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Speaker 1: text time. Here we go. Friday home game coming up Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to One Bill's Live. It is brought to you

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Speaker 1: by Kalidah Health and we come to you from our

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Speaker 1: senate to studio in Archerd Park. I'm John Murphy. This

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Speaker 1: is Chris Brown, Bills Insider Buffalo. How we doing, Tom

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Speaker 1: Good to be with you, Chris. Chris is in for

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, the vacationing Steve Tasker today and you're back

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Speaker 1: on Monday for the vacationing Sea Tasker. Yeah, the non

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Speaker 1: working Steve tam O shots fired. Steve will be back

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday. He had a family event and we wish

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Speaker 1: him well. Great Dabby. We love had a big family,

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Speaker 1: so there are a lot of family events on the calendar.

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Speaker 1: S you got kids all over the place. Let's get

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Speaker 1: it fired up on a Friday, Murph, Let's go. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: We got a game. We got a home game, the

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Speaker 1: third of three home games. Chris, what I'm going to

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Speaker 1: get to a couple of more local items first, But

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Speaker 1: what do you make of the first time I've ever

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Speaker 1: really noticed and it was documented by the NFL just

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Speaker 1: this past week. Home field advantage does not exist this

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Speaker 1: year in the NFL. Road teams have one more than

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Speaker 1: owned teams. I have a theory on why, but I'm

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Speaker 1: interested in yours first. What do you think. I don't

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Speaker 1: know that I have a theory yet, Okay, I mean

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Speaker 1: we are halfway through the season, so yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: it's enough of a sample size to call it a trend.

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Speaker 1: I just don't. I think there's such a jumbled nature

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Speaker 1: you look at the NFC, it is a jumbled mess

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Speaker 1: over there, a lot of teams hovering at or slightly

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Speaker 1: while the AFC East is you know, haves and have

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Speaker 1: nots clearly. With two teams up at the top Bills

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Speaker 1: and Patriots, and then two teams that are going nowhere

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Speaker 1: fast in the Jets and the Dolphins. I just think

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Speaker 1: there's you know, I don't want to strike the old

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Speaker 1: parody argument, but I think there's a measure of that

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Speaker 1: this year is a lot of teams have turned the

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Speaker 1: page and gone to young quarterbacks and so I think

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Speaker 1: that kind of evens the playing field and eliminates hold

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Speaker 1: learning on the job, whether you're talking about Kyle Allen,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna start Ryan Finley. I think all of these

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Speaker 1: think that can take away from home field advantage as well. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'll give you that. I know, here's my theory. You

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Speaker 1: want to know my theory. Sure, you're gonna give it

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Speaker 1: to me anyway, right, I mean, yeah, for three hours,

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Speaker 1: home fields mean less now because because of the new stadiums.

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Speaker 1: Quite frankly, look you've been there Atlanta, Dallas, Minnesota. There

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Speaker 1: are others where there's just not the kind of let

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Speaker 1: me finish, I can hear you wind it up here.

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Speaker 1: There's just not the kind of frenzy that you get

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Speaker 1: right across the parking lot here in Orchard Park. There's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a sellout crowd here for Washington on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: can't say that about every place in the NFL right now.

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Speaker 1: Some of these brand new palaces in the league, these

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Speaker 1: You know, people are kind of there and let's get

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Speaker 1: back here. I just think the NFL has lost the

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Speaker 1: frenzied sort of um, the communal the nature of what

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Speaker 1: this would be like the anti antiseptic artament argument. Yes,

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Speaker 1: of these new players, to a lot of them, not

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Speaker 1: all of them, this place is an outlier throw Atlanta

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Speaker 1: It's unique because even MetLife is not the same as

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Speaker 1: the old Metallands was in my opinion, now, what's it MetLife? No, No,

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Speaker 1: it's not the same as the old Metal Lands place

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Speaker 1: A lot of these stadiums are so big, and I

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Speaker 1: Miami now the team's joke, they're awful. But even before

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Speaker 1: It's gigantic. The thing that struck me was I'm watching

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Speaker 1: they're watching the screen. The game is live right down there,

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Speaker 1: but they're watching it on the eighty yard screen instead.

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Speaker 1: crowd has changed, right with expensive tickets. Yeah, the crowd

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Speaker 1: kind of a brutal night. Where were you lost power? Right?

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Speaker 1: tell you right now, back in what was that? When

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Speaker 1: And I know you remember this because we had to

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Speaker 1: my poor wife, I got to fly to Detroit. That

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Speaker 1: You'll never see You'll never see power outages the same

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Speaker 1: pushing the seam, you know, and hitting him there. I

427
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Speaker 1: think those are the two guys that you know you

428
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Speaker 1: didn't have for a large part of the first half

429
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Speaker 1: of the season, that you now have in your arsenal,

430
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Speaker 1: and it's time to take advantage of those guys. Croft

431
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,280
Speaker 1: had four targets last week, maybe you should have six

432
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Speaker 1: or eight. If you can stay on the field enough,

433
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Speaker 1: and you know, maybe Robert Foster should get more time

434
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Speaker 1: on the field. Give him more opportunities to kid behind

435
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Speaker 1: the defense, give Josh more opportunities to hit on a

436
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Speaker 1: giant pass play to reduce the number of plays you

437
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Speaker 1: need to get into scoring territory, and that takes out

438
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Speaker 1: the danger of committing all these pre snap penalties, which

439
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,680
Speaker 1: have numbered forty nine percent of the yellow flags you've

440
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Speaker 1: drawn in the first place. Does Duke Williams belongs in

441
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Speaker 1: this belonging this conversation? Three games in? He made the

442
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Speaker 1: you know, the touchdown in his first game at Tennessee,

443
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Speaker 1: and it's been quiet since then. But he's a relatively

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Speaker 1: new addition to their offensive. I'm open to using him

445
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Speaker 1: in the red zone for sure. Exactly. Yeah, you know

446
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Speaker 1: you got him Tyler Croft daw and knocks. I mean,

447
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Speaker 1: those are three targets over six foot three. Just throw

448
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Speaker 1: it up. You know they're gonna win most of those

449
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 1: because most corners do not go taller than six feet.

450
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Speaker 1: Most of them do not have arms like an orangutang.

451
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Speaker 1: So you know you got a taller guy. He's gonna

452
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Speaker 1: win the jump ball battle. He's just flat out is

453
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Speaker 1: provided you put it in the right place. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, use him as much as you want in

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Speaker 1: the red zone, and then if you find other areas

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Speaker 1: where he can help you, where you know, he's one

457
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Speaker 1: of those guys who's open even when he's not open,

458
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Speaker 1: because he fights so darn hard for the football. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to that either. You got to you

460
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Speaker 1: gotta utilize more of these weapons and see if you

461
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Speaker 1: can get more out of them and maybe spread the

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Speaker 1: wealth a little bit more instead of relying so heavily

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Speaker 1: on John Brown. I'm not saying ignore John Brown or

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Speaker 1: ignore Cole Beasley, because I think Beasley is just starting

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Speaker 1: to gain momentum here with touchdowns in each of his

466
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Speaker 1: last two games. But I think you got to spread

467
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Speaker 1: the wealth out a little bit more and that can

468
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Speaker 1: make your offense more diverse and by as a result,

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Speaker 1: more dynamic. What's the best way for the Buffalo offense

470
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Speaker 1: to get into gear to have success against Washington? What

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Speaker 1: do you think. Let's take a couple of phone calls here.

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Speaker 1: We'll go to Chuck on the line. Hello, Chuck, Welcome,

473
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Speaker 1: you're on the air with us. Hey, Hell, how you

474
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Speaker 1: doing work to chalk? Hey, I just sort of agree

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Speaker 1: with you. It's just being able to come up to

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Speaker 1: al scrimmage, you know, read what he's seen, being able

477
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Speaker 1: to comprehend it. We see it even us. I see

478
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Speaker 1: is in section one thirty four role thirty four, So

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Speaker 1: you know who else it's in that's that role. And

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Speaker 1: he was pretty adamant. Who's that, Jim? Yeah, okay, And

481
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Speaker 1: he was pretty adamant Sunday about you know, yelling, come on, Josh,

482
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Speaker 1: you got to be able to see that, you know.

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Speaker 1: So I think we're all on the same page as

484
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Speaker 1: who does this kid picks up and is able to

485
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Speaker 1: read the defense and act quickly and get the ball out.

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Speaker 1: I think he'll be all right. Yeah, And it's a

487
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Speaker 1: process and I know that. And he's better now than

488
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Speaker 1: he was a year ago. He's better now. I think

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Speaker 1: that he you know, at the end of last year.

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Speaker 1: But I think we're getting ready for the next step

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Speaker 1: from Josh Allen, Is that fair to say, Chris? And yeah,

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Speaker 1: if the turnovers are under control, which they may be

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Speaker 1: just two in the last three games, next step, you know,

494
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Speaker 1: let's let's move the ball around, let's see the field better,

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Speaker 1: Let's make sure you make quick, decisive reads and get

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Speaker 1: the ball out. I don't think that's asking right. No,

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Speaker 1: I don't think it's asking a lot. But in the

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Speaker 1: words of Marv Levy, it might be simple, but it's

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Speaker 1: not easy. And that's because the defenses change every week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what he's gonna see is going to change every week.

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Speaker 1: And Josh is a guy that prepares. Yeah, I don't

502
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Speaker 1: think there's any question about that. And despite all that preparation,

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Speaker 1: there are still going to be things that he is

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Speaker 1: going to encounter out there on the field, whether it's

505
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Speaker 1: pre snap or after the snap of the football, that

506
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Speaker 1: are going to catch him off guard. Because that's what

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Speaker 1: those coaches are trying to do and plan and put

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Speaker 1: in their game plan every week. I mean, that's why

509
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Speaker 1: they're working sixteen hours a day to come up with

510
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Speaker 1: that's going to cross up the twenty three year old

511
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Speaker 1: quarterback for the Bills. So they're gonna get him on

512
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Speaker 1: some stuff. At times, you just hope that what they

513
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Speaker 1: get him on doesn't result in a turnover or a

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Speaker 1: negative play that really hurts their chances of winning a

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Speaker 1: football game. So going forward, yes, you want to see

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Speaker 1: that progress from him. I don't think there's any question

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Speaker 1: but to expect it all to come like a snap

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Speaker 1: of a finger, I think is unrealistic. I think it's

519
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Speaker 1: got to come in stages and in steps and get

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Speaker 1: it completing that next step I think is a bit

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Speaker 1: of a longer range project that I think we should

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Speaker 1: let on. I think it's a thing that happens, you know, incrementally,

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Speaker 1: not Hey, he's got it. Here we go, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: be great for now on. I just don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's that. I think some weeks will be good,

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Speaker 1: and then some weeks might be viewed as a half

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Speaker 1: a step back, or maybe not as precise as he

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Speaker 1: was in a given week, And the opposing defenses are

529
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Speaker 1: gonna have a lot to do with that. Take one

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Speaker 1: more call of a segment, go to John and go

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Speaker 1: on to Hello John, Welcome, you're on the air of this. Hi, guys. Hello.

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Speaker 1: I'd like to see them do something, not just against Washington,

533
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Speaker 1: but against the whole league. I'd like them to be

534
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Speaker 1: the first NFL team it has a head coach that

535
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Speaker 1: tells the offensive coordinator when we have a first and

536
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Speaker 1: ten on the opponent's forty or better, it's four down territory.

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Speaker 1: But you tell him on first down, not on fourth down,

538
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Speaker 1: and so he has maybe say, for lack of a

539
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Speaker 1: better term, a power play with like Hugh Williams and

540
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Speaker 1: Cole and John Brown and Frank Gore, spread them out

541
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Speaker 1: three four wide whatever running shoot style, spread the defense.

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Speaker 1: So Josh see's what he's getting, and you have a

543
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Speaker 1: selection of like plays that there's gonna be a weakness somewhere,

544
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Speaker 1: a three or four or five yard play, and you

545
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Speaker 1: get four cracks at it. It works analytically, it would

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Speaker 1: work for offensive psychology. You're telling your players, I believe

547
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Speaker 1: in you. I think you can get a first down

548
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Speaker 1: and four downs. You're telling your defense, hey, I believe

549
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Speaker 1: in you. If we leave you with a short field,

550
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: we think you'll stop them in a field goal or

551
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Speaker 1: turn the ball over. It's playing to win instead of

552
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Speaker 1: playing not to lose. Interesting, it's an interesting concept. I

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Speaker 1: respect the playing to win approach. I do. I know

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Speaker 1: that in most cases, and I haven't checked in with

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Speaker 1: coaches maybe in the last couple of years as to

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Speaker 1: whether this m has changed. But when they decide that

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Speaker 1: it's four down territory outside of it being late in

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Speaker 1: the game and the likelihood of it being one of

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Speaker 1: their last two possessions. That kind of communication between a

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Speaker 1: head coach and a coordinator usually happens somewhere between second

561
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Speaker 1: and third down, and the reason why it doesn't happen

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Speaker 1: earlier is because they want to see the series unfold.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it could be first and ten on the

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Speaker 1: forty going in and that's great, but if the guy

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Speaker 1: gets sacked for a loss of eight, that could potentially

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Speaker 1: change in the dynamic as to whether or not you're

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Speaker 1: going to be in four down territory because you might

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Speaker 1: be on your own half of the field by them.

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Speaker 1: And so I think that's why most coaches m is

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Speaker 1: to wait to see how the first two plays of

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Speaker 1: the series go, and then after second down, if it's

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Speaker 1: third and five, you know, or less, then they're making

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Speaker 1: the call as to whether it's four down territory or not.

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Speaker 1: You really kind of have to see how those first

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Speaker 1: two plays unfold. But with respect to playing to win,

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Speaker 1: the one point of yours that I will completely agree

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Speaker 1: with is spreading the field because I think by spreading

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Speaker 1: the field it makes the reads easier for Josh to decipher.

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Speaker 1: And we can go all the way back to Week

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Speaker 1: one when they spread the field out early in the

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Speaker 1: game against the Jets. How decisive did Josh look early

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Speaker 1: in the game. Pretty decisive, right, sure so, And we

583
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Speaker 1: can go all the way back to some other will

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Speaker 1: thread quarterbacks. I remember the Tennessee Titans with Vince Young.

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Speaker 1: They would spread the field deliberately to help him read

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Speaker 1: the field better. And then secondarily, if he could not

587
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: read the field better, the field was spread and there

588
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 1: were more lanes for him to take advantage of running

589
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,040
Speaker 1: the ball because there were less people in the box.

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Speaker 1: So I'm in favor of spreading the field. Maybe not

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Speaker 1: every week, but certainly have it as a part of

592
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Speaker 1: your game plan every week. So when maybe things are sputtering,

593
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Speaker 1: spread the field so Josh can be more decisive. And

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Speaker 1: if he can't and he still has to pull the

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Speaker 1: ball down, the lanes are bigger because the people all

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Speaker 1: over the field. Ye, Chris Brown is with us today.

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Speaker 1: We got a good show coming up. We got the

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Speaker 1: Greg Co sal at one o'clock, Lorenzo Alexander at two,

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Speaker 1: and coming up in just a minute. Bruce Smith joins

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Speaker 1: Chris and I to talk about his visit here this week.

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Speaker 1: to have Hall of Famer Bruce Smith. Welcome back to park. Bruce,

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Speaker 1: good to see it. Your back hair is a legend

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Speaker 1: of the game. You will be on the field Sunday, right,

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Speaker 1: Am I a legend? You are a legend, There's no

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Speaker 1: You might be right at the top of the list.

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Speaker 1: Last time you were here was your number of retirement

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Speaker 1: ceremony three years ago. What a great night that was. Huh.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness man, what a special night. And I

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Speaker 1: just can't stop thanking the Bugoulas uh for what they

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Speaker 1: set up and what they did and and just this

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Speaker 1: incredible celebration that will all always be imprinted in my mind.

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Speaker 1: I know that among the duties that you have been

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Speaker 1: entrusted with this weekend and your various appearances around Western

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Speaker 1: New York and here at the stadium is to kind

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Speaker 1: of take on the old line that Marv used so

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Speaker 1: often with you guys as players, which you know, where

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Speaker 1: else would you rather be than right here right now?

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Speaker 1: Are you kind of taken aback a little bit as

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Speaker 1: to how iconic that statement has become? And do you

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Speaker 1: think back to the maybe the first time you heard

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Speaker 1: it from from Marv's lips as a player. Well, first

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Speaker 1: of all, Marv's iconic and what an incredible man, won,

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Speaker 1: an incredible leader, want, an incredible coach. He's the one

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Speaker 1: that that propelled this team to its legendary status. He

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Speaker 1: so many others that that that we're here with the organization.

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Speaker 1: But um, it was just incredible. Uh. The the group

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Speaker 1: how to be pros. Uh. They really cultivated us and

641
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: and brought guys in that were additions to the team

642
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 1: that just fit right in. And that's that's what made

643
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: this organization and this team special doing that era of football.

644
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: It was Marv's arrival sort of timed out perfectly with

645
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: your career, right. I mean, you had been here a

646
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: couple of years and the Bills were sort of floundering

647
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: for a year or two, and then Marv shows up

648
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: and everything changed after that, including with you. It's yeah

649
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: that that maturation process really didn't take hold and start

650
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: unfolding until Marv got here again. He taught us how

651
00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: to be pros Um. I remember back in my earlier days,

652
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: I would get a sack and dance over the quarterback

653
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: and do a number of other silly things that um that.

654
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: As I reflect back on that, being an older, more

655
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: mature man, um, I am so thankful that Marv came

656
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: into my life at the time that he did. Marv

657
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: wrought Rusty Jones in from the USFL, I think at

658
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: the time, and he had a big fact. He was

659
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: a big factor in your career. And Rusty had a

660
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: huge impact on um my becoming this this player that

661
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: that understood how to put all three pieces together. Uh,

662
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: conditioning and and and workouts and nutrition and uh staying hydrated,

663
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: um along with you know, the god given a billily

664
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: and the study habits of studying film and breaking down

665
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: the opponent. So everybody played their role um from tiktrell

666
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: Um to teaching me how to use my hands, um

667
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 1: for from Marv and teaching us how to be pros

668
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: and from Rusty teaching us the important of the workouts

669
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: and nutrition. And even Hank Bulla I can remember one

670
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: of the first things that he taught us and told

671
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: us when he came into a meeting room, he said, guys,

672
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: you take care of your body, It'll take care of you.

673
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: Looking at the bills right now, we know they're five

674
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: and two, but they're coming off, you know, a loss

675
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: that maybe they didn't anticipate to the degree that they

676
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 1: lost the point loss to Philly. And we had Therman

677
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: on the show yesterday and he said when we would

678
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 1: come off of bad losses, because they would happen from

679
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: time to time, he said, we forgot about it pretty quickly,

680
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 1: and then that next game we made sure first three

681
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: or three or four plays we come out and punched

682
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: that team in the mouth, almost like this is kind

683
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: of retribution for what we had to experience. Last week.

684
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 1: What is the value that you found in your career

685
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: when you guys would come out and have that early

686
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: tone setting type of play to let that new opponent

687
00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 1: in that new week, it's gonna be a long day. Well,

688
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: first of all, just just to uh, to look back

689
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 1: at the last game. You have to understand when you're

690
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: in a position that we're in right now to get

691
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: over that hump and to be considered and as as

692
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: one of the better teams in the league, you got

693
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: to protect the house. You can't let teams come in

694
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 1: and beat you handily in your own house. Um, it

695
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: was unfortunate that, uh, that that took place last week.

696
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: I hope that we're able to to learn from the

697
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: mistakes that we made last week. But it just goes

698
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: to show we got to get better, We got to

699
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: get more consistent. We have to be able to assert

700
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: ourselves from the opening whistle to the whistle that blows

701
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: at the end of the game. And that's the only

702
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,800
Speaker 1: way we are going to to to get home field advantage.

703
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: So you agree with sermon because it's it's an attitude thing, right,

704
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: I mean that home Yeah, that that that that has

705
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 1: something to do with again, nobody should be able to

706
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: come into your house and dictate to you what's going

707
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: to happen or what's going to be the final outcome. Um,

708
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: I was I was disappointed, but it just goes to

709
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: show that we got to get better. Defensively, we're playing well. Uh,

710
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: but having said that, we can't let a team come

711
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,439
Speaker 1: in and run for two hundred yards. Uh, that's there's

712
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: no excuses. Offensively, we got to get better. I think

713
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: we're ranked with nineteenth offensively somewhere in that neighborhood or

714
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: maybe yeah, that that's that's not good. We're that we

715
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,919
Speaker 1: are not We are not going to go deep into

716
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: the playoffs if those statistics remain the same. Bruce Smith's

717
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: Pro Football Hall of Famer with us today for a

718
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: couple of minutes. He's gonna be one of the legends

719
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: of the game on Sunday when Washington comes to town. Now,

720
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: the Bills don't play Washington often, Bruce, and the last

721
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: time Washington played here two thousand and three, I was here.

722
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: You were he remember? Was that for you? Man? It

723
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:23,040
Speaker 1: was so weird? Um? Um, I had never then talked

724
00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:30,919
Speaker 1: about so badly. Y yeah, I UM. When I walked

725
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 1: out on the field. I never thought I'd see a

726
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: couple of fans turn on me. But but but laundry,

727
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: it was all good. Um uh it was. It was

728
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,919
Speaker 1: interesting seeing it from a different perspective being the visiting team,

729
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: um after they're playing here for for fifteen years and

730
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: in my beloved town of of Buffalo and my beloved fans.

731
00:37:53,960 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: But um yeah, um uh this this will be exciting

732
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: to see comes comes Sunday, the Washington Redskins are visiting

733
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. That was a different franchise than wasn't

734
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: at Washington than it is now. Things have changed there

735
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 1: and obviously they're one and seven. Things aren't going well

736
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: for him. But it just seems in some respects and

737
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: I'm not counting this as a win yet Sunday, but

738
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: they've almost seemed like they've lost their way down there. Yeah,

739
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: there's a lot of work to be done in Washington.

740
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 1: But on a brighter side, go natsuh but but yeah,

741
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 1: there's a lot of work to be done. Um um

742
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 1: with the Redskins. Um. I think they've got some some

743
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,439
Speaker 1: talented players on that team. That defensive defensive line is impressive, yes, um,

744
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: but they've got to get some compliments to go along

745
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: with it. Offensively, they've got to become more consistent and

746
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: and they've kind of find that quarterback that's going to

747
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: lead them into the future. And right now and even

748
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: the last couple of decades, Um, it has just not

749
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 1: been good situation. Right. I wanted to get your perspective

750
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: on this, because you know, you're you're at a place,

751
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 1: you know, in terms of the history of the game,

752
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: where you have players now shooting for your numbers like

753
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: two hundred sacks. Now, Von Miller is the latest guy

754
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: that's come out and he said, your number is the

755
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 1: number that he shoots for now he has just over

756
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: one hundred. Is gonna get to two hundred? I don't

757
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: think so. But how does it strike you when you

758
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: hear players of today using you as their ultimate benchmarks?

759
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: How does that strike you? That's quite a compliment. And

760
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: I've spent some time with with von Um a couple

761
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: of months ago prior to the season uh starting and

762
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: and uh what what a talented young I mean, just

763
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: an incredibly talented defensive player. And along with with Um him,

764
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: there's there's Khalil Mack, There's Aaron Donald And I got

765
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,240
Speaker 1: to tell you. There's there's a name that you guys

766
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: are going to be mentioning out of your mouth quite

767
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: often here by the name of Miles Garrett. Uh, he's

768
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: going to be a phenomenal player. But uh, just for

769
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: these guys to to understand the significance of of that

770
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: record of two hundred sacks, of of thirteen years of

771
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: double digit sacks, but equally as important, nobody talks about

772
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: the almost twelve hundred, thirteen hundred tackles. Yeah, thirteen seat

773
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: in this the era of football that I played in,

774
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: you had to stop the run before you got to

775
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: the quarterback. A little more specialized now and they throw

776
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: more now, yeah, yeah, absolutely more opportunities. Yeah yeah yeah. So, um,

777
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 1: I think uh, Pro Football Reference UM just came out

778
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: with the stats about defensive linemen and someone alerted me

779
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:03,760
Speaker 1: that that, um, I am the all time tackler amongst

780
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: defensive linemen in NFL history as well. Okay, And then

781
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: the other thing to dovetail off of that question when

782
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: you were playing, who was your benchmark Deacon or who

783
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: was your well, well, obviously I can't say enough good

784
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: things about about Deacon and and the Lee Roy Sulmans

785
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:26,439
Speaker 1: and and and so many others that play the game.

786
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: And obviously Deacon is the one that coined the term

787
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: sach quarterback sack. Um. I would watched them all, and

788
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 1: Deacon was a very close friend of mine, and and uh,

789
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: but I would watch them all. I would even study

790
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: film on on Reggie, A study film on Lawrence. I

791
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: study film on on all of the great ones, uh,

792
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,879
Speaker 1: to see if I couldn't add something that they did

793
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 1: that I could add to my repertoire. Yes, it wasn't

794
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: about yeah paper as the legend the Sunday you'll get

795
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 1: out there say those words, echo Mar's words, where would

796
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: you rather be? I wonder often you you think that

797
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 1: to yourself even now? I mean, it doesn't just apply

798
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,320
Speaker 1: to football, doesn't I think about that all? No, it

799
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 1: applies to life. And and that's that's what I was

800
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: I was talking about with about Mark. Mark, when he

801
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: had us in those group settings, the team meetings and

802
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:25,240
Speaker 1: the one on one sessions, he wasn't necessarily talking about football.

803
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: He was talking about life. He was teaching you life lessons.

804
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,800
Speaker 1: And it just happens to be in that setting of

805
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:37,759
Speaker 1: playing football. Um being on time for meetings, um um

806
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: having a pad and and something to write with so

807
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: you can jot down notes, um, paying attention to details,

808
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: studying your opponent. This just studn't apply to football. It

809
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 1: applies to to meetings in the business world and and

810
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: and uh, corporate events and so forth and so on.

811
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: So that that's why we and I were so blessed

812
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: to have Marv and Bill Polly in our lives. We're

813
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 1: grateful that you're here this weekend. Bruce, thank you very

814
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 1: much for coming by, and we appreciate it's good to

815
00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: be here all the famer. Bruce Smith joining us, Chris

816
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 1: and I coming back with more one bills live on

817
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Radio. I'lcome back one Bills live from our

818
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: Seneca studio and Archer Park, Chen Murfee Chris Brown in

819
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: for the vacation needs Steve Tasker today. I'm gonna I'm

820
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 1: just gonna hammer that the vacation eed Steve Tansker. We

821
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 1: should I think his middle name, his middle initials should

822
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: be changed to a V. Steve V. Tasker stands for VACA.

823
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: You sure to catch up with Bruce Smiths will be

824
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 1: on the field the Sunday pregame and we both have updates.

825
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,040
Speaker 1: We'll go with you first bills. Uh, you just had

826
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,440
Speaker 1: a minute or two to hear from a Shan McDermot

827
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: after today's Friday practice. What did you learn? Yeah, I mean,

828
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: not a whole lot. Coach kind of keeps it close

829
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 1: to the vest, and you know, we know why, strategic

830
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: advantage and all of that, but he was encouraged by

831
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 1: what Cody Ford has done in practice the last two days,

832
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: as well as Levi Wallace. Those were the two guys

833
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: that kind of came out of last Sunday's game with

834
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,399
Speaker 1: relatively significant injuries. And so it looks as though those

835
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,879
Speaker 1: two guys will be ready and available for Sunday's game.

836
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: To what degree, we don't know, And we still don't

837
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 1: know what their official designation is yet because the injury

838
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: report hasn't come out, but it's certainly looking positive for

839
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: those two guys to be where they need to become Sunday.

840
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: And then I also ask coach because this is the

841
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: first time in about five weeks that Corey Thompson the

842
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:44,279
Speaker 1: linebacker is not on the injury report and he's coming

843
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: off the ankle scope last month or actually September now

844
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: that we're in November, and I said, is it good

845
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:55,760
Speaker 1: timing with Corey Thompson looking ready to be available to return,

846
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: knowing Maurice Alexander, you know, another reserve linebacker is still

847
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: a little day. Dup did not practice today and he said, yeah,

848
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,719
Speaker 1: Corey's had two really good weeks of practice, so we're

849
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: encouraged by his progress. We'll see where Moe is at

850
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,440
Speaker 1: on Sunday. So in my estimation, and this is just

851
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: me talking, I think Corey Thompson is your first linebacker

852
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: off the bench if somebody gets knicked up, and because

853
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: he can play either of those two outside positions, and

854
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 1: so basically you're swapping one reserve linebacker for another this week,

855
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: Thompson for Maurice Alexander. So and quite frankly, Thompson is

856
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 1: a better athlete, can run faster, cover more ground, so

857
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: hopefully he gets back into the swing of things. An

858
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: update two from Washington where watchings going through their practice

859
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:44,279
Speaker 1: case Keena. This is from radio reporter Craig Hoffman, who

860
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: covers the team, says, Case Keenum is third in the

861
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: rotation again today, moving fairly slowly through drills. He says,

862
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,800
Speaker 1: the rookie Dwyne Haskins took the bag of the reps

863
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: at number one, as he says. Craig Hoffin says, they're

864
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 1: clearly preparing half Skins to start on Sunday. He has

865
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: not been keen him, has not been ruled out, and

866
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,560
Speaker 1: Bill Callahan said he wouldn't rule him out without practicing,

867
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:10,960
Speaker 1: but that uh starting without practicing, but he still has

868
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: to be cleared from concussion protocol. Craig Hoffin the reporter says,

869
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,359
Speaker 1: I doubt they'll rule him out today, but we'll see

870
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: what Callahan says after practice. It's looking like it's Haskins, right, Yeah,

871
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: why not McCoy. I still don't understand that cult McCoy, Yeah,

872
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 1: getting the number two reps he started before. I think

873
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: he was he was injured earlier in the year. Yeah,

874
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know if that's still holding him

875
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 1: up now. Haskins was a guy that came into the

876
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 1: game last week, so I would anticipate the same Haskins. Though,

877
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: I think you and I are on the same page

878
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: with this. He just looks like he looks lost in there. Yeah,

879
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: I've seen both of his games and quote of the

880
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:55,719
Speaker 1: numbers forty four pass attempts and two interceptions, M four

881
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: interceptions rather in wait minut do I have that right?

882
00:46:58,560 --> 00:47:01,920
Speaker 1: He's throwing a lot of interceptions interceptions, four interceptions, no touchdown.

883
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,400
Speaker 1: I know that he's really struggled, and and you know,

884
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. Look, the Bill's got to win this game.

885
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: They know that, and they're winning. Are enhanced greatly if

886
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,840
Speaker 1: it's a Dwyne Hanson comes a lot more winnable with

887
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: the rookie at the quarterback position, no question about it,

888
00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:18,920
Speaker 1: especially knowing how well the Bills as a defense can

889
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 1: disguise coverage and looks pre snap. So yeah, it'll it'll

890
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,120
Speaker 1: be interesting to see where this goes in the next

891
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: forty eight hours after the injury report comes out, because

892
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,960
Speaker 1: even though Keenam is still in concussion protocol, what his

893
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 1: designation is is going to be interesting to see. Do

894
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,919
Speaker 1: they list him as questionable because they think he's close

895
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: to being out of the protocol? He is practicing limited, yes,

896
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 1: but it means he's near the end because if he's

897
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:51,399
Speaker 1: doing football related activities, it means he's in stage four

898
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: of the five step returned to participation protocol. So he's

899
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 1: not far off from being medically cleared, you know, by

900
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: the team and the independent neurologist, and we can get

901
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: into a whole other conversation about their medical opinions. But

902
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: but yeah, he's close to coming out of it. So

903
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:11,360
Speaker 1: it wouldn't surprise me at all if when the Washington

904
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:13,640
Speaker 1: injury before it comes out that they list him as

905
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:17,520
Speaker 1: questionable and then hope, you know, in the next twenty

906
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 1: four hours, you know, before Saturday at four pm, that

907
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,839
Speaker 1: they can say, good to go, We've upgraded him. He's

908
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: gonna start. Yeah, we'll see. Hey, um, we'll talk more

909
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 1: about this great co seal. Stay anybody to join this

910
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,360
Speaker 1: next hour. He of course, is the executive producer and

911
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 1: analysts for NFL Matchup on ESPN, and he's coming back

912
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 1: when we come back. Why don't you come back? One

913
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: Bill's Live presented by Klata Health Live from the Seneca

914
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:54,439
Speaker 1: Studio in Archerd Park, Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close, Hello,

915
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:59,080
Speaker 1: Bills Radio Network Sports Date. It comes from One Bill's Drive.

916
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 1: The Bill sit wrapped up there practice today, getting set

917
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 1: for Washington Sunday. There's a good chance Washington will start

918
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,920
Speaker 1: their third different quarterback this season when they play here

919
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,760
Speaker 1: in Buffalo on Sunday. Case Keenum remains in concussion protocol,

920
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 1: and he was third in the quarterback rotation. At Washington's

921
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 1: practice today, the rookie Dwayne Haskins, their first round draft pick,

922
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 1: likely to start, as he was the first man. Through

923
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,880
Speaker 1: Haskins and two games has completed just fifty five percent

924
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,839
Speaker 1: of his passes with four interceptions. The Bills getting set

925
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: to play Dwayne Haskins, it would appear Buffalo's practice today

926
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,959
Speaker 1: had coach On McDermott said he is more encouraged about

927
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 1: the status of offensive lineman Cody Ford, who's been limited

928
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 1: all week with his elbow, but McDermot said he's encouraged

929
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,360
Speaker 1: about his chances of playing. The same for starting cornerback

930
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace, who's had a shoulder that has kept him

931
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:49,320
Speaker 1: limited all week. The Bills in Washington Sunday, one o'clock.

932
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 1: Right here in newer Field, we got the game on

933
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 1: our radio flagship in Buffalo, w g R Sports Radio

934
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,239
Speaker 1: five fifty. I'll have to play by play with Eric

935
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,200
Speaker 1: Wood in the booth and Sal Capaccio down on the sidelines.

936
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: Wide receiver Josh Gordon is being released off injury reserved

937
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,560
Speaker 1: by the New England Patriots. He'd been playing through a

938
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 1: left knee injury, knocked out of the team's win back

939
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 1: on October tenth when he injured his knee. He will

940
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,520
Speaker 1: be subject to waivers and other teams can put a

941
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 1: claim in on him. Broccos quarterback Joe Flacco expected to

942
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: miss four to six weeks with his neck injury after

943
00:50:17,239 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: reviews from doctors got a second opinion on a bulging

944
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,640
Speaker 1: disc in his neck. The Brocos have announced I'll miss

945
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,120
Speaker 1: this Sunday's game against Cleveland and several games after that.

946
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,440
Speaker 1: Brandon Allen, claimed off waivers September first from the Rams,

947
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,960
Speaker 1: will start against Cleveland this week. Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam

948
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,560
Speaker 1: Newton head at the Green Bay to visit a foot specialist.

949
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: He has not played since aggravating a left foot list

950
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,320
Speaker 1: frank injury in Week two. You Be Football? This weekend

951
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,239
Speaker 1: the Bulls around the road. Do you Be? Bulls played

952
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,360
Speaker 1: at Eastern Michigan a couple to four and four teams

953
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: kick off his twelve noon tomorrow. The Bulls have scored

954
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:50,399
Speaker 1: three defensive touchdowns in the last two games. They will

955
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 1: travel at Eastern Michigan tomorrow in search of their third

956
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 1: street winning. The Savers aren't watching and for their game

957
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,880
Speaker 1: tonight and then their home against the Islanders tomorrow. And

958
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: that is the update from one Bills Dry. John Murphy

959
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 1: and Chris Brown here in place of Steve Task around

960
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: the line with us, our normal Friday guests. He is

961
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:09,720
Speaker 1: executive producer analyst of NFL Matchup on ESPN. Senior producer

962
00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: in NFL Films, Greg Cosell on the line with us. Hello, Gregg,

963
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,640
Speaker 1: it's John Murphy and Chris up here in Buffalo. Thanks

964
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: coming on, Murf. Chris, how you guys doing. We're good.

965
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 1: I was kidding you before the game or before you

966
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: came on with us a minute ago. No way, you

967
00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 1: guys are focusing on Bills and Watchington is a marquee

968
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,759
Speaker 1: matchup this Sunday, right, It's just not. It's just not,

969
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: is it? Sorry to say, but we're not, Murf. I

970
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: get it. I understand. Why tell me about your take

971
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: on the Washington quarterback situation. Have you seen nobody's seen

972
00:51:41,239 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: much of Dwayne Haskins, but it's been problems the for

973
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 1: that team when he has played. What could we expect

974
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 1: if it is Dwayne Haskins? Do you think against the

975
00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 1: Bills on Sunday? Well? I think the sample size has

976
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: been a little small to make any kind of definitive judgment.

977
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: You know, I just pulled up my notes for when

978
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 1: I evaluated him coming out of Ohio State, and I

979
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 1: watched though I'm looking right in my notes one, two, three,

980
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:07,520
Speaker 1: four or five six eight games, eight full games. And

981
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: it's interesting because I said that My sort of summation

982
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: was that he has higher level arm talent, but much

983
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: refinement is needed in his game. His tendency to play

984
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: fast without needed pocket discipline must be cleaned up. That

985
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: his field vision was a question mark. I thought that

986
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:27,879
Speaker 1: he has tools, but he does not have the look

987
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:30,320
Speaker 1: of a quarterback who could start right away and be effective,

988
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 1: which apparently has turned out to be the case, and

989
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,920
Speaker 1: that teams must weigh his lack of experience with what

990
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:38,120
Speaker 1: they see as his ceiling. And I think it's kind

991
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 1: of played out that way. I mean, they obviously drafted

992
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:42,440
Speaker 1: him in the first round thinking that he can be

993
00:52:42,560 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: a really good quarterback down the road, but it's evident

994
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,000
Speaker 1: that the coaching staff, the previous coaching staff and the

995
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,680
Speaker 1: present one, does not think that he's really ready to

996
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: be a starting quarterback in the NFL. I find it

997
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: interesting too, because and again it is a small sample size,

998
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:00,040
Speaker 1: so maybe this hasn't revealed itself enough yet. But I

999
00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:04,320
Speaker 1: think a former college teammate on the roster as a

1000
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,240
Speaker 1: prime target, that there would at least be some measure

1001
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: of rapport or that the coaching staff might try to

1002
00:53:09,800 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 1: work some kind of package of plays in to try

1003
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:15,960
Speaker 1: to re establish that chemistry, you know, at the pro

1004
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: level between him and McLaurin. But we haven't seen a

1005
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: great deal of that either in the limited time he's

1006
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:24,120
Speaker 1: but on the field. Well, I'm not sure how big

1007
00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 1: a factor that is, Chris. I think at the end

1008
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,319
Speaker 1: of the day, you're dealing with a quarterback that has

1009
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,439
Speaker 1: to be able to drop back, understand what he's seeing,

1010
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,880
Speaker 1: understand and feel pressure, and be able to handle that.

1011
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:37,120
Speaker 1: And I think these are things that he needs a

1012
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:39,719
Speaker 1: lot of work on. I mean, look, you can run

1013
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:42,440
Speaker 1: quick game throws, and any quarterback and run quick game

1014
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 1: throws if the throw is there, but when all said

1015
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:46,239
Speaker 1: and done, you have to be able to do more

1016
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,839
Speaker 1: than that. So I think what you can expect from

1017
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: the Redskins if he goes this week is a heavy

1018
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:53,400
Speaker 1: dose of the run game, and then they have to

1019
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: hope their defense keeps it together so that the score

1020
00:53:56,560 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: is not twenty fourth three in the second quarter, and

1021
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 1: that taskings can be limited. I mean, they have to

1022
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: protect him right now in some ways, they have to

1023
00:54:05,160 --> 00:54:07,840
Speaker 1: hide him, and you can only do that if the

1024
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 1: score allows you to do that. The run game for

1025
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:14,399
Speaker 1: Washington most likely means Andrey and Peterson, just as Frank

1026
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:16,400
Speaker 1: Gore plays a role up here. And I found it

1027
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 1: interesting there was actually talking to Sean McDermot about this

1028
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: this morning. Greg Peterson and Gore advanced age, probably close

1029
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: to the end of their careers, but neither one of

1030
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,440
Speaker 1: them is This is not a retirement tour. They're both

1031
00:54:28,920 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: kind of big factors and what their teams trying to

1032
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:34,720
Speaker 1: do on offense, aren't they Yeah, for sure. And Peterson

1033
00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:38,520
Speaker 1: still runs powerfully. He's not as quite as explosive as

1034
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 1: he once was, but he can still make those jump cuts.

1035
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:45,240
Speaker 1: He still works well and can find space. He's still physical,

1036
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:47,959
Speaker 1: you know, as I said, he's not necessarily as straight

1037
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 1: line explosive as he was where he'll run away from people,

1038
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:54,239
Speaker 1: but he's certainly a grinder and you know, look, if

1039
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 1: the game is close, as we know, he's going to

1040
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: get carries. Look with Bill Callahan as head coach. He's

1041
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,080
Speaker 1: an offen of line coach. He wants to run the ball.

1042
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: When he came in, he made it very clear that

1043
00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 1: Haskins was not ready. So if Haskins does have to go,

1044
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,560
Speaker 1: then they're playing a quarterback who they believe is not ready.

1045
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: So that means you hand the ball off. And then

1046
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:16,960
Speaker 1: just with respect to the running game for the Bills,

1047
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 1: you know, there's been a lot of a lot of

1048
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: pining for Devin Singletary to get some more touches of

1049
00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:24,200
Speaker 1: the ball. He's been on the field a lot, he

1050
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 1: just hasn't touched it a whole lot. Had the nice

1051
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,840
Speaker 1: play yards after catch for the touchdown last week to

1052
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,120
Speaker 1: kind of keep it a close game with the Eagles.

1053
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't want you to go digging back

1054
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: into your college files again for the games that maybe

1055
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:41,440
Speaker 1: you watch Devin Singletary in Florida Atlantic, But he just

1056
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:44,640
Speaker 1: seems to be a kid that can operate in tight spaces.

1057
00:55:44,719 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: He's slippery and has a pass receiving game that certainly

1058
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,360
Speaker 1: wasn't shown on tape in college. But it looks like

1059
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 1: he can deliver more to this offense. And it's an

1060
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:57,320
Speaker 1: offense greg that needs more points on the board. Do

1061
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:02,359
Speaker 1: you think he has the potential to be a dynamic weapon. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think the question with Singletary for the Bills, obviously

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00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 1: they drafted him, is whether he becomes what we call

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00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:11,360
Speaker 1: a foundation back, whether he can be the guy that

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00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:14,839
Speaker 1: you line up fifty sixty sixty five snaps a game

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00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:20,280
Speaker 1: and he's in a centure foundation back. Obviously he's short,

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00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: but he's over two hundred pounds. I think he's got

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00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: some juice to him. I think he's got really good

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00:56:26,080 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: lateral quickness. I think he can be a factor in

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00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: the passing game as well. So it's ultimately what you

1071
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:37,480
Speaker 1: think he can be. You know, obviously Frank Gore at

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00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:39,600
Speaker 1: this point his career, and actually earlier in his career

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00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:42,640
Speaker 1: as well, is more of a sustaining runner, not necessarily

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00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 1: an explosive, big play runner. They do have weapons on

1075
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:49,879
Speaker 1: the perimeter that are theoretically explosive. John Brown is that guy.

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00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: I know Foster got some snaps this week. I'm not

1077
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:54,880
Speaker 1: sure exactly how they see him going forward because I

1078
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,279
Speaker 1: know he hasn't played as many snaps this year as

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00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,680
Speaker 1: I thought he would coming off twenty eighteen so it's

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00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:03,880
Speaker 1: not as if they're lacking explosive players in their offense.

1081
00:57:04,200 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 1: But Singletary certainly presents as a more explosive player than

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00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: Frank or at this point Greg, Now you say theoretically explosive.

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00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,360
Speaker 1: Why is it just theory? Why have they not produced

1084
00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 1: more explosive plays on offense the Bills, Well, they have

1085
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,960
Speaker 1: had opportunities, and Josh Allen has missed a lot of

1086
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,320
Speaker 1: deep throws or if there's no I mean, you can't

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00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:25,000
Speaker 1: hide that fact. You know there have been throws this

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00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 1: week obviously, whether there was an issue, I know Foster

1089
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:29,919
Speaker 1: was wide open on a deep post but the ball

1090
00:57:30,080 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 1: just got stuck in the wind and literally died. You

1091
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: can't put that on Josh. But there have been a

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00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 1: number of deep throws this year where he's just simply

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00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:40,600
Speaker 1: missed them. He has a glaring tendency to overthrow the

1094
00:57:40,760 --> 00:57:43,160
Speaker 1: deep ball and overthrow it by a good amount, not

1095
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: even giving his receiver a chance to make a play.

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00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 1: So there have been opportunities, but those throws in the NFL,

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00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:52,800
Speaker 1: if you get a receiver behind the defense by a

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00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:55,800
Speaker 1: meaningful amount, you've got to connect on those throws. And

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00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 1: that's an area in which Josh Allen needs to improve.

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Speaker 1: But it doesn't seem like that was a case last year.

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00:58:00,200 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 1: Josh does it, Greg, you recall it was to some degree.

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Speaker 1: I mean he had some last year. You know again,

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Speaker 1: I'm trying to remember back to last year. I mean,

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00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:12,440
Speaker 1: one concept they love to run is the double post crosser,

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00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 1: and it depends on, you know, what the defense does

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00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 1: as to where you throw the ball. But they like

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00:58:17,880 --> 00:58:20,640
Speaker 1: the vertical route concepts because Josh does have the big

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00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:22,760
Speaker 1: arm and can get the ball down the field with

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00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,439
Speaker 1: relative ease. But if you're going to call those kinds

1110
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 1: of plays and they're there, then they have to be

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00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:32,400
Speaker 1: You have to connect on those knowing that primarily this

1112
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:35,640
Speaker 1: passing game has run through John Brown and Cole Beasley

1113
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:39,200
Speaker 1: on a lot of the short intermediate stuff to this point, now,

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00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:42,520
Speaker 1: Tyler Croft is kind of back into the equation here.

1115
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:45,280
Speaker 1: Has played the last two games, got four targets last week.

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Speaker 1: What kind of diversification to the passing game can Croft

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00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:55,160
Speaker 1: provide this offense? I think he can add a lot

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Speaker 1: Because I think Croft, while he's not George Kittle, you know,

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00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:02,480
Speaker 1: he's not that per se, He's not Travis Kelsey. I

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Speaker 1: still think He's got some intermediate and vertical ability where

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00:59:06,240 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 1: you can use him on certain out concepts, whether it's

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Speaker 1: post wheel where he can run a wheel route, which

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Speaker 1: is a vertical route. I think he can work the

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Speaker 1: intermediate areas. Chris, I don't think this team is lacking

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Speaker 1: for weapons in the past game and for dimensions in

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Speaker 1: the past game. I think they need to become more consistent,

1127
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: and I think that falls on Josh Still. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: the reality is that he's still at the point in

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00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,959
Speaker 1: his development where he does not consistently work through reads

1130
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,000
Speaker 1: and progressions. He still shows a tendency to stay focused

1131
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,560
Speaker 1: too long on his primary and then break and move,

1132
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:41,600
Speaker 1: you know, break down and move if he doesn't feel

1133
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,400
Speaker 1: as if the throw is there. You know, he needs

1134
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:49,080
Speaker 1: to I think develop further being able to make throws

1135
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:52,280
Speaker 1: from the pocket what we call late in the down throws.

1136
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:56,640
Speaker 1: So he's still he's still relatively early in his development,

1137
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,360
Speaker 1: But I don't think the team is lacking for weapons.

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Speaker 1: Greg co sell Our guests he's executive producer analysts of

1139
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:06,240
Speaker 1: NFL Matchup on ESPN. You can see that show tomorrow

1140
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Speaker 1: at seven am on ESPN two and then Sunday four

1141
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Speaker 1: am six thirty AM on ESPN. Hey, Greg, the Buffalo

1142
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Speaker 1: defense last week against the Eagles. Was that an aberration

1143
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Speaker 1: or if you can, you put that next to the

1144
01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:22,320
Speaker 1: Miami game where they gave up some yardage and started

1145
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,080
Speaker 1: to wonder about the Buffalo defense. What do you think? Um?

1146
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:27,320
Speaker 1: I guess we'll find out this week when they play

1147
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 1: another team that's going to just line up and run

1148
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,720
Speaker 1: the ball. I mean, the Eagles lined up and whether

1149
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:34,280
Speaker 1: obviously was a reason they did it, but the Eagles

1150
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 1: lined up and ran the ball. Look, you give up

1151
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:39,160
Speaker 1: a big play here and there. I mean, obviously that

1152
01:00:39,280 --> 01:00:43,000
Speaker 1: sixty five yard touchdown by Sanders was you know, it

1153
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:45,080
Speaker 1: was a nice play. Apparently from what has been said

1154
01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:47,400
Speaker 1: in this market, the Eagles put that in for this

1155
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:51,160
Speaker 1: game where they had the two halfbacks flanking Carson Wentz.

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01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: So that was a play apparently they put in. I

1157
01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: don't know if they put that in specific to the

1158
01:00:56,920 --> 01:00:59,840
Speaker 1: Bills or just a run play they wanted to put in.

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Speaker 1: But obviously it was a sixty five yard touchdown, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I think the nature of the play maybe

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Speaker 1: because it looked different. Both Milano and Edmonds were very

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Speaker 1: tentative in their reaction. To it and they got stuck

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01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:15,440
Speaker 1: getting blocked. But I think the drive that would probably

1164
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Speaker 1: be most concerning was the final drive, the final drive

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01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 1: where Howard had eight runs, they held the ball for

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Speaker 1: over eight minutes, and then they scored a touchdown, and

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Speaker 1: you know that was a drive where you really wanted

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01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:28,080
Speaker 1: to get a three and out and see if you

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01:01:28,120 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 1: could get back in the game with a quick score.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see if it's an admiration. You know, I

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01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:38,040
Speaker 1: think that when all's said and done at Oliver still

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01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,240
Speaker 1: struggles in the run game, and I think you're seeing

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01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:42,680
Speaker 1: that he's not playing quite as many snaps as people

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01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:45,120
Speaker 1: probably thought he would at this point in the season.

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Speaker 1: So you know, there are some concerns. I don't think

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Speaker 1: we can say yet, Murph, that this is a real problem.

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Speaker 1: But this week will tell a lot because they're going

1178
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Speaker 1: to face a strong back and a team that will

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01:01:58,000 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 1: be committed to running the ball. And I don't know

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Speaker 1: how closely you've looked at this greg on film with

1181
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:06,080
Speaker 1: respect to the Bills, but Levi Wallace has gotten beat

1182
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,919
Speaker 1: a couple of times more than maybe fans are used

1183
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:13,720
Speaker 1: to seeing. Is it purely an issue of man versus zone?

1184
01:02:13,800 --> 01:02:18,240
Speaker 1: Because he seems to struggle in the press press man

1185
01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:21,360
Speaker 1: areas a little bit more than he does in the

1186
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:25,640
Speaker 1: zone coverages. Has the film kind of revealed that too,

1187
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:28,200
Speaker 1: maybe from what you've seen in the instances that maybe

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01:02:28,240 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: you've looked at that. Yeah, well he's not. This is

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Speaker 1: a team that plays more zone right man, Chris, as

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01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:36,320
Speaker 1: you know, but every team has to line up and

1191
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,480
Speaker 1: play man. He's had a couple of struggles, you know,

1192
01:02:39,560 --> 01:02:42,240
Speaker 1: some bad snaps in recent weeks. You're absolutely right about that.

1193
01:02:42,400 --> 01:02:44,800
Speaker 1: He's gotten beat. He's certainly gotten beat a couple of

1194
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:48,880
Speaker 1: times in press. So again, I guess we have to

1195
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:50,560
Speaker 1: wait and see a little bit. You know, he was

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01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:53,640
Speaker 1: obviously undrafted. I thought last year, over those six seven

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Speaker 1: games when he started at the end of the season,

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Speaker 1: he performed well, which is why the job was his

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Speaker 1: coming into this season. I thought he played well early.

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Speaker 1: But the last couple of weeks he's had, you know,

1201
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,680
Speaker 1: probably a few too many bad snaps. And we'll see

1202
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Speaker 1: how that plays out. Hey, great, Before we get off

1203
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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Washington game, you chronicle the Bills offensive struggles

1204
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:15,400
Speaker 1: and they're up against Look, there's not a whole lot

1205
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:19,360
Speaker 1: going well for Washington, but Their defense is okay. They've

1206
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,080
Speaker 1: given up less than twenty points three straight games. The

1207
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: front group has a bunch of former first rounders. They've

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01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:28,439
Speaker 1: got some players, especially upfront on that defense, don't they. Yeah,

1209
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:30,560
Speaker 1: the front's very, very good. They struggled a bit in

1210
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Speaker 1: the secondary. Josh Norman is not the player he was

1211
01:03:33,320 --> 01:03:35,920
Speaker 1: in Carolina, really hasn't been at all in Washington. But

1212
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Speaker 1: I think it's even declining more so now. So they've

1213
01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 1: got some concerns in the secondary. They've also had some

1214
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 1: injuries in the secondary. But their front's pretty good. Karagan

1215
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:48,480
Speaker 1: has always been a good player, still a solid player.

1216
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: They have Payne and Allan, the two Alabama kids inside.

1217
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,440
Speaker 1: I really liked to Ron Payne, So the front to

1218
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:57,720
Speaker 1: me is not really their problem. And another first round

1219
01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: pick who they start in Montez Sweat. You know, I

1220
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,480
Speaker 1: think it's been a little bit at their linebacking corps,

1221
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:06,920
Speaker 1: and clearly in the secondary that's where they struggled. And

1222
01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:09,880
Speaker 1: then you know, we had the Thursday night game last night.

1223
01:04:11,040 --> 01:04:15,680
Speaker 1: San Francisco kind of ekes it out against Arizona. You know,

1224
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:18,760
Speaker 1: the defense, the San Francisco defense has been what's most

1225
01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 1: impressive to me about that team. I mean, yes, their

1226
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 1: running game is humming, even though they've had some injuries.

1227
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,840
Speaker 1: But man, what that defensive front has been able to do.

1228
01:04:26,920 --> 01:04:30,360
Speaker 1: And obviously the introduction of Bosa it looks like the

1229
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:34,120
Speaker 1: final piece that that defense needed to be dominant. What

1230
01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:38,480
Speaker 1: is it that has made the Bosa brothers so successful

1231
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:42,960
Speaker 1: so early in their careers? Is it just their advanced

1232
01:04:43,600 --> 01:04:47,360
Speaker 1: hand technique usage, because I've heard that mentioned about those two.

1233
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:50,400
Speaker 1: What is it that has made them so successful right

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01:04:50,480 --> 01:04:53,640
Speaker 1: out of the gate at this level. Well, I think

1235
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Speaker 1: that's a major part of it, Chris, because both Bosas

1236
01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,520
Speaker 1: know how to engage and disengage or displace tackles when

1237
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:02,560
Speaker 1: they rush the quarterback. You have to be able to

1238
01:05:02,680 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 1: play off contact. You're not going to run around offensive

1239
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,440
Speaker 1: tackles in the NFL, and both of them, and speaking

1240
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:13,480
Speaker 1: about San Francisco Nick certainly he can playoff contact and

1241
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:17,360
Speaker 1: they're very, very good at that. Speaking of the Niners,

1242
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:19,640
Speaker 1: I think they have the best front six in football.

1243
01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:22,600
Speaker 1: You know, obviously teams play in their sub package is

1244
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 1: quite a bit. So when they play in their nickel

1245
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:28,480
Speaker 1: they're a nickel defense. They don't play with six defensive backs.

1246
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:30,880
Speaker 1: I think they have the best front six. Now, I

1247
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:33,360
Speaker 1: know Kwan Alexander got hurt last night. I don't know

1248
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 1: what his injury is. They was a chest injury. I

1249
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: guess they're hoping it's not a torn peck, which would

1250
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:41,760
Speaker 1: end his season. But if he's able to come back

1251
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:45,400
Speaker 1: and play, they have the best front six in the NFL.

1252
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Speaker 1: In my view with Greg co sal, senior producer NFL

1253
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 1: Films co host of the NFL Matchup show on ESPN,

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01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:54,720
Speaker 1: I think the matchup of the week might be Sunday night, Greg,

1255
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:58,840
Speaker 1: Patriots in Baltimore. Yea, and Baltimore doesn't lose on prime time.

1256
01:05:58,920 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 1: But this is Lamar Alexander now up against a really

1257
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 1: good or Lamar Jackson up against a really good defense. Right,

1258
01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:08,919
Speaker 1: does he able it takes against this New England defense. Well,

1259
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:11,640
Speaker 1: this is one of the most intriguing things about this week, Murph,

1260
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 1: is how the Patriots will play because the Patriots are

1261
01:06:15,040 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 1: a high percentage man to man defense. Now, a lot

1262
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:20,280
Speaker 1: of people will say against a quarterback that's going to

1263
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:23,120
Speaker 1: flee the pocket and scramble is you don't want to

1264
01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:25,880
Speaker 1: play as much man to man coverage because then corners

1265
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:29,120
Speaker 1: turn their backs and there's areas that open up, and

1266
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:31,600
Speaker 1: the feeling, of course, is that a spy will not

1267
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: be effective against Lamar Jackson because they'll simply run away

1268
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:38,000
Speaker 1: from a spy whoever you use. So the question becomes,

1269
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:40,800
Speaker 1: and certainly Bill Belisc's a lot smarter than I am,

1270
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:43,480
Speaker 1: But the question becomes, does he continue to play his

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Speaker 1: man coverage, does he play more zone? Does he feel

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Speaker 1: in longer yard situations he wants to pressure Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, you don't want to

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Speaker 1: come away from this game and say, boy, we did

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Speaker 1: really well, except Lamar Jackson beat us with his legs.

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Speaker 1: So Belichick, I think will know that that doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: you stop him, but the plan will be to stop

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Speaker 1: him from running and scrambling. I think they'll be very

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Speaker 1: comfortable with him throwing the ball, to be honest, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: because traditionally when he's gone against those mobile quarterbacks, he's

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Speaker 1: had his ends take more discipline, rush lanes. They don't

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Speaker 1: get too far up the field, and they kind they

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Speaker 1: kind of hem those players in, don't they. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's if you're going to play it that way, Chris,

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Speaker 1: you know, with what you call the mush rush or

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Speaker 1: whatever people call it. You don't want your ends to

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Speaker 1: go beyond the quarterback and you don't want to create

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Speaker 1: gaps in the middle with your inside rushers. So yes,

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Speaker 1: that's another way to do it. So we'll see. But

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Speaker 1: I'm just I'm fascinated by how Bill Belichick, what approach

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Speaker 1: he will take. Yeah, Sunday, in one Greg the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: talk against the Jets. Maybe Miami's best chance to get

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Speaker 1: there first, and who knows how many more wins they

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Speaker 1: can get, But this would this would be their chance

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Speaker 1: this weekend, wouldn't it. Well, By the way, Murph, in

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Speaker 1: case you are wondering, and I know you are probably

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Speaker 1: losing sleep over it, that game's not in the matchup

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Speaker 1: show either. I wonder why they're getting closer though, aren't

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Speaker 1: they that the Dolphins are getting closer to a win.

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Speaker 1: They just can't finish it, seems yeah. I mean, look

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Speaker 1: the Jets they've struggled as well. You know, it's so

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Speaker 1: funny when you watched teams that are overall losing games

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Speaker 1: because they have their moments. I mean, I remember the

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Speaker 1: Jets last week, that first drive they started the game

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Speaker 1: against Jacksonville. They march right down the field. I think

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Speaker 1: Donold was six for six for seventy five yards and

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Speaker 1: a touchdown something like that, and you think, boy, you know,

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Speaker 1: they could be pretty good. And then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: you don't see anything like that for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the game. I mean, obviously the Dolphins on Monday night

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Speaker 1: they were ahead, and I actually went to bed and

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Speaker 1: woke up the next morning and saw the score and

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Speaker 1: it was like, oh man, I went to bed. It

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Speaker 1: was fourteen nothing or fourteen three. But you know, obviously

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Speaker 1: they went back to Fitzpatrick, who's at least you know,

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Speaker 1: he's a veteran NFL quarterback. We'll see, I mean, somebody's

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Speaker 1: got to win this game. I believe maybe it'll be

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Speaker 1: a tie zero zero tie. Hey, got one more to

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Speaker 1: ask you about Minnesota and Kansas City, And I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to ask you about Mahomes. I'm going to ask

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Speaker 1: you about the other quarterback, Kirk Cousins, who's good. His

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Speaker 1: career is kind of revived a little bit the last

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Speaker 1: few weeks on Well, let me let me put it

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Speaker 1: this way. I think Minnesota is very defined in what

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Speaker 1: they do offensively. They've got a distinct identity. It starts

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Speaker 1: with bass personnel, meaning they don't play with three wide

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Speaker 1: receivers on the field very often. Seventy percent of their

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Speaker 1: snaps they play with some form of bass personnel, if

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Speaker 1: not more a higher percentage, and they run the ball.

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Speaker 1: They have a multiple run game, and there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of play action and play action boot and that's what

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Speaker 1: they are and they do that every week. So now

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Speaker 1: it comes down to specific matchups. Murph, you know what,

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Speaker 1: given week, can Kirk Cousins look really good depending on

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Speaker 1: the nature of the opponent. And they've played really well

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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks for many reasons. I don't

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Speaker 1: think he's a different quarterback than he was three weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: So with them, it's a specific identity and then it's

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Speaker 1: who they're matched up against. But Dalvin Cook, I mean, unquestionably,

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Speaker 1: and he's been out of the line mean, he just

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01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:11,200
Speaker 1: brings another dimension to that whole thing. He keeps every

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Speaker 1: defense honest where they can't tee off on Cousins, maybe

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Speaker 1: even as much as they did last year, you know,

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Speaker 1: when he was out of the lineup due to injury.

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Speaker 1: And Chris, you're right, because they're playing a Chiefs defense

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Speaker 1: too that has struggled all season to stop the run. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know what Chris Jones status is. He's

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Speaker 1: been out for a number of weeks, but even when

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Speaker 1: he was there, he didn't they couldn't stop the run.

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Speaker 1: Frank Clark missed last week. I don't know his status,

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01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:38,000
Speaker 1: but this is a team that's really struggled to stop

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Speaker 1: the run. And like I said, we know, we know

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Speaker 1: what the Vikings are going to do. There's no mystery

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Speaker 1: to the Vikings offense. Great, thanks for this. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you Friday. Maybe you'll get a look at the

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Speaker 1: Bills one of these weeks, right maybe at Buffalo, Man

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Speaker 1: maybe not. Maybe not Buffalo Cleveland next week Cleveland at Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: That's a decent game. Oh well, you never know if

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Speaker 1: the Bills can win, and one can win, and you

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Speaker 1: never know. That's why we watch. Thanks Greg. Yeah, all right, guys.

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Speaker 1: Greg Cosell executive producer analyst of the NFL Matchup Show.

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Speaker 1: You can see it this weekend on ESPN Tomorrow seven

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Speaker 1: am on ESPN two Sunday four am and six thirty

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Speaker 1: am on ESPN. Greg is also senior producer at NFL Films.

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Speaker 1: It's good for me. I'm an early riser on Saturday sorrow. Yeah,

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01:11:23,439 --> 01:11:25,680
Speaker 1: he doesn't mind. I know they can't feature all you know,

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Speaker 1: sixteen games. Well, and the bill schedule is not helping

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Speaker 1: either any three of their remaining nine games or against

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Speaker 1: teams currently five hundred or better. That's Dallas, Baltimore in

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Speaker 1: New England. And it's all at the back half of

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Speaker 1: the schedule. So yeah, I mean nothing in the in

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Speaker 1: the near future. Here is screaming break us down, break

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Speaker 1: us down for NFL matchup. You know, I got you. Hey,

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Speaker 1: what do you think about this matchup with Washington? What's

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Speaker 1: the best way for the Bills to have offensive success?

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01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:53,960
Speaker 1: That's what they need? We know that. Got a Twitter

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Speaker 1: poll on that very topic. Let's check in with it.

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Speaker 1: The best way for the Bills they have offensive success

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Speaker 1: on Sunday against Washington. Seven hundred thirty votes in so far,

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Speaker 1: and it's close. Forty four percent of you say just

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Speaker 1: limit the critical mistakes, forty three percent of you say

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01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:11,720
Speaker 1: give Singletary more touches, seven percent of something else in mind,

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Speaker 1: six percent say get the tight ends more involved. What

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Speaker 1: do you think? Let's talk about it. Give us a call.

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Speaker 1: Full nines open eight oh three five fifty toll free

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Speaker 1: one eight eight eight five fifty two, five fifty sending

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Speaker 1: a tweet. We're gonna read something from the tweet sheet

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Speaker 1: when we come back. We are coming back One Bills

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Speaker 1: five presented by kalaa Health Live from the Seneca Studio.

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Speaker 1: And this is Buffalo Bills Radio. Welcome back one Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: Chris Brown is in four steep tasker today. Christall be

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Speaker 1: back Monday. Got a game on Sunday, the Bills in Washington.

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Speaker 1: One o'clock kickoff. Weather should be okay, cloudy skies, showers developing.

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Speaker 1: Is the afternoon goes along. High of forty one degrees,

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01:12:55,120 --> 01:12:57,240
Speaker 1: chance of rain forty percent on Sunday when the Bills

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Speaker 1: kick it off against Washington. Great co sells great now,

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Speaker 1: just getting messages from listeners saying, man, that guy is good.

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Speaker 1: He is good Chris, and it's it's kind of a

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Speaker 1: reason solid approach. It took me, well, this is the

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Speaker 1: second year Greg has been on. It took me maybe

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01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:12,080
Speaker 1: half a season last year to kind of get Greg

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01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:14,880
Speaker 1: and what he's ready to talk about. Don't ask him

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01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:18,960
Speaker 1: opinion question, No, it's yes, that's what you ask. And

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01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,720
Speaker 1: it's reasoned and it's it's measured, and he says what

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Speaker 1: he sees. He talks about what he sees about the

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Speaker 1: Bills and everybody else, and it's hard to poke holes

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Speaker 1: in his logic. I think, well, yeah, because it's rooted

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01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,160
Speaker 1: in what he's gathering from his film study, and so

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01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,800
Speaker 1: it's based on actual events that have taken place. It's

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01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: not a dramatization with right unlike and this is I

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01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:42,880
Speaker 1: always say this his show. They bury it on ESPN

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Speaker 1: right seven o'clock tomorrow morning on ESPN and two four am.

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Speaker 1: And I used to ask him why do they do they?

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Speaker 1: They his show doesn't fit in with the ESPN dressed

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Speaker 1: up in the Halloween costume yesterday. You think Greg Cosell

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01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:57,080
Speaker 1: and Matt Bone are gonna be have a holiday one

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Speaker 1: Halloween costume. I don't think so either. And their appeal,

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01:14:01,439 --> 01:14:04,880
Speaker 1: their audience is the hardcore football fan that wants to

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01:14:05,000 --> 01:14:07,479
Speaker 1: know why did that play work? Or why is this

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01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:10,360
Speaker 1: team so successful? On the blitz. If you want to

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01:14:10,439 --> 01:14:12,960
Speaker 1: know that stuff, you watch that show. Yeah, that's what

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Speaker 1: you do. Unfortunately, the vast majority of football fans want

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01:14:18,479 --> 01:14:21,040
Speaker 1: to know if their receivers hamstring injury is going to

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01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,040
Speaker 1: take them out of their fantasy lineup. Right, you know,

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01:14:23,160 --> 01:14:27,160
Speaker 1: and that you know when for how many you know,

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Speaker 1: decades have television networks, whether it's ESPN or anybody else,

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Speaker 1: their job is to appeal to the masses, and it

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Speaker 1: seems like the masses want more of that. Thanks next, Chris,

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Speaker 1: are you totally? Was I Debbie Downer for you? Again? No,

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Speaker 1: that's not Debbie Downer. What's the best way for the

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Speaker 1: Bills to have offensive success on Sunday? What do you think?

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Speaker 1: Give us a callboll phones are wide open eight fifty

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Speaker 1: toll free one eight eight two fifty. Can I explain

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Speaker 1: why I voted for Devin Singletary. Yes, you may, because

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Speaker 1: the first choice, avoiding critical mistakes for me has to

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Speaker 1: be a given. So I took it a step further

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Speaker 1: and said, Okay, that's a given. I'm not voting for that.

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Speaker 1: And while there may be other compelling things that you

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01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:13,200
Speaker 1: can argue, like you did with Josh and how he

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01:15:13,360 --> 01:15:16,840
Speaker 1: has to just be more consistent for me, I think

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01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:21,240
Speaker 1: the Singletary thing gives this offense the opportunity to score

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01:15:21,320 --> 01:15:26,440
Speaker 1: more points and potentially to set up chunk play opportunities

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:28,640
Speaker 1: all the better because if you can give him the

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01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,640
Speaker 1: ball enough where he's become enough of a problem for

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01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:34,400
Speaker 1: a defense where they now have to shift their focus

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01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:37,800
Speaker 1: to him. I think that enables the passing game to

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01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:43,160
Speaker 1: flourish all the more because look, as much as opposing

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01:15:43,240 --> 01:15:46,080
Speaker 1: defense is respect Frank or and the way he's able

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01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:50,280
Speaker 1: to work off of run block schemes to maximize yardage

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01:15:50,320 --> 01:15:52,519
Speaker 1: on a given play and maybe turn a two yard

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01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:54,519
Speaker 1: play into a four yard play, a four yard play

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01:15:54,560 --> 01:15:57,320
Speaker 1: into a six yard play. You're nickel and diamond your

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01:15:57,360 --> 01:15:58,920
Speaker 1: way down the field. At the end of the day.

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01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:02,200
Speaker 1: If you need chunk plays to boost your scoring average,

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Speaker 1: I think you're you're better served to use Singletary more

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01:16:07,000 --> 01:16:10,080
Speaker 1: because not only can he do that those things that

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01:16:10,479 --> 01:16:12,519
Speaker 1: Frank can do, but in a different way turn a

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Speaker 1: two yard play into a four yard play, four yard

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01:16:14,680 --> 01:16:17,240
Speaker 1: play into a six yard play by being slippery. He

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Speaker 1: can also give you a play like we saw last

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Speaker 1: week against the Eagles, and that forces defense is to

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Speaker 1: change their focus. And I think that's why Singletary should

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Speaker 1: get the ball more. Just my opinion, all right, I

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01:16:28,720 --> 01:16:31,120
Speaker 1: hear your opinion, and I don't disagree. I just my

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Speaker 1: position is this Singletary, Tyler Croft, Duke Williams. Who else

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Speaker 1: am I missing? Um, these are elements that any one

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Speaker 1: of whom, any one of whom could become kind of

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Speaker 1: an answer for their offensive issues. But to me, the

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Speaker 1: ultimate answer is the quarterback. You know, well he's tied

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Speaker 1: to all of those. Yeah, greg go so you were

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Speaker 1: talking about that singletary with Grego Soll and he basically said,

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Speaker 1: he came back to Josh all they got they got weapons,

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Speaker 1: he said, they have they have an arsenal weapons. Maybe

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01:17:00,760 --> 01:17:03,840
Speaker 1: not you know, something that'll scare opponents, Maybe not something

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01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:06,720
Speaker 1: that satisfies many Bills fans, but they do have some

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Speaker 1: offensive weapons, and it's really up to the quarterback to

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Speaker 1: kind of start using those weapons. And I get it,

1478
01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:14,840
Speaker 1: nine new starters. Now we're at mid season, so there's

1479
01:17:14,920 --> 01:17:17,160
Speaker 1: you know that that becomes less of a factor every week.

1480
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:20,519
Speaker 1: But a couple of new weapons croft a singletary to

1481
01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:23,760
Speaker 1: a certain extent after his injury Duke Williams after he

1482
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:26,160
Speaker 1: missed the first what four or five games this year.

1483
01:17:26,960 --> 01:17:29,679
Speaker 1: A couple of these are really new weapons, and they've

1484
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:32,080
Speaker 1: got to come together. And the sooner the better, Chris Um,

1485
01:17:32,479 --> 01:17:35,160
Speaker 1: you know, the Bills should beat Washington. They should. They're

1486
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 1: better than watching and even with a pretty solid defensive front.

1487
01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:40,400
Speaker 1: But every week it's not going to be moving down

1488
01:17:40,439 --> 01:17:41,920
Speaker 1: the stretcher. Every week's not going to be like this

1489
01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,560
Speaker 1: these mismatch type games. Speaking of moving, should we do

1490
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,240
Speaker 1: the tweet sheet presented by Corrigan moving systems? How about

1491
01:17:47,240 --> 01:17:48,840
Speaker 1: that for a second? Good? The official moves are the

1492
01:17:48,840 --> 01:17:52,720
Speaker 1: Buffalo bills, right, yeah, yeah, first one from Max, he

1493
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:55,640
Speaker 1: voted for other Just like you did, Be dynamic in

1494
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:59,599
Speaker 1: any way possible. Whatever you can expose, expose it over

1495
01:17:59,720 --> 01:18:02,479
Speaker 1: and over again. Be relentless in the offensive attack. I

1496
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:04,599
Speaker 1: want to see them dominate this game from an offensive

1497
01:18:04,640 --> 01:18:07,639
Speaker 1: standpoint to give them some confidence moving forward. This isn't

1498
01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:10,160
Speaker 1: all that different from the call we got earlier in

1499
01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:13,840
Speaker 1: the show saying play to win, you know, be aggressive.

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01:18:15,320 --> 01:18:18,760
Speaker 1: I think I think the problem with that that I

1501
01:18:19,000 --> 01:18:21,840
Speaker 1: kind of almost since the coaching staff is fighting with

1502
01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:25,519
Speaker 1: on that is, if we are too aggressive, we run

1503
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:29,519
Speaker 1: the risk of Josh being aggressive in a bad way,

1504
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:32,679
Speaker 1: which they've just tried to reel in the last three weeks.

1505
01:18:32,760 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: So I wonder how they balance that out. Yes, you

1506
01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 1: want to attack, Yes you want to be aggressive, but

1507
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:39,840
Speaker 1: you have a young quarterback who's kind of learning on

1508
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:44,599
Speaker 1: the job, and if you say aggressive, Does that cause

1509
01:18:44,720 --> 01:18:47,639
Speaker 1: him to slip into some of those ill advised hero

1510
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:49,439
Speaker 1: ball type throws? You know what I mean. I know

1511
01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:51,559
Speaker 1: what you mean. But I also think let's go let's

1512
01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:54,240
Speaker 1: find out, you know, let's see if he can do that. Yeah,

1513
01:18:54,360 --> 01:18:57,160
Speaker 1: rain yourself in. Know what's a good decision, what's not

1514
01:18:57,200 --> 01:19:00,240
Speaker 1: a good decision? On the tweet sheet from Bryant says

1515
01:19:00,240 --> 01:19:01,640
Speaker 1: we just need to get out of our own way

1516
01:19:01,680 --> 01:19:05,240
Speaker 1: by limiting critical mistakes, no pre snap penalties, no hero

1517
01:19:05,439 --> 01:19:07,880
Speaker 1: ball interceptions, and no fumbles from a loose grip on

1518
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:11,560
Speaker 1: the football. If we play smart, sound, responsible football, the

1519
01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:14,080
Speaker 1: points will come in our defense can then take over

1520
01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 1: the game. I get it, Brian, I hear you. I

1521
01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:20,760
Speaker 1: see what you're saying. I think there's an element of

1522
01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:25,200
Speaker 1: faith there that Brian expresses. We play smart, sound, responsible football,

1523
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:30,439
Speaker 1: the points will come. Yeah, faith thing because that has

1524
01:19:30,479 --> 01:19:33,080
Speaker 1: not been the case right And I think and coach

1525
01:19:33,160 --> 01:19:35,160
Speaker 1: has mentioned that this week because when he's been asked

1526
01:19:35,160 --> 01:19:39,240
Speaker 1: about the penalties, without throwing his players under the bus,

1527
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:43,240
Speaker 1: he has said, we've drilled down pretty hard on penalties

1528
01:19:43,479 --> 01:19:47,160
Speaker 1: and how we can't have them. We've also emphasized how

1529
01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:49,040
Speaker 1: we have to take care of the football. He's got

1530
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:53,880
Speaker 1: a regulation football on a pedestal in the locker room

1531
01:19:54,160 --> 01:19:57,040
Speaker 1: in a glass case that's painted gold and on it

1532
01:19:57,200 --> 01:20:00,639
Speaker 1: it says respect the ball, and and they go through

1533
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 1: umpteen number of fundamental drills on ball security, five points

1534
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:07,240
Speaker 1: of pressure on the ball when you're carrying it, all

1535
01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:11,559
Speaker 1: of this, and really, besides drilling it on the practice field,

1536
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:13,760
Speaker 1: which they've done as well, there's not much more a

1537
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:17,639
Speaker 1: coach can do. There really isn't. It's on the players

1538
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:21,040
Speaker 1: after that, and you know you can't. You can only

1539
01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:24,439
Speaker 1: emphasize it so much. In the end, the players have

1540
01:20:24,560 --> 01:20:26,519
Speaker 1: to go and be the ones that execute those things

1541
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:30,920
Speaker 1: and do it in a fundamentally sound way, and there

1542
01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:33,559
Speaker 1: have been times where they haven't in terms of ball

1543
01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:36,920
Speaker 1: security and in terms of committing pre snap penalties, which

1544
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:40,200
Speaker 1: we've gone over several times as well. I don't want

1545
01:20:40,200 --> 01:20:42,240
Speaker 1: to over you know, there's only sixteen of these games,

1546
01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:44,280
Speaker 1: and I don't want to overstate the importance of any

1547
01:20:44,320 --> 01:20:46,880
Speaker 1: one of them. But for a game that has you know,

1548
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:49,200
Speaker 1: a five and two team and a one and seven

1549
01:20:49,240 --> 01:20:52,160
Speaker 1: team going at it. For the Bills anyway, maybe certainly

1550
01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:55,680
Speaker 1: not for Washington, this game is looms important, doesn't it?

1551
01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:59,439
Speaker 1: After last week, after the last two weeks. I'm not

1552
01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:01,800
Speaker 1: saying this is a critical turning point of the season

1553
01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:04,479
Speaker 1: or a juncture for what might come down the line,

1554
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:06,920
Speaker 1: because there's an awful lot of season left. But they

1555
01:21:07,040 --> 01:21:09,000
Speaker 1: need to play well this week. They really do, to

1556
01:21:09,160 --> 01:21:11,960
Speaker 1: avoid being in a three game kind of a slump.

1557
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:14,759
Speaker 1: And the schedule makers have put you in the fortunate

1558
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:18,400
Speaker 1: position playing a team that's struggling mightily on their own

1559
01:21:19,240 --> 01:21:21,519
Speaker 1: and have had a coaching change, have a mess at

1560
01:21:21,600 --> 01:21:26,479
Speaker 1: quarterback due to injury, and so yeah, take advantage of

1561
01:21:26,520 --> 01:21:28,880
Speaker 1: what's been handed to you here and beat the living

1562
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:31,760
Speaker 1: daylights out of Washington. Yeah, they need to play well,

1563
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:34,800
Speaker 1: and if they don't, is at the end of the year. No,

1564
01:21:35,120 --> 01:21:38,439
Speaker 1: but the questions will only mount, right including the self

1565
01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:41,080
Speaker 1: questioning like why can't we score points? Why can't we

1566
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: have a viable passing game. I want to read the

1567
01:21:44,160 --> 01:21:46,439
Speaker 1: one from Tiffany because she agrees with me. Okay, go ahead.

1568
01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:49,519
Speaker 1: They need to fire up the motor and get him

1569
01:21:49,600 --> 01:21:52,400
Speaker 1: rolling early and often. I hope he gets around twenty touches.

1570
01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:54,720
Speaker 1: It will definitely impact the outcome of the game in

1571
01:21:54,840 --> 01:21:57,479
Speaker 1: a positive way. We get him on track with win

1572
01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:01,000
Speaker 1: number six, Go Bills and been the kool aid. Another

1573
01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:04,360
Speaker 1: tweet agrees with you as well, Chris sipping the kool

1574
01:22:04,400 --> 01:22:06,400
Speaker 1: Aid rights and I want to say, give Singletary more

1575
01:22:06,439 --> 01:22:09,600
Speaker 1: touches because I feel he is underutilized and could be

1576
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,280
Speaker 1: a huge spark plug. But oh, maybe he doesn't agree

1577
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: with you. Boy, But I watched too many solid fifteen

1578
01:22:15,160 --> 01:22:17,920
Speaker 1: yard games come back to penalties. Naha. Until we can

1579
01:22:17,960 --> 01:22:19,679
Speaker 1: get out of our own way and execute, it doesn't

1580
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:23,160
Speaker 1: matter who gets the ball. Yeah, it's it's unfortunate. I

1581
01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:26,479
Speaker 1: did kind of a comprehensive breakdown of the penalty count

1582
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:30,240
Speaker 1: for the Bills in my Noteworthy Numbers column on Tuesday,

1583
01:22:31,120 --> 01:22:36,599
Speaker 1: and holding is second behind false starts. And I don't

1584
01:22:36,640 --> 01:22:39,519
Speaker 1: think that comes really as much of a surprise due

1585
01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:42,120
Speaker 1: in part to the fact that holding calls. We're going

1586
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:43,960
Speaker 1: to be an emphasis on the part of the officials

1587
01:22:44,040 --> 01:22:47,560
Speaker 1: going into this season, and we have undoubtedly witnessed that

1588
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:50,080
Speaker 1: because it's not just the Bills that have been getting

1589
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:53,400
Speaker 1: called for more holding penalties. I think across the league

1590
01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:57,400
Speaker 1: holding penalties are up to the degree that the Bills

1591
01:22:57,400 --> 01:23:00,320
Speaker 1: have been called for them. I don't know, but I

1592
01:23:00,439 --> 01:23:04,320
Speaker 1: know it is up, So there's that, and then there's

1593
01:23:04,320 --> 01:23:07,519
Speaker 1: the pre snap penalties. You know, the fall starts lining

1594
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:11,400
Speaker 1: up in the neutral zone, off sides, you know a

1595
01:23:11,520 --> 01:23:16,000
Speaker 1: host of things that have been problematic. And the defense

1596
01:23:16,120 --> 01:23:19,120
Speaker 1: is not blameless in this either because it's it's twenty

1597
01:23:19,200 --> 01:23:24,599
Speaker 1: penalties by offensive players. I think it's another tour. I'm sorry,

1598
01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:28,040
Speaker 1: I got to the thirty four no total penalties. Thirty

1599
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:31,280
Speaker 1: four on offense, twenty on defense, five on special teams.

1600
01:23:31,320 --> 01:23:34,839
Speaker 1: That's the count so far this season. So the defense

1601
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:37,680
Speaker 1: is not blameless by any means. I just think it's

1602
01:23:37,720 --> 01:23:39,720
Speaker 1: more noticeable on offense because you get more of the

1603
01:23:39,760 --> 01:23:43,760
Speaker 1: pre snap variety where everybody plays stopped and it's like, yeah,

1604
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:45,559
Speaker 1: it was that guy, you know that kind of thing.

1605
01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:49,120
Speaker 1: So I think that's why people tend to think, Wow,

1606
01:23:49,200 --> 01:23:51,280
Speaker 1: it's it's all offense. It's not all the offense. It's

1607
01:23:51,560 --> 01:23:54,560
Speaker 1: majority of the offense. Majority is the offense. But the

1608
01:23:54,680 --> 01:23:56,639
Speaker 1: defense has had a hand in some of the penalty

1609
01:23:56,680 --> 01:23:58,960
Speaker 1: issues as well. Squeeze a call here, Patrick on the

1610
01:23:59,000 --> 01:24:01,200
Speaker 1: line from Texas. Patrick, go ahead, you're on the air

1611
01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:03,680
Speaker 1: with us. Hey, guys, thanks for having me out. Sure,

1612
01:24:04,920 --> 01:24:07,280
Speaker 1: we actually had some Buffalo type. Whether they're down here today,

1613
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:10,400
Speaker 1: you can believe it, would you if you have snow? No,

1614
01:24:10,640 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 1: but it was twenty six and a blanket of frost.

1615
01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,360
Speaker 1: Where are you in Texas? Patrick, It's it's called the

1616
01:24:16,439 --> 01:24:18,960
Speaker 1: Hill Country. It's north San Antonio. Oh yeah, I know

1617
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:22,960
Speaker 1: where Hill Country is. Yeah. Yeah, it's actually known for wine. Yeah.

1618
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:26,080
Speaker 1: I thought they're being wine in Texas. But yeah, it's

1619
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:27,600
Speaker 1: great out there. I love it out there. Well, I

1620
01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:30,599
Speaker 1: called Patrick, what's the name of that German town that's

1621
01:24:30,640 --> 01:24:34,080
Speaker 1: out there, Yeah, Fredericksburg. Yeah, I've been. I'd spend a

1622
01:24:34,160 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 1: night in Fredericksburg once. I love it out there. Well.

1623
01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:38,720
Speaker 1: I usually don't say that because nobody knows where it is,

1624
01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:41,799
Speaker 1: but I know where it is. I've been there. Go ahead, Patrick,

1625
01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:45,639
Speaker 1: Enough Texas geography for both of us. Yeah. Well, um,

1626
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:48,519
Speaker 1: I called about the getting singles there and more involved,

1627
01:24:48,600 --> 01:24:50,840
Speaker 1: and I kind of want to put an asterisk next

1628
01:24:50,840 --> 01:24:52,280
Speaker 1: to it, because I think we just need to get

1629
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:56,599
Speaker 1: the running game more involved in general. Um. I think

1630
01:24:56,640 --> 01:24:59,320
Speaker 1: that that could open up things in the passing game

1631
01:24:59,439 --> 01:25:02,880
Speaker 1: and maybe help get the get the monkey off the

1632
01:25:02,920 --> 01:25:05,840
Speaker 1: back of getting the deep ball going. Yeah. I think

1633
01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:08,120
Speaker 1: you're onto something there. Christ and I'm thinking it's a

1634
01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:10,840
Speaker 1: it's an offensive line that's performed, Okay, I think through

1635
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:13,200
Speaker 1: the first seven games, and I think they're capable of

1636
01:25:13,240 --> 01:25:15,280
Speaker 1: opening the poles for the running they you know, penalty

1637
01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:17,559
Speaker 1: says been their achilles heal. I would say that's been

1638
01:25:17,600 --> 01:25:20,640
Speaker 1: the one area where they've had a tough time fixing that.

1639
01:25:20,800 --> 01:25:22,479
Speaker 1: And by no means do I expect them to win

1640
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:24,800
Speaker 1: on every play. So you know, you get called for holding,

1641
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:26,479
Speaker 1: It's going to happen from time to time. I just

1642
01:25:26,560 --> 01:25:29,280
Speaker 1: think it's happened a little too frequently through the course

1643
01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:33,200
Speaker 1: of the first seven games here. So now what you

1644
01:25:33,320 --> 01:25:35,760
Speaker 1: have is a situation where it's like, all right, let's

1645
01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:40,719
Speaker 1: buckle down, let's be better, and now let's add another

1646
01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:45,040
Speaker 1: element in Devin Singletary. You know Greg Cosell used the

1647
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:48,000
Speaker 1: term foundation back. Is he that yet he doesn't know?

1648
01:25:48,520 --> 01:25:52,439
Speaker 1: I think he can be and use him in a

1649
01:25:52,520 --> 01:25:54,760
Speaker 1: way that we see a lot of other teams use

1650
01:25:54,880 --> 01:25:58,120
Speaker 1: young backs in this league. You know, I mentioned Dalvin

1651
01:25:58,160 --> 01:26:00,200
Speaker 1: Cook and the dimension that he has given in that

1652
01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:03,719
Speaker 1: Minnesota offense. Yes, the Minnesota offense was far more productive

1653
01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:07,080
Speaker 1: than the Bill's offense has been for years. In twenty eighteen.

1654
01:26:07,200 --> 01:26:09,360
Speaker 1: They were productive without Dalvin Cook, who was out with

1655
01:26:09,400 --> 01:26:12,600
Speaker 1: injury for much of the season. But with Cook in

1656
01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:15,519
Speaker 1: that lineup, you know, who's still a relatively young player.

1657
01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:17,160
Speaker 1: I think he's in his fourth year, but he's missed

1658
01:26:17,240 --> 01:26:19,719
Speaker 1: the better part of two of his four career seasons.

1659
01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:24,800
Speaker 1: He has added an element to that Minnesota offense that

1660
01:26:25,200 --> 01:26:30,160
Speaker 1: keeps opposing defense is honest in every way imaginable, whether

1661
01:26:30,280 --> 01:26:33,160
Speaker 1: it's we can't tee off on Cousins. You know it's

1662
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:35,680
Speaker 1: third and five, but Cook's on the field. They may

1663
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:38,280
Speaker 1: throw a flare pass to him, or a swing pass

1664
01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:41,000
Speaker 1: out in the flank. You know, we can't come running

1665
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:42,760
Speaker 1: at him, or they may run a screen on us

1666
01:26:42,840 --> 01:26:44,840
Speaker 1: here on second and ten. We can't sell out to

1667
01:26:44,920 --> 01:26:49,320
Speaker 1: go get Cousins. I mean, he changes how defenses play

1668
01:26:49,439 --> 01:26:52,800
Speaker 1: the Minnesota offense. And I'm not saying that singletary is

1669
01:26:52,880 --> 01:26:56,879
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook per se, but I think there's the potential

1670
01:26:56,960 --> 01:27:01,600
Speaker 1: there to be so versified in what you can do

1671
01:27:01,760 --> 01:27:04,960
Speaker 1: with him that he can change the way defenses play

1672
01:27:05,080 --> 01:27:08,160
Speaker 1: this Bill's offense, where maybe they are not solely focused

1673
01:27:08,200 --> 01:27:10,360
Speaker 1: on Josh Allen all the time, it begs the question,

1674
01:27:10,439 --> 01:27:12,759
Speaker 1: why don't we look, I know he missed what three games?

1675
01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:15,759
Speaker 1: But why don't we know that yet about him? Because

1676
01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:20,840
Speaker 1: he hasn't been used enough. Why I don't know. I

1677
01:27:21,960 --> 01:27:28,000
Speaker 1: really don't, And believe me, I could completely understand it.

1678
01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:31,479
Speaker 1: If this team was lighting up the scoreboard, scoring twenty

1679
01:27:31,640 --> 01:27:34,320
Speaker 1: even just twenty four points a game. If things were

1680
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:37,479
Speaker 1: working and the offense was scoring twenty four points a game,

1681
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:40,439
Speaker 1: and you know they were scoring on some big chunk

1682
01:27:40,520 --> 01:27:43,320
Speaker 1: plays and Frank Gore was tearing it up and averaging

1683
01:27:43,400 --> 01:27:46,200
Speaker 1: five yards to carry, I'd say, yeah, he's a rookie.

1684
01:27:46,280 --> 01:27:47,760
Speaker 1: He's got to pay his dues, he's got to wait

1685
01:27:47,800 --> 01:27:51,559
Speaker 1: his turn. But that's not happening here. Like we mentioned

1686
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:53,120
Speaker 1: this during the break because this came up in some

1687
01:27:53,240 --> 01:27:55,720
Speaker 1: of our stats that you know, we're fortunate enough to

1688
01:27:55,760 --> 01:27:58,519
Speaker 1: get every week. The Bills are averaging nineteen point one

1689
01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:01,680
Speaker 1: points per game this season. There are fourteen teams in

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01:28:01,760 --> 01:28:05,960
Speaker 1: the league with winning records right now. The Bills, among

1691
01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,080
Speaker 1: those teams with winning record are dead last in points

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01:28:09,120 --> 01:28:11,120
Speaker 1: per game. So what does that say to me? And

1693
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:13,439
Speaker 1: probably to you, though I don't want to put words

1694
01:28:13,479 --> 01:28:15,880
Speaker 1: in your mouth. If and when this team does reach

1695
01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:18,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs, if they're still around nineteen points per game.

1696
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:21,280
Speaker 1: They're not going to be winning in the playoffs. And

1697
01:28:21,640 --> 01:28:23,280
Speaker 1: I know we might be getting ahead of ourselves. And

1698
01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:25,360
Speaker 1: there's a lot of football left to play and a

1699
01:28:25,439 --> 01:28:29,639
Speaker 1: lot of ground and time for this offense to mature

1700
01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 1: and become a consistent points scoring unit. But I can

1701
01:28:33,120 --> 01:28:36,880
Speaker 1: tell you the history of the league says this. Most

1702
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:42,599
Speaker 1: NFL playoff teams average twenty four points per game. If

1703
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:45,920
Speaker 1: you go into the playoffs averaging eighteen nineteen, you're already

1704
01:28:45,960 --> 01:28:49,599
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball. And the other stat to dovetail

1705
01:28:49,680 --> 01:28:53,320
Speaker 1: off of that is most playoff teams don't go to

1706
01:28:53,439 --> 01:28:56,679
Speaker 1: the Most teams don't get to the playoffs averaging nineteen

1707
01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,120
Speaker 1: points a game. As a matter of fact, the last

1708
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:01,599
Speaker 1: team to make the play off scoring fewer than twenty

1709
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:04,640
Speaker 1: points per game. We're the twenty seventeen Bills. You get

1710
01:29:04,640 --> 01:29:06,560
Speaker 1: there were the twenty seventeen Bills, and we know what

1711
01:29:06,680 --> 01:29:09,479
Speaker 1: happened there. They lost a game ten to three, murph,

1712
01:29:09,640 --> 01:29:11,800
Speaker 1: I know, ten to three. Darn it. I knew you're

1713
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:13,960
Speaker 1: gonna get there. I was hoping you'd miss it. We're

1714
01:29:14,000 --> 01:29:16,000
Speaker 1: coming back. Chris Brown is with us and trying to

1715
01:29:16,080 --> 01:29:18,240
Speaker 1: score more points. Just like coach said this week, Come

1716
01:29:18,280 --> 01:29:20,479
Speaker 1: on back One Bill's Live, presented by Kalida Health Line

1717
01:29:20,520 --> 01:29:24,519
Speaker 1: from the Seneca Studio, Seneca Resorts in Casino. Nothing comes close.

1718
01:29:35,479 --> 01:29:37,960
Speaker 1: Welcome back One Bill's Live. John Murphy and Chris Brown

1719
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:40,760
Speaker 1: coming here from the One Buffalo Studio. Lorenzo Alexander's gonna

1720
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:43,439
Speaker 1: join us next hour. We think Darryl moose Johnson will

1721
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:46,040
Speaker 1: fit us in. He's here with the NFL on Fox Screw.

1722
01:29:46,080 --> 01:29:47,720
Speaker 1: They're doing the game again this Sunday, and when he's

1723
01:29:47,760 --> 01:29:49,400
Speaker 1: done with his meetings, he'll come in here and do

1724
01:29:49,439 --> 01:29:52,080
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes with us. We believe this. Just

1725
01:29:52,280 --> 01:29:58,040
Speaker 1: in Adam Schefter reporting tweeting out that the rookie Dwayne

1726
01:29:58,080 --> 01:30:01,679
Speaker 1: Haskins will make his first NFL start against the Bills

1727
01:30:01,720 --> 01:30:04,720
Speaker 1: on Sunday. He has struggled, He has struggled badly, but

1728
01:30:05,280 --> 01:30:10,439
Speaker 1: the game just became more winnable it. Did you know?

1729
01:30:10,720 --> 01:30:12,800
Speaker 1: You were kind of teasing Great was about going through

1730
01:30:12,840 --> 01:30:14,840
Speaker 1: his draft notes on Haskins. But I'm glad he did,

1731
01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:17,240
Speaker 1: because nobody has an impression of who this guy is

1732
01:30:17,240 --> 01:30:19,800
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Right, just two games and forty four

1733
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:23,160
Speaker 1: pass attempts and four interceptions. But there was a body

1734
01:30:23,200 --> 01:30:26,559
Speaker 1: of work, a smaller body of work at Ohio State,

1735
01:30:26,640 --> 01:30:29,200
Speaker 1: and like he's a first round pick. All that being said,

1736
01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:32,120
Speaker 1: the like you said, the Bills chances have just been

1737
01:30:32,240 --> 01:30:35,720
Speaker 1: enhanced greatly. I think yeah. And you know, you go

1738
01:30:35,840 --> 01:30:39,720
Speaker 1: back to his offense at Ohio State. A lot of

1739
01:30:39,800 --> 01:30:45,439
Speaker 1: times there's half field reads predetermined destination for the football

1740
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:48,560
Speaker 1: regardless of the coverage, and so these guys don't have

1741
01:30:49,960 --> 01:30:54,760
Speaker 1: the requisite reps to replicate what they're going to see

1742
01:30:54,800 --> 01:30:59,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and so it really is trial by fire. Yeah,

1743
01:30:59,360 --> 01:31:01,800
Speaker 1: and when you think about the way Micah Hyde and

1744
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:06,120
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyter can disguise coverage, Yeah, that is not going

1745
01:31:06,160 --> 01:31:08,679
Speaker 1: to be a picnic for him in a road environment

1746
01:31:08,800 --> 01:31:12,759
Speaker 1: that's going to be hostile. I think the Bill sacktotal

1747
01:31:12,760 --> 01:31:14,400
Speaker 1: could go up this week. And we spoke twenty two

1748
01:31:14,400 --> 01:31:18,400
Speaker 1: pass attempts for interceptions. And the one other interesting thing

1749
01:31:18,400 --> 01:31:21,280
Speaker 1: about Haskins and it came about after their Thursday night

1750
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:25,639
Speaker 1: lost eight days ago against Minnesota. The veteran Adrian Peterson

1751
01:31:25,720 --> 01:31:30,320
Speaker 1: apparently said he was misquoted, but counseled Haskins about, you know,

1752
01:31:30,400 --> 01:31:33,719
Speaker 1: you might have to play now with Keenum and concussion protocol,

1753
01:31:33,840 --> 01:31:36,360
Speaker 1: dig into the playbook. It was interpreted as he was

1754
01:31:36,439 --> 01:31:38,680
Speaker 1: finding fault that he had not whether he had or

1755
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:41,280
Speaker 1: not is up for debate. Carry your business, yeah, they say,

1756
01:31:41,320 --> 01:31:43,439
Speaker 1: care of your business. What He's a message it's worth

1757
01:31:43,520 --> 01:31:46,320
Speaker 1: noting too, right, a first round pick probably didn't think

1758
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:48,599
Speaker 1: he's gonna play sitting behind Keenam and Colt McCoy when

1759
01:31:48,600 --> 01:31:50,800
Speaker 1: the season began, now first half of the season. All

1760
01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:52,840
Speaker 1: of a sudden he's in and now game nine for

1761
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:54,799
Speaker 1: his team. He's got to start in a tough places.

1762
01:31:54,880 --> 01:31:57,479
Speaker 1: Chris just said, yeah, this is not This is not

1763
01:31:57,880 --> 01:32:00,639
Speaker 1: going to be a picnic for him, for sure. It's

1764
01:32:00,680 --> 01:32:06,719
Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see what Leslie Frasier's approach

1765
01:32:07,040 --> 01:32:10,719
Speaker 1: is because you have to believe it's different with Haskins,

1766
01:32:10,760 --> 01:32:13,920
Speaker 1: it's quarterback than it would have been with Keenum And

1767
01:32:14,320 --> 01:32:17,200
Speaker 1: I always wonder, and I'm going to ask Coach Frasier

1768
01:32:17,400 --> 01:32:21,120
Speaker 1: or Coach Able about this at some point when you

1769
01:32:21,240 --> 01:32:24,640
Speaker 1: have this if then situation between two quarterbacks who are

1770
01:32:26,360 --> 01:32:30,200
Speaker 1: vastly different in experience and probably some other areas as well,

1771
01:32:31,600 --> 01:32:35,080
Speaker 1: do you have a contingency game plan that's sitting over here,

1772
01:32:35,520 --> 01:32:39,800
Speaker 1: and how deep does it go because there is a

1773
01:32:39,880 --> 01:32:42,960
Speaker 1: finite amount of time for these guys to prepare, get

1774
01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:46,479
Speaker 1: a game plan together, and then furthermore prepare their players

1775
01:32:46,840 --> 01:32:50,400
Speaker 1: with said game plan. How much can you deviate or

1776
01:32:50,520 --> 01:32:52,680
Speaker 1: how much you know? Were we talking about a then

1777
01:32:52,760 --> 01:32:55,360
Speaker 1: diagram here with the circles that are overlapping each other?

1778
01:32:55,960 --> 01:33:00,080
Speaker 1: How much overlap is there? I gotta get into of

1779
01:33:00,200 --> 01:33:02,280
Speaker 1: Leslie Fraser and asking This morning, I did a pregame

1780
01:33:02,360 --> 01:33:05,200
Speaker 1: interview for the radio broadcast with coach McDermott and asked

1781
01:33:05,240 --> 01:33:08,280
Speaker 1: aad very thing you're gonna have to tune in on Sunday?

1782
01:33:08,320 --> 01:33:10,200
Speaker 1: All right, I'm interested. I got an answer. It wasn't

1783
01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:12,599
Speaker 1: complete answer, but I got an answer. All right, Well,

1784
01:33:12,720 --> 01:33:15,440
Speaker 1: how do you work out practice? Basically? What the logistics

1785
01:33:15,479 --> 01:33:18,920
Speaker 1: of practice? Really not? And by the way, the Bill's opponents, right,

1786
01:33:19,040 --> 01:33:21,439
Speaker 1: the Titans had no is it the Titans? You had?

1787
01:33:21,439 --> 01:33:24,880
Speaker 1: The Titans had to go through this about a month ago, right, yeah,

1788
01:33:25,080 --> 01:33:27,320
Speaker 1: but the Bills, the defenses had to do it this week.

1789
01:33:27,360 --> 01:33:29,960
Speaker 1: All right, we're breaking when we come back. Lorenzo Alexander,

1790
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:32,559
Speaker 1: former Washington players going to join us, and we think

1791
01:33:32,560 --> 01:33:34,400
Speaker 1: we're gonna get the moose. Johnson as well, when we

1792
01:33:34,479 --> 01:33:37,320
Speaker 1: return Come on Back One Bill's Live, presented by Kalidah

1793
01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:40,200
Speaker 1: Health from the Seneca Studio in Archard Park on Buffalo

1794
01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:54,880
Speaker 1: Bills Radio Bills Radio Network Sports Day after they comes

1795
01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:56,439
Speaker 1: from One Bills Drive. It looks like the Bills are

1796
01:33:56,479 --> 01:33:58,679
Speaker 1: gonna go up against a rookie quarterback when they play

1797
01:33:58,760 --> 01:34:02,320
Speaker 1: Washington on Sunday. Washington will start its third different quarterback

1798
01:34:02,360 --> 01:34:05,799
Speaker 1: of the year. The word is that the rookie Dwayne

1799
01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:08,560
Speaker 1: Haskins will make his first NFL start. That's according to

1800
01:34:08,920 --> 01:34:12,160
Speaker 1: Washington head coach Bill Callahan. Case Keenham has remained in

1801
01:34:12,240 --> 01:34:15,240
Speaker 1: concussion protocol and was getting third team reps in practice

1802
01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:18,160
Speaker 1: again today, and so it looks like rookie Dwayne Haskins

1803
01:34:18,479 --> 01:34:20,840
Speaker 1: will get the start. Two games he's played so far,

1804
01:34:20,960 --> 01:34:23,120
Speaker 1: he has not started yet. He's completely just fifty five

1805
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:27,120
Speaker 1: percent of his passes, twenty two pass attempts and four interceptions.

1806
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:29,519
Speaker 1: Bill's injury list looks a little more encouraging when it

1807
01:34:29,560 --> 01:34:33,280
Speaker 1: comes to offensive lineman Cody Ford still limited, but head

1808
01:34:33,320 --> 01:34:36,719
Speaker 1: coach Sean McDermott said he's encouraged about his availability for Sunday.

1809
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:40,080
Speaker 1: The same for cornerback Levi Wallace, with his shoulder limited

1810
01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:43,000
Speaker 1: all week, but encouraging science. According to the coach Bills

1811
01:34:43,200 --> 01:34:46,480
Speaker 1: and Washington. One o'clock on Sunday right here at New Airfield,

1812
01:34:46,720 --> 01:34:48,679
Speaker 1: got the call of the game on our flagship radio station,

1813
01:34:48,840 --> 01:34:51,280
Speaker 1: w g R Sports Radio five fifty. I'll have the

1814
01:34:51,320 --> 01:34:53,240
Speaker 1: game along with Eric Wood up in the booth and

1815
01:34:53,280 --> 01:34:56,439
Speaker 1: Sal Capaccio down on the sidelines. Wide receiver Josh Gordon's

1816
01:34:56,800 --> 01:34:59,280
Speaker 1: is going to injured reserve by the Patriots. He'd been

1817
01:34:59,280 --> 01:35:01,519
Speaker 1: playing through a knee injury. He will be subject to

1818
01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:04,160
Speaker 1: waivers and teams can put an acclaim for him once

1819
01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:07,080
Speaker 1: he hits the waiver wire. Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco is

1820
01:35:07,120 --> 01:35:09,680
Speaker 1: expected to miss four to six weeks because of an

1821
01:35:09,680 --> 01:35:11,479
Speaker 1: neck injury. That means he has liked that he missed

1822
01:35:11,479 --> 01:35:14,559
Speaker 1: the game here in Buffalo. Flaco got a second opinion

1823
01:35:14,600 --> 01:35:17,439
Speaker 1: on the bulging disc in his neck. The Broncos announced

1824
01:35:17,439 --> 01:35:19,559
Speaker 1: that he will miss this Sunday's game against Cleveland. Brandon

1825
01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:22,679
Speaker 1: Allen claimed off waivers on September first from the Rams.

1826
01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:26,879
Speaker 1: We'll start for the Broncos this week against Cleveland. Carolina

1827
01:35:26,920 --> 01:35:29,160
Speaker 1: Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has headed to Green Bay for

1828
01:35:29,240 --> 01:35:32,000
Speaker 1: a check on his foot. He's not played since aggravating

1829
01:35:32,080 --> 01:35:34,360
Speaker 1: a left foot injury a Liz Frank injury in Week two.

1830
01:35:34,680 --> 01:35:37,840
Speaker 1: Coach Ron Rivera says Kyle Allen will start Sunday against

1831
01:35:37,880 --> 01:35:41,120
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Buffalo You be Bulls play at Eastern

1832
01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:44,200
Speaker 1: Michigan tomorrow. That's a twelve noon kickoff at Eastern Michigan.

1833
01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:46,920
Speaker 1: Eastern Michigan leads a series six games to two. The

1834
01:35:47,000 --> 01:35:50,120
Speaker 1: Bulls have scored three defensive touchdowns in their last three games,

1835
01:35:50,120 --> 01:35:52,559
Speaker 1: and the Savers in Washington tonight for a game against

1836
01:35:52,600 --> 01:35:54,880
Speaker 1: the Capitals. There you go the update from one build.

1837
01:36:08,439 --> 01:36:11,360
Speaker 1: It's that time on Friday when Lorenzo Alexander stops buying

1838
01:36:11,400 --> 01:36:13,559
Speaker 1: the studio we love when he comes by. The Lowdown

1839
01:36:13,600 --> 01:36:17,599
Speaker 1: with Lorenzo Alexander brought to you by Hutches. Hello, Lorenzo,

1840
01:36:17,680 --> 01:36:19,519
Speaker 1: how are you than? You're doing pretty good? Yeah? How

1841
01:36:19,520 --> 01:36:21,680
Speaker 1: are you guys doing? Do you have any part of

1842
01:36:21,720 --> 01:36:23,560
Speaker 1: you get fired up about playing against the team that

1843
01:36:23,680 --> 01:36:26,040
Speaker 1: you spent seven years with? Yeah? I mean it was

1844
01:36:26,160 --> 01:36:28,360
Speaker 1: I've probably been almost gone as long as I played

1845
01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:29,960
Speaker 1: for him. I think I played for him. Last time

1846
01:36:30,040 --> 01:36:34,000
Speaker 1: was two thy twelve and so Majordia sentimental value is

1847
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:35,880
Speaker 1: kind of left me. I mean the first year when

1848
01:36:35,920 --> 01:36:37,439
Speaker 1: I was in Arizona. I think we played one the

1849
01:36:37,479 --> 01:36:39,120
Speaker 1: second year and that was kind of cool because still

1850
01:36:39,200 --> 01:36:40,560
Speaker 1: knew a lot of the guys on the team. But

1851
01:36:40,680 --> 01:36:45,280
Speaker 1: it's probably I think maybe two three guys left. Trip Williams, Yeah,

1852
01:36:45,320 --> 01:36:48,800
Speaker 1: Trip Williams, Ryan Kerrigan, and then Nick Sumburg who was

1853
01:36:48,800 --> 01:36:51,920
Speaker 1: a long snapper left. It's an interesting team. We talked

1854
01:36:51,960 --> 01:36:55,280
Speaker 1: with Clinton Portis earlier this week. Okay, yeah, my guy. Yeah,

1855
01:36:55,640 --> 01:36:57,360
Speaker 1: you want to hear what Clinton said? What say we

1856
01:36:57,439 --> 01:36:59,800
Speaker 1: told him this was Wednesday and you had your rest.

1857
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:02,560
Speaker 1: Yeah I believe Yeah, yeah, Clinton Porters took note of that.

1858
01:37:02,600 --> 01:37:04,960
Speaker 1: Here's what he said on Wednesday. Just heard you all

1859
01:37:05,000 --> 01:37:09,519
Speaker 1: say Lorenzo missed practice because he got a rest day.

1860
01:37:09,840 --> 01:37:14,719
Speaker 1: Almost fell out. Arrest day, Lorenzo Alexander. I remember Lorenzo

1861
01:37:14,840 --> 01:37:16,840
Speaker 1: being a young guy man trying to find his way.

1862
01:37:16,880 --> 01:37:19,920
Speaker 1: He actually played some fullback, he played some offensive line,

1863
01:37:20,200 --> 01:37:22,960
Speaker 1: he played some defense, he played some linebacker. He was

1864
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:25,200
Speaker 1: just one of those weapons, a guy who did everything

1865
01:37:25,560 --> 01:37:28,040
Speaker 1: looking for an opportunity, and once he finally got it.

1866
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:30,560
Speaker 1: Once he got to Buffalo and you all found his

1867
01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:34,000
Speaker 1: lane and gave him an opportunity to showcase his talent.

1868
01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:36,880
Speaker 1: He took advantage of it. And that's the Lorenzo Alexander

1869
01:37:36,920 --> 01:37:39,559
Speaker 1: I know, a young guy who was only come up

1870
01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:42,160
Speaker 1: and looking for an opportunity, and once he finally got

1871
01:37:42,240 --> 01:37:45,000
Speaker 1: his opportunity, he never looked back. So that's his zough

1872
01:37:45,080 --> 01:37:48,560
Speaker 1: I know, relentless God if here man is going to

1873
01:37:48,640 --> 01:37:51,760
Speaker 1: give you all he has. So seeing that and being

1874
01:37:51,840 --> 01:37:55,280
Speaker 1: able to be happy for Lorenzo and his family, knowing

1875
01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:57,960
Speaker 1: he's a family man and knowing everything he put in

1876
01:37:58,080 --> 01:38:00,920
Speaker 1: and where he started those days that he counted question

1877
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:03,479
Speaker 1: himself and you know, kidding he played this game at

1878
01:38:03,520 --> 01:38:06,200
Speaker 1: this level. Was to look back twen years later, you

1879
01:38:06,320 --> 01:38:09,040
Speaker 1: see Zoe's still on the field, still doing big things

1880
01:38:09,439 --> 01:38:12,960
Speaker 1: and getting veteran rest days out of all things. You

1881
01:38:13,080 --> 01:38:18,120
Speaker 1: gotta be kidding, Yeah, yeah, CP. I was with him

1882
01:38:18,120 --> 01:38:20,080
Speaker 1: when I was a young man in the league, you know.

1883
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:22,559
Speaker 1: So I was there from OZ six to twenty twelve,

1884
01:38:22,600 --> 01:38:24,120
Speaker 1: and he was there for a majority of him. I

1885
01:38:24,160 --> 01:38:26,439
Speaker 1: think maybe one year, my last year he wasn't there,

1886
01:38:27,360 --> 01:38:28,720
Speaker 1: but he was one of the guys I looked up to.

1887
01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:33,160
Speaker 1: Um he was obviously a superstar first round draft pick um.

1888
01:38:33,320 --> 01:38:34,760
Speaker 1: He got a lot of slack as far as the

1889
01:38:34,800 --> 01:38:36,679
Speaker 1: way he practiced, but the way he played the game,

1890
01:38:36,920 --> 01:38:38,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he played hard and that was one of

1891
01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:40,720
Speaker 1: the guys I turned to and loved the way he

1892
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:43,280
Speaker 1: just went out there and competed every single day. And

1893
01:38:43,439 --> 01:38:46,439
Speaker 1: so uh yeah, So obviously he knows the type of

1894
01:38:46,479 --> 01:38:48,400
Speaker 1: mentality that I had as far as being out there

1895
01:38:48,400 --> 01:38:50,640
Speaker 1: every single day, going hard, practice squad and making my

1896
01:38:50,720 --> 01:38:52,479
Speaker 1: way and now to have a rest day. It is

1897
01:38:52,520 --> 01:38:56,040
Speaker 1: funny to kind of see the development of my career

1898
01:38:56,080 --> 01:39:04,400
Speaker 1: over the year I'm injured. It's funny. Privilege privilege day.

1899
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:06,760
Speaker 1: Cortis joined us. You can see him and when the

1900
01:39:07,200 --> 01:39:10,040
Speaker 1: face he's on the sidelines that practice, right because he

1901
01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:11,920
Speaker 1: does radio down there. He's still very involved with the

1902
01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:14,160
Speaker 1: organization him and said Tenna, I believe I said he

1903
01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:16,400
Speaker 1: used to dress up for his media appearances, right. Oh yeah,

1904
01:39:16,479 --> 01:39:18,439
Speaker 1: back in the day. I forgot somebody shut that down

1905
01:39:18,640 --> 01:39:21,040
Speaker 1: on him, But him and Chris Cooler used to really

1906
01:39:21,080 --> 01:39:22,679
Speaker 1: get into it, and it used to be kind of funny,

1907
01:39:22,720 --> 01:39:24,040
Speaker 1: you know. So he used to have all these different

1908
01:39:24,120 --> 01:39:26,720
Speaker 1: characters and then they usaid normally put like a skit

1909
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:29,720
Speaker 1: together sometimes based on who we're playing. Sometimes sometimes they

1910
01:39:29,800 --> 01:39:32,400
Speaker 1: might be out there hunting the rams or you know,

1911
01:39:32,520 --> 01:39:35,759
Speaker 1: you see this this character characters that he has himself.

1912
01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:37,720
Speaker 1: So he had like three or four different personalities. But

1913
01:39:37,760 --> 01:39:39,519
Speaker 1: it was really cool. He had fun with it, and

1914
01:39:39,600 --> 01:39:42,080
Speaker 1: I think people really loved it. Cool. He's nuts, isn't

1915
01:39:42,120 --> 01:39:44,320
Speaker 1: he He's a little cool. He's different too. We had

1916
01:39:44,360 --> 01:39:46,479
Speaker 1: a we had a great group of guys that were

1917
01:39:46,600 --> 01:39:49,960
Speaker 1: very that were very unique in great personalities to be around.

1918
01:39:50,400 --> 01:39:53,880
Speaker 1: That's funny. Um, So this week, you know, we've got

1919
01:39:54,120 --> 01:39:57,080
Speaker 1: Washington and Murph and I were just talking about this

1920
01:39:57,160 --> 01:39:59,880
Speaker 1: in the previous segment and Murph actually asked coach about

1921
01:39:59,880 --> 01:40:03,280
Speaker 1: it it in his pregame interview for the radio broadcast

1922
01:40:03,360 --> 01:40:07,280
Speaker 1: on Sunday. But when in the early stages of the week,

1923
01:40:07,360 --> 01:40:09,920
Speaker 1: you really didn't know for sure and right, yeah, who

1924
01:40:10,040 --> 01:40:12,719
Speaker 1: was going to play quarterback? So how does coach Frasier

1925
01:40:12,880 --> 01:40:17,040
Speaker 1: work that with you guys knowing you know, it could

1926
01:40:17,080 --> 01:40:20,320
Speaker 1: potentially go either way for which quarterback you're gonna play against? Right?

1927
01:40:20,840 --> 01:40:24,120
Speaker 1: And how much does the game plan maybe pivot or shift,

1928
01:40:24,960 --> 01:40:27,000
Speaker 1: you know? And I'm not looking for exit, I'm looking

1929
01:40:27,040 --> 01:40:29,800
Speaker 1: for a degree of change in a given week. We've

1930
01:40:29,840 --> 01:40:32,200
Speaker 1: had this come up, you know, throughout throughout the season

1931
01:40:32,280 --> 01:40:34,920
Speaker 1: and out throughout my career, and you really try to

1932
01:40:35,120 --> 01:40:40,160
Speaker 1: game plan based on the schematics of their offense and

1933
01:40:40,280 --> 01:40:44,639
Speaker 1: what they like to do. Because offensive coordinators, they may

1934
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:47,320
Speaker 1: vary a little bit as far as who's who's at

1935
01:40:47,320 --> 01:40:49,720
Speaker 1: the ham, as far as who's playing quarterback, but they

1936
01:40:49,800 --> 01:40:52,920
Speaker 1: have a foundation, a nucleus of play that they really

1937
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:54,840
Speaker 1: like it, that they're comfortable with, and so that's what

1938
01:40:54,960 --> 01:40:57,000
Speaker 1: you have to game plan towards. And then obviously once

1939
01:40:57,040 --> 01:40:58,840
Speaker 1: you figure out who's actually going to be back there,

1940
01:40:59,479 --> 01:41:01,880
Speaker 1: because these these guys aren't you know, one is not

1941
01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:04,519
Speaker 1: like a running quarterback and one is passing, so you

1942
01:41:04,680 --> 01:41:08,240
Speaker 1: still can game plan for you know, the base passes.

1943
01:41:08,280 --> 01:41:10,240
Speaker 1: What we do know though, is it's going to probably

1944
01:41:10,240 --> 01:41:12,640
Speaker 1: be a little bit more conservative game player. You know,

1945
01:41:12,800 --> 01:41:15,599
Speaker 1: run the ball. Obviously got Adrian Peterson back there, screens

1946
01:41:15,600 --> 01:41:19,080
Speaker 1: have really heard us. So maybe putting the adding uptick

1947
01:41:19,120 --> 01:41:21,880
Speaker 1: in some of those plays in the game boots because

1948
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:24,639
Speaker 1: obviously Haskins is young and athletics, so get him out

1949
01:41:24,640 --> 01:41:26,640
Speaker 1: of the pocket and making the reads easier for him.

1950
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:29,000
Speaker 1: So there's something that you can pay to predict and

1951
01:41:29,160 --> 01:41:31,000
Speaker 1: understand as far as want to wear out there playing.

1952
01:41:31,120 --> 01:41:34,120
Speaker 1: But as far as how coach Fraser calls the game, UM,

1953
01:41:34,360 --> 01:41:36,120
Speaker 1: I don't think there's going to be a drastic difference

1954
01:41:36,160 --> 01:41:38,760
Speaker 1: as far as the menu of plays. Maybe he's a

1955
01:41:38,800 --> 01:41:41,040
Speaker 1: little bit more aggressive because of who we're playing, because

1956
01:41:41,120 --> 01:41:43,160
Speaker 1: you always want to try try to take advantage of

1957
01:41:43,280 --> 01:41:46,040
Speaker 1: the youth or lack of experience right a player has,

1958
01:41:46,160 --> 01:41:48,439
Speaker 1: especially at the quarterback position because you know so much

1959
01:41:48,600 --> 01:41:50,360
Speaker 1: rides on that position. As far as getting guys in

1960
01:41:50,400 --> 01:41:54,280
Speaker 1: the right places, you mentioned Adrian Peterson, two of the

1961
01:41:54,400 --> 01:41:57,400
Speaker 1: top six all time rushers and NFL history on this

1962
01:41:57,479 --> 01:41:59,560
Speaker 1: field here, which is pretty cool. Well, what can you

1963
01:41:59,560 --> 01:42:02,720
Speaker 1: tell us about Peterson? I mentioned this to coach McDermot today, Um,

1964
01:42:02,800 --> 01:42:06,439
Speaker 1: Peterson and Gore h advanced age. I'm not talking about

1965
01:42:06,439 --> 01:42:08,840
Speaker 1: you advanced age. And yet neither one of them are

1966
01:42:08,880 --> 01:42:12,479
Speaker 1: on a retirement tour here. They're not parts of their offense. Yeah,

1967
01:42:12,520 --> 01:42:14,160
Speaker 1: I mean they're both still playing well and us a

1968
01:42:14,240 --> 01:42:17,560
Speaker 1: testament to obviously the guy giving gifts, but more so

1969
01:42:18,160 --> 01:42:21,400
Speaker 1: m just how they've cultivated those those abilities over the years.

1970
01:42:21,439 --> 01:42:24,599
Speaker 1: As far as you know, their workout regimen, their attention

1971
01:42:24,640 --> 01:42:27,920
Speaker 1: to detail them investing themselves as far as being a

1972
01:42:27,960 --> 01:42:31,600
Speaker 1: professional and still playing a very high level. Um he

1973
01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:35,920
Speaker 1: ap has always had a great knack of finding corners

1974
01:42:35,960 --> 01:42:38,080
Speaker 1: and getting to the edge with his jump cuts, his

1975
01:42:38,240 --> 01:42:42,280
Speaker 1: great vision and just running hard, running hard and physical,

1976
01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:44,000
Speaker 1: and he gets stronger as the game goes on, and

1977
01:42:44,120 --> 01:42:46,680
Speaker 1: so uh, in orders for us to stop him, we're

1978
01:42:46,680 --> 01:42:49,160
Speaker 1: gonna have to definitely gain tackle him, make things cloudy,

1979
01:42:49,840 --> 01:42:51,559
Speaker 1: and just like any backs, you can get their feet

1980
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:53,680
Speaker 1: to stop and make them cut before they want to.

1981
01:42:54,240 --> 01:42:58,160
Speaker 1: That's when they're the most uneffective in the game plan.

1982
01:42:58,240 --> 01:43:01,599
Speaker 1: Because him last three games, and let's not forget last

1983
01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:04,160
Speaker 1: week he played on a high ankle, spring limited in

1984
01:43:04,240 --> 01:43:06,479
Speaker 1: practice this week, probably in the same kind of boat.

1985
01:43:06,560 --> 01:43:08,240
Speaker 1: I know they have to buy next week, So maybe

1986
01:43:08,280 --> 01:43:10,800
Speaker 1: he's just trying to get to that right, But um

1987
01:43:11,479 --> 01:43:14,120
Speaker 1: four point eight yards per carrying his last three games,

1988
01:43:14,160 --> 01:43:17,200
Speaker 1: it looks like they've found something there that that's working

1989
01:43:17,640 --> 01:43:19,439
Speaker 1: to at least some degree in their eyes. Well, yeah,

1990
01:43:19,439 --> 01:43:21,120
Speaker 1: I think that's one of the shifts of their offensive

1991
01:43:21,120 --> 01:43:23,360
Speaker 1: line is run blocking. And then you also think about

1992
01:43:23,720 --> 01:43:26,960
Speaker 1: the shift in a head coach with an intern being

1993
01:43:27,000 --> 01:43:30,479
Speaker 1: there being on Callahan being the offensive line coach and

1994
01:43:30,640 --> 01:43:33,080
Speaker 1: really want to put a premium on running the ball.

1995
01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:35,720
Speaker 1: And obviously him and AP I think have a better

1996
01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:38,000
Speaker 1: relationship than the former regime. And so now he's going

1997
01:43:38,080 --> 01:43:40,200
Speaker 1: to feature the guy that he has a great relationship within.

1998
01:43:41,120 --> 01:43:44,200
Speaker 1: Obviously put his offensive lineman in the most advantageous spot

1999
01:43:44,400 --> 01:43:46,120
Speaker 1: by running the rock Moore, and they're doing that at

2000
01:43:46,160 --> 01:43:47,720
Speaker 1: a high tick. And then you take a lot of

2001
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:51,160
Speaker 1: pressure off the quarterback play as well. If you're able

2002
01:43:51,160 --> 01:43:53,200
Speaker 1: to run the ball and the guy like Ape whill

2003
01:43:53,240 --> 01:43:54,760
Speaker 1: still play at a high level, why wouldn't you want

2004
01:43:54,760 --> 01:43:56,320
Speaker 1: to put the ball in his hand as much as possible.

2005
01:43:57,840 --> 01:44:01,040
Speaker 1: About this week, Lorenzo, you said it McDermott senate, I

2006
01:44:01,080 --> 01:44:04,519
Speaker 1: think Monday even about how to solve the issues that

2007
01:44:04,600 --> 01:44:07,400
Speaker 1: came up last Sunday, and it was a focus on fundamentals. Yeah,

2008
01:44:07,479 --> 01:44:08,920
Speaker 1: what does that mean? What do you mean focusing on

2009
01:44:09,040 --> 01:44:12,320
Speaker 1: fundamentum I think sometimes in the course of a season

2010
01:44:12,439 --> 01:44:15,120
Speaker 1: or just life in general, you get away from some

2011
01:44:15,360 --> 01:44:19,080
Speaker 1: of the things that allow you to be great because

2012
01:44:19,120 --> 01:44:22,559
Speaker 1: you're trying to overcorrect. Maybe a team has or offense

2013
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:24,320
Speaker 1: has a big play on you, and you say, oh,

2014
01:44:24,720 --> 01:44:27,000
Speaker 1: let me, let me fix a little something and change it,

2015
01:44:27,080 --> 01:44:29,000
Speaker 1: and then you may be widen out a little bit

2016
01:44:29,040 --> 01:44:32,080
Speaker 1: as a three technique or a linebacker. You may cheat

2017
01:44:32,160 --> 01:44:34,320
Speaker 1: over and get out of your alignments, or you may

2018
01:44:34,400 --> 01:44:36,479
Speaker 1: try to run through a gap and not use your hands,

2019
01:44:36,520 --> 01:44:40,160
Speaker 1: and so little things like that, not guessing on plays,

2020
01:44:40,240 --> 01:44:42,559
Speaker 1: not having good eyes so good not having good eyes,

2021
01:44:42,680 --> 01:44:45,160
Speaker 1: not having good feet, and not good having good hands

2022
01:44:45,600 --> 01:44:48,600
Speaker 1: can lead to explosive plays and not being able to

2023
01:44:48,720 --> 01:44:51,840
Speaker 1: rip off play violin playing downhill so that we can

2024
01:44:52,320 --> 01:44:54,720
Speaker 1: stop the run, because that's that's obviously what we're talking about.

2025
01:44:54,720 --> 01:44:56,479
Speaker 1: And those are the three things that you really need

2026
01:44:56,960 --> 01:44:58,720
Speaker 1: in order to be effective in the run game. So

2027
01:44:58,760 --> 01:45:00,840
Speaker 1: when you get out of practice, when Thursday Friday, what

2028
01:45:00,880 --> 01:45:03,320
Speaker 1: does that focus on fundamentals look like? Um, I think

2029
01:45:03,320 --> 01:45:05,920
Speaker 1: it's just addressing it first of all, and before you

2030
01:45:06,040 --> 01:45:08,240
Speaker 1: go out there, and then meeting room and then having

2031
01:45:08,320 --> 01:45:10,439
Speaker 1: you know, showing it on film like where we broke

2032
01:45:10,560 --> 01:45:12,880
Speaker 1: down at and how our fundamentals playing to that so

2033
01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:15,080
Speaker 1: you can have a visual picture because sometimes people say

2034
01:45:15,120 --> 01:45:17,960
Speaker 1: stuff but don't show you and it's hard to sholf correct.

2035
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:20,200
Speaker 1: So doing that in the film room, which we did,

2036
01:45:20,400 --> 01:45:23,160
Speaker 1: by watching the game collectively as a defense and then

2037
01:45:23,200 --> 01:45:25,439
Speaker 1: when you go out on the practice field the things

2038
01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:29,160
Speaker 1: that we identified, it's the coach's job and really players

2039
01:45:29,280 --> 01:45:32,960
Speaker 1: job to maybe in pre practice work the drills around

2040
01:45:33,080 --> 01:45:35,680
Speaker 1: those things that you may have got a little bit

2041
01:45:35,720 --> 01:45:38,800
Speaker 1: of naxadaisical on and really focus on those things. And

2042
01:45:38,920 --> 01:45:41,920
Speaker 1: so whether for us is hitting the sled using our hands,

2043
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:44,960
Speaker 1: step punch, ripping off of things, ripping off of blocks,

2044
01:45:45,640 --> 01:45:48,479
Speaker 1: whether it's defensive lineman working on their alignment. You know,

2045
01:45:48,600 --> 01:45:50,640
Speaker 1: maybe you know, doing a two on one drill with

2046
01:45:50,680 --> 01:45:53,639
Speaker 1: some offensive linemen so they can feel the double team,

2047
01:45:53,840 --> 01:45:56,400
Speaker 1: feeling the linebacker come downhill and the lineman coming off

2048
01:45:56,479 --> 01:45:58,720
Speaker 1: and recapturing their gap with their hands and their eyes.

2049
01:45:59,200 --> 01:46:00,880
Speaker 1: So those are things that you can work on and

2050
01:46:01,000 --> 01:46:03,080
Speaker 1: practice that sometimes just kind of get a little rusty

2051
01:46:03,160 --> 01:46:06,600
Speaker 1: for whatever reason. We always need a refresher because the

2052
01:46:06,680 --> 01:46:09,760
Speaker 1: ifices go so much on scheme and plays and what

2053
01:46:09,880 --> 01:46:11,760
Speaker 1: does that team like to do sometimes that you get

2054
01:46:11,760 --> 01:46:13,720
Speaker 1: away from the basics that's going to allow you to

2055
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:16,280
Speaker 1: win your one on one matchups. And again, the NFL

2056
01:46:16,479 --> 01:46:18,639
Speaker 1: is all about man whooping a man, and the only

2057
01:46:18,680 --> 01:46:20,559
Speaker 1: way you can do that consistently is by having great

2058
01:46:20,840 --> 01:46:25,080
Speaker 1: fundamentals and technique because talent is only just a starter.

2059
01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:29,400
Speaker 1: You win consistentously by having great fundamentals and technique, and

2060
01:46:29,479 --> 01:46:32,120
Speaker 1: then you know, the penalties have been an issue too,

2061
01:46:32,240 --> 01:46:34,120
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more so on the offensive side

2062
01:46:34,160 --> 01:46:36,920
Speaker 1: of the ball than the defensive side. But I asked

2063
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:39,000
Speaker 1: coach about it on Monday, because I know in the

2064
01:46:39,080 --> 01:46:41,400
Speaker 1: past he's had officials and practice from you guys throwing

2065
01:46:41,479 --> 01:46:43,840
Speaker 1: flags to kind of keep you aware even in the

2066
01:46:43,920 --> 01:46:46,519
Speaker 1: practice setting. That's not the case this year. But he

2067
01:46:46,600 --> 01:46:49,400
Speaker 1: did say that he brought in a retired official last

2068
01:46:49,439 --> 01:46:52,320
Speaker 1: week to talk to you guys. What kind of ground

2069
01:46:52,520 --> 01:46:55,560
Speaker 1: was covered. Was he kind of outlining what they look for,

2070
01:46:55,880 --> 01:46:58,479
Speaker 1: what they and beside where the flag is going to

2071
01:46:58,560 --> 01:47:01,200
Speaker 1: come out? Was the say, that's the biggest thing is

2072
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:02,840
Speaker 1: you know what the officials are looking for. How the

2073
01:47:02,920 --> 01:47:04,600
Speaker 1: game has changed because some of the blocks that you

2074
01:47:04,720 --> 01:47:08,160
Speaker 1: make now in the league's especially when you're finishing guys,

2075
01:47:08,439 --> 01:47:10,600
Speaker 1: they're trying to get the you know, player safety, and

2076
01:47:10,680 --> 01:47:14,160
Speaker 1: so they're more amped to throw a flag where you know,

2077
01:47:14,240 --> 01:47:15,840
Speaker 1: when I first got in this league, it was like, ooh,

2078
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:18,400
Speaker 1: he just dog that dude out. Now they're throwing us

2079
01:47:18,439 --> 01:47:20,479
Speaker 1: it's a flag and it's a bad play even though,

2080
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:22,960
Speaker 1: and so if you have guys that have overlapped that

2081
01:47:23,080 --> 01:47:25,840
Speaker 1: time and that progression, sometimes it's hard to make that

2082
01:47:25,920 --> 01:47:29,760
Speaker 1: transition right away because you go into you know, old

2083
01:47:29,800 --> 01:47:31,840
Speaker 1: school mold. I'm about to finish you off and really

2084
01:47:31,920 --> 01:47:33,920
Speaker 1: dominate you, so you know what it's all about. So

2085
01:47:34,040 --> 01:47:35,960
Speaker 1: this next play, it's a little bit easier for me,

2086
01:47:36,360 --> 01:47:38,519
Speaker 1: and you can't always do that in the NFL and

2087
01:47:38,560 --> 01:47:40,680
Speaker 1: the world we're playing now. So just being smarter, being

2088
01:47:40,760 --> 01:47:43,880
Speaker 1: more aware, understanding what officiers are looking for and calling.

2089
01:47:43,960 --> 01:47:46,040
Speaker 1: So now you're like, Okay, last week, I got to

2090
01:47:46,040 --> 01:47:47,679
Speaker 1: hold it, let me pull off. I got the block,

2091
01:47:47,800 --> 01:47:50,120
Speaker 1: we got the first down. I don't really need to

2092
01:47:50,720 --> 01:47:53,400
Speaker 1: dominate this guy in now the backs buy me already. Yeah,

2093
01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:55,559
Speaker 1: there's no reason to go that extra mile, even though

2094
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:57,960
Speaker 1: you know, you know, from my perspective, I would love

2095
01:47:58,000 --> 01:47:59,160
Speaker 1: to be able to do it. You can't do it

2096
01:47:59,200 --> 01:48:00,600
Speaker 1: because you're gonna hurt the team at the end of

2097
01:48:00,600 --> 01:48:02,280
Speaker 1: the day. Do you want to get to your low

2098
01:48:02,320 --> 01:48:04,559
Speaker 1: down your keys to this game? But one big question

2099
01:48:04,640 --> 01:48:07,400
Speaker 1: in a career question for you, you started your career

2100
01:48:07,479 --> 01:48:12,320
Speaker 1: in Washington, rafted, not drafted, undrafted, undrafted. What happened to them?

2101
01:48:12,439 --> 01:48:15,240
Speaker 1: What happened to Washington when I was a little kid, right, Yeah,

2102
01:48:15,280 --> 01:48:17,840
Speaker 1: I mean, well, I wasn't a part of that great regime. Obviously,

2103
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:19,680
Speaker 1: I got Gibbs two point zero and I've been to

2104
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:21,519
Speaker 1: the play We went to the playoffs I think twice

2105
01:48:21,560 --> 01:48:23,639
Speaker 1: while I was there, once with him and then once

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Speaker 1: with Mike Shanahan. Um. You know, when when I look

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01:48:26,520 --> 01:48:28,320
Speaker 1: at the organization, if I had to put my thumb

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01:48:28,439 --> 01:48:31,439
Speaker 1: on it, um if there's no consistency. So while I

2109
01:48:31,520 --> 01:48:33,760
Speaker 1: was there, I had three head coaches in seven years,

2110
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:37,120
Speaker 1: And when I look around the league, the teams that

2111
01:48:37,280 --> 01:48:40,960
Speaker 1: are often perennial playoff teams, there's continuity at the head

2112
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:43,840
Speaker 1: coaching spot, at the gym spot. They work together, they

2113
01:48:43,960 --> 01:48:47,479
Speaker 1: understand their roles, and they have a great synergy. And

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01:48:47,600 --> 01:48:51,040
Speaker 1: I think that has been probably part of the biggest

2115
01:48:51,200 --> 01:48:53,840
Speaker 1: pitfall of Washington, just not having great synergy in the

2116
01:48:53,920 --> 01:48:58,280
Speaker 1: front office. That leads to having the core, your core

2117
01:48:58,360 --> 01:49:00,560
Speaker 1: players who you draft or bring in being there for

2118
01:49:00,640 --> 01:49:02,920
Speaker 1: a long time. So you have a lot of fluidity

2119
01:49:03,120 --> 01:49:05,360
Speaker 1: within the organization, and that's never going to allow you

2120
01:49:05,439 --> 01:49:08,160
Speaker 1: to really develop an identity in a sense of who

2121
01:49:08,240 --> 01:49:10,560
Speaker 1: you are, to really capture you know, winning on a

2122
01:49:10,560 --> 01:49:14,599
Speaker 1: consistent basis. I remember having a conversation with Lorenzo, probably

2123
01:49:14,960 --> 01:49:18,680
Speaker 1: tail end to training camp, just about where this franchise

2124
01:49:18,920 --> 01:49:23,599
Speaker 1: was in its maturation into a defined culture, a hard

2125
01:49:24,200 --> 01:49:27,960
Speaker 1: line philosophy on how to build it here and and

2126
01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:31,080
Speaker 1: Lorenzo said, I've been on teams where we had ten

2127
01:49:31,160 --> 01:49:33,200
Speaker 1: Pro Bowlers and didn't make the playoffs. And I was like,

2128
01:49:33,520 --> 01:49:36,200
Speaker 1: I think I know which team's referencing there, right, Yeah,

2129
01:49:36,200 --> 01:49:37,840
Speaker 1: And that's what it comes down to. I mean, that's

2130
01:49:37,920 --> 01:49:40,840
Speaker 1: I mean, so it's all about continuity and in our

2131
01:49:41,240 --> 01:49:43,519
Speaker 1: you know, culture to day, and you see it everywhere.

2132
01:49:43,560 --> 01:49:45,400
Speaker 1: It's not just you know, in Washington, it's just in

2133
01:49:45,479 --> 01:49:49,160
Speaker 1: our society in general. It's a win now type of concept.

2134
01:49:49,200 --> 01:49:51,400
Speaker 1: And you don't have much time to create that continuity.

2135
01:49:51,439 --> 01:49:53,600
Speaker 1: You have to show some type of improvement or have

2136
01:49:54,120 --> 01:49:56,240
Speaker 1: ownership willing to be patient so that you can kind

2137
01:49:56,280 --> 01:49:59,200
Speaker 1: of grow that identity and that culture that's going to

2138
01:49:59,280 --> 01:50:05,120
Speaker 1: eventually um um manifest winning. And and sometimes you know, coaches,

2139
01:50:05,160 --> 01:50:07,080
Speaker 1: if you have a bad record for four or twelve

2140
01:50:07,160 --> 01:50:09,400
Speaker 1: in the second season, yeah, it's like, oh, the fan

2141
01:50:09,520 --> 01:50:11,720
Speaker 1: base gets in an uproar. We gotta switch, you gotta

2142
01:50:11,760 --> 01:50:13,639
Speaker 1: fire when it could have been that next year where

2143
01:50:13,640 --> 01:50:15,760
Speaker 1: you make that growth. Because now you have two or

2144
01:50:15,800 --> 01:50:18,040
Speaker 1: three years of your guys in there, you're really starting

2145
01:50:18,080 --> 01:50:20,040
Speaker 1: to bring shape it in. Guys are really starting to

2146
01:50:20,120 --> 01:50:22,200
Speaker 1: understand it. But now here comes the new head coach

2147
01:50:22,560 --> 01:50:24,759
Speaker 1: or a new GM in the in the whole mindset

2148
01:50:24,880 --> 01:50:27,040
Speaker 1: or vision could be completely different. You have to restart

2149
01:50:27,160 --> 01:50:29,320
Speaker 1: from scratch pretty much. And then you look at some

2150
01:50:29,439 --> 01:50:32,320
Speaker 1: of the most patient franchises in this league. You know,

2151
01:50:32,479 --> 01:50:37,400
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh six Springs six Trophies Giants traditionally have been a

2152
01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:40,800
Speaker 1: pretty patient franchise. They're kind of a little scattered right now,

2153
01:50:40,920 --> 01:50:43,120
Speaker 1: but it looks like they're reloading in a way that

2154
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:46,519
Speaker 1: should spell success eventually. Believe that growth is going on

2155
01:50:46,680 --> 01:50:48,519
Speaker 1: here right Yeah, yeah, I mean things have been on

2156
01:50:48,600 --> 01:50:51,519
Speaker 1: the uptick. I think, you know, since me arriving here

2157
01:50:51,520 --> 01:50:55,280
Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, I've seen a positive shift within the

2158
01:50:55,400 --> 01:50:57,400
Speaker 1: building and within the guys that we're bringing in and

2159
01:50:57,479 --> 01:51:00,280
Speaker 1: the way we're playing. And so obviously it's up to

2160
01:51:00,439 --> 01:51:04,000
Speaker 1: us to really win games to allow that to continue

2161
01:51:04,040 --> 01:51:05,920
Speaker 1: to grow. Um, you know, because I think Shan is

2162
01:51:05,920 --> 01:51:08,320
Speaker 1: a great head coach, Brandon is a great GM, and

2163
01:51:08,400 --> 01:51:10,599
Speaker 1: I think they work very well together. They both respect

2164
01:51:10,640 --> 01:51:13,639
Speaker 1: each other and stay in their lanes. And if they're

2165
01:51:13,680 --> 01:51:16,799
Speaker 1: continue to able to work together and continue to implement

2166
01:51:16,880 --> 01:51:19,120
Speaker 1: this vision, I mean, I think this franchise is going

2167
01:51:19,240 --> 01:51:23,120
Speaker 1: and setting itself up for a standard that's going to

2168
01:51:23,160 --> 01:51:25,920
Speaker 1: be consistent to winning in the fab base, being happy

2169
01:51:25,960 --> 01:51:28,120
Speaker 1: with the product. Let's get to the lowdown, Chris, get

2170
01:51:28,200 --> 01:51:30,280
Speaker 1: us going here. These are Lorenzo's keys to the game

2171
01:51:30,320 --> 01:51:33,000
Speaker 1: this Sunday against Washington. A Number one you've got here

2172
01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:36,080
Speaker 1: is discipline, right, and we've talked about this a little bit. Um,

2173
01:51:36,120 --> 01:51:38,519
Speaker 1: as far as the presnap penalty is not putting ourselves

2174
01:51:39,120 --> 01:51:42,639
Speaker 1: and you know first in fifteen or first and twenty

2175
01:51:42,680 --> 01:51:45,720
Speaker 1: because we have a holding penalty, or defensively lining up

2176
01:51:45,760 --> 01:51:49,200
Speaker 1: off sides. Um, those are the things that when you

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01:51:49,320 --> 01:51:52,280
Speaker 1: play a good team, or if you want to become

2178
01:51:52,320 --> 01:51:55,920
Speaker 1: a good team, you cannot be creating self inflicted wounds.

2179
01:51:55,920 --> 01:51:58,280
Speaker 1: And that's something that's kind of been our our achilles

2180
01:51:58,439 --> 01:52:01,960
Speaker 1: heel all year and at some point, man and man,

2181
01:52:02,040 --> 01:52:05,519
Speaker 1: we have to make that correction and get that job

2182
01:52:05,640 --> 01:52:09,240
Speaker 1: done consistently throughout a game. Number two on Lorenzo's list

2183
01:52:09,280 --> 01:52:12,000
Speaker 1: of keys prevent big plays. You guys have been good

2184
01:52:12,040 --> 01:52:14,000
Speaker 1: at that defense. Yeah, we've been good, but when we

2185
01:52:14,200 --> 01:52:18,720
Speaker 1: give up drives or points on drives, it's because of

2186
01:52:18,920 --> 01:52:21,240
Speaker 1: some type of big play, whether it's a shot off

2187
01:52:21,280 --> 01:52:23,960
Speaker 1: a double move. For us this year has been on screens,

2188
01:52:24,920 --> 01:52:29,400
Speaker 1: so having an idea and awareness of the situations. So

2189
01:52:29,560 --> 01:52:32,280
Speaker 1: for us, if it's second and long after we just

2190
01:52:32,800 --> 01:52:35,800
Speaker 1: stuff to run or got a sack, we have to

2191
01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:38,360
Speaker 1: understand that we've been hurt on screens. So having an

2192
01:52:38,400 --> 01:52:40,800
Speaker 1: awareness doesn't mean you need to slow down and stop

2193
01:52:40,840 --> 01:52:43,120
Speaker 1: you from using your eyes and your feet, but having

2194
01:52:43,120 --> 01:52:45,080
Speaker 1: awareness so when you see a key that's saying, okay,

2195
01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:47,360
Speaker 1: this is a screen, you need to go trigger, get

2196
01:52:47,439 --> 01:52:49,960
Speaker 1: your guy or a defensive linement, stop your rush because

2197
01:52:49,960 --> 01:52:51,720
Speaker 1: you're not that great of a rusher to be just

2198
01:52:51,800 --> 01:52:53,960
Speaker 1: Scott free, put your foot in the ground and retrace

2199
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:57,200
Speaker 1: and so collectively being able to do that on defense

2200
01:52:57,200 --> 01:52:59,559
Speaker 1: throughout a game. We came across this stamp from our

2201
01:52:59,600 --> 01:53:03,680
Speaker 1: friends at ESPN NFL Matchup explosive plays allowed by a

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01:53:03,760 --> 01:53:07,000
Speaker 1: defense number of fifteen yard or more rushes and twenty

2203
01:53:07,080 --> 01:53:09,720
Speaker 1: yard or more receptions allowed. The Bills are fifth in

2204
01:53:09,760 --> 01:53:12,519
Speaker 1: the league. Only four teams have allowed fewers. So I

2205
01:53:12,680 --> 01:53:14,680
Speaker 1: think you probably have in mind that sixty five yard

2206
01:53:14,760 --> 01:53:17,560
Speaker 1: touchdown on the other day, But overall first half of

2207
01:53:17,600 --> 01:53:19,360
Speaker 1: the season, you guys done a good job with them. Yeah,

2208
01:53:19,520 --> 01:53:21,240
Speaker 1: a good job to see. But I see for me

2209
01:53:21,400 --> 01:53:24,040
Speaker 1: when I when I'm critiquing ourselves, I'm not okay with

2210
01:53:24,160 --> 01:53:25,720
Speaker 1: a good I want to be the best. You know,

2211
01:53:25,800 --> 01:53:27,960
Speaker 1: I'm not okay. We just always top five, but those

2212
01:53:28,080 --> 01:53:30,800
Speaker 1: those that for us to be top five, we've given

2213
01:53:30,880 --> 01:53:34,040
Speaker 1: up some big plays that allowed two points, and that's

2214
01:53:34,120 --> 01:53:36,400
Speaker 1: our our thing. Nobody can, I don't think, go down

2215
01:53:36,800 --> 01:53:42,200
Speaker 1: eighty yards meticulously five eight, you know, seven and just

2216
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:44,599
Speaker 1: creep down on the way they score points field goals

2217
01:53:44,800 --> 01:53:46,760
Speaker 1: or touchdowns. Is when we give up big plays and

2218
01:53:46,800 --> 01:53:49,439
Speaker 1: the big places of majority out of those fourteen or

2219
01:53:49,520 --> 01:53:52,160
Speaker 1: fifteen plays have been off of screens. And so that's

2220
01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:53,439
Speaker 1: why I think we really need to have a height

2221
01:53:53,479 --> 01:53:55,120
Speaker 1: and awareness because for us to be an elite and

2222
01:53:55,160 --> 01:53:57,520
Speaker 1: take this thing to another level, we have to minimize

2223
01:53:57,600 --> 01:53:59,600
Speaker 1: those those those down of point. More question about the

2224
01:53:59,600 --> 01:54:02,560
Speaker 1: screen pads is there's something fundamental about the setup of

2225
01:54:02,600 --> 01:54:05,920
Speaker 1: your defense that maybe you're you're susceptible to big screen

2226
01:54:05,960 --> 01:54:07,800
Speaker 1: coum I think we have, you know, guys getting up

2227
01:54:07,800 --> 01:54:09,600
Speaker 1: the field as far as pass rushing sometimes and so

2228
01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:12,639
Speaker 1: that slows us down and not not always being aware

2229
01:54:12,680 --> 01:54:16,320
Speaker 1: of it. There are some things being a split safety defense,

2230
01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:18,920
Speaker 1: especially in our cover four set, where the wheel is

2231
01:54:19,000 --> 01:54:21,680
Speaker 1: oftentimes on the backside left alone. When it's a three

2232
01:54:21,720 --> 01:54:23,880
Speaker 1: by one, three receivers to one side, one receiver to

2233
01:54:23,960 --> 01:54:27,200
Speaker 1: the other. The wheel to that one receiver side is

2234
01:54:27,280 --> 01:54:29,280
Speaker 1: sometimes by itself on that running back and if you

2235
01:54:29,400 --> 01:54:32,000
Speaker 1: get one or two linemen out, now he has to

2236
01:54:32,040 --> 01:54:34,760
Speaker 1: play the piano playing slow and hopefully you get some

2237
01:54:34,880 --> 01:54:37,440
Speaker 1: of your sharks guys that are retracing and running to

2238
01:54:37,480 --> 01:54:39,240
Speaker 1: the ball. But if you have one guy that's out

2239
01:54:39,320 --> 01:54:41,040
Speaker 1: of sync or a guy that doesn't take a proper

2240
01:54:41,160 --> 01:54:43,520
Speaker 1: angle as we saw in the Miami game, you know

2241
01:54:43,960 --> 01:54:46,760
Speaker 1: that that play that should go for maybe six yards

2242
01:54:46,840 --> 01:54:50,600
Speaker 1: can explode to a thirty yard play. Play the piano

2243
01:54:50,640 --> 01:54:52,840
Speaker 1: means slow playing, you know, kind of back using your

2244
01:54:52,840 --> 01:54:54,720
Speaker 1: feedback and forth, try to get the old lineman to

2245
01:54:54,840 --> 01:54:56,760
Speaker 1: commit and maybe miss you and then maybe you can

2246
01:54:56,800 --> 01:54:59,240
Speaker 1: go make a play and let you help yeah catch

2247
01:54:59,320 --> 01:55:01,840
Speaker 1: up blown lounge singer versus going to take a shot

2248
01:55:01,960 --> 01:55:04,360
Speaker 1: right now and missing and he takes and he's gone on.

2249
01:55:04,520 --> 01:55:07,800
Speaker 1: You know, on the side, La, you got more lown one,

2250
01:55:07,840 --> 01:55:11,360
Speaker 1: more lowdown affect the quarterback, which has a whole different

2251
01:55:11,400 --> 01:55:13,800
Speaker 1: ring to it now knowing that Haskins is started, right, Yeah,

2252
01:55:13,840 --> 01:55:16,080
Speaker 1: I mean we really want to be to get after Haskins.

2253
01:55:16,120 --> 01:55:19,520
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously with some of our coverages, um, making

2254
01:55:19,600 --> 01:55:21,800
Speaker 1: him second guess himself because he does have a lack

2255
01:55:21,840 --> 01:55:25,360
Speaker 1: of experience being at the helm. Um also maybe speeding

2256
01:55:25,440 --> 01:55:28,320
Speaker 1: him up, um obviously with great pass rush, getting after

2257
01:55:28,440 --> 01:55:30,600
Speaker 1: him a little bit and making him making a decision

2258
01:55:30,760 --> 01:55:32,520
Speaker 1: before he really wants to. And so those are some

2259
01:55:32,560 --> 01:55:34,040
Speaker 1: of the things that you wan't want to be able

2260
01:55:34,040 --> 01:55:36,240
Speaker 1: to do, whether you're blitzing him or with your four

2261
01:55:36,280 --> 01:55:39,200
Speaker 1: man rush um, and take advantage of of his youth

2262
01:55:39,280 --> 01:55:42,120
Speaker 1: at the position. Yeah, you're going to lowdown with Lorenzo Alexander.

2263
01:55:42,680 --> 01:55:45,440
Speaker 1: You your children here in Buffalo and Western Yark. You're

2264
01:55:45,560 --> 01:55:48,320
Speaker 1: right in the heart of Halloween season, right. I mean,

2265
01:55:48,360 --> 01:55:51,600
Speaker 1: these kids, they are perfectly aged, perfectly aged, and they

2266
01:55:51,640 --> 01:55:58,440
Speaker 1: were soldiers last night. They made they made it. They

2267
01:55:58,520 --> 01:56:00,280
Speaker 1: made They went out for about an all in the rain,

2268
01:56:00,400 --> 01:56:03,000
Speaker 1: in the wind while I manned the house and handed

2269
01:56:03,040 --> 01:56:07,960
Speaker 1: out carried. Yeah, huh, I was not busy. I was

2270
01:56:08,560 --> 01:56:11,920
Speaker 1: um more visitors than I expected. There was a good group,

2271
01:56:11,960 --> 01:56:13,760
Speaker 1: but we live in like a coulda Sack family or

2272
01:56:13,800 --> 01:56:15,400
Speaker 1: in the neighborhood, so it's like a lot of kids

2273
01:56:15,440 --> 01:56:17,400
Speaker 1: that just lived there. So I think they hit the

2274
01:56:17,440 --> 01:56:20,560
Speaker 1: block and went back. It was about a forty five

2275
01:56:20,600 --> 01:56:22,920
Speaker 1: minute period where it picked up and then it was gone. Yeah,

2276
01:56:23,240 --> 01:56:25,760
Speaker 1: it didn't go as long as as it typically does. Renel,

2277
01:56:25,800 --> 01:56:28,400
Speaker 1: thanks for this good luck on Sunday. Yeah, I appreciate it. Yeah. Yeah.

2278
01:56:28,640 --> 01:56:31,200
Speaker 1: In the Midlexander Bill's linebacker with the Lowdown. We do

2279
01:56:31,320 --> 01:56:33,320
Speaker 1: it every Friday at two o'clock. The Lowdown brought to

2280
01:56:33,320 --> 01:56:36,880
Speaker 1: you by Hutches Redefining City Dimmings, Chris and I coming

2281
01:56:36,920 --> 01:56:39,760
Speaker 1: Back One Bill's Life, presented by Klaida Health on Buffalo

2282
01:56:39,880 --> 01:56:53,960
Speaker 1: Bill's Radio. Welcome back to the show, John Murphy, Chris Brown.

2283
01:56:54,040 --> 01:56:56,160
Speaker 1: Chris is in for Seve Tansker and the special guests.

2284
01:56:56,200 --> 01:56:58,680
Speaker 1: Happy to have them too. Local guy, you know, you know,

2285
01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm from a Youngstown Lois some Porter high schools, Syracuse University,

2286
01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:04,280
Speaker 1: of course, the Dallas Cowboys, and he's with the NFL

2287
01:57:04,360 --> 01:57:06,120
Speaker 1: on Fox. Will have the call of the game Sunday,

2288
01:57:06,400 --> 01:57:08,880
Speaker 1: the Bills and Washington. We're happy to have Daryl Moose

2289
01:57:08,960 --> 01:57:11,000
Speaker 1: Johnson and studio with us. How long you've been with Fox.

2290
01:57:11,120 --> 01:57:12,960
Speaker 1: It's been a while now. I think this is your

2291
01:57:13,000 --> 01:57:16,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty years. Congratulations, that's great. Yeah, that's a good

2292
01:57:17,040 --> 01:57:20,720
Speaker 1: run in TV. Yeah, right, really coming out, I know

2293
01:57:20,880 --> 01:57:23,240
Speaker 1: probably and I want a man. Tasker was like this too.

2294
01:57:23,360 --> 01:57:25,920
Speaker 1: He did twenty plus years with CBS. You don't get

2295
01:57:25,960 --> 01:57:27,840
Speaker 1: tired of it because every week is different, right, every

2296
01:57:27,880 --> 01:57:31,360
Speaker 1: game is different, every setup is different. It never becomes mundane.

2297
01:57:31,760 --> 01:57:34,120
Speaker 1: It's amazing. You know. The travel is the biggest thing.

2298
01:57:34,160 --> 01:57:37,040
Speaker 1: And I remember when Dan Dierdor finally retired. One of

2299
01:57:37,080 --> 01:57:39,560
Speaker 1: the big reasons why was he just couldn't do the travel, um,

2300
01:57:39,720 --> 01:57:41,880
Speaker 1: you know, to and from the stadium. It just became

2301
01:57:41,920 --> 01:57:43,520
Speaker 1: a little bit taxing for him with his knees and

2302
01:57:43,600 --> 01:57:46,280
Speaker 1: hips and everything. Uh, you know that. That's what I'm

2303
01:57:46,320 --> 01:57:48,200
Speaker 1: probably most concerned about, is you know, when you get

2304
01:57:48,200 --> 01:57:50,960
Speaker 1: to that point where the where the travel just gets around, right,

2305
01:57:51,720 --> 01:57:56,560
Speaker 1: there was a punishing position, are you is it? It's

2306
01:57:56,600 --> 01:57:58,000
Speaker 1: got to be a little fun for you to come

2307
01:57:58,040 --> 01:58:00,440
Speaker 1: home anyway, right, And they have two straight games at home.

2308
01:58:00,560 --> 01:58:02,240
Speaker 1: I know, I know, right, I probably should have just

2309
01:58:02,280 --> 01:58:04,160
Speaker 1: stayed through the week. If if we didn't have Halloween

2310
01:58:04,360 --> 01:58:07,000
Speaker 1: last night, I probably uh, I probably would have considered it.

2311
01:58:07,080 --> 01:58:09,920
Speaker 1: But it was it was our daughter's last Halloween at

2312
01:58:09,960 --> 01:58:11,640
Speaker 1: home before she heads off the college next year. And

2313
01:58:11,920 --> 01:58:14,200
Speaker 1: it's so her and her friends sit out. They they

2314
01:58:14,320 --> 01:58:17,000
Speaker 1: have control of the candy, and it's all by costume.

2315
01:58:17,640 --> 01:58:19,720
Speaker 1: So they've got they've got the really good candy, the

2316
01:58:19,800 --> 01:58:23,200
Speaker 1: okay candy, and the bad candy, and it's they're probably

2317
01:58:23,280 --> 01:58:26,480
Speaker 1: guarding the really good. Yeah, how many kids, moose? How

2318
01:58:26,520 --> 01:58:29,080
Speaker 1: many children to say? Yeah, we have a sophomore in college,

2319
01:58:29,080 --> 01:58:30,640
Speaker 1: in a in a senior in high school. Howbout can

2320
01:58:30,680 --> 01:58:32,440
Speaker 1: I tell you this story? I'm sitting at the Final

2321
01:58:32,520 --> 01:58:35,680
Speaker 1: four in San Antonio two years ago with my son.

2322
01:58:35,760 --> 01:58:37,280
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, Moose walks in right before

2323
01:58:37,360 --> 01:58:39,200
Speaker 1: tipof sitting right in front of us. It was amazing.

2324
01:58:39,240 --> 01:58:42,000
Speaker 1: That was crazy. It was nuts. Yeah, you left her, No,

2325
01:58:42,040 --> 01:58:45,720
Speaker 1: you didn't leave early. It was crazy though, was sitting

2326
01:58:45,760 --> 01:58:47,840
Speaker 1: right in front of well, welcome And you had the

2327
01:58:47,880 --> 01:58:50,120
Speaker 1: bills last week, and I'm sure you form impressions of

2328
01:58:50,160 --> 01:58:53,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo from what you saw it last week, what'd you think, Well,

2329
01:58:54,000 --> 01:58:55,920
Speaker 1: you know, I think the big thing is is everybody

2330
01:58:56,000 --> 01:58:58,240
Speaker 1: wanted to see who they were. You know, the fan

2331
01:58:58,320 --> 01:59:01,120
Speaker 1: base wants to know, you know, where this team stands

2332
01:59:01,440 --> 01:59:03,560
Speaker 1: in the ranks of the NFL. And I think they

2333
01:59:03,680 --> 01:59:10,480
Speaker 1: ran into a very very emotional Philadelphia team. I think,

2334
01:59:11,400 --> 01:59:13,120
Speaker 1: you know, kind of the things that happened down there

2335
01:59:13,200 --> 01:59:15,640
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia last week really kind of galvanized that team.

2336
01:59:15,960 --> 01:59:17,920
Speaker 1: And you talk about catching the team at the right

2337
01:59:17,960 --> 01:59:19,640
Speaker 1: time or the wrong time during the course of the season,

2338
01:59:19,640 --> 01:59:21,400
Speaker 1: I think the Bill Scott the Eagles at the wrong time.

2339
01:59:22,360 --> 01:59:24,400
Speaker 1: They were embarrassed by Dallas on Sunday night. They had

2340
01:59:24,400 --> 01:59:26,240
Speaker 1: to answer a lot of questions from within that locker

2341
01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:28,080
Speaker 1: room during the course of the preparation, and we talked

2342
01:59:28,080 --> 01:59:30,720
Speaker 1: to Malcolm Jenkins and he actually said, for the first

2343
01:59:30,760 --> 01:59:33,560
Speaker 1: time this season, I saw that edge in our preparation

2344
01:59:33,680 --> 01:59:35,720
Speaker 1: this week. So I think it caught him at at

2345
01:59:35,760 --> 01:59:39,440
Speaker 1: the wrong time. But you didn't play well, you know,

2346
01:59:39,600 --> 01:59:41,880
Speaker 1: I didn't expect to see Philadelphia be able to run

2347
01:59:41,920 --> 01:59:44,240
Speaker 1: the ball that effectively against that defense. So that was

2348
01:59:44,720 --> 01:59:47,160
Speaker 1: that was the big thing. Once once a team really

2349
01:59:47,320 --> 01:59:50,440
Speaker 1: controls the LINU scrimmage, gains control of the line of scrimmage.

2350
01:59:50,800 --> 01:59:53,720
Speaker 1: It's really tough. We talk about momentum swings and games,

2351
01:59:53,760 --> 01:59:56,440
Speaker 1: and you can steal the momentum back, it's really really

2352
01:59:56,520 --> 01:59:58,800
Speaker 1: hard to steal the line of scrimmage back. And line

2353
01:59:58,800 --> 02:00:01,760
Speaker 1: of scrimmage was a giant problem last year for this team,

2354
02:00:01,840 --> 02:00:04,000
Speaker 1: and they could not win at the line of scrimmage,

2355
02:00:04,040 --> 02:00:05,920
Speaker 1: particularly on the offensive side of the ball, and it's

2356
02:00:05,920 --> 02:00:07,960
Speaker 1: why they really couldn't do much on offense last year.

2357
02:00:08,320 --> 02:00:11,200
Speaker 1: This year, we hadn't really seen it surface at all.

2358
02:00:11,400 --> 02:00:13,720
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, you have some back and forth

2359
02:00:13,800 --> 02:00:16,440
Speaker 1: in games, but last week was probably when't your greemurf.

2360
02:00:16,480 --> 02:00:19,080
Speaker 1: It was probably the most they had been dominated at

2361
02:00:19,120 --> 02:00:23,320
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. How fixable in your opinion and

2362
02:00:23,400 --> 02:00:26,880
Speaker 1: your experience is that going from one week to the next.

2363
02:00:27,920 --> 02:00:32,160
Speaker 1: I just asked Sean McDermott and Matt Malano that exact

2364
02:00:32,200 --> 02:00:35,360
Speaker 1: same question, because to me, it is hard when you're

2365
02:00:35,360 --> 02:00:39,200
Speaker 1: talking about things that aren't details and techniques. And that

2366
02:00:39,400 --> 02:00:42,720
Speaker 1: was Sean's response when I said that that we lost

2367
02:00:42,800 --> 02:00:44,600
Speaker 1: the battle at the line of scrimmage. We lost the

2368
02:00:44,640 --> 02:00:48,840
Speaker 1: physical part. Detail and technique are very very important when

2369
02:00:48,880 --> 02:00:51,160
Speaker 1: you're talking about the physical opponent of what I want

2370
02:00:51,200 --> 02:00:53,600
Speaker 1: our team to be, so he got into a lot

2371
02:00:53,640 --> 02:00:57,560
Speaker 1: of that. It made sense. I just there were some

2372
02:00:57,960 --> 02:01:01,760
Speaker 1: some writers that really, in my opinion, put the Philadelphia

2373
02:01:01,800 --> 02:01:04,120
Speaker 1: offensive line on a pedestal that was a little bit

2374
02:01:04,160 --> 02:01:05,720
Speaker 1: too high. I don't think they're one of the best

2375
02:01:05,800 --> 02:01:08,840
Speaker 1: offensive lines in the league. I think Jason Kelsey is

2376
02:01:08,840 --> 02:01:11,640
Speaker 1: extremely athletic, but I did not expect to see him

2377
02:01:11,680 --> 02:01:13,720
Speaker 1: play as well as he did. So that's going to

2378
02:01:13,800 --> 02:01:16,560
Speaker 1: be my big thing. Because Washington's offensive line has struggled,

2379
02:01:17,640 --> 02:01:21,040
Speaker 1: but they are good inside. The strength of that offensive

2380
02:01:21,080 --> 02:01:24,280
Speaker 1: line is guard, center guard. You know, Morgan Moses is

2381
02:01:24,280 --> 02:01:26,200
Speaker 1: struggling a little bit on the on the right tackle spot.

2382
02:01:26,200 --> 02:01:28,080
Speaker 1: You've brought Donald Penn into filling for Trent Williams in

2383
02:01:28,120 --> 02:01:31,400
Speaker 1: the left tackle spot. They're doing they're doing a good job,

2384
02:01:31,440 --> 02:01:35,120
Speaker 1: but really the strength is Rulier and Sheriff, you know, center,

2385
02:01:35,200 --> 02:01:38,120
Speaker 1: right guard. So if this is something where that inside

2386
02:01:38,200 --> 02:01:40,960
Speaker 1: of the Bill's defensive line is struggling a little bit,

2387
02:01:41,200 --> 02:01:43,200
Speaker 1: you're going to have that reinforced again this weekend. And

2388
02:01:43,800 --> 02:01:45,960
Speaker 1: we mentioned it in a previous segment, but in the

2389
02:01:46,120 --> 02:01:48,960
Speaker 1: last three games, Adrian Peterson very quietly is averaging four

2390
02:01:49,000 --> 02:01:51,560
Speaker 1: point eight yards to carry, So they're doing something right

2391
02:01:51,640 --> 02:01:53,280
Speaker 1: up there for him, I mean, to help him out.

2392
02:01:53,280 --> 02:01:54,840
Speaker 1: I mean, he still can make plays on his own,

2393
02:01:54,920 --> 02:01:57,560
Speaker 1: but what you're saying seems to be bearing out in

2394
02:01:57,560 --> 02:02:01,040
Speaker 1: the numbers too. Probably the worst. Well, it depends on

2395
02:02:01,080 --> 02:02:02,280
Speaker 1: which way you want to look at it. I'm sure

2396
02:02:02,320 --> 02:02:05,120
Speaker 1: Sean wants this matchup. Shan wants to see his guys

2397
02:02:05,160 --> 02:02:08,480
Speaker 1: go out there against Bill Callahan, who's an offensive line coach.

2398
02:02:09,080 --> 02:02:11,960
Speaker 1: As interim head coach, He's proven he's committing to the run.

2399
02:02:13,240 --> 02:02:16,520
Speaker 1: Let's show everybody that Philly was a one off and

2400
02:02:16,680 --> 02:02:18,200
Speaker 1: that's not who we are. You're going to get that

2401
02:02:18,200 --> 02:02:20,160
Speaker 1: opportunity against the Redskins because they're coming at you, and

2402
02:02:20,200 --> 02:02:22,640
Speaker 1: they're coming at you downhill. With Darryl Moose, Johnson will

2403
02:02:22,640 --> 02:02:24,400
Speaker 1: have to call the game on the NFL on Fox

2404
02:02:24,440 --> 02:02:28,280
Speaker 1: Sunday along with Chris Myers and Laura Oakman. Buffalo defense

2405
02:02:28,640 --> 02:02:31,240
Speaker 1: was kind of shocking what they did last week, Moose,

2406
02:02:31,320 --> 02:02:33,480
Speaker 1: but the offense has been that way all season long,

2407
02:02:33,520 --> 02:02:35,600
Speaker 1: and it hasn't been good enough. Really, the average nineteen

2408
02:02:35,640 --> 02:02:38,200
Speaker 1: points a game. What's what's the fixed here? What can

2409
02:02:38,240 --> 02:02:41,360
Speaker 1: the Bills do offensively? Inconsistency right now just you know,

2410
02:02:41,400 --> 02:02:43,680
Speaker 1: sporadic during the course of the game any year from

2411
02:02:43,680 --> 02:02:45,320
Speaker 1: the defensive guys. You know, we haven't we haven't played

2412
02:02:45,560 --> 02:02:48,200
Speaker 1: a four quarter football game yet, um and and that

2413
02:02:48,400 --> 02:02:50,560
Speaker 1: I think shows more on the offensive side than the

2414
02:02:50,600 --> 02:02:59,200
Speaker 1: defensive side having the opportunity, you know, to to get

2415
02:02:59,240 --> 02:03:02,280
Speaker 1: to that more weapons on the outside. And it is

2416
02:03:02,320 --> 02:03:04,320
Speaker 1: one of the things. You see what John Brown's doing,

2417
02:03:04,320 --> 02:03:06,120
Speaker 1: you see what Cole Beasley is doing. You know, somebody

2418
02:03:06,200 --> 02:03:08,920
Speaker 1: else has to step up. You've got to have more,

2419
02:03:09,160 --> 02:03:11,840
Speaker 1: you know, more opportunity, more options for Josh Allen. So

2420
02:03:12,240 --> 02:03:14,160
Speaker 1: some of these younger guys, and we talked to coach

2421
02:03:14,240 --> 02:03:16,880
Speaker 1: Dable about him about taking that next step going through

2422
02:03:16,960 --> 02:03:18,560
Speaker 1: this process. But we've got to street it up a

2423
02:03:18,600 --> 02:03:21,760
Speaker 1: little bit. When we're talking about Duke Williams and Foster

2424
02:03:21,920 --> 02:03:23,760
Speaker 1: and guys like that, that that just they need to

2425
02:03:23,800 --> 02:03:26,720
Speaker 1: grow up a little bit quicker. And obviously, you know,

2426
02:03:26,840 --> 02:03:29,080
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary has to you have to find a way

2427
02:03:29,080 --> 02:03:31,000
Speaker 1: to get him the ball. And you know, coach said, listen,

2428
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:32,440
Speaker 1: we had him dial up a couple of times early

2429
02:03:32,600 --> 02:03:35,240
Speaker 1: last week and in progressions, take you away. He's the

2430
02:03:35,320 --> 02:03:37,680
Speaker 1: type of player in my opinion that we need a

2431
02:03:37,760 --> 02:03:40,520
Speaker 1: couple that are going to him regardless each quarter. You know,

2432
02:03:40,560 --> 02:03:42,600
Speaker 1: when he's out there, Um, you know, and you don't

2433
02:03:42,600 --> 02:03:44,320
Speaker 1: want to steer away from Frank or too much. So

2434
02:03:44,800 --> 02:03:46,800
Speaker 1: you know, the talent is there, it's coming together. But

2435
02:03:46,880 --> 02:03:49,160
Speaker 1: the reason, you know this is maybe a little bit

2436
02:03:49,200 --> 02:03:51,760
Speaker 1: behind the defense. And we talked about this last week

2437
02:03:51,800 --> 02:03:54,280
Speaker 1: with the guys and the coaches. Um, you know, nine

2438
02:03:54,320 --> 02:03:56,680
Speaker 1: out of eleven new starters. Yeah, it just takes a while.

2439
02:03:56,840 --> 02:04:00,200
Speaker 1: And I all the time we talk about this, I

2440
02:04:00,280 --> 02:04:02,880
Speaker 1: hope when the next CBA comes up, that we look

2441
02:04:02,920 --> 02:04:05,080
Speaker 1: at what we're doing in the off season to allow

2442
02:04:05,120 --> 02:04:06,960
Speaker 1: these guys to get ready number one, physically, to be

2443
02:04:06,960 --> 02:04:08,800
Speaker 1: able to take the punishment that you're going to take

2444
02:04:08,800 --> 02:04:11,200
Speaker 1: in a seventeen game regular season schedule in the fall,

2445
02:04:11,280 --> 02:04:12,920
Speaker 1: but also in the classroom, in the meeting room, and

2446
02:04:12,960 --> 02:04:15,960
Speaker 1: on the field more time. We need more time on

2447
02:04:16,040 --> 02:04:17,640
Speaker 1: the field to get these guys ready. We have so

2448
02:04:17,760 --> 02:04:20,360
Speaker 1: much transition from year to year, and we're limiting the

2449
02:04:20,440 --> 02:04:22,760
Speaker 1: time that these guys can spend with their coaches. So

2450
02:04:23,080 --> 02:04:24,640
Speaker 1: it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to

2451
02:04:24,720 --> 02:04:26,880
Speaker 1: me to put the free agent system in place and

2452
02:04:26,960 --> 02:04:28,520
Speaker 1: then to restrict the time that we're going to allow

2453
02:04:28,520 --> 02:04:30,440
Speaker 1: these guys to be in meeting rooms in film rooms

2454
02:04:30,440 --> 02:04:33,640
Speaker 1: with their coaches. So I'd love to see maintaining and

2455
02:04:33,760 --> 02:04:37,360
Speaker 1: keeping safety a top priority. But in my opinion, we

2456
02:04:37,440 --> 02:04:40,480
Speaker 1: need more time to develop our foundational strength. We need

2457
02:04:40,560 --> 02:04:44,040
Speaker 1: more time in the classroom. We'll have better opportunities in

2458
02:04:44,080 --> 02:04:46,560
Speaker 1: training camp. We went into training camp with our whole

2459
02:04:46,640 --> 02:04:49,480
Speaker 1: foundation offense put in. We'd already repped it on the

2460
02:04:49,560 --> 02:04:52,080
Speaker 1: field multiple times when we went to training camp. Now

2461
02:04:52,120 --> 02:04:54,880
Speaker 1: we're doing that in pads and we're also adding the changeups.

2462
02:04:55,360 --> 02:04:57,440
Speaker 1: These teams now when you talk to them, they're still

2463
02:04:57,480 --> 02:05:00,480
Speaker 1: working on that foundation. Yeah, exactly, they're doing base installs

2464
02:05:00,520 --> 02:05:05,440
Speaker 1: in training camp. That's that shouldn't be happening with nine

2465
02:05:05,480 --> 02:05:07,480
Speaker 1: new guys on offense. So think about that, you know

2466
02:05:07,520 --> 02:05:09,520
Speaker 1: what I mean. Like it's mid season, right, that's what

2467
02:05:09,640 --> 02:05:10,960
Speaker 1: you don't get to but you don't get to work

2468
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:12,840
Speaker 1: on the detail and the technique. You're on the game.

2469
02:05:13,000 --> 02:05:16,400
Speaker 1: Now you're yea every week and you're trying to correct

2470
02:05:16,480 --> 02:05:19,240
Speaker 1: this while we're teaching you this. But I did like

2471
02:05:19,320 --> 02:05:21,600
Speaker 1: when you said that about some guys, and I put

2472
02:05:21,720 --> 02:05:24,120
Speaker 1: Josh in this category. Let's go. It's mid season. It's

2473
02:05:24,160 --> 02:05:26,280
Speaker 1: time now, right, Yes, I know nine players, but it's

2474
02:05:26,320 --> 02:05:28,120
Speaker 1: time now, without a doubt, without a doubt. You have

2475
02:05:28,200 --> 02:05:30,480
Speaker 1: to always have that there. You know, you gotta earn this.

2476
02:05:30,640 --> 02:05:33,520
Speaker 1: You know this, this is on you now. There's expectations.

2477
02:05:33,600 --> 02:05:36,000
Speaker 1: We have absolutely that that has to be the first part,

2478
02:05:36,440 --> 02:05:38,720
Speaker 1: not even a you know, an additional component. That has

2479
02:05:38,760 --> 02:05:40,840
Speaker 1: to be number one. All these guys, the young guys,

2480
02:05:40,880 --> 02:05:42,560
Speaker 1: we talked about, who's the third guy going to be

2481
02:05:42,600 --> 02:05:43,920
Speaker 1: for him on the outside. Is it going to be

2482
02:05:43,960 --> 02:05:44,920
Speaker 1: a tight end, is it going to be one of

2483
02:05:44,920 --> 02:05:46,880
Speaker 1: the receivers? What do you guys have to step upright

2484
02:05:46,960 --> 02:05:49,040
Speaker 1: and start making play? And Tyler Crofts, a guy that

2485
02:05:49,480 --> 02:05:52,600
Speaker 1: has time in the league, you know, has produced when

2486
02:05:52,800 --> 02:05:54,640
Speaker 1: asked to step up into a number one role when

2487
02:05:54,680 --> 02:05:56,000
Speaker 1: he had to fill in for Tyler right for a

2488
02:05:56,040 --> 02:05:59,360
Speaker 1: couple of years ago in Cincinnati and you know started

2489
02:05:59,360 --> 02:06:02,680
Speaker 1: to get blended did in this past week. I don't

2490
02:06:02,720 --> 02:06:05,120
Speaker 1: know how familiar you are with his game, but what

2491
02:06:05,280 --> 02:06:07,760
Speaker 1: do you think of him as a potential option that

2492
02:06:07,840 --> 02:06:09,920
Speaker 1: you're that you're seeking for this offense. He's one of

2493
02:06:09,920 --> 02:06:11,360
Speaker 1: the guys that you would want in that mix. Yeah,

2494
02:06:11,560 --> 02:06:13,400
Speaker 1: it doesn't have to be from the wide receiver group.

2495
02:06:13,600 --> 02:06:15,200
Speaker 1: It can be from the tight end group. You know,

2496
02:06:15,280 --> 02:06:18,480
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox as well, you know, show some athleticism out there.

2497
02:06:18,560 --> 02:06:21,600
Speaker 1: So um, you know, I think one of the guys

2498
02:06:21,680 --> 02:06:23,520
Speaker 1: just needs to step up. And it kind of goes

2499
02:06:23,560 --> 02:06:26,040
Speaker 1: back to John's point when you reference Josh Allen. It's

2500
02:06:26,080 --> 02:06:28,200
Speaker 1: the same thing with these guys. You know, Yeah, there's

2501
02:06:28,680 --> 02:06:30,640
Speaker 1: I can talk about reasons why it could be better,

2502
02:06:31,080 --> 02:06:32,880
Speaker 1: but that's not going to happen right now. This is

2503
02:06:32,920 --> 02:06:34,480
Speaker 1: where we are now, so we need to get better

2504
02:06:34,600 --> 02:06:37,440
Speaker 1: under these situations. Darrel, you probably see the signs as

2505
02:06:37,440 --> 02:06:39,280
Speaker 1: you roam around the players part of the building that's

2506
02:06:39,320 --> 02:06:41,760
Speaker 1: a playoff caliber At five and two are the build.

2507
02:06:41,880 --> 02:06:43,760
Speaker 1: The Bills look like a playoff caliber team to you.

2508
02:06:45,400 --> 02:06:48,560
Speaker 1: When we talk about the AFC, I won't be as

2509
02:06:48,680 --> 02:06:52,440
Speaker 1: familiar because of Fox in the relationship we had with

2510
02:06:52,480 --> 02:06:54,480
Speaker 1: the NFC. I know the NFC a little bit better. Um,

2511
02:06:56,160 --> 02:07:00,280
Speaker 1: last week. Last week was a step back. I think

2512
02:07:00,360 --> 02:07:05,560
Speaker 1: we find out this week. Number one Washington since Bill

2513
02:07:05,600 --> 02:07:08,720
Speaker 1: Callahan has taken over, is a different team. You'll get

2514
02:07:08,760 --> 02:07:11,400
Speaker 1: to see the reaction to a team that doesn't have

2515
02:07:11,440 --> 02:07:13,600
Speaker 1: a great record, but when you watch him on film,

2516
02:07:13,840 --> 02:07:17,400
Speaker 1: the guys see the potential of this group. They're good

2517
02:07:17,520 --> 02:07:21,520
Speaker 1: at what you struggled with last week. If Washington comes

2518
02:07:21,560 --> 02:07:23,360
Speaker 1: in here and earns a victory, I think you really

2519
02:07:23,440 --> 02:07:26,520
Speaker 1: have to question whether the Bills are playoff caliber at

2520
02:07:26,600 --> 02:07:29,440
Speaker 1: that point. If they go to five and three, five

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Speaker 1: and three the midpoint of the season, it's a good

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Speaker 1: spot to be. But with the losses they've had the

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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, would that make sense. If they

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Speaker 1: get to six and two and you see that schedule

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Speaker 1: and they start to have something positive, this team could

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Speaker 1: very easily be nine three, ten and two when you

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Speaker 1: get into December, the way their schedule is unfolding for them.

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Speaker 1: So everything's there and staff, you have a very good staff,

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02:07:50,480 --> 02:07:55,320
Speaker 1: you have players. When Frank Gore says, I haven't been

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Speaker 1: in a locker room that's this tight, where the chemistry

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02:07:58,440 --> 02:08:01,040
Speaker 1: is good and everybody is on the same page since

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02:08:01,040 --> 02:08:03,280
Speaker 1: I was in San Francisco during our Super Bowl team

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Speaker 1: that little run in there twelve thirteen when they were

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Speaker 1: really really good. Frank says, this locker room reminds him

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02:08:09,400 --> 02:08:13,040
Speaker 1: of that. That is huge because that means everything is

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02:08:13,120 --> 02:08:15,080
Speaker 1: there for them to have success. So now they just

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02:08:15,120 --> 02:08:16,440
Speaker 1: got to go out and do it. You're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a good, great broadcast because you have one last week. Right,

2539
02:08:18,680 --> 02:08:21,160
Speaker 1: it's all set up for a great location. You won't

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02:08:21,160 --> 02:08:23,000
Speaker 1: have as much win did you had last week? Brown? Now,

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02:08:23,000 --> 02:08:24,880
Speaker 1: I felt bad for Laura. That's two weeks in a row.

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02:08:25,080 --> 02:08:27,760
Speaker 1: I saw her before the game. She had the winner

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02:08:27,840 --> 02:08:30,120
Speaker 1: hat on. You barely see her. It's just basically I

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02:08:30,160 --> 02:08:34,440
Speaker 1: don't think she'd ride out from Washington the week before. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh Daryl, thanks for this. Yeah, great bread places, Thanks

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Speaker 1: for coming in. Darryl Moose Johnson Western New York are

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Speaker 1: here with the NFL on Fox team, Chris Myers and

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Speaker 1: Laura Open. I'll have the Call of the game on

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Speaker 1: TV on Sunday. Chris Brown and I coming back. One

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Speaker 1: Bill's Live from Collida presented by Collida Health from the

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Speaker 1: Seneca Studio on Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, it's that

2552
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Speaker 1: time again. What have we learned from today's show? And

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02:09:08,280 --> 02:09:11,840
Speaker 1: brought to you by Skyworks, the official construction equipment rental

2554
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Speaker 1: company of the Buffalo Bills. What have we learned today?

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02:09:14,400 --> 02:09:16,080
Speaker 1: We had a good show. Bruce Smith joined us, you

2556
02:09:16,160 --> 02:09:18,280
Speaker 1: know him, the Hall of Famer former Bills defensive end,

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02:09:18,480 --> 02:09:21,360
Speaker 1: former Washington player as well. He talked about when he

2558
02:09:21,440 --> 02:09:24,080
Speaker 1: came back to Buffalo in two thousand and three to

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02:09:24,120 --> 02:09:27,280
Speaker 1: play against the Bills with Washington, and he talked about

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02:09:27,320 --> 02:09:32,400
Speaker 1: what a weird memory that was. I had never then

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02:09:33,400 --> 02:09:40,000
Speaker 1: talked about so badly. I walked into Yeah, yeah, I

2562
02:09:40,360 --> 02:09:43,160
Speaker 1: U When I walked out in the field, I never

2563
02:09:43,280 --> 02:09:45,920
Speaker 1: thought I'd see a couple of fans turn on me.

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02:09:46,080 --> 02:09:52,080
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was all good. Uh uh it was.

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Speaker 1: It was interesting seeing it from a different perspective being

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02:09:55,760 --> 02:09:59,880
Speaker 1: the visiting team. Um, after they're playing here for fIF

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Speaker 1: ten years and in my beloved town of Buffalo and

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02:10:03,560 --> 02:10:09,880
Speaker 1: my beloved fans. But um, yeah, uh this this will

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02:10:09,960 --> 02:10:14,120
Speaker 1: be exciting to see comes comes. R Smith is back

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Speaker 1: here coming up on Sunday. And I guess that's it

2571
02:10:17,480 --> 02:10:20,320
Speaker 1: for What do we learned? Apparently? Is this? I thought

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02:10:20,320 --> 02:10:22,880
Speaker 1: we had great go Sell? Nope, oh we do have

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02:10:22,960 --> 02:10:25,600
Speaker 1: great great go sell on we learn more than that, God,

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02:10:25,640 --> 02:10:28,240
Speaker 1: I hope, so, Greg go Sell. We asked him, uh,

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Speaker 1: quite simply, do the Bills lack weapons in the passing game?

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02:10:31,640 --> 02:10:35,240
Speaker 1: What do you think? I don't think this team is

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02:10:35,360 --> 02:10:39,200
Speaker 1: lacking for weapons in the pass game and for dimensions

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02:10:39,280 --> 02:10:41,640
Speaker 1: in the past game. I think they need to become

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02:10:41,680 --> 02:10:45,400
Speaker 1: more consistent, and I think that falls on Josh Still.

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02:10:45,480 --> 02:10:49,720
Speaker 1: I mean, look, the reality is that he's still at

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02:10:49,760 --> 02:10:52,200
Speaker 1: the point in his development where he does not consistently

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02:10:52,240 --> 02:10:55,200
Speaker 1: work through reads and progressions. He still shows a tendency

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02:10:55,240 --> 02:10:57,680
Speaker 1: to stay focused too long on his primary and then

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02:10:57,800 --> 02:11:00,080
Speaker 1: break and move, you know, break down and move if

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02:11:00,080 --> 02:11:02,760
Speaker 1: he doesn't feel as if the throw is there. You know,

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02:11:02,920 --> 02:11:07,200
Speaker 1: he needs to I think develop further being able to

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02:11:07,360 --> 02:11:10,320
Speaker 1: make throws from the pocket what we call late in

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02:11:10,400 --> 02:11:14,680
Speaker 1: the down throws. So he's still he's still relatively early

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Speaker 1: in his development. But I don't think the team is

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Speaker 1: lacking for weapons. He's still a work in progress. Hey,

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Speaker 1: the injury report is out for the Bills for today's

2592
02:11:24,000 --> 02:11:27,160
Speaker 1: game or for Sunday's game. We know that linebacker Maurice

2593
02:11:27,160 --> 02:11:29,840
Speaker 1: Alexander is out with his knee injury, and the Bills

2594
02:11:29,920 --> 02:11:34,120
Speaker 1: have three players questionable, including cornerback Levi Wallace with his shoulder.

2595
02:11:35,240 --> 02:11:38,440
Speaker 1: Kurt Coleman is questionable with a hamstring, and Cody Ford

2596
02:11:38,760 --> 02:11:42,080
Speaker 1: and Levi Walla is both questionable. It's questionable with his elbow.

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02:11:42,120 --> 02:11:44,680
Speaker 1: Everybody else's it is good to go. And the other

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02:11:44,760 --> 02:11:48,120
Speaker 1: good news here is, you know, with Maurice Alexander out,

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02:11:48,280 --> 02:11:50,400
Speaker 1: it looks like Corey Thompson is finally going to be

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Speaker 1: available coming off his ankle scope in mid September. So

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02:11:55,120 --> 02:11:57,440
Speaker 1: you swap out one of your reserve linebackers, it looks

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02:11:57,440 --> 02:11:59,240
Speaker 1: like you'll get at least another one back, so you're

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02:11:59,280 --> 02:12:02,800
Speaker 1: not supremely shorthanded at that position from a depth standpoint.

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02:12:02,880 --> 02:12:05,520
Speaker 1: And Thompson will be on special teams for sure, and

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Speaker 1: god forbid, should something happen to one of their outside linebackers,

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Speaker 1: Thompson will rotate in. And he's he's younger, faster than

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Speaker 1: Alexander Good in coverage, so yeah, he'll be He'll be

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02:12:17,160 --> 02:12:18,800
Speaker 1: a help for the special teams. No, and they won't

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Speaker 1: have Maurice Alexander there. Washington's injury report is not out,

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02:12:22,720 --> 02:12:25,320
Speaker 1: but we do know that the rookie Dwayne Haskins, their

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Speaker 1: first round pick from Ohio State, we'll get the start

2612
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Speaker 1: his first NFL start. He's played in two games already,

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Speaker 1: He's attempted twenty two passes, he's thrown four picks. He

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02:12:33,680 --> 02:12:35,920
Speaker 1: has struggled. But case keenum, as far as we know,

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen an update. Still he's out. He's officially out.

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02:12:39,160 --> 02:12:42,200
Speaker 1: The Washington injury report came out. He is out for Sunday,

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02:12:42,680 --> 02:12:47,520
Speaker 1: so is safety Monte Nicholson, running back Chris Thompson with

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02:12:47,640 --> 02:12:50,200
Speaker 1: that toe injury. Vernon Davis is out, and then a

2619
02:12:50,280 --> 02:12:54,000
Speaker 1: reserve safety Dcheser Everett is out, and then a reserve

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle is questions and he's off the injury report.

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Speaker 1: Did you go? So he He barely practiced last week

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Speaker 1: leading into the game against Minnesota on Thursday Thursday night.

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Speaker 1: They had the Thursday night game last week, and he

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Speaker 1: played in that game and played fine. He looked fine

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Speaker 1: to me, and so he had extra time to rest

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02:13:12,400 --> 02:13:15,560
Speaker 1: coming off of that game. Still didn't practice much this week,

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Speaker 1: so I think with even more rest, he's absolutely starting

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Speaker 1: and playing chess. We have about fifteen seconds up. But

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Speaker 1: that was interested to hear Daryl Johnson last segment kind

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Speaker 1: of echo what you and I said about the importance

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Speaker 1: of this game for the Buffalo Bills, not so much

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02:13:28,200 --> 02:13:29,760
Speaker 1: for washing him, but for the Bills right now to

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Speaker 1: prove you can play a physical game at the line

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Speaker 1: of scrimmage after being unable to do so last week.

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Speaker 1: Simple Chris will be here with us Monday to recap

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Speaker 1: the game. We'll be back then. Yep, we'll be back.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank our production assistance, George Blast, Jeff Colton,

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Speaker 1: Thomas honald Or, Kenny Roode, JJ Tarito, Kevin Gard, James

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Speaker 1: Robol Our producer Jay Harris. We'll see him Monday twelve noon.

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Speaker 1: One Bill Side presented by Kalada Health from the Seneca

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