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Speaker 1: Week eight of the Sean McDermott Show, presented by Connors
Speaker 1: and Ferris, your workers' comp attorneys. I'm Chris Brown filling
Speaker 1: in for Steve Tasker, coach. Thanks for joining us. Your
Speaker 1: defense got back on track against the Jets with six
Speaker 1: sacks and two picks. How much confidence do you have
Speaker 1: in your defense after a performance like that. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think that was a confidence building performance fired defense and
Speaker 1: particular defensive line. We go as they go, and it
Speaker 1: was good to get back on track and into a rhythm.
Speaker 1: Thereti of that second half, end of the third, end
Speaker 1: of the second quarter, and then into the third and
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. You held the Jets to four total yards
Speaker 1: zero points in the second half. As you know, three
Speaker 1: of your six sacks and an interception came in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. It was the first time this year you
Speaker 1: held the team scoreless in the second half. What's your
Speaker 1: message to your defense, or at least what was it
Speaker 1: at halftime that led to the turnaround? I thought Lesie
Speaker 1: Fraser and our defensive staff really did a great job
Speaker 1: with making critical adjustments in the locker room at halftime,
Speaker 1: and then players went out and executed at a high level.
Speaker 1: And more than anything, I would say, Chris, just a mindset,
Speaker 1: the mentality that they took into that second half is
Speaker 1: a critical ingredient for us moving forward as a defense.
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes kind of took over the game on that
Speaker 1: final drive with a sack, and then the game clinching interception.
Speaker 1: Got his first two sacks of the season this year,
Speaker 1: and the interception really couldn't have come at a better time.
Speaker 1: What kind of impact has Jerry had on your defense
Speaker 1: this season? Yeah, he's been rushing extremely well and playing
Speaker 1: at a high level overall in both the run in
Speaker 1: the past game, and it was good to see him
Speaker 1: up the benefits of all his hard work to this point.
Speaker 1: So we hope there's much more of that to come
Speaker 1: as we look forward to the future of this season.
Speaker 1: And then with Levi Wallace and Josh Norman both out
Speaker 1: with injuries, rookie Dane Jackson made his first career start
Speaker 1: at corner and then had an interception and two pass breakups.
Speaker 1: How great was it to see him have a performance
Speaker 1: like that right off the bat. Yeah, so cool to
Speaker 1: watch a young guy come in seventh round draft picked
Speaker 1: and it was such a great job ready to go.
Speaker 1: Took hold of the opportunity and really impressed. I thought
Speaker 1: he played well at a high level, and the players
Speaker 1: around him played well. They did a great job in
Speaker 1: communicating and playing good team defense. Speaking of rookies, Tyler
Speaker 1: Bass tied the franchise record with six field goals on
Speaker 1: the eight attempts that he had, including a career long
Speaker 1: fifty three yarder in the second quarter, and then he
Speaker 1: followed it up with a forty eight yard or right
Speaker 1: before the half. What did you see from your rookie
Speaker 1: kicker in what was really a breakout performance. Well, we
Speaker 1: counted on him. We put him in some critical situations,
Speaker 1: some plans I'm not planned. The one and before the
Speaker 1: half I thought was a high level kick, you know,
Speaker 1: coming in executing what we did on offense with just
Speaker 1: two seconds to go, and then and making that big
Speaker 1: kick in a small amount of time, high level execution.
Speaker 1: And then the kid team made down the stretch, you know, big,
Speaker 1: big time kicks. So now it's about consistency and him
Speaker 1: continuing to work through the fundamentals that go with the job.
Speaker 1: Looking at the offense now, Cole Beasley had another strong
Speaker 1: showing eleven catches one hundred twelve yards. Five of his
Speaker 1: receptions went for first downs. I mean he plays a
Speaker 1: key role every week as we know in this offense,
Speaker 1: but obviously a much bigger role with the twelve targets
Speaker 1: against the Jets. Why do you think Beasley saw such
Speaker 1: an increase in workload and obviously it worked out well,
Speaker 1: but he was he just a product of what the
Speaker 1: Jets were giving you guys, in terms of the defense
Speaker 1: as they were playing. Yeah, a little bit of both Chris,
Speaker 1: you know, with Cole's instincts and field for his own
Speaker 1: coverage and Josh and the way he trusts him, and
Speaker 1: they were doing some different things at times and taking
Speaker 1: away some of the outside receiver game, and so we
Speaker 1: were going underneath the times, which I thought showed a
Speaker 1: lot of boys by Josh and Brian Dable and then
Speaker 1: the execution at a high level with respect to the
Speaker 1: connection to col there. And speaking of Josh, he had
Speaker 1: his first game without a touchdown this year. He has
Speaker 1: been enormously productive for you obviously, but he was still
Speaker 1: over three hundred yards passing for the fourth time this season,
Speaker 1: and he was also your leading rusher for the second
Speaker 1: straight game with sixty one yards on the ground. How
Speaker 1: would you evaluate Josh's performance against the Jets this past week. Well,
Speaker 1: like I said earlier, I thought he was in control
Speaker 1: of the game and control of the down. We got
Speaker 1: into the red zone, we're driving the ball got into
Speaker 1: the high red zone in the fringe, and some people
Speaker 1: referred to it, and we had some negative plays, some
Speaker 1: self inflicted on our path through penalties, and then also
Speaker 1: they created some on their end, so we got executed
Speaker 1: at a higher level. But overall, I thought Josh saw
Speaker 1: the defense the way you need to see the defense,
Speaker 1: was accurate with his throws and took what the defense
Speaker 1: was giving him most of the afternoon there, and then
Speaker 1: he made some players with his feet and design runs
Speaker 1: and scrambles as well. So good to see. I thought,
Speaker 1: a good overall, you know, mature performance from Josh, and
Speaker 1: one that one that I think will send a message
Speaker 1: to others that we are willing to play that way
Speaker 1: if that's how we're going to get defend. Thanks very much, coach.
Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you later in the show to
Speaker 1: get your final thoughts on your matchup coming up here
Speaker 1: with the Patriots. Choppin' Wood is presented by Saint Bonaventure University,
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Speaker 1: to the Sean McDermott Show. It's time for Chopping Wood,
Speaker 1: where our good friend Eric Wood breaks down all the tape. Eric.
Speaker 1: The Bills defense stepped up big in the second half
Speaker 1: against the Jets and took control of the game. How
Speaker 1: did the Bills defense get back on track here in
Speaker 1: Week seven? Well, especially in the second half, they utilize
Speaker 1: some blitz schemes that were extremely valuable. A lot of
Speaker 1: them hit home, and that was a big difference for
Speaker 1: the Bills. They were able to put a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure on Sam Darnold. They brought pressure from all three
Speaker 1: levels of the defense. Let's start in the first half
Speaker 1: here where the Bills brought Jordan Poyer on a blitz. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is a great concept by the Bills, and Jordan
Speaker 1: Poyer is able to come free off the edge, and
Speaker 1: when the Jets are in these tight alignments, you can
Speaker 1: disguise pressures better. It benefits the defense. There's obvious benefits
Speaker 1: for the offense to run them, and there are certain
Speaker 1: players you want to run out of them. But because
Speaker 1: of their alignments, shortan ployers able to disguise this blitz
Speaker 1: longer and really seventy six had no shot of blocking
Speaker 1: him for the Jets all right. Then in the second quarter,
Speaker 1: the Jets were driving with under a minute and the
Speaker 1: rookie Dane Jackson came up with a big interception that
Speaker 1: set up a field goal right before halftime. This was
Speaker 1: a great play by Dane Jackson in his first game
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills. He drops back in coverage. A
Speaker 1: really savvy play by him, and this came out a
Speaker 1: huge time for the Buffalo Bills. They needed to give
Speaker 1: a stop here. They couldn't allow the Jets of foot
Speaker 1: more points on the board. It also gave them the
Speaker 1: ball back with forty seconds left and allowed them to
Speaker 1: put points on the board. You know my only critique,
Speaker 1: young man, get your feet together. You got all these
Speaker 1: offensive alignment on the field, and you got blockers ahead.
Speaker 1: If you go make a place on all right, Moving
Speaker 1: to the second half. Now, in the third quarter, Leslie
Speaker 1: Frasier continued blitzing defensive backs and brought Dean Marlow on
Speaker 1: one that led to a sack. So again, this is
Speaker 1: a condensed formation for the Jets, and they use plaction here.
Speaker 1: And this is something that Leslie Frazier will utilize and
Speaker 1: it's called rush to cover. And so as these guys
Speaker 1: on the end of the line of scrimmers the two
Speaker 1: tight ends, as they block the two guys that have
Speaker 1: them in man demand, they will fire. So in that instance,
Speaker 1: the defender can either when your guy blocks. You can
Speaker 1: either sit back and more of a zone, maybe a
Speaker 1: robber coverage played the middle of the field, or you
Speaker 1: could fire and really put pressure on the quarterback. The
Speaker 1: Bills this game utilize the line of man to man
Speaker 1: defense and that they were able to add on to
Speaker 1: blitzes like this, and it's extremely tough for the offense
Speaker 1: when you're adding on and the guys can react as
Speaker 1: fast as Dean Marlow did there. Then the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: comes around, eric and Jerry Hughes showed up big time.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at his first sack of the game.
Speaker 1: So I always say it takes two guys to make
Speaker 1: a sack. In the NFL. We see Josh Allen avoid
Speaker 1: single rushers all the time, and here are the Bills
Speaker 1: line up in their double A gap package with Milano
Speaker 1: and Edmunds in the game. In those A gaps, they
Speaker 1: fired Tarren Johnson off the slot and by doing that
Speaker 1: he comes free Darnel and is forced to step up
Speaker 1: in the pocket early and Hughes, which is who's constantly
Speaker 1: applying pressure always working throughout a game, is able to
Speaker 1: get the strip sack. There almost a bumble recovery for
Speaker 1: the Bills, which would have been an even bigger play.
Speaker 1: The Jets were backed up a few plays later in
Speaker 1: a first and twenty and Jerry Hughes wins against the
Speaker 1: right tackle for his second sack of the game. Well,
Speaker 1: they're at first and twenty here because Jerry Hughes drew
Speaker 1: the holding penalty of the play before. And then, like
Speaker 1: I mentioned before, it takes two guys to make a
Speaker 1: sack that he defensive line applies pressure and forces him
Speaker 1: up in the pocket. And when Darnold comes up in
Speaker 1: the pocket, there's Jerry Hughes waiting on him, comes back
Speaker 1: under the tackle, and that's just pure effort by fifty
Speaker 1: five there, And honestly, at a time where the Bill's
Speaker 1: defense needed to step up for the offense in a game,
Speaker 1: I thought that Jerry Hughes, one of the veteran leaders
Speaker 1: of this defense, at a great job making plays. And
Speaker 1: Jerry wasn't done because on the next play he puts
Speaker 1: the nail in the coffin with an interception. Yeah, Jerry's
Speaker 1: a good athlete and this interception, though didn't require a
Speaker 1: ton of athleticism. Jefferson applies the pressure, he's double team,
Speaker 1: gets pushed into the pocket, gets his hands up, bats
Speaker 1: the ball and at that point it goes right into
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes lap and he seals the game. And just
Speaker 1: really happy to see Jerry gets so much production yesterday
Speaker 1: because this is a guy that plays with constant effort,
Speaker 1: and on the defensive side of the football, there's times
Speaker 1: where the brakes just don't come your way. You know,
Speaker 1: you can work as hard as you won, you can
Speaker 1: beat your man and the coverage isn't there on that
Speaker 1: play and so the ball comes out. And then another
Speaker 1: play where you actually do get blocked. Then you're spotlighted
Speaker 1: because a play goes down the field and someone's able
Speaker 1: to complete a ball and they blame you. Well, congrats
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes. It all timed up well for you this week.
Speaker 1: You had a super productive dead, a couple of sacks
Speaker 1: of force, bumble and an interception. Way to go well
Speaker 1: after a performance like that, it'll be great to see
Speaker 1: if this defense can keep rolling against the past this week.
Speaker 1: Thanks for all the insight, Eric, Absolutely good job. Chris Matti.
Speaker 1: Glab here with this week's game preview. The five and
Speaker 1: two Buffalo Bills will host the two and four Patriots,
Speaker 1: who ranked third in the AFC East for a Week
Speaker 1: eight matchup, but Tom Brady Lois Patriots have had a
Speaker 1: tough go on offense through eight weeks, ranking twenty ninth,
Speaker 1: averaging only nineteen point two points per game. They are
Speaker 1: near the bottom of the league when it comes to
Speaker 1: passing yards, averaging under two hundred a game, which ranks
Speaker 1: twenty eight. Their sweet spot on offensive lies on their
Speaker 1: run game, ranking four the averaging one hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: five rushing yards game. Even though the Patriots defense looks
Speaker 1: far different this year, they still rank twelfth, allowing an
Speaker 1: average of twenty three point eight points per game. After
Speaker 1: suffering two straight losses, the Bills bounced back with the
Speaker 1: division win against the Jets in Week seven. The Bill's
Speaker 1: offense is averaging twenty four point nine points per game,
Speaker 1: good for twentieth and ranked six the averaging two hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy point seven passing yards per game. Bill's quarterback
Speaker 1: Josh Allen has his four three hundred yard passing game
Speaker 1: this season against the Jets. Allan and his trustee receiver
Speaker 1: step On Diggs ranked fourth in the NFL in two
Speaker 1: different categories. Alan has two thousand and eighteen passing yards
Speaker 1: so far, which is about sixty five percent of the
Speaker 1: passing yards he had in twenty nineteen. Diggs ranks fourth
Speaker 1: with six hundred and three receiving yards and ties for
Speaker 1: fifth with twenty eight catches for first downs. The Bills
Speaker 1: defense came alive in the second half against the Jets,
Speaker 1: and the stats prove it. Buffalo win from being ranked
Speaker 1: in the twenties to the teens and several defensive stack
Speaker 1: categories after allowing only four net yards to the Jets
Speaker 1: in the second half, Their defense ranks eighteenth overall and
Speaker 1: fifteenth allowing twenty five ft four points per game. Patriots
Speaker 1: lead the series against the Bills with seventy six wins
Speaker 1: and forty three losses. That's this week's game preview. Thanks
Speaker 1: very much, Mattie. Coach. You're five and two overall, three
Speaker 1: and o versus the AFC East. You're currently in first
Speaker 1: place in the division with your first matchup with the
Speaker 1: Patriots coming to town this week. How important are these
Speaker 1: division games here in the first half of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're important, just like every game, but also important because
Speaker 1: they're in the division. In this week at home. We
Speaker 1: have a lot of respect for every opponent in particular
Speaker 1: the reigning division Division chap We've got a good week
Speaker 1: of practice and store for us. We've got to make
Speaker 1: certain improvements to our football team, give ourselves the best
Speaker 1: chest to win not only this week, but every week
Speaker 1: as we moved through the remainder of the season. Here,
Speaker 1: this is your first time facing the Patriots without Tom
Speaker 1: Brady a quarterback. But they have a guy you know
Speaker 1: very well in Cam Newton. How will he make it
Speaker 1: different preparing for the Patriots then in years past? Well,
Speaker 1: a different style offense because of the style of the quarterback.
Speaker 1: A very good player and we have a lot of
Speaker 1: respect for him. I've been around them before, as as
Speaker 1: Brandon and some of the players on our team. So
Speaker 1: you know, we've got to We've got to play and
Speaker 1: control our quality of play in order to have a
Speaker 1: chance to put ourselves in position getting the gamer. Thanks
Speaker 1: very much for the time, coach. Good luck this week
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. We'll be back next week to break
Speaker 1: down the game with the Patriots in preview the Week
Speaker 1: nine matchup with the Seahawks. Thanks for watching the Sean
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