1 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: These One Bill's Live presented by called Light a health 2 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: who welcome to One Bills Live. Chris Brown Steve to 3 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: ask you with you here on a Tuesday boom diggity, 4 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: let's go and on the heels of a Monday night 5 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 1: football game that no one expected a massive especially the 6 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: person to my last massive miss by yours true a massive. 7 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: I it is good. It's a good thing that we're 8 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: not allowed by, you know, rule of the rules of 9 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 1: the league and our and our the company we worked for. 10 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: We're not allowed to bet on NFL games. I would 11 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: be sitting here shirtless if I did. You would, man, 12 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: oh man. I there was no way you could convince 13 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: me the last night's game was gonna happen the way 14 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: it actually happened. I said it on the end, and 15 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if we've got it the sound. I 16 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: don't think we could find it where I said yesterday 17 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: that the Bears were not only gonna be get beat, 18 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: they were gonna get embarrassed and be an embarrassment to 19 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: this league and to the good city of Chicago. And 20 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: I was completely wrong. I believe, Holy I believe you 21 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: predicted a shutouts. Many the Patriots were gonna win by 22 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: as many points as they scored, because the Bears were 23 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: not going to score at all, said out. Bears were 24 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: kneeling down on the on the Patriot goal line at 25 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 1: the end to keep from putting up a forty burger 26 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: on them. I'm just gonna what is going on. I'm 27 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: just gonna paint a picture here if I could. Because 28 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: Steve's pontifications last far beyond the expanse of our radio program. 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: We have a text loop with people. You know, Oh, 30 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: I was doubling that work on their show. I was 31 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: doubling down, baby, And Steve must have got a hold 32 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: of a really, really good cigar, because he sends us 33 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: a photo of his big screen TV that has been 34 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: rolled out to his veranda. You know, it's beautiful here 35 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: in western New York, Canut smoking side. So everything's out 36 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: out like seventy four degrees here yesterday. It's gonna be 37 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: even warmer today. It's supposed to be seventy eight today. 38 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: Spectacular believable fall weather, you know, like Indian summer. So 39 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: he texts us all a photo of his large screen 40 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: TV that has been rolled out onto the veranda in 41 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: his backyard and in the foreground of this photo is 42 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: a beverage of choice sitting on a table and Steve's 43 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: right hand with a stogie between his index and middle fingers, 44 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: lit up and ready to roll for Monday night football 45 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: as the pontifications continue where he said there will be 46 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: the Patriots will win by as many points as they 47 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: score because the Bears will be shut out. I was. 48 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: And the reason that here's the thing, The reason that 49 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: cigar was in my right hand was because I had 50 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: to use my left hand to take the picture. Usually 51 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: I'm a left handed cigar guy. But I was absolutely 52 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: doubling down, tripling down. I was. And let me just 53 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: say this, as you know who listened to the show regularly, 54 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: I am not always right about such things, but I 55 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: am never in doubt. Right, seldom correct, but never in doubt. 56 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: And that was the stance I took last night as 57 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: I doubled down on my thing. And I thought I 58 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: was even formulating my response when the Bears got like 59 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: a lucky break on a turnover, they were already in 60 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: field goal range, right or something like that happened, and 61 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,040 Speaker 1: I thought, well, okay, you know, it was a flukey 62 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: thing that they even were in field goal and man, 63 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: oh man, that game. This just in. The Patriots were 64 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: putrid last night. Putrid. I think might this be the 65 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: time where I kind of weigh in and say, at 66 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year, I said the Patriots are 67 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: a good are likely to finish last in all right, 68 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: It's one thing to pile on me for being wrong. 69 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: Let's not pump your tires just yet. I'm not getting 70 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: all right. You can throw it, you can lob that 71 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: out there, but we're not gonna We're not gonna take 72 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: that on until we get a little deeper into the season. 73 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:03,239 Speaker 1: Brownie says, he said that the pay he says, he said, 74 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: I said, he says, he said that the Patriots are 75 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: going to finish last in the division. So and today, uh, 76 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: let me say, let me check they have no quarterback. 77 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: Let me check this in they have no quarterback. The 78 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: New England Patriots are one game behind Miami for the 79 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: fourth spot. To to achieve these fourth spot in the division, 80 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: they are plummeting. They are last in the in the division. 81 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 1: And their strength of schedule their strength of victory wins, 82 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: the Patriots are point two five oh so their wins 83 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: have been against the most putridive opponents. Oh they have, 84 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: absolutely they have and their Yeah, let me let me share, Steve. Yeah, 85 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: I'm strength of schedule win strength of victory wins were 86 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: point two five. Oh so far the New England Patriots, 87 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: in their three victories have beaten in order, the Steelers, 88 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: the Lions, and the Browns. Those are their three wins. 89 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: They are plummeting to the basement of the AFCs. And 90 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: let me for this, we are watching it in all 91 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: its spectacular splendor. Not only this, the Patriots are sitting 92 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: there with the situation they have at quarterback with starting 93 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 1: starting mac Jones. Last night, benching him to bring in 94 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 1: Bailey Zappi, who came in and while he you know, 95 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: he sparked him to a lead. They got a couple 96 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: of touchdowns and got him back from a fourteen ten lead. 97 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: The fans were going crazy, it's all gonna happen for him. 98 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: Now he comes in and proceeds to light it all 99 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: on fire. So today they are sitting in what looks 100 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: like a dumpster fire of a franchise right now. I 101 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: mean they Zap becomes in and they you know, the 102 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: Bears blow a coverage early, Zappy hits them for the touchdown. Okay, 103 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: now they're off and running. It's gonna cap and you 104 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: know every No, it went belly up quick for Bailey 105 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: Zappy last night, Faster than a goldfish that you get 106 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: at a carnival. Yeah. They didn't even swim with one 107 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: gill out of the out of the water. They were 108 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: they were upside down. It was ugly. He threw a 109 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: couple of interceptions that were pretty bad, and the Bears 110 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: I just tuned them up. I am the Bears just 111 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: tuned them up. I'm just letting you know, Steve, I 112 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: am here for all of it, all of it. I've 113 00:07:53,360 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: got hot sauce, gasoline, nitro glycerin, and whatever are we 114 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: ani to throw on top of what we just watched 115 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: last night, I am here to provide it by the truckload. 116 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: You need a gross of nitro glycerin or kerosene to 117 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: throw on the tire fire that is the Patriots, I 118 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: am here to provide it. I don't care what it costs, 119 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: because the Patriot fans deserve every single second of what 120 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: they witnessed last night, and they need it for another 121 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: eleven weeks this year. Yeah. They they're not looking, they're 122 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: not even trending right right now, because you know, we've 123 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 1: we've seen it before where the Patriots start out and 124 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 1: there'll be two and three or three two and two, 125 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: and then they start to grow and they you know 126 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: they used to they are they are trending south in 127 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: a big, fat way right now. I think Patriot fans 128 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: last night, maybe for the first time ever, came to 129 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: the stark realization that their team might suck. Well, it's 130 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: not definitive, it's certainly been out. It's certainly been first 131 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: time maybe in the Bill Belichick era. Yeah, it's not definitive. 132 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: But they might suck, they might be bad. The Patriots 133 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: may suck, they might be bad. And that was in 134 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,559 Speaker 1: their own building last night, which to me is is unfathomable. 135 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: And I think Patriot fans took that reality like a 136 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: steel toe boot to the teeth. Yeah, that hurt. Hurt. Yeah, 137 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just they're they're they're waking up today saying, 138 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, that wasn't a dream. It wasn't a nightmare. 139 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: It's our reality. Yeah. And it's funny too, because Bill's 140 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: fans were going back and getting receipts. Oh oh, were 141 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: there were there were the there were the u the 142 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: tweeters out there from the Patriots Nation who were saying 143 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: in August of this year, when it was when Bill 144 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: Belichick had come out and said mac Jones had significantly 145 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: improved over the offseason. Dramatic. Dramatically was the word he used. Yes, 146 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick used the word dramatically improved when referring to 147 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: mac Jones this early in this preseason. Dramatically so Bill's 148 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: so Patriots Nation was putting out there that mac Jones 149 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: was going to have a better year than Josh Allen 150 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: this year, and they actually hit the send button on 151 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: that tweet. The problem was Bill Belichick did not dramatically 152 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: improve his coaching staff. Coaching matters. It does when you 153 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 1: just and look this is This is nothing against Matt 154 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: Patricia or Joe Judge, but I think Bill Belichick took 155 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: for granted what Josh McDaniels was as an offensive play 156 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: caller and played designer, and he thought that he could 157 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: just simply replace him with anybody who had coaching experience 158 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 1: of any kind in football. And what he failed to 159 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: recognize was this Steve at the end of the day, 160 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: Mac Jones, who I still believe is there in trenched starter. 161 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: I expect him to start next week, especially after the 162 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: after Billy Zappy got zapped in the span of a 163 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 1: quarter and a half. That's Thursday. They play Thursday. I 164 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: gotta play in two days. I'm here for all of it. 165 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: I am so here for all of it. I will 166 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: be not I might be putting on Amazon two hours 167 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: before the game even starts. Not even next week. It's 168 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: like in a day or two. Yeah. Oh, it's so good. 169 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 1: It's so good. Uh, It's just it's like a sweet 170 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: tea on a seventy eighth degree October day. I might 171 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,959 Speaker 1: have to make myself a last when I go home. 172 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: I want half unsweetened, half sweet tea. ZO. So what 173 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: I was getting at was he thought he could just 174 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: plug in any coach with experience, not on the offensive 175 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: side of the ball, just professional experience in general, and 176 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: be all systems go on offense. It's almost as if 177 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, after having Tom Brady for twenty years, covering 178 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: up all of the deficiencies that that team had, whether 179 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: it was on the defensive side of the ball, coaching 180 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: player losses, average players, that he raised their level, whatever 181 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: it was. It's almost like Bill Belichick thought he still 182 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: had Brady at quarterback when what he actually has is 183 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: a quarterback with very evident limitations arm strength, mobility. He 184 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: can run around a little bit. I mean he's not 185 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: a stiff. He can run around a little bit. He 186 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: did lass not a couple of plays, but there are 187 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: limits to mac jones game limitations where he could use 188 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,959 Speaker 1: a quality offensive coordinator to help cover some of those up. 189 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: I don't believe that Matt Patricia or Joe Judge, whoever 190 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 1: the hell it is, is equipped with the nuanced skills 191 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: of doing that as an offensive coordinator. Can they call plays, 192 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 1: can they scheme things up? Sure, but do they know 193 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: the nuanced nature of that job to put the quarterback 194 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,439 Speaker 1: in the absolute best position on every single snap and 195 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: make adjustments through the course of the game to keep 196 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: him in an advantageous position. I don't believe they do. 197 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: And mac Jones is suffering because of it. Yeah, and 198 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: you think about what it takes to win in the 199 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: league right now, and I made this observation. We're gonna 200 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: I was gonna save this for later in the show, 201 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: but here's what in basic research, which I don't like 202 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: to do, but it gets in the way of my undoubtedness. Right, 203 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: So in six of the eight divisions in the NFL, 204 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: six of the eight divisions in the NFL, AFC, NFC 205 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: Northeast Southwest, six of those eight divisions are led by 206 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: a team with a quarterback who can scoots. The worst 207 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: team in the league with of that calip of that 208 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: characterization would be Tennessee with Tannehill. And he's a former 209 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: wide receiver, so he can run. He knows, you know, 210 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: he's an athlete. Yes he is, all right, So you 211 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: got Buffalo, of course, with Josh he can run, Baltimore, 212 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Tennessee, like I just mentioned in Kansas City, 213 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: that's in the AFC. Those four teams with those quarterbacks 214 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 1: who can get out of the pocket make the difference 215 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: in the NFC. Philadelphia with Jalen Hurtz. That guy can scoot. 216 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: Minnesota is the one exception, but they're in a division 217 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: with green Bay, Chicago and Detroit Chicago, Detroit don't even 218 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: count and green Bay is hot garbage right now. So yeah, 219 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: Minnesota can lead that division going five and one with 220 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback who doesn't run. Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Carolina, New Orleans, 221 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: NFC South nobody's got a winning record, so somebody by 222 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: default leads that division. But that none of those quarterbacks 223 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: are runners. Tampa Bay with Brady, he can't run. So 224 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: there's the two that's a NFC North NFC South are 225 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: the only two divisions that don't have a quarterback that 226 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: can run. And of course the NFC West Seattle with Gino. 227 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: Geno can run a little bit, yeah, a lot, but 228 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: you've gotta have a guy like that, and Seattle in 229 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: LA and San Francisco, those teams, Kyler Murray is the 230 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: only quarterback in that division who can run. And they're 231 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: just not that good. They're just not that good, but 232 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: they're only a game out. That whole division is four 233 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: three three and four three and three. You got to 234 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: have a quarterback like that, and New England doesn't. Mac. 235 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: I mean, he did it last night, but man oh man, 236 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: it was acres and acres of green grass in front 237 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: of him. You know, they were like daring him to 238 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, sometimes the same thing. Sometimes it looks 239 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: like he's running in mud um. But that the league, 240 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: that's what is New England does not play on Thursday. 241 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: That's the Bucks and the Ravens um I think you 242 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 1: were still channeling Tom Brady. You were channeling there because 243 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: because New England may actually win their next three games. 244 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: We were talking about Jets, Colts, Jets, Zach Wilson, Sam Ellinger, 245 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson. But then it gets ugly for the Patriots. 246 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: You ready, So their next three games they may win 247 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: and suddenly they're you know, five and four, right, But 248 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: then they have Vikings on the road, Bills, Cardinals, Raiders, Bengals, Dolphins, Bills. 249 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: They may win one of those remaining seven games. I'll 250 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: bet you Ellinger can beat them. With the Colts. I'll 251 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: bet you Ellinger, and I'll bet they split with the 252 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: Jets if Jonathan Taylor's healthy. I feel good about the 253 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: Colts winning. It is in New England. I don't care 254 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: they get they the Jets can split with them. I 255 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: think the Jets are good enough. I think you just 256 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: can do it. Now. They lost Bruce Hall and Vera Tucker. 257 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: We'll talk about the Jets in a second. Yeah, the Jets. 258 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: And they made a trade though, right, So the Jets 259 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 1: can split with the Patriots. I think that that would 260 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: put them about five and five, maybe six and four 261 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: if they go two and one, in that stretch. But 262 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: the Vikings they got. The Vikings got a chance again. 263 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, yeah, that's and I'll say this too. 264 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: If they don't, they may have the kind of season 265 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:07,959 Speaker 1: that has them has the entire like Robert Kraft might 266 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: be doing some soul searching, you know what I'm saying. 267 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm thinking maybe it. Maybe Bill's too old. 268 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,479 Speaker 1: You know, you shouldn't have gotten the coaching staff. The 269 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: coaching staff is not there, Bill, you're gonna either. You know. 270 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: Robert Kraft goes to Bill and says, listen, those guys 271 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: can't do it anymore. You gotta bring it. You gotta 272 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: get an offensive coordinator. And here's the thing too, the 273 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 1: Patriots don't like doing that because that means if they 274 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: have to go outside the building and bring them in, 275 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: that means they've got to reveal all the crud that 276 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 1: they've been doing all these years that nobody knows about, 277 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: that only the people suspect. I mean, you got former 278 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: players of Josh McDaniels when he was with Denver revealing that, yeah, 279 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: they were filming other teams practices and they were like 280 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: going undefeated until they got caught and had to stop 281 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: and then they couldn't win a game. I mean that 282 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: stuff like that. The Patriots don't go outside the building. 283 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,399 Speaker 1: That's why all these coaches leave and then come back, 284 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,879 Speaker 1: because they're in the inner circle, the circle of trust, 285 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: the circle of trust, which is growing smaller and more isolated. Yeah, 286 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,959 Speaker 1: let's go to the phones and see what you have 287 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: to think. Eight oh three, five fifty one eight eight 288 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: five fifty two, five fifty. We haven't even mentioned our 289 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: topic of discussion today, which is, aside from the Chiefs 290 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: and the Bills, after seven weeks of the NFL season, 291 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: who do you think are the contenders and who do 292 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: you think are the pretenders in the NFL so far? 293 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: We lead off today with one Tom in Rochester. Tom, 294 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: what do you got for us? You're on one Bill's 295 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: live hold on He's not coming up here. Here we go, Tom, 296 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: what do you got for us? Hey? Guys, how you 297 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: doing good? Hey? How about that great Bears game last night? Steve? 298 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 1: I appreciate everything you say about the Chicago Bears. Night 299 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:55,479 Speaker 1: hammer them all the time, and I use that as 300 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: a motivational tape for the team. I sent it to 301 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: the team and it looks like they responded resoundingly and 302 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: especially taking a knee in New England at the end 303 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: of the game. Yes, what does that say? And also this? 304 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: Thank not only this, Tom, I mean, not only this. 305 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: Did you see this? It was so bad Belichick ended 306 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: the game with three time outs in his park. He 307 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: wasn't like trying to extend that game at all. He 308 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: get me out of here. It was so bad last 309 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: night in New England. But the Bears just pounded him. 310 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: And I did not see it coming go ahead? No, 311 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: I think I just kid. Yeah, I mean, I know. 312 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: The Bears are the rebuilding, youngest team in the NFL, 313 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: having a tough time winning games, especially primetime games, but 314 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: it was nice to see them win, and it was 315 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: nice to see them prevent Belichick from beating George Hollis's 316 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: record last night. Yeah, Tom, I gotta ask you this. 317 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 1: One of the things I want to ask you about now. 318 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: It just I was looking down at my computer screen. 319 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: I just reminded me this. Did you see the quick 320 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: screen pass that the Bears took in from like twenty 321 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: five yards out for a touchdown in the first half? Yes, 322 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: did you see that? Did you think about the roughing 323 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: the passer there? When when justin field just got sandwiched 324 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: and slacked and taken all the way down with no 325 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: roughing the pass or what you did you see that? Yes, 326 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: that was definitely uh. Both defensive ends crushed him on 327 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: that play. Yeah, he just barely got the ball off. 328 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: He threw a kind of sideways like a Mahomes type 329 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: of throwing back and he was gone. Yeah. I mean 330 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: and amazing that the Bears would not get that call, right, 331 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: Certain teams would get that call automatically. Right. I'll like 332 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: when Josh Allen got tripped in Kansas City and the 333 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: referee standing right there, why isn't that flag dropped? I mean, 334 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: come on, yeah, it's a mistake. But I'm with you, 335 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,439 Speaker 1: and even in games like that, and I'm you know, 336 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 1: like I said, I'm I mean, I went to school 337 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: in Chicago and I you know, and that was in 338 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: eighty five when around the Bears when they were smoking 339 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: on so and I know how that you know that 340 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: that city runs the passion runs really deep. I mean, 341 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: it's it's really deep for that for that club. But man, 342 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 1: oh man, they have had very little reward for that 343 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: over the year. I will say this. Matt Eberflus coached 344 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: an ice game last night, head coach for Chicago, and 345 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: I heard the guys on the broadcast Buck and Aikman 346 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: basically say that during thereby week Eberflus basically met with 347 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: each and every player on the roster and went over 348 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: like things that they're going to do to help make 349 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: them better players. And he said in no uncertain terms 350 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: there was complete and unequivocal buy in for that. And 351 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,960 Speaker 1: I think one of the things that we saw more 352 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: of last night from the Bears were designed runs for Fields. Yeah, 353 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: he is a weapon with his legs, so as he's 354 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: learning the passing game, a little more of that in there. 355 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: I mean, it was critical last night and keeping them 356 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,960 Speaker 1: on the field offense. Justin Fields was the best offensive 357 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: player in the game last night by far. It wasn't 358 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: even close. It was a little bit like Josh Allen 359 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. He's a supreme talent, he really is. He 360 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: is a runner, and you know, he was doing some 361 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 1: stuff where you could just see the raw talent. Made 362 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: a couple of throws and then Allah, like Josh back 363 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: in you know two or three, and even still now, 364 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: guys are trying to make plays for him. The receivers 365 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: that Titans going and making tough catches, you know, gritty runs, 366 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: hard runs. There's a lot of that going on last 367 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: night for the Chicago Bears. So to me, that speaks 368 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 1: of how hard these this team's playing, not only for 369 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 1: Eberflew's head coach, but also for Fields. Offensively, you got 370 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: guys that are really buying into it and trying to 371 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: get it done. And Fields did some stuff last night 372 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: on scrambles that were game savers. Yeah, gamesavers. If he 373 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: doesn't make the plays he makes last night, that game 374 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: doesn't go the Bears away. That's how good he was. Yeah, 375 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: that is around the NFL. Incidentally, Around the NFL brought 376 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: to you by Kalidah Health, the official healthcare system of 377 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,680 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. We go back to the phones, though, 378 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: and to DJ in Connecticut. What do you got for us? DJ, 379 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: You're on one Bills Live. Hey, guys, thank you for 380 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: selecting my call and uh hey, I really enjoyed the 381 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 1: Bills by the number of podcasts, You've got to do 382 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: a great job. Thanks for that appreciated listen to when 383 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: we when we can't catch you on the obviously a 384 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: couple of fish here. Number one uh, Steve on the 385 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 1: the gunners. There were a couple of punts before the 386 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: second half to um. The Bills punted before the second 387 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: half ended, and then right as I think it was 388 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: the time when they received no, no, when they kicked 389 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: up after um, I'm sorry no, when they received um. 390 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: Wait wait anyway, what when I'm when I'm asking, I'm 391 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: screwing it all up. The gun seemed to the Bills 392 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: gunners seemed to be held just egregiously on two or 393 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: three hunts. And I'm no analyst or excerpt, but you 394 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: can hit it. And you know there's one point they're 395 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: pulling guys, the Bills gunners jersey and you can see 396 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:25,679 Speaker 1: flash shoulder and yeah, dj dj DJ. I think we 397 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: got the gist of what you're asking, but you're breaking 398 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: up pretty bad, so I got to cut you loose here. 399 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: But I think I'll have Steve ask you. Here's the thing, 400 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 1: and I he was talking about whole excessive holding of 401 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: the Bills gunners when they're trying to cover a punt. Right, Okay, 402 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: here's one of the things I found out during my 403 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 1: playing days. And I did this over the course of 404 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: you know, a few games where I would talk to 405 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: the officials and like down times, either like before game, pregame, 406 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: post game, or between plays, keep an eye on this. 407 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: No I would. I would say, hey, when I'm coming, 408 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: what you know. I found out what their eyes do 409 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: during a punt when I was on them, and when 410 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,160 Speaker 1: I found out was and I don't know if it's 411 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: the same way now or at but through process of elimination, 412 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,520 Speaker 1: I find out that the guys who watch the gunners, 413 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: they watch them for the first five yards and then 414 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: they have different responsibilities that take their eyes to someplace 415 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: else on the field. So I found out that during 416 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: the first five the only time I'm being watched as 417 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: a gunner is during the first five yards of the 418 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: punt cover. And then when I get down to the 419 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: return guy and they're watching him, they're not really necessary. 420 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 1: So I'm kind of unsupervised for like two or three 421 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,640 Speaker 1: seconds in between. For the thirty five yards or whatever 422 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: that I'm running down there can nobody's watching you, so 423 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: you can get away with a lot. So most guys 424 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: would say I'm getting held. I'm gonna So I would 425 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: turn it back on his end and do the opposite. 426 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: I would say, make it impossible. I would cheat too. 427 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: If they're gonna hold me, I'm gonna do stuff that's 428 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: illegal too. So what I would do is surreptitiously. I 429 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: wouldn't make a big deal of it. But if the 430 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,399 Speaker 1: guy's on my shoulder trying to push me, I just 431 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,199 Speaker 1: reach up with my finger, grab the hook of his 432 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: face mask and just jerk him to the ground. Nobody, 433 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: nobody's watching. And of course they get up and they 434 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: are beside them because I cheated, and I did, but 435 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 1: because nobody's watching and they're holding me anyway, I'm like, Okay, 436 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:28,120 Speaker 1: let's see how it works on my side, and that's 437 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: what you have to be ready to do. But he's right. 438 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: The gunners are unsupervised. They used to be. I don't 439 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: think it's this way anymore. They're unsupervised for a long 440 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: stretch of the punt cover because they go to the 441 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 1: interior guys that are trying to release down the field. 442 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: They're trying to grab holdings and that kind of thing. 443 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,720 Speaker 1: And I think that the reason the reasoning is they 444 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: feel like a gunner's kind of out there by themselves. 445 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: If something happens out there, it'll be self evident and 446 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: they'll see it out of the periphery or they'll get 447 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: an idea of it or whatever. In actuality, it used 448 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: to be that you could get away with quite a 449 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: bit out there, both on both as a punt cover 450 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 1: guy and obviously a double jammer as a jammer. Yeah, 451 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: so I use it to my advantage on multiple occasions. 452 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,679 Speaker 1: You just and that was just because I knew the 453 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: officials weren't watching, because they told me their eyes weren't there, 454 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: and then nobody and I found out through process of elimination, 455 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 1: nobody else's eyes were there either. So that's why the jammers. 456 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,879 Speaker 1: To DJ's question, we're probably getting away with what they 457 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: were getting away with against sarand Neil. You're right, though 458 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 1: you get a good guy, it's hard to get away. 459 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: It's hard if they do it right. And it's my 460 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 1: it's always my contention, no matter how good I was 461 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: doing it, it was my contention that if you got 462 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: two guys on me, if they're doing it right, you 463 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: can't beat them. You shouldn't be able to beat them 464 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: now unless they get a guy who's you know, two 465 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: guys that just aren't good enough athletes. That may be 466 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: something I never you know, that never happened there so 467 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: I never got I never got you know, I never 468 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: I never got the kid that was eating chips, and 469 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, I always got the you know, 470 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 1: the the finally the Supreme ath tuned guys, the thoroughbreads right, 471 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: so that you know that. But I did wade through 472 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: there there was you know, I got a long dissertation 473 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 1: about what happened to me over the course of my 474 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: career in that regard. But yeah, that's the way it happens, 475 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: um DJ. You're right. They cheat because they know nobody 476 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: You're the only one watching. They may not see that 477 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: stuff for half of the play in which it unfolds. 478 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: We have to take a break here. When we come back, 479 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: more of your phone calls, though, we are asking you today, 480 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: with the exception of the Bills and the Chiefs, who 481 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: are your contenders and pretenders in the NFL so far? 482 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,280 Speaker 1: But your phone calls are next here on One Bills Live, 483 00:29:44,400 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: presented by Collat of Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. All right, 484 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, Steve Jasker 485 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: with you. We will get to your phone calls in 486 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: just a minute. As you know, with Steve and myself 487 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:15,239 Speaker 1: being self proclaimed foodies. When lunch arrives, everything stops. And 488 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: that has happened as we now have the Lunch break, 489 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: which is presented by Snapdragon, the official apple of the 490 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. So we've been on snap Dragon bandwagon for 491 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: a while, we've never finally they showed today we got 492 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: a apples, apples and this salad they put together, which 493 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: so this spectacular. Yeah, so five year old me, wouldn't 494 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like this? This is not 495 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: five year old me, but today me, I'm like, all 496 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: about this salad. Well, snap Dragon apple Brussels sprout salad. 497 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: It's got kale, hazel nuts, parmesan, and apple vinaigrette. I 498 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: was looking at those little nuts in there. I was like, 499 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: are those like roasted chickpeas? But they're actually hazel nuts, 500 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: which I have never had in a salad before. But 501 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: I was trying this. This will say this. I read, 502 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: I read the ingredient. We heard about the ingredients of 503 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: this like a week and a half ago. Is they're 504 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: going to commit? And I was I had my well, Steve, 505 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: let's just let's just put this out there. Cale and 506 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: brussels leafy greens are not high on Steve's list of 507 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: foods that he actually ingests. But I'll try anything, right, 508 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,719 Speaker 1: So you know, during the break, we got these salads 509 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: and I started shoveling it in. It's actually it's really 510 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: really good. And yeah, apples were all big fans now, 511 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: so I actually do exist. Just to give you an idea, 512 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: because we know in New York, Western New York especially big. 513 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: It's the second highest producing apple state in the country. 514 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: I think Washington's number one, and people might not be 515 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: familiar with like snap dragon apple. What am I getting there? Now? 516 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 1: I know it is a cousin of your of your 517 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: previous favorite apple, honey crisp. It's a cousin of that one. 518 00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: So it's got like a big time crunch, really really 519 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: juicy and sweet. But the reason they call it a 520 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: snap dragon it's got a snappy flavor um, which is 521 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: perfect for a salad because you know, you want something, 522 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: you want something with a little bit of texture to it. 523 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: You don't just want to be eating lettuce in greens 524 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: and stuff. Do you want something with a crunch in there? 525 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: And the apple slices provide that. Yeah, we're yeah, we've 526 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: been waiting because we've been doing that they jumped on 527 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: because yeah, they're not harvested until October. Right here they 528 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: and here we finally got So we've been talking about 529 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: these since August, Like we got back from training camp. 530 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: We were talking snap dragon apples and I was like, 531 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: whoa where you know, It's like, where are they? But 532 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: these are available at Wagman's and other retailers. But salad 533 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,479 Speaker 1: is like this, like, if you're not a salad person, 534 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: you should try this, Yes, because it's a totally different 535 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: take on a salad. So if you're not a huge 536 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: leafy green person like Steve, you should try one of these. 537 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: This is good because it's an alternative because it's not Yes, 538 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 1: there is kale in there, but you don't even taste 539 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,200 Speaker 1: the kale. Because of the sweetness of the apples and 540 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: the Brussels sprouts that are thrown in as well, grilled 541 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: Brussels sprouts by well, I'm just gonna say, like it's 542 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: ten years ago I didn't go near Brussels sprouts. It's 543 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: probably the number two or number three vegetable in my 544 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: rotation when I'm making dinner at home, like grieving my kids, 545 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: like Brussels sprouts now because of that, Yeah, so this 546 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: is really good. Yeah, we appreciate it. That's great. A 547 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: snap Dragon people coming through force today. It's right. And 548 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: that's the best part about I used to say this, 549 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: the best part of professional football is all the free 550 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: stuff you get. And once again I get a free 551 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: salad out of this. Yeah, you're still benefits. Still I'm 552 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: still catching that lottery ticket. Bro. Still so good. So 553 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,719 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you to the Snapdragon people. And uh, 554 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: we finally gotta and we gotta, I gotta. I displayed 555 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:09,320 Speaker 1: the bowl of snapdragons. Here apples right in front. They're big. 556 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, they're good. That's nice. They're they're like 557 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 1: almost a meal in themselves. Big day for us here 558 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: on one Bill's Live that we got finally got to 559 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 1: actually see snapdragon apples on the side. Well we're I mean, 560 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: as I know, you really don't say no to anything 561 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: as long as it's edible, But Steve, I really feel 562 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: like we are rounding your nutritional value into form with 563 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 1: a salad like this. So yeah, because I know you're 564 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: usually see put those apples in a meat and potatoes, 565 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:43,359 Speaker 1: put them in a burrito, maybe, well, hey, don't put 566 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,879 Speaker 1: it past them. I mean I could see them doing that, 567 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 1: but this is is really good stuff. So the lunch 568 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: break again presented by Snapdragon, the official apple of the 569 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. And as we said, these kinds of salads 570 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 1: yeah available um at Wegmans. We've been talking to day 571 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: about this game. We it was interesting last night because 572 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: most of the primetime games that are standalone, like Sunday Nights, 573 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: Thursday night, the Thursday nights have been particularly gruesome. This 574 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: one last night, we thought was going to be another 575 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: snooze fest, you know, ten seven game and me I 576 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,320 Speaker 1: thought the Bears wouldn't score a touchdown last night because 577 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: the Patriots were on the wrong end of it in 578 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: their own building and it was the Bears. It was 579 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,759 Speaker 1: particularly I think satisfying for Bills fans who still have 580 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,399 Speaker 1: you know, scar tissue from all the times that they've 581 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,040 Speaker 1: been up in that the Bills have been up in 582 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: that building. The Patriots really looked badly. They're not a 583 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: good team. They're not and I'm playing well, I'm enjoying 584 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: every single second of it and I'm here for it. 585 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: You know, the Bears stepped up hard and met the challenge. 586 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,920 Speaker 1: I was pooh poo and the Bears big time. Yesterday, 587 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 1: right at the end of the show. We don't even 588 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: have the I don't even think we have the sound. 589 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: We were gonna go back and replay it for oh yeah, 590 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:02,400 Speaker 1: you're better conviction at the end. Yeah, And I was 591 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: totally convinced this was going to be a shutout win 592 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,560 Speaker 1: for the Patriots and they were gonna win by whatever 593 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 1: amount of points they scored. And the Bears knelt down 594 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 1: at the end of the game to prevent themselves from 595 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: hanging a forty burger on the Patriots last night in Foxborough. Yeah, 596 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:23,080 Speaker 1: totally unexpected. Let's go to the phones though, at eight 597 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,440 Speaker 1: o three oh five fifty one eight eight eight five 598 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: fifty two five fifty the number to get on board. Here, 599 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: got an open line for you there. If you want 600 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: to wax poetic about how bad the Patriots look, feel 601 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 1: free to do that. I'm here for it. But anything 602 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: else on your mind along with today's topic, which is, 603 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: with the exception of the Bills and the Chiefs, who 604 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: are your contenders and pretenders in the NFL through the 605 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 1: league's first seven weeks of the regular season. So we 606 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: go to John, who is hanging out on Niagara Street. 607 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: What do you got for us. John, Hey, how are 608 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:01,359 Speaker 1: y'all doing? Chris Steve, We're doing well for us good. 609 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,279 Speaker 1: I'm glad I got out first of all about the 610 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:08,120 Speaker 1: pretenders and the contenders. I'm gonna tell you if the 611 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:12,640 Speaker 1: watching this season, I don't see nobody but the Chiefs 612 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: and the building stuff. It's those are the tops. Everybody 613 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 1: else it's pretenders to me. Yeah, it's kind of them 614 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 1: and everybody else, even even Philly and they're undefeated at six. 615 00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 1: We'll see them in the super Bowl. They're not even 616 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: in my conference, right, I got you, you know, you know, 617 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: so Philly is doing good. I've been watching the doing good. 618 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,319 Speaker 1: I got family's Philly. They always texted me and it's 619 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,640 Speaker 1: a bunch of cry with them. But that's cool. But listen, though, 620 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,440 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about because we need a 621 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,000 Speaker 1: running back to just get us one yard where we 622 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: got either stead of using Josh, because Gosh is the 623 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: best you know runner with coast to getting that one yard. 624 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:53,920 Speaker 1: And I was thinking about it. Though he had problems 625 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: in the past, he looked like he turned his life around. 626 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: Um kareem Hunt. The guy runs with power, they got 627 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: strong legs. He never unless somebody blows up to play 628 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:05,279 Speaker 1: in the backfield. He's always kidding you. A yarrow twe 629 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: and ever goes backwards, you know, And I think we're 630 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,800 Speaker 1: getting for a late round, just six minute seventh rounder. Yeah. 631 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,600 Speaker 1: I just wanted you. I just wanted you got to 632 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: you know, thinking what I think about that. Oh and 633 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: one last thing. I don't know what, but I was 634 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: dreaming last night. This is funny, and I was dreaming 635 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: about for a short yardish because that's it. I used 636 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: to be a quarterback. How about putting everybody in tight 637 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,240 Speaker 1: spreading just adden to the fire right and have somebody 638 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 1: like um, have two defective lineman like Oliver carrying the 639 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:42,320 Speaker 1: ball and his lee blocker is somebody like Settle, something 640 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: like that. You know, I would just thinking about that playoff, 641 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: say I think that'll work because Oliver is big, athletic Settle. 642 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 1: Do just somebody just follow Settle. Here's somebody like full 643 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: house backfield player. Okay, yeah, I get you. And a 644 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,840 Speaker 1: lot of people ask that too, because it seems basic 645 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: that if you know, if you got a big full 646 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,120 Speaker 1: back in the ear a yard, just hand it to 647 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 1: the big fullback or handed to a big defensive lineman 648 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,160 Speaker 1: who just lines up at fullback and is handing the football. 649 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 1: The problem is and it it looks easy, and it 650 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,360 Speaker 1: sounds simple, and in a lot of respects when it works, 651 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 1: it works, and it looks simple. The problem is this, 652 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: somebody's got to hand the guy the ball, and the 653 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,520 Speaker 1: guy's got to have hands good enough to carry it 654 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: and not fumble it. Ball security is a big issue, 655 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: particularly for big guys, just because you know, when they 656 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,240 Speaker 1: tuck it away, they're not used to holding it and 657 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:36,520 Speaker 1: being cognizant of having the ball in their hands every 658 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: moment of the play. They'll they'll lose track of it, 659 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 1: or they'll start to think about jumping over the pile 660 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,760 Speaker 1: and not holding the ball. They just don't have the 661 00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: habit of protecting a football that they're holding. But I'm 662 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: with you, I've been you know. Justin Zimmer, who's on 663 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,319 Speaker 1: the practice squad for the Bills, is a guy who 664 00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 1: can really run fast, has speed of an offensive player, 665 00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: but he weighs, you know, almost three bills, So you know, 666 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 1: why not use him in one of those capacities. I 667 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,879 Speaker 1: see that as well. I mean, I you know, I've 668 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: lobbied for it. But when you start doing that, you've 669 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: got to put in more plays than just short yardage 670 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,080 Speaker 1: plays where you give it to a big guy and 671 00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: he does it. Because you become predictable when you do that. 672 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 1: And it may work for a couple of plays or 673 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,439 Speaker 1: a couple of games in a row, and that sounds great. 674 00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: But then when it doesn't work, what are you gonna do? 675 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 1: Because teams, there's no magic elixir. I mean, teams will 676 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: defend it. As for Kareem Hunt, he is rumored to 677 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: be on the trade block by the Browns. They're looking 678 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: to move him and cornerback Greedy Williams before the trade deadline. 679 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,600 Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt, I believe, is in the final year of 680 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,800 Speaker 1: his contract. If I remember correctly, he is still a 681 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: more than capable back. I just wonder if that is 682 00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:59,719 Speaker 1: truly what the Bills are looking to add, you know, 683 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 1: or to the deadline, if they're looking to add anything. 684 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:05,080 Speaker 1: They are a healthier bunch right now. I think they 685 00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:09,879 Speaker 1: discovered something in the run game in Kansas City. That 686 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: team ran for one hundred and one yard steve in 687 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 1: the first half against the Chiefs. Now the Chiefs to 688 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: a certain extent, we're begging them to run the football, 689 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,319 Speaker 1: but when they did, they did with great success. I mean, 690 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary average seven point six yards to carry in 691 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 1: the first half against Kansas City. I'm wondering if this 692 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,200 Speaker 1: is where we kind of see the run game gain 693 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,400 Speaker 1: some traction and effectiveness and consistency, where if they have 694 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 1: to turn to it, it's functional, it's productive, and it works. 695 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,560 Speaker 1: And I'm thinking of what offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey said 696 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,920 Speaker 1: to the media just yesterday in his latest press conference, 697 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: where he said, we want to be able to attack 698 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:56,160 Speaker 1: a defense in any way we see fit. There are 699 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,760 Speaker 1: inevitably going to be given weeks where they go against 700 00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,800 Speaker 1: a good pass defense might reduce the effectiveness of Buffalo's 701 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,279 Speaker 1: passing game to a point where they say, well, maybe 702 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,359 Speaker 1: let's turn to this. Well, if you don't have any 703 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: faith in your run game, you're not gonna turn to it. 704 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 1: You're just gonna do your best in the passing game. 705 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: I think they want to be good in the running game, 706 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: so if they have to turn to it, if they 707 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,000 Speaker 1: have to lean on it, even for a quarter and 708 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,839 Speaker 1: a half of a football game, off they go. Did 709 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,000 Speaker 1: they find that in Week six against the Chiefs. We'll 710 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 1: see if it's anything close to what we saw the 711 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,359 Speaker 1: last six weeks of the season last year, rolling into 712 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: the playoffs where they looked like an unstoppable force, whether 713 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: they ran it or threw it, I'm on board. Well, 714 00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,400 Speaker 1: here's what I think, and I agree with you. The 715 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,360 Speaker 1: last part of that season last year, when Devin Singletary 716 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:45,080 Speaker 1: was starting to make hay in the running game, I 717 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: think one of the reasons for that is because Josh 718 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 1: and Steph Diggs and Gabe David and the crew with 719 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:57,640 Speaker 1: back yes last year was Beasley and Mackenzie and Auel Sanders, 720 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:01,440 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders. They were so danger they were like the 721 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:05,840 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs dangerous. And we here in Buffalo, no, 722 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: we worried. We hope they run the football even if 723 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,839 Speaker 1: they're good at it in Kansas City, because they're they're 724 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 1: so dynamic. That's where the Bills are where they were 725 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,720 Speaker 1: at the end of last year. I think when teams 726 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,920 Speaker 1: begin to realize the Bills are that dynamic again in 727 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 1: their passing game, they will start to loosen up on 728 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,719 Speaker 1: the running game because they will be so focused on 729 00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,799 Speaker 1: keeping a lid on Gabe Davis and Steph Diggs and crew. 730 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,080 Speaker 1: And I think that's a little bit of what happened 731 00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:35,680 Speaker 1: at the end of last year two Josh was playing 732 00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: at such a high level, you know, after that the 733 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: New England game in New England where they thumped them 734 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 1: and then came here in the playoffs and were perfect. 735 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,239 Speaker 1: And at the end of the season when they were 736 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,520 Speaker 1: playing these teams, I mean, they were just unstoppable. So 737 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: teams were I really didn't care if the Bills were 738 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,480 Speaker 1: running the ball for seven yards of play, at least 739 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,359 Speaker 1: they weren't throwing it for fifteen yards of play. So 740 00:43:57,840 --> 00:43:59,319 Speaker 1: I think there was a little bit of that going on. 741 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,120 Speaker 1: And if the Bills can get back to that or 742 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 1: even so that maybe the chief that's what the Chiefs 743 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:04,759 Speaker 1: we're doing in the first half of the game two 744 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,719 Speaker 1: weeks ago, We're gonna start seeing the running game be 745 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:14,880 Speaker 1: more prominent, if not more more productive. If not more prominent, 746 00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,279 Speaker 1: I would say break time for us here, but more 747 00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 1: of your phone calls coming your way, So if you're 748 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,680 Speaker 1: on hold, stay there. We will get to you when 749 00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:24,040 Speaker 1: we return here. On One Bill's Live, presented by Kalid 750 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:38,080 Speaker 1: to Health, It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. All right, welcome back 751 00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:40,480 Speaker 1: to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Casker with you, 752 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,759 Speaker 1: and before we get back to the phone calls, we 753 00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,640 Speaker 1: did want to pass along some unfortunate news. A member 754 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:52,560 Speaker 1: of the Bill's coaching alumni family unfortunately passed away over 755 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:56,160 Speaker 1: the weekend. It was form of Bill's defensive coordinator, Walt Corey, 756 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,800 Speaker 1: who was a coordinator on the defensive side of the football. 757 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,760 Speaker 1: Many of you remember him as the swizzle stick chewing 758 00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:07,600 Speaker 1: guy on the sidelines during the bills heyday years, coaching 759 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,239 Speaker 1: under Marv Levy's defensive coordinator from nineteen eighty seven to 760 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,600 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four. And Steve obviously knew him since he 761 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,680 Speaker 1: was on the coaching staff when Steve was playing. Yeah, 762 00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,799 Speaker 1: and I ran across Walt in the years following my 763 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: retirement in his retirement, and he was a resident of 764 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 1: Kansas City. He was drafted when the Kansas City Chiefs 765 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: were the Dallas Texans. Yeah, he made the move with 766 00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,560 Speaker 1: them from Dallas all the way up to Kansas City 767 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,080 Speaker 1: and was part of the roster for the Chiefs in 768 00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:41,040 Speaker 1: Super Bowl One. So what was I considered him a 769 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:44,920 Speaker 1: friend and saddened to hear about it. I've gotten texts 770 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,520 Speaker 1: from a lot of the old guys that you know, 771 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,680 Speaker 1: the five Presidents Texas loop obviously, and some of the 772 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:54,320 Speaker 1: old coaches that I still keep in touch with saddened 773 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,719 Speaker 1: to hear about it. He was a wonderful guy and 774 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:00,960 Speaker 1: he was quintessential guy. He always had that as you 775 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,200 Speaker 1: mentioned the swizzle stick that he chewed on out of 776 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,759 Speaker 1: nervous There was a nervous habit of his. But he 777 00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,160 Speaker 1: was a defensive coordinator through all the Super Bowl years 778 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:15,600 Speaker 1: and was a real asset to the organization. And he's 779 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,440 Speaker 1: a good friend to all of us. So it's saddened 780 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,719 Speaker 1: to hear about wald. I believe he was eighty four. 781 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,319 Speaker 1: Eighty four, Yeah, when he passed. It's over this last time. 782 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,560 Speaker 1: We lived a good life. Twenty seven year coaching veteran 783 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,640 Speaker 1: pretty darn good player, you know during his AFL days. 784 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,640 Speaker 1: Was an AFL All Star in nineteen sixty three and 785 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,680 Speaker 1: won two f AFL titles with the Texans in the 786 00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:37,400 Speaker 1: Chiefs in sixty two in sixty six, and played in 787 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,759 Speaker 1: the first Super Bowl. Yeah, played in Super Bowl one. 788 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:42,359 Speaker 1: Coached in Super Bowls twenty five, six, seven, and eight. 789 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,600 Speaker 1: So he was ay and he lost all of them. 790 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:53,239 Speaker 1: So still proof proof in the pudding that you can 791 00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:58,760 Speaker 1: not win every game you play in and still have 792 00:46:57,440 --> 00:47:00,520 Speaker 1: a great career and I went in one ul life 793 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,040 Speaker 1: as well. So yeah, our condolences to his family, his 794 00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,640 Speaker 1: friends and always a part of Bill's history. Yeah, no 795 00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:11,160 Speaker 1: question about it. We shift gears now and get back 796 00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,839 Speaker 1: to the phones at eight oh three five fifty one 797 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,000 Speaker 1: eight eight eight five fifty two, five fifty and we 798 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,520 Speaker 1: go to Rick in Lancaster, who's been waiting patiently. What 799 00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,320 Speaker 1: do you have for us? Rick? Hey, guys, how are you? 800 00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:26,400 Speaker 1: I appreciate the time, Pom and my condolences to the 801 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:30,759 Speaker 1: Corey family. Great guy on the sidelines. Row Listen, you 802 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:34,040 Speaker 1: guys just touched on something the last caller did and 803 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:37,440 Speaker 1: it kind of made my blood pressure go off. That's 804 00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:41,600 Speaker 1: actually why I was calling this want for a running back. 805 00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,680 Speaker 1: We drafted a running back that we can't even find 806 00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:48,240 Speaker 1: ways to use, and that's why I was calling because 807 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:51,880 Speaker 1: to me, there's got to be something that doesn't equal 808 00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,520 Speaker 1: up here, and I'm talking about James Cook. I watched 809 00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:59,520 Speaker 1: this guy's whole career, Georgia. I see this guy shredding 810 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:03,760 Speaker 1: an all Obama defense that was laid in with NFL talent. 811 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,080 Speaker 1: So there, you know, it's not like he's doing it 812 00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:10,560 Speaker 1: against Vanderbilt, which he did. But they killed Vanderbilt, or 813 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 1: they killed Obama with you know, wheel routes, different pitches, 814 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:20,239 Speaker 1: some trap stuff, and we just can't seem to find 815 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,719 Speaker 1: ways to use this guy. And it's baffling to me, 816 00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,439 Speaker 1: and it gets me to it. Could it be I'm 817 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:29,239 Speaker 1: not insinuating anything, so maybe it's coming out wrong. Does 818 00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,520 Speaker 1: he not understand the playbook? Because a guy with that 819 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,600 Speaker 1: much talent, you would think could have made the difference 820 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,960 Speaker 1: in the Dolphins game, could have possibly opened up a 821 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,399 Speaker 1: bigger lead on the Chiefs, could have opened up, you know, 822 00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:45,960 Speaker 1: and not waited to the last second to beat the Ravens. 823 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,280 Speaker 1: This is a guy that could be crucial to beating 824 00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,160 Speaker 1: some teams down the stretch and in the playoffs, and 825 00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,520 Speaker 1: we don't seem to have a game plan how to 826 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:59,320 Speaker 1: insert this guy and use this guy to the Yeah, understood, 827 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:03,040 Speaker 1: Riod call Rick and it's good. Quite My advice for 828 00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:05,920 Speaker 1: people who and like myself who have been looking for 829 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,279 Speaker 1: James Cook to emerge as more and to have a 830 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,000 Speaker 1: bigger role, get more opportunities, be on the field more. 831 00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,160 Speaker 1: I think one of the things there's a couple of 832 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:14,919 Speaker 1: things that work here. One is I think he's got 833 00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,040 Speaker 1: to earn it, and he's got to prove that he's 834 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:20,320 Speaker 1: a better option in any situation than Devin Singletary. And 835 00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:24,400 Speaker 1: and he is. Let's face it, he was active against 836 00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,000 Speaker 1: Kansa City Chiefs and Zach Moss was not. It's begun 837 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,800 Speaker 1: to happen already. My advice, too, is to be patient. 838 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:36,719 Speaker 1: It's hard to bust in and and carve yourself out 839 00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:39,799 Speaker 1: a big role in an offense that is already as 840 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:44,040 Speaker 1: prolific as the Buffalo Bill's offense is. They'll give him opportunities, 841 00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,040 Speaker 1: and they'll continue to give him more and more opportunities 842 00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:50,359 Speaker 1: as he earns them. But my advice for everybody looking 843 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:52,480 Speaker 1: for James Cook and wondering where the running backs that 844 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,480 Speaker 1: is just to be patient. He's gonna get better. He's 845 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,560 Speaker 1: getting better, he's earning more trust from the coaching staff. 846 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,680 Speaker 1: And let's face it, he's umbled right out of the 847 00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:05,600 Speaker 1: blocks early on in the season and he's working his 848 00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:07,319 Speaker 1: way back from that. And now he seems to be 849 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:11,560 Speaker 1: as a more than just a passing thought, which is 850 00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,000 Speaker 1: where you need to see him getting to. Yeah, and 851 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:17,239 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna throw this in there too. I'm not 852 00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,879 Speaker 1: disputing your point, Rick, But at Georgia, he was part 853 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 1: of a committee backfield as well. He was not a 854 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,840 Speaker 1: full time you're the man carry the load, tote the 855 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:29,759 Speaker 1: mail back. He was there with a couple other guys, 856 00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:33,239 Speaker 1: including Zamere White, another guy whose names escaping me right now. 857 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,640 Speaker 1: So he was part of a committee backfield there. His 858 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,719 Speaker 1: talent was most certainly on display. Bills made him a 859 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,839 Speaker 1: second round pick because of it. I think he will 860 00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:43,960 Speaker 1: be a difference maker for this team in the backfield. 861 00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:45,759 Speaker 1: But he's always going to be part of a committee. 862 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,200 Speaker 1: He's never going to be a full time guy, at 863 00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,759 Speaker 1: least as I see it. And here's part two of 864 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,000 Speaker 1: what I'm going to say as far as why he 865 00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:56,799 Speaker 1: hasn't gotten more opportunities on the field. It's not that 866 00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:59,720 Speaker 1: he's not talented. It's not that he doesn't know the offense. 867 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:04,840 Speaker 1: It's that under this regime, it has been proven time 868 00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:10,759 Speaker 1: and time and time again that you have to earn 869 00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:15,560 Speaker 1: time on the field. I'll give you another example, not 870 00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,280 Speaker 1: even on the same side of the ball. Matt Milano 871 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,600 Speaker 1: came in in twenty seventeen as a fifth round draft choice, 872 00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:24,520 Speaker 1: and I could tell in training camp he was one 873 00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,880 Speaker 1: of the two best linebackers on the roster. He didn't 874 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,760 Speaker 1: get on the field as a full time starter until 875 00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:37,400 Speaker 1: week ten. They had a Ramone Humber here, a veteran 876 00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,399 Speaker 1: linebacker who they trusted, and he was the starter. Matt 877 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,800 Speaker 1: Milano was a better linebacker than him as a rookie. 878 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:50,960 Speaker 1: Eighteen ways to Sunday. He didn't start full time until 879 00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:56,000 Speaker 1: week ten. They make these players earn it. They don't 880 00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,960 Speaker 1: hand anybody anything. I'm confident that come the second half 881 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,440 Speaker 1: half of the season, we're gonna be seeing more and 882 00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,600 Speaker 1: more and more of James Cook because of the talent 883 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:07,799 Speaker 1: he presents. But he's got to earn that time, and 884 00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:10,080 Speaker 1: I think he's in the process of earning exactly. I 885 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:14,120 Speaker 1: think he's We've seen him crescendo to this point. He 886 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:17,640 Speaker 1: started out fumbled his well publicized he fumbled his first 887 00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,640 Speaker 1: touch in the NFL, and there were other guy people 888 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:21,440 Speaker 1: who said he did. Everybody did the same thing in 889 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:25,000 Speaker 1: their first game, you know, everybody from Christian McCaffrey and 890 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,320 Speaker 1: a lot of you know, Ladanian Thomlins and all those players. 891 00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:31,359 Speaker 1: There's a ton of guys who did that. But he's 892 00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:33,319 Speaker 1: earning his way back from that and I'll say this too, 893 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,200 Speaker 1: You're always going to be part of a rotation here 894 00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:39,399 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. And and as good as James Cook might 895 00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,600 Speaker 1: be or might get to be, if von Miller comes 896 00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:46,120 Speaker 1: to this team and is really willing to rotate, nobody 897 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,399 Speaker 1: else is gonna squawk about having other to share time 898 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:50,799 Speaker 1: with anybody else. I mean, that's just the way it's 899 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:54,399 Speaker 1: gonna be. And they're gonna make him earn it. And 900 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:56,440 Speaker 1: he took a couple of steps back once the regular 901 00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:58,520 Speaker 1: season started. He's earned his way back to it. But 902 00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,240 Speaker 1: we see now he's the guy that's on the field. 903 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,200 Speaker 1: He's the guy that's active, not Zach Moss. And it 904 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,520 Speaker 1: didn't start out that way. So it's slowly changing. But 905 00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:08,960 Speaker 1: I think the players realize that when they earn it, 906 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,280 Speaker 1: they'll get it. Ask Christian Benford, a guy who's sixth 907 00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,480 Speaker 1: round draft pick with a first round draft pick at 908 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,480 Speaker 1: his position, he out earned him and he's on the 909 00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,960 Speaker 1: field that speaks like a loud speaker. Yeah. And I 910 00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,799 Speaker 1: think at the same time, there are fans that are 911 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,319 Speaker 1: probably like, well, how come he gets to start right 912 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:29,240 Speaker 1: away at the beginning of the season and James Cook doesn't. 913 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,520 Speaker 1: He never took a step backwards. He never took a 914 00:53:31,520 --> 00:53:35,600 Speaker 1: step backwards. Number one, Number two. They didn't have anybody 915 00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:38,239 Speaker 1: else to line up over there that they liked better 916 00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:41,600 Speaker 1: than him. They've got other options at running back, right, 917 00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:43,560 Speaker 1: there were other guys rotating in there at the beginning 918 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:45,520 Speaker 1: of the season. There were other guys in All those 919 00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:48,840 Speaker 1: guys in training camp all got their reps, and Benford 920 00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:53,239 Speaker 1: earned his better than anybody else. It's just that if 921 00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:55,719 Speaker 1: you earn it quickly, you'll be on the field, that's right. 922 00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:58,040 Speaker 1: If it takes a little bit longer, it's gonna take 923 00:53:58,040 --> 00:53:59,399 Speaker 1: you longer to earn it and get on the field. 924 00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:02,239 Speaker 1: He's getting ten snaps a game. And that's also why 925 00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:07,880 Speaker 1: some guys sit down because they lose it. Yep, And 926 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:10,239 Speaker 1: it's it could be anybody. We watched Mitch Moore sit 927 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:14,439 Speaker 1: an extra game as the most expensive center in the league. 928 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,839 Speaker 1: He sat for a week when he was healthy. That's 929 00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:22,200 Speaker 1: what this coaching staff does. They don't take any You 930 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:26,440 Speaker 1: don't half weigh anything here, and if you give even 931 00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:29,680 Speaker 1: a hint that you are, they'll put somebody else in 932 00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,879 Speaker 1: the game. Yeah, they don't hesitate. All right. We gotta 933 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,239 Speaker 1: take a break when we come back. We've got some 934 00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:39,320 Speaker 1: NFL trade news to pass along along with the outcome 935 00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:42,759 Speaker 1: of just what was going on between that official and 936 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:45,319 Speaker 1: Mike Evans at the end of the Bucks Carolina game 937 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:51,160 Speaker 1: last Sunday. We also have Rob Demowsky, Packers beat reporter 938 00:54:51,200 --> 00:54:53,719 Speaker 1: for ESPN dot Com, coming your way an hour number three, 939 00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:56,319 Speaker 1: along with more of your phone calls. Stay tuned. It's 940 00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,319 Speaker 1: One Bills Live presented by Collid to Health. This is 941 00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:34,640 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's Radio. This is One Bill's Live presented by 942 00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:39,120 Speaker 1: call Light to Health. Our number two Chris Brown Steve 943 00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:41,960 Speaker 1: Tasker with you. One Bill's Live is the show. Welcome 944 00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:46,319 Speaker 1: to this Tuesday edition. And in our number two, we're 945 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,000 Speaker 1: gonna have Rob Zamoski from ESPN dot Com join us 946 00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,960 Speaker 1: in a little bit get us up to speed on 947 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,280 Speaker 1: the Packers is that's what he does on a daily basis, 948 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:57,200 Speaker 1: covering that team since ninety seven. But before we do that, 949 00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: we are going to take some more of your phone 950 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,600 Speaker 1: calls as we are asking you through the first seven 951 00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:04,520 Speaker 1: weeks in the NFL season, who are your contenders and 952 00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:08,759 Speaker 1: pretenders besides the Chiefs and the Bills. So if you 953 00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:11,160 Speaker 1: got a ready list, give us a call. Eight oh 954 00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,319 Speaker 1: three five fifty, Got an open line for you. There, 955 00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:18,000 Speaker 1: one bit of NFL news to pass along. Looking to 956 00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:21,400 Speaker 1: shore up their run defense, the Dallas Cowboys have acquired 957 00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:24,880 Speaker 1: defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins and a twenty twenty four seventh 958 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,280 Speaker 1: round pick from the Las Vegas Raiders for a twenty 959 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:32,400 Speaker 1: twenty three sixth round pick. So the Dallas defense gets richer. 960 00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:36,920 Speaker 1: They're a great pass rushing defense, they do want to 961 00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,040 Speaker 1: do a little bit better against the run, where they 962 00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:43,000 Speaker 1: ranked twentieth in the league, especially knowing they may very 963 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,239 Speaker 1: well have to get past the number one running team 964 00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:46,879 Speaker 1: in football if they want to get to the Super Bowl. 965 00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:48,799 Speaker 1: Who's all, by the way in their own division in 966 00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:53,040 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. So Cowboys getting Hankins and a six, 967 00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,320 Speaker 1: they get Hankins in a seven, Hankins in a seven. 968 00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:59,759 Speaker 1: Change four to six. I got you, okay. Also, we've 969 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:01,760 Speaker 1: got to the bottom of what the heck Mike Evans 970 00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:05,480 Speaker 1: was doing with the officials after Sunday's game against the Panthers. 971 00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:08,920 Speaker 1: As we suspected, it might have been like a phone 972 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,480 Speaker 1: number kind of thing, and that's exactly what it was. 973 00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:15,080 Speaker 1: Mike Evans, along with one of the officials they're both 974 00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:19,800 Speaker 1: from the state of Texas, and the official mentioned to 975 00:57:19,880 --> 00:57:23,560 Speaker 1: him that he's familiar with a golf pro who could 976 00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:26,959 Speaker 1: provide golf lessons. Said, Mike, just give me your phone number. 977 00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:28,320 Speaker 1: I have him get in touch with you. And that's 978 00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:32,600 Speaker 1: what that was so much ado about. Nothing there because 979 00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:36,440 Speaker 1: officials as well as NFL employees, are prohibited from soliciting 980 00:57:36,480 --> 00:57:40,439 Speaker 1: autographs from players, let alone memorabilia of any kind. So 981 00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:42,720 Speaker 1: there was some suspicion that that might have been the 982 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:46,440 Speaker 1: case there, but nothing doing. It was purely innocent in 983 00:57:46,560 --> 00:57:49,960 Speaker 1: nature phone number for a golf pro, providing a phone 984 00:57:50,040 --> 00:57:51,960 Speaker 1: number so a golf pro could call him. So there 985 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,600 Speaker 1: you go. I don't know, maybe Mike Evans is expecting 986 00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:57,360 Speaker 1: to be on the golf course in January. Who knows? Ye? 987 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:03,080 Speaker 1: Right zing, But let's get back to the phones at 988 00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,920 Speaker 1: eight oh three five fifty one, eight eight five fifty 989 00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,240 Speaker 1: two five fifty to join us open line for you there, 990 00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:13,400 Speaker 1: But we begin our number two with Mark in Jersey City. 991 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:14,840 Speaker 1: What's going on? Mark? What do you got for us? 992 00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,400 Speaker 1: How you doing, Chris? How you doing good? Good? Isn't 993 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,720 Speaker 1: it isn't? It's It's nice to see the Patriots have 994 00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:26,480 Speaker 1: their own JP Lossman versus Trent Edwards. Um, I had 995 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:29,160 Speaker 1: a little story told to me last night by you know, 996 00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,800 Speaker 1: a very close, very trusted friend. How the how you know, Chris? 997 00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:35,800 Speaker 1: Do you know how unprofessional the Patriots press box can be? 998 00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:41,120 Speaker 1: I'm sure over the years it can be. Uh yeah, 999 00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,320 Speaker 1: A lot, a whole lot of pom poms were flying 1000 00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:46,080 Speaker 1: for you know, Zappy coming in and throwing his two 1001 00:58:46,120 --> 00:58:49,360 Speaker 1: touchdowns and it quickly see that was the delicious note 1002 00:58:49,600 --> 00:58:51,520 Speaker 1: is it got dangled in front of them and quickly 1003 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:55,240 Speaker 1: yanked away. It made it even more. It made it 1004 00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:57,640 Speaker 1: even better that they got to like feel it and 1005 00:58:57,680 --> 00:58:59,840 Speaker 1: then oh, nope, not for you. And that was the 1006 00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:02,560 Speaker 1: arrogance of Bill Belichick on full display. He treated that 1007 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:05,960 Speaker 1: game last night like a preseason game. They're terrible, we're 1008 00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,800 Speaker 1: gonna just did he bop our quarterbacks in and out? 1009 00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:10,800 Speaker 1: Because we're that good? And I am who I am 1010 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,840 Speaker 1: and we don't, you know, And that's what he gets. 1011 00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:15,960 Speaker 1: He got struck on his snout for being an arrogant. 1012 00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:19,200 Speaker 1: You know what, Yeah, at a little bit of hubris 1013 00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,880 Speaker 1: given to him. Thanks for the call, Mark, appreciate it. 1014 00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:23,520 Speaker 1: I will say this. The other thing that we didn't 1015 00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:28,040 Speaker 1: even discuss about this, Steve there there were some conflicting 1016 00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:33,520 Speaker 1: stories about the game plan. Belichick said after the game 1017 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,000 Speaker 1: that it was their plan all along to play both 1018 00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:41,360 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in this game last night against the Bears. Everybody 1019 00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:44,040 Speaker 1: was on the same page. It was well communicated to 1020 00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,800 Speaker 1: everybody that would be involved that this is what was 1021 00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:51,080 Speaker 1: going to happen. The New England media goes to a 1022 00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:54,360 Speaker 1: number of players in the locker room and some of 1023 00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:56,600 Speaker 1: them said they had no idea that was part of 1024 00:59:56,600 --> 01:00:00,360 Speaker 1: the plan going into the game, including Ramandre Steve Send, 1025 01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,360 Speaker 1: one of the running backs. Yeah, the only people who 1026 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:05,400 Speaker 1: really need to know that were the two quarterbacks. You 1027 01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:08,800 Speaker 1: really don't want to open that conversation up with a 1028 01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:12,240 Speaker 1: general roster. That doesn't surprise me. Yeah, the guys involved 1029 01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:13,880 Speaker 1: knew it was gonna happen. In New England media was 1030 01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,680 Speaker 1: making a big deal of it. That's that's that doesn't 1031 01:00:16,840 --> 01:00:19,439 Speaker 1: that makes sense to me. You don't you don't want 1032 01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:23,480 Speaker 1: the you don't want to tell your defensive lineman that 1033 01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:26,080 Speaker 1: you're going to be swapping quarterbacks out, or you're gonna 1034 01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:29,800 Speaker 1: try this out or whatever. It's a it becomes a distraction. Uh, 1035 01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:35,560 Speaker 1: it's certainly, and Belichick, Zappi and mac Jones, none of them, 1036 01:00:35,600 --> 01:00:39,160 Speaker 1: and you know, Judge Patricia or none of those people 1037 01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:41,800 Speaker 1: over there. No, this is the optimal place they want 1038 01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:43,600 Speaker 1: to be in where they got these quarterbacks. They don't 1039 01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:47,320 Speaker 1: know who to play or aren't having a situation where 1040 01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:51,280 Speaker 1: they they're playing different guys. They know it's not the best, 1041 01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:53,960 Speaker 1: but they're trying to muddle through it as best as 1042 01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:58,520 Speaker 1: they can. They're not going to include the running backs 1043 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:02,880 Speaker 1: in the decision making or have you know. So, I'm 1044 01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:08,200 Speaker 1: sure Zappy and mac Jones knew that they were going 1045 01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:11,880 Speaker 1: to be switched in and out, and they were probably 1046 01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:15,880 Speaker 1: told by Belichick said don't tell anybody, meaning teammates either. 1047 01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:18,600 Speaker 1: Just keep this in house. We're just gonna do this. 1048 01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:24,000 Speaker 1: I've heard. Also, our good friend friend of the show, 1049 01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:28,160 Speaker 1: Tom Kerran was also said that he felt like like 1050 01:01:29,120 --> 01:01:32,720 Speaker 1: mac Jones talked his way into starting. You know that 1051 01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:35,240 Speaker 1: mac Jones went to Bill said, I'm one hundred percent healthy. 1052 01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Give me a chance to do this the kind of thing. 1053 01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,880 Speaker 1: And Bill said, listen, I don't know, I go We're 1054 01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:43,440 Speaker 1: gonna play zap. Zappy's ready. Zappy probably took the lion's 1055 01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:46,360 Speaker 1: share the reps. Maybe in practice, I don't know. And 1056 01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,040 Speaker 1: Bill said, all right, I'll tell you what. You can 1057 01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,800 Speaker 1: start the game, but we're gonna make a switch at 1058 01:01:51,800 --> 01:01:54,680 Speaker 1: some point. We'll pick when it is so and that's 1059 01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:57,080 Speaker 1: what happened. He got three series. He got three series 1060 01:01:57,120 --> 01:01:59,720 Speaker 1: and then ended with an interception and that was the 1061 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:03,160 Speaker 1: fixed stopping point for him. And then and it looked 1062 01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:06,280 Speaker 1: brilliant for about five minutes because the Patriots came out 1063 01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:09,040 Speaker 1: and took the lead. They were down ten nothing. They 1064 01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:11,720 Speaker 1: came back with Bailey Zapp. He scored two touchdowns. One 1065 01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:17,240 Speaker 1: was free, but they scored two touchdowns and it looked like, hey, 1066 01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:20,800 Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is a brilliant guy. Right and then and 1067 01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:22,640 Speaker 1: then it blew up. That was my favorite part of 1068 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:27,000 Speaker 1: the whole dang thing. People had signs it's Zappy Hour. 1069 01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,960 Speaker 1: Oh my god. All these fans had signs, they're going 1070 01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:34,600 Speaker 1: ballistic for Zappy. They score some points, they're losing their minds, 1071 01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:37,240 Speaker 1: and then the bottom falls out of the whole thing. 1072 01:02:37,240 --> 01:02:41,000 Speaker 1: Oh it was so delicious, so so delicious. I don't 1073 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:42,400 Speaker 1: know if the bottom is going to stay out of it, 1074 01:02:42,440 --> 01:02:43,960 Speaker 1: but that's where they are, so they might win their 1075 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:47,680 Speaker 1: next three games. When it goes yeah, Jets and Jets 1076 01:02:47,680 --> 01:02:52,600 Speaker 1: twice and some occults with Sam Ellinger. We want to 1077 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:57,240 Speaker 1: turn now, though, to ESPN dot COM's Rob Dmowski, who 1078 01:02:57,320 --> 01:03:01,960 Speaker 1: joins us to talk Green Bay Packers, Buffalo's next opponent. 1079 01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:06,840 Speaker 1: All right, Rob, so let's begin here. Obviously, Aaron Rodgers 1080 01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,000 Speaker 1: said what he said after the last game. It's caught 1081 01:03:10,040 --> 01:03:13,720 Speaker 1: the attention of Bills fans. He believes, for some reason 1082 01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:18,520 Speaker 1: that the nationally televised game against one of the best 1083 01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:21,400 Speaker 1: teams in the AFC is just the tonic that the 1084 01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:24,640 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers need. I don't know if I agree 1085 01:03:24,680 --> 01:03:26,840 Speaker 1: with him, even though he knows a whole lot more 1086 01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:31,080 Speaker 1: about football than I do. What exactly in your mind 1087 01:03:31,160 --> 01:03:33,400 Speaker 1: was he kind of getting at there? Give us some 1088 01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:36,840 Speaker 1: context if you could. Well. First of all, one, it 1089 01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:39,520 Speaker 1: might have been wishful thinking, right, like trying to speak 1090 01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:42,640 Speaker 1: something into existence. They just lost their third game in 1091 01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:46,680 Speaker 1: a row. And two it's a little bit of I 1092 01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:49,480 Speaker 1: don't want to say the contrarian approach, but like, look, 1093 01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,960 Speaker 1: you know, pressure's off now, maybe a little bit like 1094 01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:56,440 Speaker 1: we just lost three games where we were favored in 1095 01:03:56,520 --> 01:03:59,560 Speaker 1: every game, most of them by a touchdown or more. 1096 01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:02,240 Speaker 1: And you know, we lost those and so no one's 1097 01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:05,960 Speaker 1: gonna give us a chance against you know, maybe the 1098 01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:07,720 Speaker 1: best team in football, or at least the best team 1099 01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:10,560 Speaker 1: in the AFC. So pressure's off us, right. I remember 1100 01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:15,040 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy one time there was a similar situation and 1101 01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:17,480 Speaker 1: he took like the approach. Um. I think it was 1102 01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:20,360 Speaker 1: they were going to New England and playing the Yearly 1103 01:04:20,360 --> 01:04:22,120 Speaker 1: won the Super Bowl two thy ten. They were going 1104 01:04:22,120 --> 01:04:24,760 Speaker 1: to New England. Rodgers had just gotten can Cuss the 1105 01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:27,400 Speaker 1: week before, wasn't gonna play, and Matt Flynn was gonna start, 1106 01:04:27,600 --> 01:04:30,360 Speaker 1: and he said, hey, look we're nobody's underdog. Like they 1107 01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:33,720 Speaker 1: use these like, you know, just these these little phrases 1108 01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,200 Speaker 1: and you know, play on words just to try to 1109 01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:39,040 Speaker 1: maybe turn things around a little bit. And I think 1110 01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:42,480 Speaker 1: that's what Rogers was trying to do from a mentality standpoint. 1111 01:04:42,520 --> 01:04:45,840 Speaker 1: Now x's and Oh's is a whole other story. Yeah, 1112 01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:48,680 Speaker 1: and that's that's the next question. Why do they need 1113 01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:51,120 Speaker 1: to turn it around? I mean, how'd they get into 1114 01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:55,000 Speaker 1: this spot? Yeah, Steve there, Um, they don't have a 1115 01:04:55,040 --> 01:04:57,040 Speaker 1: deep threat. I mean, like they just don't throw the 1116 01:04:57,040 --> 01:05:00,440 Speaker 1: ball down the field at all. The look get like 1117 01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:04,000 Speaker 1: those air yard stats. I think Rogers throws like I 1118 01:05:04,040 --> 01:05:06,520 Speaker 1: don't know, eighty percent of his passes within a couple 1119 01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:08,439 Speaker 1: of yards of the line of scrimmage. I mean, it's 1120 01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:10,640 Speaker 1: like they just they just don't throw the ball on 1121 01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:13,640 Speaker 1: the field, so that allows teams to just load up 1122 01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:16,280 Speaker 1: on the run, which there are two running backs are 1123 01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:19,600 Speaker 1: probably their most dynamic players, Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon. 1124 01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:23,080 Speaker 1: But when everyone's loading up to stop the run, it's 1125 01:05:23,120 --> 01:05:25,200 Speaker 1: awfully hard to get him going. They tried with Aaron 1126 01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:27,920 Speaker 1: Jones last week. He had a bunch of touches and 1127 01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:30,480 Speaker 1: it just did not turn into production, just because of 1128 01:05:30,480 --> 01:05:33,880 Speaker 1: the way teams are playing them, because they know there's 1129 01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:38,680 Speaker 1: there's just no deep threat. Where would you assess the 1130 01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:41,840 Speaker 1: development of the receiving corps. There's obviously a lot of 1131 01:05:41,880 --> 01:05:44,840 Speaker 1: youth there. I guess Sammy Watkins looks like he's gonna 1132 01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:48,200 Speaker 1: be back in the lineup this week, it appears. Where 1133 01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:52,000 Speaker 1: would you assess the development of all that youth at 1134 01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:54,760 Speaker 1: this point, because we're almost at mid season now, right, 1135 01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:59,120 Speaker 1: it's certainly been slower than I think they wanted than 1136 01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:01,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people affected. There was a play is 1137 01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:04,360 Speaker 1: this is sums up their offense in a nutshell with 1138 01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:06,560 Speaker 1: the young receivers go back and look, there was a 1139 01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:09,000 Speaker 1: play at the end of the first quarter of the 1140 01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:11,880 Speaker 1: game this past Sunday at Washington. It's one of those 1141 01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:14,200 Speaker 1: staple plays that the Packers of run forever. It's a 1142 01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:18,080 Speaker 1: bootleg play action roll out to the right. Romeo Dobbs, 1143 01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:21,600 Speaker 1: the rookie, is in the slot on the right side, 1144 01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:25,160 Speaker 1: and when you're a quarterback's rolling out right, you're supposed 1145 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:27,720 Speaker 1: to follow the quarterback to go that way. Well, Romeo 1146 01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:32,440 Speaker 1: Dobbs breaks it upfield the opposite way, and Rogers of 1147 01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:34,720 Speaker 1: course doesn't think that's the way he's going, so he 1148 01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,800 Speaker 1: throws it to the right corner deep you know, a 1149 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:40,320 Speaker 1: deep post or a deep corner route, and it just 1150 01:06:40,400 --> 01:06:43,919 Speaker 1: hits the ground because there's nobody there because Dobbs went 1151 01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,479 Speaker 1: inside instead of outside. And like, if there's one play 1152 01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:50,160 Speaker 1: that sums up where they're at with these guys, that's it. 1153 01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:52,959 Speaker 1: And and you know, Matt Laflour told us, he's like, look, 1154 01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:56,520 Speaker 1: that's just a young guy who didn't read the situation 1155 01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:00,120 Speaker 1: right on paper. He might have been, you know, doing 1156 01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,760 Speaker 1: this the right way. But there's two offenses and Rodgers 1157 01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:05,080 Speaker 1: has always said it, there's our offense on paper, and 1158 01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:07,800 Speaker 1: then there's our offense when things kind of break down, 1159 01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:10,400 Speaker 1: and it's sort of the offense off the paper, and 1160 01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:13,160 Speaker 1: that's where they're just not connected. And what do you 1161 01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:17,400 Speaker 1: think the next step isn't and are they is it personnel? 1162 01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:19,480 Speaker 1: And obviously they would love to have a speed, deep 1163 01:07:19,520 --> 01:07:21,440 Speaker 1: threat that kind of thing, but for the time being, 1164 01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:24,880 Speaker 1: where's their bread and butter and you're going to help 1165 01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:27,960 Speaker 1: them win games? Yeah, it almost has to be on 1166 01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:31,200 Speaker 1: defense because they've had so much. They have so much 1167 01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:34,160 Speaker 1: talent on this defense, have seven first round picks, they've 1168 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:36,480 Speaker 1: got four guys that are what you would consider high 1169 01:07:36,480 --> 01:07:39,960 Speaker 1: priced free agents, and up until the other day when 1170 01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:43,080 Speaker 1: they finally got a pick six from Devandre Campbell, they 1171 01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:45,640 Speaker 1: hadn't made a play on defense at all. And there's 1172 01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:48,000 Speaker 1: just too much talent on that defensive side of the 1173 01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:51,560 Speaker 1: ball for that to happen. Now, is that the start of, 1174 01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:53,960 Speaker 1: you know, some big plays on defense and can kind 1175 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,400 Speaker 1: of carry this team a little bit? You know, we'll see, 1176 01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:59,520 Speaker 1: but I mean there's seven games. This team has two 1177 01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:02,439 Speaker 1: interests options, and that's just not that's just not good enough. 1178 01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:06,640 Speaker 1: When your offense is struggling to what do you attribute that? 1179 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:09,160 Speaker 1: Is it? Because they're getting behind on the scoreboard and 1180 01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:11,680 Speaker 1: the other team can just control clock and run the 1181 01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:14,960 Speaker 1: football and they're really not trying to test what is 1182 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:18,080 Speaker 1: seen as a good pass defense. I mean they're I 1183 01:08:18,080 --> 01:08:20,200 Speaker 1: mean they're right there at the top of the league 1184 01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:25,160 Speaker 1: against the past, but you know they're not stopping the run. 1185 01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:27,479 Speaker 1: What what? What are the dynamics there? Are they getting 1186 01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:29,360 Speaker 1: behind and that's why teams are running on them. They 1187 01:08:29,360 --> 01:08:31,960 Speaker 1: don't have to throw a little bit of that. And 1188 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:35,479 Speaker 1: then there's they've had all kinds of communication issues. I mean, 1189 01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:38,800 Speaker 1: watch them pre snaff I mean there's guys turning around 1190 01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:40,559 Speaker 1: looking both way, Hey do you have him? Do you 1191 01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:43,360 Speaker 1: have him? Who's got this gap? And there's just way 1192 01:08:43,400 --> 01:08:45,320 Speaker 1: too much of that, And to me, that has to 1193 01:08:45,320 --> 01:08:47,759 Speaker 1: come down to coaching, right, I mean when guys aren't 1194 01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:51,240 Speaker 1: sure where they're supposed to be when the call comes in, Um, 1195 01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:53,880 Speaker 1: you know that that's a problem in terms of preparation. 1196 01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:56,719 Speaker 1: So uh, you know those are the that's what's killed 1197 01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:58,840 Speaker 1: them more than you know, forget the statistics. I know 1198 01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:01,439 Speaker 1: what the running games said that they're giving up a 1199 01:09:01,479 --> 01:09:04,719 Speaker 1: ton of yardage their past defense has not been very good. 1200 01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:07,320 Speaker 1: I know the yardages looked good, but there's just way 1201 01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:10,559 Speaker 1: too many guys running open. They can't cover a crossing 1202 01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,360 Speaker 1: route to save their lives. And um, there's just been 1203 01:09:13,400 --> 01:09:16,280 Speaker 1: wide open guys after one after another. And then even 1204 01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,519 Speaker 1: this past week, you know, they finally decided to put 1205 01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:22,080 Speaker 1: JayR Alexander their best corner on another team's best receiver. 1206 01:09:22,479 --> 01:09:24,320 Speaker 1: They did it two weeks ago against the Jets, and 1207 01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:27,960 Speaker 1: Alexander did a really good job against Garrett Wilson. And 1208 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:32,040 Speaker 1: then this past week against Terry McLaurin. McLaurin dominated that matchup. 1209 01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,559 Speaker 1: So it comes down a little bit of execution too. 1210 01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:39,759 Speaker 1: Give us an idea about now that the Patriots dropped 1211 01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:41,800 Speaker 1: one of the Bears last night, so that now the 1212 01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:45,320 Speaker 1: pack is tied with Chicago. They're both chased in Minnesota. 1213 01:09:45,439 --> 01:09:49,439 Speaker 1: How likely is it? And you've been being in that division? 1214 01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,439 Speaker 1: What how do you see the Minnesota Vikings in the 1215 01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:54,280 Speaker 1: grip they've got? Is it just? I mean, are they 1216 01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,240 Speaker 1: playing that well or have they been the beneficiary of 1217 01:09:57,320 --> 01:09:59,720 Speaker 1: some some lucky breaks? How how do you see the 1218 01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:02,479 Speaker 1: division shaking out the rest of the way? I think 1219 01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:06,000 Speaker 1: why Minnesota, Steve is on top of this division is 1220 01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:10,200 Speaker 1: because they've got two things going for him. On offense, 1221 01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:14,479 Speaker 1: They've got an incredible playmaker in Justin Jefferson, and they 1222 01:10:14,479 --> 01:10:17,640 Speaker 1: can run the football like that's a pretty lethal combination. 1223 01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:21,240 Speaker 1: They have more talent offensive lead than any team in 1224 01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:24,320 Speaker 1: that division. My thing with them was, you know, Kirk 1225 01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:26,240 Speaker 1: Cousins has always been a little bit up and down, 1226 01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:29,080 Speaker 1: and then you had the coaching change, which you just 1227 01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:31,000 Speaker 1: never know how that's going to go, right, because this 1228 01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:33,280 Speaker 1: team had a ton of talent and they went from 1229 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:35,880 Speaker 1: a defensive coach in Mike Zimmer, who was a heck 1230 01:10:35,920 --> 01:10:37,719 Speaker 1: of a defensive coach. I mean, if you ask Aaron 1231 01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:40,639 Speaker 1: Rodgers who the hardest guy that he went up against, 1232 01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:44,720 Speaker 1: he'd probably says Zimmer. But now they've established an offensive 1233 01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:48,800 Speaker 1: mentality there while still being you know, they're now running 1234 01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:53,120 Speaker 1: the Vic Fangio defense at Donna. Tell comes from that tree, 1235 01:10:53,160 --> 01:10:55,760 Speaker 1: so they've got they still have the solid defense, but 1236 01:10:55,840 --> 01:10:59,760 Speaker 1: they have so much explosiveness on offense with Feeling and 1237 01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,759 Speaker 1: Jefferson and Dalvin Cook that they're awfully hard to stop. 1238 01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:06,800 Speaker 1: And you know that game early in the year, Week one, 1239 01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:10,479 Speaker 1: when the Packers couldn't cover Justin Jefferson was this sort 1240 01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:12,439 Speaker 1: of a little bit of a preview of I think 1241 01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:15,960 Speaker 1: what was to come in this division. We saw the 1242 01:11:16,040 --> 01:11:20,000 Speaker 1: video clips of Aaron on the field mouthing to the 1243 01:11:20,040 --> 01:11:25,519 Speaker 1: sideline what are we doing. We've seen his frustration, you know, 1244 01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:29,839 Speaker 1: written all over his face. He's chosen to, I think, 1245 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:33,280 Speaker 1: kind of parse his words carefully through the course of 1246 01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:36,360 Speaker 1: the first half of the season. Here we know they're 1247 01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,640 Speaker 1: ten and a half point underdogs in Buffalo on Sunday night, 1248 01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:44,800 Speaker 1: rob if they get embarrassed here is like Rogers Volcano 1249 01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:48,479 Speaker 1: Watch on, Like, are you just expecting this thing to 1250 01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:50,920 Speaker 1: finally blow at some point? If it doesn't get turned 1251 01:11:50,920 --> 01:11:52,960 Speaker 1: around soon? Where where are we there on the on 1252 01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:56,439 Speaker 1: the Volcano Watch with Rogers? Yeah, you never really know. 1253 01:11:56,640 --> 01:12:01,080 Speaker 1: I mean he never says anything without thinking it through. 1254 01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:03,719 Speaker 1: Like you can guarantee that, like everything when he walks 1255 01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:05,920 Speaker 1: to the podium or steps in front of his locker 1256 01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:08,880 Speaker 1: with us on Wednesdays, there's nothing off the cuff, Like 1257 01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:11,639 Speaker 1: he knows what he what message he wants to deliver, 1258 01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:15,360 Speaker 1: and you know he'll take little subtle shots here and there, 1259 01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:20,760 Speaker 1: but ultimately, you know, I think his patience is wearing thin. 1260 01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:23,320 Speaker 1: He has said earlier in the year that got to 1261 01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,840 Speaker 1: be patient with these young guys, patient with you know, 1262 01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:28,559 Speaker 1: some of the new pieces on offense. But he even said, 1263 01:12:28,600 --> 01:12:30,400 Speaker 1: he goes, you can only be patient for so long, 1264 01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:33,480 Speaker 1: and you know, we could be approaching that that standpoint. 1265 01:12:34,280 --> 01:12:38,080 Speaker 1: You know, they've been in situations like this before twenty sixteen. 1266 01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:41,080 Speaker 1: They were four and six and it just really didn't 1267 01:12:41,080 --> 01:12:44,040 Speaker 1: look like they had a lot going. And that's famously 1268 01:12:44,080 --> 01:12:48,240 Speaker 1: when Rogers said that the week after they lost at Washington, 1269 01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:50,400 Speaker 1: actually on a night game, they were going to Philly 1270 01:12:50,479 --> 01:12:52,000 Speaker 1: the next week and he said, look, I think we 1271 01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:55,320 Speaker 1: can run the table. And they went. They won six 1272 01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:57,760 Speaker 1: in a row to finish ten and six, and they 1273 01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:00,200 Speaker 1: won two playoff games to get to the NFC Championship game. 1274 01:13:00,200 --> 01:13:02,400 Speaker 1: I'm not saying this team is going to do that, 1275 01:13:02,840 --> 01:13:06,080 Speaker 1: but I do think Rogers understands that. You know, in 1276 01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:08,000 Speaker 1: a lot of cases, it may be more how you're 1277 01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:10,960 Speaker 1: playing at the end than you are playing at the beginning. 1278 01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:13,840 Speaker 1: I mean, case in point, they won thirteen games each 1279 01:13:13,840 --> 01:13:15,479 Speaker 1: of the last three years and wanted to get him. 1280 01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:17,880 Speaker 1: You know, they didn't get past the NFC Championship game. 1281 01:13:18,280 --> 01:13:20,040 Speaker 1: You know, the year they won the Super Bowl. They 1282 01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:22,559 Speaker 1: were eight and six, had to win their last two games. 1283 01:13:22,920 --> 01:13:25,559 Speaker 1: People forget this. It was a three way tie, I 1284 01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:29,120 Speaker 1: believe between Tampa, the Packers, and the Giants, and the 1285 01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:31,840 Speaker 1: Packers won, got into the playoffs as a wildcard, the 1286 01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:35,519 Speaker 1: last wildcard on a tiebreaker, and then won the Super Bowl. 1287 01:13:35,560 --> 01:13:39,160 Speaker 1: So I do think that, you know, he is has 1288 01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:42,160 Speaker 1: that perspective at least that might keep him, you know, 1289 01:13:42,640 --> 01:13:44,400 Speaker 1: on a little bit more of an even keel, even 1290 01:13:44,439 --> 01:13:46,240 Speaker 1: if they you know, it doesn't go well, this work. 1291 01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:51,040 Speaker 1: What has the message been from Matt Lafleur. You know, 1292 01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:54,640 Speaker 1: it's sort of the same thing with him. He I 1293 01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:57,799 Speaker 1: think players like him because he always says it starts 1294 01:13:57,800 --> 01:14:01,000 Speaker 1: with me, like he takes responsibility. He almost never throws 1295 01:14:01,120 --> 01:14:03,360 Speaker 1: a player under the bus, like I think I can 1296 01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:05,880 Speaker 1: count maybe on one hand, in three and a half 1297 01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,280 Speaker 1: years at the time where he sort of blamed someone 1298 01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:12,200 Speaker 1: other than himself and the coaching staff for what has happened. 1299 01:14:12,439 --> 01:14:14,400 Speaker 1: Now first three years, there wasn't a lot of blame 1300 01:14:14,439 --> 01:14:16,719 Speaker 1: to go around when you go thirteen and three, thirteen 1301 01:14:16,720 --> 01:14:18,760 Speaker 1: and three, and thirteen and four. So this is a 1302 01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:21,880 Speaker 1: little bit uncharted territory for him. But I would say, 1303 01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:25,639 Speaker 1: he's been fairly even keeled. You know, for him, it's 1304 01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:28,360 Speaker 1: all about football, like it's it's not there, you know, 1305 01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:30,920 Speaker 1: he does he doesn't play mental games. He doesn't you know, 1306 01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:33,160 Speaker 1: he's not a big motivational guy. To him, it's all 1307 01:14:33,240 --> 01:14:36,479 Speaker 1: ball and execution and game planning and things like that. 1308 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:40,080 Speaker 1: So I think that's where his focus has been. Rob 1309 01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:42,880 Speaker 1: appreciate the time as always. I'm sure we'll see up 1310 01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:44,640 Speaker 1: here at the end of the week. Thanks for the 1311 01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:47,320 Speaker 1: time in the inside. We appreciate it. Yeah, looking forward 1312 01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:49,240 Speaker 1: to getting back to Buffalo. We don't get to you know, 1313 01:14:49,640 --> 01:14:52,280 Speaker 1: get up there once every eight years, so always looking 1314 01:14:52,320 --> 01:14:55,440 Speaker 1: forward to it. All right, should be good. That's Rob Debosky, 1315 01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:59,160 Speaker 1: Packers beat reporter for ESPN dot Com. We will take 1316 01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:00,960 Speaker 1: a break here be bad with more on One Pills 1317 01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:04,040 Speaker 1: Live presented by Kalid to Health. It's Buffalo Bills Radio. 1318 01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:19,120 Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's One Bills Live Tuesday edition. Chris Brown, 1319 01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:22,080 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you as usual, and we wanted to 1320 01:15:22,120 --> 01:15:24,559 Speaker 1: get over to the tweet sheet where we were asking 1321 01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:26,600 Speaker 1: you today after the Bills and Chiefs, who are the 1322 01:15:26,720 --> 01:15:30,200 Speaker 1: NFL contenders and pretenders through the first seven weeks of 1323 01:15:30,240 --> 01:15:33,360 Speaker 1: This NFL season tweet sheet is always brought to you 1324 01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:37,040 Speaker 1: by Corrigan Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of 1325 01:15:37,320 --> 01:15:40,439 Speaker 1: your Buffalo Bills. Chris leads us off and says, I'm 1326 01:15:40,479 --> 01:15:43,559 Speaker 1: not sold on any AFC contender outside of the Bills 1327 01:15:43,560 --> 01:15:46,920 Speaker 1: and Chiefs. But on the NFC side, I think the Eagles, Vikings, 1328 01:15:46,920 --> 01:15:51,919 Speaker 1: and Seahawks are contenders. Pretenders include the Ravens and Titans 1329 01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:55,160 Speaker 1: for the AFC, and the Cowboys and forty nine Ers 1330 01:15:55,680 --> 01:16:00,479 Speaker 1: for the NFC. Any of those teams catch your ear there, Steve, 1331 01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:04,320 Speaker 1: in terms of pretenders or contenders, I want to refute anything. Well, 1332 01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:07,000 Speaker 1: I get where he's saying. Um, I don't know, but 1333 01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:11,240 Speaker 1: I don't think the Ravens are pretenders. I think they've 1334 01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:16,439 Speaker 1: got something under the hood. The Niners, maybe especially the Niners, 1335 01:16:16,439 --> 01:16:22,520 Speaker 1: are limited exactly exactly, here's the question. Vikings and Seahawks. 1336 01:16:24,400 --> 01:16:26,559 Speaker 1: I'm not convinced that the Seahawks have enough under the 1337 01:16:26,600 --> 01:16:28,759 Speaker 1: hood to kind of get down the stretch. Yeah, Kenneth 1338 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,040 Speaker 1: Walkers is pretty impressive rookie running back. And the Vikings, 1339 01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:33,400 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta be honest, I don't know that 1340 01:16:33,479 --> 01:16:35,799 Speaker 1: much about how the Vikings are doing except Kirk Cousins. 1341 01:16:35,800 --> 01:16:38,040 Speaker 1: I know their their defense is playing really well as well. 1342 01:16:38,080 --> 01:16:41,240 Speaker 1: So Vikings. Yeah. In the NFC, I don't. I think 1343 01:16:41,280 --> 01:16:43,799 Speaker 1: everybody's a little bit enamored with the Eagles because everybody 1344 01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:48,040 Speaker 1: feels good about you know, Eagles fans being rewarded and all. 1345 01:16:48,080 --> 01:16:49,759 Speaker 1: You know, how tough it is to play in Philly 1346 01:16:49,760 --> 01:16:52,400 Speaker 1: and all that. I think that's I want to see 1347 01:16:52,400 --> 01:16:55,680 Speaker 1: more of the Eagles before I'm gonna crown them in 1348 01:16:55,720 --> 01:17:00,120 Speaker 1: the NFC. But there's they're obviously contenders. Yeah. We mentioned 1349 01:17:01,160 --> 01:17:03,720 Speaker 1: how we feel the forty nine ers are limited by Garoppolo. 1350 01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,360 Speaker 1: Do you think the Cowboys are limited by Dak Prescott 1351 01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,200 Speaker 1: supposed to? You know, he's back in the lineup now, 1352 01:17:12,160 --> 01:17:16,360 Speaker 1: Are they limited by him? I don't think cow the 1353 01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:21,760 Speaker 1: Cowboys weapons are on the outside or as good as 1354 01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,800 Speaker 1: what I'm kind of down on those guys a little bit. Okay, 1355 01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:28,040 Speaker 1: So I think maybe that, But im I agree with you. 1356 01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:29,920 Speaker 1: I think people are thinking a whole lot differently about 1357 01:17:30,000 --> 01:17:32,000 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott now than they were two or three years ago. 1358 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:35,479 Speaker 1: Right their run game is giving them a chance in 1359 01:17:35,520 --> 01:17:37,920 Speaker 1: every game. They're big and physical upfront. They're going to 1360 01:17:37,960 --> 01:17:39,960 Speaker 1: get better against the run. With his the addition of 1361 01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:44,400 Speaker 1: the guy from Hankins Hankins from from the Raiders. Um 1362 01:17:45,080 --> 01:17:48,640 Speaker 1: there passed the Cowboys. Yeah, I like, I like to 1363 01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:56,599 Speaker 1: listen that the Dolphin. The Cowboys wideouts are good and 1364 01:17:56,640 --> 01:18:02,920 Speaker 1: their quarterback is good. That's it, you know. I think 1365 01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:04,519 Speaker 1: you can beat him with a solid effort with a 1366 01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,360 Speaker 1: good team. I think a good team beats that team. Okay, 1367 01:18:08,680 --> 01:18:12,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, I think the Dallas Cowboys are They're limited, 1368 01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:14,280 Speaker 1: but maybe not just at quarter. They can still win. 1369 01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of their head coach and that 1370 01:18:19,760 --> 01:18:21,479 Speaker 1: in the end, that's what's going to hold them up 1371 01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:26,839 Speaker 1: my opinion. Mike on the tweet sheets says Bengals, Vikings, Eagles, 1372 01:18:26,880 --> 01:18:32,840 Speaker 1: Cowboys are contenders, everyone else pretenders. After seven weeks, you 1373 01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:34,960 Speaker 1: think the Bengals kind of right the ship and get 1374 01:18:35,080 --> 01:18:37,080 Speaker 1: rolling here. Well, they got it right this last week. 1375 01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,679 Speaker 1: But they were but Jamar Chase had a hamstring injury. 1376 01:18:39,680 --> 01:18:41,720 Speaker 1: They may not have him for a little bit. Yeah, 1377 01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:44,800 Speaker 1: I get all. Here here's the problem with them with 1378 01:18:44,840 --> 01:18:47,280 Speaker 1: the Bengals as as I see it. Yeah, they got 1379 01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:50,080 Speaker 1: it together and everybody's really happy for him. They played 1380 01:18:50,080 --> 01:18:54,200 Speaker 1: the Falcons, who are in the midst of a rebuilding year. 1381 01:18:54,439 --> 01:18:57,840 Speaker 1: They lost to the Steelers, lost to the Cowboys, and 1382 01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:03,920 Speaker 1: they lost to the Ravens. They beat the Jets, Dolphins, Saints, 1383 01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:09,639 Speaker 1: and Falcons. There's every chance that the Saint Sinnati Bengals 1384 01:19:09,680 --> 01:19:12,200 Speaker 1: could be frauds. And I've told you I don't think 1385 01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:15,320 Speaker 1: they're going anywhere this year. So they're four and three. 1386 01:19:15,439 --> 01:19:17,960 Speaker 1: Good for them. They got to play Cleveland next, and 1387 01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:20,679 Speaker 1: I Cleveland's got a good front. And if Joe hurt, 1388 01:19:20,680 --> 01:19:22,320 Speaker 1: if Joe Burrow holds one of the ball like he 1389 01:19:22,360 --> 01:19:24,519 Speaker 1: did against the Falcons, he's gonna get it, he's gonna 1390 01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:27,040 Speaker 1: get driven into the ground. I mean that you can't 1391 01:19:27,080 --> 01:19:30,639 Speaker 1: do that. So we'll see they I think they're a five. 1392 01:19:30,720 --> 01:19:34,599 Speaker 1: I think they're an eight and nine, nine and eighteen. Okay, 1393 01:19:35,320 --> 01:19:38,240 Speaker 1: let me submit to you Minnesota. You tell me if 1394 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,320 Speaker 1: you think they passed the litmus tests. They are five 1395 01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:43,720 Speaker 1: and one as we know right here are their victories 1396 01:19:44,560 --> 01:19:53,679 Speaker 1: green Bay, Detroit, New Orleans, Chicago, Miami. They're one losses 1397 01:19:53,680 --> 01:19:58,880 Speaker 1: to Philadelphia, green Bay, Detroit, New Orleans. Who's down this year? 1398 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:04,160 Speaker 1: They have a quarterback mess there, Chicago, Miami, and they 1399 01:20:04,160 --> 01:20:06,280 Speaker 1: have not beaten any one of those teams, with the 1400 01:20:06,320 --> 01:20:08,519 Speaker 1: exception of Green Bay, who always lays an egg in 1401 01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:12,479 Speaker 1: Week one by more than eight points. They one by eight, 1402 01:20:12,520 --> 01:20:16,880 Speaker 1: one by seven, one by three, one by four. Those 1403 01:20:16,920 --> 01:20:22,960 Speaker 1: are not impressive victories for me. Yeah, they have Arizona 1404 01:20:23,080 --> 01:20:26,600 Speaker 1: coming out of the bye this week, followed by Washington. 1405 01:20:26,720 --> 01:20:29,160 Speaker 1: They'll probably gonna win both of those games. They could 1406 01:20:29,160 --> 01:20:31,680 Speaker 1: be coming in here to Buffalo with a seven and 1407 01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:37,360 Speaker 1: one record and then they play Buffalo Dallas back to back. 1408 01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:41,639 Speaker 1: They barely beat the Dolphins, I mean, they barely beat 1409 01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:45,000 Speaker 1: the Bears, they barely beat the Saints, they barely beat 1410 01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,880 Speaker 1: the Lions. They crushed Green Bay on opening Day, and 1411 01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:51,880 Speaker 1: they lost big to Philly. They might be a little 1412 01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:56,840 Speaker 1: bit of a paper tiger. Yeah, they might be. It's 1413 01:20:56,880 --> 01:21:01,439 Speaker 1: an interesting thought if they Let's see what they do 1414 01:21:01,439 --> 01:21:04,840 Speaker 1: against the Cardinals and the Commanders. Yeah, the Cardinals aren't anybody, right, 1415 01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:08,479 Speaker 1: and the Commanders are a dumpster fire, right. Well, the 1416 01:21:08,760 --> 01:21:11,280 Speaker 1: Commanders beat Green Bay. There's a lot of trash in 1417 01:21:11,320 --> 01:21:14,840 Speaker 1: this league, you know what I mean? Like I get 1418 01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:18,280 Speaker 1: that there is on any given week. But let's face it, 1419 01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,120 Speaker 1: the Bills were are as good as any team in 1420 01:21:20,120 --> 01:21:22,519 Speaker 1: the league. And they got and they were last year too, 1421 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:25,840 Speaker 1: and they laid in the egg in Jacksonville. It's a 1422 01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:28,720 Speaker 1: roller coaster week to week league. And as good as 1423 01:21:28,720 --> 01:21:31,120 Speaker 1: some of these teams look, they can look putrid the 1424 01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:36,679 Speaker 1: next week. They I mean, they can absolutely reek within 1425 01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:41,200 Speaker 1: five days of playing an outstanding football game. And we're 1426 01:21:41,240 --> 01:21:45,679 Speaker 1: seeing that all the time. Now, I mean, the who 1427 01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:48,479 Speaker 1: was it? We were just talking about the Bengals, the 1428 01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:52,280 Speaker 1: you know, the how about the three wins for the Patriots? 1429 01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:59,200 Speaker 1: Patriots have three wins, They've beat no One, right, right, 1430 01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:04,320 Speaker 1: that's exactly right. Yeah, So like the Bengals, let's see, 1431 01:22:04,360 --> 01:22:10,880 Speaker 1: here we go. They lost the Steelers, the Cowboys, the Ravens. 1432 01:22:11,439 --> 01:22:14,200 Speaker 1: So that's those are pretty good teams. Even the Steelers 1433 01:22:14,200 --> 01:22:15,960 Speaker 1: on opening Day. You think they got a little perk, 1434 01:22:16,120 --> 01:22:19,479 Speaker 1: you know, and they barely lost. And they beat the 1435 01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:23,600 Speaker 1: Jets and the Dolphins, neither of whom are held in 1436 01:22:23,680 --> 01:22:29,320 Speaker 1: high regard by this panel. And New Orleans Saints and 1437 01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:32,680 Speaker 1: the Falcons. Oh yeah, who knows, that's so crazy? How 1438 01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:38,000 Speaker 1: can they? Yeah? I think I think the Bengals, like 1439 01:22:38,040 --> 01:22:40,960 Speaker 1: I said, I think they're a five hundred club. They're 1440 01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:43,240 Speaker 1: five hundred ball club, and you know they'll be in 1441 01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:45,720 Speaker 1: it they'll be in the conversation untill late in the 1442 01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:51,719 Speaker 1: year and then Fizzle Fizzle. Jack respectfully disagrees. He says, 1443 01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:55,160 Speaker 1: we can't sleep on sincing after a slow start, Burrow 1444 01:22:55,240 --> 01:22:57,800 Speaker 1: is waking up with those weapons. They're scary. Got to 1445 01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:00,160 Speaker 1: watch the Ravens because of Jackson and his ability to 1446 01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:03,120 Speaker 1: run and keep games close. It's time to sleep on 1447 01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:06,400 Speaker 1: the LA Chargers. Herbert is talented, but they have no 1448 01:23:06,880 --> 01:23:11,000 Speaker 1: killer instinct. I don't know if a more accurate comment 1449 01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:14,000 Speaker 1: has ever been made about the Los Angeles Chargers. Steve 1450 01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:18,080 Speaker 1: I am convinced watching that team play, guys on the 1451 01:23:18,120 --> 01:23:20,360 Speaker 1: bench are probably talking more about what they're doing after 1452 01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:23,559 Speaker 1: the game than the actual game. That's what it feels 1453 01:23:23,600 --> 01:23:27,160 Speaker 1: like to me. They're disinterested. They look like they're like 1454 01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:29,000 Speaker 1: they're more worried about the club they're going to hit 1455 01:23:29,040 --> 01:23:31,439 Speaker 1: after the game. It seems the way they play, it's like, oh, yeah, 1456 01:23:31,439 --> 01:23:33,640 Speaker 1: we got this game. I'd like to show out and 1457 01:23:33,680 --> 01:23:35,680 Speaker 1: play well, but you know, if it doesn't happen, it 1458 01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:38,240 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. Like it's not life or death for them. Yeah, 1459 01:23:38,280 --> 01:23:40,880 Speaker 1: the check's gonna clear no matter what for them yet, right, So, 1460 01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,799 Speaker 1: and I'll say this too in defense of our argument, 1461 01:23:43,840 --> 01:23:46,960 Speaker 1: my argument that your quarterback has to be a runner. 1462 01:23:48,640 --> 01:23:50,640 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert. Now he's an athlete, he's a good run. 1463 01:23:50,800 --> 01:23:53,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't run enough. He throws from the pocket. And 1464 01:23:53,840 --> 01:23:57,160 Speaker 1: I'm telling you there's too many times, and too many, 1465 01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:59,200 Speaker 1: by too many. It could be three in a game, 1466 01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:02,160 Speaker 1: four in a game, no more than five plays in 1467 01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,400 Speaker 1: a game where your quarterback needs to snap off a 1468 01:24:04,520 --> 01:24:07,360 Speaker 1: scramble and get a first down. Justin Fields did it 1469 01:24:07,439 --> 01:24:09,880 Speaker 1: last night. And there's five plays in that game last night. 1470 01:24:09,880 --> 01:24:12,400 Speaker 1: If he doesn't make them, they lose in a game 1471 01:24:12,439 --> 01:24:16,559 Speaker 1: they won by nineteen or eighteen, whatever it was. If 1472 01:24:16,600 --> 01:24:19,960 Speaker 1: he doesn't make those five plays, they're in a dog fight. 1473 01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:22,920 Speaker 1: But he makes them and they win easily. Herbert doesn't 1474 01:24:22,920 --> 01:24:26,560 Speaker 1: do that ever, you never see that. You gotta be 1475 01:24:26,640 --> 01:24:29,800 Speaker 1: able to do that. And so I'm with you. You 1476 01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:33,320 Speaker 1: know my list, the Chargers, the Bears, the Lions, and 1477 01:24:33,360 --> 01:24:38,320 Speaker 1: the Bengals. That's the list. If they catch lightning in 1478 01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:40,920 Speaker 1: a bottle, it's gonna be gone as fast as it 1479 01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:45,880 Speaker 1: gets there. And the lightning and the Bengals caught lightning 1480 01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:50,479 Speaker 1: last year, It's gone. Baby. Josh on the tweet seat, says. 1481 01:24:50,560 --> 01:24:54,160 Speaker 1: Other contenders so far Eagles, Giants, they close out, they 1482 01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:59,559 Speaker 1: grind out, close wins, Bengals, Dolphins, pretenders, Cowboys, Titans, Ravens, Rams, 1483 01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:05,880 Speaker 1: Cardinal Packers to be determined, Seahawks, Chargers, Vikings, Falcons, boxs. Wow, 1484 01:25:05,880 --> 01:25:08,040 Speaker 1: he's named half the league here. Oh yeah, he did. 1485 01:25:08,720 --> 01:25:12,240 Speaker 1: That's amazing, Ron says, except for the Chiefs and Bills, 1486 01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:14,519 Speaker 1: the Jets and Dolphins are pretenders. I wouldn't sleep on 1487 01:25:14,560 --> 01:25:17,920 Speaker 1: the Titans and Bengals. The Titans just hang around, Steve. 1488 01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:20,160 Speaker 1: Every time you want to kick dirt on the Titans, 1489 01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:23,479 Speaker 1: they just kind of hang around. It's annoying. I told 1490 01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:26,320 Speaker 1: you they got one of the smartest coaches in the league, 1491 01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:29,479 Speaker 1: except when it comes to analytics, which he does not 1492 01:25:29,560 --> 01:25:33,840 Speaker 1: subscribe to apparently. Well, I think sometimes you have to 1493 01:25:35,080 --> 01:25:38,640 Speaker 1: be a human being too, and I think sometimes you 1494 01:25:38,680 --> 01:25:40,639 Speaker 1: send a message when you go for it or don't 1495 01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:45,639 Speaker 1: go for it, and it's and it when you do that, 1496 01:25:45,800 --> 01:25:48,519 Speaker 1: it's about the future. Reps not that rep right there 1497 01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:52,200 Speaker 1: as so much. I think he does a little bit 1498 01:25:52,200 --> 01:25:54,680 Speaker 1: of that. I think he goes because I think he 1499 01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:57,599 Speaker 1: says he thinks it says something. He's probably right. In 1500 01:25:57,600 --> 01:26:01,080 Speaker 1: my opinion. It says something to his guys when he 1501 01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:03,519 Speaker 1: goes for it, and it says something to him when 1502 01:26:03,520 --> 01:26:06,120 Speaker 1: he doesn't. You know, that kind of thing. And I'm 1503 01:26:06,120 --> 01:26:08,920 Speaker 1: not saying like all analytics like whether he throws or 1504 01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:11,280 Speaker 1: pass throws or runs or this kind of stuff. But 1505 01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:15,679 Speaker 1: when you go like when you say analytics these days, 1506 01:26:15,680 --> 01:26:18,639 Speaker 1: it's all about fourth down decisions, right, That's what we're 1507 01:26:18,640 --> 01:26:21,240 Speaker 1: making part of it is what we go to. Um. 1508 01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:25,120 Speaker 1: I think the guy gets it as much as any 1509 01:26:25,160 --> 01:26:28,439 Speaker 1: coach in the league. But you're right, and I think 1510 01:26:28,600 --> 01:26:31,880 Speaker 1: because of that, he gets his team to hang around. 1511 01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:34,400 Speaker 1: Just like you said, they're never it's hard to kick 1512 01:26:34,479 --> 01:26:37,000 Speaker 1: dirt on him. Yeah, they're hard to kick dirt on 1513 01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:38,800 Speaker 1: for sure. It's annoying. We got to take a break 1514 01:26:38,840 --> 01:26:42,880 Speaker 1: here because when we come back, Aaron Rodgers has already 1515 01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:46,640 Speaker 1: addressed the media and he's coming out with some doozies. 1516 01:26:46,880 --> 01:26:50,160 Speaker 1: Right from the jump. We'll tell you what he said 1517 01:26:50,560 --> 01:26:53,200 Speaker 1: about this upcoming matchup with the Bills. Next here on 1518 01:26:53,200 --> 01:26:55,639 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live presented by Kalid to Health, It's Buffalo 1519 01:26:55,640 --> 01:27:10,559 Speaker 1: Bills Radio. 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Aaron Rodgers, appearing 1534 01:27:50,600 --> 01:27:53,599 Speaker 1: on the Pad McAfee show, has already addressed the Bills 1535 01:27:53,960 --> 01:27:58,200 Speaker 1: Packers matchup and when asked about the opponent they faced 1536 01:27:58,280 --> 01:28:05,560 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, Aaron Rodgers said, quote, great quarterback, great defense, 1537 01:28:05,960 --> 01:28:09,479 Speaker 1: very well coached a lot of weapons, Jake Kumero a 1538 01:28:09,560 --> 01:28:14,000 Speaker 1: lot going for them. Aaron Rodgers is still dinging up 1539 01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:17,840 Speaker 1: the Packers front office for letting Jake Kumeroa go two 1540 01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:25,639 Speaker 1: years ago. I love it. Then, concerning his own team, 1541 01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:28,880 Speaker 1: he said, quote, guys who are making too many mistakes 1542 01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:32,160 Speaker 1: shouldn't be playing. Gotta start cutting some reps. Maybe guys 1543 01:28:32,200 --> 01:28:35,680 Speaker 1: who aren't playing, maybe give them a chance. Yeah, I 1544 01:28:35,680 --> 01:28:39,400 Speaker 1: mean it's not wrong there, No, he's not. And that's 1545 01:28:39,520 --> 01:28:42,760 Speaker 1: kind of you know, football one oh one, team one 1546 01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:47,080 Speaker 1: o one. If guys aren't getting it done, they started, 1547 01:28:47,200 --> 01:28:50,960 Speaker 1: they start asking questions about them to themselves and to 1548 01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:53,640 Speaker 1: the coaches, and the coaches ask questions of themselves and 1549 01:28:53,720 --> 01:28:58,639 Speaker 1: to each other. They try and find answers, and there's 1550 01:28:58,640 --> 01:29:00,360 Speaker 1: a lot of things you can do. People is now 1551 01:29:00,400 --> 01:29:04,240 Speaker 1: play selection concepts, this, that and the other, trying to 1552 01:29:04,280 --> 01:29:07,120 Speaker 1: get guys to do what they do best. Sooner or 1553 01:29:07,160 --> 01:29:08,920 Speaker 1: later it comes down to, hey, we we gotta get 1554 01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,400 Speaker 1: somebody else on the game. You heard Rogers two weeks 1555 01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:13,000 Speaker 1: ago saying, well, you know, maybe with a lot of 1556 01:29:13,040 --> 01:29:15,360 Speaker 1: young guys, we gotta simplify things, chuck it down to 1557 01:29:15,400 --> 01:29:18,919 Speaker 1: the cobs. They still did that, and they're still making mistakes. 1558 01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:21,040 Speaker 1: So now it's time for people to sit out. I 1559 01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:23,360 Speaker 1: don't blame them. And it looks like Sammy Watkins will 1560 01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:25,360 Speaker 1: be back in the lineup this week. I mean, we 1561 01:29:25,479 --> 01:29:28,080 Speaker 1: heard Rob Demovsky say, you got guys running wrong routes 1562 01:29:28,120 --> 01:29:32,040 Speaker 1: on some of their trademark plays. Watkins coming back to Buffalo, 1563 01:29:32,080 --> 01:29:35,280 Speaker 1: how about that. I'll see what happens with the Chiefs, 1564 01:29:35,320 --> 01:29:36,800 Speaker 1: and I don't know that, I don't even know that 1565 01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:38,519 Speaker 1: they'll even be a blip on the radar when it 1566 01:29:38,560 --> 01:29:42,519 Speaker 1: may not be ESPN's field. Yates is on the show tomorrow. 1567 01:29:42,560 --> 01:29:48,960 Speaker 1: We'll see it one