, and you know, 888 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,880 Speaker 1: when nothing is going right, that's when Bill Belichick presses 889 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,880 Speaker 1: his thumb down on the roster collectively even harder, especially 890 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:39,800 Speaker 1: when you hurt him early in the week saying we 891 00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,719 Speaker 1: didn't do anything right, we didn't coach well enough, we 892 00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,520 Speaker 1: didn't play well enough, we couldn't execute. We may that 893 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:47,920 Speaker 1: all that stuff that goes without saying being said a 894 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,080 Speaker 1: lot too. I don't know, we're gonna go back to 895 00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,880 Speaker 1: a break. But head coach does a lot of stuff. 896 00:48:54,280 --> 00:49:00,360 Speaker 1: Handles his players, get them all focused, motivates them, promote them, 897 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,120 Speaker 1: you know, and and chops him off, you know. I 898 00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,880 Speaker 1: mean he does he disciplines them. He also does the 899 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,799 Speaker 1: same thing to his staff. Oh yeah, And a lot 900 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,200 Speaker 1: of people forget that. The staff is all full of 901 00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,640 Speaker 1: grown man and we heard, we've heard, you know, the 902 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,960 Speaker 1: the debacle that urban Meyer went through in in Jacksonville 903 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,719 Speaker 1: when he berated his staff and asked him to, you know, 904 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,239 Speaker 1: stick up. You know, he's calling them losers. I don't 905 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:25,000 Speaker 1: know that's the way to go. That's not the way 906 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,239 Speaker 1: to do it. But the head coach still does that 907 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:30,759 Speaker 1: for his He coaches his staff as well. He manages 908 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,040 Speaker 1: his coaching staff as well. And there are a lot 909 00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,960 Speaker 1: of quality people on this staff with a lot of 910 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,680 Speaker 1: experience and a lot of energy. And they're feeling that too. 911 00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:43,480 Speaker 1: They're feeling it as well. So they're they're also putting 912 00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,640 Speaker 1: the screws down. And so I think That's something that 913 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,080 Speaker 1: gets forgotten as well. That because as good a coach 914 00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 1: head coach as Bill Belichick is for his players, I 915 00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 1: think he has proven that he is exactly that also 916 00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,239 Speaker 1: for his young staff and the guys on his staff 917 00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,239 Speaker 1: and Sean McDermott, same thing. And that's why you get experienced, 918 00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:02,400 Speaker 1: experienced coordinators like les A. Frasier, Brian Dable. Let's squeeze in, 919 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:04,560 Speaker 1: Cliff here before the break, Cliff and Buffalo. You're on one. 920 00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:08,640 Speaker 1: Bill's live what we got doing good? Listen to you 921 00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:12,160 Speaker 1: guys every day. Appreciate that, just just for you. Steve, 922 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:18,239 Speaker 1: do you recommending the movie and Otters jug Band Christmas? Well? 923 00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,279 Speaker 1: He had, he had never seen it before. Cliff I 924 00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:23,000 Speaker 1: was telling him, he's got a I was telling he's 925 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,719 Speaker 1: got to see it, gonna watch the great movie. We 926 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:29,440 Speaker 1: got Popcorn. Five minutes into it, my daughter my son 927 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,319 Speaker 1: looked at each other and look at my mom and 928 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:35,359 Speaker 1: they said, we gotta get day at Come on, it's 929 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:39,560 Speaker 1: a classic. You'll be like five minutes of life. Yeah, 930 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,640 Speaker 1: it's like it's a wholesome thing. And I mean if 931 00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,600 Speaker 1: you're if you're looking for high flying action and entertainment, 932 00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,399 Speaker 1: you're probably not getting that. It's just one of those 933 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,919 Speaker 1: feel good, heartwarming stories. You know. I understand they're living 934 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,440 Speaker 1: on the river and times are tough, but you know, 935 00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,320 Speaker 1: it's a good story. It's a wholesome story. So I 936 00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:00,719 Speaker 1: watch it. Well, we appreciate just seeing it through to 937 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,600 Speaker 1: the end. Cliff, you're telling me that Emmett Otter's Jug 938 00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:06,919 Speaker 1: Band Christmas has no gun play and explosions in it. Well, 939 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,080 Speaker 1: there is a heavy metal band at one point in time. 940 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:14,640 Speaker 1: There there are villains, namely the River Bottom Boys. So yeah, 941 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:19,160 Speaker 1: now look we're talking nineteen seventy eight release. You know 942 00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:21,799 Speaker 1: this is you know what what is the pot? You know, 943 00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:24,080 Speaker 1: popular music of the day. There a lot of folk 944 00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:27,640 Speaker 1: music still influencing the country, even though disco was there. 945 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,760 Speaker 1: It's not a part of Emme and Otter's Jug Band Christmas. 946 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:33,040 Speaker 1: But you gotta sit down and get ready for a 947 00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:35,880 Speaker 1: wholesome story. There's some character building on the front half 948 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: that you gotta get through. Promise me, Brownie, you text 949 00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,680 Speaker 1: me tonight and remind me to watch that stinking show 950 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,360 Speaker 1: because I gotta get this off my plate. It's bothering 951 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,200 Speaker 1: me now. It's been sitting there. I neglected it for 952 00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:47,920 Speaker 1: a couple of days. Now I gotta get I've got 953 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,080 Speaker 1: to do it tonight. But you have to get ready 954 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:54,600 Speaker 1: for that the proper way, because you have to remember, 955 00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:59,200 Speaker 1: like Jim Henson's roots are public television. Sure, you know 956 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:02,440 Speaker 1: the path that those kinds of shows travel. Oh, I 957 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:06,640 Speaker 1: get if you're looking for, you know, seventeen hundred wise 958 00:52:06,719 --> 00:52:10,239 Speaker 1: cracks and off color jokes. You're not getting that, You're 959 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,080 Speaker 1: not all right. I'm i gotta get this off my plate. 960 00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,880 Speaker 1: I gotta yes, you watch this, you absolutely do. And 961 00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:18,080 Speaker 1: I want a full retext with text me to remind 962 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,040 Speaker 1: me tonight because I want a full review on my 963 00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,600 Speaker 1: I'm halfway to sibility and I'll forget again. Yeah, I 964 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:25,440 Speaker 1: can't do that now. Now, got me worried. I got 965 00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:27,160 Speaker 1: a couple of cis, got me worried. I got a 966 00:52:27,160 --> 00:52:28,960 Speaker 1: couple of grand kid things. I gotta do tonight, and 967 00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,600 Speaker 1: I'll get all the strays, because I will tell you 968 00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:32,960 Speaker 1: there are times where I'll come up with an old 969 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,040 Speaker 1: movie that I loved as a teenager, and I'll have 970 00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:37,360 Speaker 1: my I've done that, teenage kids watch it. I've done that, 971 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:39,799 Speaker 1: and then I'm watching it with him, and I'm like, man, 972 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:42,040 Speaker 1: I remember this being a whole lot better. Yeah, what 973 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:43,759 Speaker 1: the heck happened? You know I did that too, and 974 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,360 Speaker 1: I'm just weren't really quick. The old Bruce Lee movies Dragon, 975 00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:51,080 Speaker 1: Enter the Dragon. Yeah, five Fingers are phenomenal in the seventies. 976 00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:54,480 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, there's so much in the Yeah, I 977 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,520 Speaker 1: like it though. It was fun, some great there's some 978 00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,799 Speaker 1: fun stuff in it. But yeah, well, we're dealing with 979 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:01,080 Speaker 1: the on demand generation and it's a little bit different. 980 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,319 Speaker 1: Bruce Lee was awesome, though, you still have to watch 981 00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:05,479 Speaker 1: that thirty for thirty. I told you about be the Water. 982 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:08,040 Speaker 1: It's all on Bruce Lee. You would really be the 983 00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:10,400 Speaker 1: water is what it's called. All. That's another assignment for you. 984 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,000 Speaker 1: We'll write that down on the whiteboard for you. We 985 00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,480 Speaker 1: gotta take a break here, we're way late. We come back. 986 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:19,239 Speaker 1: It's NFL Network analyst Scott Pioli, former NFL Front office 987 00:53:19,280 --> 00:53:21,080 Speaker 1: executive for twenty years, spent a lot of times with 988 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,480 Speaker 1: the Patriots. He's going to break down this Bill's Patriots 989 00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,080 Speaker 1: matchup next on One Bill's Life, presented by Colli to 990 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:42,319 Speaker 1: help It's Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve Tester who 991 00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,960 Speaker 1: has spent all the fields kind of unique. He was 992 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,720 Speaker 1: kind of a dual role player for you, Stave, Steve 993 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:54,920 Speaker 1: a blimp. We're not even in the stratosphere of normalcy, 994 00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:00,000 Speaker 1: all right, Our number two here on One Bill's Life, 995 00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:02,399 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you. Time for us though, 996 00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:06,959 Speaker 1: to turn to NFL Network analyst and former NFL Front 997 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:12,200 Speaker 1: office executive Scott Pioli to break down this Bills Patriots matchup. 998 00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:15,520 Speaker 1: Scott talked to us a little bit about this Patriots 999 00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,240 Speaker 1: Bills matchup. What do you think is the biggest unknown 1000 00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,040 Speaker 1: headed end? The weather doesn't seem to be a factor 1001 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,319 Speaker 1: as it was in the first meeting, and it's only been, 1002 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,080 Speaker 1: as we said, you know, three weeks since the last 1003 00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:27,080 Speaker 1: time these teams met. What's the great unknown here? The 1004 00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:31,600 Speaker 1: great unknown, I think is COVID. Right, it's affecting every 1005 00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:34,680 Speaker 1: team in the league this year and way Steve and 1006 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:38,080 Speaker 1: last year, we're talking about COVID NonStop because it was there, 1007 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:42,359 Speaker 1: it was new, it had there were no fans. This year, 1008 00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:45,640 Speaker 1: we're almost talking at it about it in a different light. 1009 00:54:45,760 --> 00:54:48,240 Speaker 1: But it's had so much more impact on the games 1010 00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:50,880 Speaker 1: and the game's outcome, not even talking about just the 1011 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:54,319 Speaker 1: Bills Patriots team this weekend. But look at the last 1012 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,400 Speaker 1: couple of days. I mean, we've had to shift games. 1013 00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:59,279 Speaker 1: Last night's games were abysmal. They were bad for the 1014 00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,919 Speaker 1: players who were for the coaches, it was bad officiating. 1015 00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,680 Speaker 1: And again that's not being critical of any of those people. 1016 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,040 Speaker 1: It's the circumstances. I mean, Steve, you did this long 1017 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,920 Speaker 1: enough to know, you know, preparation and routine are so critical, 1018 00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,919 Speaker 1: and even though you're a professional and you steal your 1019 00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,520 Speaker 1: mind to the fact that there's going to be things 1020 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:19,359 Speaker 1: that come in when it actually happens, and it's this 1021 00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:23,760 Speaker 1: bizarre quite honestly. You know, you look at the rams. 1022 00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,479 Speaker 1: They didn't even have a full practice for a week 1023 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,560 Speaker 1: where they were just doing walkthroughs, so there were no 1024 00:55:28,680 --> 00:55:32,000 Speaker 1: live reps. So to me, for this game and these teams, 1025 00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:35,520 Speaker 1: it's going to come down truly to fundamentals, because there's 1026 00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:38,800 Speaker 1: this variable that can hit players, it can hit coaches, 1027 00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:41,640 Speaker 1: it can hit in so many different ways. That's the 1028 00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:44,520 Speaker 1: biggest concern in terms of what can disrupt the game, 1029 00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:46,839 Speaker 1: in terms of being able to see the teams at 1030 00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:51,080 Speaker 1: their truest best selves. Yeah, and unlike it was a 1031 00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:54,240 Speaker 1: really unusual game the last time they met in forty 1032 00:55:54,239 --> 00:55:56,960 Speaker 1: mile an hour wins. The Patriots win the game by 1033 00:55:57,040 --> 00:56:01,040 Speaker 1: four points, scoring two touchdowns and throwing the football were 1034 00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:05,279 Speaker 1: completing three passes in the game. Really unusual game does that? 1035 00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:07,120 Speaker 1: How does that? And plus the fact that it was 1036 00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:10,000 Speaker 1: very recent, how does all that stuff in your mind 1037 00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:13,839 Speaker 1: affect the ability for both teams to prepare for each other? Well? 1038 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,120 Speaker 1: To me, see, it's almost like when you're in the 1039 00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:19,839 Speaker 1: division and you've seen teams play enough games and you've 1040 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,280 Speaker 1: played against them one time previously, you have an idea 1041 00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:26,040 Speaker 1: of how you're going to approach because you saw some 1042 00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:28,640 Speaker 1: of what happened in the game before. Last game was 1043 00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:31,120 Speaker 1: such an anomaly, I think where the play calling, the 1044 00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:34,560 Speaker 1: defensive play calling on both sides of the ball, and 1045 00:56:34,600 --> 00:56:37,360 Speaker 1: even special teams, everything was so different. It's almost like 1046 00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:39,759 Speaker 1: you take that game, put it in the bag, throw 1047 00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,240 Speaker 1: it out, and now we're going to approach this game 1048 00:56:42,600 --> 00:56:46,160 Speaker 1: this week as if we would in a normal situation circumstances. 1049 00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:48,120 Speaker 1: I think part of what we saw a last game, 1050 00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:51,880 Speaker 1: really much of that game planning has to be thrown 1051 00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:55,759 Speaker 1: out the window because knowing both teams, they were doing 1052 00:56:55,800 --> 00:57:00,000 Speaker 1: things situationally and circumstantially based on all the variables involve. 1053 00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:01,719 Speaker 1: So I have a feeling this is going to be 1054 00:57:01,719 --> 00:57:03,919 Speaker 1: a very very different game for a lot of reasons. Steve, 1055 00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,759 Speaker 1: what do you think that reason for the patch resurgence 1056 00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:09,080 Speaker 1: this year has been? I mean, Mac Jones has certainly 1057 00:57:09,080 --> 00:57:11,279 Speaker 1: played a lot of games that were mistake free. Not 1058 00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:13,880 Speaker 1: maybe not spectacular, but certainly he's held his end of 1059 00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,200 Speaker 1: the bargain up. They got some opt outs back in, 1060 00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,400 Speaker 1: they signed some guys back who had left for a year. 1061 00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,600 Speaker 1: What do you think the biggest difference is, you know, 1062 00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:23,920 Speaker 1: for this team playing so much better this season than 1063 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,080 Speaker 1: it did a year ago, I Steve, I think it's 1064 00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:28,320 Speaker 1: a couple of things. And it starts with the quick 1065 00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:32,240 Speaker 1: development of Mac Jones. And it was almost like Mac 1066 00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:34,840 Speaker 1: wasn't he was developing in college. He was on this 1067 00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:38,000 Speaker 1: trajectory and it wasn't like he plateaued and stopped and 1068 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,560 Speaker 1: then had to adjust to a different program. He went 1069 00:57:40,560 --> 00:57:43,040 Speaker 1: into a program that was very similar. I'm not saying 1070 00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:46,080 Speaker 1: they're the same, but they're very very similar as to 1071 00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:48,880 Speaker 1: what the expectations are. So it was easy for him 1072 00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:51,720 Speaker 1: to assimilate to the culture and the way things are done. 1073 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,280 Speaker 1: I think the other thing is the Patriots added a 1074 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,760 Speaker 1: great deal of talent in some important positions. But most 1075 00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:02,160 Speaker 1: importantly it goes back to again my time with the Patriots. 1076 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:05,760 Speaker 1: We were adding talent, talent that fit the steam, talent 1077 00:58:05,800 --> 00:58:09,120 Speaker 1: that fit the system, but most importantly, we were paying 1078 00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:11,800 Speaker 1: attention to the people that we were bringing into the program. 1079 00:58:11,840 --> 00:58:15,240 Speaker 1: And I think Bill and the staff, the exigular they 1080 00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,800 Speaker 1: all did a great job of making sure that the 1081 00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:21,600 Speaker 1: players that they brought in we're going to understand, accept 1082 00:58:22,120 --> 00:58:26,720 Speaker 1: and tolerate it's not the right word, but certainly accept 1083 00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:30,320 Speaker 1: the culture and the way it is, and be selfless players. 1084 00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:32,920 Speaker 1: I think that's given them in ability to come together 1085 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,400 Speaker 1: much more quickly than a lot of teams that bring 1086 00:58:35,400 --> 00:58:38,280 Speaker 1: in quote unquote outside us. We're talking with Scott Paoli. 1087 00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,360 Speaker 1: He was a player personnel executive with the Patriots from 1088 00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,320 Speaker 1: two thousand and two thousand and eight. He was also 1089 00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:44,360 Speaker 1: the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs from two 1090 00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:47,920 Speaker 1: thousand nine to two twelve, and Brian day Ball, the Bills, 1091 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,720 Speaker 1: the current offensive coordinator, was with you in Kansas City. 1092 00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:53,640 Speaker 1: Give us a little scale of one to ten. Where 1093 00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:56,280 Speaker 1: do you rank day Ball on the scale of creativity, 1094 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:59,240 Speaker 1: kind of offensive coordinator. What he's done here in Buffalo 1095 00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:01,760 Speaker 1: in the last four five years. Yeah. So I was 1096 00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:04,600 Speaker 1: actually with Brian Wee, you know, when he got done 1097 00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:07,760 Speaker 1: being a GA for Nick Nick Saban at Michigan State. 1098 00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:09,880 Speaker 1: He joined us at the Patriots in two thousands. So 1099 00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,600 Speaker 1: I was with him at the Patriots for a bunch 1100 00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:14,160 Speaker 1: of years and then in Kansas City, as you mentioned. 1101 00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:17,760 Speaker 1: And I know Brian really well and I respect him 1102 00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:22,400 Speaker 1: a ton Steve. I think he knows offense. He knows 1103 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,720 Speaker 1: it to the core. He knows the running game. I 1104 00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:27,200 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of people who are upset with 1105 00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:29,400 Speaker 1: the way things went last time in the amount of runs. 1106 00:59:29,520 --> 00:59:32,439 Speaker 1: He knows the running game. He knows protection. I think 1107 00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:36,560 Speaker 1: he is a very He's much like the I call 1108 00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:39,400 Speaker 1: it the family of people that come from that, which 1109 00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:44,160 Speaker 1: is very similar to the family you know that Sean 1110 00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:49,040 Speaker 1: McDermott comes from. Because they're founded in discipline, they're founded 1111 00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:53,320 Speaker 1: in detail, and they're founded in the basics and fundamentals 1112 00:59:53,320 --> 00:59:55,080 Speaker 1: of the game. So I think Brian has a really 1113 00:59:55,120 --> 00:59:58,960 Speaker 1: good core understanding and value system. Again, I think what 1114 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,720 Speaker 1: he also knows is he was a lot of places 1115 01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:06,240 Speaker 1: where there was an emphasis put on acting, accentuating the 1116 01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:09,160 Speaker 1: positive and limiting the limitations. I think that's why they 1117 01:00:09,240 --> 01:00:12,200 Speaker 1: know that their best football player is Josh Allen and 1118 01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:16,160 Speaker 1: everything has to try to run around him. Not figuratively, 1119 01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:18,760 Speaker 1: but certainly you know that it needs to run around 1120 01:00:18,800 --> 01:00:21,600 Speaker 1: Josh Allen and his strengths. One of the problems the 1121 01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:23,480 Speaker 1: Bills have had, and maybe you can speak to this 1122 01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:26,320 Speaker 1: as well. Certainly everybody's been hit by injuries and slash 1123 01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,960 Speaker 1: COVID guys. The Bills have really been forced since the 1124 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:32,360 Speaker 1: beginning of the season to shuffle their offensive line in 1125 01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:34,920 Speaker 1: one way or another, either through poor play. Early in 1126 01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,880 Speaker 1: the season, they made some changes and guys evolved. Young 1127 01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:40,320 Speaker 1: players like Spencer Brown evolved to the point where he 1128 01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,360 Speaker 1: was the best option. Then they had injuries, then they 1129 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,120 Speaker 1: had COVID, then they had another injury. So the shuffling 1130 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,640 Speaker 1: has never stopped upfront for the Buffalo Bills, and they've 1131 01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:49,680 Speaker 1: struggled to win the line of scrimmage. I think it's 1132 01:00:49,680 --> 01:00:52,520 Speaker 1: shown in their run game, as you might imagine. What 1133 01:00:52,720 --> 01:00:55,880 Speaker 1: is your take on a team's just inability to have 1134 01:00:56,040 --> 01:00:59,400 Speaker 1: any stability. I forget about good players and bad players, 1135 01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:02,000 Speaker 1: and we all have they have no stability upfront. How 1136 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,440 Speaker 1: has that taken its toll and how could it take 1137 01:01:04,440 --> 01:01:07,360 Speaker 1: its toll on a team, Steve, You're nailing. I mean, 1138 01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:11,960 Speaker 1: it's continuity and stability up front is the key to 1139 01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:14,360 Speaker 1: everything that happens. And if you look at some of 1140 01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:16,640 Speaker 1: the most successful teams, even go back to the Buccaneers 1141 01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,720 Speaker 1: last year, they had the most starts and the most 1142 01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:24,160 Speaker 1: continuity with their starters, not only on their team, but 1143 01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:27,000 Speaker 1: on the offensive line best in the league. They had 1144 01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:30,920 Speaker 1: stability the position of offensive line. It's those five and 1145 01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:35,000 Speaker 1: sometimes the tight end. However you're running things, there is 1146 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:38,920 Speaker 1: such an interdependent relationship between them and how they do things, 1147 01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:42,120 Speaker 1: and how they work off of one another and work 1148 01:01:42,280 --> 01:01:44,720 Speaker 1: up to levels, and the way that the backs have 1149 01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:46,480 Speaker 1: to be able to press the hole and trust the 1150 01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:49,080 Speaker 1: guy and know the guy in front, and how things 1151 01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:52,000 Speaker 1: are going to happen knowing one as silly as it sounds, 1152 01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:56,080 Speaker 1: knowing one another's body language and eye language. The offensive 1153 01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:58,800 Speaker 1: line issues to me, and talking about the injuries and 1154 01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:03,360 Speaker 1: the inconsistent, inconsistency and lack of continuity, to me, has 1155 01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,920 Speaker 1: been the biggest problem the Bill's face. And that's out 1156 01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,600 Speaker 1: of the hands of Sean and Brian, and it's a 1157 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:11,360 Speaker 1: really difficult thing, and people want to get critical of 1158 01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:15,200 Speaker 1: something that's completely out of their control and their play 1159 01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,760 Speaker 1: calling ability. And you know, I also go back to 1160 01:02:18,800 --> 01:02:21,440 Speaker 1: this other reality, Steve. You know this better than anybody. 1161 01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:26,720 Speaker 1: The truth is, when you have problems, no one cares, right, 1162 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:29,720 Speaker 1: nobody cares about your problems. You still have to find 1163 01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:31,960 Speaker 1: a way to win. It's brutal. But this is a 1164 01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:35,520 Speaker 1: brutal game, and it's a brutal mentality and physicality. And 1165 01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,760 Speaker 1: I go back to one of my mentors who said 1166 01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:41,800 Speaker 1: it a little bit differently. When he heard someone talking 1167 01:02:41,800 --> 01:02:43,919 Speaker 1: about injuries, he turned around with the guy. He goes, hey, 1168 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:47,479 Speaker 1: no one gives a you know why, figure it out 1169 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:50,360 Speaker 1: and find a way. And I'm not saying that the 1170 01:02:50,440 --> 01:02:53,080 Speaker 1: Brian and Shawn, but this is the reality is people, 1171 01:02:53,120 --> 01:02:57,120 Speaker 1: I think sometimes lose perspective on the context of what's 1172 01:02:57,160 --> 01:02:59,960 Speaker 1: really going on. And the Bills have been affected by 1173 01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:03,520 Speaker 1: a ton unfortunately for Bills fans. Yeah, one of the 1174 01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:06,160 Speaker 1: things you mentioned earlier that it's these games that were 1175 01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:08,240 Speaker 1: moved to Tuesday. They were moved to Saturday or from 1176 01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:10,720 Speaker 1: Saturday to Tuesday, and now they got money. Now two 1177 01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:14,760 Speaker 1: days later. Week sixteen starts, right, So everything is in 1178 01:03:14,840 --> 01:03:17,360 Speaker 1: flux right now because of the virus. And one of 1179 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:19,120 Speaker 1: the things we've talked about earlier in the season, and 1180 01:03:19,240 --> 01:03:22,120 Speaker 1: what came up in the Bills Tampa Bay game was 1181 01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:26,360 Speaker 1: some officiating. And you said too, with the snaffoos of officiating, 1182 01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:28,440 Speaker 1: and I made this point earlier in this season, I 1183 01:03:28,440 --> 01:03:31,040 Speaker 1: think it still holds true as you said it. It's 1184 01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:35,120 Speaker 1: a brutal game that they're trying to legislate more safety into, 1185 01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:39,400 Speaker 1: which puts more pressure on the officiating to officiate. Now 1186 01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:41,800 Speaker 1: they've got taunting real so now the officials are are 1187 01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:46,040 Speaker 1: officiating between plays as well as during the play. The 1188 01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:49,840 Speaker 1: officials are under a great more, great deal more stress, 1189 01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:52,440 Speaker 1: even with a sky judge who can help them and 1190 01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:55,320 Speaker 1: smooth things over, which we've seen happen a little bit. 1191 01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:57,680 Speaker 1: A little bit about give us a little bit of 1192 01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:01,680 Speaker 1: sense of what the leagues expectations are for the inconsistencies 1193 01:04:01,680 --> 01:04:04,480 Speaker 1: week to week in the officiating, and how difficult it 1194 01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:06,800 Speaker 1: is for those guys to get it right week to week, 1195 01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,920 Speaker 1: game to game, quarter to quarter, play to play, and 1196 01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:14,120 Speaker 1: how that's translated itself into wins and losses for some teams. Hey, Steve, 1197 01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:16,720 Speaker 1: you know those guys are human, right, those guys and 1198 01:04:16,800 --> 01:04:19,240 Speaker 1: gals that are officiating games where the strikes are human. 1199 01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:22,840 Speaker 1: Coaches makes mistakes, players make mistakes. I make mistakes in 1200 01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:25,880 Speaker 1: my job, you make Everyone makes some mistakes in their jobs. 1201 01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:30,040 Speaker 1: And they are under a microscope. The thing that's impacted 1202 01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:33,720 Speaker 1: them is the you know, the improvement in replay super 1203 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,320 Speaker 1: slow mode, the zoom in, all the things that the 1204 01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:39,880 Speaker 1: naked eye maybe can't see during that instant when you're 1205 01:04:39,880 --> 01:04:42,520 Speaker 1: watching things, when the wind is blowing, it's freezing cold, 1206 01:04:42,560 --> 01:04:45,040 Speaker 1: maybe your eyes are tearing. I'm not making excuses for 1207 01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:48,000 Speaker 1: these people. I'm just asking for a little bit of, 1208 01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:51,520 Speaker 1: you know, how about some humanity and empathy. These people 1209 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:54,280 Speaker 1: are going to make mistakes. It's what they do. And 1210 01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:57,480 Speaker 1: I like the idea that the league is trying to 1211 01:04:57,520 --> 01:05:00,720 Speaker 1: find a way to get it right. And I guess 1212 01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:04,160 Speaker 1: where I have a little bit of you know concern 1213 01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:06,640 Speaker 1: is if we're going if the idea is to get 1214 01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:10,080 Speaker 1: it right, well, then let's get it right. And there's 1215 01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:12,600 Speaker 1: certain things that can be reviewed, certain things that can't 1216 01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:14,640 Speaker 1: be reviewed. There's plays that will happen in the first 1217 01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:17,800 Speaker 1: quarter of a game that can't be reviewed, but really 1218 01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:21,160 Speaker 1: they have an impact on the flow and or momentum 1219 01:05:21,640 --> 01:05:25,200 Speaker 1: of a game or a situation and a circumstance. Like 1220 01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:28,000 Speaker 1: you go back to last night's game. If you were watching, 1221 01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:32,680 Speaker 1: it was the rams Seahawks game, they call a holding 1222 01:05:32,760 --> 01:05:35,960 Speaker 1: on Cooper Cup that we all know and saw clearly 1223 01:05:36,080 --> 01:05:38,960 Speaker 1: wasn't a holding that affected the game. It was third 1224 01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:41,680 Speaker 1: and ten, they were at about their own fifteen yard line. 1225 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:45,160 Speaker 1: It was tied ten ten. That shifted the complete complexion 1226 01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:48,800 Speaker 1: and energy of the game. So it's such a difficult job, 1227 01:05:49,080 --> 01:05:52,920 Speaker 1: every single one of us that's involved in the game forever, 1228 01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:56,320 Speaker 1: no matter how much better they'd make it, forever, we 1229 01:05:56,400 --> 01:06:00,520 Speaker 1: will be complaining about officials and calls, just like complaining 1230 01:06:00,520 --> 01:06:03,920 Speaker 1: about coaches and their calls. Will be complaining about players 1231 01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:05,880 Speaker 1: and what they didn't do and how we could have 1232 01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,960 Speaker 1: done it better. They'll complain about a pick that I 1233 01:06:09,080 --> 01:06:11,280 Speaker 1: made that could have been better, or why didn't I 1234 01:06:11,320 --> 01:06:14,160 Speaker 1: pick Russell Wilson he won the third round. You're more 1235 01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:18,480 Speaker 1: on Paoli, you know, that's that's part of what makes 1236 01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:22,240 Speaker 1: his gain. So you know, we get so emotional about it, 1237 01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:25,800 Speaker 1: and it's but the officiating, I'm so thankful that I 1238 01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:28,000 Speaker 1: didn't have that gene that wanted to make me become 1239 01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,160 Speaker 1: an official ad for a word that makes two of us. 1240 01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,760 Speaker 1: And also the last thing before before we gotta getch 1241 01:06:32,760 --> 01:06:36,680 Speaker 1: you little circle back to this, uh, this Bill's Patriots matchup. 1242 01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:39,040 Speaker 1: The Colts really put it to the Patriots that got 1243 01:06:39,040 --> 01:06:42,040 Speaker 1: on them early, and I think the plan was maybe 1244 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,080 Speaker 1: to put the game in mac Jones's hands just to 1245 01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:46,240 Speaker 1: see if he could Now certainly the Patriots had protected 1246 01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:49,080 Speaker 1: him as much as they could, and he has done 1247 01:06:49,160 --> 01:06:52,520 Speaker 1: everything that the Patriots have asked him to. Is that 1248 01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:55,880 Speaker 1: kind of maybe perhaps the blueprints to put the Patriots 1249 01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:57,960 Speaker 1: in a position where they they asked him to do 1250 01:06:58,040 --> 01:07:00,120 Speaker 1: things he hasn't proven he can do yet. Is that 1251 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:02,840 Speaker 1: kind of the blueprint? Certainly a twenty point lead is 1252 01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:05,160 Speaker 1: whatever the team wishes for, so you can't you know, 1253 01:07:05,360 --> 01:07:07,120 Speaker 1: if you're get a game plan, sure let's put that 1254 01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:11,760 Speaker 1: in the game plan. But right so yeah, so what 1255 01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:15,960 Speaker 1: do you think the blueprint is for one beating the 1256 01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:18,720 Speaker 1: Patriots and two beating the Bills? How do those teams 1257 01:07:18,760 --> 01:07:22,240 Speaker 1: differ as you see their strengths and weaknesses? You know, Steve, 1258 01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:25,680 Speaker 1: it's funny because you know I spent so many years 1259 01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:30,640 Speaker 1: as a pro scout and before I became, you know, 1260 01:07:30,880 --> 01:07:33,120 Speaker 1: a decision making speed, and I spent a lot of 1261 01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:35,920 Speaker 1: time scouting opponents and watching teams and trying to figure 1262 01:07:35,960 --> 01:07:37,960 Speaker 1: some of that stuff out. And I don't know if 1263 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:41,040 Speaker 1: I ever became a guy who believed in blueprints, because 1264 01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:46,200 Speaker 1: I think that there's certain frameworks and ideas that work, 1265 01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:49,360 Speaker 1: but they can usually only work for a certain amount 1266 01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:51,840 Speaker 1: of time. They have a certain cell life shelf like 1267 01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:54,800 Speaker 1: sorry about that. It's my pro officer checking in honesty. 1268 01:07:55,440 --> 01:08:01,080 Speaker 1: And I just don't think that we can based on 1269 01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:03,720 Speaker 1: the circumstances, based on the situation of the game. Like 1270 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:07,240 Speaker 1: go back to how the Patriots beat the Bills last time. 1271 01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:10,320 Speaker 1: Was that a blueprint or was that a circumstance in 1272 01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:13,360 Speaker 1: a situation? But to me, I think it wasn't that 1273 01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:16,439 Speaker 1: mac Jones couldn't handle it. They got up quick. They 1274 01:08:16,479 --> 01:08:20,400 Speaker 1: also got the ability, meaning the Colts got the ability 1275 01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:23,120 Speaker 1: to control the ball and control the running game and 1276 01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:26,360 Speaker 1: control the clock and keep the ball out of the 1277 01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:28,479 Speaker 1: hands of the quarterback. Now the quarterback is also trying 1278 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:30,840 Speaker 1: to play catch up. He's a young guy. Maybe he's 1279 01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:33,479 Speaker 1: trying to do too much. Maybe he wasn't, but it 1280 01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:37,559 Speaker 1: certainly wasn't. The Patriots are at their best when they 1281 01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:40,680 Speaker 1: can either dictate the game and the pace of the 1282 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:43,719 Speaker 1: game and or they sit there. They keep it close, 1283 01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:46,840 Speaker 1: and quite honestly, one of the core tenants of that 1284 01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:49,679 Speaker 1: program was wait for the other team to lose the game. 1285 01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:52,479 Speaker 1: And to me, that's been a big part of it. 1286 01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:56,120 Speaker 1: So you know what it is. I think Mac Jones 1287 01:08:56,160 --> 01:08:58,600 Speaker 1: is too young to figure out what the you know, 1288 01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:01,840 Speaker 1: the consistent blue print is in order to beat him 1289 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:05,080 Speaker 1: and the Patriots. Thank You's got one last thing before 1290 01:09:05,080 --> 01:09:07,160 Speaker 1: I let you go. Last week I lost a really 1291 01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:10,200 Speaker 1: good friend to a battle with cancer slash covid. I 1292 01:09:10,240 --> 01:09:12,479 Speaker 1: know you had a tweet that you mentioned Mark Pike 1293 01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:15,320 Speaker 1: and how you had scouted him back in the day, 1294 01:09:15,400 --> 01:09:17,439 Speaker 1: in the early days in the nineties, and I knew 1295 01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:20,040 Speaker 1: him as a good friend and also an incredibly what 1296 01:09:20,320 --> 01:09:23,479 Speaker 1: good football player. You had some nice thing to say 1297 01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:26,320 Speaker 1: about my friend Mark Pike on his passing. You had 1298 01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:30,360 Speaker 1: scouted him, What was your take on him? Yeah, you know, Stephen, 1299 01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:33,600 Speaker 1: and truly sorry for your loss and the loss to 1300 01:09:33,760 --> 01:09:36,120 Speaker 1: Bill's mafia. It's you know, I'm a bit of a 1301 01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:37,960 Speaker 1: sucker and a bit of a sap when it comes 1302 01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:41,040 Speaker 1: to this game and the people in the game and 1303 01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:44,599 Speaker 1: the people that give themselves to the game and all 1304 01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:47,120 Speaker 1: that the game takes from them. That, yes, people get 1305 01:09:47,120 --> 01:09:50,080 Speaker 1: a lot. But Mark was a fascinating player to me because, 1306 01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:52,799 Speaker 1: as I mentioned earlier, I was a pro personnel director 1307 01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:55,360 Speaker 1: and a pro scout as I cut my teeth when 1308 01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:59,360 Speaker 1: I started in the NFL in ninety two, and one 1309 01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:02,960 Speaker 1: of my jobs was to always scout pro players and 1310 01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:05,360 Speaker 1: scout the pro teams. Did a little bit of college scouting, 1311 01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:10,880 Speaker 1: but I was given his beautiful opportunity to scout, you know, 1312 01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:14,519 Speaker 1: pro players, and when my time with the Jets ninety seven, 1313 01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:17,200 Speaker 1: ninety eight, ninety nine, but also my time before that, 1314 01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:19,160 Speaker 1: I used to do all the advanced scouting. As a 1315 01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:20,840 Speaker 1: matter of fact, there was a period of time Scott 1316 01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:25,240 Speaker 1: Burketold who was and his staff at the Bills, they 1317 01:10:25,680 --> 01:10:28,639 Speaker 1: had a special seat for me because I had one season. 1318 01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:31,080 Speaker 1: Because I had to watch the teams in the division 1319 01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:33,439 Speaker 1: so many times, and the way the schedule was made up, 1320 01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:36,080 Speaker 1: I ended up being in Buffalo for eight games. I 1321 01:10:36,120 --> 01:10:39,360 Speaker 1: think I'm check at seven games that season, and I 1322 01:10:39,400 --> 01:10:41,200 Speaker 1: got a chance to see Mark Pike. I got to 1323 01:10:41,200 --> 01:10:44,040 Speaker 1: see him at his top. He was such a unique 1324 01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:47,240 Speaker 1: and rare player because he was a defensive lineman that 1325 01:10:47,320 --> 01:10:52,240 Speaker 1: had this size and speed and athleticism to play positions 1326 01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:54,960 Speaker 1: on special teams that people couldn't do it. He was 1327 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:58,360 Speaker 1: a complete and utter mismatch for so many players. But 1328 01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:01,000 Speaker 1: then when he had his opportunities on the defense, he 1329 01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,719 Speaker 1: was a guy that needed to be that you needed 1330 01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:07,160 Speaker 1: to account for. And Steve, I'm telling you who I again. 1331 01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:09,120 Speaker 1: I'm not saying this because I'm on with you, but 1332 01:11:09,240 --> 01:11:11,920 Speaker 1: in my opinion, one of the if not the greatest 1333 01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:15,200 Speaker 1: special teams players. You guys, at one point in time 1334 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:18,120 Speaker 1: had the corner on the market in terms of special 1335 01:11:18,120 --> 01:11:21,000 Speaker 1: teams players. And I remember watching him and I had 1336 01:11:21,000 --> 01:11:23,640 Speaker 1: this one moment And this is where why I was 1337 01:11:23,680 --> 01:11:27,479 Speaker 1: emotional about this tweet. I had this moment after a 1338 01:11:27,479 --> 01:11:29,800 Speaker 1: game because there's so many trips, I bumped into him 1339 01:11:30,439 --> 01:11:31,920 Speaker 1: and had a chance to talk to him, and I 1340 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,960 Speaker 1: just was and I was being a professional. I wasn't 1341 01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:35,559 Speaker 1: being fanned by because I was saying, Hey, Mark, I'll 1342 01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:38,479 Speaker 1: let you know. You know I know this league inside 1343 01:11:38,479 --> 01:11:40,920 Speaker 1: and out. This is my job's know to league you know, 1344 01:11:41,120 --> 01:11:44,120 Speaker 1: I really appreciate and respect what you do more than 1345 01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:46,760 Speaker 1: you will ever know, because you were a football guy 1346 01:11:47,000 --> 01:11:48,880 Speaker 1: and he took time to talk to me for I 1347 01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:52,799 Speaker 1: would say it was over five minutes near the tunnel, 1348 01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:56,479 Speaker 1: and it was just an absolute gentleman in every sense 1349 01:11:56,520 --> 01:12:01,000 Speaker 1: of the word. And in my job for all my years, 1350 01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:03,960 Speaker 1: I pride myself on not only, you know, working to 1351 01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:06,280 Speaker 1: find good football players, but making sure I found the 1352 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:10,559 Speaker 1: right guys. That dude is an all timer in terms 1353 01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:14,439 Speaker 1: of the right everything that football should be. Well, I 1354 01:12:14,720 --> 01:12:16,400 Speaker 1: gotta agree with you. He was a good friend of mine. 1355 01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:18,800 Speaker 1: He was a tremendous football player, great teammate, good friend, 1356 01:12:18,840 --> 01:12:21,920 Speaker 1: and you picked him that you're right, So you're that's 1357 01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:24,040 Speaker 1: kudos to you're scouting because I know you're right about 1358 01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,000 Speaker 1: everything you said. I appreciate it, Scott, thanks for being 1359 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,479 Speaker 1: with us. Really appreciate it. Thank you, Steve. Great to 1360 01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:32,240 Speaker 1: be with you all right. NFL Network analyst Scott Pioli 1361 01:12:32,360 --> 01:12:36,840 Speaker 1: joining us here on one Bills Live and yeah, clear 1362 01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:40,000 Speaker 1: appreciation for the special team's phase of the game there 1363 01:12:40,040 --> 01:12:41,719 Speaker 1: on the part of Scott Pioli, you have a scout 1364 01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:43,479 Speaker 1: of the Bills as much as he did going back, 1365 01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,760 Speaker 1: going back to his roots as a pro personnel guy. 1366 01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:49,080 Speaker 1: And that's what you got to know everybody in the league. Yeah, 1367 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:50,519 Speaker 1: I mean that's all he does. He sits there and 1368 01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:53,799 Speaker 1: that means watching guys like me and Mark Pike cover kicks, 1369 01:12:54,240 --> 01:12:56,240 Speaker 1: you know, ten or fifteen times a game, as well 1370 01:12:56,280 --> 01:12:59,519 Speaker 1: as you guys like Jim Kelly, Thurman, Thomas and the 1371 01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:01,559 Speaker 1: rest of the guys who were stars. You get to 1372 01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,439 Speaker 1: know them and you feel like you have some ownership 1373 01:13:04,479 --> 01:13:07,800 Speaker 1: over guys you see that play whatever role they played 1374 01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:10,400 Speaker 1: for the team you're watching and going back and saying, no, 1375 01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:14,000 Speaker 1: this guy can really go, you know, and it's it's 1376 01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:16,719 Speaker 1: nice to see somebody appreciate that stuff at least. Yeah, 1377 01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:18,479 Speaker 1: you know, I thought it was pretty cool. Had a 1378 01:13:18,520 --> 01:13:19,840 Speaker 1: lot of nice things to say. It was good to 1379 01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:24,559 Speaker 1: hear it, especially so soon after Mark's unfortunate passing last week. 1380 01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:28,880 Speaker 1: Some more COVID news, unfortunately to pass along in case 1381 01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:31,920 Speaker 1: you hadn't heard. The Jets are the latest team to 1382 01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:36,479 Speaker 1: have a long list of players now in now in 1383 01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:40,160 Speaker 1: COVID reserve. On the COVID Reserve list, it's fourteen players 1384 01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:43,720 Speaker 1: now for the Jets and their head coach Robert Sala 1385 01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:49,080 Speaker 1: also tested positive for COVID, so tight ends coach Robert 1386 01:13:49,160 --> 01:13:53,479 Speaker 1: Middleton will be the one patrolling the sidelines for the 1387 01:13:53,560 --> 01:13:56,960 Speaker 1: Jets for their game this weekend. Two other notable players 1388 01:13:57,280 --> 01:14:01,240 Speaker 1: put on COVID reserve linebacker Devin Bush for the Steelers. 1389 01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:04,240 Speaker 1: That is a key absence if he can't make it 1390 01:14:04,280 --> 01:14:06,280 Speaker 1: out of the testing protocols by the end of the 1391 01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:09,240 Speaker 1: week for Pittsburgh, who have a very big game this week. 1392 01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:14,439 Speaker 1: And then Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker tested positive for COVID nineteen. 1393 01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:18,519 Speaker 1: More importantly, he is unvaccinated, so he is out for 1394 01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:23,360 Speaker 1: ten days automatic and Elliot Frye is expected to kick 1395 01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:27,760 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs this weekend. So they're in a tight game. 1396 01:14:28,280 --> 01:14:32,160 Speaker 1: I got they need a fifty eight yard or Harrison Butker. 1397 01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:35,840 Speaker 1: You feel pretty good about Elliot Frye not nearly his experienced. 1398 01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:40,960 Speaker 1: So the Carolina Panthers had to sign Canadian Football League 1399 01:14:41,040 --> 01:14:47,519 Speaker 1: kicker Miriam hira Lah. Who's lima hira Lah? Who is 1400 01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:52,160 Speaker 1: how he say it? He was Hamilton Tiger Cat. Yeah, 1401 01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:54,200 Speaker 1: and he's there. He's bounced around the league a little 1402 01:14:54,240 --> 01:14:55,840 Speaker 1: bit too. He was with Dallas for a while and 1403 01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:59,840 Speaker 1: then a couple other teams. The guy Maher from who 1404 01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:03,840 Speaker 1: is it the other night? For? Was it Cleveland? Or 1405 01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:07,360 Speaker 1: was it with Vegas? One of the kickers in that 1406 01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:09,720 Speaker 1: game was also guys from Kickers can go up in 1407 01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:12,200 Speaker 1: connect Canada. The kickings all the same up there. All 1408 01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,120 Speaker 1: you gotta do is approach it. But a lot of 1409 01:15:14,439 --> 01:15:16,360 Speaker 1: probably not as nice up there. You want to talk about, 1410 01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:18,960 Speaker 1: you want to talk about a subculture in the NFL, 1411 01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:23,360 Speaker 1: Kickers are it. There's all kinds of trainers and specialists, 1412 01:15:23,439 --> 01:15:25,760 Speaker 1: guys you can go to. They go kicking camps. Kicking 1413 01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:29,000 Speaker 1: camps like quarterback coaches. Kicking coaches are just as prevalent, 1414 01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:32,760 Speaker 1: if not more so. And those guys are because it's 1415 01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:35,639 Speaker 1: it's one of those positions like hey, you're out, you're 1416 01:15:35,680 --> 01:15:38,160 Speaker 1: in go and it's like two hours. Notice. That's why 1417 01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:42,599 Speaker 1: I was gonna say that the NFL players undoubtedly with 1418 01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:46,040 Speaker 1: the most airline miles. Oh yes, gotta be kickers, right. 1419 01:15:46,479 --> 01:15:49,559 Speaker 1: I mean, those guys bounced around more than any action 1420 01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:54,080 Speaker 1: sheet on their resume is long. We gotta take a 1421 01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:57,120 Speaker 1: break here. When we come back, we will check out 1422 01:15:57,160 --> 01:15:59,479 Speaker 1: the tweet sheet. We also have coffee with the bills 1423 01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:01,400 Speaker 1: and we hope to get a few minutes of Jordan 1424 01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:03,960 Speaker 1: Poyer's press conference with the media. To you all coming 1425 01:16:04,040 --> 01:16:05,559 Speaker 1: up in the final half hour of the show. Here 1426 01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:07,439 Speaker 1: on One Bill's Line, presented by Kalid to Health, it's 1427 01:16:07,439 --> 01:16:22,880 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, welcome back to One Bill's 1428 01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:25,360 Speaker 1: Live time for us, now to turn to Coffee with 1429 01:16:25,439 --> 01:16:28,320 Speaker 1: the Bills, presented by Tim Horton's Maddie Glab catches up 1430 01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:34,080 Speaker 1: with Devin Singletary and Zach Moss. Welcome into another episode 1431 01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:36,640 Speaker 1: of Coffee with the Bills. Maddie Glad Here with the 1432 01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:40,040 Speaker 1: running backs Devin Singletary and Zach Moss. We're gonna put 1433 01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:42,840 Speaker 1: these guys through a couple of questions to see how 1434 01:16:42,840 --> 01:16:46,000 Speaker 1: well they know each other. Number one, how many career 1435 01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:51,439 Speaker 1: total touchdowns does Zach have at Utah? So we're talking 1436 01:16:51,479 --> 01:17:00,439 Speaker 1: to forty one a B thirty five or see fifty? 1437 01:17:00,720 --> 01:17:04,200 Speaker 1: Thank you? I think it was fifteen. That's a good 1438 01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:09,519 Speaker 1: that's a good. Guess What wasn't that? Give one guess again? 1439 01:17:09,560 --> 01:17:13,519 Speaker 1: What's your second? I knew it wasn't one of those 1440 01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:18,200 Speaker 1: school records. Did Dak have two or three one thousand 1441 01:17:18,280 --> 01:17:28,080 Speaker 1: rushing yard seasons at Utah? Two what was it over 1442 01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:35,679 Speaker 1: two right now, Zach? How many career rushing touchdowns did 1443 01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:41,959 Speaker 1: Devin have at f AU? Was it fifty five sixty 1444 01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:57,479 Speaker 1: two or sixty six fifty five? Devin? What is it? Rushing? 1445 01:17:57,720 --> 01:18:02,240 Speaker 1: Shows three? Who is Devon's favorite athletes? Is it a 1446 01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:13,000 Speaker 1: Walter Payton, be Berry Standards or c Marshawn Lunch very Samon. Yeah, 1447 01:18:13,400 --> 01:18:14,960 Speaker 1: he just wanted the best to do it like he 1448 01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:18,000 Speaker 1: can do it all, make you miss. Scored a long 1449 01:18:18,080 --> 01:18:21,160 Speaker 1: touchdown cats out of the backfield, then two like the 1450 01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:24,800 Speaker 1: same size, so like coming in, everybody was, you know, 1451 01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:28,040 Speaker 1: questioning me about my size or whatever. And my answer 1452 01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:29,880 Speaker 1: to him was, Barry can do it. I can do 1453 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,839 Speaker 1: it because we're the same size. Who was Zach's favorite athlete? 1454 01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:43,160 Speaker 1: Is it Lebron, James, Walter Payton or Kobe Bryant? Oh? Kobe. 1455 01:18:44,520 --> 01:18:47,639 Speaker 1: I just liked the way that he attacked every single day. 1456 01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:50,559 Speaker 1: He didn't make any excuses in life, no matter what 1457 01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:53,000 Speaker 1: he went through. Um, so, I mean I try to 1458 01:18:53,240 --> 01:18:55,280 Speaker 1: kind of have that same and tallege just growing up 1459 01:18:55,280 --> 01:18:58,000 Speaker 1: and stuff. So he was easy to attach myself to him. Yeah, 1460 01:18:58,600 --> 01:19:00,000 Speaker 1: how do you think you guys have been able to 1461 01:19:00,600 --> 01:19:02,880 Speaker 1: take some stuff from each other's game. Since you've both 1462 01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:06,000 Speaker 1: been with Buffalo Bills. Now me and Open Coasting Personal 1463 01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:09,240 Speaker 1: seeing each other every day, it's easier to take something 1464 01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:11,519 Speaker 1: out of someone's game and then put it into try 1465 01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:13,360 Speaker 1: to put it into your game. You want to learn 1466 01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:15,400 Speaker 1: as much as you possibly can, you know what I mean. 1467 01:19:15,400 --> 01:19:16,760 Speaker 1: I don't think you ever want to get to a 1468 01:19:17,560 --> 01:19:19,559 Speaker 1: point in your life, no matter what you're doing where 1469 01:19:19,600 --> 01:19:22,679 Speaker 1: you think you a ride group as a home Who 1470 01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:27,639 Speaker 1: is the best dress? You can also campaign for yourself 1471 01:19:27,640 --> 01:19:30,080 Speaker 1: here if you want to tell it's probably either that 1472 01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:35,120 Speaker 1: or we believe That's what I'm saying. We don't be 1473 01:19:35,200 --> 01:19:38,679 Speaker 1: y'all a lot there. I got best shoes? Yes, okay? 1474 01:19:39,640 --> 01:19:45,639 Speaker 1: Who is the class clown of the group? Definitely? He always? Yeah? 1475 01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:54,320 Speaker 1: What about the most serious tone? Yeah? And the last 1476 01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:56,040 Speaker 1: question for the both of you, what do you think 1477 01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:59,760 Speaker 1: makes the room so tight? Is it the personalities? Is 1478 01:19:59,880 --> 01:20:03,840 Speaker 1: the people as a skip character? You know? Like I say, 1479 01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:06,400 Speaker 1: the people for sure? Just in time of people we 1480 01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:11,679 Speaker 1: are this year has definitely you've been super more close 1481 01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:15,040 Speaker 1: than you are I think last year, uh, like you said, 1482 01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:18,680 Speaker 1: like the people coming in Brita came in and you know, 1483 01:20:19,000 --> 01:20:21,320 Speaker 1: made everything a lot must tighter as well, just him 1484 01:20:21,360 --> 01:20:24,519 Speaker 1: being around different teams and things like that and kind 1485 01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:27,559 Speaker 1: of taking things from there and bringing me into our room. Well, 1486 01:20:27,680 --> 01:20:30,320 Speaker 1: you guys know each other pretty well. Thanks for answering 1487 01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:33,479 Speaker 1: some questions. Guys, you copy with the bills presented by 1488 01:20:33,479 --> 01:20:37,400 Speaker 1: Tim Hortons. All right, it's Maddi glab with the running backs. 1489 01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:39,720 Speaker 1: Nice to know they got a strong room in there. 1490 01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:45,760 Speaker 1: Steve Jordan Poyer addressed the media this afternoon, and we 1491 01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:48,519 Speaker 1: want to bring you probably about four or five minutes 1492 01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:52,599 Speaker 1: of Jordan's comments as it is a monumental rematch as 1493 01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:55,280 Speaker 1: we know, on Sunday up in New England. So here 1494 01:20:55,360 --> 01:20:59,680 Speaker 1: is Jordan Poyer addressing the media earlier today. We are 1495 01:20:59,720 --> 01:21:03,479 Speaker 1: on that basically a win Sunday would um, you know 1496 01:21:03,560 --> 01:21:06,320 Speaker 1: put you back into divisional driver's teat man. So how 1497 01:21:06,360 --> 01:21:10,960 Speaker 1: excited are you in particular for this matchup? H Man? 1498 01:21:11,080 --> 01:21:14,960 Speaker 1: Extremely excited. I mean, what an opportunity to uh, you know, 1499 01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:17,400 Speaker 1: play the game we love and in the mediful game 1500 01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:20,200 Speaker 1: in December. Um, you know you grow up watching games. 1501 01:21:20,240 --> 01:21:22,760 Speaker 1: We're talking about it earlier. You grow up watching football. Um, 1502 01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:24,479 Speaker 1: you know where you're sitting on the couch with your 1503 01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:26,759 Speaker 1: homies and your family and you know you're watching games 1504 01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:28,680 Speaker 1: December and these are the games that you're growing up 1505 01:21:28,680 --> 01:21:29,920 Speaker 1: and like, I want to play in that type of 1506 01:21:29,960 --> 01:21:32,480 Speaker 1: game right there. So you know, we're excited for the opportunity. 1507 01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:36,800 Speaker 1: Can't wait. Um, So it's a great matchup. You know, 1508 01:21:37,160 --> 01:21:40,599 Speaker 1: we're ccited for the opportunity right now. Speaking of that matchup, 1509 01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:44,200 Speaker 1: how will this defense be able to um, you know, 1510 01:21:44,400 --> 01:21:47,280 Speaker 1: dictate the temple. Yeah, well, you know, we gotta be 1511 01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:49,400 Speaker 1: able to execute. Um. You know, we gotta be able 1512 01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:51,640 Speaker 1: to play physical and be able to tackle. Obviously, they 1513 01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:55,639 Speaker 1: got some uh, some really good players playmakers. Uh, some 1514 01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:57,800 Speaker 1: skill players that the run the ball really well, catch 1515 01:21:57,840 --> 01:21:59,680 Speaker 1: the ball really well, and you know quarterback they can 1516 01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,160 Speaker 1: give them football. So um, you know our execution is 1517 01:22:02,160 --> 01:22:04,800 Speaker 1: gonna be key, um and just being physical and be 1518 01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:07,720 Speaker 1: able to make players and plays for there. All right, man, 1519 01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:11,200 Speaker 1: Christmas Saturday, what you want underneath the tree? I want 1520 01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:15,280 Speaker 1: to win, That's all I want. I want to win, absolutely. Man. Hey, 1521 01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:17,800 Speaker 1: Marry Christmas and good back Sunday Christmas movie. Thank you, 1522 01:22:21,800 --> 01:22:26,320 Speaker 1: hey Jordan, Josh for you here. Merry Christmas man, you thanks, 1523 01:22:26,320 --> 01:22:29,200 Speaker 1: I'm great. Um. Last year you guys were seven and 1524 01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:31,719 Speaker 1: one in games that were decided to buy a score. 1525 01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:36,000 Speaker 1: UM this opposite and five um is there is there 1526 01:22:36,000 --> 01:22:39,240 Speaker 1: a certain mindset that goes that kind of kicks in 1527 01:22:39,320 --> 01:22:41,200 Speaker 1: and towards the end of a game when when it's 1528 01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:44,639 Speaker 1: on the line and you know it's that tight. Yeah, 1529 01:22:44,720 --> 01:22:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean either way, you know, games are played and 1530 01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:50,920 Speaker 1: games are won, and throughout the league weekend and look out, 1531 01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:53,280 Speaker 1: you know, and most games really come down to, you know, 1532 01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:57,920 Speaker 1: the last possession of the last any game, especially prior 1533 01:22:57,880 --> 01:23:00,120 Speaker 1: to this time here. So just really having that mindset, 1534 01:23:00,160 --> 01:23:01,880 Speaker 1: you know, especially all the game, being able to take 1535 01:23:01,920 --> 01:23:03,920 Speaker 1: one player of a a time. You know, there's the stuff 1536 01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:06,200 Speaker 1: that's gonna happen out there on football field that that 1537 01:23:06,360 --> 01:23:08,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe you had a bad play, but being 1538 01:23:08,040 --> 01:23:10,160 Speaker 1: able to reset and refocus and understand it's a long 1539 01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:12,479 Speaker 1: four quarter game. Um. And then when you're in those 1540 01:23:12,479 --> 01:23:14,120 Speaker 1: players like you said, you know last year, we're finding 1541 01:23:14,200 --> 01:23:17,280 Speaker 1: ways to win those games, those those closed games, whether 1542 01:23:17,479 --> 01:23:19,000 Speaker 1: I think I was talking about a couple weeks ago 1543 01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:21,320 Speaker 1: that was you know, uh Tyler craft in the back 1544 01:23:21,439 --> 01:23:23,800 Speaker 1: end zone versus the rams. Um, just games that we 1545 01:23:23,800 --> 01:23:26,280 Speaker 1: were finally able to we're finally went and you know, 1546 01:23:26,320 --> 01:23:29,240 Speaker 1: unfortunately we kind of came short a couple of games 1547 01:23:29,240 --> 01:23:31,240 Speaker 1: this year, but you know, just continue to have that 1548 01:23:31,240 --> 01:23:33,719 Speaker 1: mindset that it's always in. You know, you gotta keep playing. 1549 01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:36,080 Speaker 1: It's a four quarter game, um, no matter if you're 1550 01:23:36,120 --> 01:23:38,040 Speaker 1: up or you're down. I mean you've been down twenty 1551 01:23:38,040 --> 01:23:39,960 Speaker 1: points and you know came back in the second half. 1552 01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:42,640 Speaker 1: Or even if you're up in this league, um, you 1553 01:23:42,680 --> 01:23:45,320 Speaker 1: know you're really not safe. So that so that plockhead zero. 1554 01:23:45,439 --> 01:23:48,439 Speaker 1: So uh, like you said, just the mindset um, you know, 1555 01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:50,400 Speaker 1: going into the game and throughout the game as well. 1556 01:23:51,280 --> 01:23:54,679 Speaker 1: Thanks on, Jordan. I appreciate it, and it's good man. 1557 01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:59,599 Speaker 1: Appreciate it you too. I think all these Jordan, how 1558 01:23:59,640 --> 01:24:04,200 Speaker 1: you doing of a merry Christmas? How important is player 1559 01:24:04,280 --> 01:24:06,919 Speaker 1: leadership this week to keep the team focused and motivated 1560 01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,720 Speaker 1: with the importance of the game on Sunday. Yeah, I mean, 1561 01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:12,800 Speaker 1: you know, Larry, leadership is important every week, you know, 1562 01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,880 Speaker 1: you know, in contigular down the stretch. You know, it's 1563 01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:19,840 Speaker 1: the time of year where you know, things are every 1564 01:24:19,920 --> 01:24:21,680 Speaker 1: day seems to be getting harder and harder. You know, 1565 01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:24,680 Speaker 1: the game's getting harder than antare meaningful. But that's kind 1566 01:24:24,680 --> 01:24:26,000 Speaker 1: of like you said, that's what you that's what you 1567 01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:28,880 Speaker 1: wanted you signed up for. Um sou guys, I said, 1568 01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:31,000 Speaker 1: excitement for the opportunity to be able to go out 1569 01:24:31,000 --> 01:24:36,479 Speaker 1: and show so we can do on Sunday. All right, 1570 01:24:36,479 --> 01:24:38,640 Speaker 1: that's Jordan Poyer addressing the media. Wanted to get you 1571 01:24:38,640 --> 01:24:40,959 Speaker 1: a couple of his comments to get the defensive perspective 1572 01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:44,160 Speaker 1: after we heard from Josh Allen earlier in the show. 1573 01:24:44,840 --> 01:24:48,599 Speaker 1: More COVID news. Steve Philadelphia Eagle's head coach Nick Sirianni 1574 01:24:48,680 --> 01:24:54,000 Speaker 1: has entered the NFL's COVID nineteen protocol. Felt symptomatic coming 1575 01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:58,080 Speaker 1: into work this morning, tested positive, sent home, he will 1576 01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:02,719 Speaker 1: conduct his responsibilities remote remains hopeful he can test out 1577 01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:05,000 Speaker 1: and be backed by Sunday's game. That's a guy that 1578 01:25:05,080 --> 01:25:11,200 Speaker 1: was on the sidelines last night. Yes, Oky, dope. They're 1579 01:25:11,240 --> 01:25:13,400 Speaker 1: all gonna get it. Well, I mean they're all gonna 1580 01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:17,800 Speaker 1: get it at some point. It's it almost seems unavoidable. 1581 01:25:17,800 --> 01:25:21,799 Speaker 1: And I think as long as you have a variant 1582 01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:26,439 Speaker 1: that's as transmissible as the omicron variant, it's gonna be 1583 01:25:26,520 --> 01:25:30,160 Speaker 1: really tough, especially for these yeah and players who that's 1584 01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:32,120 Speaker 1: the problem. I don't even know if they can tell 1585 01:25:32,360 --> 01:25:34,840 Speaker 1: what it is without deeper a different kind of test 1586 01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:37,759 Speaker 1: or what it does turn out you can identify the variant. Yeah, okay, 1587 01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:42,120 Speaker 1: so yeah, and the League has already said their initial 1588 01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:47,400 Speaker 1: data is showing that this league wide surge in cases 1589 01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:52,240 Speaker 1: is directly tied to the omicron variant, which already accounts 1590 01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:54,320 Speaker 1: for seventy five percent of the new cases in the country. 1591 01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:57,439 Speaker 1: And it's only been here three weeks. So that'll just 1592 01:25:57,479 --> 01:25:59,800 Speaker 1: give you an idea as to how serious it is. 1593 01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,160 Speaker 1: We have to take a break here. When we come back, Steve, 1594 01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:04,080 Speaker 1: and I'll get some of your thoughts on the tweet sheet, 1595 01:26:04,479 --> 01:26:08,439 Speaker 1: your biggest concerns and the things that encourage you the 1596 01:26:08,439 --> 01:26:10,959 Speaker 1: most about Sunday's matchup between the Bills and the Patriots. 1597 01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:21,800 Speaker 1: That's next here on One Bill's Live. Stay tuned, all right, 1598 01:26:21,800 --> 01:26:24,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker 1599 01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:28,760 Speaker 1: with you here on a Wednesday, and why don't I 1600 01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:30,439 Speaker 1: get to the tweet sheet brought to you by Corrigan 1601 01:26:30,520 --> 01:26:33,519 Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company the Buffalo Bills. 1602 01:26:33,560 --> 01:26:36,519 Speaker 1: What encourages you and worries you about Sunday's game with 1603 01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:39,040 Speaker 1: the Patriots. Nick says, I'm most encouraged by the fact 1604 01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:41,760 Speaker 1: that we will be playing the game under normal weather conditions, 1605 01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:44,400 Speaker 1: so our offense won't be limited again. But I'm still 1606 01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:47,080 Speaker 1: worried about our ability to play physical, and you know, 1607 01:26:47,160 --> 01:26:51,160 Speaker 1: someone like Belichick will try to exploit that. That's what 1608 01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:53,719 Speaker 1: he does. I think they had they had to feel 1609 01:26:53,760 --> 01:26:55,720 Speaker 1: really good about their ability to dominate the line of 1610 01:26:55,760 --> 01:26:57,840 Speaker 1: scrimmage the last time they played, and with the Bill's 1611 01:26:57,920 --> 01:27:00,439 Speaker 1: offensive line in the shambles the way it has been 1612 01:27:00,479 --> 01:27:04,000 Speaker 1: with injuries and COVID, They're gonna think defensively they can 1613 01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,439 Speaker 1: do that again. Plus get pressure on Josh Allen, So 1614 01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:10,080 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna really force the Buffalo Bills to 1615 01:27:10,280 --> 01:27:14,640 Speaker 1: prove that they've changed their defensive attitude up front with 1616 01:27:14,680 --> 01:27:16,920 Speaker 1: their front seven. I think they're gonna I mean, there's 1617 01:27:17,200 --> 01:27:19,040 Speaker 1: there's no reason to ask Mac Jones to win this 1618 01:27:19,040 --> 01:27:22,000 Speaker 1: thing if he doesn't have to, right, Jack says, I'm 1619 01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:24,559 Speaker 1: always worried about Belichick. What will he take away, what 1620 01:27:24,680 --> 01:27:26,720 Speaker 1: will he and his guys get away with, and how 1621 01:27:26,760 --> 01:27:30,120 Speaker 1: can we avoid being out coached? Encouraging that Sanders can 1622 01:27:30,280 --> 01:27:34,080 Speaker 1: maybe get back in and Davis can continue his strong play, 1623 01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:36,640 Speaker 1: hopefully the old line can get back in there, or 1624 01:27:36,680 --> 01:27:39,559 Speaker 1: that's also a huge worry. Yeah, that's a long list. 1625 01:27:40,240 --> 01:27:43,360 Speaker 1: Some more worries than encouragement. Well, it's kind of the 1626 01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:45,360 Speaker 1: situation we're in at this point of the season. You've 1627 01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:47,160 Speaker 1: got three games left up for a long season. You 1628 01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:49,240 Speaker 1: got guys out for injury at guys without with COVID, 1629 01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:52,320 Speaker 1: and guys who have been plus and minus a little 1630 01:27:52,320 --> 01:27:57,080 Speaker 1: bit inconsistent all year round. I think I think it's 1631 01:27:57,120 --> 01:27:58,880 Speaker 1: got to be a real concern up front and the 1632 01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:01,400 Speaker 1: Bills offensively. Gotta see if you can get a couple 1633 01:28:01,439 --> 01:28:04,920 Speaker 1: of guys back or even one. Dawkins Feliciano are the 1634 01:28:04,960 --> 01:28:06,720 Speaker 1: guys in the mix there. We'll see who can get 1635 01:28:06,720 --> 01:28:10,080 Speaker 1: back and test out. They haven't practiced together. They haven't 1636 01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:12,840 Speaker 1: and that's the that's the rub also, um, but you 1637 01:28:12,880 --> 01:28:15,720 Speaker 1: may not have a choice, Steve says, Encouraged this team 1638 01:28:15,760 --> 01:28:18,439 Speaker 1: can clearly beat anyone. Worried this team can lose to anyone, 1639 01:28:18,560 --> 01:28:21,439 Speaker 1: especially the close ones this year. Hope to score early 1640 01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:24,639 Speaker 1: and often and five and one score games this year 1641 01:28:24,680 --> 01:28:27,839 Speaker 1: when they were almost the exact opposite last year. Scoring 1642 01:28:27,880 --> 01:28:32,040 Speaker 1: early and often the Colts proved last week is kind 1643 01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:34,680 Speaker 1: of a recipe to pulling the Patriots out of what 1644 01:28:34,720 --> 01:28:36,600 Speaker 1: they want to do game Plan one. I mean I 1645 01:28:36,680 --> 01:28:39,120 Speaker 1: was last I said the same thing to Scott Pioli. Yeah, 1646 01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:41,080 Speaker 1: this game plan says, get up by twenty points and 1647 01:28:41,080 --> 01:28:43,120 Speaker 1: then let's see what we can do. Yeah, that's easier 1648 01:28:43,120 --> 01:28:46,160 Speaker 1: said than done against that Patriots defense. I get it. Uh, 1649 01:28:46,240 --> 01:28:49,599 Speaker 1: Ad Mark encouraged bills are better across the board, especially 1650 01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:57,360 Speaker 1: a quarterback worried about the officiating and Belichick, Ah, something's 1651 01:28:57,360 --> 01:29:01,840 Speaker 1: ever changed with everybody. He's mine like that. He's got it. 1652 01:29:01,880 --> 01:29:04,240 Speaker 1: He's got he's got to do it, and he probably 1653 01:29:04,280 --> 01:29:06,680 Speaker 1: loves every second of it. He's lapping it up like 1654 01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:09,200 Speaker 1: chocolate pudding. All Right, Steve and I are done for 1655 01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:12,120 Speaker 1: the day. We'll catch you tomorrow here, same bad time, 1656 01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:34,320 Speaker 1: same bad channel. We'll see it at one pm.