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Speaker 1: These one Bills Live presented by called light a Health

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Speaker 1: who welcome into One Bills Live. Maddi glab here with

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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker filling in for Chris Brown. That was my

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Speaker 1: first time hearing and seeing the new one Bills Live open.

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Speaker 1: Gummill pumped up for the game on Thursday to do

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Speaker 1: the show new music, no vibe music. You know the

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Speaker 1: other one was great too, Yeah, yeah, this one is like,

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Speaker 1: we're we're going to work in season. It's time to

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Speaker 1: pully bootstraps up and get after it. It's right. Brownie's

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Speaker 1: traveling today with the team, so he's out. That's why

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Speaker 1: Mad's in here with it. It's gonna be great. It's

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Speaker 1: so close, so close. Thursday night is inching closer and closer.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe it's Wednesday. It feels like a Saturday

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Speaker 1: it is. So it's interesting too, because this is a

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Speaker 1: different kind of Saturday, because there's more buzz and ability

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Speaker 1: over here. As you might imagine, there's a little buzz here,

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Speaker 1: little buzz, some good buzz because the Bills are heading

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Speaker 1: you said, Tasker, they are flying out today, traveling today,

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Speaker 1: will play tomorrow. It's the fourteenth time these two teams

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Speaker 1: be Buffalo's second time opening the NFL season against the

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Speaker 1: defending Super Bowl champ. You know, the first time they

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Speaker 1: this one goes in their favor. As you're starting to

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Speaker 1: the notes, what's jumping off the page to you? Well,

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Speaker 1: a lot of the stuff Matt staffords jumping off the

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Speaker 1: was good where he wasn't so good Last year, sixteen

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Speaker 1: The guy's really good when they bring pressure. That's a problem,

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Speaker 1: and it has as much to do with his offensive

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Speaker 1: look like. Defensively, how do you know this art the

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Speaker 1: Bill's defense being number one, Matt Stafford has not played

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Speaker 1: well against number one defenses, scoring defenses historically. So there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that give you both sides of

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Speaker 1: game to call because they're two really good teams, two

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Speaker 1: And the Bills have no time to figure it out

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Speaker 1: That doesn't happen. You're playing nowhere state here this weekend.

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Speaker 1: There's going to be a lot of premiere matchups in

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Speaker 1: your eyes set on what could be an unforgettable season.

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Speaker 1: It's funny because you know, my yeah, my family all

432
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Speaker 1: five of my our children were born here in Buffalo,

433
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Speaker 1: and they're your age, right, I mean they're they're around

434
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Speaker 1: your and my daughter lives an anchorage. She texted, we

435
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,680
Speaker 1: have a family loop, right, and now the spousesn't in it,

436
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: and my daughter said, oh my gosh. I teared up

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00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: over all that you know they listen to it, because

438
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,760
Speaker 1: that's what it means to some of the people, the

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00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,959
Speaker 1: fans out there. You know, my family's been invested in

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00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: this team since nineteen eighty six. I have three older brothers,

441
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,160
Speaker 1: all still I'm My mom and dad are still alive.

442
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,560
Speaker 1: And I was a Houston oiler from the you know,

443
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:52,000
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty six, and then overnight, unexpectedly, I become a

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00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,520
Speaker 1: Buffalo bill. All their oiler stuff went in the garbage

445
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,919
Speaker 1: and they bought and they've been there ever since, just

446
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Speaker 1: like me. So and I've been in this building since

447
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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty six. So you know this this is it's

448
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,479
Speaker 1: every year is special, and the players are special, the

449
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 1: coaches are special. I made tons of friends over the years,

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Speaker 1: but you know, it's seasons like this, the beginning of

451
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,720
Speaker 1: seasons like this are very very rare. I was a

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00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: part of like one, maybe two of these in my time,

453
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Speaker 1: and there hasn't been one since, and there probably wasn't

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Speaker 1: one before that. Yeah, I mean, this team opens up

455
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,920
Speaker 1: the season as the super Bowl favorite for the first time.

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00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: It takes a lot of things coming together to get

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Speaker 1: all of us to this point again. And even this

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00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 1: point is way different than it was when I was playing.

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Speaker 1: This is way different. Yeah, it's you know, in some ways,

460
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:50,800
Speaker 1: it's way better, you know. So yeah, Von Miller saying,

461
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Speaker 1: you know, you get all that stuff, that Music City

462
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Speaker 1: Miracle wide ride, forget it, throw it all, burn it all,

463
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Speaker 1: and because it really doesn't have any effect on this,

464
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: let's go and that that's great. It's a great place

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Speaker 1: to be. I think I'm gonna watch that maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: five to ten more times before Thursday night. Great, it's incredible.

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Speaker 1: We have a we have a wonderful production creative team

468
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:16,960
Speaker 1: who comes up with some great ideas and then execute

469
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Speaker 1: it to the nth degree and the final product is

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Speaker 1: something that's amazing to watch. But we've got to get

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Speaker 1: to break because on the other side, we're gonna be

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Speaker 1: joined by Jordan Palmer. He's gonna tell us about what

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Speaker 1: he worked on with Josh Allen this offseason. The podcast

474
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Speaker 1: that he just did with Josh Allen and a whole

475
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Speaker 1: lot more. So don't go anywhere here on One Bills Live.

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Speaker 1: We're presented by Clyda Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back into one Bills Live. Maddi Glab alongside Steve Tasker,

478
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: and in this hour of the show, we would like

479
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Speaker 1: to bring on a guest that knows Josh Allen very well.

480
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Speaker 1: It's Jordan Palmer. He's a Quarterback Summit founder and trainer,

481
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Speaker 1: former NFL quarterback and co host of The Room podcast,

482
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Speaker 1: XFL director of Quarterback Development. We're going to get into

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Speaker 1: all of it with Jordan, but first I want to

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Speaker 1: start here. You just had Josh Allen on your podcast.

485
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: I hear it's a pretty long episode. We only get

486
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen for about twenty minutes a week when he

487
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: sits down and talk to the media. You got him

488
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Speaker 1: for almost two hours, which is wild to think about.

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Speaker 1: Of course, he has the time for you because you

490
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Speaker 1: guys have built quite the connection in the offseason. You

491
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: guys work together and you have been a huge help

492
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 1: in how Josh Allen has risen to stardom really going

493
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Speaker 1: into his fifth season. So can you set us up

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00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 1: with kind of the conversation that you guys talked about

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00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:56,400
Speaker 1: in that episode of the Room podcast. Yeah, well, first off,

496
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Speaker 1: the Room is something I've been thinking about and wanted

497
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Speaker 1: to do for a long time. The concept. It's Kyle

498
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: Allen and I. It's one of Josh's best friends, and

499
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Speaker 1: I've worked with Kyle. He's the backup quarterback for the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. I've ever worked with him since he was

501
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: like fifteen, sixteen years old, and so we just have

502
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Speaker 1: a really cool rapport and we've just been saying for years.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I bet fans would want to hear what

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00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: we talk about. Because you think about the room in

505
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 1: any quarterback building, that's the most important room in the building.

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Speaker 1: If that room is dialed college or pro, you got

507
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: a chance. And if that room is not dialed, I

508
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,880
Speaker 1: don't care who your general manager is, I don't care

509
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: who your defensive coordinator is, you don't have a chance.

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Speaker 1: And so it's the most important room in the building.

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Speaker 1: But it's also the most fascinating conversations in sports. I

512
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 1: think it's some of the smartest guys who've been exposed

513
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Speaker 1: to the most and we wanted to take that, Kyle,

514
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Speaker 1: and I wanted to take that to everybody else. And

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Speaker 1: so what we've created as a concept where every week

516
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Speaker 1: we interview the best quarterback from the biggest matchup. And

517
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Speaker 1: and this is episode four. We've had Desmond Ritter, Kenny Pickett,

518
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Speaker 1: and JT. Daniel. So it's college in pro on the

519
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Speaker 1: first Josh is joining us as we kick off the

520
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Speaker 1: season tomorrow. I'm in Nashville right now hoping out some

521
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Speaker 1: family and then heading back tonight to I'll be at

522
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Speaker 1: that game tomorrow in La and uh. And so this

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Speaker 1: this interview with Josh, it was awesome because you know,

524
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: you know, a different side of Josh and so to

525
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Speaker 1: let that come out that doesn't come out in the media, uh,

526
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: and just kind of talk talk ball talk, sports talk,

527
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 1: news talk. Uh. There's a drinking game that every Bills

528
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Speaker 1: Mafia member needs to understand that Josh has been doing

529
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: since before he was ever a Bill. And there's just

530
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Speaker 1: a lot of really fun nuggets in there. And and

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Speaker 1: I'm excited for for all of all the Bills fans

532
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: to be able to see this side of him that

533
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Speaker 1: you know, it's it's just it's tough for for any

534
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Speaker 1: quarterback to show up and show this side in any

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Speaker 1: media interview. I don't care how well they know the

536
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Speaker 1: interviewer um. And so we've been able to do that

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Speaker 1: four weeks in a row. And so for the Bills fans,

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00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: this is a must watch for sure. Yeah. Interesting because

539
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: you're right, most Bills fans and even you know, got

540
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Speaker 1: people like Maddie and I who work in the building

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Speaker 1: with it. You don't get a chance to hear the

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Speaker 1: guy or spend an hour with him like you guys

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Speaker 1: did for this podcast. It's gonna be really must listen

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Speaker 1: to for any Bills fan out there who's a fan

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Speaker 1: of Josh Allen, which is probably everybody. Give us an

546
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Speaker 1: idea of some of the nuggets and what people might

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Speaker 1: sense from Josh about the upcoming season. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: we definitely dove into a little bit of how last

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Speaker 1: year ended and the true emotions. I mean, I I

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Speaker 1: had him and a bunch of buddies over to watch

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, so I was kind of with everybody

552
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Speaker 1: right afterwards. They kind of a watched it from my

553
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: house and so, but kind of dove into that and

554
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Speaker 1: one of the things that you know and Steve, you know,

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Speaker 1: I work with a lot of quarterbacks and a lot

556
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Speaker 1: of kids that have a lot of pressure on them

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Speaker 1: right now. But I do think Josh is unique. I

558
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Speaker 1: don't know if any quarterback in the NFL or college

559
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Speaker 1: right now has higher expectations. And so we talked a

560
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Speaker 1: little bit about that. Brace Young has high expectations, Trevor

561
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 1: Lawrence has high expectations. Patrick Mahomes has high expectations justin field.

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Speaker 1: Like you can find a bunch of quarterbacks who have

563
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Speaker 1: high expectations. I just don't know that anybody has higher

564
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Speaker 1: ones from from the people from the fan base, from

565
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 1: the NFL community, from Vegas, and they're the favorites, right

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Speaker 1: And so then Josh and so what's he doing with that?

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Speaker 1: And he had a fascinating answer. UM. Another thing, and

568
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Speaker 1: this is UM, this is not in a this is

569
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Speaker 1: not negative. But I I this was one of the

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Speaker 1: things I wanted to talk to him about, UM and

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Speaker 1: kind of saved it for this conversation was UM. I

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Speaker 1: referenced that, you know, I played in the NFL for

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Speaker 1: a while, I backed up a lot of famous guys,

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Speaker 1: and I've trained a lot of famous guys, and I've

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Speaker 1: hung out and been friends with a lot of famous guys.

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Speaker 1: And I used my brother as an example. When I

577
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: was a backup quarterback for the Bengals, Carson was the

578
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Speaker 1: number one pick, he was a Heisman Trophy winner. Um,

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Speaker 1: they led a top three offense for felt like a decade.

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Speaker 1: And so when fans saw my brother, they wanted a picture,

581
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Speaker 1: they wanted an autograph, they wanted to talk for a second.

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Speaker 1: That was kind of it. We pulled up some two

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Speaker 1: so we didn't name names, So we pulled up some

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Speaker 1: tweets from from Bill's Mafia, and it's it's not as

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Speaker 1: simple as wanting a picture. It's not as simple as

586
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: wanting an autograph. There's people who use terms like our

587
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: Lord and savior Josh Allen. There's people who it's different.

588
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: And this kid's still twenty five. And so it was

589
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: a really interesting discussion. Again, this is not a negative. UM.

590
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: It was a really fascinating discussion on what do you

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Speaker 1: do with that? Because there's not a lot of comps

592
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: you can't really go. I don't know if they do

593
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: that in Kansas City. I don't know if they care

594
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: like that. And the love and the investment that Bills

595
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: Mafia has into this team, in this organization is different

596
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 1: and and so Josh is kind of cold go dove

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00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: into it, and it's fascinating to really see that he's

598
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: perfectly suited to handle that and embrace that and actually

599
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: appreciate that. And then there's a there's a there's a

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Speaker 1: funny story about a drinking game that I just think

601
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 1: Bills Mafia is just crazy if this doesn't get adopted

602
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 1: starting tomorrow. That it's called Buffalo And it started for

603
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 1: Josh in college way before he was a built super

604
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: ironic and finally got you just to talk about it.

605
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 1: So there's a bunch of good fun nuggets in there,

606
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,000
Speaker 1: and then a little bit of ball too. We broke

607
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 1: down some of the plays from last year's game versus

608
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Speaker 1: Kansas City, and so I think fans are going to

609
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: kick out of hearing him talk about here's what we're

610
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: trying to do on that play, you know what I mean?

611
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,560
Speaker 1: We hit the post over the top, Here's why, here's

612
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: how in a way that doesn't never come up. Wow,

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00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to listen and watch that podcast. A

614
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: great episode for all Bill's fans to listen into. Jordan,

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Speaker 1: I want to also talk about Josh's offseason with you.

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Speaker 1: What did you guys focus on When we saw Josh

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Speaker 1: in April and he came back to the facility for

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Speaker 1: workouts and then OTA's in a training camp. One of

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Speaker 1: his big points that he was kind of harping on

620
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: is I want to work on throwing my receivers open.

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Speaker 1: I think we can do a better job of that

622
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Speaker 1: this season. So what did you guys focus on to

623
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Speaker 1: get him ready for that fifth year in the NFL.

624
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: I just think it was an extension of what he's

625
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: been working on the last few years. Can't say that

626
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: there was some specific thing or some breakthrough the way

627
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: he's been playing these last two years. Um, you're really

628
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: talking about subtle nuances. So it was, you know, like

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Speaker 1: you mentioned throwing people open, It was a continuation of that,

630
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: probably more discussions around UM from a leadership perspective and

631
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Speaker 1: U how to deal with the expectations and what to

632
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: do with that and so UM. It's as guys get

633
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: older and as they have more success, it becomes less

634
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 1: and less about specific mechanics because those things start they

635
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: really he's really taking ownership of those things. I kind

636
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: of feel like every quarterbacks in their developmental phase really

637
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: up until their second contract it's actually not just in

638
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: high school. It's not just in college. You know, I've

639
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: worked with some guys on their first contract right now

640
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: that are still adjusting things and changing things. It's not

641
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Speaker 1: about getting paid. That's not why that second contract is

642
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 1: the threshold in my mind. It's it's really just that year,

643
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: three year, four year fives when you're starting to really

644
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: take ownership of it and uh and really you need

645
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: some buddy, your quarterback coach on your team, whoever you

646
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: work with in the off season to really keep an

647
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: eye on it and see if there's something that comes

648
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: up and kind of bring awareness to it, but not

649
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: necesssarily making mechanical changes. I think Josh is in complete

650
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: control of his game, and for him, it's him and

651
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,240
Speaker 1: the other quarterbacks in the room, h and the quarterback

652
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: the folks that are weighing in on quarterback decisions on

653
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: the staff. Now, it's just about kind of channeling all

654
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: that stuff moving forward. As supposed to making changes in

655
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: the off season. Well, you've you know, Josh probably as well,

656
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: are better than most people do. You've got millions of

657
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: fans out there, all of Bills fans out there, everybody

658
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: in the media in football as you said, as expectations

659
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,319
Speaker 1: attached to the Bills and Men specifically Josh Allen. I

660
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Speaker 1: want to ask you, what are your expectations. What do

661
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: you think Josh is going to do this year? How

662
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 1: do you think it's gonna go. Obviously he's not going

663
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 1: to fall off a cliff statistically or any other way.

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Speaker 1: What do you think the You know, the expectations should

665
00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: be realistically for Josh this year, But I think it

666
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: starts at the beginning of the year. And um, you

667
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: know that slow start Pittsburgh last year and all that,

668
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: they got to start off fast and put themselves in

669
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 1: a position to play these games in Buffalo at the end.

670
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: So I know that that it starts with that. Um,

671
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: look to win a Super Bowl. Bill's fans know this

672
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: better than better than I do, better than anybody else does.

673
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: Um to win this thing at the end, Um, you

674
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 1: gotta be playing at a certain level. And also ball's

675
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: got to bounce your way. Coin toss is got to

676
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 1: be the right way. That it's a game of inches,

677
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? It literally, it literally is

678
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: a game of inches. I mean, um, we see it

679
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: every single week in college and pro right, it bounces

680
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 1: off the goalpost. It just goes off the guy's fingertips.

681
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: So you gotta gotta get lucky. It's gotta be your

682
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: your time. And we saw it last year with the

683
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 1: coin toss, and we've seen a play out a lot

684
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Speaker 1: of different ways. But I think the Keys are going

685
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: to be starting fast right now, UM, setting setting the UH,

686
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: setting themselves up for success later in the year. And

687
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: then they've got to have that same recipe they have

688
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 1: last year where they just really he got hot. I

689
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: might be wrong here, but I don't think Josh got

690
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: touched the last four games something crazy like that. So

691
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: it wasn't just him playing at a certain level. It

692
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 1: was the guys up front. It was the play calling

693
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: was was dialed in. UH. And so I think they've

694
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,040
Speaker 1: got to be able to start hot and UH, and

695
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 1: then when they get later in the year, UM, they've

696
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,840
Speaker 1: got to be able to do out the season, have

697
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: relied on different parts of the game. They've got to

698
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: be able to win a game running the ball if needed.

699
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: They've got to be able to have the defense win

700
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,319
Speaker 1: a few games, you know, by getting some stops. The

701
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: ball is not going to be in Josh's hand at

702
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: the end of every game, and so I think this

703
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,399
Speaker 1: season is a chance to lean and rely on these

704
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: different units of the team and then put themselves in

705
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: a position to make a run. But like I said

706
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: at the end, this has got to go in your favor,

707
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,760
Speaker 1: and there's the window is certainly open in Buffalo and

708
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: they just gotta capitalize. Every season brings on some sort

709
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 1: of newness, and for Josh Allen, he's got some new

710
00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: weapons and he's also got a new offensive coordinator and

711
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey, Now this was his quarterback coach for the

712
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: last few seasons, so not entirely new. But how do

713
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: you think Josh Allen and Ken Dorsey can mesh together

714
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: in what might be a revamped offense that we'll see.

715
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's gonna look very familiar to what we've

716
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: seen the last few seasons, but there's definitely going to

717
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: be some new elements added. I mean, this is one

718
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,760
Speaker 1: of the things I'm most excited about period this football

719
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,399
Speaker 1: is to watch Ken Dorsey step into this play calling role.

720
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 1: Brian Dable doesn't have any bigger fans than me, and

721
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Speaker 1: so that's I'm not going to say that's not a loss.

722
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say that's not a big deal. It is.

723
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Speaker 1: But I was thinking about this the other day as

724
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 1: I was talking to another Bills fan, and I don't

725
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: have the list in front of me, but I don't.

726
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if there was another play caller in

727
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: the NFL who when the bullets are flying and the

728
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 1: lights are on and the moments big has more experience

729
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 1: of playing big time quarterback than Ken Dorsey, right, because

730
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: Ken Dorsey being kind of like a like a door

731
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: here guy and be in the face of the U

732
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: at like peak the U. I mean, he was a

733
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Speaker 1: Heisman finalist twice. I met him at the green room

734
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: and my brother won it. And for him to have

735
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: that personality and step into the U in Miami and

736
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Speaker 1: just be the big man on campus and win the

737
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: amount of big games that he played like that, to me,

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Speaker 1: that play design on Tuesday and Wednesday, that's one thing.

739
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: Installation and in getting guys to run the plays correctly

740
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:34,320
Speaker 1: and execute that's another thing. But this helmet, this the

741
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: headset's gonna cut off in four seconds, make a decision

742
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: like that's quarterback like that that transfers over from quarterback

743
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 1: and you look at Byron Leftwitch and you go, well,

744
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: he's been a quarter okay, but he played at Marshall

745
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,479
Speaker 1: and then I did he played in that many big

746
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: games in Jacksonville when they were really bad, and Mike

747
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: Kafka's now calling plays, But like, I don't know where

748
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: he played college. I don't really remember, you know. I

749
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: think Kevin O'Connell is probably gonna be all in plays,

750
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: but I played against him at San Diego State and

751
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't think he ever started a game in the league.

752
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 1: So I just think there's so much that no one's

753
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: really talked about in Ken Dorsey's experience of playing big

754
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: time pressure football with the ball in his hands at

755
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 1: a super high level for a long sustained period of

756
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,880
Speaker 1: time that I think carries over. And then he's had

757
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,479
Speaker 1: the last few years sitting in a room with Brian

758
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,280
Speaker 1: Dable watching how he approaches protections and how he approaches

759
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 1: and attacks that coverage and play design and installation. So

760
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 1: I just think it's set up perfectly for Ken Dorsey

761
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,839
Speaker 1: to be this next kind of brilliant football mind. And

762
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: on top of that, you look around the guys in

763
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: that huddle and it's a stable full of horses. I

764
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: know you've we all know here in Buffalo Bills, we've

765
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,720
Speaker 1: had you on the show before, You've been working with Josh.

766
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: You also got the job with the XFL as a

767
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: quarterback development director. That's got that's a nice feather in

768
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: your cap as well. But tell us about your role

769
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 1: there and how that's going to affect you going forward

770
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: with everything else you've got on the table. Well, it's

771
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 1: I'm spending a lot of time with Doug Whaley and

772
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: Russ Brandon, so two Buffalo guys, And yeah, I think

773
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: I needed this league. I needed a place that I

774
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: could go and develop. I needed a place that yeah,

775
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: I could play and get reps and get taped, but

776
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: I also needed a place where could just go get better.

777
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 1: And so I think it was really forward thinking for

778
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 1: them to include me in this. And I'm really gonna

779
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,439
Speaker 1: come in and work with all eight teams, the two

780
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: to three quarterbacks on each team, and we're developing and

781
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 1: curating the program that I've done for a lot of

782
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: schools and a lot of players, which is a program.

783
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 1: It's not drills, it's a program, and we're gonna be

784
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,359
Speaker 1: able to work with guys starting in two weeks, so

785
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks will get sent out to me in California

786
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,840
Speaker 1: for about a week every in September, October, November, and

787
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 1: again in December. And so I'm gonna come alongside these

788
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: staffs and help serve them and really design a program

789
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: that is going to allow these players, whether they're starting

790
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: or not, to improve and get better and for us

791
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 1: to quantify it. So We've got a lot of technology

792
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: we use where I can literally say this guy spins

793
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: it ten percent better, he's got twenty percent more velocity,

794
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: those types of things, and we'll be able to do

795
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: that throughout the season, all the way up until May

796
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: when the season concludes. So one, I needed this league

797
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: just like Dwayne the Rock Johnson did. So I'm really

798
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: connected to it. I mean I got cut and I

799
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: moved back in with my in laws and borrowed my

800
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: my brother in law's truck in the off season. I mean,

801
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: I'd lived that life and um, and so I'm excited

802
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 1: to come alongside these guys and help help serve these

803
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: young players. Jordan, one final question for me as we

804
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: approach kickoff Thursday night against the La Rams at their house,

805
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 1: you want to give us some some final thoughts before

806
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,000
Speaker 1: we head into this one. What what what you're thinking

807
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: about this matchup? Any predictions here, Yeah, I mean it's

808
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 1: so tough early in the season. Um, but uh, it's

809
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,839
Speaker 1: from a matchup perspective, this is gonna be a really

810
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: good litmus test because the individual players that the Rams

811
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 1: have on defense, between Jalen and Aaron Donald and Bobby Wagner,

812
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: some of these new pieces. But I would say this,

813
00:42:55,840 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: I think the Bills present the most problems to a

814
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: defense when you're looking at their offense and so their

815
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: ability to get the screen game going, take a shot, deep,

816
00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 1: play action, run it, Josh to use his legs. I

817
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: don't I don't really think it's going to be smart

818
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,919
Speaker 1: for teams to pressure the Bills a lot this year

819
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: because I'll quickly Josh processes and gets the ball out,

820
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: and so as many talented players as there are on

821
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,320
Speaker 1: the Rams defense, I just think the Bill's offense poses

822
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: too many problems early on, and I actually think that

823
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: the Bills are gonna have a decisive victory that's going

824
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: to really set the tone for the season. Well, Jordan, thanks,

825
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 1: so it's great seeing you again. Good luck with a podcast,

826
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: good luck with the XFL and your quarterback development. You

827
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:42,879
Speaker 1: got a lot of irons in the fire, but we're

828
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: glad you're still working with our guy here, Josh. Thanks

829
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 1: for coming on with us today. Thanks for having me.

830
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: Go Bills, Go Bills, Thank you so much. Jordan, all right,

831
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Speaker 1: we're gonna take a quick break. Don't go anywhere. We

832
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:55,160
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Speaker 1: whatever you have laid out on Thursday night, if you

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00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: aren't traveling to the game, we will be here in

841
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: studio Thursday night for our postgame show. Brownie and I

842
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,399
Speaker 1: are going to do a pregame show Bills Field Pass,

843
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: so you guys can check us out. I think around

844
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: seven thirty five is when we will be live on Twitter,

845
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 1: on the website, I think on Facebook as well, and

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00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,800
Speaker 1: then after the game makes you you guys, come right back,

847
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:05,800
Speaker 1: because Tasker and I are going to be doing Bills tonight.

848
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: We're gonna do a live version and then at eleven

849
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: thirty you can check us again on MSG. So it's

850
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: gonna be a late night for us, maybe a late

851
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: night for you guys, because hopefully you're celebrating a big win. Yeah, hopefully. Well,

852
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: we've got a lot of pregame post game and we're

853
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: gonna have live We'll have the live post game of

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott, live post game of Josh, a lot of interviews.

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Speaker 1: Then after that you'll be able to catch I'll catch

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Speaker 1: some of that again plus some other stuff, highlights and

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Speaker 1: all of that stuff as we as we work through it.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, hopefully it's gonna be a fun night of

859
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Speaker 1: a lot of great things to talk about. We don't

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Speaker 1: want to be Debbie Downers on week on one of

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Speaker 1: the NFL season. We do not. Well, we've got a

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Speaker 1: question for you guys, our topic of the day. What

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Speaker 1: matchup are you most looking forward to in Thursday season

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Speaker 1: opener between the Bills and the Rams. We've got a

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Speaker 1: caller win on the line. But before we go to

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Speaker 1: that caller, our game sponsor this week is the BFLO Store.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to John and West Buffalo. Let's

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Speaker 1: see if I can get him on. If I can't,

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Speaker 1: can you guys in the back get him on? Clicking

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Speaker 1: all over? Oh there is? Are you there? John? Hey? John? Hey?

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? Maddie good? How are you good? Steve?

873
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Speaker 1: What's up, buddy? How you doing? Man? What's on your mind? No?

874
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Speaker 1: Just one matchup that A very interested in is to

875
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Speaker 1: see how they use James Cook, to see him going

876
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Speaker 1: up against Baby Wagner. I know he's a Hall of

877
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Speaker 1: famer if he's up there in the age. I don't

878
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Speaker 1: think you keep up with them? What do you guys think?

879
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: And Steve, I don't hear you're predicting yet about the season?

880
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: What's our record? And Maddie too? Oh yeah, I haven't

881
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: really I haven't said that. Thanks. Yeah, I appreciate it that.

882
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: In fact, a lot of people have and saying, you know,

883
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: the young cornerbacks, how are they gonna, you know, Dane

884
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 1: Jackson and Kayer Elam or Christian Benford rotating all those

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Speaker 1: guys around. Of course, Terren Johnson is a veteran now,

886
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,839
Speaker 1: but you know how those guys are all gonna match up.

887
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Speaker 1: The defensive line of Buffalo against a revamped offensive line

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00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: of the Rams. All that, But that's the first time

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Speaker 1: I've thought about James Cook against Bobby Wagner. Uh. It's

890
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: a really interesting matchup. And James Cook's role on this

891
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: offense has been subdued, to say the least in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what they're gonna use him or how

893
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Speaker 1: they're gonna use him. We don't even know if the

894
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Speaker 1: guy's going to be active him. He's a third wife.

895
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Speaker 1: He's listed as the third running back, so we'll see.

896
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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be interesting that I think if he

897
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Speaker 1: is active and he is on the you know, on

898
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Speaker 1: the field, how he's going to be used gonna Ken

899
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: Dorsey said when we talked to him this week, he said,

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Speaker 1: James Cook's role is going to depend on the flow

901
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,400
Speaker 1: of the game. That's the That's the sentence that he

902
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Speaker 1: gave to us. Didn't say much more beyond that, said

903
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Speaker 1: that he hopes that Cook is able to get some

904
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Speaker 1: touches in this first matchup, and it'll just depend on

905
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Speaker 1: how the game is flowing. So I think he does

906
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Speaker 1: present a mismatch. I mean, the game is all about

907
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Speaker 1: trying to figure out how you can win those one

908
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: on one matchups, and depending on what the Rams have

909
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Speaker 1: out on the field, he may be a weapon that

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Speaker 1: you can put out there to kind of win that

911
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Speaker 1: one on one matchup with whoever he's going up against,

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Speaker 1: if it's Bobby Wagner or somebody else. I mean, James

913
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Speaker 1: Cook can line up all over the field. He just

914
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Speaker 1: he doesn't need to just line up as as you know,

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Speaker 1: a running back. So he's somebody that brings some versatility

916
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Speaker 1: to this offense. Do we see it a lot in

917
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Speaker 1: that first game? Not sure yet. We'll see, right, Mermaids

918
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Speaker 1: be seen. That is going to be a good matchup though,

919
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Speaker 1: if he does get on the field, and to see

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Speaker 1: how teams respond to him and how they what they

921
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Speaker 1: think about him, because he's an unknown for them as

922
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Speaker 1: much as he is for us. And that's really interesting.

923
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Speaker 1: It's a good call. John, all right, we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: a break. When we come back, We're gonna have Greg

925
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Speaker 1: co Sell on with us. He's gonna help us break

926
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Speaker 1: down everything we need to know before this Thursday night

927
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Speaker 1: kickoff game, So stick with us here on one Bills

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Speaker 1: know what that means. NFL Film Senior producer and co

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Speaker 1: host of ESPN's NFL Matchup, Greg Kosell joins us in

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Speaker 1: This segment is presented by Scott's Long Care. Greg. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for taking the time out of what

936
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Speaker 1: I would assume is a very busy week of preparation

937
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Speaker 1: for you, as as is any time we talk to you.

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Speaker 1: So so thanks for hopping on with us here for

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Speaker 1: about twenty minutes. A big matchup for the Bills here

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Speaker 1: to open the season against the Super Bowl defending champions,

941
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Speaker 1: the LA Rams. Before we kind of dive deep into

942
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Speaker 1: the one on one matchups and little nuances of this game,

943
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Speaker 1: bigger picture, bigger themes. Where do your eyes go in

944
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: this one? Oh wow, that's a great question. You know.

945
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Speaker 1: Obviously you're dealing with two really good offensive teams. Defensively,

946
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Speaker 1: both these teams have been very good. But I think

947
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Speaker 1: for me, I'm really curteous to see the offenses, and

948
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Speaker 1: you know, Ken Dorsey's a new coordinator. I would think

949
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Speaker 1: that there'd be a lot of the same principles and concepts.

950
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Speaker 1: The Rams have had the same offense essentially for years.

951
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Speaker 1: There's tweaks, there's always tweaks. Coaches are always looking for

952
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Speaker 1: new ways, but they don't totally change their entire approach.

953
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Speaker 1: So to me, you know, I'm really excited about this

954
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Speaker 1: as from an offensive perspective, But of course the flip

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Speaker 1: side of that is what do the defenses do to

956
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Speaker 1: try to potentially slow down these offenses? Yeah, and I

957
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Speaker 1: think two for both these teams, these aren't the same.

958
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Speaker 1: These aren't the twenty twenty one versions of these two teams,

959
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Speaker 1: the Rams winning the Super Bowl, of Bills getting out

960
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Speaker 1: in the Divisional round, and both playing at a really

961
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,200
Speaker 1: high level at the end of the season. But there's

962
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Speaker 1: been some tweaks and changes to their rosters. And you know,

963
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Speaker 1: most notably for the Bills defensively, they're gonna start probably

964
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Speaker 1: Dane Jackson and either Kayer Elam or Christian Benford, a rookie.

965
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Speaker 1: On the other side of a Dane Jackson who started

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Speaker 1: the second half of last year. That to me seems

967
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Speaker 1: it screams for the Rams with Cooper Cup and Alan

968
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Speaker 1: Robinson to go right after those guys. Yeah, and I

969
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Speaker 1: think they will. And I think one of the things

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Speaker 1: that makes the Rams offense and pass game in particular

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Speaker 1: so good is their use of formations. They're not just

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Speaker 1: one of those teams that lines up and says they

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Speaker 1: here are receivers, We're just going to win one on

974
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Speaker 1: one routes. They are really good formationally. They are really

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Speaker 1: good with their use of bunch, which and obviously every

976
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Speaker 1: team has a way to match up to bunch. There's

977
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Speaker 1: two or three ways you can do that. I'm curious

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Speaker 1: to see how the Bills choose to do it. A

979
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Speaker 1: couple of other things that really stood out a year

980
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Speaker 1: ago when you watch the passing game for the Rams

981
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Speaker 1: was they led the league by far in the number

982
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Speaker 1: of empty set dropbacks by Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford is

983
00:52:41,400 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 1: very comfortable and empty. It kind of defines the defense.

984
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Speaker 1: Makes the defense. To Claire, the Bills are not They're

985
00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: not a low, low percentage blitz defense. But I wouldn't

986
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Speaker 1: say their calling card is their blitz, but it really

987
00:52:54,840 --> 00:52:58,759
Speaker 1: defines things. You can define matchups as well. And as

988
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,800
Speaker 1: you said, Steve, be interesting to see. Will the Bills

989
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: play less man coverage, will they play more zone, will

990
00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 1: they try to sort of compensate for the fact that

991
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Speaker 1: they may be playing with a rookie. As much as

992
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Speaker 1: we all like Hyer Elam or Benford, one of those

993
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 1: guys is going to be out there and Dane Jackson

994
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: who does not have a ton of experience either against

995
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:23,600
Speaker 1: really quality veteran wideouts in Cooper Cup and Allen Robinson.

996
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Speaker 1: So we know the passing game is going to be

997
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,719
Speaker 1: something to look for, especially with Cooper Cup's numbers that

998
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Speaker 1: he had last season leading the NFL and receptions receiving

999
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:36,600
Speaker 1: yards and touchdowns receiving touchdowns. But are we overlooking the

1000
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Speaker 1: run game? Possibly eyeing, you know, thinking about the passing

1001
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,600
Speaker 1: game a little bit too much, because they have two

1002
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Speaker 1: pretty decent running backs that that could kind of wreck

1003
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Speaker 1: things for the Bills defense if they're not prepared for

1004
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Speaker 1: a guy like Cam Akers. So how could the Rams

1005
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: running game play a factor in this one? Well, we

1006
00:53:55,000 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: know that they're going to run with some volume. We

1007
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Speaker 1: saw that in the Super Bowl, even when they couldn't

1008
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Speaker 1: gain any yard, they stay with the run game. So

1009
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Speaker 1: as much as we talk about Stafford and obviously Cup

1010
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Speaker 1: having that triple Crown season a year ago, is Sean

1011
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: McVeagh always wants to run the ball because of what

1012
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,800
Speaker 1: it does to the defense, and you know he believes

1013
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:18,840
Speaker 1: in that. So again, we don't know how well they'll

1014
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Speaker 1: run it, but they are not a team that necessarily

1015
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Speaker 1: just comes out and throws it all over the yard. Now,

1016
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Speaker 1: they will take their shots, for sure, but they are

1017
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Speaker 1: not a one dimensional offense, and I think they will

1018
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Speaker 1: look to run the ball. We normally the zone run

1019
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,960
Speaker 1: game has been their foundation. One of the things that

1020
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Speaker 1: they've done through the years is they do a lot

1021
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,600
Speaker 1: of sort of outside zone, stretch zone, because what that

1022
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Speaker 1: does is it gets the defensive line moving laterally as

1023
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Speaker 1: opposed to vertically rushing the quarterback, so it just slows

1024
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: down the pass rush for a beat. And it also

1025
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Speaker 1: can displace the second level defenders linebackers if you're playing

1026
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:58,760
Speaker 1: zones and create windows for throws. And you talk about

1027
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Speaker 1: the way you get a Stafford and they use the

1028
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Speaker 1: running game to help him, no question about it. But

1029
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Speaker 1: and he is comfortable going empty, but teams have tried

1030
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Speaker 1: a lot of things against him. He's the best quarterback

1031
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Speaker 1: in the league when he faces blitzing. Yea, when they

1032
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Speaker 1: send extra people, the guy's really really good. And I

1033
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Speaker 1: know this too. A little bit of that has to

1034
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Speaker 1: do with receivers who can win real quick and get open.

1035
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Speaker 1: But the guy is not afraid of pressure, and that

1036
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Speaker 1: speaks to their ability and desire to go empty. Because

1037
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Speaker 1: the guy's just not afraid of it, why is he

1038
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Speaker 1: so good against the blitz? And I guess that plays

1039
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Speaker 1: into a strength of the Bills because they don't like

1040
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Speaker 1: the blitz unless they really have to. They pick their spots.

1041
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Speaker 1: They're not a bit blizz heavy team. So even that

1042
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Speaker 1: kind of works in the Bill's favor, even the strength

1043
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Speaker 1: of the ram. So how do you think that plays

1044
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,800
Speaker 1: out with it? Certainly it's not going to change overnight.

1045
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:47,799
Speaker 1: Matt Stafford is going to be really good even if

1046
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Speaker 1: the Bill send extra guys. Yeah, you know Stafford number one,

1047
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Speaker 1: He's been doing this a long time and he's really smart.

1048
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Speaker 1: He's very aware, he sees things really quickly. He's always

1049
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Speaker 1: been willing Steve, and I think this is a really

1050
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Speaker 1: important trait for an NFL quarterback because even though Stafford

1051
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Speaker 1: is not immobile, his game's built on throwing from the pocket,

1052
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Speaker 1: and he is willing to stand and deliver making contested throws.

1053
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Speaker 1: In the NFL, when you're a pocket quarterback, it's critical. Look,

1054
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Speaker 1: you played with one of the best there was at

1055
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Speaker 1: that who would stand and deliver and make those throws

1056
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Speaker 1: at the last moment knowing he was going to get hit.

1057
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Speaker 1: And Stafford's one of those guys. He does not flinch

1058
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Speaker 1: in the pocket. He's really tough in the pocket. And

1059
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Speaker 1: you know, arm strength is one of those things guys

1060
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Speaker 1: that has talked about a lot with quarterbacks, particularly when

1061
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Speaker 1: they're coming out in drafts. I'm a believer in arm strength.

1062
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Speaker 1: You don't have to have a gun to be a

1063
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Speaker 1: good NFL quarterback, you know. But Stafford has a gun.

1064
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen has a gun. Those guys can make some

1065
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: throws that others can't, and they're both willing to turn

1066
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:57,520
Speaker 1: it loose. They're not cautious about delivering the football. Matthew Stafford.

1067
00:56:57,560 --> 00:56:59,680
Speaker 1: I mean, some people point out to the fact that

1068
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:03,560
Speaker 1: he threw seventeen interceptions last year. Obviously, no one says Hey,

1069
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:06,880
Speaker 1: let's throw seventeen interceptions. But my guess is that Sean

1070
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,879
Speaker 1: McVeigh is not bothered by that the way some other

1071
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:13,880
Speaker 1: coaches might be, because Stafford will also make some big

1072
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 1: time aggressive throws into the teeth of coverage in situations

1073
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:22,440
Speaker 1: where those kinds of throws are demanded. Yeah, and Stafford,

1074
00:57:22,600 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: you say, he does, he stands and delivers, But you

1075
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 1: know he's coming into this. He's nursed an elbow injury

1076
00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:32,320
Speaker 1: throughout the preseason, He's had shoulder surgeries, He's had all

1077
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: kinds of problems mainly in his career overall, mainly because

1078
00:57:36,800 --> 00:57:39,640
Speaker 1: he does stand in there, takes the hit, makes the throw,

1079
00:57:40,680 --> 00:57:43,240
Speaker 1: but he pays a physical price for that. And at

1080
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 1: this point of his career, it seems now coming into

1081
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: a brand new season, he's starting to catch up with

1082
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: him a little. It's possible. I mean, look, I remember

1083
00:57:54,240 --> 00:57:56,040
Speaker 1: his first two years in the NFL, he did not

1084
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 1: play full seasons, and everybody said he was fragile, and

1085
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:00,920
Speaker 1: then he never missed a game until, oh, maybe it

1086
00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:02,640
Speaker 1: was it three or four years ago, he got hurt

1087
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: and played half the season. But other than that, he's

1088
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 1: played every single game. He is tough as nails. People

1089
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: might remember against Cleveland, was it when he had a

1090
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 1: separated shoulder, I believe, and he stayed in the game,

1091
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: something that was obviously painful. Yeah, I remember came off

1092
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: that he came off the field and then Cleveland called

1093
00:58:21,520 --> 00:58:23,919
Speaker 1: a time out that allowed him to come back onto

1094
00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:26,400
Speaker 1: the field even though he was injured, and he delivered

1095
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,479
Speaker 1: the Hail Mary touchdown pass. I mean that was Yeah,

1096
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: that was heroic. Absolutely, no question he's got yet in him.

1097
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 1: He's really tough. You know, there's never as players get older,

1098
00:58:35,840 --> 00:58:37,720
Speaker 1: Steve and you know this, having you know, been around

1099
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 1: a long time doing this and having played, you never

1100
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:42,400
Speaker 1: know that one year or maybe a player, you know,

1101
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:44,520
Speaker 1: takes a little bit of a step back. You never

1102
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,440
Speaker 1: know when that's going to be. I mean, obviously, Stafford

1103
00:58:47,720 --> 00:58:50,400
Speaker 1: is coming off an outstanding season, a Super Bowl winner.

1104
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,919
Speaker 1: He's been a great, great thrower of the football ever

1105
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,280
Speaker 1: since he was in high school in Texas. I mean,

1106
00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,840
Speaker 1: I remember mel Kiper saying when he came out of

1107
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:00,680
Speaker 1: high school that he'd be the number one pick in

1108
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: the draft, you know, four years down the road, and

1109
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 1: he was right. You know, Stafford's a great thrower of

1110
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 1: the football. You know, we all focus on Patrick Mahomes

1111
00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: these days. Stafford was making those kinds of throws back,

1112
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 1: you know, early in his career, just he was on

1113
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: a bad team and they never won. So you know,

1114
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,200
Speaker 1: my guess is he's not all of a sudden going

1115
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: to be a bad thrower of the football. We don't know,

1116
00:59:21,760 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 1: you know, what happens if he starts getting hit and

1117
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:25,840
Speaker 1: maybe his body starts to fall down a little bit.

1118
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I remember talking to John Elway years and

1119
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:31,360
Speaker 1: years ago telling me that the reason he retired is

1120
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 1: not because he didn't think he could play anymore. It's

1121
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:36,400
Speaker 1: because he told me that his body didn't start to

1122
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,360
Speaker 1: feel better to like Saturday, the day before the next game,

1123
00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,000
Speaker 1: whereas early in his career his body felt okay, like

1124
00:59:42,080 --> 00:59:45,080
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, you know, And you know that's what starts

1125
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 1: to happen, you know that, Steve, I remember those days. Yeah,

1126
00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:52,320
Speaker 1: that's why I retired. So the Bill's offensive line is

1127
00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,280
Speaker 1: going to have a really tough test against Aaron Donald.

1128
00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 1: Of course, thankfully, the Bills have somebody on their side

1129
00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 1: now that they've gotten to go up again in practices.

1130
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: And we talked to Dion Dawkins this week and he said,

1131
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:07,400
Speaker 1: you know, Von Miller has really helped my play this offseason.

1132
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:10,160
Speaker 1: He has won against me so many times and has

1133
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,560
Speaker 1: taught me so many different tactics and things that I

1134
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 1: can do to win against really good players. What does

1135
01:00:17,400 --> 01:00:20,200
Speaker 1: the offensive line for the Bills with some new faces

1136
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: this year too, some new starters need to do to

1137
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 1: try and slow down a crazy, crazy good athletic freak

1138
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: in Aaron Donald. Yeah, and we know Donald's great, so

1139
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: we don't need to really spend a lot of time

1140
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 1: on that, Maddie, But I think let's find focus just

1141
01:00:36,120 --> 01:00:38,560
Speaker 1: a little because we can't talk about every element of that.

1142
01:00:39,080 --> 01:00:41,000
Speaker 1: One of the things they're going to see that the

1143
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 1: Rams do exceptionally well and is very difficult to pass

1144
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,960
Speaker 1: protect against is the Rams lineup and what we call

1145
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 1: loaded fronts, meaning they'll line up with three defensive linemen

1146
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:54,920
Speaker 1: to one side of the offensive center, and then they'll

1147
01:00:54,960 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: have the fourth defensive linemen line up outside the other

1148
01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:03,800
Speaker 1: offensive tackle. That's very difficult to block because from that

1149
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:07,160
Speaker 1: loaded front, the three defensive lineman comes a lot of

1150
01:01:07,200 --> 01:01:10,400
Speaker 1: different stunt looks. Even if they'd own stunt, what often

1151
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:14,040
Speaker 1: happens is sometimes you get Donald with a running start,

1152
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:18,160
Speaker 1: attacking a guard. And the one thing about guards, no

1153
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:22,080
Speaker 1: matter how good they are, space is not the friend

1154
01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:25,680
Speaker 1: of guards. Guards like to work and confined areas. And

1155
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:28,120
Speaker 1: when you have Aaron Donald running at you with a

1156
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:31,600
Speaker 1: five or six yard you know, distance to start and

1157
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:36,400
Speaker 1: a two way go, essentially, that is a difficult, difficult deal.

1158
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: So that's just something I think fans can look for

1159
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:42,000
Speaker 1: in this game. You're going to see that loaded front

1160
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:45,520
Speaker 1: with three defensive linemen to one side of the offensive center.

1161
01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:47,640
Speaker 1: What do you do you give any credence to the

1162
01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:50,479
Speaker 1: fact Roger Saffold has been a part of the Rams team.

1163
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:54,000
Speaker 1: He knows Aaron Donald is practiced against him. And there's

1164
01:01:54,040 --> 01:01:58,320
Speaker 1: also film from just two years ago Mitch Morris playing center,

1165
01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: who they had to deal with Aaron Donald. Watched him

1166
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 1: really wreck the game a little bit in Buffalo in

1167
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:09,360
Speaker 1: week three, I believe in twenty twenty. So how big

1168
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:13,919
Speaker 1: a help can that be? I mean, obviously, the more

1169
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 1: you know about an opponent, the better. I mean, that's

1170
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:19,720
Speaker 1: obviously what study is, and that's what position coaches also

1171
01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 1: work on with players. It's you know, they try to

1172
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:25,560
Speaker 1: find those little nuances, those little details based on his stands,

1173
01:02:25,760 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 1: based on where a guy lines up, Hey, when he

1174
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 1: lines up in this spot, he's you know, tendency says

1175
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:33,680
Speaker 1: he'll do these two things. When he lines up in

1176
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:36,720
Speaker 1: this spot, tendency says he'll do these two other things.

1177
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:39,440
Speaker 1: You try to have all that information at your disposal.

1178
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:42,880
Speaker 1: But he's also such a unique physical talent that he's

1179
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:46,080
Speaker 1: sometimes he's just going to win because he's better. You

1180
01:02:46,160 --> 01:02:48,960
Speaker 1: try to minimize that. You know, you obviously hope that

1181
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: that doesn't lead to turnovers. The one advantage, too, that

1182
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:55,800
Speaker 1: the Bills have is Josh Allen can move, So you

1183
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:59,400
Speaker 1: hope that if Donald wins early, then maybe Josh can

1184
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:02,400
Speaker 1: make a play with his legs and avoid the truly

1185
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:05,480
Speaker 1: negative play that can shut down drives. A new piece

1186
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: that the Rams have to their defense is Bobby Wagner.

1187
01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 1: And we know Aaron Donald and what he can do.

1188
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 1: We know Jalen Ramsey and what he can do. How

1189
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,000
Speaker 1: they decide to use Bobby Wagner in this defense is

1190
01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:17,680
Speaker 1: kind of the big question mark, and a lot of

1191
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:20,520
Speaker 1: our offensive players have been saying, we don't have tape

1192
01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:22,240
Speaker 1: to watch on this, so this is going to be

1193
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 1: an in game adjustment type thing for us. We're not

1194
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 1: sure exactly how they're going to plug in play and

1195
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:31,800
Speaker 1: place Bobby Wagner. How do you expect them to use

1196
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:35,640
Speaker 1: an early talented linebacker and Bobby Wagner. Yeah, and Maddie,

1197
01:03:35,640 --> 01:03:39,960
Speaker 1: what I think you'll see. I mean, look, Brandon Staley

1198
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,520
Speaker 1: left prior to last season and they brought in Raheem Morris.

1199
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 1: Sean McVay wanted to keep continuity with the defense because

1200
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:50,480
Speaker 1: they were really really good under Staley. So essentially the

1201
01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:53,560
Speaker 1: structure and foundation of the defense stayed the same a

1202
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,440
Speaker 1: year ago. I would expect it to be similar. They

1203
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:59,160
Speaker 1: were a really good defense. So Wagner is going to

1204
01:03:59,240 --> 01:04:02,160
Speaker 1: be a stack player, and they line up both in

1205
01:04:02,280 --> 01:04:06,040
Speaker 1: four two fronts and in five one fronts. So Wagner

1206
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 1: will be a stacked player now because he's so intelligent

1207
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 1: and so smart, he'll move around in a stacked position

1208
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:18,160
Speaker 1: and in fact, sometimes he might even blitz. But it's

1209
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:20,560
Speaker 1: it's the fact that he's a good player more than

1210
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:23,400
Speaker 1: he's going to be used in some kind of creative

1211
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:25,720
Speaker 1: different way. I think he's going to fit in to

1212
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:29,160
Speaker 1: what they do because their defense is really good. He's

1213
01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 1: just going to do it better than the players they had.

1214
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 1: You know in the last year or two playing inside. Well,

1215
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:37,360
Speaker 1: let's flip the switch and talk about one of the

1216
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:40,160
Speaker 1: Bills linebackers. He's listed as a linebacker, he's actually a

1217
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 1: defensive end. In a four to three von Miller. How

1218
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:46,960
Speaker 1: does he change the equation coming just what knowledge can

1219
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,760
Speaker 1: he bring. He's got to bring a lot of just

1220
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:52,040
Speaker 1: personal knowledge about what the Rams are doing, what their

1221
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 1: philosophies are, how they think, but also his ability to

1222
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:58,680
Speaker 1: rush the passer. Yeah. The other thing too, is is

1223
01:04:58,680 --> 01:05:00,400
Speaker 1: he can win one on one. And I think the

1224
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:03,160
Speaker 1: key thing is when you can win one on one

1225
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 1: sometimes that changes the way the offense, you know, has

1226
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:10,000
Speaker 1: to deal with you. So the question is what will

1227
01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 1: the Rams do? And let's say third down in eight situations,

1228
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 1: Let's say, will the Rams decide that, you know what,

1229
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:19,400
Speaker 1: we need to keep a tight end into chip, We

1230
01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:21,960
Speaker 1: need to keep it back into chip. Maybe we need

1231
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:25,080
Speaker 1: to keep a tight end in as a primary pass protector.

1232
01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:28,520
Speaker 1: So Steve as you know, if you do that, then

1233
01:05:28,560 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: obviously it's a numbers game. There's fewer receivers that can

1234
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:36,280
Speaker 1: release immediately into routes, and if you're only rushing four,

1235
01:05:36,800 --> 01:05:39,760
Speaker 1: then you have seven in coverage. And that if it's

1236
01:05:39,800 --> 01:05:42,800
Speaker 1: seven in coverage, let's say, versus four receivers or maybe

1237
01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:46,960
Speaker 1: even three primary ones, you hopefully you have the advantage,

1238
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:49,919
Speaker 1: you know, And again that gets back to Stafford, because

1239
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,760
Speaker 1: Stafford is more than willing to make those really tight

1240
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:55,760
Speaker 1: window throws and there's few in the league better at that.

1241
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,720
Speaker 1: But you're hoping that that's the case that you can

1242
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:01,560
Speaker 1: that Miller is good enough in this given game Week

1243
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:04,439
Speaker 1: one where they forced the Rams to have to deal

1244
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,560
Speaker 1: with him and not just allow him to be one

1245
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,320
Speaker 1: on one versus the left or the right tackle. Another

1246
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,200
Speaker 1: new player for the Buffalo Bills this year is running

1247
01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 1: back James Cook, who could be used as a mismatch

1248
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:18,360
Speaker 1: in this game. When we spoke to Ken Dorsey, the

1249
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator for the Bills, he said, I hope James

1250
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:23,720
Speaker 1: Cook can get some touches in this one. It'll depend

1251
01:06:23,800 --> 01:06:26,840
Speaker 1: on the flow of the game with how he's used

1252
01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:29,240
Speaker 1: in this one. So we're not sure what Ken Dorsey

1253
01:06:29,280 --> 01:06:31,920
Speaker 1: is cooking up yet. But if they decide to use

1254
01:06:32,040 --> 01:06:34,240
Speaker 1: James Cook in this one, what do you think could

1255
01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 1: be some advantages for the Buffalo Bills? Yeah, my senses

1256
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:41,919
Speaker 1: and look, yeah I'm not there but my senses, that's

1257
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:45,120
Speaker 1: coach speak. I think James Cook's gonna play because James

1258
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:48,280
Speaker 1: Cook is a weapon, and James Cook is certainly a

1259
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:50,600
Speaker 1: weapon in the past game, and I think that you

1260
01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:53,640
Speaker 1: will see him use that way. That to me would

1261
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:56,240
Speaker 1: be the way that he will be used early in

1262
01:06:56,320 --> 01:06:59,800
Speaker 1: the season. Maybe as the season progresses he'll get more carries.

1263
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:02,720
Speaker 1: But I think in the pass game, both off set

1264
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:06,400
Speaker 1: in the gun and detached from the formation, and they'll

1265
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:09,600
Speaker 1: see how the Rams handle that. You know, the Rams

1266
01:07:09,600 --> 01:07:12,439
Speaker 1: are one of those teams because they do play sort

1267
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,320
Speaker 1: of that Vic Fangio defense that kind of starts with

1268
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:19,720
Speaker 1: a four across quarters structure, but it doesn't really play

1269
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:23,520
Speaker 1: out that way, so that it's a difficult defense to

1270
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:27,080
Speaker 1: play against from a coverage perspective because what you see

1271
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,680
Speaker 1: before the snap is not normally what you see after

1272
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:31,880
Speaker 1: the snap. But I think what you want to do

1273
01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:34,840
Speaker 1: as an offense is put enough weapons out there that

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Speaker 1: they have to deal with those weapons as well, so

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Speaker 1: that they have to be a little defensive about how

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Speaker 1: they go about playing. One of the things about James

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Speaker 1: Cook also is it's one more option inside the numbers

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Speaker 1: basically for a passing offense. We've got already a slot

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Speaker 1: receiver in Isaiah McKenzie who brings a little bit of

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Speaker 1: edges of speed to the equation you throw. You know,

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Speaker 1: James Cook in there with Dawson Knox. You got a

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Speaker 1: tight end and a slot and a running back. All

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, inside the numbers seems to get really

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01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:06,960
Speaker 1: crowded with options. What is what's a defense due? If

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Speaker 1: you've got all three of those guys, a slot, a

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Speaker 1: tight end, and a running back in the backfield, what's

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Speaker 1: a defense due with those kind of things inside the numbers?

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Speaker 1: That with so many options for a quarterback, that can

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Speaker 1: you know, just dump it? Well, here's one thing. Another

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Speaker 1: thing you know I talked about earlier what to look

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Speaker 1: for with a loaded front. One thing you might want

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Speaker 1: to look for with the Bill's offense is this is

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Speaker 1: Digs as the single receiver to the boundary, where there's

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Speaker 1: three receivers to the other side, Cook as the back

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Speaker 1: offset to the boundary, and then Gabriel Davis as the

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Speaker 1: inside slot receiver to the trip side. Because with Cook

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Speaker 1: and Digs to one side of the formation, two really

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Speaker 1: good receivers, and then you put speed at number three

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Speaker 1: to trips. That's a difficult, difficult deal in this league

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Speaker 1: for defenses. So that's one thing to look for because

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Speaker 1: you know, with cooking digs to one side, that's a

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Speaker 1: tough deal for a defense. How they choose to match up,

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01:09:09,760 --> 01:09:11,559
Speaker 1: and that's where I think you'll see a lot of

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Speaker 1: the wrinkles that this sort of Vic fan Joe based

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Speaker 1: defense has. But I think you not that you put

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Speaker 1: them in a bind, but you'll want to see how

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Speaker 1: they react to that. Greg, you spoke to how this

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01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:27,960
Speaker 1: Vic Vangio defense could look different pre snap versus after snap.

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Speaker 1: Ye Josh Allen is in his fifth season in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: and year after year has progressed at diagnosing defenses, being

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Speaker 1: able to see some of that pre snap and post

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Speaker 1: stat and being able to make that quick decision. How

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Speaker 1: do you think he might grow here in this fifth year.

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Speaker 1: How did you see him last season be able to

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Speaker 1: pick up some nuances of defenses. I think he got

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Speaker 1: a whole lot better. I mean, even it was in

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Speaker 1: a game they lost. I remember that Monday night or

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Speaker 1: with Tennessee, and obviously we'll talk about that next week,

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Speaker 1: but I remember the Week sixth game last year Tennessee

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Speaker 1: did a lot with disguise and late movement, and I

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01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 1: thought Josh made some really good throws and handled it. Well. Look,

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Speaker 1: they're a good defense. They're going to get him on

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Speaker 1: some snaps. I mean that this is the NFL. You know,

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Speaker 1: every all forty drop backs, let's say, are not going

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Speaker 1: to be perfect for Josh Allen. It's never like that,

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Speaker 1: you know, so there'll be times where they get him

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Speaker 1: where you know, what he sees and thinks he's seeing

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Speaker 1: is not exactly what he's seen. Um. But I think

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Speaker 1: he's improved dramatically in that area. I think when you

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Speaker 1: watch him, this is not an X and O point,

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01:10:31,439 --> 01:10:33,679
Speaker 1: but I think he's a more comfortable player than he's

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01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:36,280
Speaker 1: ever been. And I think he just feels that in

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01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:38,719
Speaker 1: the way in which he plays, he sees things quicker,

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01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:42,080
Speaker 1: he sees things better. But there will be plays where

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Speaker 1: he drops back and maybe he doesn't get a clear picture.

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Speaker 1: And that's where the running does come in, because you know,

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01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:50,439
Speaker 1: a true pocket quarterbacks, if it's a drop back and

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Speaker 1: he doesn't get a clear picture, he probably throws it away.

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01:10:53,479 --> 01:10:55,400
Speaker 1: Josh doesn't have to throw it away. He can he

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01:10:55,439 --> 01:10:58,720
Speaker 1: can try to do something else. Greg. I know you

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01:10:58,760 --> 01:11:00,360
Speaker 1: hate doing this. What do you think about this game?

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Speaker 1: I mean, who did you give me? I I know,

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01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:06,479
Speaker 1: the electricity and all the hype, and the Bills are

1344
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:09,040
Speaker 1: the Bills are like the fai blah blah blah blah.

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01:11:09,080 --> 01:11:12,000
Speaker 1: What do you think about how this matchup's gonna go? God,

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Speaker 1: I'm so tough with with those Stevens, you know. Um,

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Speaker 1: I mean I would love to see it. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure that Leslie Fraser and Sean wouldn't. But I mean,

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Speaker 1: as a fan watching Tomorrow night, you know, I'd like

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01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:26,280
Speaker 1: to see a game that that at least plays out

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01:11:26,360 --> 01:11:29,240
Speaker 1: like the you know, the the Bills Chiefs game where

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Speaker 1: it's yeah, big plays a lot of offense. I mean,

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Speaker 1: to me, those games are fun. I love watching great

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01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:35,680
Speaker 1: quarterback play, and you got two of the best in

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Speaker 1: the league. So you know, I'd like it to be

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Speaker 1: that kind of game. But like I said, Week one

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01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,559
Speaker 1: is always unpredictable. I mean, I don't think anybody's thinking

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a ten seven game. But uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: I would certainly enjoy a thirty eight thirty five game. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we would enjoy that as well. Hopefully it

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Speaker 1: lives up to the hype. We've been talking about it

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Speaker 1: long enough. But Greg, thanks for joining us here on

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Speaker 1: this Wednesday afternoon. Thanks Greig, Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: All right. That's Greg ko Cell, the NFL Films Senior

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01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:09,679
Speaker 1: producer and co host of ESPN's NFL Matchup. I always

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Speaker 1: love getting to be on the show when he's on

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01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 1: because he is so good at what he does, and

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Speaker 1: it's a great little preparation leading into tomorrow's a game.

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01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:22,080
Speaker 1: He gets this wound up for it, I know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's all the little matchups, one on one matchups, things

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01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:28,360
Speaker 1: to notice, things to look at. I want, I want

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Speaker 1: like fifty five one bills. Oh my gosh, Tasker the

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01:12:32,479 --> 01:12:34,519
Speaker 1: over hundred's like fifty two and a half. I know.

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Speaker 1: But still, if you're gonna ask him what I want,

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01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:41,840
Speaker 1: what you want? Yeah, yeah, we'll see, we'll see. Yeah,

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01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:43,599
Speaker 1: it'll be fun. It's gonna be a fun game. And

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Speaker 1: he's right, there's so many things you don't know in

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01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:48,000
Speaker 1: week one, and all of us are kind of starting

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01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:49,560
Speaker 1: to realize that as you really get down to the

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01:12:49,640 --> 01:12:52,680
Speaker 1: nitty grittys, it's an a lot of unknowns. It's an

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01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 1: interesting conversation of Week one with with a team. And

1382
01:12:57,560 --> 01:13:01,200
Speaker 1: you can maybe add to this because you have been

1383
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:02,840
Speaker 1: in the NFL and you know what it's like to

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01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:05,400
Speaker 1: head into a Week one game. It's a game where

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01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:07,160
Speaker 1: you don't have a lot of film on the other

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01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:10,479
Speaker 1: opponent yet because they are there's new players there, there

1387
01:13:10,479 --> 01:13:13,840
Speaker 1: could be new coordinators, so you don't know exactly what

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01:13:13,880 --> 01:13:16,240
Speaker 1: you're gonna get. You can guess a little bit, you know,

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01:13:16,439 --> 01:13:18,760
Speaker 1: depending on what the team looks like. But at the

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Speaker 1: same time, you've been able to install stuff for this

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01:13:22,080 --> 01:13:25,599
Speaker 1: Week one game forever, so you do feel a certain

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01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:28,920
Speaker 1: level of preparedness heading into this one versus other weeks

1393
01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,479
Speaker 1: because you have been able to install different things over

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01:13:33,040 --> 01:13:36,519
Speaker 1: several weeks and months versus you know, we have we

1395
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:38,640
Speaker 1: have two games to start to install this, and I

1396
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:42,439
Speaker 1: know in the offseason they're installing stuff for different weeks

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01:13:42,439 --> 01:13:45,960
Speaker 1: throughout the entire year. Really, so how do you kind

1398
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:48,559
Speaker 1: of balance that? I mean as a player, where you

1399
01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:51,200
Speaker 1: feeling like, who knows what's going to happen in a

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Speaker 1: Week one matchup? Or did you go into the game

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Speaker 1: feeling a different type of level of preparedness because you

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01:13:57,479 --> 01:13:59,840
Speaker 1: did get to install thing different You kind of keep

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01:13:59,840 --> 01:14:02,920
Speaker 1: the positive mindset and you go into this game thinking

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01:14:02,960 --> 01:14:05,000
Speaker 1: as a team, it's like they let's do our thing.

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01:14:05,360 --> 01:14:07,559
Speaker 1: Whatever they're doing, Let's just do our thing. I know,

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01:14:07,680 --> 01:14:09,320
Speaker 1: we know we can play this way, we know we

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01:14:09,320 --> 01:14:11,559
Speaker 1: can do this. Let's go and then we'll see what

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Speaker 1: they do what. Certainly, for the on the RAMS side,

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01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:16,800
Speaker 1: you gotta think there's gonna say, Okay, you got this.

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01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:18,960
Speaker 1: We know who Dane Jackson is. I don't have any

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01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:21,680
Speaker 1: idea who this Kyer Elam guy is or who this

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01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:24,840
Speaker 1: Christian Benford guys. Let's let's throw something at them that

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01:14:24,920 --> 01:14:27,120
Speaker 1: they may not be ready for. Let's move around and

1414
01:14:27,160 --> 01:14:30,040
Speaker 1: make him jump through some hoops mentally and then give

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01:14:30,080 --> 01:14:32,439
Speaker 1: him some give them a really good player to go against.

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01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,200
Speaker 1: We'll see if they can hand man up with it. Um.

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01:14:35,439 --> 01:14:37,080
Speaker 1: All of that stuff's in the mix. You know that

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01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:42,000
Speaker 1: A little bit on the Rams offensive side of it. Defensively,

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01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:44,560
Speaker 1: you know, you know where they're coming from. Jalen Ramsey

1420
01:14:44,760 --> 01:14:49,679
Speaker 1: and Aaron Donald. Bobby Wagner is who he is. But

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01:14:50,080 --> 01:14:52,000
Speaker 1: you know he's not gonna He's not gonna take over

1422
01:14:52,040 --> 01:14:54,040
Speaker 1: a game like Aaron Donald can take over a game.

1423
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:56,720
Speaker 1: He's not gonna make plays like like Jalen Ramsey can

1424
01:14:56,720 --> 01:15:00,280
Speaker 1: make plays. Those are the things you know, and those

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01:15:00,320 --> 01:15:02,519
Speaker 1: are the guys you can count on doing what they

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01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:05,800
Speaker 1: have been doing the entire their entire careers. They're not

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01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:09,320
Speaker 1: going to change their stripes. So I think in this situation,

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01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:12,360
Speaker 1: if as I remember going into games like this, it's

1429
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:15,880
Speaker 1: about you. Let's let's do our thing. Let's see how

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01:15:15,920 --> 01:15:17,599
Speaker 1: they hold up to us. We are good for both

1431
01:15:17,640 --> 01:15:19,960
Speaker 1: these clubs are walking in here going listen, work good,

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01:15:20,080 --> 01:15:22,160
Speaker 1: let's go. Let's see if they can hold up against

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01:15:22,240 --> 01:15:24,320
Speaker 1: what we do best, and then they go from there.

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01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:26,519
Speaker 1: Certainly they'll have some wrinkles in there. They'll know that

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:28,640
Speaker 1: the other team expects them to do some of the

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01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,960
Speaker 1: things they've done in the past. But the Ram's got

1437
01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:34,320
Speaker 1: to be thinking, well, who's this Ken Dorsey guy? Is

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01:15:34,320 --> 01:15:35,800
Speaker 1: he going to do what? You know? You know that

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01:15:35,880 --> 01:15:39,960
Speaker 1: kind of thing. So there's always some trepidation. But you

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01:15:40,040 --> 01:15:41,880
Speaker 1: got to know if you don't know it as much

1441
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:44,160
Speaker 1: about your opponent as you think as you'd like to,

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01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 1: Let's do what we do and see where it gets

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01:15:47,000 --> 01:15:49,639
Speaker 1: us and then make some adjustments. Yeah, be you. They

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01:15:49,720 --> 01:15:52,120
Speaker 1: know who they are. They're they're not a new team.

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01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:56,559
Speaker 1: These clubs several players who returned to both sides of

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01:15:56,640 --> 01:16:00,719
Speaker 1: this ball of these teams, so it'll be a great

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01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:03,040
Speaker 1: one to watch. Hopefully it does live up to all

1448
01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:06,000
Speaker 1: that hype. We're gonna take a break here, but when

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01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:08,200
Speaker 1: we come back, we're going to dip into our tweet sheet.

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Speaker 1: What matchup are you most looking forward to? In Thursday?

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Speaker 1: Season opener between the Bills and the Rams kickoff about

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Speaker 1: thirty hours away from now. Stay with us here on

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Speaker 1: get going. Yeah, Bills and the Rams open the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two NFL season. What is stage to be on?

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Speaker 1: We're probably going to see the banners get raised for

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01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:26,559
Speaker 1: the La Rams. I know Josh Allen said that might

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01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:29,960
Speaker 1: be some added oomph to the team as they get

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Speaker 1: to watch that. I know Stefan dig said, I'm not

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Speaker 1: a hater. I'm not a hater. They deserve that. Good

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Speaker 1: for them for raising those banners. We're gonna get into

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Speaker 1: Our question for today, what matchup are you most looking

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Speaker 1: forward to in a Thursday season opener between the Bills

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Speaker 1: and the Rams. So let me open up here our

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Speaker 1: tweet sheet. You have an open I got it going

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Speaker 1: number one from Jack. I'm dying to see von Miller

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Speaker 1: against his old team. Even if they double team him.

1482
01:18:04,120 --> 01:18:06,320
Speaker 1: The rest of the D line should be able to eat.

1483
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:09,560
Speaker 1: Ram's wide receivers are intimidating, but I think McDermott and

1484
01:18:09,560 --> 01:18:13,080
Speaker 1: Frasier will have some unique coverages to cross them up. Vaughan, Root,

1485
01:18:13,240 --> 01:18:16,839
Speaker 1: Oliver and Phillips will be chasing Stafford all day. Hopefully

1486
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:19,439
Speaker 1: they'll be catching Stafford all day, not just chasing him.

1487
01:18:19,439 --> 01:18:23,200
Speaker 1: But yeah, and like we heard with with and I

1488
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:27,240
Speaker 1: brought this up yesterday and Greg Coseell actually kind of

1489
01:18:29,520 --> 01:18:32,880
Speaker 1: confirmed it. Matt Stafford is not a running around, scrambling

1490
01:18:33,160 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: kind of quarterback. You're gonna know where he is. Yeah,

1491
01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:40,200
Speaker 1: he'll do it sometimes, he'll do it enough, but it's

1492
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:42,320
Speaker 1: not his modus OPERENDI. He's going to stand in there

1493
01:18:42,360 --> 01:18:44,800
Speaker 1: and deliver the ball. And that's that's a good thing

1494
01:18:44,840 --> 01:18:48,559
Speaker 1: for defensive lineman because Stafford, while he's a pretty good athlete,

1495
01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:50,920
Speaker 1: some of the d lineman got a feel like they

1496
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 1: can run him down. So they're gonna have to get

1497
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:56,800
Speaker 1: their hands up to knock down some passes. The ball

1498
01:18:56,840 --> 01:18:58,559
Speaker 1: is gonna have to come out on time and the

1499
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:00,800
Speaker 1: Bills have got to get there. And I think, more

1500
01:19:00,800 --> 01:19:04,760
Speaker 1: so than anything else in this game, the Bills or

1501
01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:09,719
Speaker 1: the Rams ability to get pressure with the fewest amount

1502
01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:13,200
Speaker 1: of people, get quick pressure with the fewest amount of

1503
01:19:13,200 --> 01:19:16,320
Speaker 1: people wins the game. Yeah, I mean we know what

1504
01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:20,000
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford does against the blitz. In twenty twenty one,

1505
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 1: he had the highest passer rating against the Blitz in

1506
01:19:24,640 --> 01:19:28,040
Speaker 1: a single season since twenty sixteen. One thirty nine point

1507
01:19:28,200 --> 01:19:32,599
Speaker 1: six was his passer rating. The Buffalo Bills have had

1508
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:35,640
Speaker 1: games before where they did not blitz, and it was

1509
01:19:35,680 --> 01:19:39,000
Speaker 1: against a quarterback named Patrick Mahomes, so this is not

1510
01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:42,160
Speaker 1: out of their wheelhouse. We're not sure if Leslie Fraser

1511
01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:44,120
Speaker 1: is going to decide, you know what, we are just

1512
01:19:44,240 --> 01:19:46,559
Speaker 1: not gonna blitz at all. Maybe they'll throw some stuff

1513
01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:49,400
Speaker 1: at him. But hopefully with the addition of von Miller,

1514
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:52,920
Speaker 1: sending four can really work for this team, and it

1515
01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:56,720
Speaker 1: did at times last year two. This defensive line was

1516
01:19:56,840 --> 01:19:59,560
Speaker 1: ranked in the top half of the NFL and a

1517
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,960
Speaker 1: lot of different statistical categories when it came to pressures

1518
01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:06,880
Speaker 1: and sacks and things like that. But when you're chasing

1519
01:20:06,920 --> 01:20:10,000
Speaker 1: down a really good quarterback, you probably need a little

1520
01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:13,479
Speaker 1: bit more in von Miller, who can stop a guy

1521
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:16,800
Speaker 1: in Matthew Stafford or force him to have to make

1522
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:19,240
Speaker 1: a quick decision. Yeah, I don't think there's any question.

1523
01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:22,920
Speaker 1: The Bills have got to feel like their defensive line

1524
01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:27,120
Speaker 1: and their past rush in particular is going to be

1525
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:29,840
Speaker 1: better than it was a year ago, and they're going

1526
01:20:29,880 --> 01:20:33,200
Speaker 1: to be less inclined to feel like they have to

1527
01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:35,920
Speaker 1: send extra people to get pressure. They're going to give

1528
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:37,840
Speaker 1: these guys a chance to do it on their own. Now.

1529
01:20:37,880 --> 01:20:40,040
Speaker 1: They may it may take some time and some adjustments

1530
01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:42,479
Speaker 1: and some alignments, And I don't know that as of

1531
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:47,160
Speaker 1: now they've really settled on what exactly their defensive line

1532
01:20:47,200 --> 01:20:50,040
Speaker 1: combinations are going to be. It's Von going to be

1533
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:52,599
Speaker 1: in there with Rousseau or are they going to keep

1534
01:20:52,640 --> 01:20:55,680
Speaker 1: those guys opposite on opposite rotations so that they can

1535
01:20:55,760 --> 01:20:57,679
Speaker 1: have somebody one of those two guys on the field

1536
01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:01,360
Speaker 1: all the time. Is Ed automatically to play with Jordan

1537
01:21:02,080 --> 01:21:04,240
Speaker 1: Phillips or is he going to play more with Tim

1538
01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:08,519
Speaker 1: Settle on the rotation? Quan Jones, how are they going

1539
01:21:08,600 --> 01:21:11,080
Speaker 1: to use him inside? Who's going to be in there

1540
01:21:11,080 --> 01:21:14,160
Speaker 1: with de Kuan Jones? All of that stuff. I don't

1541
01:21:14,160 --> 01:21:16,240
Speaker 1: know that they've got that all settled. You know, who's

1542
01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,280
Speaker 1: going to play with Ed on the inside? Is Ed

1543
01:21:18,360 --> 01:21:20,920
Speaker 1: gonna line up with von Miller on the right or

1544
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:22,920
Speaker 1: the left? Or is he going to line up with

1545
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:26,280
Speaker 1: Rousseau on the right or the left, and how often

1546
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:29,160
Speaker 1: are they going to change that up it. I don't

1547
01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:31,639
Speaker 1: know that the Bills have settled, have got that chiseled

1548
01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:33,800
Speaker 1: into stone yet. I mean, these guys have taken like

1549
01:21:34,439 --> 01:21:39,799
Speaker 1: zero snaps. Yeah so, but I do think the Bills

1550
01:21:40,600 --> 01:21:43,320
Speaker 1: probably have a lot more confidence in their ability to

1551
01:21:43,360 --> 01:21:47,719
Speaker 1: get pressure on a timely basis with four guys rather

1552
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:51,000
Speaker 1: than five or six. And we know what happens if

1553
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:53,400
Speaker 1: you're just sending for. If you're just sending for, then

1554
01:21:53,760 --> 01:21:56,960
Speaker 1: you give Tremaine Edmonds and Matt Milano the freedom to

1555
01:21:57,080 --> 01:21:59,040
Speaker 1: do what they need to do, and then you're giving

1556
01:21:59,080 --> 01:22:01,519
Speaker 1: the back end of the d fence the freedom to

1557
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:04,200
Speaker 1: be able to really key in on their matchups, whether

1558
01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:07,680
Speaker 1: it's the corners or whether it's the safeties. If you

1559
01:22:07,720 --> 01:22:10,800
Speaker 1: can get pressure with fewer guys, you're allowing the back

1560
01:22:10,840 --> 01:22:13,000
Speaker 1: half of the defense to to really be able to

1561
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:16,759
Speaker 1: work and shine, and it becomes a well oiled machine.

1562
01:22:16,800 --> 01:22:18,960
Speaker 1: If that's what's happening, you're filling up all the passing

1563
01:22:19,040 --> 01:22:21,920
Speaker 1: lanes with bodies and there's just less room back there.

1564
01:22:22,640 --> 01:22:25,400
Speaker 1: You've got seven guys covering the field instead of five

1565
01:22:25,640 --> 01:22:30,519
Speaker 1: or six. It's huge difference and we've seen in the NFL.

1566
01:22:31,320 --> 01:22:35,080
Speaker 1: The way these offenses work is even out of the shotgun.

1567
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:39,280
Speaker 1: The quarterbacks gets the ball, turns his shoulders and lets

1568
01:22:39,280 --> 01:22:42,599
Speaker 1: it rip, it's gone. So if you can get him

1569
01:22:42,600 --> 01:22:45,120
Speaker 1: to think he's gonna throw it and then it's like,

1570
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,679
Speaker 1: wait a minute, that's covered and go to his second option.

1571
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:51,040
Speaker 1: If your pass rushes on in his lap as he

1572
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:53,800
Speaker 1: moves to that second option, you're gonna win that game.

1573
01:22:57,800 --> 01:23:02,000
Speaker 1: We'll see Sets says, are revamped defensive line against their

1574
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:04,240
Speaker 1: offensive line. Can't wait to see Von greg Ed and

1575
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:06,880
Speaker 1: Phillips in particular. Got a feeling we shut down the

1576
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:09,320
Speaker 1: run and really get Stafford off his spot calling for

1577
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:11,280
Speaker 1: five sacks and two picks as a result of the

1578
01:23:11,320 --> 01:23:14,839
Speaker 1: past rush. De line domination starts week one. Go bills,

1579
01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:17,240
Speaker 1: so a lot about what we were just talking about.

1580
01:23:17,240 --> 01:23:19,559
Speaker 1: Five sacks, two picks. Sign me up for that, Yeah,

1581
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:22,960
Speaker 1: Louise says. The cornerbacks will be attacked from the jump.

1582
01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:28,559
Speaker 1: Curious to see how they just go bills. Yeah, we

1583
01:23:28,640 --> 01:23:31,479
Speaker 1: know what's going to happen. Our players are are. Coaching

1584
01:23:31,479 --> 01:23:34,000
Speaker 1: staff said, if you know Sean McVay, you know he's

1585
01:23:34,040 --> 01:23:39,840
Speaker 1: going to throw it at the rookie cornerbacks. So I

1586
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:42,080
Speaker 1: know this too, and I don't know Christian. We don't

1587
01:23:42,240 --> 01:23:44,080
Speaker 1: haven't got a chance because he's sixth round or he

1588
01:23:44,160 --> 01:23:47,360
Speaker 1: kind of emerged midway through camp, this guy that elevated

1589
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:50,320
Speaker 1: through the ranks. Christian Benford, we do know this about

1590
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:55,280
Speaker 1: Kayer Elam. He's not afraid. No, he is not afraid,

1591
01:23:55,439 --> 01:23:58,559
Speaker 1: and that kind of mentality. I'm sure Benford shares that

1592
01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:03,040
Speaker 1: those two guys are really close. I think, you know,

1593
01:24:03,200 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 1: I think if if Elam is the right kind of guy,

1594
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:09,000
Speaker 1: he's standing over there going, yes, this is exactly let's go.

1595
01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:11,960
Speaker 1: And I think that's that's why you draft the guy

1596
01:24:12,040 --> 01:24:14,559
Speaker 1: number one. That's why he is the player he is,

1597
01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:17,320
Speaker 1: because he's looking forward to this. He goes. He wants

1598
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:19,320
Speaker 1: a piece of Alan Robinson. He wants to look at

1599
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:22,280
Speaker 1: the guy who had the triple crown last year, yards

1600
01:24:22,360 --> 01:24:25,840
Speaker 1: catches and touchdowns in Cooper Cup. He wants a shot

1601
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:29,880
Speaker 1: at that guy. That's why these guys are who they are.

1602
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:34,200
Speaker 1: So how much success they'll have, who knows, but they

1603
01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:36,600
Speaker 1: are going to get tested. It's gonna be fun to

1604
01:24:36,640 --> 01:24:38,759
Speaker 1: watch him rise to that challenge. I'm not too worried

1605
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:41,160
Speaker 1: about it. Either. Allen Robinson is a great wide receiver.

1606
01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:43,960
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to denounce that at all. The reason

1607
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:48,400
Speaker 1: why this doesn't freak me out too much is because

1608
01:24:48,439 --> 01:24:51,479
Speaker 1: of who Christian and Kaier have gotten to go up

1609
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:55,400
Speaker 1: against in practice. For the last month and a half.

1610
01:24:55,560 --> 01:24:58,559
Speaker 1: It's been Stefan Diggs, it's been Gabe Davis, it's been

1611
01:24:58,760 --> 01:25:06,160
Speaker 1: Isah McKenzie's, it's been a boatload of great yeah, Jamison Crowder,

1612
01:25:06,280 --> 01:25:10,840
Speaker 1: Jameson Crowder that we have on this team, Khalil Shakier Um.

1613
01:25:10,920 --> 01:25:13,439
Speaker 1: They've gotten to see different looks. They've gotten to see

1614
01:25:14,439 --> 01:25:17,120
Speaker 1: how this offense, the Bill's offense, can mix it up,

1615
01:25:17,160 --> 01:25:19,160
Speaker 1: which is what the Rams are going to try to

1616
01:25:19,200 --> 01:25:22,559
Speaker 1: do against those rookie corners. So I'm not too worried

1617
01:25:22,600 --> 01:25:26,400
Speaker 1: for this. And they both possess different qualities that are

1618
01:25:26,439 --> 01:25:29,840
Speaker 1: great for NFL cornerbacks. Kaier is very physical. He's a

1619
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:33,719
Speaker 1: press man type of corner um. Christian Bensford also very physical,

1620
01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:36,920
Speaker 1: played in a lot more zone than Kayer Elam did

1621
01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:40,679
Speaker 1: in college football with the the defenses that he played

1622
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: in at Villanova. So we'll see if they're up to

1623
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:46,439
Speaker 1: the challenge, if they can um break some passes up

1624
01:25:46,479 --> 01:25:48,960
Speaker 1: like we've seen them do throughout training camp. You know, yeah,

1625
01:25:49,000 --> 01:25:52,240
Speaker 1: it's gonna be fun, but there's there's obviously some places

1626
01:25:52,320 --> 01:25:55,840
Speaker 1: and the questions that we have as as Bills fans

1627
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:59,720
Speaker 1: and Bill's faithful followers. The Rams are gonna try and

1628
01:25:59,720 --> 01:26:02,360
Speaker 1: get the same answers. They see it too, right, so

1629
01:26:02,840 --> 01:26:04,639
Speaker 1: um and the same thing with the Bills. They're gonna

1630
01:26:04,720 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: They're gonna go with these guys in a way that

1631
01:26:07,800 --> 01:26:10,040
Speaker 1: they probably haven't seen in the preseason. These are two

1632
01:26:10,040 --> 01:26:11,960
Speaker 1: teams who don't see each other all that often. Twenty

1633
01:26:12,040 --> 01:26:15,400
Speaker 1: twenty was the last year and you know they're and

1634
01:26:15,439 --> 01:26:19,720
Speaker 1: they're only playing because their first place finishers in their divisions. Right,

1635
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:22,439
Speaker 1: So we'll see. It's two good teams and there's a

1636
01:26:22,439 --> 01:26:24,120
Speaker 1: lot of questions a lot and we're gonna get some

1637
01:26:24,160 --> 01:26:27,280
Speaker 1: answers on Tomorrow night. YEP. Tomorrow's game is presented by

1638
01:26:27,439 --> 01:26:31,000
Speaker 1: the BFLO Store, the official retailer of the Buffalo Bills

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01:26:31,040 --> 01:26:33,040
Speaker 1: Dog Anywhere, Because when we come back, we're gonna be

1640
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:36,000
Speaker 1: closing out the show. Here on one Bills Live. We're

1641
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:55,040
Speaker 1: presented by Clyda Health. This is Buffalo Bills Radio. We're

1642
01:26:55,080 --> 01:26:59,040
Speaker 1: back here on one Bills Live, Maddie glab and Steve Tasker.

1643
01:26:59,240 --> 01:27:04,080
Speaker 1: As we are closing out today's show. Tomorrow game time,

1644
01:27:04,280 --> 01:27:06,280
Speaker 1: you guys have the show before the game. Then we'll

1645
01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:09,080
Speaker 1: have a three game and postgame show. Yeah, wall to

1646
01:27:09,160 --> 01:27:12,960
Speaker 1: wall coverage all day long as we lead up show

1647
01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:15,920
Speaker 1: too Week one opener, Field Yates coming on give us

1648
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:17,960
Speaker 1: our ultimate fantasy lineup. And we're also going to talk

1649
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:21,240
Speaker 1: with the guy who just retired from the Rams, Andrew Whitworth.

1650
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,479
Speaker 1: They're left tackle from their super Bowl team just eight

1651
01:27:23,479 --> 01:27:25,800
Speaker 1: months ago. He's gonna come on the show with us

1652
01:27:25,800 --> 01:27:27,880
Speaker 1: as well, talk about the game tomorrow night. Man, it's

1653
01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:32,439
Speaker 1: Brownie is going to be from La. Brown I'll be hosting,

1654
01:27:32,439 --> 01:27:34,600
Speaker 1: and Brownie you'll be chiming in from La. It's just

1655
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:38,280
Speaker 1: unusual territory for us. Since since I'm sitting here do

1656
01:27:38,360 --> 01:27:41,000
Speaker 1: great jobs, Jay can yell at me to get to

1657
01:27:41,040 --> 01:27:43,799
Speaker 1: break instead of Brownie. So because you can't yell at Brownie,

1658
01:27:43,880 --> 01:27:46,439
Speaker 1: you're just gonna hum the show open. That's right, I

1659
01:27:46,479 --> 01:27:50,000
Speaker 1: can't that new music has been driving us crazy, But

1660
01:27:50,200 --> 01:27:53,519
Speaker 1: we are getting closing in on one day, one more

1661
01:27:53,640 --> 01:27:57,559
Speaker 1: night before we go. We finally see somewhere starting to

1662
01:27:57,560 --> 01:27:59,479
Speaker 1: see Also, if you've seen all the stuff about Bills

1663
01:27:59,479 --> 01:28:02,120
Speaker 1: fans out in LA. I got a text from my

1664
01:28:02,280 --> 01:28:05,720
Speaker 1: aunt this morning who was at the airport in Chicago,

1665
01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:08,280
Speaker 1: not even in Buffalo, and said, Wow, there's a lot

1666
01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:10,200
Speaker 1: of Bills fans here and I said, yep, it's that

1667
01:28:10,360 --> 01:28:13,080
Speaker 1: layover on the way to LA, way to LA. They'll

1668
01:28:13,080 --> 01:28:15,040
Speaker 1: all go out, go out. That's the way you do it.

1669
01:28:15,120 --> 01:28:17,920
Speaker 1: Thursday night. You go on Thursday or the Wednesday night

1670
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:21,360
Speaker 1: when my husband went out there on Sunday, and then

1671
01:28:21,439 --> 01:28:23,840
Speaker 1: you hang out for the whole weekend after hoping that

1672
01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:27,439
Speaker 1: you win. It'll be a happy weekend. Right. Yep, that's

1673
01:28:27,439 --> 01:28:31,760
Speaker 1: the plan. That's what that's that's smiling faces leading up

1674
01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:34,040
Speaker 1: to the game. And after a ton of stuff on

1675
01:28:34,080 --> 01:28:37,120
Speaker 1: my timeline on social media about Bills fans taking over

1676
01:28:37,280 --> 01:28:40,519
Speaker 1: Von Miller video really getting us ready for kickoff? Burn

1677
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:42,320
Speaker 1: it all, I texted to the crew there was a

1678
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:44,360
Speaker 1: thing on this morning where a guy had a folding

1679
01:28:44,360 --> 01:28:47,920
Speaker 1: table sitting underneath a palm tree with the Sofi stab

1680
01:28:48,000 --> 01:28:52,679
Speaker 1: in the background. Yes, folding table waiting for the moment

1681
01:28:53,160 --> 01:28:56,080
Speaker 1: for someone to jump through it. Well, here we go.

1682
01:28:56,120 --> 01:29:00,880
Speaker 1: Tomorrow is t minus zero days till game day opening

1683
01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:03,719
Speaker 1: game in the NFL. Two more fantasy football drafts tonight.

1684
01:29:03,800 --> 01:29:06,439
Speaker 1: I'm I'm in five this year. I don't know why

1685
01:29:06,439 --> 01:29:08,439
Speaker 1: I thought that was a good idea. How many I'm in?

1686
01:29:09,479 --> 01:29:12,519
Speaker 1: One zero zero. I didn't even join the studio when

1687
01:29:12,520 --> 01:29:15,880
Speaker 1: I'm come on, tasker. I'm an old guy, all right.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy the rest of your afternoon. Guys. We'll catch you

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Speaker 1: right back here tomorrow on One Bills Live.