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Speaker 1: at with the NFL at this point in time. As

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Speaker 1: we mentioned Greg Cosale joining us in the second hour

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Speaker 1: of the program, it is also Tailgate Friday, so send

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Speaker 1: in your tailgate plans for this weekend's home game against Houston.

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Speaker 1: It's also the Obil Friday fan mail bag. So any

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Speaker 1: question that you have under the sun on the bills,

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Speaker 1: the NFL protocols that the league's got, whatever it is,

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Speaker 1: fired off and Maddie and I'll do our best to

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Speaker 1: give you a competent answer on whatever subject you may have.

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Speaker 1: We also want to let you know that coming up

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Speaker 1: in the next segment, we will have comment from head

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Speaker 1: coach Sean McDermott number one on not having Jordan Poyer

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Speaker 1: in the lineup this weekend, and he also had a

442
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Speaker 1: nice comment on the Sean McCoy's retirement that became official

443
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Speaker 1: today signed a one day contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: And we'll also hear from Ed Oliver, who had some

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Speaker 1: interesting comments yesterday. I thought Maddie on the Houston playoff

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Speaker 1: loss and how it impacted him individually and how he

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Speaker 1: feels it impacted the team as a whole. Because and

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Speaker 1: I did some counting this week for the weekend look

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Speaker 1: Ahead story on Buffalo Bills dot com, and I'm going

450
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Speaker 1: to try to remember these numbers off the top of

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Speaker 1: my head, but I believe the Bills will have seventeen

452
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Speaker 1: starters offense plus defense still on this roster from that

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Speaker 1: playoff game. Houston has six, which just is a small

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Speaker 1: indication as to the level of turnover that they have

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Speaker 1: experienced in a scant year and a half of time.

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Speaker 1: Now that's also been precipitated by the fact that they

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Speaker 1: have a new GM, a new head coach, and they

458
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Speaker 1: kind of did a full overhaul of that roster. And

459
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Speaker 1: of course we also know that DeShawn Watson situation, so

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Speaker 1: roll it all together and they have completely revamped that roster.

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Speaker 1: And I think the most interesting thing about the Houston roster, Maddie,

462
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Speaker 1: is they chose to go with a great deal of

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Speaker 1: veteran talent. I mean, whether you want to talk about

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Speaker 1: the guy that left here, Andre Roberts, mark Ingram, I mean,

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Speaker 1: you can run down the list, Tyrod Taylor is on

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Speaker 1: the other side of thirty, So they chose to go

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Speaker 1: with a lot of veteran players, almost as if they

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Speaker 1: were looking to have a short term fix. I think

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Speaker 1: also playing into that maybe was David Culley wanting to

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Speaker 1: get veteran players who know how to do it the

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Speaker 1: right way to kind of set his culture up. Perhaps

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Speaker 1: maybe that's part of the motive there. But what do

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Speaker 1: you think of the way they've decided to revamp it

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Speaker 1: going VET heavy here. I just think it's so interesting

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Speaker 1: to look at the boat, both of the teams and

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Speaker 1: just see how different they look. And this playoff game

477
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Speaker 1: was not long ago. This was twenty nineteen, and to

478
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Speaker 1: see how a team has changed and a couple of

479
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 1: seasons is just incredible. And to see the Buffalo Bill's

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Speaker 1: record from that game is also from that game on

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Speaker 1: what they have done last year compared to what they

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Speaker 1: did the year before is also I think just jumps

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Speaker 1: off the page at you. But I totally understand whyting

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Speaker 1: to fill a team with veteran talent to set your

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Speaker 1: culture in place. I mean, the Bills kind of did

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Speaker 1: that as well when they brought in Sean McDermott and

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Speaker 1: Brandon Bean. There was a lot of turnover, as we know,

488
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Speaker 1: but you did get those core guys who now have

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Speaker 1: become your veterans on this team, who have your culture

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00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: solidified and engraved into your locker room, so that it

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Speaker 1: spreads onto the new guys pretty quickly. Because there's a

492
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Speaker 1: big group of guys who I think bought into this

493
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 1: staff really early that are still on the team. You're

494
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: Jordan Employers, You're Micah Hides, You're Tredavious Whites, Jerry Hughes,

495
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: who is the oldest tenured guy on the Buffalo Bills

496
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Speaker 1: now in terms of how many years he has been

497
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Speaker 1: around here and how many changes he has seen. So

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Speaker 1: I think the Houston situation is interesting in that they've

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Speaker 1: gone with veteran players, but they've just had a lot

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Speaker 1: of interesting situations there from the Shaan Watson to Tyrod

501
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Speaker 1: Taylor to now they're on Davis Mills, a rookie quarter

502
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Speaker 1: back who doesn't have too much experience. They have to

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Speaker 1: lean on guys like Ingram and Brandon Cooks. He has

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Speaker 1: a lot of production on that offense. Yes, he does,

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Speaker 1: tied for the AFC leading receptions with Cole Beasley. Third.

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Speaker 1: I believe in the league in receiving yards. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's off to a fast start. Which is a question

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Speaker 1: that we're going to ask Greg Cosell today how much

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Speaker 1: he might anticipate Trudevious White traveling with Brandon Cooks. It's

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Speaker 1: something he did last week from time to time with

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Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin. And I'm not saying they're devoid of other weapons.

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Speaker 1: Anthony Miller is a nice slot receiver, made some plays

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Speaker 1: last week for them against the Panthers. So we'll have

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Speaker 1: to see. The one player that they do not have

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Speaker 1: this week that's kind of gone by the board is

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Speaker 1: their rookie receiver Nico Collins at a Michigan. He got

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Speaker 1: off to a really fast start, but he is on

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Speaker 1: ir right now and so he won't be a factor.

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Speaker 1: That kid goes about six five and he's got arms

520
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Speaker 1: like vines. He puts his arms over his head, it's

521
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: like nine and a half feet in the air without

522
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Speaker 1: even jumping. So I'm sure that the Bills aren't disappointed

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Speaker 1: that he is out of the lineup for the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Maddie and I have to take a break here, but

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Speaker 1: when we come back, we'll get you some comments from

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Speaker 1: coach McDermott as well as Ed Oliver on what that

527
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Speaker 1: playoff loss did for him and the rest of the team.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to miss that, and then we'll dip

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Speaker 1: into the Friday fan mail bag. It's all coming up

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Speaker 1: next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health.

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Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back here on

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Speaker 1: a Friday. This round, Maddie glabs with you. For those

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Speaker 1: that are wondering Steve, we'll be back on Monday, so

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Speaker 1: we look forward to his triumphant return. He'll be back

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Speaker 1: on Bills tonight with Maddy on Sunday night after the

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Speaker 1: game as well, so he'll make his debut there and

537
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Speaker 1: then back on the show here on Monday, so I

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Speaker 1: know we both look forward to Steve's return. We wanted

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Speaker 1: to pass along some comments to you from head coach

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermot, who addressed the media today prior to practice,

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Speaker 1: and he announced that Jordan Poyer and John Feliciano would

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Speaker 1: be out for Sunday's game due to an ankle injury

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Speaker 1: and a concussion, respectively. Coach was then asked about the

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Speaker 1: gravity of the loss of Jordan Poyer from the lineup.

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Speaker 1: Here's what coach had to say, yeah, we're gonna miss Jordan,

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Speaker 1: but again it's an opportunity for someone else to step

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Speaker 1: in and show us what they've got. So this is

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Speaker 1: how the ebbs and flows of the season go. And

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Speaker 1: we this is, you know, one of those moments you

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Speaker 1: got to hang together and we've got a number of

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Speaker 1: guys out, so you know we'll be tested that way.

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Speaker 1: No surprise from coach. We this is kind of his

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Speaker 1: m O when he's missing a starter and next man

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Speaker 1: up and confidence in those guys. So I don't think

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Speaker 1: either of us were surprised by that response right now,

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Speaker 1: non surprised at all. And if Jaquan Johnson is the

557
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Speaker 1: guy who gets the start, I am really excited for

558
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: him because this is the player that they drafted. Eventually,

559
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer are not going to be

560
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Speaker 1: the tandem safeties on this team. Jaquan Johnson could be

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Speaker 1: someone who is that next man up whenever Micah Hyde

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Speaker 1: and Jordan Poyer retire or there. I would wish they

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Speaker 1: could be with us forever, but their careers are not

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Speaker 1: gonna last forever. So it's nice that another player gets

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to step up in a way that begins

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Speaker 1: in the first quarter rather than with minutes to go

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. It's crazy to think that Jaquan

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Speaker 1: Johnson's already in his third season because you've got two

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Speaker 1: veteran performers in front of him. It's been very hard

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Speaker 1: for him to get on the field, and Jordan Poyer

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Speaker 1: and Mica Hyde have been remarkably healthy. I don't think

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Speaker 1: either of those players has missed more than one game

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Speaker 1: in any season in a Bill's uniform, and I think

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Speaker 1: for Poyer this is his first game that he's gonna

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Speaker 1: miss since twenty seventeen. He's only missed one regular season

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Speaker 1: game in a Bill's uniform prior to this week, so

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Speaker 1: pretty remarkable because he plays a very physical style. Coach

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Speaker 1: McDermott was also asked about the retirement of Lashawn McCoy

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Speaker 1: signing a one day contract today with the Philadelphia Eagles

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Speaker 1: and then officially retiring. Coach McDermott worked with him both

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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia and then when he became the head coach

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Speaker 1: here in Buffalo, so it's kind of a unique two

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Speaker 1: pronged perspective. So here is coach McDermott on Lashawn McCoy's career. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just an honor to be around him in Philadelphia, and

585
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Speaker 1: then an honor to be around him in a different

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Speaker 1: capacity of course from me here in Buffalo and get

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Speaker 1: to know him even a little bit a little bit

588
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Speaker 1: more there, and just one of the great players to

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Speaker 1: play our game. Certainly made his mark. I'm sure he's

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Speaker 1: a future Hall of Famer, and I'm just excited about

591
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Speaker 1: and happy for him and his family. It's a job

592
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: well done on a great career and sorry to see

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Speaker 1: him go. I mean, the game will miss his style

594
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Speaker 1: of running very or I don't want to say unique,

595
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Speaker 1: but very few have run and used his style that

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Speaker 1: he had success with. So again, congratulations. Anybody who had

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Speaker 1: like a half of football to watch Lashawn McCoy inevitably

598
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 1: would have seen him take a carry to its design

599
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Speaker 1: location and if nothing was there, he'd somehow find a

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Speaker 1: way to go all the way back across the field

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Speaker 1: and gain yardage and outrace the rest of the defense

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Speaker 1: to that side. He would run fifty three yards sometimes

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Speaker 1: to gain five. But he made it work. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how he did it sometimes, but he did. And

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Speaker 1: Thurman and I were talking about this on the show

606
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Speaker 1: yesterday Mattie. He was an unbelievable runner in the snow

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Speaker 1: and I actually wrote this in the little write up

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Speaker 1: we had on Buffalo Bills dot com in the wake

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Speaker 1: of his retirement. His best game in a Bill's uniform

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Speaker 1: Mattie was in the snow game in twenty seventeen against

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Speaker 1: the Colts when he ran for one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: six yards. That's his best day in a Bill's uniform.

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Speaker 1: He was amazing in the snow. I mean, what a

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00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,520
Speaker 1: memory to have too, for that to be your best

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00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: day as a Buffalo Bill as well as a rusher.

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Speaker 1: I mean, in a game like that where neither team

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Speaker 1: is going to gain that many yards to begin with,

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Speaker 1: because there is snow falling on the ground faster than

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Speaker 1: you can shovel it out of the way. Of course

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Speaker 1: you're going to run the ball, but to run it

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Speaker 1: for that many yards in a game like that is

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Speaker 1: absolutely crazy. I'm sure that is on his list of

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Speaker 1: probably most memorable games in his career, and he had

624
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Speaker 1: a long career. He was drafted in two thousand and

625
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Speaker 1: nine and has had a lot of great accolades too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, two times Super Bowl champion, numerous amounts of

627
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, I mean first team All Pro multiple times,

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Speaker 1: So he was a fun player to watch. I didn't

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Speaker 1: get the chance to cover him because by the time

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Speaker 1: I came to the Bills for my first season in

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, that was the season that the Bills decided

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Speaker 1: to move on from Lashawn. So that was a pretty

633
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Speaker 1: big story right when I got to Buffalo to cover that, right. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And the crazy thing about that game too, was that

635
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Speaker 1: was the game winning touchdown in overtime that he scored

636
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Speaker 1: there that we were that our MSG viewers were watching.

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Speaker 1: So not only did he have one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 1: two yards, but he also had the game winning touchdown

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Speaker 1: and overtime. And here, how about this one. The running

640
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: back for the Colts that day was Frank gore So

641
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: who eventually became a Buffalo Bill. So yeah, it was

642
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: just it's kind of a cool game to look back on.

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Speaker 1: I cannot recall a time when the Buffalo field had

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Speaker 1: that much measurable snow on the field, but it was

645
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,799
Speaker 1: snowing that hard. It was about an inch to an

646
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: inch and a half an hour, and the poor grounds

647
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: crew just could not keep up with it. It got

648
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: to a point where they're like, well, let's just make

649
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: sure we're clearing every five yard line so at least

650
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: there's some frame of reference here. It was insane, absolutely insane.

651
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: There were fans in the stands that if they stood

652
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: in there, stood up, or sat in their seat long enough,

653
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 1: the snow was literally piling up on their shoulders and

654
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: their heads. I mean, that's how hard it was snow.

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Speaker 1: It was a crazy game, absolutely nuts. Ed Oliver addressed

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Speaker 1: the media yesterday. I know Maddy was here for that,

657
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: or was there for that, I should say, And I

658
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: thought he had some very interesting comments on what he

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00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: took out of the playoff loss to Houston, which was

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Speaker 1: in January of twenty twenty, at the end of the

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00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season. We all remember how Josh said after

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00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: that game he would never get over it until he

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Speaker 1: played football again the following regular season. Here's Ed's take

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Speaker 1: on what he took out of that playoff loss. Yeah,

665
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: that one hurt. That one definitely cared over a lot

666
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: into last year season. I think that had a lot

667
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: to do while we were so locked in, so focused

668
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, because the year before we saw how

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00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: like close we were going to the second round and

670
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: damn bone. They just get taken away from me like that.

671
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: So it definitely helped us lock in and focused. But

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00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 1: as far as like other than that, I can't say

673
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,240
Speaker 1: I took much away from the game because some players

674
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 1: they go their whole career, don't ever go to the playoffs,

675
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 1: that don't really experience it. So me going to the

676
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: playoffs as a rookie and getting my ass sent home

677
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,919
Speaker 1: like I ain't after we're going into the super Bowl

678
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: and then it's like, nah, y'all, don't lock in, y'a,

679
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: don't play good, y'all execute you go home. So like

680
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: they just kind of helped me this year or last

681
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 1: year in the first round in the playoff, like man,

682
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: and then it was another tight game, and I know

683
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: what could happen, Like we don't finish this game, we're

684
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: going home, So like it just helped me focus. So

685
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: there it is like not only did he learn from it,

686
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: he applied it the very next year in the wild

687
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: card game here against Indianapolis last year, which as we know, man,

688
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: it got tight. I mean it came down to a

689
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: helm ry at the end of the game that Micahidad

690
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,560
Speaker 1: to knock out of the air for them. To seal

691
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: the victory twenty seven, twenty four, but ed playing in

692
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,759
Speaker 1: that game against Indy realized the gravity of the situation

693
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,919
Speaker 1: because of the horrible memory of the Houston game. Yeah,

694
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: that Houston game. I think the learning experience what players

695
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 1: were able to take away from that game was just invaluable.

696
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: I think it's something that a lot of the players

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00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: on the team who were new to the playoffs, who

698
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: were new to the Buffalo Bills, who were new to

699
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: the culture in Buffalo. I mean, that is a loss

700
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: that you can take and directly apply it into the

701
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: next time you're in a situation like that. And I

702
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 1: think it really helped them. In terms of your starting quarterback,

703
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, this is the first time that he's in

704
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: a situation like that. It was a lot, I think

705
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 1: on a lot of guys, and that team was not

706
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: stacked with all these veterans who also had a lot

707
00:38:56,680 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 1: of playoff experience and who had won Super Bowls and

708
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: been to the Super Bowl multiple times or been to

709
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: the playoffs multiple times, and so I think as a

710
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 1: group to all go through that together. Now you see

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00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: them in twenty twenty go to the playoffs, and they

712
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: looked a lot more mature and a lot more loose

713
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: and free in an experience like that where in the

714
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: first time you're kind of like, Oh, what do I do?

715
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: This is intense. We're in the playoffs. I can't miss up.

716
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 1: And Josh Allen took it on his own to kind

717
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: of play that hero ball game that he went away

718
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 1: from last season. Yeah, and you know, it also was

719
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,839
Speaker 1: a lesson and you got to finish the game too,

720
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: because they were up on Houston and halftime, I think

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00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: it was sixteen to seven or something, and that evaporated

722
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: in a second half where their execution wasn't nearly as

723
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: good as it was in the first half. It gets

724
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: to go, it has to go to overtime. The Bills

725
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: have to kick a forty seven yard field goal just

726
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,520
Speaker 1: to send it to overtime, and then Houston just makes

727
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 1: an unbelievable play and obviously wins the game. Ed did

728
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: mention the fact that it wasn't just a lesson for him,

729
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: it was a collective lesson for this football team. As

730
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, this team still has seventeen starters on

731
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 1: their roster from that team that lost in Houston. So

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00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: Ed on the collective lesson that that game served the

733
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Speaker 1: team as a whole. I think everybody has learned from it.

734
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Speaker 1: I think everybody feels it. Uh, I think I Like

735
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Speaker 1: I said, I think everybody learned from it. And it

736
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 1: felt it like even like in the third round in

737
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 1: the playoffs, like you don't play good, you go home,

738
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Speaker 1: Like who was so close to going to the Bowl?

739
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 1: You don't play good, you go home. So like, I

740
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: think that's just the top of typic of discussion on

741
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,399
Speaker 1: everybody's mind. Like you don't play good, you're gonna lose,

742
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 1: Like anybody could lose. Yeah, So he even applied it

743
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: to the AFC title game. He said, you know, the

744
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 1: Houston loss was a reminder. After we were walking to

745
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: the locker room, everybody Acceptstefon Diggs, who decided to punish

746
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: himself and soak it all up for another ten minutes.

747
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 1: I don't think I could do that, but hey, whatever works.

748
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: And Ed recalled walking off the field in Kansas City.

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00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: He recalled what happened in Houston. You don't play good,

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00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: You're gonna go home. In the playoffs. The teams are

751
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: too good. It's the best of the best in the league. Yeah,

752
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: And I think this all fits into the phrase that

753
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: we hear a lot from our coaching staff. If you

754
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

755
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: If you want to be in a situation like making

756
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: it to the super Bowl or winning a couple of

757
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 1: playoff games, it's going to help you. If you've been

758
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 1: there before and you know how it works, and you

759
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: know your schedule or you know your pregame ritual or whatever.

760
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: That gets you into the mindset and the mode and

761
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 1: how you have to be in an atmosphere like that.

762
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: So I think the experience that this team now has

763
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,919
Speaker 1: under their belt in the last two seasons, it leads

764
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: up to what they can do this season. Yeah, the

765
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: whole question about it, and hopefully they get another step further.

766
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: But we'll we've got plenty of time for that. We're

767
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: not even finished with the first quarter of the season.

768
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,720
Speaker 1: Manny and I take a break here. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: it's time for Tailgate Friday. We'll get into that and

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00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 1: then don't forget second hour of the show. NFL Films

771
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: Greg Kosell joins us for a breakdown of Sunday's matchup,

772
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: All coming your way here soon on One Bill's Live

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00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: presented by Kalida Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio Tailgate Friday,

774
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 1: presented by Hi Mark, Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Western

775
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: New York, the official health plan of the Buffalo Bills.

776
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,439
Speaker 1: And it is time to get your plans for this

777
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: Sunday's game. And we lead off here with Dinah, who says,

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00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:46,880
Speaker 1: chicken and rice and watching from home again. I'll be

779
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: calling my mom after every score to celebrate with her.

780
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 1: In case you didn't know, Maddy, she sings the shout

781
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: song with her over the phone after every Bill's touchdown.

782
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,320
Speaker 1: My dad is also a fan, but he keeps drifting

783
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: off to take care of chores that pop into his mind.

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00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: Who in their right mind that's a Bills fan is

785
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: doing chores during the game. What is that? Or their

786
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: mind operates and like, um, sit down, watch game and

787
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 1: all all this stuff is gonna pop into my head

788
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: about what I need to do and how I need

789
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: to clean the house. Yeah, they got to be locked

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00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,840
Speaker 1: in and focused. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. And my

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00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: and Dina, you'll appreciate this. My daughter eats chicken and

792
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: rice just about three to four days a week, So

793
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: good choice there. I know my daughter would give you

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00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 1: the thumbs up on that. Jack says, I'll be in

795
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 1: the lot this week making French onion burgers homemade, no

796
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: frozen junk here, topped with grilled bacon and grey air

797
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: with a white wine sweet onion ramold all on a

798
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,720
Speaker 1: toasted brioche bun. Now this all right? We got also

799
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 1: going to grill up some buffalo chicken shishka bills made

800
00:43:55,640 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: with seventeens wing sauce and fourteens blue cheese for dips. Now, Maddie,

801
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 1: you've got your regular standard tailgate fair as we know,

802
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,520
Speaker 1: but there are some people that take it up another notch.

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00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: They class it up, if you will. If you got

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00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 1: brioche buns and gray air at your tailgate, you're at

805
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: the bistro level as far as I'm concerned, you know

806
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: what I mean. Yeah, And I just came up with

807
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 1: a great idea. I think you and I need to

808
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: like go into the lots before kickoff and sample some

809
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 1: of this food because this has got me hungry. And

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00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: I have lunch right next to you right now, but

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Speaker 1: I would rather have what Jack is making. It does

812
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:43,759
Speaker 1: sound very good. I was fortunate enough a long time

813
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: ago to do radio pregame out near the lots, and

814
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: we used to have a tailgate cooking contest every year,

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00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: probably like four times a season, and so we'd have

816
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: like three or four entries, and of course, you know

817
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: they needed a couple of judges, so I was ha

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00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 1: to volunteer. This one guy had grilled venison and I

819
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: can't remember if he did it with a teriyaki sauce

820
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 1: or something. It was unbelievable. Unbelievable. So people really get creative.

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00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: It's not just the standard tailgate fair around here. You

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00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: can find some pretty exotic stuff on the grills around here.

823
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo Wingwar says all Houston food to show we can

824
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: dominate their food as well as dominate them in the game.

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00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: Queso and tostitos, deep fried pickles with barbecued ribs, and

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00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 1: pecan pie their state dessert. Yes, that is very big.

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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, they serve that in the

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00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 1: press box at halftime. Pecan pie. That's how they say

829
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: it down there, pecan pie. I do not like pecan pie.

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00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: Pecan pie, however you want to say, it not fail

831
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 1: for me. But I would eat all of the deep

832
00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:03,720
Speaker 1: fried pickle because that is totally my jam. Just smother

833
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,439
Speaker 1: them in ranch and I could eat that for breakfast, lunch,

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00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 1: and dinner. Pickles fried pickles for breakfast, Okay, yes, I

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00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: mean I like I like pickles too, but yeah, I

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00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 1: don't know. I'm kind of mixed on the deep fried pickle.

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00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: I'd rather just have them straight out of the jar.

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00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: But I mean I would not have them, but they

839
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't be my first pickle choice, I guess. Is what

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00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: I'm saying. What is your favorite pie and do you have?

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00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: Are you a pie person at all? I don't know

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00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 1: if I'm the biggest pie person, but if I'm gonna

843
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 1: have pie, I like fruit pie and I like chocolate,

844
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 1: so okay, I'll eat any of that. Like your chocolate

845
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: cream pie is what you're talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

846
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: I got you. I like pecan pie. I'm I'm old

847
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: school though. I like the good old fashioned apple pie,

848
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: but Dutch apple especially, uh Amon says, bringing the little

849
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 1: Smokey Joe grill, making breakfast burgers with an over easy

850
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:02,840
Speaker 1: egg on top of a grilled burger, beef and sausage, cheese, tomato,

851
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 1: buttered and toasted Castanzo's bun. I'm addie, there's a lot,

852
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: a lot of protein and a lot of cholesterol in

853
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:20,479
Speaker 1: that one burger which has beef and sausage, egg over

854
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: easy on top, and then butter on the bun. I

855
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:30,440
Speaker 1: mean you are you are climbing the cholesterol meter fast

856
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,439
Speaker 1: with that one. That sounds like a good pregame meal

857
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:36,960
Speaker 1: for our players. I mean, you got your protein, you

858
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: got you got your carbst though, right, feel yourself up

859
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: for game. Lots of sodium though, so you're you're gonna

860
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,879
Speaker 1: need to drink some extra water there, ammon, and all

861
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:50,439
Speaker 1: your friends who aren't eating that to fuel you up

862
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 1: for game. That's a that's a bold choice too in

863
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: the morning, Like he's talking about that for breakfast, which

864
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: I understand why the sausage is in there, but that

865
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:04,640
Speaker 1: is that you're coming out of the gate in a

866
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: heavyweight belt with that kind of a recipe for breakfast.

867
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Speaker 1: Because this guy looks like an early tailgater if he's

868
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,040
Speaker 1: calling him breakfast burgers, so he's probably there at nine

869
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:17,040
Speaker 1: and you know he's probably got those ready to go

870
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 1: by nine thirty at the latest. That is ambitious. But

871
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,799
Speaker 1: that is tailgate Friday, which, as we said, is brought

872
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,959
Speaker 1: to you by Himark Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Western

873
00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:30,840
Speaker 1: New York, the official health plan of the Buffalo Bills.

874
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,239
Speaker 1: Maddie and I have to take a break here, but

875
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:37,240
Speaker 1: when we return, it is time for the senior producer

876
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: of NFL Films, Greg co Sell, to help us break

877
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 1: down this matchup between the Bills and Texans, as we

878
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: find out just what he thinks of rookie quarterback Davis

879
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,320
Speaker 1: Mills and what the Bills can expect from the Stanford product.

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00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: That's next here on One Bill's Live, presented by Collot

881
00:48:52,640 --> 00:49:12,280
Speaker 1: of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio at a Steve taster

882
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 1: who has been all over the fields. Kind of unique.

883
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 1: He was kind of a dual role player for Steve,

884
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: Steve a blimp. We're not even in the credit fear

885
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:29,800
Speaker 1: of normalcy here all right here we are our number

886
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:33,320
Speaker 1: two on a Friday, and you know what that means.

887
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 1: It means we're joined now by senior producer from NFL Films,

888
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: also co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup Show. It is

889
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: one Greg Cosell joining us and Greg, thanks for doing so,

890
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,839
Speaker 1: and we want to begin right off the bat with

891
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,719
Speaker 1: probably the most interesting part of this game, which is

892
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 1: the fact that you have a rookie making his first

893
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:58,400
Speaker 1: career road start in quarterback Davis Mills, who, in at

894
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 1: least what I've seen of him, looks he poised for

895
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:06,320
Speaker 1: a wet behind the years rookie, especially Chris a rookie

896
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:11,919
Speaker 1: who started eleven games in his college career. And I think,

897
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 1: you know, it's funny because I did not watch all eleven,

898
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,359
Speaker 1: but I watched all five of his games his last

899
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,959
Speaker 1: year at Stanford. And it's seen a few prior to that.

900
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 1: But he was a big time recruit coming out of

901
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: the Atlanta area. He clearly looks the part of it

902
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: of a pocket quarterback. He's not immobile. He has functional mobility,

903
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:37,360
Speaker 1: but for the most part, he's a pocket player. And

904
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 1: he shows a very good feel for the timing and

905
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,600
Speaker 1: rhythm in the past game. And he's got a good arm.

906
00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,920
Speaker 1: I wouldn't call it a gun, but he has a

907
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: good arm. And you know, I think he looked reasonably

908
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:52,960
Speaker 1: comfortable when he started that Thursday night game we could

909
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,640
Speaker 1: go against Carolina. I never got this sense that he

910
00:50:56,719 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: was playing fast, that he was hurried or frenetic. He

911
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:05,480
Speaker 1: seemed pretty much in control. Was there a play or

912
00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: maybe an offensive possession for the Texans against the Panthers,

913
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: that you thought while he is playing better than a

914
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,879
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback with one start under his belt right now,

915
00:51:18,160 --> 00:51:20,200
Speaker 1: I would say, Maddie, there were two plays that stood

916
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,800
Speaker 1: out to me to show a sense of progression reading

917
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:25,719
Speaker 1: with good vision, which you like to see. Obviously, he

918
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: had Cooks for thirty yards in the first quarter after

919
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:30,840
Speaker 1: he looked left and came back to Cooks to the

920
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,920
Speaker 1: right on a deeper throw. And then even the one

921
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,760
Speaker 1: yard touchdown to Anthony Miller. He was not the number

922
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:41,640
Speaker 1: one read on that play, and down there in the

923
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: red zone like that, in a very condensed area, things

924
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,680
Speaker 1: happened quick and he came off his number one and

925
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: went to Miller really quickly. So those two plays, Maddie,

926
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: really stood out to me. Yeah, I actually remember that

927
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: second play because they brought I think it was the

928
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,800
Speaker 1: back came across in motion and three of the defense

929
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: took the back, which left you know, Miller all by

930
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 1: himself and he I mean, he read that in the

931
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,280
Speaker 1: snap of a finger. Like you said, Greg, it was impressive.

932
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Speaker 1: What can we and we saw David Cully, I don't

933
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,200
Speaker 1: know if you saw, Greg, he said this week that

934
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: they are going to put more on his plate this

935
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: week with respect to game plan. You'll understand why they

936
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: didn't his last two outings. I mean, he got ten

937
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: minutes notice at halftime in Cleveland that Tyrode was hurt

938
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: and was not coming back. You're in for the second half,

939
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:27,920
Speaker 1: go get him. And then after that he prepared on

940
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,919
Speaker 1: a short week to play Thursday night, So they kept

941
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 1: the game plan very vanilla. Now he's got ten days

942
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: of preparation. What do you think is reasonable to expect

943
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:39,320
Speaker 1: when you hear David Cully say, well, we're going to

944
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: put more on his plate. Well, you know, none of

945
00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: us know what that means, other than the fact that

946
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 1: they'll go a little deeper into their playbook as far

947
00:52:48,600 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: as passing game concepts. That's what they'll do. They'll they'll

948
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,280
Speaker 1: ask him to be able to handle some more things

949
00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: that are in the playbook. Normally, with young quarterbacks you

950
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 1: try to keep the routes fairly basic routes that everybody

951
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 1: has their basic routes, you know, things like slant flat,

952
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 1: they're they're basic reads. But so now you maybe give

953
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:16,720
Speaker 1: him a few more concepts, Maybe you add in more formations.

954
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,400
Speaker 1: So in other words, you might run the same concepts,

955
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:23,839
Speaker 1: but you add in running those concepts out of more formations,

956
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 1: multiple formation looks, because he has to be aware of

957
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: all that because he's calling the plays, so he has

958
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,439
Speaker 1: to know where people line up. So maybe maybe they'll

959
00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:34,400
Speaker 1: put some more motion in, you know, things of that

960
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: nature that just add to his responsibilities and what he

961
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 1: needs to understand, I mean with what he needs to

962
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:44,239
Speaker 1: understand it and what they're putting on his plate. You

963
00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:48,200
Speaker 1: would think for rookie quarterback one going into an atmosphere

964
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 1: that may be louder also than last week. And with

965
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: the defense that the Buffalo Bills have. I know the

966
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,640
Speaker 1: Panthers have a really good defense as well, but they

967
00:53:57,680 --> 00:53:59,600
Speaker 1: may want to lean a little bit on their run

968
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,880
Speaker 1: game in situations where Davis Mills they maybe don't trust

969
00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 1: him yet, or with downs and distances that they just

970
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: want to use their running backs. Do you think the

971
00:54:11,160 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: Texans need more out of their running backs, especially now

972
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 1: that they are going on with a rookie quarterback who

973
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 1: is still very green in his experience so far. Well, Maddie,

974
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 1: that will be a function. Well, the short answer is yes,

975
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 1: that they would want to do that with a young quarterback.

976
00:54:29,840 --> 00:54:32,840
Speaker 1: The longer answer is that will depend much on their defense,

977
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:38,560
Speaker 1: because their defense is essentially predictable. It's Lovey smith They

978
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,680
Speaker 1: play a lot of Cover two. They play more Cover

979
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,880
Speaker 1: two than any team in the league. They don't generate

980
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:47,879
Speaker 1: what you call a consistent pass rush, and if the

981
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 1: Bill's offense is back as it was one week ago

982
00:54:52,239 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: against Washington, they could be in a situation where it's,

983
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:59,000
Speaker 1: you know, seventeen three early in the second quarter, and

984
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:01,960
Speaker 1: then the run game doesn't become as relevant. So I

985
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,840
Speaker 1: think the ability to run with some kind of volume

986
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,719
Speaker 1: will be very much a function of their defense. And personally,

987
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure they can do much more defensively with

988
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:14,239
Speaker 1: the corners that they have. I don't think they can

989
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: match up to Sanders and Diggs, and I'm not sure

990
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: they match up to Beasley or McKenzie either. So I

991
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: think you're going to see Lovey Smiths stay pretty much

992
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:27,840
Speaker 1: with what he does and hope, hope that that means

993
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,840
Speaker 1: that the Bills have to try to go twelve thirteen

994
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,799
Speaker 1: plays to score and maybe make a mistake. But the

995
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:39,280
Speaker 1: way the Bills play and the way Brian Dable calls

996
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:42,759
Speaker 1: his pass game concepts, I don't think that'll be the case.

997
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:45,759
Speaker 1: I think throws will be there. If Josh makes them

998
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 1: as he did on Sunday, they will move the ball

999
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:53,000
Speaker 1: and score. Yeah. We talked last week, Greg about the

1000
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:57,120
Speaker 1: possibility of tradevious White following Terry McLaurin a little bit

1001
00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:02,040
Speaker 1: that did happen last week. Yeah, you know, Houston, especially

1002
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:06,719
Speaker 1: with Nico Collins on IR, doesn't really have a tremendous

1003
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:10,120
Speaker 1: amount behind Cooks. They have Anthony Miller's a nice receiver,

1004
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:17,080
Speaker 1: but beyond him, you know, the depth is limited. So backing, yes, yeah,

1005
00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: what do you think is the likelihood of us seeing

1006
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,360
Speaker 1: Trude Avias travel again this week? At least to some degree?

1007
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:27,280
Speaker 1: Knowing the Bill's defense at its core is his own defense,

1008
00:56:29,560 --> 00:56:31,479
Speaker 1: I think he will. He'll line up over and look,

1009
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:33,520
Speaker 1: he lined up over McLaren and a lot of those

1010
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:36,319
Speaker 1: snaps were zone snaps, as you know, Chris. But I

1011
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:39,160
Speaker 1: think he will line up over him simply because they

1012
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 1: don't have much else. And then I think the game

1013
00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:45,319
Speaker 1: will dictate how much man versus how much zone they play.

1014
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,799
Speaker 1: For instance, this past week, because they got up and

1015
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:50,480
Speaker 1: were essentially in control of the game, I know it

1016
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:53,880
Speaker 1: got to be twenty one fourteen but I mean to me,

1017
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,880
Speaker 1: I didn't get the feeling that they were in trouble,

1018
00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,879
Speaker 1: but then they pulled away. I think that you'll see

1019
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 1: them perhaps play even more zone because they do in

1020
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,799
Speaker 1: normal games, Chris, They do play a decent amount of cover,

1021
00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:11,719
Speaker 1: one man coverage. I wouldn't say it's foundational in the

1022
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:16,880
Speaker 1: sense that's that's their core methodology. But you know, everybody

1023
00:57:16,880 --> 00:57:20,320
Speaker 1: thinks of Sean McDermott and Leslie Frasier playing soli zone.

1024
00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,800
Speaker 1: That's not really the case. But I would say they're

1025
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:27,600
Speaker 1: more predominantly single high than they are split safety. But

1026
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: they did play more split safety this week as the

1027
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,360
Speaker 1: game progressed, and I believe that was a function of

1028
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,440
Speaker 1: the score. You said that you think the Bills have

1029
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: too many weapons or you know Emmanuel Sanders and Steffan Diggs.

1030
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 1: There is going to be a tough matchup for the

1031
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 1: Texans dB as well. One of their good players on

1032
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:47,400
Speaker 1: defense is is Christian Kirksey. So how do you think

1033
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:51,800
Speaker 1: they're going to use his skills at the linebacker position

1034
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 1: to try and limit what this Buffalo Bill's offense is

1035
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:59,800
Speaker 1: capable of doing? Well, Mattie, I mean the way they play,

1036
00:58:00,080 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: particularly in the pass game, because I mean, even though

1037
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 1: I thought the Bills ran better this week, we know

1038
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:09,680
Speaker 1: they're not a foundational running team. Kirksey is essentially the

1039
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:13,680
Speaker 1: middle hole defender and cover two. So and they don't

1040
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: play cover two obviously on every snap, and every team

1041
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:19,439
Speaker 1: will play man at some point because there's always man

1042
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,600
Speaker 1: down in distant situations like a third and two. But

1043
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:25,200
Speaker 1: for the most part, he's the middle hole defender when

1044
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:28,760
Speaker 1: they play cover two. So normally what happens with the

1045
00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: middle hole defender and cover two is he will open

1046
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,760
Speaker 1: up to what's considered the passing strength or the wide

1047
00:58:35,800 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: side of the field, and more often than not it's

1048
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 1: the same side, so he opens up to the wide

1049
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:44,720
Speaker 1: side of the field. You know, he's he's a good player.

1050
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,360
Speaker 1: He's always been a solid player. I think he's been

1051
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:49,720
Speaker 1: a good run defender. I think he's a smart player.

1052
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 1: I know we're looking at highlights of the run game

1053
00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 1: right now with Carolina versus Houston, you know, last week,

1054
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:59,480
Speaker 1: but this is not really what they're going to face

1055
00:59:00,480 --> 00:59:04,160
Speaker 1: versus Buffalo. And like I said, Buffalo will run the

1056
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: ball somewhat, They're not going to not run it at all.

1057
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 1: But for the most part they're going to have to

1058
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:13,400
Speaker 1: defend the passing game. Going back to Buffalo's defense, Greg,

1059
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:15,800
Speaker 1: they are going to be without Jordan Poyer, who is

1060
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 1: out with their ankle injury. Jiquan Johnson, a third year player,

1061
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,800
Speaker 1: is widely expected to be his replacement in the lineup.

1062
00:59:23,480 --> 00:59:28,680
Speaker 1: How much do you anticipate that impacting the ability for

1063
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:32,480
Speaker 1: those two guys to disguise pre snap and kind of

1064
00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:34,960
Speaker 1: fool Davis Mills so to speak, knowing you have a

1065
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: new component in Jiquan Johnson. I think it'll be a factor,

1066
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: and it'll be interesting to see if Sean and Leslie

1067
00:59:42,040 --> 00:59:44,960
Speaker 1: do as much of that as they normally do, because

1068
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:48,720
Speaker 1: those two safeties, particularly working together, are really really good.

1069
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:51,400
Speaker 1: Johnson was a player whose tape I watched coming out

1070
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:53,479
Speaker 1: of Miami. I know he has not really played much

1071
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,200
Speaker 1: in this league. Yeah, with Buffalo, just because they have

1072
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:59,640
Speaker 1: Poyer on high I always thought he was an interesting player.

1073
00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: I thought he was the kind of guy that, if

1074
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: he was bigger, would have been a higher pick and

1075
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:06,760
Speaker 1: maybe an NFL starter. I think he's got good traits.

1076
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:10,560
Speaker 1: He's physical and aggressive. It's just that at his size,

1077
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:14,040
Speaker 1: he's just not really big enough to play that way,

1078
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:16,240
Speaker 1: But I think you can play him for a week,

1079
01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:19,560
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. My guess is he's probably a

1080
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:21,680
Speaker 1: pretty smart player. That would be my guest. I don't

1081
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: know him obviously, but I think we'll see, you know,

1082
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:28,479
Speaker 1: obviously it's a normal week, not a shorter or longer week.

1083
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 1: I don't I wouldn't anticipate they do as much early

1084
01:00:32,120 --> 01:00:35,040
Speaker 1: and then they'll see how the game progresses. Well, Greg,

1085
01:00:35,120 --> 01:00:38,840
Speaker 1: last week, we were asking you about Josh Allen's mechanics

1086
01:00:38,840 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: and maybe what was going wrong the first two weeks

1087
01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:45,160
Speaker 1: for him, and then last week he has a game

1088
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: that he had last year many times passing for over

1089
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: three hundred yards, four passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown for him.

1090
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: He was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week

1091
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:58,120
Speaker 1: as well, So got back to their old ways, put

1092
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: forty three points on the scoreboard. Why was that performance?

1093
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 1: Why was he able to have success against the Washington defense,

1094
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:09,480
Speaker 1: the one that we do know now, one that used

1095
01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:11,480
Speaker 1: to be really good last year, And maybe how do

1096
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 1: you think that success can translate over to the Houston

1097
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:17,360
Speaker 1: Texans defense. Yeah, I think Josh is the kind of

1098
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:20,040
Speaker 1: quarterback because much of his game is built on movement

1099
01:01:20,080 --> 01:01:23,160
Speaker 1: that he walks a fine line Maddie between being sort

1100
01:01:23,160 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: of controlled in his movement and frenetick in his movement.

1101
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 1: And I thought against Washington he was very controlled. And

1102
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:31,760
Speaker 1: actually it started on the first play of the game

1103
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:34,800
Speaker 1: when he had to move because of pressure from his

1104
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:38,360
Speaker 1: front side. He slid reset his feet. That was what

1105
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:41,120
Speaker 1: was so impressive to me. Very often when he moves

1106
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,240
Speaker 1: like that, because his arm is so strong, he doesn't

1107
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,440
Speaker 1: reset his feet. But I thought he reset his feet

1108
01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:50,760
Speaker 1: and he drove the ball with velocity to Davis in

1109
01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 1: between two underneath defenders, and I said to myself, Wow,

1110
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:57,600
Speaker 1: that's really good. And then he played in a very

1111
01:01:57,640 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: controlled way the rest of the game, and even when

1112
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:03,200
Speaker 1: he did move and obviously he had to move a

1113
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:06,760
Speaker 1: number of times, he just looked comfortable doing that. So

1114
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:10,400
Speaker 1: I thought last week obviously was as you said, Maddie,

1115
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: that Josh Allen of twenty twenty, because you saw the

1116
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:17,480
Speaker 1: pocket efficiency, you saw the second reaction playmaking. He was

1117
01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:20,960
Speaker 1: much more precise with his ball location. He really didn't

1118
01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:24,800
Speaker 1: miss throws last week, and you know, taking that a

1119
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:28,960
Speaker 1: step further on offense, Greg we saw, I mean, Dawson

1120
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:31,280
Speaker 1: Knox has put together three pretty good weeks so far

1121
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,080
Speaker 1: this season. He's never gonna be in a situation where

1122
01:02:34,080 --> 01:02:37,480
Speaker 1: he's catching seven or eight balls a week like Travis Kelsey.

1123
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:40,400
Speaker 1: That's just not his role in this offense. But if

1124
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 1: he can be what he has been these first three weeks,

1125
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:49,440
Speaker 1: he quickly becomes another concern for opposing defenses to at

1126
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:53,960
Speaker 1: least think about, particularly in the red zone. And it's

1127
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 1: funny you say that because normally he's not really a

1128
01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:00,960
Speaker 1: primary in the way they structure their past game. But

1129
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:04,400
Speaker 1: that fourteen yard TD, he was the primary Chris. That

1130
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:07,600
Speaker 1: was your classic one by three set where the tight

1131
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 1: end is the single receiver. They got him matched up

1132
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,240
Speaker 1: on Holcombe, That's where the ball was going. That was

1133
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:16,280
Speaker 1: the play design, and that was a great back shoulder

1134
01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: throw by Alan and a really good leaping catch by Knox.

1135
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:23,160
Speaker 1: So you know, again, I agree with you. You're not

1136
01:03:23,200 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 1: going to see him start to get each to ten

1137
01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:27,760
Speaker 1: targets a week, but there may be game situations where

1138
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: they view him as the primary. He's an athletic player,

1139
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,400
Speaker 1: and even down in the red zone where you just

1140
01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:37,040
Speaker 1: mentioned he's made, he's caught some touchdowns where you know,

1141
01:03:37,120 --> 01:03:39,560
Speaker 1: again I believe he's the primary this one. I have

1142
01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:43,040
Speaker 1: no doubt about the one from this week. Others sometimes

1143
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:45,720
Speaker 1: I questioned myself when I watch it, but they clearly

1144
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:48,720
Speaker 1: looked to him in the red zone and kind of

1145
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:51,560
Speaker 1: like Dawson Knox. Another facet of this offense that is

1146
01:03:51,640 --> 01:03:55,040
Speaker 1: not going to be the part of the offense every

1147
01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:58,040
Speaker 1: single play, but it's our running back Zach Mosson and

1148
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:02,680
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary. How have they been deployed on offense and

1149
01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:05,760
Speaker 1: how has it resulted in success through the first three

1150
01:04:05,880 --> 01:04:09,640
Speaker 1: weeks of play here. Well, you know, I think they're

1151
01:04:09,680 --> 01:04:12,800
Speaker 1: starting to do some things in the run game, Maddie.

1152
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,520
Speaker 1: And again, they're never going to be a run first team.

1153
01:04:15,560 --> 01:04:18,000
Speaker 1: They're never going to be a fifty fifty ratio of

1154
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:20,720
Speaker 1: run and pass. But you saw them run the trap

1155
01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:22,960
Speaker 1: game last week. You saw them run what we call

1156
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:27,160
Speaker 1: wham trap last week, So they're starting to do more things.

1157
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:29,479
Speaker 1: The other thing that I really like that they do

1158
01:04:30,040 --> 01:04:32,440
Speaker 1: is they featured a good mix of no huddle tempo

1159
01:04:32,520 --> 01:04:35,120
Speaker 1: throughout the game, and my sense is that Josh is

1160
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:38,760
Speaker 1: very comfortable playing that style. So you know, I think

1161
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:42,320
Speaker 1: you're going to see the run game not become a

1162
01:04:42,440 --> 01:04:45,880
Speaker 1: volume run game, but become a selective run game in

1163
01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:48,640
Speaker 1: terms of how important it is, and if they can

1164
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:51,280
Speaker 1: run with some kind of efficiency as they did a

1165
01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:54,400
Speaker 1: week ago, then I think that that's what they want

1166
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: out of their run game. We also saw, you know,

1167
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:01,240
Speaker 1: we talked about this last year a lot egg the

1168
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:05,040
Speaker 1: propensity for the Bills to throw on first down. I mean,

1169
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:07,800
Speaker 1: they did it more than anybody in the league last year.

1170
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:10,040
Speaker 1: I think right now they're ranked second in the league,

1171
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:16,280
Speaker 1: behind only Tampa Bay. Play action, though doesn't seem to

1172
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:20,320
Speaker 1: have become as big a component of their offense through

1173
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:22,960
Speaker 1: the first three weeks. They've done some of it, not

1174
01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:26,040
Speaker 1: a tremendous amount, and quite frankly, last week they didn't

1175
01:05:26,040 --> 01:05:30,040
Speaker 1: need to. Everything seemed to be working. So do you

1176
01:05:30,200 --> 01:05:35,120
Speaker 1: anticipate that it could reveal itself at some point within

1177
01:05:35,160 --> 01:05:38,960
Speaker 1: the scope of Brian Dable's scheme, if you know, if

1178
01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:44,880
Speaker 1: the given opponent and matchup suits his liking in that area, yeah,

1179
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:48,080
Speaker 1: I would expect to see a little more play action

1180
01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:51,360
Speaker 1: and play action, even with Josh under center. I think

1181
01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:55,200
Speaker 1: that that's where play action is it's most effective, particularly

1182
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:59,160
Speaker 1: if you do outside zone run action, because that gets

1183
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:02,840
Speaker 1: the defensive moving laterally, and that's what you want. Instead

1184
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:06,360
Speaker 1: of them rushing the passer vertically, they move laterally. So

1185
01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 1: it would not surprise me to see them do more

1186
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:11,680
Speaker 1: of that. But you're right, he has the second most

1187
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:15,560
Speaker 1: dropbacks on first down behind Tom Brady. We know this

1188
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:18,000
Speaker 1: is a passing team, so it's just a question of

1189
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,480
Speaker 1: how do you get to your pass game on first

1190
01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:23,560
Speaker 1: down in normal down and distance situation, second and four,

1191
01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:25,800
Speaker 1: how do you want to get to your pass game.

1192
01:06:26,640 --> 01:06:29,280
Speaker 1: I think that the play action element will increase, and

1193
01:06:29,360 --> 01:06:31,280
Speaker 1: I think the no huddle tempo, as I mentioned, is

1194
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:33,280
Speaker 1: something that you might see more of two as we

1195
01:06:33,320 --> 01:06:36,840
Speaker 1: go forward. Well, speaking of passing game, will move to

1196
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:40,400
Speaker 1: another team in the NFL one game. That will be

1197
01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:43,840
Speaker 1: very interesting this week and not because of the matchup,

1198
01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:46,400
Speaker 1: but it's because of who could or could not be

1199
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:51,480
Speaker 1: playing at quarterback. It's the Chicago Bears. They said they're

1200
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:55,200
Speaker 1: they're preparing for all three quarterbacks or they're going to

1201
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:58,760
Speaker 1: run through all three depending on health. Who should start

1202
01:06:59,080 --> 01:07:02,880
Speaker 1: for the Bears this weekend? Well, Chris, you know, and Maddie,

1203
01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:05,280
Speaker 1: I'm thinking maybe sid Lucklan's going to start this Do

1204
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:08,600
Speaker 1: you think how about I'd take Vince Evans over sid

1205
01:07:09,040 --> 01:07:11,800
Speaker 1: there you go. Well, you know, all I can do

1206
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:13,720
Speaker 1: is speak to what I saw last week on tape.

1207
01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:15,200
Speaker 1: You know, we have no idea who's going to start.

1208
01:07:15,200 --> 01:07:16,960
Speaker 1: They probably know the answer to that, they're just not

1209
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:20,760
Speaker 1: going to announce it. Look, they tried to help Fields

1210
01:07:20,840 --> 01:07:23,360
Speaker 1: last week a lot of quick game. They tried to

1211
01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:25,000
Speaker 1: get the ball out of his hands. They tried to

1212
01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:28,120
Speaker 1: limit what he had to see and read. And you know,

1213
01:07:28,160 --> 01:07:33,280
Speaker 1: the thing is, young quarterbacks all develop at different speeds,

1214
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:36,480
Speaker 1: different paces, And when a young quarterback struggles, it's not

1215
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:39,880
Speaker 1: a surprise. It's not as if, oh my god, bln,

1216
01:07:39,920 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 1: he didn't play great. You know, So at this point

1217
01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:46,080
Speaker 1: in time, Fields does not see things very well. He

1218
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:49,160
Speaker 1: got locked in on reads. He played both at times

1219
01:07:49,200 --> 01:07:53,280
Speaker 1: too fast, other times too hesitantly. I don't think right

1220
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:55,800
Speaker 1: now he has an innate sense of what open means

1221
01:07:55,840 --> 01:07:58,480
Speaker 1: at the NFL level. He needs to learn that. But

1222
01:07:58,680 --> 01:08:02,000
Speaker 1: none of this is breaking news to me, guys, just

1223
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:03,960
Speaker 1: because I've been watching tape for a lot of years.

1224
01:08:04,200 --> 01:08:07,400
Speaker 1: You know, this is not an indictment of Fields, nor

1225
01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:10,920
Speaker 1: predictive of the future. So it's just what he is

1226
01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:14,920
Speaker 1: right now, and if he were to continue to play

1227
01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:18,840
Speaker 1: my guests his he'll get better. Yeah. As good as

1228
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:22,599
Speaker 1: the Bills have been in scoring, they're mirroring their average

1229
01:08:22,640 --> 01:08:25,799
Speaker 1: from last year thirty one point three a game. Cardinals

1230
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:29,400
Speaker 1: are scoring more and so two are the Rams. Yeah,

1231
01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:32,640
Speaker 1: Rams high efficiency scorers. Over fifty eight percent of their

1232
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:35,639
Speaker 1: drives result in points. And as we know, the Cardinals

1233
01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:39,040
Speaker 1: lead the league and their second in total yards on offense.

1234
01:08:39,080 --> 01:08:43,400
Speaker 1: So what has maybe impressed you the most about each

1235
01:08:43,400 --> 01:08:46,679
Speaker 1: of those two offenses because they look like they both

1236
01:08:46,720 --> 01:08:51,439
Speaker 1: have staying power going forward. Well, I'll start with Murray.

1237
01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:54,880
Speaker 1: What's really interested me about Kyler Murray this year is

1238
01:08:55,400 --> 01:08:59,560
Speaker 1: he's become much better with his ball placement, ball location

1239
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:03,360
Speaker 1: on throws from the pocket. We know what he is

1240
01:09:03,439 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 1: as a dynamic playmaker, but he needed to become more

1241
01:09:06,320 --> 01:09:10,320
Speaker 1: consistent making the throws that are there from the pocket,

1242
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,519
Speaker 1: and that has stood out this year. So that's that's

1243
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:18,120
Speaker 1: obviously critical. As far as the Rams, one thing that's

1244
01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:20,439
Speaker 1: really stood out on tape is their increased use of

1245
01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:25,320
Speaker 1: empty sets, and I think that's that's probably because of

1246
01:09:25,400 --> 01:09:29,479
Speaker 1: Stafford because what empty sets do is it gives you tendency,

1247
01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:33,320
Speaker 1: predictability of coverage and Stafford's been playing a long time.

1248
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:37,160
Speaker 1: There's probably not much that he hasn't seen, so you're

1249
01:09:37,240 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: giving him so much more information before the snap of

1250
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:43,880
Speaker 1: the ball. And they're a difficult team to match up to. Well,

1251
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:45,880
Speaker 1: one game that I'll have an eye on, and I

1252
01:09:45,880 --> 01:09:49,720
Speaker 1: think other people will is the Eagles Chiefs game, not

1253
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:52,800
Speaker 1: because of the fact that it might be the best matchup,

1254
01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:55,799
Speaker 1: but because the fact that the Bills play the Chiefs

1255
01:09:56,080 --> 01:09:59,559
Speaker 1: here coming up in Week five, and the Eagles have

1256
01:10:00,520 --> 01:10:03,800
Speaker 1: a decent running back in Miles Sanders, And if that's

1257
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:06,800
Speaker 1: the key to beat the Chiefs, then the Bills have

1258
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,360
Speaker 1: got to get their run game together four week five.

1259
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:12,479
Speaker 1: But would you say that's the best chance that the

1260
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:15,519
Speaker 1: Eagles have to beat the Chiefs is to use Miles

1261
01:10:15,520 --> 01:10:20,400
Speaker 1: Sanders in ways that maybe they haven't before. Well, they

1262
01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:22,800
Speaker 1: heaven for fourth part is true since its first carry

1263
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:28,280
Speaker 1: last week came in their fourth possession. You know, I

1264
01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:31,200
Speaker 1: have some feelings about the Eagles offense. You know, I

1265
01:10:31,240 --> 01:10:34,400
Speaker 1: always when I talk about this, based on my point

1266
01:10:34,439 --> 01:10:37,160
Speaker 1: of view. I never wanted rip coaches. I know how

1267
01:10:37,160 --> 01:10:40,080
Speaker 1: hard they work, but part of me thinks that they

1268
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:43,559
Speaker 1: should line up Jalen Hurts under center start their offense

1269
01:10:43,640 --> 01:10:46,519
Speaker 1: with the run game in some ways the way the

1270
01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:49,760
Speaker 1: Cowboys did with Dak Prescott in his first year when

1271
01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,080
Speaker 1: they had Zeke, when they had a good online and

1272
01:10:52,120 --> 01:10:54,640
Speaker 1: the run game was the foundation and you work the

1273
01:10:54,680 --> 01:10:58,599
Speaker 1: pass game concepts off of that. The Eagles have two

1274
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,559
Speaker 1: good running back Sanders can be very good and Kenneth

1275
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,000
Speaker 1: Gainwell is a very good player. Now, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: Sanders is not Zeke in terms of volume carries, but

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Speaker 1: with those two backs, I think you could still have

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Speaker 1: a volume run game. But I'm I'm curious, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the other thing, the most surprising thing to me of

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Speaker 1: Week three in the league last week was how much

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01:11:20,040 --> 01:11:22,679
Speaker 1: man to man coverage the Chargers played against the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: The Eagles won't do that, they're a holy zoned based team.

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Speaker 1: But the Chargers against the Chiefs played about eighty percent

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Speaker 1: man coverage. And most people would say, you do not

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Speaker 1: do that against the Chiefs, and they did it and

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Speaker 1: they beat them. Pretty impressive. Teddy Bridgewater looks like he's

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Speaker 1: been a settling influence on that Broncos offense. I mean,

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01:11:43,040 --> 01:11:47,479
Speaker 1: he might not be spectacular, but he's consistent. And I

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Speaker 1: know because I'm ready for all the people to say, well,

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01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:53,760
Speaker 1: they've the three teams have a combined one victory, so

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01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:56,280
Speaker 1: that's why they're three and oh, but you can't blame

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01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:59,680
Speaker 1: the Broncos for who's on their schedule. So what do

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01:11:59,720 --> 01:12:02,400
Speaker 1: you see there? Because they've been without Judy in the lineup,

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01:12:02,439 --> 01:12:05,960
Speaker 1: now they've lost Hammler. Do we expect this offense to

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01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,640
Speaker 1: stub its toe now? A little bit based on the

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01:12:08,760 --> 01:12:11,280
Speaker 1: level of competition they're going to be facing going forward,

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01:12:11,320 --> 01:12:13,840
Speaker 1: which gets stiffer, and the fact that they're a little

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01:12:13,880 --> 01:12:18,479
Speaker 1: bit shorthanded now in terms of personnel, Well, they're a

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Speaker 1: little in the way the game is played today, Chris.

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01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:24,839
Speaker 1: They'd be considered old school. They want to run the football.

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01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:27,240
Speaker 1: They've got two good backs in the rookie Williams and

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Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon. They've got a very good defense. Vic fan

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01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:32,439
Speaker 1: Joe is a savant. He's one of the best there

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01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:34,920
Speaker 1: is coaching defense in this league and has been doing

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01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:37,840
Speaker 1: it a long time. And they play with a quarterback

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01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:41,080
Speaker 1: that's efficient, does not turn the ball over, does not

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01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:44,040
Speaker 1: make mental mistakes, and every once in a while they

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01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:46,679
Speaker 1: create a shot play down the field based on the

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01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:50,120
Speaker 1: anticipated coverage. So that's the way they're playing, and that

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01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:52,960
Speaker 1: fits what they have right now. That's not going to

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01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:57,519
Speaker 1: change now. They're not going to go seventeen and oh.

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01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:00,639
Speaker 1: But I think they're a solid football team now. They

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01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,439
Speaker 1: could certainly lose any given week because they're not likely

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01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,719
Speaker 1: to put up thirty thirty five just in the normal

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01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:09,599
Speaker 1: course of events. But I think they're really solid. I

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01:13:09,640 --> 01:13:13,439
Speaker 1: think they're well coached, they're efficient, and if you don't

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01:13:13,479 --> 01:13:15,720
Speaker 1: turn the ball over, and Bridgualter has never really been

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01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:18,040
Speaker 1: a guy who's turned it over, then you can live

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01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:19,599
Speaker 1: with the fact that he's not really a guy who's

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01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:22,920
Speaker 1: going to drive it down the field consistently. And on

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Speaker 1: the flip side of that, I mean, the Broncos have

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Speaker 1: an injured defense, So could this be a game where

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Speaker 1: certain weapons on the Ravens have a breakout game? Well,

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Speaker 1: I guess we'll find out. I mean, they say Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson's gonna play, right, Isn't that pretty much what there today? Right? Right?

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Speaker 1: So I gotta tell you, I think the Ravens coaching

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01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:45,640
Speaker 1: staff has done a really good job because I think

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01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:48,400
Speaker 1: they wanted to do this last year, but COVID prevented them.

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01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:50,920
Speaker 1: I think they've expanded some of the things they're doing

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01:13:50,920 --> 01:13:53,320
Speaker 1: in the past game. I think they're helping Jackson a

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01:13:53,320 --> 01:13:56,120
Speaker 1: lot with more define reads and throws. I think he's

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01:13:56,120 --> 01:13:59,120
Speaker 1: throwing the ball well. I think they've done more with

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01:13:59,200 --> 01:14:02,639
Speaker 1: their pass game now. I don't believe Bateman is quite

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01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:05,200
Speaker 1: ready for this week, but he's coming back. I know

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01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:07,599
Speaker 1: Miles Boykin is coming back. They're going to have their

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01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:11,240
Speaker 1: full allotment of receivers, and I'm very anxious to see

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01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:14,120
Speaker 1: them going forward. We know about their run game, but

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01:14:14,240 --> 01:14:17,200
Speaker 1: I think their pass game they've started to expand, and

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01:14:17,439 --> 01:14:19,280
Speaker 1: I'm very curious to see where they go with it.

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01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:22,519
Speaker 1: All right, Greg, thanks very much for all the insight,

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01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,719
Speaker 1: not just with this matchup with the Texans, but around

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01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:27,000
Speaker 1: the league as well. We'll keep an eye out for

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01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,960
Speaker 1: you on the NFL Matchup Show this weekend. Take care,

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01:14:29,960 --> 01:14:32,599
Speaker 1: we'll see you next week. All right, guys, appreciate it.

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01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,439
Speaker 1: Thanks all right, that's NFL Film senior producer Greg co

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01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:37,719
Speaker 1: Sell here on One Bills Live. We'll take a break,

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01:14:37,720 --> 01:14:44,160
Speaker 1: but be back in a moment. Stay with us. A

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Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Matty glab

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01:14:55,160 --> 01:14:58,840
Speaker 1: with you, and please to be joined now. By former

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01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:02,080
Speaker 1: Bills special teams for the better part of thirteen seasons.

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01:15:02,160 --> 01:15:05,280
Speaker 1: Mark Pike, who's going to be part of Sundays pregame

1352
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:08,160
Speaker 1: ceremony here at high Mark Stadium. As we know, October

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01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:12,760
Speaker 1: is crucial Catch month to raise awareness for cancer detection,

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01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,680
Speaker 1: and Mark has a personal story to share on that

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Speaker 1: front number one. But first let's just welcome him in. First,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. Mark. We thank you for giving

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01:15:22,040 --> 01:15:23,679
Speaker 1: us some time here on a Friday. We look forward

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01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:27,920
Speaker 1: to getting up here this weekend. How you been been good.

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01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:31,439
Speaker 1: I really appreciate having me on and and we're excited

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01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:34,599
Speaker 1: about coming back to Buffalo and bringing the kids. They're

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01:15:34,600 --> 01:15:37,680
Speaker 1: not they're grown now, but yeah, we're all going to

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01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:41,160
Speaker 1: come up and couple my granddaughters and yeah, it's gonna

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01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:45,200
Speaker 1: be fun. Now, Mark, I know you have your own

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01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:49,840
Speaker 1: story to share, like Chris had mentioned, and crucial Catch

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01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:53,160
Speaker 1: Month and just the cancer awareness that the NFL has

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01:15:53,200 --> 01:15:56,559
Speaker 1: really invested in and spend some time on. I mean, now,

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01:15:57,280 --> 01:16:01,000
Speaker 1: you go to a stadium and a game where it's

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Speaker 1: about cancer awareness, and there's usually a part in the

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01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:08,320
Speaker 1: game where they ask people to either hold up a

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01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:11,120
Speaker 1: sign of someone who they have lost or someone who

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01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:14,160
Speaker 1: they know has had a battle with cancer. And it's

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Speaker 1: now where every single person knows someone and has a

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01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:22,840
Speaker 1: direct correlation or they themselves have battled cancer. And thankfully

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Speaker 1: we know a lot of people who have also battled

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01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:30,200
Speaker 1: cancer and one cancer. What is your story with being diagnosed?

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Speaker 1: We know you're diagnosed in June with a large B

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01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:37,519
Speaker 1: cell non Hodgkin lymphoma. Yeah, well, you know, it's it's

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01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: really crazy story. My oldest brother, Mike, died of cancer

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01:16:43,479 --> 01:16:48,200
Speaker 1: in decent last December the second, and it really just

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01:16:48,280 --> 01:16:52,360
Speaker 1: happened really really all of a sudden, and he actually

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01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:54,840
Speaker 1: had retired from Delta and he had been working for

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01:16:55,439 --> 01:16:58,680
Speaker 1: my company for about sixteen years, and so we were

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01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:02,000
Speaker 1: had become really close and we were like best buds

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01:17:02,040 --> 01:17:05,760
Speaker 1: and all that, you know, and and so um, it

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01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:09,200
Speaker 1: just really happened all really quickly, and before he knew it,

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01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:12,040
Speaker 1: he was just it was he was date up and

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01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:17,880
Speaker 1: he drove to Chicago to do treatment and cancer Cancer

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01:17:17,880 --> 01:17:21,240
Speaker 1: Centers of America there and it just he never had

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01:17:21,280 --> 01:17:26,599
Speaker 1: a chance. And so um, my story is just just

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01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:30,240
Speaker 1: so surreal. I honestly, my wife just encouraged me to

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01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 1: get a physical and I hadn't had a physical and

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01:17:33,800 --> 01:17:35,920
Speaker 1: in in a while, so I went and got a physical.

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01:17:36,040 --> 01:17:39,840
Speaker 1: My everything kind of went okay, except my I had

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01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:42,479
Speaker 1: my kidney function levels were a little high or off

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01:17:42,600 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 1: and and I was a knemick and which was really odd.

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01:17:45,479 --> 01:17:48,680
Speaker 1: And so he encouraged me to get a colonoscope, which

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01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:51,400
Speaker 1: I've had a couple before. I did that, and I

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01:17:51,479 --> 01:17:54,800
Speaker 1: did did the upper around the lower and and um,

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01:17:54,800 --> 01:17:57,280
Speaker 1: I didn't I didn't feel bad or anything like that,

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01:17:57,439 --> 01:18:02,160
Speaker 1: and um, and so he came back. Doctor calls me

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01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:03,400
Speaker 1: and said, hey, I want you to come in and

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01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:05,040
Speaker 1: we need to talk. And I was like, oh, this

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01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:08,439
Speaker 1: doesn't sound good, and he said, I just wanted to,

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01:18:08,479 --> 01:18:09,920
Speaker 1: you know. So he brought me in and he said, I,

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01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,280
Speaker 1: You've got a spot on your small intestine that I

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01:18:12,360 --> 01:18:16,040
Speaker 1: just want to check out. So I'm not sure it's cancer,

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01:18:16,160 --> 01:18:18,400
Speaker 1: but it could be. I want to do a biopsy.

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01:18:18,520 --> 01:18:20,880
Speaker 1: So before I did that, he wanted me to get

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01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:24,639
Speaker 1: a cat scan of my abdominal region. And it's it's

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01:18:24,680 --> 01:18:29,800
Speaker 1: funny my hip is also going bad at the same time,

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01:18:29,840 --> 01:18:32,599
Speaker 1: so my right hip is kind of that had been

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01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:34,680
Speaker 1: kind of bothered me like all of a sudden, So

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01:18:34,760 --> 01:18:38,800
Speaker 1: I was feeling some pain in my lower back kind

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01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:40,400
Speaker 1: of where your kidney is, but I kind of was

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01:18:40,439 --> 01:18:44,720
Speaker 1: just pushing it off on my hip issue that had

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01:18:45,200 --> 01:18:49,720
Speaker 1: gotten really it's continuing to get worse. And so I

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01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:51,960
Speaker 1: did that, and when he did, they found a really

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01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:56,559
Speaker 1: large mass surrounding my right kidney. And I was just

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01:18:56,760 --> 01:19:00,160
Speaker 1: really blown out of water. And so immediately we know

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01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:02,000
Speaker 1: we had to do it. We buyofs. He did and

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01:19:02,160 --> 01:19:04,920
Speaker 1: came back it was you know, it was it was cancerous.

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01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:09,200
Speaker 1: It was large Bestell non Hodgkins and foma, and so

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01:19:09,320 --> 01:19:11,439
Speaker 1: then some things made sense then why I was having

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01:19:11,479 --> 01:19:15,320
Speaker 1: the pain in the back, and so um, we just

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01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:17,800
Speaker 1: you know, immediately, I was actually getting ready to go

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01:19:17,800 --> 01:19:21,839
Speaker 1: on vacation with my family to Indian Rocks Beach in Florida,

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01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 1: and I'm like, look, I'm going on vaca. I hadn't

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01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:27,559
Speaker 1: told anybody but my so I told really didn't tell

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01:19:27,560 --> 01:19:30,559
Speaker 1: any about my wife and my best friend and then

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01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:34,040
Speaker 1: my business planner, and I hadn't told my kids or anything.

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01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:36,360
Speaker 1: So the big plan was we were gonna go on

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01:19:36,479 --> 01:19:39,320
Speaker 1: vacation and I was going to huddle the guys together

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01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:41,800
Speaker 1: and tell them, and and the doc said, you know,

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01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:45,080
Speaker 1: well when you get back, we'll start chemo. And so

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01:19:46,400 --> 01:19:49,439
Speaker 1: we went on vacation and didn't go quite as well

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01:19:49,479 --> 01:19:51,880
Speaker 1: as I had pictured it in my mind with the kids,

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01:19:52,680 --> 01:19:56,840
Speaker 1: and uh, but we got through it. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I started my chemo as soon as I got back,

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01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:04,760
Speaker 1: and and I've had my fourth treatment I've had. I'm

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01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:07,439
Speaker 1: getting ready to do my fifth, fifth of six and

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01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:11,280
Speaker 1: I've got a week. And then I also do lumbar punctures,

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01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:14,400
Speaker 1: which is you know, they basically go into my spinal

1443
01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:19,280
Speaker 1: fluid and giving me chemo there. So I have got

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01:20:19,320 --> 01:20:21,840
Speaker 1: some good news. I did my pet scan after my

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01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:25,080
Speaker 1: third one and the tumor I shrunk literally in half,

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01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:30,040
Speaker 1: and so I'm really thankful and feel blessed for that.

1447
01:20:30,120 --> 01:20:33,080
Speaker 1: And the activity inside the tumor has reduced in half.

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01:20:33,160 --> 01:20:36,280
Speaker 1: So the you know, the chemo's doing its job, and

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01:20:36,720 --> 01:20:39,000
Speaker 1: I'm getting better with the chemo. It's you know, I

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01:20:39,040 --> 01:20:42,639
Speaker 1: have some bad days, but um, I'm kind of fighting

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01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:45,559
Speaker 1: through it. You know. Yeah, lost my hair and all

1452
01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:48,080
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. I was gonna say that's my story.

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01:20:48,240 --> 01:20:51,599
Speaker 1: Yeah it looked great. I mean, outside of having less

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01:20:51,600 --> 01:20:54,760
Speaker 1: hair than me, you look really good. Because there aren't

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01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:56,360
Speaker 1: that many people that have less hair than me. But

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01:20:56,400 --> 01:20:58,320
Speaker 1: I rub I rubbed my head all the time. Like

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01:20:58,320 --> 01:20:59,800
Speaker 1: I rubbed my head all the time. It's just like

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01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,840
Speaker 1: I like, I get it, so it heads. So I

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01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:08,040
Speaker 1: guess it's pretty safe to say here, Mark that your cancer,

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Speaker 1: fortunately because of the steps you took, is very treatable.

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Speaker 1: Am I Am I right with that assertion? Yeah, yeah,

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01:21:15,920 --> 01:21:19,240
Speaker 1: it's it's very treatable. And I take a chemo called

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01:21:19,479 --> 01:21:22,320
Speaker 1: our chop, so they all stand for you know, there's

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01:21:22,360 --> 01:21:25,759
Speaker 1: five different medicines that I take and it's takes about

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01:21:25,760 --> 01:21:29,280
Speaker 1: seven hours. I go, I have my port right up

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01:21:29,280 --> 01:21:33,160
Speaker 1: here on my chest and and it takes about seven hours.

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01:21:33,200 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: And but yeah, I, like I said it honestly, had

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01:21:39,280 --> 01:21:43,479
Speaker 1: not done a physical, had my primary doctor not said hey, Mark,

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01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:46,240
Speaker 1: this couple of things don't look right. I need you

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01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:48,800
Speaker 1: to go do this. And then I went and did that,

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01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:51,439
Speaker 1: and then he said, hey, something doesn't look right and

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01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 1: you need to go do this. So you know, the

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01:21:53,600 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 1: system kind of worked, and I was feel blessed and

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01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,439
Speaker 1: you know, grateful that you know, I went to the

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01:22:00,479 --> 01:22:04,920
Speaker 1: doctor and I hopefully caught it really early. And um

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01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:09,320
Speaker 1: kind of unlike my brother, My brother really didn't you know,

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01:22:09,439 --> 01:22:12,360
Speaker 1: catch it early, and it was was he had a

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01:22:12,400 --> 01:22:15,080
Speaker 1: different type, but it was, you know, before he knew

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01:22:15,080 --> 01:22:17,519
Speaker 1: it, it it was not good. Yeah. Yeah, I mean that's

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01:22:17,560 --> 01:22:20,720
Speaker 1: what raising this awareness is all about. For early detection.

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01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:23,920
Speaker 1: I mean, for so many people, it's it's if you're

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01:22:23,960 --> 01:22:28,320
Speaker 1: able to detect it early, it becomes so treatable versus

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01:22:28,880 --> 01:22:32,400
Speaker 1: ignoring a pain or ignoring how you feel. Then you

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01:22:32,479 --> 01:22:35,000
Speaker 1: go and it's too late, and maybe you have months

1485
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:38,479
Speaker 1: to count instead of several years to count from there. Um,

1486
01:22:38,680 --> 01:22:41,679
Speaker 1: but you'll be back in your stomping grounds on Sunday.

1487
01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:45,160
Speaker 1: You're going to be a part of Sunday's pregame CI

1488
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:49,080
Speaker 1: Crucial Catch ceremony. What are some memories do you think

1489
01:22:49,080 --> 01:22:50,920
Speaker 1: that are going to pop in your head as you're

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01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:54,519
Speaker 1: walking on too high Mark Stadium. Yeah, a place in

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01:22:54,560 --> 01:22:58,240
Speaker 1: a town you're super familiar with. Yeah yeah, well we

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01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:01,320
Speaker 1: we we love go back to Buffalo. We usually try

1493
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:04,760
Speaker 1: to get up once a year. Um, I probably you know.

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01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:07,360
Speaker 1: My greatest memory is just the fans are incredible and

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01:23:07,479 --> 01:23:12,000
Speaker 1: just I always tell people, you know, our even you know,

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01:23:12,040 --> 01:23:14,880
Speaker 1: even with the improvements of our stadium now and how

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01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:18,920
Speaker 1: nice it is now, it's perfect. And I don't know,

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01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:21,040
Speaker 1: I think I've heard them talking about doing more or

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01:23:21,120 --> 01:23:24,240
Speaker 1: bigger whatever, and it's like, it's perfect. Leave it the

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01:23:24,240 --> 01:23:27,519
Speaker 1: way it is. It's the best stadium in all of football.

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01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:30,720
Speaker 1: It's it gives you the real feel of football and

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01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:34,360
Speaker 1: the college atmosphere. It's it's great. And then and I'll

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01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:37,200
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you too. My teammates have been great,

1504
01:23:37,320 --> 01:23:40,840
Speaker 1: Like you know, I get I actually get kind of

1505
01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:43,960
Speaker 1: emotional about it because I've had so many guys reach

1506
01:23:44,040 --> 01:23:47,320
Speaker 1: out to me and and um, you know, guys that

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01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,120
Speaker 1: you know you play with all those years and you

1508
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,840
Speaker 1: know you really do and even they haven't seen them

1509
01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:54,680
Speaker 1: in a long long time, but just reach out, you know.

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01:23:54,720 --> 01:23:56,680
Speaker 1: Of course, Jim Kelly was one of the first that

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01:23:56,720 --> 01:23:59,400
Speaker 1: have reached out to me, and and Phil Hanson and

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01:23:59,439 --> 01:24:03,200
Speaker 1: Bruce Smith and and uh you know, Steve Christy and

1513
01:24:03,360 --> 01:24:06,200
Speaker 1: Chris Moore and you know, just it goes the list

1514
01:24:06,280 --> 01:24:08,599
Speaker 1: goes on and on, and Jeremy, you know, Kelly's been

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01:24:08,640 --> 01:24:11,360
Speaker 1: great and kind of you know, just share them with,

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01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:14,600
Speaker 1: you know, spreading the word. And so the teammates have

1517
01:24:14,760 --> 01:24:17,519
Speaker 1: been you know, you play with these guys for so

1518
01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:19,839
Speaker 1: long and I always tell guys, it was so different

1519
01:24:19,920 --> 01:24:23,320
Speaker 1: back when I played, because we we grew kind of

1520
01:24:23,360 --> 01:24:27,200
Speaker 1: grew up together, and it's it's different now and the

1521
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:30,160
Speaker 1: players kind of come and go and this free agency

1522
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:33,960
Speaker 1: and this and that. But we truly we raised our

1523
01:24:34,000 --> 01:24:37,679
Speaker 1: kids together. We got married, we had kids, we raised them,

1524
01:24:37,720 --> 01:24:40,639
Speaker 1: you know, and so we really have a bond with

1525
01:24:40,720 --> 01:24:43,120
Speaker 1: so many guys. And it was just great to hear

1526
01:24:43,240 --> 01:24:47,600
Speaker 1: from guys that, you know, it's been so long and

1527
01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:50,320
Speaker 1: and they just you know, they're offering their prayers and

1528
01:24:50,360 --> 01:24:53,200
Speaker 1: support and so it's been wonderful. Yeah, it's just like

1529
01:24:53,280 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 1: you pick up right where you left off. You know,

1530
01:24:55,000 --> 01:24:56,960
Speaker 1: it's like you never like you haven't seen guys in

1531
01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:58,560
Speaker 1: ten years, but it's like you just saw him in

1532
01:24:58,560 --> 01:25:01,320
Speaker 1: the locker room yesterday and you're up the same conversations

1533
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:05,240
Speaker 1: you were throwing back and forth at each other each other. Yeah,

1534
01:25:05,280 --> 01:25:09,800
Speaker 1: we're just thirty years older now. Yeah. Uh, listen, we

1535
01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:13,760
Speaker 1: appreciate you telling your story. Mark. It's important. If it

1536
01:25:13,800 --> 01:25:16,840
Speaker 1: gets just one person to go get checked out, it

1537
01:25:16,880 --> 01:25:20,080
Speaker 1: will have been worth it. And you know, you're you're

1538
01:25:20,120 --> 01:25:24,880
Speaker 1: a shining example of how much better a situation you

1539
01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:29,400
Speaker 1: put yourself in if you catch stuff early. So good

1540
01:25:29,479 --> 01:25:32,519
Speaker 1: luck with the ceremony this weekend. We'll be looking forward

1541
01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:35,080
Speaker 1: to seeing you up here, and good luck with the

1542
01:25:35,080 --> 01:25:38,040
Speaker 1: rest of your treatments going forward. We're sure you'll make

1543
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:41,080
Speaker 1: a great recovery and beat the heck out of this thing.

1544
01:25:41,080 --> 01:25:43,760
Speaker 1: So good luck to you, Mark, and thanks for the time. Yeah,

1545
01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:45,920
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on Gunners. All right,

1546
01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:48,640
Speaker 1: that's Bill's Special Teams. As Mark Pike set to be

1547
01:25:48,760 --> 01:25:52,479
Speaker 1: here this weekend as part of Sunday's pregame ceremonies, we'll

1548
01:25:52,479 --> 01:25:54,360
Speaker 1: take a break and wrap things up next here on

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01:25:54,360 --> 01:25:56,599
Speaker 1: One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo

1550
01:25:56,600 --> 01:26:12,760
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. All right, The Bill's injury report is out,

1551
01:26:12,840 --> 01:26:15,760
Speaker 1: the final one of the week and as he anticipated

1552
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:18,519
Speaker 1: based on what coach McDermott told us at his press

1553
01:26:18,560 --> 01:26:21,479
Speaker 1: conference prior to practice today, f a Obada and Taron

1554
01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 1: Johnson both questionable for the game. Taron Johnson did not practice,

1555
01:26:27,439 --> 01:26:31,200
Speaker 1: fa Obada did practice. What that means with regard to

1556
01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:34,839
Speaker 1: their questionable status, I guess remains to be seen on Sunday.

1557
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:40,519
Speaker 1: And as we mentioned, John Feliciano and who's the other person,

1558
01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:44,280
Speaker 1: who's oh, Jordan Poyter. Jordan Poyter and John Feliciano both

1559
01:26:44,280 --> 01:26:47,160
Speaker 1: out for this game. We'll get a quick fan mail

1560
01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:50,559
Speaker 1: bag question in here. Maddie. Doug says, with Poyer out Sunday,

1561
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:52,560
Speaker 1: I know Johnson was plugged in last week, but is

1562
01:26:52,560 --> 01:26:54,559
Speaker 1: there a chance we see Siran Neil come in and

1563
01:26:54,640 --> 01:26:57,160
Speaker 1: play for a while. I think the Texans is a

1564
01:26:57,200 --> 01:26:59,600
Speaker 1: great game for him to get significant playing time. What

1565
01:26:59,640 --> 01:27:04,200
Speaker 1: I'd mind, Doug is, this year, Sirran Neil was transitioned

1566
01:27:04,240 --> 01:27:08,679
Speaker 1: to more of a cornerback role, and I think, if anything,

1567
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:12,200
Speaker 1: if there's a problem with Taryn Johnson, I think that's

1568
01:27:12,200 --> 01:27:15,320
Speaker 1: where Sirran Neil may have to factor into the equation

1569
01:27:15,360 --> 01:27:18,720
Speaker 1: on defense this week, don't you think? Yeah? I think

1570
01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:22,000
Speaker 1: so as well, just given what he has transitioned to

1571
01:27:22,439 --> 01:27:24,320
Speaker 1: and what we've seen him do on the field and

1572
01:27:24,400 --> 01:27:27,519
Speaker 1: practices and throughout training camp, and where we know he's

1573
01:27:27,560 --> 01:27:30,080
Speaker 1: fit in in times where he's needed in games, I

1574
01:27:30,120 --> 01:27:32,760
Speaker 1: think that's more of a role that Surran would play.

1575
01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:36,479
Speaker 1: I would say Jaquan Johnson obviously, if it's more into

1576
01:27:36,520 --> 01:27:39,880
Speaker 1: that safety opportunity, that safety role. We'll see if they

1577
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:43,559
Speaker 1: rotate anybody else into that safety position other than Jaquan

1578
01:27:44,280 --> 01:27:46,479
Speaker 1: and then Renee says, do you think special teams needs

1579
01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:48,560
Speaker 1: to step up? The Pittsburgh game off punt was a

1580
01:27:48,640 --> 01:27:51,080
Speaker 1: fourteen point swing. Thank goodness, they didn't get any game

1581
01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:53,519
Speaker 1: winning points off the mistake on that kickoff last week.

1582
01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:56,360
Speaker 1: Love the Bills, Well, we heard coach say it, Maddie.

1583
01:27:56,360 --> 01:27:59,080
Speaker 1: I mean there was some cleaning up that the special

1584
01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:01,400
Speaker 1: teams unit had to do. I mean Tyler Bass also

1585
01:28:01,479 --> 01:28:03,840
Speaker 1: kicked to kick off out of bounds to give you know,

1586
01:28:03,960 --> 01:28:06,280
Speaker 1: Washington the ball in their own forty yard line. That's

1587
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:09,639
Speaker 1: tremendous field position. But I would expect Heath Farwell and

1588
01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:13,000
Speaker 1: Coach Smiley got to work this week with their special

1589
01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:16,320
Speaker 1: teams group. I'm expecting tighter play this week from that

1590
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:19,160
Speaker 1: phase of the game. Yeah, this is the phase of

1591
01:28:19,200 --> 01:28:22,480
Speaker 1: the game where Sean McDermott wants it to be pristine,

1592
01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:25,000
Speaker 1: wants it to be perfect because it is a phase

1593
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:27,280
Speaker 1: that can alter a game in a bad way. So

1594
01:28:27,680 --> 01:28:29,720
Speaker 1: they don't want to go into Week four and have

1595
01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:33,320
Speaker 1: more special teams problems. I mean, they've had enough already

1596
01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:35,720
Speaker 1: to start the season. I would guess that they're going

1597
01:28:35,800 --> 01:28:38,600
Speaker 1: to really hunker down and try and be perfect in

1598
01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:40,880
Speaker 1: every area this week when it comes to special teams

1599
01:28:40,880 --> 01:28:43,120
Speaker 1: to play, all right, well that will about do it

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Speaker 1: for Maddie and I here on a Friday edition of

1601
01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:48,120
Speaker 1: One Bills Live. As we mentioned, Steve Tasker will be

1602
01:28:48,160 --> 01:28:50,960
Speaker 1: back in a chair next to me next week. He'll

1603
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:52,920
Speaker 1: also be in the chair next to Maddie on Bills

1604
01:28:52,920 --> 01:28:56,080
Speaker 1: tonight after Sunday's game against the Texans, so be sure

1605
01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:58,880
Speaker 1: to catch that on all the Bills streaming channels. And

1606
01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,880
Speaker 1: don't forget Maddie and I, we'll be taking you through

1607
01:29:02,080 --> 01:29:05,759
Speaker 1: the pregame festivities on Bill's Field Pass, which is also

1608
01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:10,040
Speaker 1: on all your Bill's streaming channels, beginning at twelve ten pm,

1609
01:29:10,040 --> 01:29:13,799
Speaker 1: where we show you player warmups live on the field.

1610
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:16,439
Speaker 1: It's the only place you can see them doing their

1611
01:29:16,479 --> 01:29:19,400
Speaker 1: thing as they get ready for kickoff at one pm. Mattie,

1612
01:29:19,439 --> 01:29:21,760
Speaker 1: thanks again for all your help this week and last week.

1613
01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:24,759
Speaker 1: Steve owes you a few favors after all these filling

1614
01:29:24,840 --> 01:29:27,639
Speaker 1: duties that you had, so thanks very much. He owes

1615
01:29:27,680 --> 01:29:30,800
Speaker 1: me a couple of cops. Yeah, that's right, we are out.

1616
01:29:31,080 --> 01:29:33,800
Speaker 1: Have a good weekend. Everybody enjoys Sunday's game. I'll catch

1617
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Speaker 1: you on Monday