1 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: This is One Bills Live, presented by Come Light to Health. 2 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to a Buffalo game day Monday edition of One 3 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you, Steve Tasker 4 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: in our One Bill's Drive studios in Orchard Park. I 5 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: am in Cincinnati, I would say about a half mile 6 00:00:54,120 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: walk from the stadium. And Steve, the unseasonable weather continues 7 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: here in Cincinnati. It is fifty five degrees right now. 8 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: It's supposed to go up to sixty here in Cincinnati today. 9 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: And the low tonight I think is fifty two. I 10 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: saw and even better news for you, Steve, it looks 11 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: like the rain may hold off until after the game 12 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: is over tonight. I am excited, except I can't believe 13 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: our crew in the in the back. You gotta turn 14 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: the Monday night football theme on. Guys. This is awesome. This, 15 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: you know, a what a welcome relief. We can get 16 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: a mid fifties game with no rain or fifty mile 17 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: an hour wins in January. And yeah, and of course 18 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: it's not here in Buffalo, but still awesome news because 19 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: to me, yeah, it's a big factor in in some 20 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: of the struggles. Not they haven't even struggling. I'm gonna 21 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: say that, there you go, thank you. I want that 22 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: as a soundtrack all the entire show, through everything we say. 23 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: I think the Bills, I think the weather has held 24 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: them back this year. I thought it did last year too. 25 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: They have been snake bitten by weather events. We've talked 26 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: about it a lot, and I've heard fans talking about 27 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 1: it on home games over the last two years. You 28 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: get up to a Saturday and it's gonna be It's 29 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: a spectacular day, and then the next day, Sunday, on 30 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: game day, it stinks. It's been that way for two years. 31 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 1: And now finally you go on a Monday night game 32 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: on the road, and you're gonna get in January a 33 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: game where you can like stretch out, throw it, catch it, 34 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: and I have to worry about the wind or the wind, rain, 35 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: or the snow or the temperature. Even. Wow, what a gift, 36 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: What a gift. Yeah, And I think when you know 37 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: you've got two quarterbacks who are second and third in 38 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: the league in total offensive yards this season, you want 39 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 1: the weather to not be a factor. So these two 40 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: guys can play, and the players and the talent on 41 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: both these rosters can really reveal itself without weather being 42 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: a factor to kind of tamp that all down. Yeah, 43 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: you have an entertaining game tonight. Absolutely, you know it's 44 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 1: gonna be. And I'll say this too, I remember being 45 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: part of the teams and here in Buffalo, and you've 46 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: seen it over the years, although not in the playoffs, 47 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: were these late late in season games. Then you get 48 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: one like, for instance, you leave town, you leave Buffalo, 49 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: you go down to Miami, or you're going to Jacksonville, 50 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: or you go to Houston or wherever one of these 51 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 1: other cities, and you get off the plane and you 52 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: realize you're gonna get able to play the game in 53 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: like what you wore in training camp. You know, t 54 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: shirt under your pads. That's it, right, Uh? No long 55 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: John's no scuba gear, no thick gloves, no hands warmers. 56 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: We were talking, we were talking about Scooba gear last 57 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: week on this show. But Ryan Bates even said he 58 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: wore ye Scoopa top in in Chicago. He wore a 59 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: Scoopa top and it wasn't long enough. He got his 60 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: belly button cold because it didn't reach down over his 61 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: tum tum. I'm telling you, man, it makes a difference 62 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: you get off the plane. It's like, these guys will 63 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: get up, they'll start going out for pregame warm up. 64 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: And I'll say this too. You almost as a coaching 65 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: staff and a sports science department almost have to say no, 66 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: you can't go out because these guys will go out 67 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: and it'll feel so good to be out there running 68 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,679 Speaker 1: around in good weather. They'll do it too much before 69 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: the game. They'll wear they'll they'll they'll top off, you know, 70 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: they'll take the top off their fuel tank with energy 71 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: because they'll be so excited. It'll feel so good to 72 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: be out there. I mean, these guys are in in 73 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: dynamite shape. They're out there and they're adrenalines up. It's 74 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: a Monday night football game. They'll be out there at 75 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: like four o'clock running wind sprints, getting ready for you 76 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: know what I mean. Their adrenaline is gonna start. They're 77 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: getting excited about it, and they'll go out there and 78 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: waste some energy just because it feels so good to 79 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: be out there after all the games they've been playing in. Yeah. 80 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: The the other thing that I wanted to address with 81 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: you is what happened late in the week. We reported 82 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: one of these comments on the show. That was Tyler 83 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: Boyd right who basically said he didn't think Buffalo's defense 84 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: did anything special, and he said their secondary isn't the 85 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: best one we've played this year. That was eye opening enough. 86 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: Then Joe Mixon doubled down and says we're the dogs 87 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: of the AFC. The AFC comes through us. Now, look, 88 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: he's got a leg to stand on because they are 89 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: the defending AFC champions. You can't take that away from him. 90 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: But Steve, you've been in these monumental games before. When 91 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: the guy from the other team starts chirping like that 92 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: three days before the football game, what does that due 93 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: to the other locker room? Yeah, that's a mistake. Let's 94 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: a mistake. I'm not saying it's gonna make turn the 95 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: tide and the Bills are gonna come out and roll 96 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: by fifty points. But it's a mistake. And I'll say that, 97 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: Yeah you can't. Yeah, it's a mistake. And I don't know, 98 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: you know, because there's there's no like you know, having 99 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, because guys will jump through hoops like hey, 100 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: saying I'm just they they're disrespecting us by not talking 101 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: better about us. They weren't complimentary enough in their in 102 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: their interviews, they kind of just pooh pooed or whatever. 103 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 1: They say. These were outright like they're not good. They're 104 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: not the Baltimore Ate. They told it, they said, hey, 105 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: they're not the Ravens. This Bills defense isn't the Ravens. Dude, 106 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: the Bills beat the Ravens. It's a big it's a 107 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: mistake to talk like that because I mean, you you 108 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: just you're walking out on the field as a team 109 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 1: just empowered to prove that guy wrong, just to prove 110 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: him wrong, right, Like, oh my god, it's just extra incentence. 111 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, it's it's a mistake. You can't do that. 112 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: You don't do that at this level. You don't do 113 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: that to mention the fact, not to mention the fact 114 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: it's two veteran players doing that. It's not like some 115 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: rookie that said the wrong thing and he's going to 116 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: get it used against him because he's not experienced in 117 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: locker room interviews. You're talking about two veteran guys, Tyler 118 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: Boyd and Joe Mixon who've been in a league a while. 119 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: They know how to usually conduct themselves. But I think 120 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: this speaks to this bravado that these Bengals carry with them, 121 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: at least in talking to some Bengals reporters. And we'll 122 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: get another Bengal reporter on the second hour of the 123 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: show when Ben Baby joins us, and we can bounce 124 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: this off him as well. Steve, but their whole mantra 125 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: and Zach Taylor, the head coach, reiterated it this week. 126 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: He said, it's we don't worry when we have to 127 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: play a formidable opponent. The way we look at it 128 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: is we say they've got to play us. And I 129 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: think Tyler Boyd and Joe Mixon are echoing that with 130 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: these statements. Yeah, there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing 131 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: wrong with that. I get that. You know, you're they're 132 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: playing a good team, and you know what, so you know, 133 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: we're playing a good team. Is a tough game this week, 134 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: you know what, they've got one too, and they're playing 135 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: I get that. That's perfectly acceptable. That's not what those 136 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: two guys, That's not what Joe Mix said. They went 137 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: over the line, right, Yeah, yeah, they I think, I 138 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: mean it's a mistake that you can't come out and 139 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: say that team we're about to play is not as 140 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: good as this other team over here. They're you know, 141 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: like that, and and and their defense doesn't do anything that. 142 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: It's not like he was, Yeah he was. It was 143 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: disrespect where the dogs of the a FC. Dude, it 144 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: was disrespectful to get us. It was disrespectful. And also, 145 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: if if it goes through Hey, they go through, it 146 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: goes through the the FC goes through Cincinnati. You're saying 147 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: the same thing. It's like, Okay, now the NFC goes 148 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: through LA for the Rams because they were in the 149 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl last year. They're five and ten, bro five 150 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: and eleven. Now, that's not how it works. You know, 151 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: there's two teams ahead of you in the AFC right now, 152 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: and you just disrespected the one that's coming into town tonight. 153 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: I think it's a mistake. It may not be. I mean, 154 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: they may be able to back it up. They are 155 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: a very good football team. We all know it. But man, 156 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: oh man, why are you doing that? Yeah? What are 157 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: you doing? I don't get it. I was puzzled by it, 158 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: to say the least. We'll see if it plays a 159 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 1: factor in the motivation for the Bills tonight. Not that 160 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: they needed any extra incentive, just to bring everybody up 161 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: to speed on the current AFC playoff picture. Nothing has 162 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: changed for the Bills. They remain in control of their 163 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: own deskinin't. A win tonight pushes them ever closer to 164 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: the top seed in the playoffs and home field advantage 165 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: throughout Kansas City one, so they are technically ahead of 166 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: the Bills as we speak at thirteen and three. Obviously, 167 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 1: if the Bills win tonight, they will retake the top 168 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: seed by virtue of their head to head tiebreaking win 169 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: over Kansas City earlier this season. Cincinnati, though, has some 170 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: things on the line too. They are not out of 171 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: the running yet for the top seed. They have a 172 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: head to head win over Kansas City, and if they 173 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: win tonight against Buffalo, they would have the head to 174 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: head victory over the Bills as well and leap frog 175 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: them by virtue of that head to head tiebreaker and 176 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: be just a game back of the Chiefs. And if 177 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: they can win in Week eighteen and Kansas City loses 178 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: to the Raiders in Week eighteen, Cincinnati would move all 179 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: the way into the top spot. So some work to do, surely, 180 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: and they have the Ravens team that they mentioned in 181 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: Week eighteen so not an easy game for them, a 182 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 1: game that they dropped in their first meeting between Cincinnati 183 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: and Baltimore by a score of nineteen to seventeen earlier 184 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: in the season. Also, a win tonight would give Cincinnati 185 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: the AFC North title. Since Baltimore lost to a suddenly 186 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: plucky Pittsburgh team, Steve as Mike Tomlin has crawled all 187 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: the way back to five hundred with one game left 188 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: to play next week against this Bengal squad. I watched 189 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: the entire game last night, Pittsburgh and Baltimore, and what 190 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: a slug fest it was. Pittsburgh Baltimore played extremely well defensively. 191 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh at the end of the game had a final 192 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: drive with a couple of minutes to go, and Kenny 193 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: Pikett he got it done. He really got it done. 194 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: And you've got to tip your hat to him. That 195 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: looked like they were down and out, hadn't done anything 196 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: the entire game, but they come down with just you know, 197 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: like a fifty four seconds left in the game when 198 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,599 Speaker 1: the pass was caught in the end zone for the touchdown. 199 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: It was an absolutely masterful drive. And you know, Mike 200 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: Tomlin and those two teams Pittsburgh and Baltimore. And this 201 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: here's the touchdown we're watching right here. Just a phenomenal thing. 202 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: These two teams are built a lot alike, very stable organizations. 203 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: They've got a ton of water under the bridge. This 204 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: was a thirty second time or thirty third time the 205 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: two head coaches had met as head coaches of these 206 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: two franchises, Mike Tomlin and John Harball. And it was 207 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: everything it was tided to be. And you know, you 208 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: kind of hope that's the kind of game we get tonight, 209 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: and you kind of think it will be. It's going 210 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: to be a very close football game. And I it 211 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: was a great game, an absolutely great game, and it 212 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: was only you know, it was a low scoring game, 213 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: no question, nobody scored twenty points in it. I doubt 214 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: that will be the case tonight. But still a fantastic 215 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: football game. And the and you're right, the Pittsburgh Steelers 216 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: climbed out of the ABYSS and they went two and 217 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: six to start the season and went six and two 218 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 1: cents and here they set eight and eight with one 219 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: of three teams trying to get into that last spot 220 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: in the AFC. Yeah, they got a chance to get 221 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: in they need a lot of help, some help, and 222 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: they obviously have to beat the Bengals in week eighteen, 223 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: who could very easily be playing for something in including 224 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: the division title, because if they, if they lose to 225 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: the Bills tonight, the AFC North is up for grabs 226 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: in week eighteen. Between the two teams playing one another, 227 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: it's winner take all, quite literally, in a difference potentially 228 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: between the four seed and the six or seven seed. Um, 229 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,439 Speaker 1: if it's ball, well, no, that's not right, between the 230 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 1: four seed and probably the five seed, because yeah, they 231 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: both have ten RCE ten wins. And then we also 232 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,559 Speaker 1: got word and I I don't know if you might have 233 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: mentioned this in passing about the schedule that's coming out 234 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: for next weekend's game. Kansas City's playing Saturday, the Bills 235 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: are playing New England on Sunday. We don't know exactly 236 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: what the slot time is. Are you surprised by that? 237 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: I'm a little surprised. I thought if I thought if 238 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: the Bills won tonight, they would almost definitely put Kansas 239 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: City and Buffalo on at the same time. And what 240 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: this does is it affords Sean McDermott the option to 241 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 1: make a decision as to how to approach Sunday's game 242 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: against New England, because if Kansas City wins on Saturday 243 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: at four o'clock, the Bills know, provided they win tonight, 244 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: that they have to go out and win again over 245 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: New England to secure the top seed. They long story short, 246 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: they will know what they are playing for. Right. The 247 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: problem is this, you can't put the Bills on Saturday. 248 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: The Bills can't play on Saturday. They have to play 249 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: on play on Monday. Yeah, if you played on Saturday, 250 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: even if it's if it's a home game, even because 251 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: you'd have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday to get ready, that's 252 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: four days when you usually have seven. That's not enough. 253 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: Now you say that. Now you say that, And at 254 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: the same time, the other game, which is Jacksonville, right, 255 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: isn't Jacksonville jack ten winning in with Tennessee. Tennessee played 256 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: on Thursday. Jacksonville played yesterday and they're playing again on Saturday. 257 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: Three extra days of rest and preparation for Tennessee for 258 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the most important game of the season. I can't imagine. 259 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: There's too many people in Jacksonville. They are too thrilled 260 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: with that. Well, you didn't know that was going to 261 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: happen until I mean, you knew it was going to happen, 262 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: it was on the schedule, but yes, he didn't. I mean, 263 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: you were hoping you're playing Sunday not Saturday. Right. But 264 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: interestingly enough, though, I mean, how about Jacksonville coming in 265 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: with a better record than Tennessee though eight and eight 266 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: to seven and nine, that was they have really done 267 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: a nice job. And I'll say this too, And I 268 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: was listening to the radio coming in. A friend of mine, 269 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: Adam Shine, pointed this out. Can you imagine Brownie think 270 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: about this the AFC playoffs. I'll just say this, Pat Mahomes, 271 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, Justin, Herbert Lamar, Jackson Bro. 272 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: That's about right, Yeah, no, wonder right. I mean that's 273 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about it last offseason with and 274 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: I know it didn't pan out either, but Russell Wilson 275 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan also came to this conference via trade 276 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: last offseason. Now, those two guys had horrible their teams 277 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: are not gonna make it. But we talked about how 278 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: stacked the AFC was with young quarterbacks and here they 279 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: all are you know who, and you know who is 280 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: the oldest guy. Kenny Pickett may even get it right exactly. 281 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: The oldest guy in the group is Pat Mahomes. What 282 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: is it twenty six? Yeah, he came out in seventeen. 283 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: Josh came out in eighteen, Herbert Tah, Herbert came out 284 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: with two h Lamar came out with Josh, and Burrow 285 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: came out two years or three years ago. He came 286 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: out after jos. He came out in the same group 287 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: as a Burrow, I mean Herbert, right, Uh yeah, yeah, 288 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: what is that? That's the twenty draft. Yeah, think about 289 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: how young those guys are. The Holmes is the old guy. Yeah, 290 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: it's three years from his thirtieth birthday. We're gonna be 291 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: neck We're gonna be neck deep in this for a while. Brownie. Yeah, 292 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: I was just gonna say that, but just gonna say that, Well, 293 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 1: we gotta it's it'll be fun. Oh my last. As 294 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,239 Speaker 1: long as you got one of them, Yeah, as long 295 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: as you got one of those, think about that, because 296 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: then you got after that, then you go Mac Jones, Tah, 297 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett, who we're talking about, the Jet, Ryan Tannehill. 298 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:10,959 Speaker 1: Then you got Deshaun Watson in Cleveland, Vegas, Indianapolis, Denver, Houston. 299 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: Nobody's got a quarterback. Yeah, it's gonna be hard for 300 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: those teams. Houston's gonna have. Houston's probably gonna have the 301 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: first pick of the draft. So whoever, whoever's coming out 302 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: this year, which I don't know who's gonna be. Yeah, 303 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: it's unbelievable. I haven't even gotten started on my draft. 304 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: Prefer think about it too early for that. Mahomes, Alan Burrow, 305 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:38,359 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, Justin Herbert Lamar. Jackson's got your entertainment value. 306 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: There's no debating, dude, that's a tough lineup to bust into. 307 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, you don't want to be a general 308 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: manager in those other cities that you mentioned. Well, it's 309 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: all of a sudden it's not so bad to be 310 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: over on the other side where you got. You know, 311 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: you're in there with the Giants and the Seattle Seahawks 312 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: and the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers of the world. 313 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: You know, who are just the customers playoffs and the 314 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: top of it. They got Jalen Hurts at the top. 315 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,880 Speaker 1: But then it's Frisco with a rookie who he's great. Yeah, 316 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:11,679 Speaker 1: Brock Purty. Yeah, he I mean right now, I mean 317 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: who who else is gonna be? Scott got Yeah, you 318 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: got Cousins, Brady Prescott, Daniel Jones, Gino in the playoffs. 319 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: Then he got Golf Rogers, Washington Commanders, who I don't 320 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: know it is? Who it is, New Orleans Saints. I 321 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: don't know who it is. Carolina Panthers with Sam Darnald, 322 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: I hate, I don't want to chuckle, but Sam Darnold, 323 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: Atlanta with nobody, The Rams with a sixty three year 324 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: old Matt Stafford, Arizona shicae. You know what are they 325 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: doing with Baker? Dude? The AFC at the top is 326 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: a I mean, that's what That's what it is. Man. 327 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: You can say whatever you want. It is a quarterback 328 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: driven league. You can say there's great players in every position. 329 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: I get it. I mean, and I was, you know, 330 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: I was a kick cover. I'm not talking out of 331 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,399 Speaker 1: both sides of my mouth. It's a quarterback driven league. 332 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: The only remote argument against that is the Kyle Shanahan system, 333 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: which seemingly you can plug any quarterback that has half 334 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: a brain in and execute it. And why they've won, 335 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: They've won nine in a row. Steve. They haven't lost 336 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: a game since mid October. They have the longest winning 337 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: streak in the league right now, nine in a row. Yeah, 338 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: that's a one off though, I mean, come on, because 339 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: you can't if it was that, if it was his system, 340 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: people would copy it. Okay, And I mean there is 341 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: there is a Shanahan coaching tree in this league, right, 342 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: I mean McVeigh, Um, Zach Taylor, Kingsbury, O'Connell and Minnesota 343 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: the floor, well, both the floors, you know why there 344 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,400 Speaker 1: it's around. Let me just say this if and here's 345 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 1: the MP. Here's the question I've got for you, Brownie. 346 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: Do the Niners run the exact same system the same 347 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: way and call the same plays if they got Josh 348 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: Allen or Aaron Rodgers or Brady or Herbert Burrow mahomes 349 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: do they call? Do they run that system and run 350 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: it like that the exact same way if they got 351 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:40,120 Speaker 1: one of those guys? Probably not, no, probably not no. 352 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: I mean, but you are going to run that system 353 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: if you've got Deebo, Samuel Old, Christian McCaffrey and uh, 354 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: what's his name at tight end? I mean, yeah, mckittle, Yeah, yeah, yeah, 355 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: But I think I think that system and it's working, 356 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: no question about it. But they got some guys and 357 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: they stunk for wild to get those that defense the 358 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: way it is, and I think there's no question they're 359 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: jumping through some hoops man making it work with brock Purty. 360 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: But you didn't think about a brock Purdy maybe offensive 361 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: rookie of the Year. He hasn't lost since he came 362 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 1: into the lineup. How are you gonna not give it 363 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,199 Speaker 1: to I don't know or do He's Nott throwing for 364 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: three hundred. He's not throwing for three hundred every week. 365 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: But he's productive enough. He's a quarterback. He's a quarterback 366 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: who's undefeated at the NFL level as a starting quarterback. 367 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,720 Speaker 1: And he's and he's the guy going. They're going to 368 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs with him. M h And I know he's 369 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: only played what how many games have been? Four? Five, six, 370 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: four or five? I think, yeah, they played pretty good 371 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 1: yesterday too. Now McCaffrey's getting off, he's got some horses. 372 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,959 Speaker 1: I mean, this is not I mean, this is you know, 373 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: this is the guy that carried Jack Nicholas's bag to 374 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: the majors. I mean right, I mean that's what he's doing. 375 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: But right, I mean, this is right now. I still 376 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: think Brock Purdy's a caddy carrying the bag. Sure, but 377 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: he's a good one. Yeah, he knows he knows how 378 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,479 Speaker 1: to work the greens. Let's take a quick look at 379 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: the rest of the AFC East. How satisfying do you 380 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: think it was for Geno Smith, a former second round 381 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: pick of the New York Jets in twenty thirteen, to 382 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: not only beat his former team as the starting quarterback 383 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: of the Seahawks yesterday, but eliminate the New York Jets 384 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: from playoff contention. Yeah, I'll bet is a pretty happy 385 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: new year for Gino. Right, it's got it. I mean 386 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: I know his time there was a long time ago, 387 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: but they did give up on him. Yeah, and he 388 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 1: beat them. The Jets, Steve, what did I say at 389 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year, I think they could win 390 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: seven games? Yeah, that's that's looks like where they're going 391 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: to finish. Who, I mean, what do they got? The 392 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: who they got in Week eighteen? Like the Dolphins? Oh 393 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,479 Speaker 1: well the Dolphins with who at quarterback? Well that's the thing, 394 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: Skyler Thomas mess at quarterback. I mean you could have 395 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: you could have Joe Flacco against Skylar Thompson in Week eighteen. 396 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: We don't know, like Mike White might play again, but 397 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: he didn't look right yesterday. Well he'll have another week 398 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: on fractures in his ribs and no passport. I don't 399 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: think he had I don't think he had any bad 400 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: hits yesterday. I mean I don't know. I think I 401 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: think he came out unscathed yesterday. So he'll be a 402 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: week further away from it. He's probably he's feeling way better. 403 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: So but still, they got to play better than they 404 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: did yesterday against the Seahawks. And the bottom line is, 405 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: and I think most outside observers would agree with this, 406 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback for the New York Jets is not 407 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 1: on their roster right now. Well yeah, I mean here's 408 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: the thing. I think Mike White comes in and can 409 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: compete with those guys. They keep saying they're not done 410 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: with Zach Wilson. Well that's fine, but are either of 411 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: those guys starting for that team if you want to 412 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: make the playoffs next year? I don't see a way 413 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: to that. I see a way from Mike White to 414 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: do it, because he at least he functions as he 415 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,000 Speaker 1: at least the offense functions with him in there. Yeah, 416 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: but he's still but I get it, he's limited. Yes, 417 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,479 Speaker 1: you're right, but they Brownie, they're not gonna replace him 418 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: until they got somebody better to replace him with. And 419 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: that's not easy to do. Teams are trying to do 420 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,919 Speaker 1: it all the time. Outside of the six teams we 421 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: just mentioned, everybody's trying to do it. You don't think 422 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos would love to switch out Russ Wilson 423 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: if they could possibly find a way to do it. 424 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: They can't. And yeah, they're stuck with him there. Everybody's 425 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: trying to find that it's not cheaper to keep her 426 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: in this instance, either it is not, it is not. 427 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: So I'm um, yeah, I don't know. There's a lot, 428 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: go there's a lot in this now. Now here's the thing. 429 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: This is a real kind of a turning point day 430 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: and right before the Bills played at night on Monday 431 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: Night Football. For the rest of the league, everybody's got 432 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: one game left and there's a ton of teams who 433 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,959 Speaker 1: the game's meaningless next week except for draft order. And 434 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 1: you've got a whole handle and a whole season's worth 435 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: of history saying they're they're not good, they're not good 436 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: in multiple areas, or they need one guy that kind 437 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: of range. It's a it's a really a turning point, 438 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: I think for fan bases, organizations, everybody, and it's it's 439 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: an interesting to talk about when you look at these 440 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: teams in the big picture, now that they put a 441 00:26:55,520 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: season under their belt. Yeah. We also with respect to 442 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: the division, the Dolphins have now lost five in a row. 443 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: They were eight and three five weeks ago. They are 444 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: now eight and eight and as we said, they play 445 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: the Jets in Week eighteen. Quarterback TBD. We don't know 446 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: if two will get out of concussion protocol or whether 447 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater's broken pinky on his throwing hand will keep 448 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 1: him from being able to throw the football effectively. And looky, 449 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: looky at who's got a shot to sneak in as 450 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: a wild card and controls their own destiny going into 451 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: Week eighteen. The New England Patriots, who were left for 452 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: dead by the side of the road a month ago, 453 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: they have now pulled even and have a chance. They 454 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,959 Speaker 1: have to beat the Bills in Week eighteen to do it. 455 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,360 Speaker 1: They win and they're in. There is another scenario where 456 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: they need like three other teams to lose, so even 457 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: if they lose, they can still back into the playoffs. 458 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 1: But how about that they I've long said it. Those 459 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:11,359 Speaker 1: guys are like a vampire in a b movie. You 460 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: gotta drive nobody. Nobody's got the wooden cross, right, You 461 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: got to drive a steak through their heart and watch 462 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: them garlic where garlic? You gotta watch him burn because 463 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:26,360 Speaker 1: they're they're never dead, They're never gone away. I mean, 464 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: this is a playoff team from a year ago, so 465 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: we'll see how to be Yeah delicious, Yes, it's the 466 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: whole league has been wild, but this division has been 467 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: so topsy turvy, with thankfully the exception of the Bills 468 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: at the top. But holy mackerel, like a right, four 469 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,360 Speaker 1: weeks ago we had the Patriots dead and buried. All right, 470 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: we gotta take a break here because when we come back, 471 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: it is our weekly visit with NFL Networks Michael Robinson. 472 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: He'll preview this biggin tonight between the Bengals and the 473 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: Bills coming up next here on One Bill's Live presenter 474 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: boy Kelli to Health. It's Buffalo Bill's Radio. This has 475 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: Game of the Year vibe, but this is probably their 476 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: sharpest and fiercest test today. Loser the Bengals. I think 477 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: you're screwed. This is this is what you work so 478 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: hard for throughout the you know, the body of the 479 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: season is to come down to the stretch here and 480 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,959 Speaker 1: play these games. The dude's all ball. He he loves football. Um, 481 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: obviously he's He's a heck of a talent, a heck 482 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: of a player. I mean, everybody that watches Josh, you 483 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: don't have there's no there's no secrets about why it's 484 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,720 Speaker 1: so good Monday night matchup, the Rumble in the junk, 485 00:29:50,400 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: the focus, right down, touchdown, Buffalo. I kick get this son, 486 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: the bells go back to the playoffs from the fourth 487 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: to get second a year. Oh right, it is a 488 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,240 Speaker 1: heavyweight title fight. I actually thought about Rumble in the 489 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,719 Speaker 1: Jungle with Ali and Foreman with this one, knowing that 490 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals call their home stadium the Jungle, or 491 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: at least their fans do. And here to talk about 492 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: this big one is one Michael Robinson from NFL Network, 493 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: making his weekly appearance as he does here on one 494 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: Bills Live and Mike. I was shocked to see this 495 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: was the only game of the week with two teams 496 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 1: with winning records. I mean, it was the marquee matchup 497 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: from the word go, and now with the implications involved 498 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: top seed AFC North title for Cincinnati, I mean, it 499 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: doesn't get any bigger. It doesn't get any bigger than this. 500 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: I mean, this is essentially a playoff preview, a playoff game, 501 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: a playoff atmosphere, all of that, and I'm excited. I'm 502 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: excited to see how our Bills and our Bills Mafia 503 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: responds in this environment. Joe Burrow is a very good quarterback, 504 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: Lou I'm in a rumo the defensive coordinator. He does 505 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: a great job of changing things up between series, between plays. 506 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: I'm excited about this matchup, and not just from a 507 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: superstar standpoint, but from an x's and oh in football standpoint. 508 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 1: This should be a good one. Yeah, this is the 509 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: first time Joe Josh Allen have met head to head, 510 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: and you wonder, you know how many times it might 511 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: happen in the future. They're out of the division and 512 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: all of that stuff, But these two teams are they 513 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: go because the guy taking snaps. I mean, I was 514 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 1: telling Brownie early in our listeners earlier, it's a quarterback 515 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 1: driven league. We were talking about the six names at 516 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: the top of the at the top of the division 517 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: stand or the conference standings, and here in the AFC 518 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: you've got Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, 519 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, and Lamar Jackson. I mean, I mean that's that. 520 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: I mean, that's Krem, that's the Crem Della Krem Brothers. 521 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's the future of quarterbacking. I mean 522 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: I did I interview Josh Allen, our quarterback a few, 523 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,959 Speaker 1: you know, a few weeks ago, and just asked him 524 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: about the top of the AFC and in the quarterbacks, 525 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: and it's just like every year, this is the way 526 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: it should look. And it's specifically talking about these two quarterbacks. 527 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: I just think they get it done in two very 528 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: different ways, but it's very effective. Joe Burrow sneaky, athletic, 529 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,840 Speaker 1: but he does get it done from the pocket a 530 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: little bit more than our guy Josh does. Josh is 531 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,360 Speaker 1: that big, strong, big arm guy. He's trying to push 532 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: it down field. Both of them have a tremendous amount 533 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: of weapons. So again, this should be but this should 534 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: be a barnburner this is right. I talk old on 535 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: I about these quarterbacks. The one thing about it's frustrating 536 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow when you watch him and he's been 537 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: compared to like he plays the way Brady does it 538 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: completely from the pocket, and he just picks the right 539 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,120 Speaker 1: guy and it really is And he's also a little 540 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: and this is what going way back now I'm gonna 541 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: date myself. He's also a little bit like Bernie Kozar 542 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: in that whatever happens bad to the Bengals where he 543 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: takes you know, the playoff game last year where he 544 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: took nine sacks and still won the game. This guy 545 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: will take a bad play, He'll throw it away, it 546 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. He'll come back on the next play. He's 547 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 1: supremely confident they got the weapons. And he just keeps 548 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: putting the ball like a tennis player. And this is 549 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 1: what they used to say about Bernie. He just puts 550 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: the ball back in your courts, like now you got 551 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,760 Speaker 1: to do something to answer him. And he is really 552 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: really good at that of just making sure that his 553 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,640 Speaker 1: team always has the upper hand in whatever situation it is. 554 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: He'll take a bad play. He's the most you know, 555 00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: nonchalant sack taker I have ever seen. Well, I think 556 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 1: sometimes again in this era of quarterbacking, where we really 557 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: see these quarterbacks not want to have a bad play. 558 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes that's a knock on our guy. Sometimes right, 559 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: trying too hard, you know, and sometimes a bad player happened. 560 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: And so just seeing a guy take a sack sometimes 561 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: it's the best it's the best result of the play 562 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,919 Speaker 1: that could happen, because if you try to do something else, 563 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: you turn the football over and at least if you 564 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 1: get a sack, you keep possession. And I think that's 565 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,440 Speaker 1: one of those things that you know, when I used 566 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 1: to watch Peyton Manning because I played against Payton Manning, 567 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: when you watch Tom Brady sometimes yeah, they'll fight a 568 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: little bit to stay in the pocket, but for the 569 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: most part, when you get around them, they understand how 570 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,400 Speaker 1: to give up on the play and just live to 571 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 1: fight another day. But I think Joe Burrow specifically, he 572 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: always keeps that mental edge and and I think that's 573 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 1: very important. Again, you got to have a short memory 574 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,719 Speaker 1: in this league. You can't let bad plays. You can't 575 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,800 Speaker 1: let you can't dwell on bad plays because if you 576 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: dwell on them, if they those mistakes tend to come back, 577 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow is just one of the best at 578 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: it and just move on to the next play and 579 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: staying positive. So what is the calling card for Buffalo's 580 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: defense here to try to at least slow down what 581 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: Burrow in that passing attack does, because much like Josh, 582 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: if you blitz him, he sees it and makes adjustments 583 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,760 Speaker 1: accordingly more often than not. So he's good at beating 584 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,479 Speaker 1: the blitz. I mean, you can sit back and cover 585 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: two shell all day, I guess, and force him to 586 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: go twelve plays down the field. But how do you 587 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: get the timing of their passing game a little out 588 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 1: of whack? Well, I think kind of what you saw 589 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: with Green Bay do with Justin Jefferson. You gotta get 590 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: physical with some of these guys that the line of scrimmage. 591 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: I think Trey Davis right white has been getting his 592 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: legs back up underneath him, and he's a bigger corner. 593 00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 1: He'd be a guy that I put on te Higgins, 594 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 1: you know what I mean in man's situations, and I 595 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: obviously Jamar Chase is one of those guys. You got 596 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: to have two sets, two sets of eyes on in 597 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: man situations and things like that, but quite frankly upfront, 598 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,879 Speaker 1: whether it's Ed All or whether it's Gregory Rousseaul, whether 599 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,920 Speaker 1: it's Matt Milano in blitz and situations, whether it's Edmonds 600 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 1: inspired situations where he's kind of dropping back but still 601 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: kind of watching the quarterback and trigger when he sees it. 602 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: When he sees an opening, you gotta hit, put a hit, 603 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 1: Put hits on. Joe Burrow, You gotta get physical with 604 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: this team. I'm under the understanding that I'm not so 605 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,080 Speaker 1: sure that the Cincinnati Bengals will run the football with 606 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 1: enough consistency that will scare this defense. But again, when 607 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: you got a guy like Ed Oliver and settling those 608 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,399 Speaker 1: guys up front being able to just quite frankly beat 609 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: somebody up up front and make a play, that's what's 610 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,880 Speaker 1: gonna have to happen. Because I think we're gonna have 611 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: to play with light boxes, meaning six or seven guys 612 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: in the box to be able to stop to run 613 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: to defend against that past. Because again, Joe Burrow, he 614 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: has the patience to just take the check down every 615 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,200 Speaker 1: single time. That was one of Tom Brady's superpowers, right, 616 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 1: whatever you give to him, he's just gonna take it 617 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: right if if you put a running back all the 618 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,719 Speaker 1: way on the outside. Usually if quarterbacks on throw the 619 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 1: running backs, well, Tom Brady Burrow, those guys, they'll throw 620 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,719 Speaker 1: it to him. And offensively for our Buffalo Bills, we're 621 00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:07,800 Speaker 1: gonna have to have to find like a third receiver 622 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,919 Speaker 1: that's gonna have to have a pretty good day. Yeah. 623 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,880 Speaker 1: I think. Also one of the things that works in 624 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 1: Buffalo's favor, Cincinnati does not rush the passer well, I 625 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,240 Speaker 1: mean DJ Reader and those guys down inside, Trey Hendrickson 626 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: and the other good players readers, particularly in the run game. 627 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,959 Speaker 1: Henderson plained with a bad, bad hook on his hand, 628 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 1: a bad wing. He's still going. But they have not 629 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: gotten very many sacks the thirtie in the league or 630 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 1: so against sacks got twenty six all year. If they 631 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: don't pressure Josh Allen, I think this might be one 632 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,719 Speaker 1: of those games where you play complimentary football. And Buffalo's 633 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: offense helps control Cincinnati's explosiveness as well, particularly given the 634 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,960 Speaker 1: emergency their run game. And that's what I was about 635 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: to say, That's why I'm so glad to see those 636 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 1: explosive runs against Chicago last week, those double teams, those 637 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,439 Speaker 1: speed draws. All of those things, just the explosive runs, 638 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:01,759 Speaker 1: you need to put it on tape. And I'm a 639 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: firm believer, especially this week with this lou and the 640 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 1: room of defense with Logan Wilson in the middle of 641 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,719 Speaker 1: that defense fifty five with DJ Reader. Those guys from 642 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: a Buffalo Bill standpoint, they scare me because again they 643 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: make the quarterbacks see one thing pre snap, and then 644 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,359 Speaker 1: post snap he sees something totally different, and it makes 645 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 1: them kind of hitch or guests of what he's seeing. 646 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 1: And we've seen our quarterback, you know, in the red 647 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: zone in the past, kind of have those kind of 648 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: make those mistakes, and so just that defense kind of 649 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: scares me. And so what you want to do is 650 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,439 Speaker 1: be able to run the football, so you can create 651 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,120 Speaker 1: some plaques and pass explosive opportunities to kind of get 652 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: that underneath coverage mixed up, because I do believe Dave 653 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: Davis one on one, Steph Davis, I mean Steph Diggs 654 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 1: one on one, they won't be able to be stopped. 655 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: And our guy obviously can put the ball anywhere on 656 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 1: the football field. All right, So let's go from the 657 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: xs and os to some of the comments that were 658 00:38:55,719 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 1: made by one Tyler Boyd and by Joe Mixon this week. First, 659 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,759 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd said, yeah, the Bills defense, they don't really 660 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: do anything exotic. They just kind of do their thing. 661 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,839 Speaker 1: The secondary really isn't the best one we've played this season, so, 662 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,840 Speaker 1: you know, a little knock. And then Joe Mixon doubles 663 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: down and says, the AFC goes through us. We're the 664 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,399 Speaker 1: dogs of the a FC. Now look, I know they've 665 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: won seven in a row. They are they defending AFC champs. 666 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,880 Speaker 1: This is a giant game. These are two veteran players. 667 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,520 Speaker 1: What are they doing here, Mike Well, it seems like 668 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: to me they're trying to get Bills and Bills Mafia 669 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: off their game a little bit. I mean, you know, 670 00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,920 Speaker 1: it's a little gamesmanshipping there. I wouldn't have been speaking 671 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: that way, That's how I'm saying. I wouldn't have done it, 672 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. But at the end of 673 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,879 Speaker 1: the day, at the end of the day, especially when 674 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: you talk about the AFC, happened to go through them. 675 00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 1: They represented the AFC last year and until we beat 676 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 1: them and represent the AFC in the Super Bowl, I mean, 677 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,320 Speaker 1: where's the lion that particularly the statement, But at the 678 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 1: end of the day, I think they're trying to have 679 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: a little gamesmanship and get in the heads of the 680 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,840 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills players. Because of that respect, I believe that 681 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,840 Speaker 1: they have for Bills and Bills Mafia. If neither team 682 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: turns the football over tonight, who do you think wins 683 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: Bills Mafia all day? By three? I believe that this 684 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: game has a potential of not having any punts. I 685 00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:26,560 Speaker 1: believe this game has a potential of being a kind of, 686 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,360 Speaker 1: you know, explosive game with being able to slow it 687 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,880 Speaker 1: down at times. And I guarantee there's gonna have to 688 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,680 Speaker 1: be a time where we're gonna have to put together 689 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,399 Speaker 1: a four minute offense and run the football and get 690 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:42,520 Speaker 1: first downs with the running backs James Cook and Devin Singletary, 691 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 1: And I believe what we put on tape last week, 692 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: with this offensive line put on tape last week, I 693 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:49,479 Speaker 1: believe we can get it done. Last one for me, Mike. 694 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: The way that coach Dorsey has mixed in tempo the 695 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,240 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, He's kind of had them speed 696 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: it up, he's had him slow it down. He's caught defenses, 697 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,960 Speaker 1: you know, without getting a substitution on the field for 698 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,360 Speaker 1: a personnel grouping change, you know, muddle huddle, sugar huddle, 699 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. Like they are jumping 700 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,040 Speaker 1: into some fast tempo things, which is something that day 701 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 1: ball used to do from time to time. Maybe just 702 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: explain the biggest value in that provided you are executing 703 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,800 Speaker 1: and converting. Yeah, so let's just for an example, maybe 704 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: you're in a personnel with two tight ends and two 705 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: wide receivers. We call that twelve personnel right one running back, 706 00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 1: and maybe you just ran the ball two times in 707 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,839 Speaker 1: a row. But you have an explosive play that you've 708 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,960 Speaker 1: been setting up all game, and you usually run it 709 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: out of nickel, but now you're in twelve personnelity you 710 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: want to run that same play out of twelve personnel, 711 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,520 Speaker 1: and so you go real fast to catch the defense 712 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,880 Speaker 1: and a base and a base defense with three linebackers. 713 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:56,160 Speaker 1: And so that's that little bit of what an offensive 714 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: coordinated can do to help your quarterback out. They help 715 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: the offense out. So playing the quarterback position, and again 716 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,440 Speaker 1: it's not easy but to get put, but you can 717 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: help your quarterback have an easier job processing and playing 718 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,879 Speaker 1: the game. When when you can throw a defense as 719 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,000 Speaker 1: off like that or do what you guys used to 720 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: see Aaron Rodgers. Do you see them trying to substitute late, 721 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,120 Speaker 1: But because you didn't substitute, their defensive coordinator knows what 722 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,320 Speaker 1: you're trying to do, so he's trying to get Nickel 723 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,960 Speaker 1: back on the game. You get too many guys on 724 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: the field, you get a free play, All of those 725 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,320 Speaker 1: things start to start to become alive when your offensive 726 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: coordinator is thinking like that. But again, that's that's football 727 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 1: at a four hundred and five hundred level. And again 728 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,719 Speaker 1: I think this offense and obviously again Dorsey and this 729 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 1: quarterback is ready for that. Mike, thanks, man, enjoy the 730 00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,640 Speaker 1: game to not to can't wait. I mean, we're all 731 00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:43,439 Speaker 1: sitting here just looking at our watches all afternoon, even 732 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,200 Speaker 1: with a Winter Classic going on and the Rose Bowl 733 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:52,680 Speaker 1: going on. We don't care. We don't care. I'm gonna 734 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,839 Speaker 1: watch the Rose Bowl and then watch that right on 735 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 1: into the Monday night game. But I gotta tell you, guys, 736 00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,000 Speaker 1: man Bill's mafia has been hitting me up at least 737 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:03,880 Speaker 1: gotten at least fifty videos of different bars of people 738 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,960 Speaker 1: just chanting it was mafia is ready. I can't wait 739 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,080 Speaker 1: for this game to get started. See you guys next week. 740 00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: All right, Mike, thanks as always for the time. We 741 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:14,359 Speaker 1: appreciate it. That's Michael Robinson, NFL Network Analyst. We will 742 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,360 Speaker 1: take a break, be back with more, including your keys 743 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:30,920 Speaker 1: to the game here on One bills a Live. All right, 744 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,800 Speaker 1: welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, Steve Tasker 745 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,440 Speaker 1: with you, and it is time to check the tweet 746 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:39,160 Speaker 1: sheet which has always It's brought to you by Corrigan 747 00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,760 Speaker 1: Moving Systems, the official equipment moving company of the Buffalo Bills. 748 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: Where we are asking you today what are the keys 749 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 1: to a Bill's victory over the Bengals here on Monday 750 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,640 Speaker 1: Night football, and Scott leads us often says, I'm going 751 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: to say it's going to hinge on Josh not making 752 00:43:56,040 --> 00:44:00,279 Speaker 1: mental mistakes and forcing throws, take what the defense give them, 753 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,240 Speaker 1: get motor going early, and control the line of scrimmage. 754 00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,440 Speaker 1: That played a major role in their success rushing against 755 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,880 Speaker 1: the Bears. They are playing a top ten run defense, though, Steve, 756 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,320 Speaker 1: Bengals seventh in the league against the run. You already 757 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:16,120 Speaker 1: talked about DJ Reader, who is a bull inside for 758 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:20,359 Speaker 1: them at that nose tackle position. And while they had 759 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,560 Speaker 1: wild success last week, you know, they were playing at 760 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,960 Speaker 1: defense that I don't think can hold a candle to 761 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:29,920 Speaker 1: this Bengals front front. Oh sure, yeah, yeah, that's absolutely true. 762 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,880 Speaker 1: I think what you're looking for is just to be 763 00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:37,600 Speaker 1: consistently ahead of the sticks, are on schedule with the 764 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,719 Speaker 1: first down markers, and I don't you know, we don't 765 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,239 Speaker 1: expect to come out like we did last week and 766 00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:46,920 Speaker 1: have the Bills average eight yards of rush. That's not 767 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,000 Speaker 1: going to happen. If they do that, this game's going 768 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,600 Speaker 1: to get out of hand big time. But you do 769 00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:57,440 Speaker 1: want to force Cincinnati to stand up to the blocks 770 00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,719 Speaker 1: and give him on a play action and give him 771 00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:01,480 Speaker 1: something think about in the run game. And I'm sure 772 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,200 Speaker 1: they are given the fact that the Bills have been 773 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,880 Speaker 1: rushing it pretty good. The one thing I do think, 774 00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: and people discount it, is that the Bills are the 775 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,200 Speaker 1: only team in the league that's rushed for one hundred 776 00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:13,920 Speaker 1: yards in every game this season. And everybody says, well, yeah, 777 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,720 Speaker 1: but you got Josh Allen and he makes it different. 778 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, you got to defend that that doesn't 779 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,080 Speaker 1: just get wiped off in the game plan. If you 780 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,399 Speaker 1: got if they've got a quarterback like the Bills had 781 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,680 Speaker 1: last week in justin fields, you got to defend it. 782 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,320 Speaker 1: And if he pulls it down on man coverage and 783 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,440 Speaker 1: they got their backs turned to it and you don't 784 00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:34,919 Speaker 1: close up the gaps up front, you're gonna get nicked. 785 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:40,880 Speaker 1: Whether it's a run or a pass, those plays are made, 786 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:44,359 Speaker 1: those are those are play game breakers, and you got 787 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,480 Speaker 1: to defend it. You can pooh poo it on the 788 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,080 Speaker 1: stat sheet, but when you get on the field, it 789 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,879 Speaker 1: means something. So the Bills are gonna have The Bills 790 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: are gonna rush for a hundred yards in this game. 791 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,839 Speaker 1: They just are They always do. You know what I mean? 792 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:00,000 Speaker 1: If the Bengals can hold the Bills under a hundred yards, 793 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,400 Speaker 1: they are doing something special because if you know, because 794 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,680 Speaker 1: they're what happens is they're going to be defending the 795 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,000 Speaker 1: past against Josh and rushing the passer and they're gonna 796 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:12,040 Speaker 1: give up rushing yards. That's the way it is. So 797 00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:13,640 Speaker 1: you got to defend it, and you gotta have a 798 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,960 Speaker 1: plan for it. And Rumo will, and we've seen other 799 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,160 Speaker 1: teams have great plans for it. And what you get 800 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,719 Speaker 1: out of the Cincinnati Bengals camp is that, and the 801 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,439 Speaker 1: Bills are giving them full marks for it. You don't 802 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,840 Speaker 1: know what defense you're playing against until after the snap, 803 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,200 Speaker 1: and that can be a problem for Buffalo and you 804 00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:34,239 Speaker 1: wonder about it. We'll see what happens in that situation. 805 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:37,920 Speaker 1: But you can bet too. And as you're talking that, 806 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,960 Speaker 1: you can you can talk to yourself right into what 807 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,440 Speaker 1: you need to do against these guys. Shifts motion to 808 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,400 Speaker 1: find out what they're playing before the ball is snapped, 809 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:50,479 Speaker 1: and then post snap, see if you get it right. Yes, 810 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,480 Speaker 1: and you're right, those numbers don't just go away. And 811 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,759 Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you another number. The Bills are six 812 00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,840 Speaker 1: and oh this year when Josh Allen has ten carries 813 00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,680 Speaker 1: more in a game, and they're seventeen and one lifetime 814 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: when Alan has ten carries or more. So yeah, you 815 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,960 Speaker 1: could say, ah, you got Josh. Of course your rushing 816 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: numbers are inflated. Yeah, you gotta still kind of you 817 00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,880 Speaker 1: still gotta deal with it. You gotta tackle him. I 818 00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:18,839 Speaker 1: mean that you can say, yeah, yeah, you don't run 819 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,560 Speaker 1: the ball that well, No, you know what they do. 820 00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,680 Speaker 1: He makes plays. And if you're gonna and if you're 821 00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:26,560 Speaker 1: gonna have a spy in there you're gonna rush for 822 00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:30,000 Speaker 1: and have a spy. That leaves you six guys covering 823 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,840 Speaker 1: the whole rest of the field. And by the way, 824 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,319 Speaker 1: the guy you're spying can throw it to the far 825 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:39,240 Speaker 1: corner for way back, so you gotta spread six guys 826 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:44,239 Speaker 1: thin in the back end. It's a problem. It is 827 00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,480 Speaker 1: a real problem for teams to defend him like that. 828 00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:53,800 Speaker 1: What about this? Josh, as we know, often plays better 829 00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,319 Speaker 1: the bigger the game is. Sometimes he also has to 830 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:02,480 Speaker 1: calm himself down because he's jacked through the roof when 831 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,560 Speaker 1: the game kicks off. We saw in the first tweet 832 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:11,319 Speaker 1: there that there is a concern on Scott's part that 833 00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,960 Speaker 1: he might, you know, get too hyped up for some throws, 834 00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:18,280 Speaker 1: and when he competes against another great quarterback and burrows 835 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,279 Speaker 1: a guy he hasn't faced before, it's almost like, I'll 836 00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:24,640 Speaker 1: show him kind of a thing. Sometimes not all the time. 837 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 1: But you've said it yourself, when Josh was younger, you 838 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,239 Speaker 1: had to peel him off the ceiling. Yeah, is there 839 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:34,080 Speaker 1: a concern for that, not only with who he's playing 840 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:38,160 Speaker 1: for the first time, but the magnitude of the game. Maybe, 841 00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:45,759 Speaker 1: I think, yeah, maybe, of course, But this is fifth year, 842 00:48:46,719 --> 00:48:48,520 Speaker 1: and he's been in a ton of games like this. 843 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:51,600 Speaker 1: He's been in a bunch of playoff games, and he's 844 00:48:51,640 --> 00:48:53,640 Speaker 1: been in a bunch of prime time games this year. 845 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,520 Speaker 1: There's six and zero in weird time games this year 846 00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:03,880 Speaker 1: Thursday night, Monday night, Sunday night, Thanksgiving. I mean, they 847 00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:09,160 Speaker 1: play these games all the time. So I'm thinking he'll 848 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,160 Speaker 1: have a plan and for himself to get himself into 849 00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,720 Speaker 1: it and make sure he doesn't do that stuff. Plus, 850 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:17,359 Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey's there in his corner talking to him about 851 00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,879 Speaker 1: it as well. I would if you know what I'm 852 00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:21,800 Speaker 1: looking for in this game. If if they're kind of 853 00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:25,719 Speaker 1: worried about Josh being sugar hi Josh like he used 854 00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:29,120 Speaker 1: to be a cold quarterback run early in this game 855 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:33,560 Speaker 1: first series, Yeah, get him ahead. We'll see if that happens. 856 00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,440 Speaker 1: You know, they've had conversations about it, and they're doing 857 00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:41,640 Speaker 1: it for him, you know, right, Yes, So look for that. 858 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:44,560 Speaker 1: Look for a cold quarterback run first series, maybe second series. 859 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:48,680 Speaker 1: Get him into it, and you'll know that that's on 860 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 1: that that was on their mind coming into this as well, 861 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:55,520 Speaker 1: which is it's not a bad thing. Adrenaline can be 862 00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:00,640 Speaker 1: your friend. So yeah, we have to take a break here, 863 00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,799 Speaker 1: because when we come back, we are going to talk 864 00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:09,000 Speaker 1: more Bills Bengals, as we talked to ESPN NFL Nation 865 00:50:09,040 --> 00:50:12,080 Speaker 1: Bengals reporter Ben Baby. When we come back for our 866 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:15,080 Speaker 1: number two, you're on one Bills Live presented by Kalida Health. 867 00:50:15,080 --> 00:51:03,719 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio, the siest one Bills Live presented 868 00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:09,000 Speaker 1: by Call to Health. Our number two here on a 869 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,719 Speaker 1: Buffalo game Day Monday, Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you 870 00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,680 Speaker 1: for hour number two and joining us now to talk 871 00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:20,080 Speaker 1: more about this heavy weight matchup in week seventeen is 872 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,120 Speaker 1: ESPN NFL Nation beat reporter for the Bengals, Ben Baby 873 00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,480 Speaker 1: joining us here and Ben first, thanks for the time. Second, 874 00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,040 Speaker 1: both of these teams streaking a little bit. I know 875 00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,720 Speaker 1: Sam Franz got the longest one at nine, but seven 876 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:39,360 Speaker 1: for the Bengals, six for the Bills. It's the classics. 877 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:43,400 Speaker 1: Something's got to give. Maybe crawl into the heads of 878 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:46,120 Speaker 1: the Bengals players if you could. It seems like they 879 00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:50,360 Speaker 1: are very confident coming into this game, and they're not 880 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,719 Speaker 1: afraid to share it publicly with reporters like you. Yeah, 881 00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,040 Speaker 1: that's correct. I mean I think saying this is the 882 00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,600 Speaker 1: heavyweight fight is a is a great way to size 883 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:02,640 Speaker 1: up this matchup. It's almost like you got two undefeated fighters. 884 00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,080 Speaker 1: Somebody's oh, they've got to go in this case. That 885 00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:08,640 Speaker 1: winning streak, somebody's not carrying that into the postseason, and 886 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,760 Speaker 1: the Bengals feel like they're going to be the team 887 00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,120 Speaker 1: that carries that in. You know, we spoke to players 888 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,680 Speaker 1: throughout the week. I asked Joe Burrow if he felt like, 889 00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:17,799 Speaker 1: you know, the Bengals are beyond a measuring stick game, 890 00:52:17,880 --> 00:52:20,279 Speaker 1: and he said that they've beaten everybody and played well 891 00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,920 Speaker 1: in the biggest moments. He said. He pointed out that 892 00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:25,600 Speaker 1: the one team they haven't faced, as Buffalo, thinks they've 893 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,720 Speaker 1: become AFC contenders and they're excited for this matchup. Joe Mixon, 894 00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals running back, however, was more than happy to 895 00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:34,439 Speaker 1: go out and say, guess what, you know, we feel 896 00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,239 Speaker 1: like we're the top dog of the AFC, and they 897 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,400 Speaker 1: feel like whatever they got to do, whatever teams want 898 00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:43,040 Speaker 1: to accomplish, they have to go through Cincinnati. But you know, 899 00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:45,400 Speaker 1: I think that it is an amount of measure confidence. 900 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:49,239 Speaker 1: It wasn't really disrespect to Buffalo because everybody in the 901 00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:53,720 Speaker 1: building knows that Buffalo has what Cincinnati wants. Cincinnati wants 902 00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:55,920 Speaker 1: that number one seed. They know that they didn't take 903 00:52:55,960 --> 00:52:58,279 Speaker 1: care of business earlier in the year, and they want 904 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,640 Speaker 1: home field advantage, and they know that in order to 905 00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:03,520 Speaker 1: get that, they have to beat Buffalo. And nobody is 906 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,719 Speaker 1: sleeping on this Bill's team, but the Bengals. They are 907 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,040 Speaker 1: confident that they can play with anybody in the league 908 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,560 Speaker 1: and beat anybody in the league. And we'll find out 909 00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,640 Speaker 1: if that's the case in a few hours. All the 910 00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:15,920 Speaker 1: way through Week eight of the regular season, they were 911 00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:18,320 Speaker 1: four and four and now they've put together the seven 912 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,279 Speaker 1: game win streak. What change for these guys when they 913 00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:23,440 Speaker 1: were four and four or five hundred ball club and 914 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,400 Speaker 1: now that they're back into contention looking like they did 915 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,319 Speaker 1: at the end of last season. Well, Steve, I think 916 00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:31,399 Speaker 1: there's a couple of things. First, I think the run 917 00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,960 Speaker 1: game throughout that stretch, really you started to see a 918 00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:36,360 Speaker 1: lot of efficiency, you know, mix and talks about the 919 00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:38,799 Speaker 1: fact that when they've went into shotgun formations and ran 920 00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,080 Speaker 1: the ball a little bit more out of the gun, 921 00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,640 Speaker 1: that has been something that's been effective. I think even 922 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,520 Speaker 1: goes back a little further when they decided to maybe 923 00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:49,560 Speaker 1: go away from a predominantly zone run scheme and into 924 00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,680 Speaker 1: a gap run scheme where the offensive linemen are going downhill. 925 00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,080 Speaker 1: You're you're simplifying things for the running backs. They're just 926 00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:57,680 Speaker 1: picking a gap and going. I think that's helped things out, 927 00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,160 Speaker 1: and you know, we'll see how that run game looks tonight, 928 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:04,360 Speaker 1: because that run game has struggled the last couple of weeks. 929 00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:08,799 Speaker 1: Bengals offensive coordinator Brian Callahan said, it's been okay, So 930 00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:11,919 Speaker 1: we'll see, you know, especially with what Mixon said leading 931 00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:13,400 Speaker 1: up to this game, I think there's gonna be a 932 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:15,879 Speaker 1: lot of pressure on him, my aunts J p. Ryan 933 00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:18,880 Speaker 1: to perform. But the other factor in this is Number 934 00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:20,839 Speaker 1: nine in Joe Burrow. I think when you look at 935 00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:24,440 Speaker 1: the way they played going back early in the season, 936 00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,840 Speaker 1: he was coming off that emergency app in debt to 937 00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,200 Speaker 1: me that left him hospitalized for a few days. He 938 00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,600 Speaker 1: had to put some weight back on, and as you 939 00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:34,480 Speaker 1: saw him progress through the season, even though he didn't 940 00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,960 Speaker 1: miss games, as he got into the middle of the year, 941 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,600 Speaker 1: he started to look more like himself, and you know, 942 00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:41,359 Speaker 1: you look at some of the growth at his game. 943 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:43,680 Speaker 1: We've got a story up right now on ESPN dot 944 00:54:43,719 --> 00:54:46,480 Speaker 1: com talking about his growth in the checkdowns at how 945 00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,120 Speaker 1: he's been able to take those and really play quicker, 946 00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,480 Speaker 1: play faster, and if teams want to play those two 947 00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,800 Speaker 1: high shells, he's gonna take those throws underneath and maybe 948 00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,879 Speaker 1: open some things up later. In terms of explosive pays 949 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:00,799 Speaker 1: plays in the passing games, I think those are two 950 00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,319 Speaker 1: areas to watch as to why they've been so good 951 00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:07,560 Speaker 1: recently flipping it around to the defensive side of the ball. 952 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:10,439 Speaker 1: For the Bengals, their pass rushers have been a little 953 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:13,440 Speaker 1: nick tier. We know Henderson is trying to play through 954 00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:17,919 Speaker 1: a busted wrist. That's no easy task. First question there 955 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,960 Speaker 1: is how much I know it's only been a couple 956 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,680 Speaker 1: of games, but how much has it impacted his effectiveness? 957 00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:26,319 Speaker 1: Number one? And then number two, if in fact Sam 958 00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:29,120 Speaker 1: Hubbard can play tonight. We know he's questionable going in 959 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,959 Speaker 1: with the calf injury. How effective are we expecting him 960 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:36,440 Speaker 1: to be? I think Hubbard will be more effective than 961 00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:39,000 Speaker 1: he was because you know, this is an injury that 962 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,479 Speaker 1: was affecting him before he ended up. You know, taking 963 00:55:42,520 --> 00:55:44,320 Speaker 1: himself out and saying something really is a right. He 964 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,879 Speaker 1: tried to play through, it just was not really there. 965 00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,520 Speaker 1: So hopefully for him after a week he feels like 966 00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:51,719 Speaker 1: he can get back. He told us, you know, something 967 00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,279 Speaker 1: he was managing before and we'll see if that week 968 00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,960 Speaker 1: of rest does help him. Zach Tay were very coy 969 00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:59,920 Speaker 1: as he's been throughout this week about who's playing who's not, 970 00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:02,759 Speaker 1: which tells you how much he respects Buffalo and what 971 00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:04,880 Speaker 1: he thinks of this game. They're looking for every competitive 972 00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:08,360 Speaker 1: advantage they can get, and in terms of Trey Hendrickson, 973 00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:10,960 Speaker 1: we saw his snap count maybe a little lower than 974 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,520 Speaker 1: when it normally would have been. He seemed to have 975 00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:17,000 Speaker 1: come through last week's win over the Patriots okay, and 976 00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:19,040 Speaker 1: to have him on the field, you know, you look 977 00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:22,280 Speaker 1: at our metrics, the pass rush win rate for Hendrickson 978 00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:24,600 Speaker 1: among the best in the NFL, one of the best 979 00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:28,359 Speaker 1: in creating incompletions and really creating pressures. So if he's 980 00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:30,600 Speaker 1: on the field and they're on the field in tandem, 981 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:33,279 Speaker 1: that is a big asset for them, especially when you 982 00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:36,279 Speaker 1: look at a secondary that has rookie cam Taylor Brent 983 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,360 Speaker 1: on the other side of Eli Apple. If the Bengals 984 00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:42,520 Speaker 1: are able to manufacture pressures and not having the blitz. 985 00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:44,920 Speaker 1: That is going to be a big asset for defensive 986 00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,880 Speaker 1: coordinator Louanna Rumo, who is going to have his hands 987 00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,200 Speaker 1: full with Josh Allen and that receiving corps. How have 988 00:56:51,320 --> 00:56:54,680 Speaker 1: they managed to get any pressure on teams? They don't 989 00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:57,440 Speaker 1: sack the quarterback very often. What have they had to 990 00:56:57,480 --> 00:57:02,040 Speaker 1: send extra people? How is their secondary held up? Yeah? 991 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:04,600 Speaker 1: You know, I think that the sack numbers have been 992 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,360 Speaker 1: a little misleading because the quarterbacks throughout the year have 993 00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,759 Speaker 1: gotten the ball out pretty quickly. We've seen them a 994 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:13,120 Speaker 1: quarterbacks effected in the pocket, especially by Hendrickson, and I 995 00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:15,840 Speaker 1: think Hubbard is having his best year as a pass rusher. 996 00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:18,200 Speaker 1: You know, we've seen with those guys injured that Anna 997 00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,880 Speaker 1: Rumo has had to scheme things up a little bit differently, 998 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,200 Speaker 1: maybe blitz a little bit more than he has, and 999 00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,280 Speaker 1: he's been comfortable doing that in previous years. I think 1000 00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:28,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of years he just hasn't had to 1001 00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,760 Speaker 1: because of what Hendrickson has brought to them in free agency, 1002 00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:34,720 Speaker 1: much as what Bob Miller brought to the Bills when 1003 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:38,080 Speaker 1: he was healthy and is a guy that Bengals players 1004 00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,920 Speaker 1: talked about not having him as a big loss for Buffalo. 1005 00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,040 Speaker 1: They know what he brings on that side of the ball. 1006 00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:46,200 Speaker 1: Von was a menace in that Super Bowl and a 1007 00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:48,440 Speaker 1: big reason why the Bengals didn't come home with the 1008 00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,640 Speaker 1: Lombardi Trophy. So, you know, this game, you know, I'm 1009 00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,320 Speaker 1: curious to see how they defend Josh because they haven't 1010 00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:56,560 Speaker 1: been able. They haven't had to do it since they 1011 00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:00,520 Speaker 1: become an AFC contender. Will they continue to drop? You know, 1012 00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,280 Speaker 1: are they gonna have to play a spy? Are they 1013 00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,240 Speaker 1: going to play a lot of two high shells? Are 1014 00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:07,200 Speaker 1: they going to maybe play single high and maybe dare 1015 00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:10,520 Speaker 1: Josh into some turnover worthy plays, which maybe what the 1016 00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,360 Speaker 1: Bengals opt to do. I'm very curious to see what 1017 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,520 Speaker 1: this game looks like in the first quarter, and we'll 1018 00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,680 Speaker 1: get a sense of what Louiana Rumo has up as sleeve. 1019 00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,919 Speaker 1: What are we What have you seen? I guess maybe 1020 00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:25,120 Speaker 1: more than anything else been in terms of how opposing 1021 00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:29,280 Speaker 1: defenses have tried to slow down you know, the trio 1022 00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:32,120 Speaker 1: of receivers at the top of the depth chart. I know, 1023 00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,720 Speaker 1: Irwin's kind of flashed here lately here and there. Two 1024 00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,680 Speaker 1: touchdowns last week, and Hayden Hurst is no slouch at 1025 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:41,360 Speaker 1: tight end. So what has been the general approach that 1026 00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:45,040 Speaker 1: you've seen from opposing defenses, Just to maybe give us 1027 00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,200 Speaker 1: a peek at as to what the Bills may try 1028 00:58:47,240 --> 00:58:49,800 Speaker 1: to employ here. Yeah, you know, I think you know, 1029 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:51,960 Speaker 1: whether or not Jordan Poyer plays is going to be big. 1030 00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:54,200 Speaker 1: He's a guy that Bengals coach Jack Taylor had a 1031 00:58:54,200 --> 00:58:56,600 Speaker 1: ton of respect for and this receiving corps. I asked 1032 00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:58,560 Speaker 1: the Higgins about it in the week. They've got a 1033 00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,040 Speaker 1: lot of respects for this second dary And even though 1034 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:03,320 Speaker 1: you know Trey White has been on the mend, has 1035 00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,800 Speaker 1: been coming back throughout the year, they know that this 1036 00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:07,919 Speaker 1: is one of the best secondaries they're going to face. 1037 00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,240 Speaker 1: And I think it's might be honest. As much as 1038 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,480 Speaker 1: Joe Mixon may not think much of the linebackers, we 1039 00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:14,800 Speaker 1: know the linebackers are very good. And I think that 1040 00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:18,240 Speaker 1: this Bill secondaries better than the Baltimore secondary that the 1041 00:59:18,280 --> 00:59:21,640 Speaker 1: Bengals will face in Week eighteen, potentially for the division 1042 00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:24,040 Speaker 1: title if they can't wrap things up. You know, I 1043 00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:25,680 Speaker 1: wonder if we're not going to see a lot of 1044 00:59:26,040 --> 00:59:28,680 Speaker 1: cloud coverage, a lot of bracketed coverage, some double teams 1045 00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:31,880 Speaker 1: and Jamar Chase's favor, and if I'm the Bills, I 1046 00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:34,800 Speaker 1: basically say I will let you beat me any other 1047 00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:37,480 Speaker 1: way besides with Jamar Chase going deep, if you want 1048 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:39,560 Speaker 1: to throw a one on one ball with te Higgins. 1049 00:59:39,640 --> 00:59:42,080 Speaker 1: We feel like our secondary is good enough. We feel 1050 00:59:42,120 --> 00:59:44,640 Speaker 1: like our linebackers are good enough underneath that we're going 1051 00:59:44,680 --> 00:59:46,440 Speaker 1: to be able to take some things away. If you 1052 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:48,040 Speaker 1: want to beat us with Tyler Boy, you want to 1053 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:50,080 Speaker 1: beat us with the running backs, we can beat us 1054 00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:52,720 Speaker 1: any other way. Just don't beat us with nine going 1055 00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,360 Speaker 1: to one deep and getting those explosive plays that will 1056 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,880 Speaker 1: get this crowd really into the game. And so I 1057 00:59:57,960 --> 01:00:00,240 Speaker 1: think this is going to be a very fascinating match up. 1058 01:00:00,320 --> 01:00:02,919 Speaker 1: And Joe Burrow has been more than happy to take 1059 01:00:02,960 --> 01:00:04,840 Speaker 1: the one on ones when they've been there and when 1060 01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:08,080 Speaker 1: they're not, he will take the other other other opportunities. 1061 01:00:08,080 --> 01:00:10,840 Speaker 1: We've seen them going to Trent Taylor, going to Trenton 1062 01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Irwin even in unfavorable matchups. It just shows how much 1063 01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:17,600 Speaker 1: confidence Burrow has in this offense. And if teams are 1064 01:00:17,600 --> 01:00:19,840 Speaker 1: going to take certain things away like mix and set 1065 01:00:19,880 --> 01:00:22,280 Speaker 1: throughout the week, you got to pick your poison. Because 1066 01:00:22,280 --> 01:00:24,520 Speaker 1: we feel like, we can beat you any sort of way. 1067 01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,080 Speaker 1: If the Bengals played their kind of offense, there's nobody 1068 01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:29,680 Speaker 1: that can beat them, and that's why they've been so confident. 1069 01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:34,240 Speaker 1: So certainly it's earned Joe Burrow a nicknamed Joe Cool. 1070 01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:37,720 Speaker 1: I mean, we have seen him from afar. He seems 1071 01:00:37,880 --> 01:00:41,920 Speaker 1: totally nonchalant about not only throwing the football away on 1072 01:00:42,040 --> 01:00:46,560 Speaker 1: an early down, but also taking sacks and not worrying 1073 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:49,560 Speaker 1: about big bad plays that happened to them. He is 1074 01:00:49,880 --> 01:00:53,240 Speaker 1: really nonchalant, and as more so than eat quarterback I've 1075 01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:57,439 Speaker 1: seen a recent memory. Sacks don't seem to bother him. 1076 01:00:57,560 --> 01:00:59,400 Speaker 1: What does that do for the rest of the office 1077 01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:04,040 Speaker 1: and what is what does the coaching staff say about that? Yeah, 1078 01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:05,920 Speaker 1: you know, Joe's playing in the pocket like he's got 1079 01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:08,160 Speaker 1: a whole carton to Marlborough. Rd's in there with that 1080 01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:11,080 Speaker 1: Joe Cool nickname. You know, he's been really good in 1081 01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:14,240 Speaker 1: the pocket, that pocket presence. You've seen him really grow 1082 01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:17,360 Speaker 1: through that this year. I think his internal clock in 1083 01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:19,920 Speaker 1: terms of getting the ball out, knowing where the pressures 1084 01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:23,280 Speaker 1: are coming from. You're seeing the offensive line, that cohesion 1085 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:26,240 Speaker 1: that they've had somebody on that offensive line put it 1086 01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:28,800 Speaker 1: to me that the body awareness is something that has 1087 01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,680 Speaker 1: been very good for this offensive line. That they have 1088 01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:33,720 Speaker 1: a good sense of where everybody is, where the help 1089 01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:36,640 Speaker 1: needs to come from. The communication has been good and 1090 01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,520 Speaker 1: Burrow back there, I think you've seen that even though 1091 01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:43,320 Speaker 1: the block win rates haven't really been that great, you know, 1092 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:45,600 Speaker 1: he's gotten a good feel of where he needs to 1093 01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,120 Speaker 1: be when he needs to scramble, when he needs to 1094 01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:50,680 Speaker 1: throw the ball away, and the coaches seeing that his 1095 01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:53,760 Speaker 1: growth in specifically in the checkdown game, that's been the 1096 01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:56,600 Speaker 1: area where he's grown the most. Now, the X factor 1097 01:01:56,640 --> 01:01:58,760 Speaker 1: tonight is going to be what it's going to look 1098 01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:01,680 Speaker 1: like without Lyl Collins. Will be the first game the 1099 01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:04,680 Speaker 1: Bengals will not have their starting right tackle. We expect 1100 01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:06,720 Speaker 1: it to be Isaiah Prince, who has been on the 1101 01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:10,200 Speaker 1: practice squad throughout the year. The Bengals feel like more 1102 01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:13,760 Speaker 1: confident in what Prince brings in the table over Hikimadnagy, 1103 01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:17,760 Speaker 1: who has been that sixth offensive lineman. Prince with extensive 1104 01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:22,320 Speaker 1: experience at right tackle throughout last year's postseason run, So 1105 01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:25,960 Speaker 1: he's somebody they feel good about. Hand that communication continue. 1106 01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,520 Speaker 1: Will the feel be there in the pocket definitely something 1107 01:02:28,560 --> 01:02:31,960 Speaker 1: to watch the night. Yeah, because most people on the 1108 01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,280 Speaker 1: outside we're saying, oh, it'll be a dentergy because he's 1109 01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:37,920 Speaker 1: on the roster and Prince is not. What is I 1110 01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:41,320 Speaker 1: mean identagy? He's a third year guy, he's made looks 1111 01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:44,160 Speaker 1: like fourteen starts in his career, none since last season. 1112 01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:48,080 Speaker 1: What do they like about Prince better beyond the experience? 1113 01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:49,880 Speaker 1: Does he have better feet? Is he a better pass 1114 01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,400 Speaker 1: bro guy? Like? What's the deal there? I think that 1115 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,960 Speaker 1: especially when you look at maybe how this matchup might 1116 01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,400 Speaker 1: look for them. Prince, he's a longer guy, he's bigger. 1117 01:02:58,960 --> 01:03:01,120 Speaker 1: I think the size is going to be big for him. 1118 01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:04,120 Speaker 1: He's got more experience playing that throughout the year. And 1119 01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:06,600 Speaker 1: the Bengals, you know, they weren't shy about saying that 1120 01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:09,480 Speaker 1: earlier in the year, the chem Identity outplayed Isaiah Prince 1121 01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:12,480 Speaker 1: before he ended up going on IR And so I 1122 01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,360 Speaker 1: think what they saw, you know, obviously throughout from the 1123 01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:18,240 Speaker 1: game in New England, and then what they felt over 1124 01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:20,880 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, I think they feel confident 1125 01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:23,439 Speaker 1: that Prince, especially in a game like this, somebody who's 1126 01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:26,960 Speaker 1: played that position before extensively, you know, they feel like 1127 01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:29,440 Speaker 1: you know, with the with what we've seen and what 1128 01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:32,560 Speaker 1: we've heard that Isaiah will be starting and they feel 1129 01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:34,320 Speaker 1: like he's going to give them the best shot. We'll 1130 01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,200 Speaker 1: be curious to see if they end up rotating if 1131 01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:39,800 Speaker 1: things don't go well. Wasn't necessarily ruled out, so I 1132 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:43,200 Speaker 1: think how they approached this is going to be you know, 1133 01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:44,919 Speaker 1: we'll see how this game plays out in the first 1134 01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:46,960 Speaker 1: quarter and that'll tell us a lot about how this 1135 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:48,880 Speaker 1: game is going to go. And you've got to remember, 1136 01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:51,320 Speaker 1: there's a good chance this could be a preview of 1137 01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:53,440 Speaker 1: a playoff matchup we might see in a few weeks. 1138 01:03:53,680 --> 01:03:56,320 Speaker 1: That was the case last year when the Bengals played 1139 01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:58,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City in Week seventeen and ended up being a 1140 01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:01,840 Speaker 1: rematch in the AFC Championship game, And we talked about 1141 01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:04,680 Speaker 1: this being a heavyweight fight. All the best rivalries you've 1142 01:04:04,680 --> 01:04:06,960 Speaker 1: got to rematch. If the first one's good, you've got 1143 01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:08,920 Speaker 1: to run it back a second time. So if we've 1144 01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:11,000 Speaker 1: got a good game tonight, I don't think anybody's gonna 1145 01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:14,360 Speaker 1: be mad about seeing it again in a few weeks. 1146 01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,760 Speaker 1: The weather does not seem to be a factor. The 1147 01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:22,280 Speaker 1: vibe in Cincinnati has to be absolutely electric. What are 1148 01:04:22,320 --> 01:04:24,800 Speaker 1: the fans in Cincinnati. What's the pulse of their fan 1149 01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:27,920 Speaker 1: base coming off a Super Bowl appearance and now plowing 1150 01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,400 Speaker 1: through the regular season like they're doing. Let me tell 1151 01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:34,600 Speaker 1: you what steve the buzz throughout the week. I haven't 1152 01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:36,720 Speaker 1: seen anything like this for a regular season game here 1153 01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:39,240 Speaker 1: in my four years covering the beat. You can tell 1154 01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:42,600 Speaker 1: this is a big, true primetime matchup that will be 1155 01:04:42,600 --> 01:04:45,840 Speaker 1: on ESPN tonight. When you look at how well these 1156 01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,600 Speaker 1: two teams are playing and how much buying the fan 1157 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:51,800 Speaker 1: base has right now, they believe this is a team 1158 01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:53,560 Speaker 1: that can go all the way after what they saw 1159 01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:56,160 Speaker 1: last year. I mean, heck, I was out running errands 1160 01:04:56,200 --> 01:04:58,040 Speaker 1: just before we went on airs, seeing a lot of 1161 01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:00,720 Speaker 1: Bengals gear around town. I've seen those fans that have 1162 01:05:00,800 --> 01:05:03,160 Speaker 1: been here throughout the weekend, so you know they're gonna 1163 01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:06,120 Speaker 1: show out. And Bill's Mafia likes to bring the energy 1164 01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:08,400 Speaker 1: no matter where they are, So I think this is 1165 01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:11,080 Speaker 1: going to be such a fun game, such a fun atmosphere. 1166 01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:13,880 Speaker 1: This is gonna be can't miss television. I think when 1167 01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:16,480 Speaker 1: you look at the two quarterbacks, the two teams, what 1168 01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:19,200 Speaker 1: we're going to see in prime time, this is gonna 1169 01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:21,560 Speaker 1: be a very fun matchup. And and like I said, 1170 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,680 Speaker 1: I think the Bengals fans and the players and really 1171 01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:27,400 Speaker 1: everybody around this team, they feel like this is a 1172 01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,080 Speaker 1: team that can can can make another Super Bowl run. 1173 01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:32,560 Speaker 1: But that Buffalo team, I'll tell you what, they look 1174 01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:35,080 Speaker 1: good and I wouldn't be shocked if the Bills pull 1175 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:37,200 Speaker 1: it out, and I've got them having the edge going 1176 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,680 Speaker 1: into tonight's game. Ben, thanks as always for the time. 1177 01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:42,919 Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Enjoy that game tonight. We'll keep looking 1178 01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,840 Speaker 1: for your stuff on ESPN dot com. Appreciate it. Thank 1179 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,520 Speaker 1: you for having me. Thanks be all right. That's Ben Baby, 1180 01:05:48,600 --> 01:05:53,160 Speaker 1: the ESPN Nation NFL reporter covering the Bengals, and we 1181 01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:57,960 Speaker 1: were talking about it's Steve, you know the it's crazy 1182 01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:02,840 Speaker 1: because you've got the h you got the matchup, and 1183 01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:05,360 Speaker 1: it's the only two teams with winning records playing each 1184 01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:09,320 Speaker 1: other this week. It's pretty nuts when you consider the 1185 01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,040 Speaker 1: fact there was not any other game on the schedule 1186 01:06:12,120 --> 01:06:15,680 Speaker 1: this week that had two teams both with winning records 1187 01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:18,600 Speaker 1: playing one another, except for the Bills and the Bengals. 1188 01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:22,040 Speaker 1: You're on Monday night. Yeah, it's it's a unique. It's 1189 01:06:22,040 --> 01:06:24,160 Speaker 1: a unique matchup, and we were talking about the history 1190 01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:26,360 Speaker 1: of it. No two teams have had this many wins 1191 01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:28,920 Speaker 1: to tie for the record all time on a Monday 1192 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:31,160 Speaker 1: night game. Iterhaps, it has to happen late in the 1193 01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,200 Speaker 1: season and you have to have two good teams that 1194 01:06:33,240 --> 01:06:37,120 Speaker 1: are scheduled. Yeah, even with the flex scheduling, they haven't 1195 01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:41,240 Speaker 1: had a matchup like this. It's it's pretty it's pretty unbelievable. 1196 01:06:42,400 --> 01:06:45,960 Speaker 1: You heard Ben Baby mentioned Isaiah Prince, the practice squad 1197 01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:49,800 Speaker 1: offensive tackle. The Bills and the Bengals have until four 1198 01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:54,880 Speaker 1: pm today to make practice squad elevations. The Bills, we 1199 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:58,360 Speaker 1: anticipate will be elevating a receiver as they have the 1200 01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:01,760 Speaker 1: last three weeks, presumable Cole Beasley. That would be his 1201 01:07:01,880 --> 01:07:06,840 Speaker 1: third and final elevation permitted without having to put him 1202 01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:09,640 Speaker 1: on waivers if you move him off of the game 1203 01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:14,240 Speaker 1: day roster after the game. John Brown Cole Beasley each 1204 01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:18,440 Speaker 1: have one more free elevation left at the Bill's disposal, 1205 01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:20,680 Speaker 1: and we'll have to wait and see if Isaiah Prince 1206 01:07:20,760 --> 01:07:24,400 Speaker 1: is in fact elevated from Cincinnati's practice squad. If he is, 1207 01:07:24,400 --> 01:07:27,560 Speaker 1: it's probably a strong indication that he'll be in the lineup. 1208 01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:32,080 Speaker 1: As Ben Baby explained to us, Steve, you look at 1209 01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:35,480 Speaker 1: Isaiah Prince, he's six seven, three hundred pounds. How much 1210 01:07:35,520 --> 01:07:38,200 Speaker 1: of that is a direct correlation to the fact that 1211 01:07:38,280 --> 01:07:41,720 Speaker 1: Greg Russou is over there a tall long player himself. 1212 01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:43,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know that that. I think 1213 01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:45,800 Speaker 1: it comes down to how the guy plays in their 1214 01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:48,360 Speaker 1: practices and what their other options are. I don't think 1215 01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:51,560 Speaker 1: it has anything to do with a specific player on 1216 01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:53,919 Speaker 1: the defense they happened to be playing this week. This 1217 01:07:54,000 --> 01:07:56,920 Speaker 1: is all about the guy that gives them the best 1218 01:07:57,000 --> 01:08:00,320 Speaker 1: chance to win. Their offense will look better with one 1219 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:02,640 Speaker 1: guy at right tackle rather than the other. It's either 1220 01:08:02,680 --> 01:08:09,240 Speaker 1: gonna be Hakim adigeny Idenagy Adenagy, Yeah, achiem Adenagy or 1221 01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:11,080 Speaker 1: Isaiah Prince. And we don't even know if Prince is 1222 01:08:11,080 --> 01:08:14,400 Speaker 1: gonna be active, So you may see both these guys 1223 01:08:14,480 --> 01:08:18,280 Speaker 1: even but it comes down to who's who they have 1224 01:08:18,400 --> 01:08:20,160 Speaker 1: the most faith in, Brownie, I don't think it has 1225 01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:22,519 Speaker 1: anything to do with Greg Russeau. These are backups we're 1226 01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:25,439 Speaker 1: talking about. They're they're trying to give themselves the best 1227 01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:29,120 Speaker 1: chance for the guy who's gonna know the most and 1228 01:08:29,439 --> 01:08:33,320 Speaker 1: make the fewest mistakes. Yeah, it's crazy to think, Steve 1229 01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:39,320 Speaker 1: that before last week's game for the Bengals, They're starting 1230 01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:44,720 Speaker 1: five played every single game. They did not miss a 1231 01:08:44,800 --> 01:08:48,120 Speaker 1: snap any of the starting five until last week when 1232 01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:51,320 Speaker 1: Lyle Collins got rolled up by a defensive tackle from 1233 01:08:51,360 --> 01:08:55,120 Speaker 1: the Patriots and his knee got caved in and he 1234 01:08:55,160 --> 01:09:00,200 Speaker 1: tore his ACL and mcl That's the first absence from 1235 01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:04,160 Speaker 1: the starting offensive line for the Bengals all season. You 1236 01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:05,760 Speaker 1: think about what the Bills have had to deal with, 1237 01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:08,320 Speaker 1: shuffling guys in and out seemingly every week for the 1238 01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:10,800 Speaker 1: better part of the last two months. The Bengals have 1239 01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:14,679 Speaker 1: one injury the whole season on their offensive When it goes, man, 1240 01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:16,880 Speaker 1: you gotta go with what you got, and you're right, 1241 01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:22,000 Speaker 1: it's an incredibly fortunate, incredibly fortunate that that's happened to them. 1242 01:09:22,320 --> 01:09:26,200 Speaker 1: And now it's it's one guy, So it's not like 1243 01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:27,960 Speaker 1: it has been for the Bills at times where you 1244 01:09:28,040 --> 01:09:31,280 Speaker 1: got two guys down, you're and you're moving backup tackles 1245 01:09:31,280 --> 01:09:33,160 Speaker 1: into garden and all that stuff that's been going on. 1246 01:09:33,680 --> 01:09:36,040 Speaker 1: And you look around the league, everybody goes through this. 1247 01:09:36,680 --> 01:09:39,479 Speaker 1: Everybody has to shuffle guys around. They got a bad 1248 01:09:39,520 --> 01:09:42,639 Speaker 1: matchup they got. They're moving to guard, and every team 1249 01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:46,919 Speaker 1: does it, apparently except the Cincinnati Bengals. Coming into Week seventeen, 1250 01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:50,639 Speaker 1: They've got one guy they got to replace. That's really 1251 01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:52,920 Speaker 1: really fortuitous for them and good for them. I mean, 1252 01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:56,599 Speaker 1: that's it's a huge asset and a and a huge bonus. 1253 01:09:57,680 --> 01:10:03,160 Speaker 1: What continuity they must have. I was interested by the 1254 01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:08,719 Speaker 1: comments that he Ben Baby made about the Bengals pass rush. 1255 01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:12,400 Speaker 1: I was surprised to learn that their pass rush win 1256 01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:16,519 Speaker 1: rate is as high as it is. As you pointed out, 1257 01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:20,040 Speaker 1: they don't rank high in sack percentage. They're like twenty ninth, thirtieth. 1258 01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:23,880 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of people view Hubbard and 1259 01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:29,320 Speaker 1: Hendrickson as I don't want to be mean here. I'm 1260 01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:30,760 Speaker 1: trying to think of the right way to phrase this. 1261 01:10:31,080 --> 01:10:36,000 Speaker 1: They're not elite trait athletes at the defensive end position. 1262 01:10:36,040 --> 01:10:39,680 Speaker 1: They have ability, they're effective in what they do, but 1263 01:10:39,720 --> 01:10:42,960 Speaker 1: there I guess what you would call motor players. Their 1264 01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,559 Speaker 1: motors always go on one hundred and fifty miles per hour, 1265 01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:49,240 Speaker 1: and they're going to get production on sheer grit, determination 1266 01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:54,080 Speaker 1: and effort more than natural ability and a vast array 1267 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:58,000 Speaker 1: of pass rush moves that leave people in the dust. Well, yeah, 1268 01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:00,320 Speaker 1: they'll try. How you take away the fact that neither 1269 01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:03,280 Speaker 1: of them are one hundred percent healthy, I gotta imagine 1270 01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:06,599 Speaker 1: that task becomes even harder for motor players like that. Well, 1271 01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:09,880 Speaker 1: certainly you don't. Certainly it keeps you from coming into 1272 01:11:09,920 --> 01:11:12,200 Speaker 1: this game as a as a Bills player or a 1273 01:11:12,240 --> 01:11:15,000 Speaker 1: tactician thinking, Okay, they're not going to rush the passer 1274 01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:18,679 Speaker 1: at all, You're gonna have to run your offense. Josh 1275 01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:20,200 Speaker 1: is not going to be able to stand back there, 1276 01:11:21,760 --> 01:11:25,240 Speaker 1: you know, flat footed and throw the football. He's They're 1277 01:11:25,240 --> 01:11:28,439 Speaker 1: gonna get some pressure. They're high motor guys. They're a 1278 01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:32,160 Speaker 1: high effort defensive front, and joe Anna Rumo knows it. 1279 01:11:33,080 --> 01:11:36,880 Speaker 1: They use it to their advantage. Even if Hendrickson is 1280 01:11:36,880 --> 01:11:40,080 Speaker 1: not one hundred percent physically, there's nothing wrong with his motor. 1281 01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:44,479 Speaker 1: Same thing with Hubbard. So Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown 1282 01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:51,080 Speaker 1: are gonna have to be on it because it's not 1283 01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:57,719 Speaker 1: that they're not capable of winning matchups up front. So yeah, 1284 01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,759 Speaker 1: the statistics do kind of tell you part of the story. 1285 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:03,599 Speaker 1: But I don't, and I'll say this, I don't think 1286 01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:05,880 Speaker 1: they're playing teams that deliberately get rid of the ball 1287 01:12:05,920 --> 01:12:12,920 Speaker 1: fast because they're afraid of the pass rush. Okay, but 1288 01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:16,080 Speaker 1: I do think I mean, yeah, we'll see. We'll see 1289 01:12:16,080 --> 01:12:18,080 Speaker 1: what this looks like with the Bills offense on it 1290 01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:22,080 Speaker 1: rather than you know, the Tampa Bay offense or you 1291 01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:26,360 Speaker 1: know who the last team they played the Patriots defensive front. 1292 01:12:28,360 --> 01:12:32,160 Speaker 1: So we'll see, we'll see. It'll be interesting to see. 1293 01:12:33,960 --> 01:12:36,679 Speaker 1: You look at the matchups and you wonder like, who's 1294 01:12:36,720 --> 01:12:39,280 Speaker 1: going to be the mark on the Bengals defense, Who's 1295 01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:41,640 Speaker 1: going to be the mark on the Bills defense. Who 1296 01:12:41,720 --> 01:12:43,240 Speaker 1: are they going to try to go after because they 1297 01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:46,880 Speaker 1: feel they have a matchup advantage. And it's hard not 1298 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:50,920 Speaker 1: to think about the rookie corner Cameron Taylor britt at 1299 01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,920 Speaker 1: in Nebraska for the Bengals, you have to step into 1300 01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:58,880 Speaker 1: the starting lineup in Week eight because of a season 1301 01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:04,559 Speaker 1: ending injury to starter je jove Awoozier. And I mean, 1302 01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:09,960 Speaker 1: by all accounts, he hasn't gotten killed, but I have 1303 01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:13,960 Speaker 1: to believe the lack of experience there immediately draws an 1304 01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:21,559 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator's attention. Oh yeah, well, I'm yeah, I'm looking 1305 01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:24,320 Speaker 1: last week. I'm I don't want to change this, so 1306 01:13:24,439 --> 01:13:26,040 Speaker 1: I'm looking. I was looking. You got me thinking about 1307 01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:28,120 Speaker 1: last week when they played the Patriots, and the Patriots 1308 01:13:28,160 --> 01:13:31,240 Speaker 1: got a good front. Judon can rush the pastor much 1309 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:33,160 Speaker 1: can rush the patter. They got two sacks on him 1310 01:13:33,240 --> 01:13:41,480 Speaker 1: last week. And the Patriots have a pretty good defense. Um, yeah, 1311 01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:43,519 Speaker 1: I don't know what I think about their defensive front. 1312 01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:51,760 Speaker 1: The jury is out, Yeah, I don't know, I really don't. Um, 1313 01:13:51,800 --> 01:13:54,400 Speaker 1: the Bills haven't missed much of a beat since von 1314 01:13:54,479 --> 01:13:57,800 Speaker 1: Miller got hurt, and I think, yeah, it's getting to 1315 01:13:57,800 --> 01:13:59,880 Speaker 1: the point where now the kind of the luster as 1316 01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:01,840 Speaker 1: you know, the kind of they are who they are 1317 01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:03,400 Speaker 1: now again, you know what I mean. They don't miss 1318 01:14:03,479 --> 01:14:06,040 Speaker 1: Vaughan because he's not there anymore, right, so they don't 1319 01:14:06,040 --> 01:14:08,920 Speaker 1: They're not used to having him anymore. So I'm I'm 1320 01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:11,160 Speaker 1: really curious to see if they can hold up this 1321 01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:18,280 Speaker 1: production long term without von Miller there. But I don't know. Well, yeah, 1322 01:14:18,479 --> 01:14:25,200 Speaker 1: I mean I very quietly aj epiness is producing. Some 1323 01:14:25,320 --> 01:14:28,960 Speaker 1: of them are latent games when maybe the game's already decided, 1324 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,000 Speaker 1: like the one he got in New England when it 1325 01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:33,679 Speaker 1: was twenty four to ten. Although he kept New England 1326 01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:35,280 Speaker 1: out of the end zone. There at the end again 1327 01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:40,559 Speaker 1: but very quietly. You know, the guy has six and 1328 01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:44,760 Speaker 1: a half sacks. Yeah, Rousseau has seven, So I mean 1329 01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:47,840 Speaker 1: he's right there with Rousseau. And you know Miller still 1330 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:49,519 Speaker 1: has eight and leads the team even though he hasn't 1331 01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:53,200 Speaker 1: played in a month. But I think Epinessa has been 1332 01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:56,559 Speaker 1: opportunistic of late and it's kind of flown under the radar. 1333 01:14:57,800 --> 01:14:59,280 Speaker 1: I know we're up against the break, but we can 1334 01:14:59,280 --> 01:15:01,920 Speaker 1: talk about that little bit more and maybe the factor 1335 01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:04,439 Speaker 1: he can play tonight when we return here on One 1336 01:15:04,439 --> 01:15:07,240 Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Kalida Health, It's Buffalo Bills Radio. 1337 01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:27,000 Speaker 1: All right, welcome back to One Bill's Live. Chris Brown, 1338 01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:29,960 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you, and we are going to get 1339 01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:31,840 Speaker 1: to your thoughts on the tweet sheet as we have 1340 01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:35,360 Speaker 1: been asking you today what your keys to a Bill's 1341 01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:38,800 Speaker 1: victory might be. And we also want to remind you 1342 01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:40,799 Speaker 1: that coming up in the third hour of the show, 1343 01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:46,000 Speaker 1: we will be joined by former Bills Pro Bowl linebacker 1344 01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:51,000 Speaker 1: to Kio Spikes. How about that little Bengals Bills feel there. Yeah, 1345 01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:53,479 Speaker 1: he's got out and got the half and half jersey going. 1346 01:15:53,560 --> 01:15:58,000 Speaker 1: Does he maybe? Maybe he does? I guess we'll find 1347 01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:00,479 Speaker 1: out next hour. Yeah right, that is in fact the case. 1348 01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:04,799 Speaker 1: So yeah, pretty cool. Look forward. It's catching up with Taquio. 1349 01:16:04,840 --> 01:16:07,080 Speaker 1: I haven't seen him in a while. He was always 1350 01:16:07,080 --> 01:16:10,240 Speaker 1: a good dude when he was here. Unfortunately, his career 1351 01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:13,720 Speaker 1: in Buffalo kind of came to an unceremonious end when 1352 01:16:13,760 --> 01:16:16,479 Speaker 1: he tore his achilles and then was traded the next 1353 01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:19,800 Speaker 1: year to Philadelphia. Pretty amazing, though, isn't it that that 1354 01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:24,080 Speaker 1: guy played like another four or five years after that. Yeah, 1355 01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:26,559 Speaker 1: it used to be an inside linebacker. I'll tell you 1356 01:16:26,640 --> 01:16:30,439 Speaker 1: right now, way back in the dark ages, if you 1357 01:16:30,479 --> 01:16:32,680 Speaker 1: blew your knee out, your kind of your career was 1358 01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:34,599 Speaker 1: kind of pretty much over. Then they kind of figured 1359 01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:38,160 Speaker 1: that out, and then then it was your shoulder. If 1360 01:16:38,160 --> 01:16:39,680 Speaker 1: you blew your shoulder, you couldn't do it now they 1361 01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:41,439 Speaker 1: kind of got the technology cut up with that. And 1362 01:16:41,479 --> 01:16:44,040 Speaker 1: then it was if you blew your achilles out, it 1363 01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:47,000 Speaker 1: was a show stopper. You were absolutely done with your 1364 01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:50,400 Speaker 1: athletic career. Well, now not so much. Guys are coming 1365 01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:52,800 Speaker 1: back from that kind of stuff. Kobe Bryant did it 1366 01:16:53,240 --> 01:16:59,400 Speaker 1: playing hoops for goodness sake. It's amazing how they overcome 1367 01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:02,479 Speaker 1: these injuries that at one point they were thought to 1368 01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:06,320 Speaker 1: be insurmountable, and now you got guys like Tequillo playing 1369 01:17:06,360 --> 01:17:08,320 Speaker 1: four or five more years after he popped his achilles. 1370 01:17:08,320 --> 01:17:11,880 Speaker 1: It's amazingly. Yeah, I mean, by no means was he 1371 01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:14,000 Speaker 1: quite the same player. I mean, he used to be 1372 01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:17,720 Speaker 1: a will linebacker, covering all kinds of ground, and the 1373 01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:19,479 Speaker 1: reason he was able to stay in the league was 1374 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:22,080 Speaker 1: because he was playing inside linebacker in a three to four. 1375 01:17:22,640 --> 01:17:24,240 Speaker 1: You know, you don't have to cover as much ground, 1376 01:17:24,240 --> 01:17:25,720 Speaker 1: and that worked for him and he was still an 1377 01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:28,320 Speaker 1: effective player. But I don't know if there was a 1378 01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:33,559 Speaker 1: more passionate defensive leader that I've been around than that guy. 1379 01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:37,400 Speaker 1: Maybe for you, Darryl Talley comes to mind in that 1380 01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,680 Speaker 1: kind of a genre of player. Yeah, but you want 1381 01:17:40,680 --> 01:17:42,160 Speaker 1: to talk about a guy that could get a bunch 1382 01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:45,839 Speaker 1: of defensive players in a froth in a hurry. Actually, 1383 01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:48,959 Speaker 1: I was as serious as a heart attack. Four games, Yeah, exactly. 1384 01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:51,280 Speaker 1: He's uh, yeah, he was. He was a gifted leader 1385 01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:53,960 Speaker 1: and a great player. It'll be fun to have him 1386 01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,080 Speaker 1: on on the show here at the at the top 1387 01:17:56,080 --> 01:18:00,519 Speaker 1: of the hour. That's nice. This was just announced, Brownie, 1388 01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,880 Speaker 1: and we're we want to put our thoughts and prayers 1389 01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,840 Speaker 1: out to Murf to play by play voice of the Buffalo. 1390 01:18:06,920 --> 01:18:07,960 Speaker 1: Bill is not going to be able to do the 1391 01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:12,840 Speaker 1: game tonight. Yeah, he came down. He's not feeling up 1392 01:18:12,880 --> 01:18:14,920 Speaker 1: to it, so they made the change. You're gonna you're 1393 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:18,599 Speaker 1: they're bringing you in from the bullpen. That's right. Yeah, 1394 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:20,639 Speaker 1: I'm coming in to do the game tonight with Eric 1395 01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:24,240 Speaker 1: Wood and Sal on the sideline. So really looking forward 1396 01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:26,000 Speaker 1: to it. I mean it's a heck of a game 1397 01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:30,439 Speaker 1: to get to do so, particularly on twelvetunate twelve hours notice. 1398 01:18:31,479 --> 01:18:35,000 Speaker 1: M Yeah, I do feel fortunate that the opportunity. So 1399 01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:37,960 Speaker 1: I even texted Murf and said, I hope you're feeling 1400 01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:40,360 Speaker 1: better today. But he didn't make the trip yesterday because 1401 01:18:40,360 --> 01:18:42,120 Speaker 1: he was under the weather, and you know, we were 1402 01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:44,160 Speaker 1: checking to see, hey, you know you got all day 1403 01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:45,680 Speaker 1: to get out here, you think you get out and 1404 01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:48,800 Speaker 1: he's still not feeling so hot. So I told him 1405 01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:51,799 Speaker 1: we'll we'll do our best to do right by him tonight. 1406 01:18:51,880 --> 01:18:55,160 Speaker 1: So yes, Is and Sal, I'm sure will help me 1407 01:18:55,160 --> 01:18:56,960 Speaker 1: and we'll get it done. But this is not your 1408 01:18:56,960 --> 01:19:00,400 Speaker 1: first foura into play by play. You've done it on right, 1409 01:19:00,439 --> 01:19:02,439 Speaker 1: I mean he did it with no I do have. Yeah, 1410 01:19:02,439 --> 01:19:05,519 Speaker 1: I've got a good deal of radio play by play experience, 1411 01:19:05,560 --> 01:19:08,960 Speaker 1: probably about eighteen years worth. So yeah, I'm ready. I'll 1412 01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:11,160 Speaker 1: be ready to go. You're a mere spring chicken with 1413 01:19:11,200 --> 01:19:14,760 Speaker 1: these play by play guys. Yeah, eighteen years that's good though, 1414 01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:17,280 Speaker 1: And you're right, we'll be all right, it'll be good. Yeah, 1415 01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:20,040 Speaker 1: this is gonna be Yeah. Try not to yell through 1416 01:19:20,080 --> 01:19:22,200 Speaker 1: the whole thing, though, I mean, I you know, I'll 1417 01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:24,519 Speaker 1: do my best. I get I get a little excited 1418 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:26,960 Speaker 1: sometimes a game this big, well I'll just put the 1419 01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:29,360 Speaker 1: microphone a foot away from my mouth. Maybe what what 1420 01:19:29,439 --> 01:19:31,320 Speaker 1: other swing thoughts can I give you? But to get 1421 01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:35,920 Speaker 1: in your mind and ruin your night. Um. No, it's awesome. 1422 01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm glad you're I'm glad you're there to pick up 1423 01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:39,840 Speaker 1: for it. I hope Murph is okay back in the 1424 01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:43,040 Speaker 1: saddle in short order. But like as you would think, 1425 01:19:43,040 --> 01:19:44,920 Speaker 1: as most people would think, you never really think about 1426 01:19:44,960 --> 01:19:47,439 Speaker 1: it until it happens. And like in hockey where they 1427 01:19:47,479 --> 01:19:49,400 Speaker 1: pull the guy out of the stands, who's the emergency 1428 01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:54,559 Speaker 1: goalie for both teams? Right, Well, it's it's not that bad. 1429 01:19:54,640 --> 01:19:58,280 Speaker 1: It's not that bad. Like, but listen, you don't step 1430 01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:01,200 Speaker 1: off the don't step off the curb or Sal's gonna 1431 01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:05,080 Speaker 1: be in the boottoon play by play? Right, What what 1432 01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:09,880 Speaker 1: does it say about hockey leagues that that actually has 1433 01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:15,439 Speaker 1: happened more than once that you got some Joe in 1434 01:20:15,479 --> 01:20:19,519 Speaker 1: the stands watching the game and the coach turns rally goes, hey, 1435 01:20:19,520 --> 01:20:21,519 Speaker 1: we got nobody left you you want to hop into 1436 01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:28,320 Speaker 1: pipes for that's unbelievable that that is actually happened, dude, Yeah, 1437 01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:32,240 Speaker 1: it's And listen, here's the kicker. He could go in 1438 01:20:32,280 --> 01:20:38,240 Speaker 1: for both teams. He go in for either team. Oh yeah, 1439 01:20:38,280 --> 01:20:41,200 Speaker 1: it's a flip from the next period. Think about it 1440 01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:44,479 Speaker 1: if if it's never happened where they got four goalies 1441 01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:46,160 Speaker 1: go down in a game where they didn't have a 1442 01:20:46,760 --> 01:20:51,200 Speaker 1: sixth goalie that they needed. But think about it, if 1443 01:20:51,280 --> 01:20:53,000 Speaker 1: if worst comes to worst, he has to play for 1444 01:20:53,040 --> 01:20:59,400 Speaker 1: the other team too, if they go down. That's bro 1445 01:21:01,400 --> 01:21:03,720 Speaker 1: that right, it's not to look at That's why it's 1446 01:21:03,720 --> 01:21:06,040 Speaker 1: hard not to look at hockey differently. So you really 1447 01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:09,400 Speaker 1: have to sometimes. And you know the how the officials hockey, 1448 01:21:09,520 --> 01:21:11,760 Speaker 1: I mean, hockey trumpets a lot of things. And I 1449 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:14,559 Speaker 1: love the sport and you know, you know, do I 1450 01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:17,639 Speaker 1: I got season tickets? Man, I'm in like right, yeah, 1451 01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:21,519 Speaker 1: but okay, we could go down the list. You got 1452 01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:24,439 Speaker 1: officials who have been miked up for you know the 1453 01:21:24,520 --> 01:21:26,800 Speaker 1: content we do, right, We mike players up, they mike 1454 01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:29,560 Speaker 1: officials up. They're gonna and the official they catch the 1455 01:21:29,600 --> 01:21:33,320 Speaker 1: official manage in the game. Like he said, well, I 1456 01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:35,760 Speaker 1: wanted to give them a penalty early on so that they, 1457 01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:37,639 Speaker 1: you know, to kind of get in control again. Forget 1458 01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:40,040 Speaker 1: about whether it was a right call or not. Yeah, 1459 01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:43,800 Speaker 1: it's about message sent Yeah, I mean, this is it 1460 01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:47,400 Speaker 1: is just absolutely unbelievable. And they and then then that 1461 01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:49,640 Speaker 1: even the league trump is it like sis and if 1462 01:21:49,640 --> 01:21:52,559 Speaker 1: this is this is overtime, this is third period hockey, 1463 01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:57,760 Speaker 1: and overtime, there will not be any penalties called. Yeah, 1464 01:21:57,800 --> 01:22:00,840 Speaker 1: we're gonna swallow our with like so like so now 1465 01:22:00,960 --> 01:22:02,960 Speaker 1: is whoever can cheat the best at late in the game. 1466 01:22:04,160 --> 01:22:06,640 Speaker 1: Why do you think why do you think Slapshot is 1467 01:22:06,720 --> 01:22:09,559 Speaker 1: such a funny movie, Because when the ref goes skating 1468 01:22:09,640 --> 01:22:11,240 Speaker 1: up to the hands and brothers and says he never 1469 01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:14,800 Speaker 1: wants to hear Lady of Spain again. I mean you 1470 01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:17,880 Speaker 1: laugh because it's funny, but you also laugh because probably 1471 01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:21,360 Speaker 1: something very similar has happened in the real world of hockey. 1472 01:22:21,439 --> 01:22:24,840 Speaker 1: It is great. I'll never forget I've seen. I grew 1473 01:22:24,880 --> 01:22:26,439 Speaker 1: up in a state where there wasn't even a hockey 1474 01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:28,479 Speaker 1: rink in the state, right in Kansas. Then when I 1475 01:22:28,479 --> 01:22:32,360 Speaker 1: got into college, one of the Edmonton farm teams, the 1476 01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:37,120 Speaker 1: Edmonton Oiler farm teams was in Wichita, Kansas though Wichita 1477 01:22:37,240 --> 01:22:42,519 Speaker 1: Wind Okay, right, So I the first time I see it, 1478 01:22:44,280 --> 01:22:48,679 Speaker 1: I've never been to a hockey game, right, So they 1479 01:22:48,760 --> 01:22:53,080 Speaker 1: just my brothers are you know? And full disclosure, you 1480 01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:55,040 Speaker 1: know I grew up I'm a redneck, right, so I'm 1481 01:22:55,040 --> 01:22:57,280 Speaker 1: we're country folk. The guy goes, hey, this is gonna 1482 01:22:57,320 --> 01:22:59,559 Speaker 1: be great. We just got a new enforcer from this 1483 01:22:59,600 --> 01:23:02,040 Speaker 1: other hockey team over here, and this guy's a real 1484 01:23:02,080 --> 01:23:04,640 Speaker 1: fight It's gonna be awesome. I'm like, what's what do 1485 01:23:04,640 --> 01:23:06,600 Speaker 1: you mean? What positions he played? I don't know? But 1486 01:23:06,680 --> 01:23:12,080 Speaker 1: he fights okay? And sure enough, the guy comes in 1487 01:23:12,120 --> 01:23:18,240 Speaker 1: on his first shift and runs the goalie, swipes the goalie, 1488 01:23:18,680 --> 01:23:23,640 Speaker 1: The goalie skates out after him. He starts skating backwards, 1489 01:23:23,840 --> 01:23:27,439 Speaker 1: flips his stick upside around, so it's like instead of 1490 01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:30,960 Speaker 1: a hockey stick. It's like a hook and he bangs 1491 01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:34,360 Speaker 1: the guy in the face mask twice with the with 1492 01:23:34,479 --> 01:23:38,160 Speaker 1: the business end of his hockey like like like cutting 1493 01:23:38,160 --> 01:23:41,920 Speaker 1: with a scythe over the overhead, like an axe on 1494 01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:46,920 Speaker 1: the guy's face with a mask on. I go, yeah, 1495 01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:50,400 Speaker 1: this is a different kind of sport. I could not 1496 01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:55,040 Speaker 1: believe it. I could not believe it. And then then 1497 01:23:55,120 --> 01:23:57,719 Speaker 1: I go when I'm in Northwestern University, the first hockey 1498 01:23:57,720 --> 01:24:00,400 Speaker 1: game the NHL, first NHL came, I go to Red 1499 01:24:00,439 --> 01:24:04,160 Speaker 1: Wings Blackhawks. I didn't know standing room only in the 1500 01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:08,200 Speaker 1: old Chicago stadium got a dirt floor. It's like a 1501 01:24:08,360 --> 01:24:16,559 Speaker 1: barn old Chicago stadium. Three fights on the ice that night, 1502 01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:21,000 Speaker 1: yard sales equipment all over the ice, and two huge 1503 01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:27,640 Speaker 1: brawls in the stands, huge brawls. Melee's. I couldn't. I 1504 01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:34,400 Speaker 1: was like, goodness, gracious, seriously, I'm now I've got season tickets. 1505 01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:38,880 Speaker 1: There you go, right. Their marketing plan is spot on. 1506 01:24:40,240 --> 01:24:45,320 Speaker 1: Marketing plan is spot on. Oh man, yeah, we're in 1507 01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:48,040 Speaker 1: the weeds, Brownie. Sorry, I know. Let's get the show 1508 01:24:48,040 --> 01:24:49,640 Speaker 1: back on the rails and we'll do the use the 1509 01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:51,519 Speaker 1: tweet sheet to do that, because we've been asking you 1510 01:24:51,560 --> 01:24:53,400 Speaker 1: today what are the keys to a builds victory over 1511 01:24:53,439 --> 01:24:57,439 Speaker 1: the Bengals? Then says, get the lead early and then 1512 01:24:57,479 --> 01:25:00,160 Speaker 1: have long sustained drives to keep the Bengals offense on 1513 01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:03,320 Speaker 1: the bench, because multiple as possible to exploit their defense. 1514 01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:06,759 Speaker 1: On defense for the Bills, double chase and make Burrow 1515 01:25:06,760 --> 01:25:09,680 Speaker 1: as uncomfortable as possible to force them into bad decisions. 1516 01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:13,280 Speaker 1: Go Bills, all that's pretty much easier said than done. 1517 01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:16,600 Speaker 1: But what do you think about because the Bills have 1518 01:25:16,640 --> 01:25:19,519 Speaker 1: employed this to some degree Steve the last few weeks, 1519 01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:24,639 Speaker 1: long sustained drives, Nickel and Diamond their way down the field, 1520 01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:28,240 Speaker 1: mixing in more of a run game. They've been able 1521 01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:31,320 Speaker 1: to stay on schedule. But this defense is a little 1522 01:25:31,320 --> 01:25:34,320 Speaker 1: bit more formidable than some of the ones they faced recently, 1523 01:25:34,520 --> 01:25:36,519 Speaker 1: although you know they did it to the Patriots as well. 1524 01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:39,000 Speaker 1: Patriots got a really good defense. I don't want to 1525 01:25:39,000 --> 01:25:42,000 Speaker 1: be at Pollyanna or have rose colored glasses, but I 1526 01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:45,240 Speaker 1: am convinced there are times in this season where the 1527 01:25:45,320 --> 01:25:50,040 Speaker 1: Bills offense didn't look high flying and high potent by design. 1528 01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:54,719 Speaker 1: I really believe they were using the clock against their opponent. 1529 01:25:54,720 --> 01:25:56,839 Speaker 1: And they get up when they get up three scores 1530 01:25:56,880 --> 01:25:59,160 Speaker 1: like seventeen points, and they've been once in a while 1531 01:25:59,680 --> 01:26:02,880 Speaker 1: in the last during this season, in those handful of 1532 01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:05,960 Speaker 1: games over the course of the sixteen they've played or 1533 01:26:05,960 --> 01:26:09,920 Speaker 1: this fifteen they've played, there have been times when they 1534 01:26:09,960 --> 01:26:15,760 Speaker 1: absolutely you could things just changed. They weren't Dinkon and 1535 01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:19,919 Speaker 1: Duncan just plodding their way down the field, converting third downs, 1536 01:26:20,040 --> 01:26:23,439 Speaker 1: you know, and just squeezing the life out of the 1537 01:26:23,479 --> 01:26:27,360 Speaker 1: game on the clock rather than on the scoreboard. And 1538 01:26:27,400 --> 01:26:29,280 Speaker 1: I don't I don't want to say, like, wow, they're 1539 01:26:29,320 --> 01:26:32,559 Speaker 1: so good, they're not even trying to score points. They're 1540 01:26:32,560 --> 01:26:36,000 Speaker 1: trying to use I'm not saying all of that, but man, 1541 01:26:36,040 --> 01:26:38,200 Speaker 1: oh man, it sure seems like some games they have 1542 01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:41,320 Speaker 1: so much control over what they're doing that they did 1543 01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:44,439 Speaker 1: play complimentary football like that hard for Aaron Rodgers to 1544 01:26:44,479 --> 01:26:47,280 Speaker 1: beat him when he scores a touchdown late to get 1545 01:26:47,280 --> 01:26:53,719 Speaker 1: it to ten points. You know, Yeah, it really felt 1546 01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:57,400 Speaker 1: like that in a couple of occasions this season. I 1547 01:26:57,439 --> 01:26:59,519 Speaker 1: don't know if they're you'd have to be really good 1548 01:26:59,560 --> 01:27:00,840 Speaker 1: to be able to do that to a team like 1549 01:27:00,880 --> 01:27:04,599 Speaker 1: the Bengals, but it's in the tool bag, I think, right, 1550 01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:13,200 Speaker 1: do you see the bills doubling Chase or bracketing him, 1551 01:27:13,320 --> 01:27:16,719 Speaker 1: some kind of scheme to help over the top, knowing 1552 01:27:16,760 --> 01:27:18,680 Speaker 1: the deep threat that he is because you got a 1553 01:27:18,720 --> 01:27:21,120 Speaker 1: guy on the other side who's just as capable in Higgins. 1554 01:27:21,200 --> 01:27:24,439 Speaker 1: I'm just wondering how you square that. Yeah, I think 1555 01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:28,960 Speaker 1: what you do is as best you can through film study, preparation, 1556 01:27:29,479 --> 01:27:32,000 Speaker 1: knowledge about their offense, and we just get a feel 1557 01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:35,640 Speaker 1: for what they're doing when they get into a formation 1558 01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:39,200 Speaker 1: with motion, shifts and all of that. When they come 1559 01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,720 Speaker 1: out and they snap the ball, you try to get 1560 01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:44,680 Speaker 1: a handle on what who You think, which guy in 1561 01:27:44,720 --> 01:27:47,599 Speaker 1: which spot is gonna be more than likely their number 1562 01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:51,000 Speaker 1: one guy. It doesn't always have to be Chase, and 1563 01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:52,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't always have to be Higgins, but when they 1564 01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:55,360 Speaker 1: get into certain formations and certain shifts and stink, you think, Okay, 1565 01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:57,599 Speaker 1: this is the guy they're going to, whether it's Higgins 1566 01:27:57,640 --> 01:27:59,760 Speaker 1: or Chase, and they could switch to those guys in 1567 01:27:59,760 --> 01:28:04,800 Speaker 1: and out of those formations and shifts. That's the guy 1568 01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:08,080 Speaker 1: you try and take away first, whether it's Chase or Higgins. Now, 1569 01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:10,439 Speaker 1: certainly more often than I'll probably be Jamar Chase because 1570 01:28:10,439 --> 01:28:12,760 Speaker 1: he's their number one, But there are certain other times 1571 01:28:12,760 --> 01:28:16,599 Speaker 1: when it's gonna be Higgins, and I think you look 1572 01:28:16,600 --> 01:28:19,360 Speaker 1: at what the Patriots did to him, and you said it, 1573 01:28:20,280 --> 01:28:22,040 Speaker 1: I think the Patriots do you know? We know the 1574 01:28:22,040 --> 01:28:23,840 Speaker 1: Patriots dud. They're going to take away your number one 1575 01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:27,439 Speaker 1: option every time, every time they think they handen, and 1576 01:28:27,479 --> 01:28:32,559 Speaker 1: they through whatever means they have in New England to 1577 01:28:32,600 --> 01:28:35,559 Speaker 1: find out who your number one is. And that's why 1578 01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,120 Speaker 1: you end up with a guy like Irwin or that 1579 01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:44,479 Speaker 1: kid Kenny Trent and Irwin he gets two touchdowns. That's 1580 01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:47,000 Speaker 1: why when the Bills Bills play up there, all of 1581 01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:50,280 Speaker 1: a sudden, Isaiah McKenzie has twelve targets and eleven catches 1582 01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:53,479 Speaker 1: and knocks out because they take those other guys away 1583 01:28:53,520 --> 01:28:55,720 Speaker 1: in New England, they have to do. So that's what 1584 01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:57,760 Speaker 1: I think the Bills will try and make, you know, 1585 01:28:58,080 --> 01:29:00,599 Speaker 1: try and make happen in Cincinnati. The other are going 1586 01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:03,839 Speaker 1: to have to beat you rather than Higgins or Burrow 1587 01:29:04,080 --> 01:29:08,920 Speaker 1: or even you know, Tyler Boyd and the Bengals defense 1588 01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:10,720 Speaker 1: in turn may do and maybe trying to do the 1589 01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:13,120 Speaker 1: exact same thing to the Bills offense. We got to 1590 01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:15,559 Speaker 1: take a break here. When we come back, more of 1591 01:29:15,560 --> 01:29:18,479 Speaker 1: your thoughts on the tweet sheet and don't forget coming 1592 01:29:18,520 --> 01:29:21,479 Speaker 1: up an hour number three one to Kio Spikes will 1593 01:29:21,479 --> 01:29:23,679 Speaker 1: be joining us, you know on one Bills Live, presented 1594 01:29:23,680 --> 01:29:40,840 Speaker 1: by a lot of Health It's Buffalo Bills Radio. Back 1595 01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:43,120 Speaker 1: to the tweet sheet, we go here on one Bills Live. 1596 01:29:43,240 --> 01:29:45,920 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Steve Tasker with you and Jay mad says, 1597 01:29:46,040 --> 01:29:50,240 Speaker 1: we need to not beat ourselves with turnovers and penalties. 1598 01:29:50,600 --> 01:29:53,479 Speaker 1: Can have special teams putting us in bad situations like 1599 01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:56,400 Speaker 1: last week. Find a way to get Digs more involved. 1600 01:29:56,439 --> 01:29:58,360 Speaker 1: We need Knocks or one of the wide receivers to 1601 01:29:58,400 --> 01:30:01,400 Speaker 1: step up and keep feeding. Cooking singletary. What about the 1602 01:30:01,439 --> 01:30:05,000 Speaker 1: Digs issue there, Steve, There's no question over the last 1603 01:30:05,040 --> 01:30:09,880 Speaker 1: six weeks his targets, his receptions, his yards, and his 1604 01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:14,160 Speaker 1: touchdowns have declined precipitously, not at the expensive the team 1605 01:30:14,200 --> 01:30:22,640 Speaker 1: winning or losing games, but he has been noticeably less productive. Yeah, 1606 01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:27,680 Speaker 1: I don't. It's hard for me to. I think when 1607 01:30:27,720 --> 01:30:29,679 Speaker 1: it goes through stretches like this for a wide receiver, 1608 01:30:29,760 --> 01:30:31,320 Speaker 1: I don't think he put it on like he's just 1609 01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:33,439 Speaker 1: not involved in the offense. And now I think every 1610 01:30:33,479 --> 01:30:36,200 Speaker 1: game is different. The Chicago game was much different than 1611 01:30:36,200 --> 01:30:39,240 Speaker 1: the Jet game, much different than the New England game, 1612 01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:43,639 Speaker 1: much different than the Miami game. All those games are 1613 01:30:43,720 --> 01:30:45,880 Speaker 1: their own entity. So when you get into a streak 1614 01:30:45,880 --> 01:30:49,840 Speaker 1: where you're not finding digs enough, certainly they can make 1615 01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:52,080 Speaker 1: us concerted effort to get him the ball. But I 1616 01:30:52,080 --> 01:30:54,880 Speaker 1: think they do that when they go into these games 1617 01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:56,960 Speaker 1: and then they find something else, like in the Chicago game, 1618 01:30:57,000 --> 01:30:59,680 Speaker 1: where they find something else that's gonna work that go 1619 01:30:59,760 --> 01:31:02,839 Speaker 1: with fat and don't worry about just getting him involved 1620 01:31:02,840 --> 01:31:05,400 Speaker 1: just to get him involved. So I don't think all 1621 01:31:05,439 --> 01:31:08,160 Speaker 1: these games and the fact that Steph hasn't been getting 1622 01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:11,320 Speaker 1: the ball enough is all for the same reason. And 1623 01:31:11,360 --> 01:31:13,920 Speaker 1: I don't think there's a concerted effort not to get 1624 01:31:14,000 --> 01:31:17,479 Speaker 1: him the ball, And certainly there is a concerted effort 1625 01:31:17,479 --> 01:31:19,920 Speaker 1: on the part of defense is to keep him unoccupied 1626 01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:25,200 Speaker 1: or uninvolved. So yeah, I'm I don't think there's a 1627 01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:29,240 Speaker 1: simple way to get him involved and make sure he's involved, 1628 01:31:29,320 --> 01:31:32,280 Speaker 1: unless short of just getting thrown it at him no 1629 01:31:32,320 --> 01:31:34,639 Speaker 1: matter what. And maybe they should do that, and maybe 1630 01:31:34,680 --> 01:31:36,880 Speaker 1: they do do that a couple of times, but I 1631 01:31:36,880 --> 01:31:39,639 Speaker 1: don't think you can make a blanket statement, even though 1632 01:31:39,680 --> 01:31:42,120 Speaker 1: it's it's run over like the course of three or 1633 01:31:42,120 --> 01:31:44,559 Speaker 1: four or five whatever weeks it's been that he's his 1634 01:31:44,640 --> 01:31:46,680 Speaker 1: numbers have gone down. I don't think there's any one 1635 01:31:46,800 --> 01:31:49,439 Speaker 1: reason for it. I think every game is different. The 1636 01:31:49,479 --> 01:31:51,439 Speaker 1: only thing that's the same is that defenses are trying 1637 01:31:51,439 --> 01:31:56,000 Speaker 1: to defend him first and everybody else after that. Yeah, 1638 01:31:56,040 --> 01:31:59,240 Speaker 1: and it was interesting after last week's game Josh Allen 1639 01:31:59,320 --> 01:32:02,280 Speaker 1: unsolicited said he has to get fourteen the ball more. 1640 01:32:03,120 --> 01:32:05,960 Speaker 1: He did say within reason, doesn't want to force it 1641 01:32:06,520 --> 01:32:09,080 Speaker 1: because that can be a dangerous line to walk to, 1642 01:32:09,439 --> 01:32:12,200 Speaker 1: as we well know, be interesting to see if they 1643 01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:16,519 Speaker 1: have things schemed up to get Digs involved early and often. 1644 01:32:16,720 --> 01:32:18,479 Speaker 1: We have to take a break here because when we 1645 01:32:18,560 --> 01:32:21,400 Speaker 1: come back, it is time for us to be joined 1646 01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:26,840 Speaker 1: by one to Kio Spikes, former Bills linebacker, former Cincinnati 1647 01:32:27,000 --> 01:32:31,120 Speaker 1: first round pick and Bengals linebacker. He'll give us some 1648 01:32:31,240 --> 01:32:34,479 Speaker 1: interesting perspective on what the Bills can expect in the 1649 01:32:34,600 --> 01:32:37,599 Speaker 1: jungle in prime time. Coming up next here on One 1650 01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:40,280 Speaker 1: Bills Live presented by Collot of Health, it's Buffalo Bills Radio. 1651 01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:26,439 Speaker 1: We see these One Bill's Live presented by Light to Health. 1652 01:33:28,760 --> 01:33:31,080 Speaker 1: All right, here we be our number three on a 1653 01:33:31,160 --> 01:33:36,439 Speaker 1: Buffalo game day Monday Monday Night Football Bills Bengals and 1654 01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:39,639 Speaker 1: joining us now is a guy that sat on both 1655 01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:43,160 Speaker 1: sides of the fence tonight. First round draft choice of 1656 01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:47,240 Speaker 1: the Bengals started his career there. Then Bill's Mafia basically 1657 01:33:47,320 --> 01:33:52,280 Speaker 1: recruited him to Buffalo and the rest is history. One 1658 01:33:52,320 --> 01:33:54,519 Speaker 1: of the most intense competitors you've ever seen in the 1659 01:33:54,560 --> 01:33:57,120 Speaker 1: Bill's uniform is to Kio Spikes joining us here in 1660 01:33:57,200 --> 01:33:59,679 Speaker 1: our number three? How are we doing? To Kio? Goot 1661 01:33:59,680 --> 01:34:03,479 Speaker 1: to see? Yeah, man, you look great, outstanding man. It's 1662 01:34:03,560 --> 01:34:06,439 Speaker 1: always a pleasure to be able to chop it up, 1663 01:34:06,520 --> 01:34:09,760 Speaker 1: not only when we talk about the great ball that 1664 01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,640 Speaker 1: the Bills are playing, but two teams, two of my 1665 01:34:12,720 --> 01:34:15,800 Speaker 1: former teams. So I've been doing great. Happy holidays to 1666 01:34:15,880 --> 01:34:17,800 Speaker 1: the both of you. Yeah, you've been. You've been a 1667 01:34:17,800 --> 01:34:19,800 Speaker 1: part of games like this when you play, you played 1668 01:34:19,840 --> 01:34:22,680 Speaker 1: for fifteen years and you get and just try and 1669 01:34:22,720 --> 01:34:25,680 Speaker 1: describe for people listening when I've tried to do it, 1670 01:34:25,640 --> 01:34:26,920 Speaker 1: and I don't know if I've done a really good 1671 01:34:26,960 --> 01:34:30,000 Speaker 1: job of it or not. But the difference because you 1672 01:34:30,040 --> 01:34:32,679 Speaker 1: practice at a high level, you train at a high 1673 01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:37,200 Speaker 1: level your professionals, but when you get to a game 1674 01:34:37,880 --> 01:34:42,880 Speaker 1: like this one. Describe what changes in the building when 1675 01:34:42,920 --> 01:34:45,240 Speaker 1: you get to work on every morning about listen, this 1676 01:34:45,320 --> 01:34:47,320 Speaker 1: is a this is a big game. This is a 1677 01:34:47,560 --> 01:34:48,960 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, This is a playoff kind 1678 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:52,719 Speaker 1: of game. Describe the difference between the all day, everyday 1679 01:34:52,760 --> 01:34:55,000 Speaker 1: regular season and then you get into a into a 1680 01:34:55,040 --> 01:34:58,960 Speaker 1: scuffle like this one. All right, so it used to 1681 01:34:58,960 --> 01:35:03,280 Speaker 1: be sixteen weeks league. Now we all know a seventeen weeks, 1682 01:35:03,320 --> 01:35:07,160 Speaker 1: which really means eighteen weeks when you count a bye week. 1683 01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:10,240 Speaker 1: And what happens if you start to get in that 1684 01:35:10,520 --> 01:35:14,840 Speaker 1: mundane routine of Monday you come in, depending on if 1685 01:35:14,840 --> 01:35:18,720 Speaker 1: you have victory Monday, Tuesday day off, you still go in. 1686 01:35:18,760 --> 01:35:23,160 Speaker 1: You get into your routine. But now it's different. As 1687 01:35:23,160 --> 01:35:27,160 Speaker 1: you mentioned, even though we're not, it's not a playoff game, 1688 01:35:27,680 --> 01:35:30,920 Speaker 1: but technically it really is. And this is the reason why, 1689 01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:37,160 Speaker 1: because it's a heightened sensitivity of awareness that goes up. 1690 01:35:37,400 --> 01:35:40,280 Speaker 1: If you're the Buffalo Bills coming into this game, you 1691 01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:44,360 Speaker 1: understand that this Bengals team is very dangerous. They're coming 1692 01:35:44,400 --> 01:35:47,360 Speaker 1: in up under a seven game win streak number one 1693 01:35:47,680 --> 01:35:51,120 Speaker 1: and then number two. Even though you're leading your division 1694 01:35:51,200 --> 01:35:54,679 Speaker 1: or clinch your division. You know what, you still gotta 1695 01:35:54,760 --> 01:35:57,880 Speaker 1: play for the best seed because ultimately, at the end 1696 01:35:57,880 --> 01:36:01,320 Speaker 1: of the day, you want to be that number one seed. 1697 01:36:01,720 --> 01:36:03,840 Speaker 1: And if you can be that number one seed, guess 1698 01:36:03,840 --> 01:36:07,479 Speaker 1: what that brings Kansas City to you. Now you don't 1699 01:36:07,479 --> 01:36:11,040 Speaker 1: have to go and play Kansas City and Kansie City fans, 1700 01:36:11,360 --> 01:36:14,880 Speaker 1: and you look at the heightened sensitivity of what I mentioned. 1701 01:36:14,920 --> 01:36:18,080 Speaker 1: Also is the guys understand coming in that building this 1702 01:36:18,280 --> 01:36:22,200 Speaker 1: week and it will be displayed tonight. This is a 1703 01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:25,080 Speaker 1: game that you really don't want to lose. Why because 1704 01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:27,559 Speaker 1: it could really put you in the number three seed 1705 01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:31,520 Speaker 1: in the a f C, which means you could potentially 1706 01:36:31,600 --> 01:36:35,679 Speaker 1: be going to play the Kansie City Chiefs the one 1707 01:36:35,720 --> 01:36:38,840 Speaker 1: and two seed, or it could be who lose the 1708 01:36:38,920 --> 01:36:41,200 Speaker 1: number two seeds maybe with the Bengals, right, one of 1709 01:36:41,240 --> 01:36:43,000 Speaker 1: these two it'll be one of these two teams today 1710 01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:46,360 Speaker 1: the other one to face them again. Yeah yeah, So 1711 01:36:46,360 --> 01:36:49,280 Speaker 1: so you know, like that's what changes. You don't get 1712 01:36:49,320 --> 01:36:52,080 Speaker 1: in that same routine. You do the same thing, but 1713 01:36:52,240 --> 01:36:54,840 Speaker 1: it's more of a sense of urgency that you bring 1714 01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:57,919 Speaker 1: into the building with you. It's not like on Wednesday, 1715 01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:00,439 Speaker 1: Oh okay, I'll get it you get a mistake grown 1716 01:37:00,760 --> 01:37:04,599 Speaker 1: on a plate. I didn't recognize that. I get it tomorrow. Negative, 1717 01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:09,000 Speaker 1: you gotta get it today. And that's the height insensativity 1718 01:37:09,320 --> 01:37:11,720 Speaker 1: of what comes along with you. I think Takio is 1719 01:37:11,760 --> 01:37:15,040 Speaker 1: ready to put a helmet on right now. So talk 1720 01:37:15,080 --> 01:37:18,800 Speaker 1: to me Tekio from a linebacker perspective here, because one 1721 01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:23,200 Speaker 1: change that we've noticed in Joe Burrow's game is he's 1722 01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:27,200 Speaker 1: kind of adopted that Tom Brady approach, like, Hey, you're 1723 01:37:27,200 --> 01:37:29,120 Speaker 1: gonna give me three seven yards, I'll take the check 1724 01:37:29,160 --> 01:37:31,479 Speaker 1: down here and I'll get second and three and live 1725 01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:34,599 Speaker 1: that way all day. When you're a linebacker and you're 1726 01:37:34,640 --> 01:37:38,920 Speaker 1: facing a quarterback that seems willing or more rapped than 1727 01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:41,719 Speaker 1: in the past to go that route because you're playing 1728 01:37:41,840 --> 01:37:44,800 Speaker 1: cover two shell or whatever and not give him anything 1729 01:37:44,880 --> 01:37:48,160 Speaker 1: cheap or deep, how does that change your perspective as 1730 01:37:48,160 --> 01:37:50,439 Speaker 1: a linebacker. Obviously, you've got your game plan, you've got 1731 01:37:50,479 --> 01:37:53,120 Speaker 1: your assignments, but knowing a quarterback is more apt to 1732 01:37:53,160 --> 01:37:57,320 Speaker 1: take those, does it change your focus? Does it heighten 1733 01:37:57,360 --> 01:38:02,920 Speaker 1: your awareness anymore? Yeah, it heightens your awareness from the 1734 01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:06,519 Speaker 1: standpoint of we used to play checkers, now we have 1735 01:38:06,600 --> 01:38:09,000 Speaker 1: to play chess with it. And what I mean by 1736 01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:13,240 Speaker 1: that is I remember playing against Tom Braden. If you 1737 01:38:13,360 --> 01:38:17,040 Speaker 1: give him a cover to shell, he's gonna be patient 1738 01:38:17,040 --> 01:38:20,240 Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage and he sees the boxes 1739 01:38:20,280 --> 01:38:23,280 Speaker 1: like he's going to run it. He's patient with getting 1740 01:38:23,320 --> 01:38:26,200 Speaker 1: three four yards to carry, because if you get four 1741 01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:29,040 Speaker 1: yards to carry, that's a first down to every three plays. 1742 01:38:29,120 --> 01:38:33,439 Speaker 1: Now you bring somebody in the box, he's gonna check. Okay, 1743 01:38:33,560 --> 01:38:36,479 Speaker 1: I see one on one opportunities on the outside, I 1744 01:38:36,560 --> 01:38:38,360 Speaker 1: may look for a bang aid, I may look for 1745 01:38:38,439 --> 01:38:43,320 Speaker 1: out routes, and so as a defender, especially as linebackers, 1746 01:38:43,479 --> 01:38:46,880 Speaker 1: you want to be aggressive. As defensive lineman, you want 1747 01:38:46,920 --> 01:38:50,639 Speaker 1: to be aggressive, but you have to understand. You gotta 1748 01:38:50,840 --> 01:38:54,840 Speaker 1: understand how the quarterback is thinking, how the offensive coordinator 1749 01:38:54,960 --> 01:38:57,040 Speaker 1: is thinking, and you have to know when to take 1750 01:38:57,080 --> 01:39:00,439 Speaker 1: your shots. This is a prime example tonight to where 1751 01:39:00,479 --> 01:39:04,519 Speaker 1: you may see in Oliver Gregory Russo trying to take 1752 01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:07,719 Speaker 1: advantage of them when they earned the right to rush 1753 01:39:07,760 --> 01:39:10,479 Speaker 1: the pass, to put them in long yard of situations. 1754 01:39:10,520 --> 01:39:12,920 Speaker 1: And when you put them in that, now you it's 1755 01:39:12,960 --> 01:39:15,840 Speaker 1: the process of elimination. Now you don't have to play 1756 01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:18,960 Speaker 1: the chess game anymore. It's straight checkers man on man 1757 01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:21,800 Speaker 1: and then you let it line up and you see 1758 01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:24,479 Speaker 1: who let the best man go out and win it out. 1759 01:39:25,400 --> 01:39:29,320 Speaker 1: What do you think about how this? What's your mindset 1760 01:39:29,400 --> 01:39:33,360 Speaker 1: when this Cincinnati Bengal offense takes the field? They got 1761 01:39:33,400 --> 01:39:37,040 Speaker 1: three whiteouts that are all really good. What's as a defender? 1762 01:39:38,040 --> 01:39:39,880 Speaker 1: How do you approach a game when a team has 1763 01:39:39,920 --> 01:39:44,120 Speaker 1: got really big time weapons on the outside that you 1764 01:39:44,200 --> 01:39:46,360 Speaker 1: gotta cover up. I mean, you gotta you gotta pick 1765 01:39:46,400 --> 01:39:48,320 Speaker 1: one to double you gotta pick one to single up. 1766 01:39:48,360 --> 01:39:50,559 Speaker 1: You gotta, you know, zone it off. You gotta, you know, 1767 01:39:50,680 --> 01:39:52,320 Speaker 1: man it up all the time. You gotta get in 1768 01:39:52,360 --> 01:39:55,480 Speaker 1: their face or you play off. What is the mindset 1769 01:39:55,520 --> 01:39:57,720 Speaker 1: in preparation and when you take the field against the 1770 01:39:57,760 --> 01:40:00,360 Speaker 1: team you know is gonna throw it to those three guys, 1771 01:40:02,680 --> 01:40:05,280 Speaker 1: you have to go inside of your defensive back room, 1772 01:40:05,439 --> 01:40:09,400 Speaker 1: Well really in the entire defense. Upfront, guys, we need 1773 01:40:09,840 --> 01:40:13,120 Speaker 1: one of you guys to exploit the weakest link. We 1774 01:40:13,240 --> 01:40:16,840 Speaker 1: know Lio Collins, he's out and so I talked about 1775 01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:20,920 Speaker 1: ed Oliver, Gregory Rousseau. We need you guys to pick 1776 01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:23,360 Speaker 1: up the slack. Then you go to the back end 1777 01:40:23,400 --> 01:40:26,400 Speaker 1: and the defensive back room and you look and see 1778 01:40:26,760 --> 01:40:30,080 Speaker 1: let's go back a few weeks ago when we played Miami. No, 1779 01:40:30,320 --> 01:40:34,679 Speaker 1: we didn't necessarily needed one guy to go out to 1780 01:40:34,680 --> 01:40:39,960 Speaker 1: defend a the cheater. So let's play bracket coverage on 1781 01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:43,240 Speaker 1: one guy and then we can go ahead and get 1782 01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:46,639 Speaker 1: him Tredavious White, which he is. I'm glad to see 1783 01:40:46,720 --> 01:40:49,320 Speaker 1: him back and put him in a position to say, 1784 01:40:49,600 --> 01:40:54,040 Speaker 1: you are the X factor understanding certain down and distant situations. 1785 01:40:54,080 --> 01:40:56,080 Speaker 1: This is where the ball is going. This is the 1786 01:40:56,120 --> 01:40:59,320 Speaker 1: reason why we're going to assign you to be on 1787 01:40:59,439 --> 01:41:03,120 Speaker 1: this guy every time, because you know the tendencies and 1788 01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:05,920 Speaker 1: you watched them all week. And outside of that, for 1789 01:41:05,960 --> 01:41:09,000 Speaker 1: the third receiver, yeah, they're gonna make plays like that. 1790 01:41:09,360 --> 01:41:11,840 Speaker 1: That's part of what they do. But we have to 1791 01:41:11,920 --> 01:41:14,280 Speaker 1: keep it and keep the damage to a minimum. And 1792 01:41:14,320 --> 01:41:16,960 Speaker 1: I think that's the best way when you talk about 1793 01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:20,720 Speaker 1: defending this dangeroussisting at a Bengal's offense, is to be 1794 01:41:20,800 --> 01:41:23,760 Speaker 1: able to take your stars and put them against their stars, 1795 01:41:23,800 --> 01:41:27,120 Speaker 1: but ask a little bit more out of your superstars, 1796 01:41:27,240 --> 01:41:29,599 Speaker 1: especially on the defensive line, because that is the best 1797 01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:33,960 Speaker 1: asset to any cornerback in the National Football League. All Right, 1798 01:41:34,040 --> 01:41:36,679 Speaker 1: So you were known as an emotional leader to KO 1799 01:41:36,800 --> 01:41:41,280 Speaker 1: and these big games. Naturally, because of your emotional constitution, 1800 01:41:41,280 --> 01:41:45,439 Speaker 1: you would probably get super hyped for these things. Josh Allen, 1801 01:41:45,479 --> 01:41:48,559 Speaker 1: as we know, get super hyped for these things too. 1802 01:41:48,640 --> 01:41:50,719 Speaker 1: He did a really good job last year of keeping 1803 01:41:50,720 --> 01:41:54,160 Speaker 1: his emotions more in check and kind of avoiding that 1804 01:41:54,280 --> 01:41:56,519 Speaker 1: moniker that some people had given them called sugar. Hi, 1805 01:41:56,680 --> 01:42:02,160 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, how would you keep your emotions in check? 1806 01:42:02,960 --> 01:42:04,559 Speaker 1: You know, so you're not so hyped to the point 1807 01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:07,880 Speaker 1: where you can't even think straight. And you know, remember alignment, assignment, etc. 1808 01:42:09,880 --> 01:42:14,360 Speaker 1: You it's just a reminder. And I think I can speak. 1809 01:42:15,400 --> 01:42:19,160 Speaker 1: I can speak on this because I have plenty experience 1810 01:42:19,240 --> 01:42:22,080 Speaker 1: on it. I remember going out one game and I 1811 01:42:22,200 --> 01:42:27,600 Speaker 1: just got extremely too high, just expecting to just kill somebody. 1812 01:42:28,479 --> 01:42:31,400 Speaker 1: They gave me a look that I wasn't expecting. I 1813 01:42:31,520 --> 01:42:37,080 Speaker 1: was like a flex, what's going on? So, you know, 1814 01:42:37,120 --> 01:42:39,800 Speaker 1: it's like I had to reset. So I think it's 1815 01:42:39,840 --> 01:42:43,760 Speaker 1: important tonight. They have to understand this team is very good. 1816 01:42:43,840 --> 01:42:47,719 Speaker 1: This team dethrones the Kanzie City Chiefs, so with knowing 1817 01:42:47,800 --> 01:42:50,720 Speaker 1: that they're going to make their plays and that's and 1818 01:42:50,800 --> 01:42:53,880 Speaker 1: that's fine, but we just have to make more plays 1819 01:42:53,880 --> 01:42:56,519 Speaker 1: than them, and so when they do make a play, 1820 01:42:57,600 --> 01:43:01,120 Speaker 1: don't get discouraged, don't get mad. Let's at least talk 1821 01:43:01,160 --> 01:43:03,960 Speaker 1: about it and figure out the why. And once you're 1822 01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:06,800 Speaker 1: able to figure out the why, coming back to the sideline, 1823 01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:09,840 Speaker 1: hopefully you can figure it out within that play drive. 1824 01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:13,719 Speaker 1: Now you can make the adjustments. Because I truly believe 1825 01:43:14,479 --> 01:43:17,479 Speaker 1: I'm so looking forward to this matchup. I think it's 1826 01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:22,200 Speaker 1: the premier matchup in the AFC, hands down as it is, 1827 01:43:22,760 --> 01:43:25,960 Speaker 1: and I think the emphasis really needs to be on 1828 01:43:26,360 --> 01:43:28,720 Speaker 1: if they make a play, so what we're gonna make 1829 01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:31,880 Speaker 1: two more than the play than they made. And if 1830 01:43:31,920 --> 01:43:34,840 Speaker 1: you get into this game at this level, at this 1831 01:43:34,960 --> 01:43:37,160 Speaker 1: time of year, because there's only one game after this 1832 01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:42,200 Speaker 1: kind of quantify for both of these clubs, because even 1833 01:43:42,200 --> 01:43:44,720 Speaker 1: if you don't get there. The Bengals have proven it 1834 01:43:45,160 --> 01:43:46,880 Speaker 1: they don't need a home field advantage to get to 1835 01:43:46,880 --> 01:43:48,840 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. They did it on the road last year. 1836 01:43:49,200 --> 01:43:51,519 Speaker 1: The Bills have gone on the road and have not 1837 01:43:51,680 --> 01:43:52,960 Speaker 1: made it to the Super Bowl, but out of the 1838 01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:56,559 Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game and played really outstanding football in Kansas 1839 01:43:56,600 --> 01:43:59,120 Speaker 1: City and can walk out of there with their head high, 1840 01:43:59,360 --> 01:44:02,880 Speaker 1: but still neither of these teams should feel like their 1841 01:44:02,920 --> 01:44:06,720 Speaker 1: seasons over if they don't get the one seed. But 1842 01:44:06,840 --> 01:44:09,240 Speaker 1: what's the difference for both of these clubs. If Cincinnati 1843 01:44:09,280 --> 01:44:11,679 Speaker 1: gets the one seed, what does it mean to them? 1844 01:44:12,000 --> 01:44:14,559 Speaker 1: And if Buffalo gets the one seed, how does it 1845 01:44:14,640 --> 01:44:17,360 Speaker 1: change or affect their chance? I mean both these both 1846 01:44:17,400 --> 01:44:20,280 Speaker 1: these clubs would love it, no question about it. But 1847 01:44:20,360 --> 01:44:22,400 Speaker 1: how likely is it that if one of them doesn't 1848 01:44:22,400 --> 01:44:24,040 Speaker 1: get it they can still get to the super Bowl? 1849 01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:29,920 Speaker 1: I think you just go off of the resume, and 1850 01:44:29,960 --> 01:44:33,519 Speaker 1: I think you said at best, the Cincinnati was a team. 1851 01:44:33,560 --> 01:44:37,320 Speaker 1: They were complete road warriors a year ago. And so 1852 01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:41,200 Speaker 1: for me being in situations to where you've done it 1853 01:44:41,240 --> 01:44:45,000 Speaker 1: before versus just talking about it hoping the best. For 1854 01:44:46,200 --> 01:44:48,599 Speaker 1: these guys are battle tested when it comes on the road. 1855 01:44:48,680 --> 01:44:52,240 Speaker 1: So in the event that Cincinnati loses this game this evening, 1856 01:44:54,000 --> 01:44:57,600 Speaker 1: you know their mindset will be. You know what guys like, 1857 01:44:57,720 --> 01:45:01,240 Speaker 1: it's feel okay like what we have done up until 1858 01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:04,679 Speaker 1: this point. It's not by accident. We've won seventh straight 1859 01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:08,000 Speaker 1: and beating some of the best teams, and a lot 1860 01:45:08,040 --> 01:45:11,320 Speaker 1: of them came on the road. So from that aspect, 1861 01:45:11,360 --> 01:45:13,040 Speaker 1: I think that will be best and if you take 1862 01:45:13,080 --> 01:45:16,439 Speaker 1: the Bills and you look at the Buffalo Bills and say, hey, 1863 01:45:16,479 --> 01:45:19,320 Speaker 1: if they're fortunate enough to win this game this evening, 1864 01:45:20,520 --> 01:45:24,640 Speaker 1: I really think this takes them to another level of comfortability. 1865 01:45:25,080 --> 01:45:29,320 Speaker 1: There's nothing like playing the playoffs knowing that you never 1866 01:45:29,479 --> 01:45:33,800 Speaker 1: have to leave. Everybody comes into your backyard. And not 1867 01:45:33,960 --> 01:45:37,200 Speaker 1: only do you know, I think you play a little 1868 01:45:37,200 --> 01:45:40,000 Speaker 1: bit better when you're at home. The provider was a 1869 01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:42,439 Speaker 1: little bit better when you're at home, and then the 1870 01:45:42,520 --> 01:45:45,160 Speaker 1: mindset is a little bit better. And then you see 1871 01:45:45,200 --> 01:45:48,720 Speaker 1: Bills Mafia outside. That's going to give the warm team 1872 01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:52,400 Speaker 1: a nice welcome jumping off the tables. The intimidation factor, 1873 01:45:52,920 --> 01:45:55,200 Speaker 1: I think all of that plays a little factor into 1874 01:45:55,280 --> 01:45:59,960 Speaker 1: it as well. So regardless of what whatever may happen, 1875 01:46:00,520 --> 01:46:03,920 Speaker 1: we steal what have two very good teams headed and 1876 01:46:03,960 --> 01:46:07,960 Speaker 1: into the playoffs. Last one for me to Keo because 1877 01:46:07,960 --> 01:46:11,160 Speaker 1: we haven't talked to in a while, and again, appreciate 1878 01:46:11,240 --> 01:46:14,440 Speaker 1: the time. I'm curious for your thoughts on the linebacker 1879 01:46:14,520 --> 01:46:18,080 Speaker 1: talents that Edmonds and Milano are within the scope of 1880 01:46:18,120 --> 01:46:20,760 Speaker 1: this defense. Number one. And then the second part of 1881 01:46:20,800 --> 01:46:25,639 Speaker 1: that question, is it crazy to you that you see 1882 01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:29,599 Speaker 1: a Bill's defense and their base defense is nickel. They 1883 01:46:29,600 --> 01:46:32,519 Speaker 1: play nickel ninety six percent of the snaps and you 1884 01:46:32,600 --> 01:46:35,240 Speaker 1: can't pull them out of it. But Edmonds and Milano, first, 1885 01:46:35,240 --> 01:46:38,320 Speaker 1: give me your thumbnail sketch at those guys. I think 1886 01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:44,200 Speaker 1: they play very, very good defensive players. Hands down, I 1887 01:46:44,240 --> 01:46:46,519 Speaker 1: think they played better with each other. And that's the 1888 01:46:46,560 --> 01:46:52,720 Speaker 1: reason why you see every snap, whatever formation that may 1889 01:46:52,880 --> 01:46:57,200 Speaker 1: probably presented to them. They're athletic enough and they know 1890 01:46:57,280 --> 01:46:59,800 Speaker 1: how to play off of each other enough to wear 1891 01:47:00,720 --> 01:47:03,040 Speaker 1: even if you give us ten personnel, which is four 1892 01:47:03,080 --> 01:47:07,160 Speaker 1: wide receivers, one running back, it's okay because we have 1893 01:47:07,360 --> 01:47:11,880 Speaker 1: guys who understand their limitations. And then just the camaraderie 1894 01:47:11,920 --> 01:47:15,479 Speaker 1: and then just the mentality of how the back end 1895 01:47:15,560 --> 01:47:19,320 Speaker 1: plays with the linebackers as well. And what was the 1896 01:47:19,360 --> 01:47:22,320 Speaker 1: second when Chris you said, just this day and age, 1897 01:47:22,600 --> 01:47:26,439 Speaker 1: the Bills playing ninety six percent nickel, like they faced 1898 01:47:26,439 --> 01:47:29,680 Speaker 1: twelve personnel. They sitting in there because Terren Johnson's like 1899 01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:32,040 Speaker 1: almost like a hybrid linebacker. I know you played with 1900 01:47:32,080 --> 01:47:33,680 Speaker 1: Brian Scott who was kind of like one of those 1901 01:47:33,760 --> 01:47:37,519 Speaker 1: hybrid guys too, but Terren Johnson's a nickel quarter doing 1902 01:47:37,560 --> 01:47:40,640 Speaker 1: that stuff. Yeah, and you know even going back to 1903 01:47:40,720 --> 01:47:44,360 Speaker 1: my days in Buffalo, the thing that I appreciated most 1904 01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:48,240 Speaker 1: was when we had Antoine Winfield and we would sometimes 1905 01:47:48,280 --> 01:47:53,439 Speaker 1: move him into the slot position just because he was 1906 01:47:53,479 --> 01:47:57,720 Speaker 1: like a Sam linebacker. So it's not surprising. And when 1907 01:47:57,760 --> 01:48:00,559 Speaker 1: I look at the way that they're at to play 1908 01:48:00,640 --> 01:48:03,760 Speaker 1: with each other, and like I said before, they played 1909 01:48:03,920 --> 01:48:08,240 Speaker 1: very well with each other because they know each other expectations. 1910 01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:12,519 Speaker 1: So it's a joy to see. And for me, I'm 1911 01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:16,600 Speaker 1: proud of Tremaine just because I had the opportunity. A 1912 01:48:16,600 --> 01:48:18,479 Speaker 1: lot of people don't know this. When he came out 1913 01:48:18,520 --> 01:48:21,400 Speaker 1: of college, I spent a couple of weeks with him, 1914 01:48:21,439 --> 01:48:25,080 Speaker 1: working with him, developing him on certain of his skills, 1915 01:48:25,240 --> 01:48:29,800 Speaker 1: drops understanding, recognizing formations, you know, just trying to get 1916 01:48:29,880 --> 01:48:32,040 Speaker 1: him caught up to where he gets to the point. 1917 01:48:32,240 --> 01:48:34,799 Speaker 1: Who knew he would have got drafted to the Buffalo Bills, 1918 01:48:35,080 --> 01:48:38,720 Speaker 1: but he has really gotten better week in and week out. 1919 01:48:38,960 --> 01:48:41,760 Speaker 1: I'm very proud of both of him. And from a 1920 01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:46,040 Speaker 1: former linebacker who played in Buffalo, I was talking with 1921 01:48:46,160 --> 01:48:49,479 Speaker 1: Cornelius spent at about this maybe a year ago, and 1922 01:48:49,560 --> 01:48:53,080 Speaker 1: we just smiled just knowing, like, man, you see what 1923 01:48:53,240 --> 01:48:56,240 Speaker 1: you started. I told Biscuit that the in Biscuit was like, 1924 01:48:56,280 --> 01:48:58,320 Speaker 1: when you see what you kept up, and I'm like, 1925 01:48:58,360 --> 01:49:01,559 Speaker 1: I see what I'm now sitting. So it's a trickle 1926 01:49:01,640 --> 01:49:04,920 Speaker 1: down effect. Taquio. Thanks man, it's great to see you 1927 01:49:04,960 --> 01:49:07,720 Speaker 1: look great. You're you look like you'd be selling soap man. 1928 01:49:07,760 --> 01:49:13,479 Speaker 1: You look fantastic. Thanks for coming on with us. Thanks Steve. 1929 01:49:13,520 --> 01:49:16,120 Speaker 1: I appreciate it that I see you guys, so them too, 1930 01:49:16,439 --> 01:49:18,519 Speaker 1: all right, good to see it, Taquio. As always, that's 1931 01:49:18,520 --> 01:49:22,439 Speaker 1: Taquio Spikes joining us former Bills and Bengals linebacker. We'll 1932 01:49:22,439 --> 01:49:25,959 Speaker 1: see if he's got a house divided tonight with respect 1933 01:49:25,960 --> 01:49:27,640 Speaker 1: to who's going to come out on the winning end 1934 01:49:27,680 --> 01:49:30,479 Speaker 1: of this one. But always good to seek Taquio. And 1935 01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:34,679 Speaker 1: we look at the quarterback comparison in tonight's game, and Steve, 1936 01:49:35,080 --> 01:49:37,839 Speaker 1: I think this kind of paints a pretty effective picture 1937 01:49:38,320 --> 01:49:41,960 Speaker 1: as to how evenly matched not only these two quarterbacks are, 1938 01:49:42,000 --> 01:49:44,960 Speaker 1: but the two offenses are as well. I mean, really, 1939 01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:48,560 Speaker 1: the only area where Josh Allen has an edge is 1940 01:49:48,600 --> 01:49:52,320 Speaker 1: obviously in the rushing department. But you know, you look 1941 01:49:52,320 --> 01:49:55,280 Speaker 1: at Burrow, he's been a more prolific passer this season, 1942 01:49:55,320 --> 01:49:58,360 Speaker 1: and that kind of makes up for it. Yeah. Absolutely. 1943 01:49:58,400 --> 01:50:01,160 Speaker 1: I mean, if you go total your from scrimmage, Josh 1944 01:50:01,200 --> 01:50:03,360 Speaker 1: has got him by three hundred yards, but he's but 1945 01:50:03,560 --> 01:50:07,200 Speaker 1: Joe's got Josh by over two hundred yards passing, and 1946 01:50:07,840 --> 01:50:10,080 Speaker 1: we've seen two. You mentioned that Joe Burrow as a 1947 01:50:10,160 --> 01:50:13,559 Speaker 1: really efficient passer. He's completing sixty nine percent of his throws. 1948 01:50:13,960 --> 01:50:17,920 Speaker 1: That's an enormous number, and it does speak to the 1949 01:50:17,960 --> 01:50:22,639 Speaker 1: fact of how efficient they are in the passing game. 1950 01:50:22,680 --> 01:50:26,120 Speaker 1: I think if you're gonna get this Cincinnati team off 1951 01:50:26,160 --> 01:50:29,000 Speaker 1: the field, your defense is gonna have to do a 1952 01:50:29,040 --> 01:50:31,160 Speaker 1: couple of things. One they're gonna have to get They're 1953 01:50:31,160 --> 01:50:33,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to win now on their pass rush, no 1954 01:50:33,439 --> 01:50:37,559 Speaker 1: question about it. And two they're gonna have to bat 1955 01:50:37,640 --> 01:50:39,680 Speaker 1: some passes down off the ground. They're gonna have to 1956 01:50:39,680 --> 01:50:45,160 Speaker 1: get some incompletions manufactured by their defense rather than just 1957 01:50:45,240 --> 01:50:48,519 Speaker 1: letting Joe Burrow release the football. So if you can 1958 01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:50,639 Speaker 1: do that, you give yourself a little bit better chance, 1959 01:50:50,680 --> 01:50:53,679 Speaker 1: because if the ball doesn't get batted down, the guy 1960 01:50:53,760 --> 01:50:57,160 Speaker 1: doesn't throw it into into trouble man, he's got guys 1961 01:50:57,160 --> 01:50:59,320 Speaker 1: that can get open and snag it. They can win 1962 01:50:59,360 --> 01:51:03,040 Speaker 1: fifty fifty too. I mean seventy percent. He's completing sixty 1963 01:51:03,120 --> 01:51:06,360 Speaker 1: nine percent of his passes. It's a monster number. At 1964 01:51:06,400 --> 01:51:08,479 Speaker 1: this point of a regular season. You've certainly got seeing 1965 01:51:08,520 --> 01:51:10,559 Speaker 1: guys doing it. I mean, Josh has done it for 1966 01:51:10,600 --> 01:51:12,880 Speaker 1: a game here, in a game there, and you see 1967 01:51:12,920 --> 01:51:14,479 Speaker 1: guys once in a while, like Mahomes has had a 1968 01:51:14,479 --> 01:51:16,240 Speaker 1: game where he was ninety percent. I get it. I 1969 01:51:16,280 --> 01:51:19,760 Speaker 1: get all that sixty nine percent of your passes at 1970 01:51:19,760 --> 01:51:22,400 Speaker 1: this point of the regular season. That's a fat number, 1971 01:51:23,000 --> 01:51:25,040 Speaker 1: and that gives you an idea of how hard it 1972 01:51:25,120 --> 01:51:28,479 Speaker 1: is to get the Bengals off the field on third down. 1973 01:51:28,960 --> 01:51:31,680 Speaker 1: And I think it comes down to batting balls and 1974 01:51:31,680 --> 01:51:35,320 Speaker 1: getting him on the ground. I know you watched a 1975 01:51:35,320 --> 01:51:37,879 Speaker 1: lot of last week's game by the Bengals against the Patriots. 1976 01:51:37,920 --> 01:51:42,160 Speaker 1: I watched some of that last night, and I couldn't 1977 01:51:42,160 --> 01:51:45,080 Speaker 1: believe it's Steve. You got Tee Higgins at six four, 1978 01:51:45,200 --> 01:51:49,679 Speaker 1: two twenty and the Patriots have Jack Jones on him, 1979 01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:53,719 Speaker 1: who's probably my size, like five to seven, a buck 1980 01:51:53,840 --> 01:51:56,880 Speaker 1: seventy five at best. That's I mean, that's not even 1981 01:51:57,000 --> 01:52:01,280 Speaker 1: a fair fight. But yeah, I get it. I'm totally 1982 01:52:01,280 --> 01:52:04,920 Speaker 1: with you. I'm totally with you. But that's what I'll 1983 01:52:04,960 --> 01:52:07,880 Speaker 1: say this. The Patriots were pretty successful. I mean, they 1984 01:52:07,880 --> 01:52:10,240 Speaker 1: did a nice job against them. They gave him twenty 1985 01:52:10,240 --> 01:52:13,880 Speaker 1: two points, and I think, what the page. I think that. 1986 01:52:14,040 --> 01:52:15,639 Speaker 1: I think the Bengals kind of took their foot off 1987 01:52:15,640 --> 01:52:18,160 Speaker 1: the gas a little too, don't you in the second half. Yeah, 1988 01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:22,760 Speaker 1: I mean, yes, no question about it. But you know, 1989 01:52:22,800 --> 01:52:27,760 Speaker 1: you gotta think think too that. Yeah, that game. Yes, 1990 01:52:27,960 --> 01:52:30,280 Speaker 1: that game was like twenty two to three or something 1991 01:52:30,320 --> 01:52:32,599 Speaker 1: at one point in the Bengal and the Patriots got 1992 01:52:32,640 --> 01:52:37,840 Speaker 1: back in at late. Nevertheless, it's the kind of it's 1993 01:52:37,880 --> 01:52:43,760 Speaker 1: the kind of defensive plan that you know makes the 1994 01:52:43,760 --> 01:52:45,240 Speaker 1: Patriots so hard to beat. And I think if you 1995 01:52:45,240 --> 01:52:47,760 Speaker 1: can mimic that whole If if the Bills hold the 1996 01:52:47,800 --> 01:52:51,720 Speaker 1: page the Bengals to twenty three points or whatever it was, 1997 01:52:53,040 --> 01:52:55,240 Speaker 1: you gotta consider that a win. Holding them below their 1998 01:52:55,240 --> 01:53:01,479 Speaker 1: average they're averaging over twenty six I think a game. Yeah, yeah, 1999 01:53:01,520 --> 01:53:03,599 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess that's good. I'll take it. I mean, 2000 01:53:03,640 --> 01:53:05,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure the Patriots were happy to take it. They 2001 01:53:05,400 --> 01:53:07,680 Speaker 1: just don't have an offense that can keep up on 2002 01:53:07,720 --> 01:53:10,960 Speaker 1: a consistent basis. That's what they're dealing with. Back to 2003 01:53:11,000 --> 01:53:14,360 Speaker 1: the tweet sheet we go where we're asking you today 2004 01:53:14,400 --> 01:53:17,280 Speaker 1: what are the keys to a Bill's victory over the Bengals, 2005 01:53:17,880 --> 01:53:20,880 Speaker 1: and Marco says getting pressure on Burrow early and often 2006 01:53:20,960 --> 01:53:24,639 Speaker 1: on defense, controlling tempo and pace on offense to keep 2007 01:53:24,680 --> 01:53:29,559 Speaker 1: their D line guessing. We talked to Michael Robinson about 2008 01:53:29,600 --> 01:53:33,559 Speaker 1: that earlier in the show. Steve ken Dorsey's use of tempo, 2009 01:53:34,760 --> 01:53:39,400 Speaker 1: jumping in and out of going fast, and the Bills 2010 01:53:39,439 --> 01:53:42,360 Speaker 1: did that, I believe, if my memory serves against Miami 2011 01:53:42,400 --> 01:53:45,080 Speaker 1: a little bit, where they went up tempo at times 2012 01:53:45,360 --> 01:53:47,479 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. I don't really think they 2013 01:53:47,600 --> 01:53:51,360 Speaker 1: had to necessarily against the Bears because the game was 2014 01:53:51,600 --> 01:53:54,480 Speaker 1: firmly in hand for more than half of the contest. 2015 01:53:55,240 --> 01:53:59,519 Speaker 1: But there are advantages when you're going against a much 2016 01:53:59,560 --> 01:54:03,640 Speaker 1: more formidable defense like the Bengals. From yeah, and I 2017 01:54:04,120 --> 01:54:11,360 Speaker 1: get all that, Um, I don't even I just think 2018 01:54:11,360 --> 01:54:21,680 Speaker 1: that when you get into those situations and I don't even, Yeah, 2019 01:54:19,280 --> 01:54:23,840 Speaker 1: I don't know. This game has got me in knots. 2020 01:54:23,960 --> 01:54:26,840 Speaker 1: I think thinking about what you know, what I mean, 2021 01:54:27,720 --> 01:54:31,840 Speaker 1: because every time you come up with a with an 2022 01:54:32,600 --> 01:54:36,720 Speaker 1: advantage for one of these two teams, the other team 2023 01:54:36,760 --> 01:54:39,160 Speaker 1: has faced something where that another team had a strength 2024 01:54:39,200 --> 01:54:42,800 Speaker 1: in that area and they couldn't take advantage of it. Yeah, 2025 01:54:42,920 --> 01:54:45,520 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a great game. But I think, well, 2026 01:54:45,680 --> 01:54:48,040 Speaker 1: like I said, I think this game is gonna if 2027 01:54:48,080 --> 01:54:50,840 Speaker 1: you don't score. I think I think you got a 2028 01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:53,680 Speaker 1: score in the thirties to win it, even though these 2029 01:54:53,720 --> 01:54:56,040 Speaker 1: teams have had times even recently where they've been in 2030 01:54:56,080 --> 01:55:00,840 Speaker 1: the twenties and low twenties and won games. I don't 2031 01:55:00,840 --> 01:55:06,640 Speaker 1: know you sound. I'm sensing concern in your voice, Steve, 2032 01:55:07,240 --> 01:55:10,000 Speaker 1: Are you okay? This is a tough game. I know 2033 01:55:10,600 --> 01:55:13,600 Speaker 1: this is a tough game. It's far from a GIMMI 2034 01:55:13,720 --> 01:55:16,000 Speaker 1: I really, what did I say last week? I think 2035 01:55:16,040 --> 01:55:18,120 Speaker 1: I said like thirty eight thirty five. That's what this 2036 01:55:18,160 --> 01:55:22,480 Speaker 1: game has got, thirty eight thirty five written all over it. Yeah, 2037 01:55:22,520 --> 01:55:26,840 Speaker 1: and it could be a Scott Yeah. Both these teams 2038 01:55:26,880 --> 01:55:29,720 Speaker 1: I think will be in the thirties and it maybe 2039 01:55:29,720 --> 01:55:32,400 Speaker 1: come down to the last one to have the football. 2040 01:55:33,120 --> 01:55:37,840 Speaker 1: I can't see, well this this is because we're Bills, guys. 2041 01:55:38,320 --> 01:55:40,680 Speaker 1: I can't see the Bengals running off and leaving this 2042 01:55:40,720 --> 01:55:45,400 Speaker 1: team on the scoreboard. The Bills have got too much 2043 01:55:45,640 --> 01:55:49,440 Speaker 1: in the tank with a quarterback is too good to 2044 01:55:50,120 --> 01:55:52,880 Speaker 1: get left behind in that way. We haven't seen it. 2045 01:55:52,880 --> 01:55:56,800 Speaker 1: It's been since last this year. This last year, mid season, 2046 01:55:56,960 --> 01:56:00,080 Speaker 1: early season with the coach game that they that they 2047 01:56:00,160 --> 01:56:02,800 Speaker 1: laid an egg. So there, I don't think they're gonna 2048 01:56:02,800 --> 01:56:04,960 Speaker 1: get run off and left. I can. I can bend 2049 01:56:05,000 --> 01:56:08,320 Speaker 1: it now because I'm a thinking, because I'm a Bills guy, 2050 01:56:08,440 --> 01:56:10,120 Speaker 1: I can bend where the Bills will get up by 2051 01:56:10,160 --> 01:56:15,880 Speaker 1: seventeen points late in the game. But I can't even me, 2052 01:56:16,000 --> 01:56:17,840 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't see a game like the Bills 2053 01:56:17,840 --> 01:56:20,160 Speaker 1: were hanging on guys like the forty one to ten 2054 01:56:20,480 --> 01:56:23,400 Speaker 1: they hung on the Rams or the and I and 2055 01:56:23,440 --> 01:56:27,320 Speaker 1: I would that no lead is probably safe in this 2056 01:56:27,360 --> 01:56:30,760 Speaker 1: game tonight either well, with the firepower that both teams. 2057 01:56:31,080 --> 01:56:37,920 Speaker 1: Bengals were down seventeen to Tampa Bay four weeks ago 2058 01:56:38,040 --> 01:56:40,320 Speaker 1: during this during the streak they just had. In Week fifteen, 2059 01:56:40,360 --> 01:56:42,240 Speaker 1: they were down seventeen to Tampa Bay. They got it 2060 01:56:42,320 --> 01:56:45,760 Speaker 1: to seventeen three at halftime, and then they forced four 2061 01:56:46,120 --> 01:56:48,840 Speaker 1: second half turnovers from Tampa Bay and beat them. That 2062 01:56:48,880 --> 01:56:52,000 Speaker 1: was in the midst of this run they just had. Yeah, 2063 01:56:52,040 --> 01:56:55,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it hasn't all been you know, Sunshine and sprinkles. 2064 01:56:55,240 --> 01:56:57,400 Speaker 1: For the Bengals, they've had some rough patches, but they 2065 01:56:57,440 --> 01:56:59,480 Speaker 1: fight through it and they've they've won games in spite 2066 01:56:59,640 --> 01:57:03,080 Speaker 1: of them. Jacy on the tweet sheet says time for 2067 01:57:03,160 --> 01:57:05,120 Speaker 1: White to remind people who he is and give Elam 2068 01:57:05,160 --> 01:57:07,920 Speaker 1: the opportunity to run with these long, fast receivers, limit 2069 01:57:07,960 --> 01:57:09,960 Speaker 1: the big plays and put a cap on their offense. 2070 01:57:10,680 --> 01:57:15,120 Speaker 1: Make Joe Dincon dug down the field. A lot to 2071 01:57:15,240 --> 01:57:17,120 Speaker 1: unpack in this one that we might not get to 2072 01:57:17,160 --> 01:57:20,200 Speaker 1: all of it before the break here. But Steve, what 2073 01:57:21,040 --> 01:57:25,880 Speaker 1: do we say about White getting back to full form? 2074 01:57:26,080 --> 01:57:30,600 Speaker 1: Number one and then number two opposite him, it's still 2075 01:57:30,640 --> 01:57:34,480 Speaker 1: been Dane Jackson in the starting lineup. Elam has rotated in. 2076 01:57:35,640 --> 01:57:39,760 Speaker 1: We know that Elam has elite physical traits. Could that 2077 01:57:39,840 --> 01:57:43,800 Speaker 1: be the better match for what Cincinnati has it wide out? 2078 01:57:44,600 --> 01:57:47,680 Speaker 1: I'll bet you see Elam on the field. I think 2079 01:57:47,680 --> 01:57:51,000 Speaker 1: they'll rotate those guys in uncertain down and distances, maybe 2080 01:57:51,040 --> 01:57:53,240 Speaker 1: on long yard as you put Elam on the field, 2081 01:57:54,160 --> 01:57:55,880 Speaker 1: or maybe you maybe do it like they've done it 2082 01:57:55,920 --> 01:57:57,600 Speaker 1: in the past, where the guy gets a series here, 2083 01:57:57,640 --> 01:57:59,760 Speaker 1: a series there, and they do the entire down and 2084 01:57:59,840 --> 01:58:02,440 Speaker 1: distance want no matter or maybe they will get specific 2085 01:58:02,440 --> 01:58:04,560 Speaker 1: and put Elim in on a third and long where 2086 01:58:04,600 --> 01:58:07,840 Speaker 1: he can run with these guys, or a third and 2087 01:58:07,880 --> 01:58:09,880 Speaker 1: short even where he can get up on him and 2088 01:58:10,000 --> 01:58:12,440 Speaker 1: physical and get with some physicality on a short yard 2089 01:58:12,520 --> 01:58:14,480 Speaker 1: a third and short. You know what I'm saying, A 2090 01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:16,480 Speaker 1: guy like Elam can get up and get some hands 2091 01:58:16,480 --> 01:58:17,920 Speaker 1: on him and make it tough for him on a 2092 01:58:17,960 --> 01:58:23,160 Speaker 1: short completion. All of that stuff's on the table. But 2093 01:58:23,280 --> 01:58:25,080 Speaker 1: you and I, you and I have been talking about it. 2094 01:58:25,120 --> 01:58:27,200 Speaker 1: We haven't and you know, we don't get to watch practice, 2095 01:58:27,200 --> 01:58:29,800 Speaker 1: So who knows what the how they're gonna use Elam 2096 01:58:29,840 --> 01:58:32,120 Speaker 1: if they are. We thought for a minute, I thought, 2097 01:58:32,120 --> 01:58:36,839 Speaker 1: for a hot minute, Benford might not Benford, Yeah, Benford. 2098 01:58:36,840 --> 01:58:39,080 Speaker 1: I thought Benford might come on on the field as well, 2099 01:58:39,080 --> 01:58:42,320 Speaker 1: because he's a big, physical guy. But I don't think 2100 01:58:42,320 --> 01:58:47,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna get active, you know. So I'm all about 2101 01:58:47,120 --> 01:58:49,760 Speaker 1: Elam getting on the field and using his athleticism. He's 2102 01:58:49,840 --> 01:58:52,800 Speaker 1: much bigger than Dane Jackson, much more physical, and he's 2103 01:58:53,120 --> 01:58:56,280 Speaker 1: started to get his mind around how to play corner 2104 01:58:56,280 --> 01:58:59,320 Speaker 1: at the NFL level. He's got more of this defense 2105 01:58:59,400 --> 01:59:01,440 Speaker 1: under his belt, and I think he can play more 2106 01:59:01,480 --> 01:59:03,760 Speaker 1: instinctive now, which is what he you'd love to see 2107 01:59:03,840 --> 01:59:07,040 Speaker 1: him do, So I like that. I don't have a 2108 01:59:07,040 --> 01:59:09,160 Speaker 1: problem with putting Elam out there for a minute and 2109 01:59:09,200 --> 01:59:12,640 Speaker 1: see if he can physical up these guys. Yeah, I 2110 01:59:12,720 --> 01:59:14,520 Speaker 1: just know that. You know, earlier in the show you 2111 01:59:14,520 --> 01:59:17,160 Speaker 1: were talking about maybe pressing them at the line of times, 2112 01:59:17,160 --> 01:59:19,160 Speaker 1: getting rough with them and stuff. And I think Elam 2113 01:59:19,240 --> 01:59:21,160 Speaker 1: fits the bill for that since oh yeah, that's what 2114 01:59:21,240 --> 01:59:23,960 Speaker 1: he did more than anything else in College of Florida. Yeah, 2115 01:59:24,360 --> 01:59:29,120 Speaker 1: Benford could do it too, Yeah, because he's big, he's 2116 01:59:29,160 --> 01:59:32,879 Speaker 1: and he's thick too. I mean Elam looks like Xavier 2117 01:59:33,000 --> 01:59:38,240 Speaker 1: so Xavier Rhodes. Right, that's right, that's right. Um, we 2118 01:59:38,320 --> 01:59:41,840 Speaker 1: can talk. Let's talk about these guys. Reminds me of 2119 01:59:42,120 --> 01:59:44,960 Speaker 1: what the bills look for in a corner, you know, 2120 01:59:45,280 --> 01:59:49,760 Speaker 1: big long, Yeah, Trey is that way. There's no Jack 2121 01:59:49,840 --> 01:59:52,040 Speaker 1: Jones running around the bill sector. That is right. There's 2122 01:59:52,080 --> 01:59:55,000 Speaker 1: no five eight jack one hundred and seventy five pound 2123 01:59:55,440 --> 01:59:58,520 Speaker 1: Jack Jones running around. And I looked him up. He's 2124 01:59:58,520 --> 02:00:02,200 Speaker 1: five eight buck seventy five. I told you he's tiny. 2125 02:00:02,400 --> 02:00:05,560 Speaker 1: He is. You got me five nine in cleats maybe, 2126 02:00:05,960 --> 02:00:09,680 Speaker 1: um on yeah, five nine on concrete in cleats. Yeah, 2127 02:00:10,440 --> 02:00:12,480 Speaker 1: all right, we gotta take a break because we are 2128 02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:15,120 Speaker 1: up against the break, so we will step aside here 2129 02:00:15,240 --> 02:00:17,320 Speaker 1: when we come back. More of your thoughts on the 2130 02:00:17,320 --> 02:00:19,440 Speaker 1: tweet sheet. We'll see if we also have time for 2131 02:00:19,480 --> 02:00:21,640 Speaker 1: a little NFL true false. Come on your way next 2132 02:00:21,680 --> 02:00:23,880 Speaker 1: here on one Bills Live presenter by Killid to Health. 2133 02:00:23,920 --> 02:00:41,160 Speaker 1: It's Buffalo Bills Radio. This has Game of the Year five, 2134 02:00:41,400 --> 02:00:44,879 Speaker 1: but this is probably their sharpest and fiercest test today. 2135 02:00:45,240 --> 02:00:49,480 Speaker 1: Loser the Bengals, I think you're screwed. This is this 2136 02:00:49,560 --> 02:00:52,040 Speaker 1: is what you work so hard for throughout the you know, 2137 02:00:52,080 --> 02:00:53,720 Speaker 1: the body of the season is to come down to 2138 02:00:53,760 --> 02:00:56,600 Speaker 1: the stretch here and play these games. The dude's all ball. 2139 02:00:56,960 --> 02:01:00,520 Speaker 1: He he loves football, obviously he's He's a heck of 2140 02:01:00,520 --> 02:01:02,520 Speaker 1: a talent, a heck of a player. I mean, everybody 2141 02:01:02,560 --> 02:01:05,480 Speaker 1: that watch Josh, you don't have there's no there's no 2142 02:01:05,560 --> 02:01:09,720 Speaker 1: secrets about White. So good Monday night matchup. The rumble 2143 02:01:09,840 --> 02:01:20,560 Speaker 1: in the jump, take the fool because right to touchdown Buffalo, 2144 02:01:25,760 --> 02:01:29,440 Speaker 1: the kick is cut. It is fun. The Bills go 2145 02:01:29,680 --> 02:01:32,240 Speaker 1: back to the playoffs from the fourth to get second 2146 02:01:32,280 --> 02:01:45,560 Speaker 1: of year. All right, tell me that doesn't get you 2147 02:01:45,640 --> 02:01:48,440 Speaker 1: pumped up. Welcome back to One Bills Live. Chris Brown, 2148 02:01:48,480 --> 02:01:51,560 Speaker 1: Steve Tasker with you as we get closer and closer 2149 02:01:51,920 --> 02:01:56,120 Speaker 1: don Monday Night football between the Bills and the Bengals, 2150 02:01:56,400 --> 02:02:01,280 Speaker 1: a clash of the Titans here in Cincinnati. And uh, 2151 02:02:02,120 --> 02:02:04,040 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, peeple, there are a lot of 2152 02:02:04,080 --> 02:02:06,800 Speaker 1: Bills fans on the streets over the week. Saw a 2153 02:02:06,800 --> 02:02:11,040 Speaker 1: bunch of them out here last night. Bills fans, as 2154 02:02:11,080 --> 02:02:15,200 Speaker 1: we know, great road travelers. What is this about a 2155 02:02:15,200 --> 02:02:19,200 Speaker 1: seven hour drive? I want to say shorter flight than that. Yeah, 2156 02:02:19,200 --> 02:02:23,880 Speaker 1: it's a fight. Yeah, I know. The Northern Kentucky and 2157 02:02:24,040 --> 02:02:28,680 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bills backers chapters are out in force. They have 2158 02:02:28,800 --> 02:02:34,720 Speaker 1: like a giant event. They've got tailgating wise. So it'd 2159 02:02:34,720 --> 02:02:38,160 Speaker 1: be interesting to see how well represented Bill's mafia is tonight. 2160 02:02:38,280 --> 02:02:40,800 Speaker 1: Is he would out there making appearances all over the play. 2161 02:02:40,840 --> 02:02:43,320 Speaker 1: He's got to be big medicine down there this weekend. Right, 2162 02:02:43,360 --> 02:02:47,520 Speaker 1: he's a local guy and the Cincinnati Nai Right, doesn't 2163 02:02:47,560 --> 02:02:50,840 Speaker 1: he have to be like you know, in I demand. 2164 02:02:50,840 --> 02:02:53,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure the guy just drove up today. He probably 2165 02:02:53,840 --> 02:02:55,720 Speaker 1: just you know, he hopped in his car around ten 2166 02:02:55,800 --> 02:02:58,160 Speaker 1: eleven in the morning so that maybe I'll get there 2167 02:02:58,200 --> 02:03:02,560 Speaker 1: for a late lunch, you know, right, the right to 2168 02:03:02,600 --> 02:03:05,800 Speaker 1: his reserve parking spot at the stadium. This was this 2169 02:03:05,880 --> 02:03:08,080 Speaker 1: was his best commute to a road game all season. 2170 02:03:08,120 --> 02:03:11,000 Speaker 1: I was telling him, hey, because he drove up four 2171 02:03:11,040 --> 02:03:15,040 Speaker 1: hours last week from Louisville to Chicago in some treasure 2172 02:03:15,040 --> 02:03:18,160 Speaker 1: its weather, right, and then drove home and fortunately for him, 2173 02:03:18,200 --> 02:03:20,200 Speaker 1: got home for Christmas long before any of us did. 2174 02:03:20,800 --> 02:03:23,880 Speaker 1: And uh, I said, well, at least your road trip 2175 02:03:23,960 --> 02:03:26,560 Speaker 1: next week might be the easiest of the year. He goes, 2176 02:03:26,800 --> 02:03:31,800 Speaker 1: maybe the easiest ever. Yeah, it's not far, it's not far. 2177 02:03:31,920 --> 02:03:35,280 Speaker 1: It's like an hour away, right, I mean Louisville and Cincinnati, 2178 02:03:35,400 --> 02:03:38,640 Speaker 1: or like you can throw a rock. Plus he's from Cincinnati. 2179 02:03:38,680 --> 02:03:40,920 Speaker 1: He knows all the shortcuts, you know, that whole thing. 2180 02:03:41,000 --> 02:03:45,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm sure he'll be well rested having he's 2181 02:03:45,160 --> 02:03:47,560 Speaker 1: going to show him about it. He'll be out hob nobbing. 2182 02:03:48,320 --> 02:03:50,560 Speaker 1: He'll show him about thirty seconds before you go on 2183 02:03:50,600 --> 02:03:54,480 Speaker 1: the air and say hey, how yeah great, and yeah 2184 02:03:54,760 --> 02:03:57,160 Speaker 1: we should say again that's ship. Yeah tonight, if you 2185 02:03:57,240 --> 02:04:01,000 Speaker 1: haven't heard Chris Brown, our own Chris Brown from One 2186 02:04:01,040 --> 02:04:02,560 Speaker 1: Bill's Live is going to do the play by play 2187 02:04:02,560 --> 02:04:06,200 Speaker 1: tonight for the Bills radio broadcast, as as John Murphy's 2188 02:04:06,200 --> 02:04:10,920 Speaker 1: feeling under the weather. Um, so you know it's gonna 2189 02:04:10,920 --> 02:04:16,160 Speaker 1: sound different. I'm sure. I mean with you doing it right, well, yeah, 2190 02:04:16,200 --> 02:04:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm not going to Murphy in imitation. Yeah, I don't know. 2191 02:04:20,640 --> 02:04:24,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if I could, right, could if I try? Yeah, So, well, 2192 02:04:25,000 --> 02:04:29,640 Speaker 1: it'll be fun. Hope feels better. But I'm sure Eric 2193 02:04:29,760 --> 02:04:33,240 Speaker 1: is not gonna leave you hanging. He's gonna you know, no, 2194 02:04:33,560 --> 02:04:35,960 Speaker 1: you know, it's a it's a great broadcast crew that 2195 02:04:36,000 --> 02:04:38,240 Speaker 1: they have there in the booth every week. You know, 2196 02:04:38,280 --> 02:04:40,160 Speaker 1: I've worked with him on the pregame for a long 2197 02:04:40,240 --> 02:04:42,640 Speaker 1: time and so it's like, I know they'll have me 2198 02:04:42,720 --> 02:04:46,800 Speaker 1: redded rolls. It's people don't know. It's really you really 2199 02:04:46,840 --> 02:04:49,280 Speaker 1: get familiar with all the guys on the crew, Brody 2200 02:04:49,400 --> 02:04:55,120 Speaker 1: and and you know the whole Carvy and yeah, Murph's 2201 02:04:55,120 --> 02:04:58,720 Speaker 1: boys that spot for him and all that. That's the best. 2202 02:04:59,480 --> 02:05:03,040 Speaker 1: So yeah, you'll be in good hands tonight. Yeah, be 2203 02:05:03,160 --> 02:05:04,920 Speaker 1: good because you just did the games a short time 2204 02:05:04,920 --> 02:05:06,800 Speaker 1: ago during COVID. I had to do them on the 2205 02:05:06,800 --> 02:05:13,080 Speaker 1: COVID year. Yeah, because um, y e couldn't couldn't travel right, right, Well, 2206 02:05:13,200 --> 02:05:14,960 Speaker 1: neither could you guys. For that man, No, we didn't 2207 02:05:14,960 --> 02:05:16,720 Speaker 1: have to travel. We did every game home and away 2208 02:05:16,720 --> 02:05:19,520 Speaker 1: from the same room, you know, for the Bills, the 2209 02:05:19,520 --> 02:05:22,000 Speaker 1: Bills broadcast we were doing, think about it, we were 2210 02:05:22,000 --> 02:05:23,720 Speaker 1: doing what were some of the big games in that 2211 02:05:24,080 --> 02:05:28,120 Speaker 1: we We did the AFC Championship game from the booth 2212 02:05:28,800 --> 02:05:35,200 Speaker 1: here at high Mark, which is bizarre. It was dark. Yeah, 2213 02:05:35,240 --> 02:05:37,440 Speaker 1: well that too, except for the lights, the lights one 2214 02:05:37,440 --> 02:05:39,640 Speaker 1: of the booth. Else. Yeah, it was like a big 2215 02:05:39,680 --> 02:05:42,800 Speaker 1: building with one little room light lit up, one room 2216 02:05:42,840 --> 02:05:46,080 Speaker 1: little lit up as me and Murphy light in the stadium. Yeah, 2217 02:05:46,120 --> 02:05:49,080 Speaker 1: it was amazing. We did that for every home away 2218 02:05:49,160 --> 02:05:54,760 Speaker 1: game that year, so there were some pretty lonely nights here. Yeah. Uh, 2219 02:05:54,880 --> 02:05:57,640 Speaker 1: let's uh, let's change the subject here, Steve. Let's do 2220 02:05:57,640 --> 02:06:00,400 Speaker 1: a little NFL True falls right, which is present by 2221 02:06:00,880 --> 02:06:05,920 Speaker 1: Patron Tequila, the official tequila of the Buffalo Bills, and 2222 02:06:06,040 --> 02:06:09,360 Speaker 1: we lead off with NFL True False Number one, Aaron 2223 02:06:09,480 --> 02:06:15,760 Speaker 1: Rodgers will return to the Packers next season. True or false. 2224 02:06:16,240 --> 02:06:22,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, yes, They're not gonna get off him. 2225 02:06:22,720 --> 02:06:25,200 Speaker 1: I don't, Yeah, I don't. Yes, I think why would 2226 02:06:25,240 --> 02:06:28,680 Speaker 1: he not. I think it's very I think it's almost 2227 02:06:28,720 --> 02:06:32,280 Speaker 1: a given that he will not leave Green Bay. They're 2228 02:06:32,320 --> 02:06:35,640 Speaker 1: not going to let him out the door. No, and 2229 02:06:35,720 --> 02:06:39,240 Speaker 1: they really don't have the out in the contract until 2230 02:06:39,280 --> 02:06:42,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. You know, they cut him next year. 2231 02:06:43,680 --> 02:06:46,640 Speaker 1: The cap hits thirty one million, but the dead cap 2232 02:06:46,800 --> 02:06:50,720 Speaker 1: is ninety nine. They're trying to win. They're trying to 2233 02:06:50,720 --> 02:06:52,960 Speaker 1: win their fifth straight to finish the season coming weekend 2234 02:06:52,960 --> 02:06:59,120 Speaker 1: against Detroit after just lumping up the Vikings big time. Yeah, 2235 02:06:59,160 --> 02:07:03,800 Speaker 1: they're winning in right, the Packers. They believe they're winning 2236 02:07:03,840 --> 02:07:07,520 Speaker 1: in They may need some help, right, Oh, winning in there? 2237 02:07:07,600 --> 02:07:09,800 Speaker 1: You go? Thanks, Jay, think we're pretty sure they're winning 2238 02:07:09,800 --> 02:07:12,240 Speaker 1: in now. And I'll say Detroit needs to win and 2239 02:07:12,240 --> 02:07:17,840 Speaker 1: then get some help, right, That is correct? Yeah, they 2240 02:07:17,920 --> 02:07:21,000 Speaker 1: may don't know that Detroit's conference record has put them 2241 02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:24,240 Speaker 1: in a good position. But yeah, I'm gonna say false 2242 02:07:24,320 --> 02:07:30,520 Speaker 1: on this one. He'll be there next season. Um, No, 2243 02:07:30,520 --> 02:07:33,240 Speaker 1: it's not false, it's a true, it's true. True. Sorry, 2244 02:07:33,240 --> 02:07:36,400 Speaker 1: I'm true. He will be there next season. The money 2245 02:07:36,400 --> 02:07:39,440 Speaker 1: alone tells you that, right, nine million in dead cap, 2246 02:07:39,480 --> 02:07:42,080 Speaker 1: they're not they're not taking They're gonna finish this season, 2247 02:07:42,200 --> 02:07:45,080 Speaker 1: if they win an in and they get to the playoffs, Hey, 2248 02:07:45,160 --> 02:07:48,200 Speaker 1: you're not moving off him. You don't go to the playoffs. 2249 02:07:48,200 --> 02:07:49,760 Speaker 1: So he'll play there next year and then if it 2250 02:07:49,800 --> 02:07:52,040 Speaker 1: all falls apart, then they'll talk about moving on. Yeah, 2251 02:07:52,080 --> 02:07:55,560 Speaker 1: they'll talk about it then. I'm with you, all right. 2252 02:07:56,040 --> 02:07:59,040 Speaker 1: NFL true false. Number two Saints have their quarterback for 2253 02:07:59,120 --> 02:08:07,160 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three on their current roster. Um, I'm gonna say, uh, no, 2254 02:08:09,280 --> 02:08:14,080 Speaker 1: I don't think you're talking Jamis Winston, Andy Dalton, Taysom Hill, 2255 02:08:17,280 --> 02:08:19,400 Speaker 1: those guys. Maybe one of the two of those guys 2256 02:08:19,440 --> 02:08:24,680 Speaker 1: may be on the roster, but yeah, yeah they're not. 2257 02:08:25,400 --> 02:08:29,240 Speaker 1: I'm they're gonna look for somebody else. Andy Dalton is 2258 02:08:30,840 --> 02:08:35,200 Speaker 1: is old and Jamis if Jamis can't get on the 2259 02:08:35,240 --> 02:08:41,760 Speaker 1: field after the for Andy Dalton, right, Um, Andy Dalton's 2260 02:08:41,800 --> 02:08:44,000 Speaker 1: thirty five years old, is his twelfth year, it'll be 2261 02:08:44,000 --> 02:08:47,480 Speaker 1: his thirteenth year next year. Man, that went by fast, 2262 02:08:47,520 --> 02:08:53,520 Speaker 1: isn't it. Yeah? So yeah, I'm I'm thinking no, I 2263 02:08:53,560 --> 02:08:57,120 Speaker 1: think they're gonna look for a starting quarterback. Yeah. They 2264 02:08:57,360 --> 02:08:59,280 Speaker 1: they got to hit the reset button at the position. 2265 02:08:59,320 --> 02:09:01,920 Speaker 1: I would agree with you, So I don't think they're 2266 02:09:01,920 --> 02:09:07,640 Speaker 1: starting quarterback well, if they draft one and they don't 2267 02:09:07,680 --> 02:09:11,160 Speaker 1: want to start him right away, maybe one of the 2268 02:09:11,200 --> 02:09:14,800 Speaker 1: guys on the roster now is the stop gap for 2269 02:09:14,880 --> 02:09:17,040 Speaker 1: maybe the first four or five games of the season 2270 02:09:17,200 --> 02:09:20,560 Speaker 1: and the kid takes over. Yeah, but I that's not 2271 02:09:20,640 --> 02:09:23,000 Speaker 1: what that that's not what our little true false thing 2272 02:09:23,160 --> 02:09:28,640 Speaker 1: is talking about. Saints have their franchise quarterback for twenty 2273 02:09:28,800 --> 02:09:30,880 Speaker 1: twenty three on their roster. That is not it's false. 2274 02:09:30,920 --> 02:09:32,760 Speaker 1: They don't none of those guys are. I don't think 2275 02:09:32,840 --> 02:09:38,000 Speaker 1: Jamis is a franchise quarterback. And maybe you know their 2276 02:09:38,080 --> 02:09:40,919 Speaker 1: head coach at Dennis Allen, maybe he sees the quarterback 2277 02:09:40,960 --> 02:09:46,680 Speaker 1: position much differently than Sean Payton did or does, And 2278 02:09:46,800 --> 02:09:49,160 Speaker 1: maybe that's why Jamis isn't getting on the field because 2279 02:09:49,160 --> 02:09:52,160 Speaker 1: he Jamis was playing for Sean Payton before we got 2280 02:09:52,160 --> 02:09:58,560 Speaker 1: injured and playing pretty well. So maybe it's a little 2281 02:09:58,560 --> 02:10:02,080 Speaker 1: bit of the head coach not like something about Jamison whatever, 2282 02:10:02,520 --> 02:10:05,040 Speaker 1: that doesn't want him on the field ahead of Andy Dalton. 2283 02:10:05,720 --> 02:10:07,680 Speaker 1: But if you can't play ahead of Andy Dalton at 2284 02:10:07,720 --> 02:10:10,480 Speaker 1: this point of his career with the live arm, Jamison 2285 02:10:10,480 --> 02:10:12,840 Speaker 1: Winston has something else is going on. So I don't 2286 02:10:12,880 --> 02:10:15,920 Speaker 1: think Jamis is going to be there or Andy Dalton 2287 02:10:16,000 --> 02:10:17,120 Speaker 1: or neither one of them are going to be the 2288 02:10:17,120 --> 02:10:20,200 Speaker 1: starting guy. He probably doesn't want to be there in 2289 02:10:20,320 --> 02:10:22,920 Speaker 1: light of how this season is unfolded. Right, Yeah, well 2290 02:10:22,960 --> 02:10:25,560 Speaker 1: that that may be true too. There, it may be mutual, 2291 02:10:27,280 --> 02:10:31,560 Speaker 1: right all right? NFL true falls number three. The forty 2292 02:10:31,600 --> 02:10:37,560 Speaker 1: nine ers have the best defense in the n f L. Probably, 2293 02:10:38,840 --> 02:10:41,240 Speaker 1: I'll say, yeah, they got to be in the conversation anyway. 2294 02:10:41,320 --> 02:10:48,520 Speaker 1: I mean, i'd say yeah, Okay, I mean, they got 2295 02:10:48,520 --> 02:10:50,400 Speaker 1: to have a really good defense because they got a 2296 02:10:50,440 --> 02:10:53,120 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback playing lights out and they're still winning games. 2297 02:10:53,120 --> 02:10:57,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I say what you want about they 2298 02:10:57,560 --> 02:11:00,800 Speaker 1: gotta play well, and they are, and that that's the 2299 02:11:00,840 --> 02:11:06,160 Speaker 1: real acid test. So I would tend to say true 2300 02:11:06,160 --> 02:11:08,920 Speaker 1: as well, because they're loaded front to back, although the 2301 02:11:08,960 --> 02:11:11,760 Speaker 1: secondary is probably the weakest part of their defense. And 2302 02:11:11,840 --> 02:11:16,240 Speaker 1: I say that in finger quotes. First in total defense, 2303 02:11:16,560 --> 02:11:20,440 Speaker 1: first in total yards per play, first in run defense, 2304 02:11:21,360 --> 02:11:26,440 Speaker 1: first in yards per carry average against. Then they are 2305 02:11:26,640 --> 02:11:30,080 Speaker 1: first in third down defense? Is that right? Am I 2306 02:11:30,080 --> 02:11:33,840 Speaker 1: reading that column? Right? No first and first downs allowed, 2307 02:11:34,680 --> 02:11:38,720 Speaker 1: They're fifteenth and third down defense, first in points allout, Steve, 2308 02:11:38,760 --> 02:11:40,560 Speaker 1: you know where they are a little lower than I 2309 02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:44,160 Speaker 1: thought they would be. Red zone defense. As you know, Steve, 2310 02:11:44,200 --> 02:11:47,720 Speaker 1: the Bills now lead the league in red zone defense 2311 02:11:47,760 --> 02:11:50,400 Speaker 1: in terms of preventing opponents from scoring touchdowns once they 2312 02:11:50,400 --> 02:11:53,240 Speaker 1: get inside their red zone, only allowing touchdowns at a 2313 02:11:53,280 --> 02:11:56,240 Speaker 1: clip of forty four point four percent. If you had 2314 02:11:56,280 --> 02:11:59,240 Speaker 1: to guess, where do you think San Francisco is red 2315 02:11:59,320 --> 02:12:09,560 Speaker 1: zone defense ranks? Uh, well, I don't know, like twelve 2316 02:12:09,640 --> 02:12:14,720 Speaker 1: or thirteen. They are nineteenth over the red zone defense. 2317 02:12:15,080 --> 02:12:18,760 Speaker 1: That is shocking to me. Now if you look at it, 2318 02:12:19,000 --> 02:12:23,160 Speaker 1: it's we have to remember, it's a percentage stat. They've 2319 02:12:23,160 --> 02:12:27,000 Speaker 1: given up the second fewest red zone touchdowns in the league. 2320 02:12:27,400 --> 02:12:31,080 Speaker 1: Denver's given up seventeen. Niners have given up eighteen. But 2321 02:12:31,160 --> 02:12:35,480 Speaker 1: it's their touchdown efficiency because they've only given up thirty 2322 02:12:35,480 --> 02:12:39,280 Speaker 1: two red zone possessions. All yeah, yeah, I would say 2323 02:12:39,280 --> 02:12:41,880 Speaker 1: instead of a misleading stat I would say it's true that. 2324 02:12:41,920 --> 02:12:45,720 Speaker 1: I would say it's true. They got to Uh they 2325 02:12:45,760 --> 02:12:49,120 Speaker 1: are the best defense in the league. Yeah, they are true. 2326 02:12:49,440 --> 02:12:52,720 Speaker 1: All right, that's NFL True Falls presented by Patron Tequila, 2327 02:12:52,840 --> 02:12:55,080 Speaker 1: the official Tequila the Buffalo Bill. Steve and I take 2328 02:12:55,080 --> 02:12:56,800 Speaker 1: a break. We close it up with some final thoughts 2329 02:12:56,840 --> 02:12:58,480 Speaker 1: on the tweet sheet next year on One Bill's Live, 2330 02:12:58,480 --> 02:13:23,920 Speaker 1: stay tuned. All right, you know what that song means 2331 02:13:24,200 --> 02:13:28,280 Speaker 1: One Bill's Live is I've been your extended pregame show 2332 02:13:28,320 --> 02:13:35,560 Speaker 1: today as Monday Night football will cap Week seventeen Bills Bengals. 2333 02:13:35,560 --> 02:13:42,560 Speaker 1: Steve already has chicken skin let's go. Oh, So just 2334 02:13:42,760 --> 02:13:46,880 Speaker 1: to keep get everybody up to speed, Steve will be 2335 02:13:46,960 --> 02:13:50,680 Speaker 1: helping out with Maddie on Bill's Field Pass, our streaming 2336 02:13:50,720 --> 02:13:54,520 Speaker 1: pregame show because I'll be doing the radio broadcast, so 2337 02:13:54,600 --> 02:13:56,520 Speaker 1: Steve's helping me out on that end, So thanks for 2338 02:13:56,560 --> 02:13:58,960 Speaker 1: doing that. You guys will bang that out like you 2339 02:13:59,080 --> 02:14:02,440 Speaker 1: usually do. Do you guys have postgame tonight? Yep, we 2340 02:14:02,520 --> 02:14:04,760 Speaker 1: have Bills tonight. We'll get home. I'll get home about 2341 02:14:04,800 --> 02:14:08,400 Speaker 1: three am tomorrow morning. We'll get we'll tape. We'll have 2342 02:14:08,480 --> 02:14:11,600 Speaker 1: Bills Tonight Live after the post game till Josh and 2343 02:14:11,720 --> 02:14:14,800 Speaker 1: McDermott speak, and then we'll also tape an hour long show, 2344 02:14:15,360 --> 02:14:19,040 Speaker 1: Bills Live, which will be on all through the week 2345 02:14:19,160 --> 02:14:21,280 Speaker 1: leading up to the last Week eighteen game against the 2346 02:14:21,320 --> 02:14:24,240 Speaker 1: New England Patriots. Awesome. We'll see you all tomorrow at 2347 02:14:24,240 --> 02:14:24,760 Speaker 1: one o'clock