Speaker 1: Finding the way. I'm the way every week. Koo Buffalo Bill,
Speaker 1: no overthinking. All right, go play football. We'll play the football.
Speaker 1: Exciting time to be a Buffalo build of the fan
Speaker 1: of the Buffalo Bills. Welcome into Week five of the
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors and Ferris, your workers
Speaker 1: comp attorneys. I'm Chris Brown filling in for Steve Tasker.
Speaker 1: Pleased to be joined by Sean McDermott. Coach. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us as always. You got your second shutout in
Speaker 1: just the fourth week of the season. At the same time,
Speaker 1: your offense is averaging just about forty points per game
Speaker 1: over their last three outings. What's been most rewarding for
Speaker 1: you as a coach about your team's performance over these
Speaker 1: last three weeks. Yeah, you know, Chris, I think the
Speaker 1: most rewarding thing for me is not only winning, but
Speaker 1: also what leads to the winning. That's the process, the
Speaker 1: pre operation during the week, and watching our team come
Speaker 1: together through the first four weeks in different ways. And
Speaker 1: so we have to continue to grow, continue to prepare,
Speaker 1: continue to respect that process piece because that's so instrumental
Speaker 1: in the foundation we're trying to build. Your defense is
Speaker 1: now leading the league with eleven takeaways, having produced at
Speaker 1: least three turnovers in each of the last three games.
Speaker 1: You had five against Houston, four i nts, and a
Speaker 1: forced fumble. Your d also held the Texans to negative
Speaker 1: twenty three at passing yards during the first half, the
Speaker 1: lowest marked by any team since nineteen ninety nine. How
Speaker 1: would you describe the identity of your defense four games
Speaker 1: into the season. Well, I think they love the play, right.
Speaker 1: I think some people want to say, is a defensive
Speaker 1: line better than last year? What's the best position on
Speaker 1: the defense? I think really they love to play and
Speaker 1: they love to play as a unit. And you see
Speaker 1: guys making plays all over the Russian coverage, trying to
Speaker 1: work together, the linebackers doing a good job in the
Speaker 1: run game and also the past game. And so that's
Speaker 1: been that evolution, if you will, has been on the watch.
Speaker 1: Your offense has scored one hundred and eighteen points over
Speaker 1: the last three games. That's tied for second most in
Speaker 1: team history over a three game span, a record your
Speaker 1: team set just last year in the final three games
Speaker 1: of the season. How close is the offensive execution now
Speaker 1: to maybe where it was at the end of the
Speaker 1: season when you guys were really kind of lumping some
Speaker 1: people up. Yeah, I mean, I thought we got into
Speaker 1: a good rhythm this past weekend in the second half.
Speaker 1: I love watching us communicate as a staff on offense
Speaker 1: and the adjustments that are being made at halftime. In particular,
Speaker 1: I think we're a little bit of a different offense
Speaker 1: this year, quite honestly compared to last year, just from
Speaker 1: a schematic standpoint, maybe even so fun to watch. Fun
Speaker 1: to watch us grow on offense as well, and just
Speaker 1: see us as a season unfolds continue to take shape.
Speaker 1: Josh had another solid performance with two hundred forty eight
Speaker 1: yards through the air and two touchdowns. While it seemed
Speaker 1: like the wet weather affected himself early, he settled in
Speaker 1: and made some great throws. Where has his game grown
Speaker 1: the most through the first four weeks of the season. Yeah, again,
Speaker 1: I think you know, as the offense grows, Josh grows
Speaker 1: with it, or as Josh grows, the offense grows, and
Speaker 1: that too has been interesting to watch of how our
Speaker 1: offense has changed a little bit this year, and how
Speaker 1: Josh has grown and his style of play has grown,
Speaker 1: and watching those two blend together a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: To watch even during the weekest we practice. Stefan Diggs
Speaker 1: had his first one hundred yard game of the season
Speaker 1: one hundred and fourteen yards on seven receptions against the Texans.
Speaker 1: The two longest plays of the game went to him,
Speaker 1: and it seemed like he wasn't impacted by the weather
Speaker 1: all that much. It also seems as though he's adjusted
Speaker 1: well to a greater spread of the targets in the
Speaker 1: passing game to others that have emerged, like Emmanuel Sanders,
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox. How tough a balance is that, though for
Speaker 1: a competitor like him, well it is, it's very tough.
Speaker 1: But you could say the same for any of the
Speaker 1: other weapons we have on offense, you know, Dawson or
Speaker 1: two backs and the three receivers as a group. Right,
Speaker 1: So you saw this past week Diggs get on track.
Speaker 1: You saw the week before Emmanuel and Cole. And it
Speaker 1: just depends on who they're trying to take away, and
Speaker 1: we're going to spread the ball around, and Josh has
Speaker 1: done a phenomenal job of taking with the defense has
Speaker 1: given us by the look that they're giving us, no
Speaker 1: one were to go with the football, and that comes
Speaker 1: from his preparation and Dawson Knox was one of those
Speaker 1: beneficiaries with another strong performance a couple of touchdowns against Houston,
Speaker 1: first Bill's tight end since twenty sixteen to have a
Speaker 1: touchdown in three consecutive games. Do you think he's emerged
Speaker 1: as the kind of weapon opponents now have to account
Speaker 1: for going forward in their planning. Well, that's the hope.
Speaker 1: That's probably a decision and a question for the opponents.
Speaker 1: But we certainly have confidence in Dawson. He's off to
Speaker 1: a great start, not just in the past game. He's
Speaker 1: doing some really good things in the run game, in
Speaker 1: a physical manner up front, and we'll be tested this week.
Speaker 1: He'll be tested both of those parts of the game,
Speaker 1: and it's important that he and Josh are on the
Speaker 1: same page as we head into Kansas City. Your offensive
Speaker 1: line has been an interesting story here in the past
Speaker 1: few weeks. Last Sunday, you were without John feliciano Ike
Speaker 1: Butcker steps in for him at left guard, and then
Speaker 1: your rookie Spencer Brown got the start at right tackle
Speaker 1: with Daryl Williams kicking inside to guard. What did you
Speaker 1: think of your new look offensive line against the Texans? Well,
Speaker 1: I liked it a lot, but it's baby steps at
Speaker 1: this point, right, So a lot of work to be
Speaker 1: done yet a lot of jelling to be had with
Speaker 1: that group, and I thought I stepped into a phenomenal job.
Speaker 1: Really liked how he worked with Dion and Mitch, so
Speaker 1: that was fun to watch. And then you had Darryl
Speaker 1: and Fencer on the other side, and so we'll see
Speaker 1: where it goes this week. But I liked Daryl, I mean,
Speaker 1: just unselfish approach to moving into guard. He was having
Speaker 1: a phenomenal year at tackle and just great to see
Speaker 1: him embrace that move to guard. Thanks very much, coach.
Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you later in the show to
Speaker 1: get your final thoughts on your upcoming matchup with the
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Speaker 1: red shirt treatment, Mattie glab here with this week's game preview.
Speaker 1: It's Week five and that means Buffalo Bills will be
Speaker 1: heading to Kansas City for a much anticipated matchup against
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Buffalo is three and one and at the
Speaker 1: top of the AFC East, while Kansas City is two
Speaker 1: and two and at the bottom of the AFC West.
Speaker 1: Part of the reason why the Chiefs have dropped two
Speaker 1: games is because their defense isn't playing up to the
Speaker 1: level it did last year. They ranked second to last,
Speaker 1: allowing thirty one points per game and four hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty seven point eight total yards per game. While the
Speaker 1: Chiefs defense has struggled, their offense is still one of
Speaker 1: the best. They tie for second with Buffalo, averaging thirty
Speaker 1: three and a half points per game and rack up
Speaker 1: around four hundred and twenty seven total yards per game.
Speaker 1: They rank first when it comes to converting third downs,
Speaker 1: doing it sixty four percent of the time and scour
Speaker 1: touchdowns in the Redstone eighty percent of the time. The
Speaker 1: Bills have the best point differential in the league right now,
Speaker 1: sitting at plus ninety. Buffalo's defense is performing at an
Speaker 1: opposite level than the Chiefs because they rank number one
Speaker 1: in several statistical categories. The Bills are allowing the least
Speaker 1: amount of points per game with eleven, and coincidentally have
Speaker 1: eleven takeaways, which is the most in the NFL. They're
Speaker 1: allowing a mere two hundred and sixteen point eight totally
Speaker 1: yards per game and are allowing a fifty six point
Speaker 1: one passer rating to quarterbacks, two more stats that rank
Speaker 1: at the top of the league. The defense is also
Speaker 1: allowing teams to score in the red zone just thirty
Speaker 1: three point three percent of the time, which ties for
Speaker 1: the lowest rate. The Bills lead the series against the
Speaker 1: Chiefs with twenty six wins and twenty three losses, but
Speaker 1: Buffalo has dropped the last two games. That's this week's
Speaker 1: game preview, Chris, back to you. Okay, thanks, Mattie. Coach,
Speaker 1: You're going on the road to Kansas City to face
Speaker 1: your old mentor, Andy Reid. That's three weeks in a
Speaker 1: row you'll be coaching against a familiar face. With his
Speaker 1: win in Philly, he became the first coach in NFL
Speaker 1: history to win a hundred games with multiple teams, including playoffs.
Speaker 1: Has he pretty much cemented his place in NFL history? Hey,
Speaker 1: I believe he has. It's an incredible stat that he
Speaker 1: accomplished last weekend, and my hat goes off to him.
Speaker 1: There's not many that are able to even hope to
Speaker 1: do that. To me, it's no surprise the way that
Speaker 1: he's thrown about his business, true professional, true leader and
Speaker 1: ambassador for our league and really football across America. Just
Speaker 1: a true statesman for what's right about our game. Tyreek
Speaker 1: Hill coming off a three touchdown performance in Philadelphia. Both
Speaker 1: he and Travis Kelsey had over a hundred yards receiving
Speaker 1: against you guys in the AFC title game last year,
Speaker 1: Kelsey with a pair of touchdowns. Does it present a
Speaker 1: pick your poison approach for opposing defenses or is it
Speaker 1: possible to slow both of them down in the same game. Well,
Speaker 1: if you can find me the defense or the film
Speaker 1: that slows both of those guys down and the quarterback
Speaker 1: and I'll end the rest of their weapons, let me know,
Speaker 1: because I'd like to like to find that tape and
Speaker 1: watch it. They're, you know, a track team on the
Speaker 1: football field. I mean they score points fast. You give
Speaker 1: him enough time, they're gonna threaten to score. It'll be
Speaker 1: an interesting challenge for us, an interesting week here of preparation,
Speaker 1: not just on defense, but on offense and special teams
Speaker 1: as well. They're talented, they're well coached. They'll be prepared
Speaker 1: all right. Thanks as always, coach, good luck on Sunday night.
Speaker 1: We'll be back next week. To recap your game against
Speaker 1: Kansas City and preview your Week six matchup against the Titans.
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